Visual Enhancement Surveillance Systems Maintenance

This requirement is to support maintenance and sustainment of the Air Force Reserve Visual Enhancement Surveillance System (VESS). The Air Force Reserve Command (HQ AFRC/A4) requires a VESS integrator for maintenance and sustainment of existing systems. The VESS system is used for constant monitoring of Priority Level 1-4 aircraft and systems located in restricted areas. As such, this system is a requirement IAW AF Instruction 31-101 (AFRC Sup 1) and is considered essential to mission accomplishment. The general scope of the requirement is to provide maintenance and sustainment of existing VESS systems at each BOS (PWS paragraph 4.2) location. The contractor shall provide maintenance/repair of all installed and spare inventory equipment items throughout the life of the contract. Lowest Price Technical Acceptable (LPTA) Trade-off procedures IAW FAR 15.101-2 will be utilized for this acquisition. The period of performance for this contract is anticipated to be a basic, one-year contract with four annual options. The pricing arrangement will be Firm Fixed Price. This effort is a 100% Small Business set-aside. The NAICS code is 561621 and the size standard is $20.5M. All respondents must be registered in the SAM (System for Award) system prior to award. Proposals will be evaluated using best value source selection procedures in accordance with AFFARS 5315.3. The draft solicitation will be posted on FedBizOps on or around 24 Mar. All other documents (amendments, questions and answers, etc.) pertaining to this requirement will be posted/communicated through FedBizOps. Any proposal submitted by a business that is not classified as a Small Business by the Small Business Administration will not be evaluated. Questions concerning this requirement will be accepted until 4:00 pm 27 Mar 2017. Please provide all comments/questions to: HQ AFRC/PKA , Attention: Debra Scarborough, 255 Richard Ray Blvd, Robins AFB GA 31098-1637 or email debra.scarborough@us.af.mil. When the Request for Proposal (RFP) is ready to be posted on FEDBIZOPS, all associated documents will be uploaded for review.