SOURCES SOUGHT
V -- AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES - SOURCES SOUGHT
- Notice Date
- 2/4/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 481211
— Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Special Operation Forces Support Activity (SOFSA), 5749 BRIAR HILL ROAD, LEXINGTON, Kentucky, 40516-9723
- ZIP Code
- 40516-9723
- Solicitation Number
- H92276_FY15_0001
- Archive Date
- 3/10/2015
- Point of Contact
- Allison Stridh, Phone: 497117295708
- E-Mail Address
-
allison.p.stridh.civ@mail.mil
(allison.p.stridh.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Synopsis ***THIS NOTICE IS NOT A SOLICITATION.*** REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. Special Operations Command Africa is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in, and the resources to support, an emerging requirement for mobile fixed wing air transport services to move personnel and cargo within the northern regions of Africa and surrounding countries. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the feasibility and method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 481211, which has a corresponding Size Standard of 1,500 employees. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred and has no responsibility to solicit in the future for these services based on this sources sought synopsis. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, organizational address and other contact information, POC name/contact information/email, organization website address (if available), size and type of ownership for the organization, and any small business status your company maintains and the associated expiration date of each status; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort to include a listing of potential aircraft employed for these services, and appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 18:00 (EST), 23 February 2015. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Allison Stridh, allison.p.stridh.civ@mail.mil. If you have any questions concerning this opportunity please e-mail: Allison Stridh, allison.p.stridh.civ@mail.mil. Disclaimer: This SSS is issued solely for informational and planning purposes. It does not constitute a solicitation (Request for Proposal or Request for Quotations) or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. APPENDIX 1: Purpose and Objectives The specific requirement for this effort is found below. 1. Fixed-wing aircraft capable of: a. Transporting a minimum of 1,000 lbs and maximum of 4,500 lbs to include a mix of a maximum of 12 passengers and/or cargo. b. Taking off/land on improved and unimproved dirt airfields of a minimum of 1,800 feet in length to support supply and personnel transportation requirements. 2. Contractor to provide mobile airlift services to the locations provided from the Primary Operation Area (POA). Countries within the POA where the air transportation support could be provided include, but are not be limited to, Libya, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Senegal, and Morocco. Other locations within northern Africa may be dictated by operational requirements and timely coordination will ensure contractor support. 3. The Contractor will perform routine flights. Services include aircraft, flight planning, aircraft maintenance, and transporting hazardous cargo as required. 4. The Contractor shall have an alternate, fully capable aircraft available in the event scheduled or unscheduled maintenance and/or repairs are required when one aircraft is not capable of flying. 5. Contractor to furnish all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, insurance, security, life support (e.g., housing, meals etc., for Contractor personnel) and other items and services necessary to operate fixed-wing aircraft within the Primary Operating Area.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NORTH REGIONS OF AFRICA AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES., United States
- Record
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