The Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center, located at Atlantic City International Airport, Atlantic City, New Jersey, is conducting a market survey of all SMALL BUSINESSES interested in bidding on an aviation engineering research and development contract. The following POTENTIAL contract particulars apply: NAICS Code: 541710 Engineering Research and Development Size Standard: 500 Employees Type of Contract: Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Cost Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Duration: Potential for five (5) years, three (3) year base period and up to two (2) additional option years Potential Effort Ceiling(per year): Up to 50,000.0 labor hours/year DESCRIPTION OF POTENTIAL EFFORT: The Federal Aviation Administration Airport and Aircraft Safety Research and Development Division (Division), Fire Safety Branch is responsible for conducting research, testing, and standards development for all aspects of aircraft fire safety. The in-house and contractual efforts generate technical data that are used to develop, support, or change FAA regulatory standards or guidance material related to systems for fire detection, supression, and control and for the flammability of aircraft materials. The Fire Safety Branch is comprised of two (2) major program activities. The website, http://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/index.html, provides more specific information on the Fire Safety Branch program responsibilities and technical activities. Technical support and services are sought in the following two (2) technical programs: 1) Fire Safety a) Full scale, intermediate scale, and lab scale fire testing of aircraft materials, systems and components b) Coordination and reporting of government/industry meetings and conferences. c) Development and maintenance of aircraft fire related databases. 2) Fire Research a) Research and development of ultra fire resistant materials for aircraft use. Any small business entities that meet the required size standard of NAICS code 541710 that are interested in responding to the upcoming Screening Information Request (SIR), may submit a white paper/capabilities statement of no more than three (3) pages providing a brief description about your company, knowledge and technical expertise in the two (2) program areas listed above, and past experience and accomplishments while working under Government technical support and engineering service contracts related to aviation research related activities, particularly in aircraft fire safety and research. Any/all interested SMALL BUSINESSES must submit their capabilities statement to the FAA Contracting Officer, Chris Gallagher, no later than Thursday, 6/16/2005, 2:00PM EST. The capabilities statement may be sent electronically to
contact@example.gov, or faxed to
+1 (555) 000-0000, or sent via normal mail to the below address: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center Attn: Chris Gallagher Contracts, ACX-52 Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405 This announcement does not obligate the Government in any way whatsoever to award or to initiate competition for award of the above proposed effort.