UPDATE (21 Jul 15): The Government released the "DRAFT" Request For Proposal (RFP) and its attachments on 14 Jul 15, before posting this Pre-Solicitation Notice. The DRAFT RFP documents are available for download under the same Solicitation No. FA3002-14-R-0015, Sources Sought. Potential offerors are encouraged to provide questions/comments NLT 28 Jul 15. The Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) at Randolph AFB Specialized Contracting Squadron (SCONS) is conducting an acquisition for Sheppard Aircraft Maintenance Services re-competition and follow-on contract. This is a pre-solicitation notice to provide non-personal services for Aircraft Maintenance Support Services at Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX. (Note: The description herein is a summary of the required services and is not intended to be all-inclusive.) DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES This requirement involves providing mission support for the 80th Flying Training Wing (FTW) located at Sheppard AFB, TX. The 80 FTW is a multinational Wing which includes members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This multinational organization is made up of 13 nations that comprise the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) Program. The ENJJPT program, established in the spirit of NATO, is the world's only multi-nationally manned and managed flying training program chartered to produce combat pilots for the NATO alliance. The Wing utilizes a total of 201 aircraft (77 T-6A, 92 T-38C UPT and 32 T-38C IFF) to train up to 256 student pilots, 110 instructor pilots, and 145 Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF) trainees annually. There are approximately 62,000 hours flown annually, with over 300 flights daily. A successful offeror will be responsible for all aspects of the organizational and intermediate-level maintenance operation, including, but not limited to: - Managing the full cycle of production by planning, scheduling, directing, and controlling all maintenance on assigned T-38C and T-6A aircraft, to include related support and training equipment; - Performing on-and off-equipment maintenance (repairs, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, inspections, Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTOs), Time Change Items (TCIs) and One Time Inspections (OTIs)) on all assigned aircraft and support equipment. This includes, but is not limited to: J85 jet engine intermediate maintenance (JEIM) for T-38C, PT6A engine organizational maintenance for T-6A aircraft, industrial support services, aircraft systems back-shop maintenance support for avionics, electrical-environmental, fuel systems, aircrew egress systems, hydraulics, aerospace ground equipment (AGE), fabrication shops (media blast, paint, sheet-metal, welding, machine, corrosion control), and Non Destructive Inspections (NDI); - Performing aircraft ground handling, launch and recovery, Pre-flight/Thru-flight/Basic Post flight, Hourly Post Flight, and Phase inspections; - Providing Crashed, Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery (CDDAR); - Performing off-station aircraft recovery and maintenance of disabled T-6A and T-38C aircraft, within the region identified in the contract; - Providing Transient Aircraft Maintenance services for visiting aircraft at Sheppard AFB, TX; - Performing maintenance data inputs into the Maintenance Information Systems (MIS), which includes, but is not limited to: Integrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS) and Comprehensive Engine Management System (CEMS); - Establishing and maintaining a formal compliance-oriented Quality Control Program (QCP) to ensure contract requirements are provided as specified, and employees comply with aircraft and equipment technical data and applicable AF directives; - Developing and implementing a written Training Program to ensure employees are fully trained, task proficient and task certified prior to being declared position qualified for each aircraft and/or equipment servicing, towing and maintenance duty position. ACQUISITION INFORMATION A single Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract will result from the solicitation. The contract shall be for a one (1) month base period for Mobilization (1 - 30 September 2016) and seven (7) one-year option periods (1 October 2016 through 30 September 2023) and the option to extend services. The Request for Proposal (RFP) FA3002-14-R-0015 will be posted on or about 15 September 2015, and proposals are anticipated to be due on or about 22 November 2015. This will be an electronic solicitation release. A pre-proposal conference/site visit is tentatively scheduled on or about 29-30 September 2015 at Sheppard AFB. The actual date and details of the conference/visit will be published in a separate notice. The solicitation, amendments, and other miscellaneous documents will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at http://www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of each offeror to review the web page for notice of amendments, updates, or changes to current information. This requirement will be conducted as a full and open competitive acquisition and will be evaluated using a Best Value Tradeoff source selection process. A source selection will be conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations 15.3 as supplemented by Department of Defense Source Selection Procedures, Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS) 5315, Contracting by Negotiation (dated 3 May 2011), and AFFARS Mandatory Procedures 5315.3 Source Selection (dated 4 May 2011). In order to be eligible for award, registration under the correct North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code in the System for Award Management is required. To register, go to https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ . The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this solicitation is section 488190 - Other Support Activities for Air Transportation. The small business size standard is $32.5 million in annual gross receipts. There will be no public bid opening. Directions for proposal submission will be included in the solicitation. Dates listed above are approximate and included for reference only. The actual date and details will be specified in the solicitation. In light of the Government shutdown, the dates are subject to being adjusted accordingly. Contact with Government personnel other than the Points of Contact (POC) listed below by a potential offeror or their employees regarding this acquisition is strictly prohibited. Any questions regarding this notice should be directed to following: Primary POC: Eilizabeth (Liz) Preston Contracting Officer elizabeth.preston@us.af.mil Telephone: 210-652-2490 Alternate POC Todd Joyner todd.joyner.1@us.af.mil Telephone: 210-652-2444
