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Aircraft Pilot Training Services

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70B02C26R00000001Federal

Submission Closed05/18/2026, 07:00:00 PM UTC

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations is soliciting Aircraft Pilot Training Services under a Full and Open Competition with a partial small business set aside for one functional area, using NAICS code 611512 and a $34M small business size standard. The contract will be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement with five ordering periods spanning from May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031, covering Initial/Transition and Annual/Recurrent training for a diverse fleet of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft including the Airbus AS-350 series, King Air variants, DHC-8 Q200/Q300, PC-12 Series X, and UH-60/H60 Black Hawk models. Training must comply with FAA regulations under Title 14 CFR and be delivered by FAA-certified providers. Proposals are structured into two functional areas: Functional Area 1 is open to all offerors, while Functional Area 2 is exclusively reserved for small businesses focused on Light Enforcement Helicopter Training. Each year’s proposals will be evaluated under a best-value trade-off approach where Technical and Past Performance collectively outweigh Price in importance. Evaluation is based on adjectival ratings—Outstanding to Unsatisfactory for Technical, and Superior to Unsatisfactory for Past Performance—while Price is assessed for reasonableness without individual scoring weights. Offerors must submit two volumes electronically by March 18, 2026: Volume I containing cost and pricing data in Excel with formulas, and Volume II as a technical proposal capped at 50 pages excluding certain appendices. All submissions must be sent via email to the designated point of contact, and questions must be submitted by February 25, 2026, with responses issued through official amendments. The contract includes no security clearance requirements, restricts access to unclassified information only, and mandates compliance with DHS directives on safeguarding sensitive PII. Performance will occur at the contractor’s facilities with all electronic deliverables submitted to the National Air Training Center in Oklahoma City and invoiced exclusively through the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), with WAWF prohibited. Key personnel resumes and staffing schedules must be included, and the clause for Organizational Conflicts of Interest is activated with additional restrictions on future contracting. The contract value is estimated between $500,000 and $9,000,000 based on

General Info

DHS CBP seeks FAA-certified pilot training for various aircraft, with small business set-asides, IDIQ contracts.

Agency

Department Of Homeland Security → Air And Marine Contracting Division

NAICS

611512 - Flight Training

Place of Performance

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Set-Aside

SBP

Documents

70B02C26R00000001 A0001 - Amendment

amendment

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70B02C26R00000001 Amendment A0002

amendment

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CBP Air and Marine Operations - Aircraft Pilot Training PWS

sow

High

CBP Aircraft Pilot Training Services QASP

qasp

High

RFP-70B02C26R00000001: CBP Aircraft Pilot Training Services

rfp

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SECTION B Schedule of Services Price/Cost

schedule-of-services-price-cost

High

70B02C26R00000001 Questions and Answers

q-and-a

Low

AI Contract Breakdown

Uniform Contract Format

Timeline

2 updates

PhaseAwarded

PostedFeb 18

Solicitation

Notice updatedMar 3

The notice description changed.

Notice updatedMay 13

Response deadline changed from Mar 18, 2026 to May 18, 2026. The notice description changed.

AwardedOct 28

Contract was awarded

Submission Closed

05/18/2026, 07:00:00 PM UTC

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Homeland Security → Air And Marine Contracting Division

Contacts1 person available

OfficeWASHINGTON, DC, 20229, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Homeland Security → Air And Marine Contracting Division

Office AddressWASHINGTON, DC, 20229, USA

Contacts

Shante Melton

contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

Amendment 2: The purpose of Amendment A0002 to RFP 70B02C26R00000001is to provide an updated Section B “Schedule of Services Price/Cost” Sheet.

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Amendment 1: The purpose of Amendment A0001 to RFP 70B02C26R00000001 is to provide answers to quesions received in response to the solicitation.

See A0001

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The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) is issuing this Request for Proposal to procure Aircraft Pilot Training Services which includes specific and generic training for a variety of Rotary Wing helicopters and Fixed Wing airplanes. The aircraft for Initial/Transition and Annual/Recurrent Training are: Airbus AS-350 B2, Airbus AS-350 B3, Airbus AS-350 B3e/H125, Airbus AS-350 2B1, King Air 200, King Air 350 with Collins Pro-Line 21, King Air 350 with Fusion, King Air 360, Bombardier DHC-8 Q200, DHC-8 Q300, DHC-8 Q300 with EFI-890, PC-12 Series X, UH-60 Black Hawk A, L and HH-60 models and UH-60 M. These training services must be in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and among the FAA certified providers in accordance with Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, commonly known as the Federal Aviation Regulations.

This procurement action is being solicited as a Full and Open competition with a Small Business set aside. The principle nature of the requirements described in this solicitation is consistent with services performed by industries in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 611512 “Flight Training” with a Small Business size standard of $34M. More than one Offeror may be awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm Fixed Price Contract Line Items. The period of performance will consist of 5 Ordering Periods.

The Aircraft Pilot Training Requirements are broken down into two Functional Areas which have been identified in the “Schedule of Services Price/Costs” Tables provided herein.

- Functional Area 1 is for Aircraft Pilot Training. This Functional Area is Full and Open Competition.

- Functional Area 2 is for the Light Enforcement Helicopter Training Requirements. This Functional Area is Set-Aside for Small Business Awards only.

All Functional Areas for each year proposed will be evaluated in accordance with the Evaluation Criteria detailed in this Solicitation.

RFP QUESTIONS: Questions or Concerns regarding any aspect of this RFP must be forwarded to Shante Melton, via email at contact@example.gov on or before February 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST so that they can be addressed prior to submission of your proposal. Responses to questions will be provided via an amendment to the RFP and posted on SAM.gov.

The date of receipt of proposals is on or before 5:00 PM EST on March 18, 2026. There will be no exceptions to the time and date when responses are due unless determined otherwise by the Government. Please submit your proposal (Volumes I and II) via email to contact@example.gov. further information is available in the RFP under “Proposal Submission Instructions”.