SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- AN-2 QUAL EVAL - PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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
- F1STAB1175B001
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2011
- Point of Contact
- Nancy R. Palmer, Phone: 6612752538
- E-Mail Address
-
nancy.palmer@edwards.af.mil
(nancy.palmer@edwards.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR F1STAB1175B001 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary. The Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Edwards AFB Contracting is searching for vendors that can provide non-personal service in support of the USAF Test Pilot School, Antonov AN-2 Qualitative Evaluation Program scheduled for 24 August - 3 September 2011. The contractor shall provide one FAA type certified AN-2 aircraft, one qualified pilot and maintenance support for this nine day event. 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. Summary of requirement: 1 qualified pilot for 7 days of curriculum support, maintenance ground crew support 7 days, total of 10 days on station at Edwards Air Force Base, California required, and approximately 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 7 sorties in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. 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. 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. F.O.B. Destination: Edwards AFB, CA 93524. Please note that this synopsis is for planning purposes only, does not constitute a solicitation for competitive bids/proposals, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit, in writing, a complete 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 IAW FAR 52.219-1; 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. The information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Air Force not to open the requirement to open competition, based on response to this sources-sought synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Air Force. 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) not later than 12:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 17 July 2011.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 5 South Wolfe Ave., Edwards AFB, California, 93524-1185, United States
- Zip Code: 93524-1185
- Zip Code: 93524-1185
- Record
- SN02496972-W 20110715/110713234600-223964bf0a6f86b77c0a14f58906b41f (fbodaily.com)
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