U -- COMMAND AIRCRAFT CREW TRAINING (CACT) PROGRAM FOR ACADEMIC AND SIMULATOR TRAINING ON THE UC-12B/F/M AIRCRAFT

COMMAND AIRCRAFT CREW TRAINING (CACT) PROGRAM FOR ACADEMIC AND SIMULATOR TRAINING ON THE UC-12B/F/M AIRCRAFT NAVAIR Orlando Training Systems Division (TSD) has a requirement to support the Navy's Command Aircraft Crew Training (CACT) Program for academic and simulator training for the Navy's UC-12B/F/M aircraft (a Navy configured Raytheon/Beechcraft King Air BE-200). For all courses, the contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, training facilities, tools, training materials, training devices, supervision and other services necessary for classroom, trainer, and simulator training need for each course. A brief description of the UC-12B/F/M training requirements follows. The specific individual courses required include: UC-12B/F/M Pilot Initial Training, UC-12B/F/M Pilot Initial Plus Training, UC-12B/F/M Pilot Recurrent Training, and UC-12B/F/M Aircrew Member/NFO Initial Training. The Pilot Initial Plus course is required to support the UC-12B/F/M Simulator development/reconfiguration and Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) curriculum. The UC-12 CACT Pilot and NFO program requires: Classroom (academic and practical) training, Cockpit Familiarization Trainers (CFT) for the UC-12B, UC-12F and UC-12M models that depicts all cockpit systems to be used for cockpit familiarization and differences training, a UC-12B Part Task Trainer (PTT) (for aircraft system training with trainee input and trainer response capability), an FAA Level - C equivalent simulator, and a C-12 (Raytheon/Beechcraft King Air BE-200) aircraft. The C-12 aircraft will be used for pre-flight inspection training and not flight training. In lieu of the PTT a higher order device may be used. The flight simulator must be FAA Level - C equivalent or higher (as defined under the current FAA Advisory Circular 120-40) for the Raytheon/Beechcraft King Air BE-200 configured to the Navy UC-12B cockpit. The flight simulator shall have an enhanced flight data package which provides realistic UC-12B flight characteristics and will be used in tasks that minimally include: Visual flight maneuvering, instrument navigation, transition to land, engine out work, dynamic engine cuts, full stalls, upset recovery, post stall flying characteristics, and various emergency procedures. The simulator shall also be equipped with a collimated visual display system capable of projecting a minimum 180-degree horizontal by a 40-degree vertical field of view and simulate day-dusk-dawn-night and various seasonal weather conditions. The visual system database shall have navigational aids and airfields as specified by the Navy to include a worldwide database of generic airfields with greater visual details and higher fidelity for the UC-12 Local Operating Areas. The courses must be presented at a flight-training center with a demonstrated record of providing C-12 military pilot training at the time of training. All contractor pilot instructors shall have applicable Military C-12 Instructor Pilot experience. The contractor will be required to submit training syllabi for each course for government approval. Courses are stand-alone in that no contractor, pre-arrival training requirements of the trainee will be allowed. Courses may be existing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) training courses modified to meet specific requirements delineated herein. All training courses shall be taught in compliance with the UC-12 NATOPS and Model Manager Approved Training Syllabi. NAVAIR Orlando seeks to competitively purchase these services via full and open competition in accordance with FAR 6.1, Full and Open Competition and FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. For informational purposes only, the incumbent contractor for these services is Flight Safety International, Inc. For purposes of reporting business size, the applicable North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 611512 with a size standard of $21.5 million. A commercial, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Requirements contract is anticipated with a base period of twenty-nine (29) months with two (2) twelve(12) Month options and one (1) 1 seven (7) Month option for a total of 60 Months of contract performance from 13 April 2006 through 13 April 2011. The Government reserves the right to make award on initial offers without discussions. The formal release of the RFP is anticipated on or about 20 Sep 05 at the following NAVAIR Orlando TSD public website link: http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/EBusiness/BusOps/Acquisitions/Index.cfm?client=NAWCTSD under Solicitation N61339-05-R-0100 (select - RFP Notice under the drop-down menu titled - Entry Types located at the top, center of the screen). Please be advised that periodic access of this web site is essential for obtaining updated documentation and the latest information regarding this procurement. The RFP will be available for downloading on our business opportunities website provided above. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. Questions/comments on any of the draft documents posted shall be submitted in writing via fax, mail, or email to the Contract Specialist as follows: NAVAIR Orlando Training System Division ATTN: Paul R. Host, Code 25323 12350 Research Parkway Orlando, FL 32826-3275 Fax: 407-380-4742 Email: paul.host@navy.mil