SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Aviation Consulting Services
- Notice Date
- 3/5/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Forest Service, Contracting, Owyhee Building - MS 1100, 3833 S. Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho, 83705-5354, United States
- ZIP Code
- 83705-5354
- Solicitation Number
- AG-024B-S-14-0003
- Point of Contact
- Mike McFarlane, Phone: 208-387-5695
- E-Mail Address
-
michaelmcfarlane@fs.fed.us
(michaelmcfarlane@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Government has a need for aviation consulting services to support analysis, data gathering, writing, and group coordination and facilitation to the US Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management (FAM) office. The solicitation requires two positions with an estimated 400 hours per year per position. Offeror's must ensure that they provide personnel that meet the requirements identified in the solicitation. Services will include the following: • Conduct analysis of government provided or contractor collected aircraft data. • Evaluate Agency provided manuals, reports, safety action plans and other work. • Perform gap analysis of agency standards and policies against actual performance and production in field operations. • Identify changes to documentation to reflect an actual operations system. The contractor may assist in the development and improvement of the system and conduct post and pre-season audits as follow-up quality assurance. • Perform or participate in scheduled and unscheduled meetings, workshops, audits, inspections, and reviews in accordance with Forest Service manuals and documents. • Provide classroom instruction and presentations to meetings of fire and aviation managers. The contractor may be asked to facilitate the same meetings. • Develop reports, briefing papers, and project proposals related to the tasking issued by the agency Branch Chiefs. • Provide change or transition management process guidance or facilitation to agency programs undergoing operational, policy, procedural or other change or transitions. • Safety impact analysis, program audits and quality assurance development and analysis' The resulting contract will be an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract for one year with the option to extend the term of the contract at the unilateral discretion of the Government for an additional four, one year options. The contractor shall propose hourly rates and task orders will be issued predominately on a fixed price bases based on the number of hours estimated to perform the work times the offered rates. The services are set-aside for small business. Performance may be conducted at location throughout the US and travel to support services will be authorized by the orders in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations. The solicitation will be a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures as authorized by FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program For Certain Commercial Items.
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