Visual Guidance Technical Support

1.  Introduction/Purpose

The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Airports’ Airport Technology Research and Development Branch (ATRD) has a requirement for Visual Guidance support services in the following five task areas: (1) Airport Lighting and Infrastructure (2) Airport Surface Markings, Signs and Vehicle Operations (3) Lighting Innovations and Special Projects (4) National Airspace System Visual Aids and (5) Vehicle, Facility, Equipment and Asset Operations and Maintenance. Reference Attachment 1 – Draft Statement of Work (SOW). The period of performance of this effort is anticpated to be up to five years.

2.  Incumbent Contractor

This requirement is currently being performed by General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) under contract DTFACT-15-D-00007.

3.  Nature of Competition

The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at this time. The results of this Market Survey will determine the final acquisition strategy.  The FAA may decide to do a full and open competition or set aside all or part of this procurement for small businesses, disabled veteran-owned small businesses or eligible socially and economically disadvantaged businesses that are certified by the SBA for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program.  The FAA may also award this effort under an existing contract vehicle. 

4.  General Information

This is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposals of any kind. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred  in preparing the response to the market survey. Any costs associated with the market survey submittal is solely at the interested vendor’s expense.

5. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

The NAICS Code for this procurement is expected to be 541330 - Engineering Services with a size standard of $16.5M.

6.  Submittal Requirements for Market Survey

Responses to this Market Survey should include the following elements and must be no longer than 10 pages:

(1) Corporate Experience & Technical Capabilities: Please provide relevant corporate experience and technical capabilities that demonstrate the ability to satisfy the requirements set forth in the attached draft SOW. The corporate experience should include relevant work in an airport environment, and work on aviation and airport lighting systems to include components, circuiltry, installation, design, and test and evaluation. 

(2) Other Information: Please provide any other applicable information, any comments on the requirements or general feedback for the FAA’s consideration planning this acquisition.

7.  Delivery of Submittals

All responses to this Market Survey must be submitted by November 4, 2020 to Christine Kranz at Christine.CTR.Kranz@faa.gov and Harry Lutz at Harry.Lutz@faa.gov. Please send any questions to  Christine.CTR.Kranz@faa.gov.

8.  Attachments

Attachment 1 - Draft Statement of Work