Market Survey - Navigation Test & Evaluation (T&E) Support

(1) INTRODUCTION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) Enterprise Services Test & Evaluation (T&E) Division, Navigation Branches require T&E support to accomplish their mission. This support includes providing high quality products and services in acquisition, engineering, verification and validation, performance monitoring, modeling and simulation, and lifecycle support of National Airspace System (NAS) systems, including: GNSS and Augmentation Programs (e.g., WAAS, ARAIM, EGNOS, Galileo), GPS Modernization, Ground-based Navigation Aids (e.g., ILS, DME, VOR), and Approach Lighting Systems (e.g., MALSR, PAPI, REIL, SFFLU, RRCS, RRCIU, RLMS, ALSF). The period of performance is anticipated to be five (5) years from the date of contract award. (2) INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR: These services are currently being performed under DTFAWA10A-00043/0002 by Spectrum Software Technology, Inc. (3) NATURE OF COMPETITION: The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at this time. The FAA anticipates the procurement to be set-aside for competition among small business concerns. This determination for the level of competition will be based on the results of this market survey. Additionally, the responses to this announcement will be a determining factor regarding whether the use of an existing multi-award vehicle is appropriate. (4) STANDARD LANGUAGE: This is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposals of any kind. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey. Any costs associated with the market survey submittals are solely at the interested vendor’s expense. (5) NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE: The projected NAICS code for this requirement is 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services with an applicable size standard of $27.5 Million. (6) SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MARKET SURVEY: Interested companies are required to submit a summary of your capability in meeting the FAA’s requirement as described in the attached Draft SOW. This statement should not exceed five (5) pages in length. Please include the following: (i) technical approach, (ii) corporate experience with similar work, and (iii) any additional information to assist the FAA in planning the acquisition strategy. Also, the FAA anticipates that this effort will require a Secret Facility Clearance (FCL) at the time of award. In your response to this market survey, please indicate if your company currently possesses, or will possess in the near future, a Secret Facility Clearance (FCL). (7) DELIVERY OF SUBMITTALS: Interested companies must submit their response to this market survey electronically to contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov by no later than 5 PM (EST) on November 6, 2017. All questions regarding this market survey must be submitted via email to contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov. (8) OTHER: Any confidential or proprietary information submitted in response to this announcement must be marked accordingly by the vendor. Such information will not be disclosed outside of the acquisition team. The FAA anticipates releasing the Solicitation in December 2017. If you're viewing this announcement from a source other than Federal Aviation Administration Contract Opportunities (FAACO), visit https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/announcement/view/28434 to view the original announcement.