SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- PILOT, INSTRUCTION AND AIRCRAFT
- Notice Date
- 5/3/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 611512
— Flight Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC - AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, California, 93524-1185, United States
- ZIP Code
- 93524-1185
- Solicitation Number
- F1STAB1110B001
- Archive Date
- 5/20/2011
- Point of Contact
- Nancy R. Palmer, Phone: 6612752538
- E-Mail Address
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nancy.palmer@edwards.af.mil
(nancy.palmer@edwards.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT - The Air Force Flight Test Center, Directorate of Contracting, Edwards Air Force Base, California, intends to solicit with and award a new sole source service contract to Commemorative Air Force, 9600 Wright Drive, Midland, TX 79706 for the following requirement. This sole source acquisition meets the conditions of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1); only one responsible source has been identified as reasonably available to provide the service and supplies that will satisfy the agency requirements, and will be conducted IAW FAR part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This synopsis is for notification purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids, quotes, or proposals. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 611512 and the Small Business size standard is $25,500,000. A firm-fixed price contract is contemplated to include an estimated contract period of 10 days. These services include: Contractor shall provide pilot, instruction, and aircraft [Antonov AN-2], for the USAF Test Pilot School (TPS) to support the Qualitative Evaluation (Qual Eval) Program (QE 900). Summary of requirement: 1 qualified pilot for 8 days of curriculum support, maintenance ground crew support 8 days, total of 10 days on station at Edwards Air Force Base, California required, and 21.7 hours of dry rate flight time. Description: Qualitative Evaluation Sorties. Format for the Qual Eval sorties will be for the safety/instructor pilot to occupy a pilot station while pilot and/or non-pilot students occupy another pilot station. Student and staff pilots will be afforded the opportunity within safety constraints to take-off and land with a qualified Contractor pilot at another set of flight controls. Non-pilot students and staff crew members will have access to a fully functional set of flight controls and will perform hands-on flying within the limits established by the qualitative review board (QRB), see TPS Operating Instruction OI 11-5 which contains guidance and limits established by the USAF Test Pilot School and is coordinated with the contractor. Approximately twenty-six (26) staff and/or student test pilots/engineers or navigators shall fly the aircraft per class session as a minimum. Sortie duration is approximately 3.1 hours. Total flight time in support of the Qual Eval program will be the number of scheduled sorties multiplied by the scheduled sortie duration. The number of Qual Eval sorties required is 6 student sorties and 1 staff sortie. The contractor shall provide at least one pilot to support the USAF Test Pilot School Qual-Eval program possessing the follow minimum qualifications: FAA commercial pilot certificate Type rating, Letter of Authorization or proper log book endorsement as required by 14 CFR Parts 61 or 91 Recent experience as required by 14 CFR Parts 61 or 91 Current Certified Flight Instructor certificate Minimum 1500 hours total flight time At least 100 hours in the AN-2 as pilot with at least 50 landings as sole operator of the controls The contractor shall provide a qualified maintenance ground crew with a minimum of one certified Airframe and Power plant technician while on location at Edwards AFB, California, or have them on site within 4 hours of discovery of a maintenance issue. Contractor shall be required to comply with all federal, state, and local operating authorities, permits and licenses, necessary, beyond AFFTC's current operating authorities, to perform the instruction and/or development contemplated by the contract. This synopsis does not constitute a solicitation, however all responsible sources that believe that can meet all of the requirements may submit a capabilities package that shall include, as a minimum: 1) evidence of past experience and related projects that covers the criteria above, with value/price of past efforts; 2) size of firm, large or small business; 3) whether or not these items and services are provided commercially to non-government agencies; and 4) the capability to support the requirements as identified above which shall be considered. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this notice. Responses should be submitted via: e-mail nancy.palmer@edwards.af.mil or by faxing, Fax #: 661-277-0470 (call to verify receipt of fax). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and a determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no responses are received by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 05 May 2011, a Sole Source contract will be pursued with Commemorative Air Force.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 5 South Wolfe Ave, Edwards AFB, California, 93524, United States
- Zip Code: 93524
- Zip Code: 93524
- Record
- SN02438303-W 20110505/110503234041-531bf2b1a9b3d6742b3f36d5b050796f (fbodaily.com)
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