March ARB, CA Base Operations & Support (BOS) Services Pre-solicitation

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice.  This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote or invitation for bid.  

This notice includes an updated and revised Performance Work Statement, but does not include any other potential changes to the solicitation or other attachments.  NOTE:  Any dates or data presented in this Pre-solicitation Notice are subject to change during the actual solicitation phase.  New RFP attachments will be provided during the actual solicitation posting and not at this time.  All listed legacy attachments, with the exception of the revised PWS, should be ignored.

March Air Reserve Base, CA has a requirement to manage and operate the Base Operations & Support (BOS) Services located at March ARB, CA.  The project scope is a service requirement to perform services in multiple functions to include Materiel Management, Ground Transportation and Vehicle Management, Traffic Management, Real Property Maintenance, and Fuels Management.  

This contract will be subject to FAR Subpart 22.10, 'Service Contract Labor Standards', FAR Subpart 22.4, 'Construction Wage Rate Requirements', and the local Collective Bargaining Agreement for Machinists and Aerospace Workers.  The place of performance is March Air Reserve Base, CA.  The official solicitation will result in a contract being issued on an ALL or NONE basis to a single contractor.  

The projected date for issuance of the solicitation is on or about 5 September 2025, with offers due around 10 October 2025.  Evaluation of Offers will utilize Performance-Price Tradeoff procedures IAW FAR 15.101-2 with an anticipated award date on or before 1 March 2026.

The resulting contract will consist of a 60-day phase-in period, 12-month basic period, four (4) one-year contract periods and a six (6) months option period IAW FAR 52.217-8 and 52.217-9 that may be exercised at the discretion of the Government.  

This effort is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside.  The solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov.  All amendments, including additional Questions and Answers to the solicitation, will be issued via SAM.gov.

Any proposal submitted by a Prime Contractor that is not classified as a SDVOSB by the Small Business Administration will not be evaluated.

A pre-proposal conference will NOT be conducted at March ARB, CA for this revised effort.

NAICS: 561210
Product Service Code: Z1AZ
Small Business Size: $41.5M 
Solicitation: 100% single-source SDVOSB set-aside with commercial FFP line-items and limited/select T&M and Cost-type line-items

The Prime Contractor MUST meet the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.219-14 entitled "Limitations on Subcontracting", by providing and conducting at least 50% of the overall required work.  The Air Force intends to award a single-source Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with limited and select Time & Materials and Cost-No-Fee line-items.

NOTE: All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) program to receive a contract award from any DOD activity.  Contractors may access the Internet site at: https://www.sam.gov to register and/or obtain information about the SAM program.  Foreign company participation is not allowed in accordance with DAFFARS 5305.204 and DAFMAN 16-201.

The official solicitation is anticipated to be published sometime in September 2025 on SAM.gov at https://www.sam.gov.  Paper copies will not be available.  Once the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to visit this website frequently for any updates and/or amendments to all documents.  Questions may be submitted using the FA466424R0001 Questions and Answer Worksheet.  This worksheet will be used throughout the process and updated as often as necessary.  Any questions shall be forwarded to the Primary Point of Contact (POC) via email.

It is anticipated that access to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) may be necessary once the solicitation is posted.  Certain identified documents within the PWS Technical Libraries are not suitable* for public release and will be made available upon request by emailing the Government POCs as identified in L1.4.  

*Note:  Effective 30 November 2020, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Clause 252.204-7012 requires all Department of Defense contractors and subcontractors to implement cybersecurity requirements in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in non-Federal Systems and Organizations. Your NIST assessment results must be documented in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) at https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/.  We would suggest you go to the SPRS homepage and use the vendor quick reference guides to help you complete the process.  There is also an SPRS support number on the bottom of the homepage that you can call for assistance with getting directions on how to complete the process.

It is the responsibility of each Offeror to review the website for posting of amendments and updates or changes to current information.  Potential Offerors are encouraged to “follow” and/or “subscribe” for real time e-mail notifications and/or monitor SAM.gov and/or PIEE for updates to this solicitation.

NOTE:  Any inquiries shall be made via email.  In the event, you do not receive an acknowledgement to the email, please phone the POC and leave a message as necessary.

Primary point of contact (POC): Mr. Jon D. Aaron, Contracting Officer, Phone (951) 655-3724, e-mail: jon.aaron@us.af.mil.