Rotary Maintenance Contract Consolidation (Formerly FA6800-18-R-0005)

Amendment 3 extends the proposal & past performance information due dates and incorporates revised solicitation documents. Also, please see the attached Comment Resolution Matrices (CRMs) for Government Responses to Site Visit Q & A as well as RFP Q & A. Please see the attachment (FA6800-19-R-A002 0003) for additional information.

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Amendment 2 extends the proposal due date and past performance information due date. Please see the attachment (FA6800-19-R-A002 0002) for additional information..

DUE TO THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ASKED (OVER 250) AND THE CONTRACT REVIEW/LEGAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESPONSES TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS, IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE PAST PERFORMANCE VOLUME DUE DATE OF 21 MAR 19 AND THE PROPOSAL RECEIPT DUE DATE OF 8 APR 19 WILL BE EXTENDED. THE PROJECTED NEW DATES ARE 4 APR 19 FOR THE PAST PERFORMANCE VOLUME AND 22 APR 19 FOR THE PROPOSAL RECEIPT DATE. PLEASE WATCH FOR THE OFFICIAL AMENDMENT THAT CHANGES THESE DUE DATES WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
LT Col Jamey Hartsel
Contracting Officer.

Amendment 1 extends the proposal due date and past performance information due date. Please see the attachment (FA6800-19-R-A002 0001) for additional information.
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HELICOPTER MAINTENANCE CONTRACT CONSOLIDATION SOLICITATION (REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS)
IMPORTANT NOTICE-DUE TO A CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM CHANGE THE SOLICITATION NUMBER FOR THIS REQUIREMENT HAS CHANGED FROM FA6800-18-R-0005 TO FA6800-19-R-A002. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE RELEASED UNDER THE NEW NUMBER.
Description: The 767th Specialized Contracting Flight at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana intends to award multiple award contracts to consolidate helicopter maintenance acquisitions (with two competition pools-Small Business Set-Aside and Full and Open Competition). The contracts will provide support services to Andrews AFB, MD, F.E. Warren AFB, WY, Minot AFB, ND, Malmstrom AFB, MT, Fairchild AFB, WA, Yokota AB Japan, Kirtland AFB, NM, and other locations as needs arise. Below is an overview of the primary requirements of the acquisition. The following represents the primary requirements of the acquisition.
(1) Perform "full spectrum", "turn key" maintenance operations, 24 hours a day, seven days a week (24/7) to include: organizational and intermediate level maintenance, repairs, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, scheduled inspections, Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTOs), Time Change Items (TCIs) and One Time Inspections (OTIs), Plans, Scheduling and Documentation (PS & D), and fleet management.
(2) Launch, recover, inspect, maintain, and repair all unit assigned UH-1N, HH-60, and MH-139 helicopters and mission support equipment, in addition, provide Aircrew Services (pilots) for all unit assigned UH-1N, HH-60, MH-139 and V-22 rotary aircraft in order to meet the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), and Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) missions and additional potential missions.
(3) Provide maintenance support services to include, but not limited to: aircraft ground handling, launch and recovery, pre-flight/thru-flight/basic post flight, hourly post flight, periodic/phase inspections, quality control, assistance with aircraft crash recovery, medical evacuation, fire suppression support, other contingency, designed operational capability generation or emergency support, and off-station recovery support.
(4) Maintain aircraft to include inspections, exercises, deployments, static displays, incentive flights, open house (air shows), search and rescue, spouse orientation day, and change of command ceremonies that involve aircraft and/or maintenance resources.
(5) Perform weapons maintenance and munitions operations to include storing and supplying weapons munitions load/install, removal, build-up and delivery, inspections, exercises, deployments, search and rescue that involve aircraft and/or maintenance resources.
A Firm-Fixed Price contract vehicle with both Firm-Fixed-Price Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) and Cost Reimbursement CLINs (travel, overtime and fuel) is contemplated. Additional contract types may also be included for flexibility. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) with a $32.5M small business size standard. Multiple awards are anticipated. Two competition pools (Small Business Set Aside and Full and Open Competition) with up to 5 contractors in each pool is planned.
Contract performance is as follows:
Contract Length 01 Oct 19-30 Sep 29
Ordering period 1 01 Oct 19-30 Sep 24
Ordering period 2 01 Oct 24-30 Sep 29

Task orders will be competed for each operating location/MAJCOM as current contracts expire (starting with Fairchild AFB and Kirtland AFB). Information concerning this solicitation has been incrementally released and posted to Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) http://fedbizopps.gov/. A Pre-Proposal Conference and site visit will be conducted on February 19th at Fairchild AFB (Small Business Set-Aside Pool) and on February 21 at Kirtland AFB (Full and Open Competition Pool). Please see the attached site visit instructions for access and attendance at each of these meetings. Any questions asked at the site visits will be posted to FBO with responses following the site visits.
Please submit any questions regarding the attached RFP, attachments or instructions in writing to the Contracting Officer by 1700 Central time on 15 February 2019. Once completed, the responses to these questions will also be posted to FBO.
The following AFFARS Mandatory Procedure will be utilized: AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (IAW AFFARS MP5332.7 Contract Funding:

Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs.

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