NASA Agency Aircrew Flight and Maintenance training

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Headquarters (HQ) Procurement Office, is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for the Agency Flight Crew and Flight Engineer Maintenance Training requirements(s). NASA operates a fleet of diverse commercial aircrafts in support of the Agency's missions. For these commercial aircrafts, NASA is seeking Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) simulator training services at vendor facilities for NASA Flight Crew and Flight Engineer Maintenance training that will contribute to maintaining personnel proficiency for noted areas. NASA is interested in identifying sources able to provide COTS simulator training (left seat for pilot training) and classroom training at vendor facilities for aircrafts Gulfstream G-III, G-V and King Air 200. The training courses shall be for initial and recurrent Flight Pilot Qualification Training; initial and recurrent Flight Engineer Maintenance Training (Gulfstream G-III and G-V only) for aircraft maintenance; and initial and recurrent Flight Engineer Engine Run & Taxi (ERT) Training to start the engines and taxi the aircraft. Simulator training shall be accomplished utilizing FAA Part 142 certified, Level C/D, and full flight simulators with visual systems. NASA Headquarters is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for the Agency's Aircrew Flight and Maintenance Training requirement. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FEDBizOpps. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Information obtained will be used to assist NASA Headquarters in determining what sources are available that have the required capabilities and are interested in supporting this program. Information on the requirements can be found in the draft Statement of Work (SOW). Respondents must demonstrate capabilities, expertise and experience within the last three years in all the following functional contract elements as described in the draft SOW. Respondents to this RFI shall provide a one-page summary with their capability statement and include the following information: 1. Business Information a. Company name and address b. DUNS Number c. Socio-economic classification of company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, service disabled veteran owned, HUBZone, large business, etc.). d. Size (gross revenue, number of employees in company) e. Number of years in existence f. Company point of contact - name, phone, and e-mail address Capability statement shall be no more than ten (10) pages, including the 1-page summary and shall include the following information: a. List of relevant government and/or private sector contracts and subcontracts it has performed, or is performing within the past three years, include point of contact information - name, phone, and e-mail address. Relevant is defined as same or similar to the proposed effort in scope and complexity. b. Discuss your experience as it relates to the functional areas of the draft SOW and why you deem the experience to be relevant and of value to this requirement. In addition, industry is also invited to provide inputs in the following areas in narrative form in response to this synopsis: 2. Past projects with proven and relevant experience in the functional areas of the draft SOW, including three (3) references. These references must include a description of relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement, and a point of contact address, phone number, and e-mail address. Relevant is defined as same or similar to the proposed effort in scope and complexity. c. Discuss specific lessons learned or best practices developed from this above-described experience, including cost savings to the government, that are relevant to this requirement. The size standard under NAICS Code 611512 is average annual receipts of $27.5M. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. All responses shall be submitted to Patricia C. Johnson not later than April 30, 2019 at 3pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please reference (NNH19691208I) in any response. 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