RQ-4/u-2 CAT/CWD

  SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. CHANGE THE ANNOUNCEMENT RESPONSE DATE FROM 3:00 PM EST, 22 DEC 2016 to 3:00 PM EST, 3 JAN 2017. The Government is seeking industry input from all sources at this time to determine if this acquisition should remain a total small business set-aside under the auspices of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19. Small Business concerns are highly encouraged to respond to this request. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 611512 with a size standard of $27.5M. Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) under NAICS 611512. 

Air Combat Command, Acquisition Management Integration Center (ACC AMIC), Joint Base Langley-Eustis VA, is in the process of determining the acquisition strategy to obtain non-personal services for the RQ-4 "Global Hawk", U-2 "Dragon Lady" and U-2/T-38 Companion Trainer Program (CTP) Contract Aircrew Training and Courseware Development (CAT/CWD) in support of operations at Beale AFB, CA and Grand Forks AFB, ND, hereafter known as the RQ-4/U-2 CAT/CWD contract. The contract may be modified in the future to include additional training related to RQ-4, U-2 or other Remotely Piloted operations. The contractor will perform to the standards specified in this contract. 

The period of performance will cover a 2-month Phase-In period, 1-base year period, and 4 one-year option periods. The Government expects to make an award on or about 25 Oct 2017, with the 2-month Phase-In period of (1 Dec 2017 - 31 Jan 2018) and actual performance start date of 1 Feb 2018. Note: U2/T-38 performance of services will start 1 Oct  2018. This acquisition will be issued as a Request For Proposal (RFP) on or about 5 Apr 2017. Please note this is an estimated posting time, and it is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor the Federal Business Opportunity website (FedBizOpps) for all subsequent postings. A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) (Attachment 1), draft DD 254 (Attachment 2), and Market Research Questions, (Attachment 3) are posted in conjunction with this notice to provide the size, scope, and complexity of this requirement. 

A determination regarding the set aside status for this effort has not been made. This is not a formal Request for Proposal (RFP), and no contract will result from this notice, nor does it commit the Government to any acquisition for these services. Interested small business concerns should submit a capabilities package (please limit to no more than 10 pages total) outlining their key business abilities relevant to the performance of this requirement and addressing the questions found in Attachment 3 to this notice.  All companies are encouraged to respond and submit the requested information to this office by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 22 Dec 2016.

Note:  Offerors responding to this notice as a small business concern must at least meet the NAICS 611512 size standard of $27.5M.

Please provide all responses/packages via email to Ms. Imelda A. Reantaso, ACC AMIC/PKB, (757) 225-5797, imelda.reantaso.1@us.af.mil. The Government plans to consider all information submitted in response to this sources sought notice and use the Internet and e-mail as the primary means of disseminating and exchanging information.  Hard copies of documents posted on FBO will not be made available. The Government will provide an email confirmation of receipt of information. If you have difficulty in emailing your response and/or an email confirmation of receipt is not received, you are encouraged to contact Ms. Imelda A. Reantaso at (757) 225-5797.

Please include the following information about your organization in your response:   

Name of Organization
Address
Telephone Number
Point(s) of Contact
E-Mail Addresses 

Size of Business:  ________Small                  _________Large

Status of Business:
SBA 8 (a) Business Development Program Concern:  _________
Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone Concern____________
Small Disadvantaged Business Concern:  _________
Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern:  _________
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern: _________
Women-Owned Business Concern:  ___________

The ACC AMIC/PKB points of contact for subject requirement are Ms. Imelda A. Reantaso, Contract Manager (757) 225-5797, and Capt. Hannah Kosirog, Contracting Officer (757) 225-2153.