Next Generation Aerospace Ground Equipment (NGAGE)
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA8532-25-N-GAGE_334515
- Agency
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AFLCMC Robins AFB
Lifecycle Management Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334515 Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Place of performance
- Warner Robins, Georgia 31098, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base is conducting market research for the Next Generation Aerospace Ground Equipment (NGAGE) program, seeking contractors capable of developing and fielding innovative aerospace ground equipment to support aircraft maintenance and operations across fighter, bomber, cargo/airlift, tanker, and unmanned aircraft platforms. The program will utilize a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract structure focused on designing, developing, testing, and integrating new hardware and software for ground and aircraft common support equipment, with emphasis on digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, and rapid prototyping capabilities. Contractors must demonstrate experience in either original equipment manufacturer aerospace ground equipment manufacturing and delivery or technical data and engineering documentation delivery, with proposals evaluated using a Technically Acceptable source selection process across three factors: Technical Rating, Small Business Participation, and Price Proposal. Interested parties must complete a detailed Contractor Capability Survey addressing manufacturing capabilities, past experience, quality assurance processes, and compliance with military standards. The response deadline is July 9, 2025, with submissions required via email to the contracting team at Amanda Ragan and Joe Lee.
This opportunity has no set-aside designation and encourages participation from both large and small businesses, with no current incumbents identified in the documentation. The total estimated contract ceiling is $910 million over a maximum 10-year period of performance, structured with a two-year base period and four two-year option periods. The program will include planned on-ramp opportunities every two years to capture the latest market technology, with the government reserving the right to add or remove vendors based on performance and program needs. Large businesses must include Small Business Subcontracting Plans with specific goals including 30% overall small business participation, 5% for small disadvantaged businesses, 3% for HUBZone businesses, and 5% each for women-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. The contract explicitly excludes long-term sustainment, full production runs, and support services like Interim Contractor Support or Contractor Logistics Support, instead focusing on rapid modernization and innovation of ground support equipment. Individual delivery orders will be awarded through fair opportunity competition processes, with contractors given opportunities to propose on specific requirements as they arise.
Notice text
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Update #3 · Latest ·
Update 30 June 2025
Please go to the following link to see the primary and sole SAM.gov posting moving forward for the NGAGE effort: https://sam.gov/opp/92759d38392e4990a462f41a7f8dc53f/view
This administrative post to cover the specific NAICS will no longer apply.
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Update 10 June 2025
A virtual Industry Day will be held on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 at 1000 AM EST. Participation is voluntary, and if you are unable to attend, you will still be able to participate in any request for proposal that may generate as a result of this activity. The USG intends to conduct breakout sessions immediately following the conclusion of the presentation, limited to 15 minutes per vendor.
To secure your place in the Virtual Industry Day, hosted via MS Teams, please send an email request to amanda.ragan.1@us.af.mil and joe.lee.4@us.af.mil to include the participants (maximum of 4), and if you are requesting a breakout session (also restricted to 4). These requests must be received no later than 4:30PM EST on 18 June 2025.
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Original Notice: June 06, 2025.
CAUTION:
The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources in industry that possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements for developing and fielding multi-capable and/or innovative aerospace ground equipment (AGE) to support sourcing, acquiring, and ensuring delivery of a wide range of ground and aircraft common support equipment (CSE). The NGAGE provider strategy has been developed to obtain leverage for modernization efforts, improve or replace aging assets, and continue to enhance a robust industrial vendor base. The level of security clearance and foreign participation has not been determined at this time.
Contractors responding to this market research are placed on notice that participation in this survey may not ensure participation in future solicitations or contract awards. The Government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation in this survey.
FAR 52.215-3—Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997)
- The Government does not intend to award a contract based on this Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) or to pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in the subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
- Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Attached is a Contractor Capability Survey within the Sources Sought Synopsis document which allows you to provide your company’s capability and to provide industry feedback regarding various aspects of this effort.
- If after receiving and reviewing the below attached documents, you desire to participate in the market research, you should respond to the Contractor Capability Survey to reflect your company’s capability in meeting these requirements. Failure to provide documentation may result in the Government being unable to adequately assess your capabilities.
Attachments:
A. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS)
B. Statement of Objectives (SOO)
C. Section L (Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors)
D. Section M (Evaluation Factors for Award)
E. Ordering Guide Instructions
3. Both large and small businesses are encouraged to participate in this Market Research. The Government anticipates holding a virtual Industry Day in support of this effort.
4. Questions related to this SSS/market research, as well as responses to the Contractor Capability Survey, should be addressed to the Support Equipment and Vehicles Contracting Office Team listed below:
Amanda Ragan (amanda.ragan.1@us.af.mil) Contracting Officer
Joe Lee (joe.lee.4@us.af.mil) Contracting Specialist
Update #2 ·
Update 10 June 2025
A virtual Industry Day will be held on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 at 1000 AM EST. Participation is voluntary, and if you are unable to attend, you will still be able to participate in any request for proposal that may generate as a result of this activity. The USG intends to conduct breakout sessions immediately following the conclusion of the presentation, limited to 15 minutes per vendor.
To secure your place in the Virtual Industry Day, hosted via MS Teams, please send an email request to amanda.ragan.1@us.af.mil and joe.lee.4@us.af.mil to include the participants (maximum of 4), and if you are requesting a breakout session (also restricted to 4). These requests must be received no later than 4:30PM EST on 18 June 2025.
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Original Notice: June 06, 2025.
CAUTION:
The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources in industry that possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements for developing and fielding multi-capable and/or innovative aerospace ground equipment (AGE) to support sourcing, acquiring, and ensuring delivery of a wide range of ground and aircraft common support equipment (CSE). The NGAGE provider strategy has been developed to obtain leverage for modernization efforts, improve or replace aging assets, and continue to enhance a robust industrial vendor base. The level of security clearance and foreign participation has not been determined at this time.
Contractors responding to this market research are placed on notice that participation in this survey may not ensure participation in future solicitations or contract awards. The Government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation in this survey.
FAR 52.215-3—Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997)
- The Government does not intend to award a contract based on this Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) or to pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in the subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
- Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Attached is a Contractor Capability Survey within the Sources Sought Synopsis document which allows you to provide your company’s capability and to provide industry feedback regarding various aspects of this effort.
- If after receiving and reviewing the below attached documents, you desire to participate in the market research, you should respond to the Contractor Capability Survey to reflect your company’s capability in meeting these requirements. Failure to provide documentation may result in the Government being unable to adequately assess your capabilities.
Attachments:
A. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS)
B. Statement of Objectives (SOO)
C. Section L (Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors)
D. Section M (Evaluation Factors for Award)
E. Ordering Guide Instructions
3. Both large and small businesses are encouraged to participate in this Market Research. The Government anticipates holding a virtual Industry Day in support of this effort.
4. Questions related to this SSS/market research, as well as responses to the Contractor Capability Survey, should be addressed to the Support Equipment and Vehicles Contracting Office Team listed below:
Amanda Ragan (amanda.ragan.1@us.af.mil) Contracting Officer
Joe Lee (joe.lee.4@us.af.mil) Contracting Specialist
Update #1 ·
CAUTION:
The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources in industry that possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements for developing and fielding multi-capable and/or innovative aerospace ground equipment (AGE) to support sourcing, acquiring, and ensuring delivery of a wide range of ground and aircraft common support equipment (CSE). The NGAGE provider strategy has been developed to obtain leverage for modernization efforts, improve or replace aging assets, and continue to enhance a robust industrial vendor base. The level of security clearance and foreign participation has not been determined at this time.
Contractors responding to this market research are placed on notice that participation in this survey may not ensure participation in future solicitations or contract awards. The Government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation in this survey.
FAR 52.215-3—Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997)
- The Government does not intend to award a contract based on this Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) or to pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in the subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
- Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Attached is a Contractor Capability Survey within the Sources Sought Synopsis document which allows you to provide your company’s capability and to provide industry feedback regarding various aspects of this effort.
- If after receiving and reviewing the below attached documents, you desire to participate in the market research, you should respond to the Contractor Capability Survey to reflect your company’s capability in meeting these requirements. Failure to provide documentation may result in the Government being unable to adequately assess your capabilities.
Attachments:
A. Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS)
B. Statement of Objectives (SOO)
C. Section L (Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors)
D. Section M (Evaluation Factors for Award)
E. Ordering Guide Instructions
3. Both large and small businesses are encouraged to participate in this Market Research. The Government anticipates holding a virtual Industry Day in support of this effort.
4. Questions related to this SSS/market research, as well as responses to the Contractor Capability Survey, should be addressed to the Support Equipment and Vehicles Contracting Office Team listed below:
Amanda Ragan (amanda.ragan.1@us.af.mil) Contracting Officer
Joe Lee (joe.lee.4@us.af.mil) Contracting Specialist
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