for Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Research and Development (R&D) support

1. Introduction:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Section (ANG-E261) is inquiring to procure for a contractor to technical expertise, engineering and labor to support ARFF research projects

2. Incumbent Contractor:

Battelle Memorial Institute Inc.

3. Nature of Competition:

The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at this time.

4. General Information:

• This is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposals of any kind;
• The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals;
• The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey; and
• Any costs associated with the market survey submittal is solely at the interested vendor’s expense

5. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 541715- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

6. Submittal Requirements Interested companies must provide the following information:

        a) Capability Statement demonstrating the capability to perform the requirements in the attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW)

        b)  Examples of previous contracts, agreements, or completed commercial projects, showing experience providing similar services.

• Provide examples demonstrating your ability to manage a fire testing laboratory.
• If applicable provide a list of all current Electronic FAA Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST), FAA- Systems Engineering and Technical Innovation Solutions (SETIS), and GSA Advantage/Schedule Contracts.

     c) Business Size (Large or Small). If small please indicate if your firm is A Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business (8(a) Certified), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business, Women Owned Small Business, and/or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business

The submitted Capability Statement is LIMITED TO 7 PAGES and must be presented in Microsoft word in size 12 Times New Roman text.

7. Delivery Submittals:

All submissions in response to this market survey must be received by 03:00 pm EST October 15, 2024. Send response via email to Joseph.S.Szwec@faa.gov

8. Other (if applicable)

• The FAA will not be conducting a pre-proposal conference and/or a site visit prior to submittals in response to this market survey announcement.
• Any Confidential or proprietary information submitted in response to this announcement must be marked accordingly by the vendor. Such information will not be disclosed outside of the acquisition team.
• All referenced attachments in the attached Draft Statement of Work will be provided upon request.  Request can be made via email to Joseph.S.Szwec@faa.gov

9. Attachments 1. Draft Statement of Work