Requirment for Ramp Aircraft (CASA 212)

The Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command, Contracting Department, San Diego CA 92155 intends to award a 100% Small Business Set-Aside, Firm Fixed Price Contract to an Air Mobility Command (AMC) / Commercial Airlift Review Board (CARB) certified commercial carriers for parachute operations in California.   Parachute operations include land and water jumps. 

Contractor shall also provide the following:

•·         Coordination of local use of prospective drop zones

•·         CASA 212 or similar aircraft

•·         Fixed wing aircraft with rear ramp capabilities with a maximum of 16 combat equipped jumpers (350 lbs. average combat load.

•·         HALO/HAHO rigged aircraft

•·         A minimum of 15 flight hours and maximum of 30 flight hours for the following training dates:

•§  May 26-29 (Tues. - Fri.)

•§  Sep 1 - 21 (Option)

 The services will be acquired in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items.

The Contractor shall provide piolot(s), commercial aircraft(s) and fuel for all training events. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 48111.  The size standard is 1500 personnel.

A complete Request for Proposal package will be available for downloading at the FBO website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov on or about 01 May 2015. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above sites; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the offeror is self-certifying that neither the requestor not the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contrast from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 866-606-8220, or via Internet at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Please direct all questions regarding this requirement via e-mail to the POC identified in this synopsis.