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Intent to Award Sole/Single Source - USAFSAM/FEE TD2 Flight Simulators

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IASS-AFRL-RMZB-2026-0042Federal

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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Enterprise Strategies and Initiatives Contracting Division intends to award a sole source purchase order to Redbird Flight Simulations Inc. for five TD2 flight simulators to support training initiatives at the USAFSAM/FEE facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The requirement falls under NAICS Code 333310 and is justified as non-competitive because Redbird is the only vendor capable of delivering simulators that align with current curriculum and operational needs. This notice is not a solicitation for bids, but a window for responsible sources to submit capability statements, quotations, or exceptions to the sole source determination by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 17, 2026. Responses must be emailed to Christof Olp-Weakland with the exact subject line “Notice of Intent to Award SS – TD2 Flight Simulators” and may only include approved file formats such as PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, or XLSX; .zip or .exe attachments will be filtered out and deleted. All submissions will be reviewed solely to determine whether a competitive procurement should be pursued. The required Minimum Requirements Document and Redacted Single Source Justification are attached for reference.

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U.S. Air Force to sole-source five TD2 simulators to Redbird for training at Wright-Patterson AFB.

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Department Of Defense → FA2396 USAF Afmc Afrl Pzl Afrl PzleView Agency

NAICS

333310 - Commercial and Service Industry Machinery ManufacturingView NAICS

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Wright Patterson AFB, OH, 45433, USA

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Minimum Requirements for Five Flight Simulators - FEE Division

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SSJ_Redacted.pdf

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AgencyDepartment Of Defense → FA2396 USAF Afmc Afrl Pzl Afrl Pzle
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OfficeWRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, OH, 45433-7541, USA
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Office AddressWRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, OH, 45433-7541, USA
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This requirement is for five (5) TD2 Flight Simulators for the USAFSAM/FEE at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.


NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SINGLE SOURCE: The NAICS Code is 333310 – Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Strategies and Initiatives Contracting Division (RMZ), located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, intends to award a sole source purchase order as authorized by RFO 12.102(a) to Redbird Flight Simulations Inc.


In order to comply with RFO 5.101(c)(4)(vii), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: Redbird Flight Simulations Inc. is the only vendor capable of providing the required five (5) flight simulators to align with current training initiatives and existing curriculum. Please see attachment to this notice for additional details.


This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes or proposals. A determination by the Government for the competition of this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources or authorized distributors may submit a capability statement that meets all the requirements in the attached Minimum Requirements Document (MRD) dated 13 July 2026, quotation, or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government via e-mail to Mr. Christof Olp-Weakland at christopher.olp-weakland@us.af.mil no later than Monday 17 August 2026 at 5:00pm Eastern Time. Only responses received by this date will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.


Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads “Notice of Intent to Award SS – TD2 Flight Simulators”. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe, or .zip files).  Therefore, if this subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters.  Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson AFB. If sending attachments with e-mail, ensure only .PDF, .doc, docx, xls, or .xsls documents are sent. The e-mail filter may delete any other form of attachments.



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Single Source Justification (SSJ) Redacted

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