Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Training
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N0018925QZ237
- Agency
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Naval Supply Systems Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 611512 Flight Training
- PSC
- U099 Education/Training- Other
- Place of performance
- Bingen, Washington, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk is seeking to procure training courses for operators of the BlackJack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Scan Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) through a sole source acquisition. These training services are for the Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA), which supports international government training programs. The procurement will be processed under FAR Subpart 13.5 and will result in a firm fixed price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract exclusively awarded to Insitu, Inc., the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The contract is specifically for training related to two unmanned aerial systems used for battlefield surveillance, autonomous search missions, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) purposes. All questions regarding the pre-solicitation must be submitted via email to Erin Kilrain by the due date of April 14, 2025, with oral communications not being acceptable.
The solicitation has no specific small business set-aside, and the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 611512 for Flight Training, with a small business size standard of $34 million. The anticipated contract will have a base period of twelve months with two additional twelve-month option periods, with performance expected to begin around June 20, 2025. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 41 U.S.C. 1901, which allows simplified acquisition procedures for commercial items. Insitu, Inc. is the sole potential contractor for this opportunity, leveraging their status as the original equipment manufacturer of the BlackJack UAV and Scan Eagle UAS. The procurement is being conducted by the Department of the Navy and falls under the Defense agency classification, focusing on specialized unmanned aerial system operator training for international security assistance programs.
Notice text
Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk Contracting Department, Pentagon Directorate intends to acquire, via sole source acquisition, training courses for the operators of the BlackJack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Scan Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA). The Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA) is the U.S. Navy’s agent for international education and training. NETSAFA coordinates training support to international governments and international organizations. As a field activity of the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), NETSAFA serves as a focal point for all security assistance training program issues, coordination and advice within the U.S. Navy. Blackjack is a remotely controlled fully, stabilized, long range UAV used for the purpose of autonomous surveillance of the battlefield and search missions. The ScanEagle UAS is an expeditionary, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) system that operates in a low/medium altitude and delivers day and night imagery.
It is the intent of the Government to process this procurement under FAR Subpart 13.5 and to ultimately award a firm fixed priced (FFP), Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract on a sole source basis to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the UAS and UAV which is Insitu, Inc. as a result of the forthcoming solicitation. Performance is anticipated to begin approximately on 20 June 2025.
The statutory authority permitting this sole source action is 41 U.S.C. 1901, Simplified acquisition procedures – a sole source acquisition using simplified acquisition procedures for the acquisition of commercial items, as implemented by FAR 13.501(a). The resultant contract will include a base period of twelve (12) months plus two (2), twelve (12) month option periods.
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code for the proposed acquisition is 611512 (Flight Training), which has a small business size standard of $34M (in millions of dollars). The resultant solicitation will be issued solely to Insitu, Inc.
Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. The Government will neither award a contract nor pay for information in response to this notice.
Please direct all questions regarding this pre-solicitation synopsis, to Erin Kilrain via email: erin.kilrain.civ@us.navy.mil
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