Separation Standards Analysis Technical Support

In accordance with FAA Acquisition Management System Section 3.2.1.2.1, the FAA is posting the Request for Information to identify interested parties that possess the personnel resources with the expertise necessary to provide engineering services in support of research, testing and validation of advanced aviation separation and airspace concepts conducted by the Separation Standards Analysis Branch located at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ. The Branch provides analytical assessments of the relationship between separation standards, emerging technological concepts, and new procedures for use in developing future airspace separation minima, e.g., Monitored Altimetry System Error (ASE), Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM), Performance Based Communications and Surveillance (PBCS) enabled separation. See the attached draft Statement of Work for further details. The anticipated period of performance is one base year period and four one-year option periods.

Incumbent Contractor – The incumbent contractor is CSSI, LLC, located in Washington DC

Nature of Competition - The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at this time. This sources Sought Notice is part of the FAA's market research and it will aid in the Government's determination regarding acquisition strategy.

Submittal Requirements – Interested companies must provide the following information:

1. Capability Statement of no more than five (5) pages describing ability to successfully perform the tasks in the draft SOW along with experience performing similar work within the last 5 years;
2. Business Size (Large or Small). If small’ please indicate if your firm is A Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business (8(a) Certified), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business, Women Owned Small Business, and/or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business

Delivery of Submittals- All submittals in response to this market survey must be received by 05:00 pm EDT 03 June 2024. Send response via email to maria.j.wells@faa.gov. Any confidential or proprietary information submitted in response to this announcement must be marked accordingly by the vendor. Such information will not be disclosed outside of the acquisition team.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR OFFERS. A SIR/Request for Proposal may be made under a separate announcement in the future. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing vendor responses to this market survey. Therefore, any cost associated with a market survey submission is solely at the interested vendor’s expense.