Market Survey for Executive Recruiting Services (AHR)

1.   Purpose

In accordance with Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS) Procurement Guidance T3.2.1.2, the purpose of this announcement is to conduct a market survey to solicit statement of interest and capabilities from interested vendors and to obtain Rough Order of Magnitude cost information. Responses will aid the FAA in its determination as to whether adequate competition exists to complete this effort.

2.   Background

The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Office of Human Resource Management’s (AHR) Executive Resources Division specializes in the human resource management of the FAA's Executive staff as authorized by Human Resource Policy Management (HRPM) EXS-7.1. The Division manages the Executive end-to-end recruitment process, Executive Performance, Executive Compensation, Political Appointees, Executive electronic Official Personnel Folder, Executive personnel action processing, and the Short-Term Incentive Program.

3.   Objective

The FAA is seeking a contractor provide the resources, technical expertise, and program/administrative services necessary to support the requirement described in the draft Statement of Work (SOW). In summary, the support includes developing and presenting strategies to recruit candidates for highly-technical, hard-to-fill FAA Executive positions. The contractor is expected to use a variety of search methods and tools to identify highly qualified candidates and ensure identified candidates complete an application via USAJobs.gov.  .  (See the attached Statement of Work.)

4.   Nature of Competition

The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at this time. The FAA will choose the appropriate strategy depending on the responses of the market survey.

5.   Standard Language

Vendors should note that

1. This is not a Screening Information Request (SIR) or Request for Proposals of any kind;
2. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals;
3. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing a response to this market survey;
4. Any costs associated with a Market Survey response is solely at the interested vendor’s expense;
5. This market survey is for request of information, and is not a guarantee that a SIR will be released for this action.
6. The result of this market research will help the FAA decide on a procurement strategy.
7. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

6.   North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

The NAICS code is 561312

7.   Submittal Requirements for Market Survey

Interested parties should provide a response no more than seven (7) pages in length (Times New Roman, 12-point font, with one-inch margins), inclusive of a cover letter and any/all attachments that addresses the following:

1. Point of Contact with name, email, and phone number
2. Business classification (e.g., small business, woman owned, service-disabled veteran-owned business, 8(a) certified business, large business)
3. Corporate capabilities that support the type, size, and scope of work described in the attached draft SOW
4. Examples of projects conducted in the last 5 years completing the type, size, and scope of work described in the attached draft SOW and the results of those projects.

8.   Delivery of Submittals

Responses to this market survey are due at 2:00pm Eastern Time (ET) on April 26, 2023. Vendors should submit responses electronically to Contract Specialist, Mr. Christopher Tetrault, at Christopher.P.Tetrault@faa.gov and Contracting Officer, Ms. Toloria Crawford, at Toloria.Crawford@faa.gov.  Any proprietary or confidential information contained in the Market Survey submissions must be appropriately marked. No telephone calls will be accepted.

Under no circumstances are communications authorized on this matter directly with the technical/requiring/program office.

1. Attachments
   • Draft SOW