SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- MARKET SURVEY CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR PERSONNEL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO AIR TRAFFIC ORGANIZATION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS OFFICE.
- Notice Date
- 12/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Headquarters, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AJA-48 HQ - FAA Headquarters (Washington, DC)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 7376
- Response Due
- 1/15/2009
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2009
- Point of Contact
- Eugene Kimbrough, (202) 493-4397<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- In accordance with A.M.S. 3.2.1.3.12 of the Federal Aviation Administration Acquisition Management System (FAAAMS), industry is hereby informed that the FAA has a contract requirement to provide personnel resources to provide support to Air Traffic Organization Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office. The purpose of this market survey is to solicit statements of interest and capabilities from service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, 8 (a) certified firms, and small businesses capable of providing personnel resources to provide support to Air Traffic Organization Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office. The primary North American Industry Classification System Code for this requirement is: 488111 Air Traffic Control. At this time the nature of the competition has not been determined. This market survey is to solicit statements of interest and capabilities from interested Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOSB) and 8(a) business concerns. Furthermore, this survey will aid the FAA in its determination as to whether adequate competition exists to set-aside part or all of the competition amongst eligible SDVOSBs or 8(a) business concerns or whether it is more appropriate to conduct this procurement under other small business competition or full and open competition. This process promote competition in each tier of small business concerns while still allowing other designated businesses to participate without issuing another market survey. The order of precedence for determining the nature of competition in the market survey is outlined below: (a) Service-disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and 8(a) (b) Small Business Concerns (c) Full and Open Competition. This is not a screening information request or request for proposal of any kind. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. Since this is for information and planning purposes, no evaluation letters or results will be issued to respondents. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach, nor should it be construed as a commitment by the Government. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey. Therefore, any cost associated with the market survey submission is solely at the interested vendors expense. Interested firms are required to submit the attached Business Declaration form and a copy of their SBA 8 (a) certification letter, if applicable. In order to make the above determination the FAA requires the following from interested vendors: Capabilities Statement SubmittalA statement of capabilities not to exceed 6 pages is requested from firms interested in performing the work: 1.Type of Unmanned Aircraft System service provided by your firm. Overview description of your company's capabilities to provide the services described in the SOW. Expected programmatic approach (in-house, teaming, subcontracting, etc.) - Respondents must provide their strategy for accomplishing this work.2.Geographical areas where your company can provide services.3.Number of years in the aviation business.4.Summary of not more than three contracts for the same or similar effort in the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) field that the firm is currently performing or has completed within the last three years.a.Contract number, customer, period of performance, award amount, contract type (commercial or government), brief description of effort, number of personnel provided by your firm.b.Performance Evaluations, if available, (not subject to 6 page limit).5.Comments concerning the draft SOW's are welcome and optional. The FAA may or may not respond to any comments received. Comments on the Draft SOW are not considered part of the Capability Statement submission page limit. 6.Provide answers to the following questions:a. Situation: A customer of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office contacts you and is interested in operating a small UAS within an urban environment. What steps would you advise this customer to take in order to perform the requested operation? What regulations, and what policies are applicable to this situation. b.Situation: A new law enforcement customer of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office contacts you and is interested in operating a UAS. They have no knowledge of the Certificate of Authorization (COA) process, they need to know what type of COA best suits their requirement. What information would you provide them to meet their requirements? Responses of interested parties should include the following: Business information:a.Company nameb.Company addressc.D&B DUNS numberd.Type of business e.Does your organization have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system.f.Company Point of Contact: Name, email address, and phone numberOther information: All proprietary information will be treated as such. Therefore, respondents should identify and appropriately mark any proprietary information in responses. NOTE: ONLY VENDORS RESPONDING TO THIS MARKET SURVEY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All qualified vendors must provide their submission via e-mail no later than 2:00 PM on February 2, 2009. A completed Business Declaration Form must also be provided with submission. Submission received after this date will be determined late and will not be considered. Please send all responses and comments to the following point of contact: Federal Aviation AdministrationATTN: (Deborah Owolabi)800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 406Washington, DC 20591((202) 493-4282 (phone) or E-mail Deborah.owolabi@faa.gov) Attachments:DRAFT SOWBUSINESS DECLARATION FORM
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