SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- MARKET SURVEY FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SPECIALISTS (ATSS) TRAINING
- Notice Date
- 10/18/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, FAA/AJA-47 HQ - FAA Headquarters (Washington, DC)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 11248
- Response Due
- 2/3/2012
- Archive Date
- 2/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- Wanda Pore, 202-385-4258
- E-Mail Address
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wanda.pore@faa.gov
(wanda.pore@faa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Background The FAA is charged with maintaining the safest, most efficient airspace system in the world. The National Airspace System (NAS) consists of a complex collection of systems, procedures, facilities, aircraft, and people. The NAS and the technologies it uses are constantly evolving. With increasing demand for flights in limited airspace, the FAA is constantly working to balance demand and capacity by minimizing delays and congestion while maximizing volume. The Air Traffic Organization represents the Terminal, En Route, System Operations, and Technical Operations workforces that ensure safety and efficiency within the NAS. The Technical Operations workforce includes those charged with installation, testing, troubleshooting, repair, monitoring, and certification of systems and equipment used to maintain the NAS. As Technical Operations hires new employees to ensure its facilities are safely staffed for the air traffic of tomorrow, the Office of Technical Operations Training Administration serves as a bridge to the future by providing technical training programs that meet requirements set by the operational service units. 2. Introduction/Purpose The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs to expand its resource base of deliverers for training the Air Transportation System Specialists (ATSS). The goal is to improve the availability of this training to the specialists and in the long term reduce costs. The FAA is looking for suitable vendors to provide delivery of training to our technical workforce in the areas of Non certifiable systems training and Foundational courses. The Non certifiable systems training cover the following areas: Fiber optics, HVAC, Boilers, Chillers, & building Environmental systems. Foundational courses cover the following systems: Radar Systems, Navigation Systems, Instrument Landing systems, Environmental system and Automation Systems. The FAA has a need to explore the industries capabilities on furnishing training facilities and conduct training. The FAA needs to know where the provider would conduct the training, information regarding their training facility and their capacity for through put of students. The FAA wants to know the providers' delivery capability of offering more than one class per year.The FAA wants to find out what resources are available and the associated cost to conduct foundational courses and non certifiable national airspace systems training. To conduct training for FAA Air Transportation System Specialists with FAA supplied courseware. The providers must have faculty/instructors with the required electrical/electronics expertise in support of the delivery of technical training courses. The FAA will provide the courseware electronically, however the provider is encouraged to provide the capabilities of disseminating the training materials to the FAA students. The FAA requires that the provider conduct the classes on a daily one shift basis, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, Monday through Friday. Training is to be continuous during these days except for federally established holidays. Local or state holidays must not interrupt the training period. Normal hours must be from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with hour for lunch; or from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with 1 hour for lunch. For the Foundational (Concept) Courses the delivery of training may be completed outside the traditional environment via an online university application. (e.g Blackboard) The provider may choose one, some, or all, of the course options listed. Foundational (Concept) Courses option En Route Automation Concepts - length 80 hoursTHIS COURSE PROVIDES TRAINING FOR NEW HIRES AND ATSSS NEW TO EN ROUTE AUTOMATION. THE COURSE IS 55 HOURS LECTURE AND 25 HOURS LAB. EN ROUTE AUTOMATION CONCEPTS WILL PROVIDE A KNOWLEDGE BASE IN BASIC EN ROUTE AUTOMATION TOPICS SUCH AS EN ROUTE COMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY (ECG), USER REQUEST EVALUATION TOOL (URET), NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS), AND AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS (ARTCC) EQUIPMENT INTERFACES AND DATA FLOW, RADAR DATA PROCESSING, FLIGHT DATA PROCESSING, AND DISPLAY SYSTEMS. Radar Concepts & Fundamentals - 160 hoursTHIS COURSE PROVIDES BASIC RADAR FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING FOR TECHNICIANS AND ENGINEERS WITHIN THE RADAR DISCIPLINE. THE 160 HOUR COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO 110 HOURS OF LECTURE AND 50 HOURS LABORATORY. LECTURE AND LABORATORY SUBJECTS EMBRACE FAA RADAR AND BEACON THEORY, MEASURABLE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS, AND FUNCTIONAL TROUBLESHOOTING. FUNDAMENTALS ENCOMPASS FREQUENCY GENERATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION, HIGH AND LOW-VOLTAGE TRANSMITTERS, TUBE AND TRANSISTOR RADAR TRANSMITTERS, WAVEGUIDE TRANSMISSION LINES AND COMPONENTS, ANTENNAS, RADAR AND BEACON RECEIVERS, MOVING TARGET INDICATOR (MTI), MOVING TARGET DETECTION (MTD), AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING, DISPLAY AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM INTERFACING, BEACON AND NEXGEN SYSTEMS. Environmental Concepts - 160 hoursTHIS COURSE IS FOR TECHNICAL OPERATIONS SPECIALISTS, SUPPORT, AND DEVELOPMENTAL PERSONNEL ON ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS. THE COURSE IS 80 HOURS LECTURE AND 80 HOURS LABORATORY. THE LECTURE SUBJECTS INCLUDE DC AND AC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS; CAPACITORS AND INDUCTORS IN BOTH DC AND AC CIRCUITS; DC MOTORS; DC AND AC POWER SUPPLIES; AC CONCEPTS; AC POWER CHARACTERISTICS; AC MOTORS AND GENERATORS; TRANSFORMERS; DIODES AND TRANSISTORS (SCRS); RECTIFIERS AND INVERTERS (IGBTS); POWER QUALITY; CONDUCTOR TYPES AND SIZING; FACILITY POWER DISTRIBUTION; AND TROUBLESHOOTING. LAB SUBJECTS INCLUDE MEASURING DC AND AC VOLTAGES USING DVOM; MEASURING AC CIRCUIT VOLTAGES AND CURRENTS; TROUBLESHOOTING CAPACITORS AND INDUCTORS IN DC AND AC CIRCUITS; CALCULATING POWER; PERFORMING WINDING RESISTANCE CHECKS USING DRLO; TROUBLESHOOTING DIODES, TRANSISTORS, RECTIFIERS, AND INVERTERS; AND OPERATING POWER QUALITY METER. Navigation Systems Concepts - 160 hoursTHIS COURSE IS FOR SPECIALISTS, ENGINEERS, SUPPORT, AND DEVELOPMENTAL PERSONNEL. THE COURSE IS 132 HOURS LECTURE AND 28 HOURS LABORATORY. LECTURE SUBJECTS INCLUDE TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; ANTENNA AND RADIATION PATTERN THEORY; VOR INTRODUCTION, THEORY, RADIATION PATTERNS, AND GROUND CHECK ANALYSIS; TACAN INTRODUCTION, THEORY, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT, AND AZIMUTH SIGNAL GENERATION. LAB SUBJECTS INCLUDE TRANSMISSION LINE AND VOR BRIDGE ANALYSIS; VOR INTRODUCTION, MONITOR AND CONTROL SCREENS, SPACE MODULATION CONCEPT AND RADIATED SIGNAL ANALYSIS; TACAN INTRODUCTION, PULSE TRAIN AND RADIATED SIGNAL ANALYSIS. ENTIRE COURSE IS MATH INTENSIVE INVOLVING ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, AND TRIGONOMETRY (ELECTRONICS THEORY MATHEMATICS). THIS COURSE CONTAINS HANDS-ON LAB EXERCISES. THE LAB EXERCISES PROVIDE REINFORCEMENT OF MATERIALS PRESENTED DURING LECTURE. Theory of Instrument Landing Systems - 160 HoursTHIS COURSE PROVIDES TRAINING FOR TECHNICIANS, ENGINEERS, AND DEVELOPMENTAL TECHNICIANS ON INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEMS (ILS) THEORY. THE COURSE IS 128 HOURS LECTURE AND 32 HOURS LABORATORY. LECTURE SUBJECTS INCLUDE GENERAL ILS THEORY, TRANSMISSION-LINE THEORY, GLIDE SLOPE THEORY, AND LOCALIZER THEORY. LABORATORY SUBJECTS INCLUDE RADIATION PATTERN ANALYSIS, EQUIPMENT ADJUSTMENTS, AND ILS TEST EQUIPMENT. Non Certifiable NAS System Training option Fiber Optics- 40 hoursTHIS COURSE PROVIDES TRAINING FOR TECHNICIANS, ENGINEERS, FAA TECHNICAL CENTER PERSONNEL, AND DEVELOPMENTAL TECHNICIANS ON THE CONCEPTS OF FIBER OPTICS. THIS COURSE IS 12 HOURS LECTURE AND 28 HOURS LABORATORY. LECTURE SUBJECTS INCLUDE FIBER OPTIC THEORY, SAFETY, AND EMERGENCY RESTORATION. LABORATORY SUBJECTS INCLUDE CABLE STRUCTURE, POWER METER AND LIGHT SOURCE OPERATION, FIBER PREPARATION AND SPLICING, EFFECTS OF MATCHING GEL, CONNECTORIZATION OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER USE, AND FUSION SPLICING. DUE TO SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED WEAR LONG PANTS. Air Conditioning112 hoursTHIS COURSE PROVIDES TRAINING FOR TECHNICIANS, ENGINEERS, FAA TECHNICAL CENTER PERSONNEL, AND DEVELOPMENTAL TECHNICIANS ON AIR CONDITIONERS OF 10 TONS OR LESS AND WINDOW-TYPE AIR CONDITIONERS. THE COURSE IS 56 HOURS LECTURE AND 56 HOURS LABORATORY. LECTURE SUBJECTS INCLUDE HEAT, TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AIR, BASIC REFRIGERATION, BASIC AIR CONDITIONING, COMPRESSORS, HEAT PUMPS, AND ELECTRICAL AND REFRIGERATION TROUBLESHOOTING. LABORATORY SUBJECTS INCLUDE BASIC REFRIGERATION PRINCIPLES, AIRFLOW, TROUBLESHOOTING ANALYSIS, SOLDERING AND BRAZING OF PIPING, AND BASIC MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES. Centrifugal Chillers120 hoursTHIS COURSE IS FOR SPECIALISTS (HDW AND SFTW), ENGINEERS, AND SPECIALIST, AND DEVELOPMENT PERSONNEL ON THE LOW PRESSURE CENTRIFUGAL CHILLERS. THE COURSE IS 60 HOURS LECTURE AND 60 HOURS LABORATORY. LECTURE INCLUDES THE MAINTENANCE OF LOW PRESSURE CENTRIFUGAL CHILLERS INCLUDING CHILLER PRINCIPLES, PROCEDURES, FUNCTION AND COMPONENT REPAIRS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT; I.E., PUMPS, COOLING TOWERS, CONTROLS, ETC. LABORATORY SUBJECTS INCLUDE MAINTENANCE OF CENTRIFUGAL CHILLERS INCLUDING ROUTINE, PREVENTIVE AND RECURRING MAINTENANCE, PUMPS, COOLING TOWERS AND WATER TREATMENT FOR CHILLED WATER COOLING SYSTEMS. MULTIPLE EXAMS TOGETHER MAKE UP THE ENTIRE COURSE. Hot Water Boilers 80 hoursTHIS COURSE PROVIDES TRAINING FOR TECHNICIANS ON BOILERS USED AT ARTCCS AND TRACONS. THE COURSE IS 40 HOURS LECTURE AND 40 HOURS LABORATORY. LECTURE SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDE THEORY, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOT WATER BOILERS, PRINCIPLES OF COMBUSTION, AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. LABORATORY SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDE FAMILIARIZATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, SAFETY, AND TROUBLESHOOTING. THERE IS A FINAL EXAM AT THE END OF THE COURSE THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE COURSE. Building Environmental Systems Control120 hoursTHIS COURSE IS FOR TECHNICIANS ON ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM CONTROLS. THE COURSE IS 60 HOURS LECTURE AND 60 HOURS LAB. LECTURE SUBJECTS INCLUDE INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, INET7 AND METASYS BOARD LEVEL MAINTENANCE, TYPES AND APPLICATION OF AHU, WATER/AIR BALANCING AND DISTRIBUTION, BUILDING PRESSURIZATION, RAISE FLOOR COOLING, AND HVAC SYSTEMS TROUBLESHOOTING. LAB SUBJECTS INCLUDE EVALUATION OF AIR QUALITY, MEASUREMENT OF AHU EFFICIENCY, MEASUREMENT OF AIR QUANTITY AND TEMPERATURES, RAISED FLOOR COOLING SYSTEMS TROUBLESHOOTING, AND INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS/DIRECT DIGIT CONTROLS. 3. Incumbent Contractor (Not applicable) 4. Market SurveyThere has been no determination if there will be a procurement at this time. The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at present; the agency may consider either a full and open competition or a set-aside will be chosen depending on the responses to the market survey. 5. Market Research Standard (a)This is a Screening Information Request;(b)The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals;(c)The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey; and(d)Any costs associated with the market survey submittal and any demonstration that may result from the market survey is solely at the interested vendor's expense. 6. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code Not Applicable.No size or dollar limit. In some instances the following NAIC codes apply: 611210, 611519, 611310. 7. Submittal Requirements for Market Survey(a)Capability Statement - This document is limited to not more than ten (10) pages and must identify: (i) the course option selection outlined in this market survey, (ii) the cost and availability for delivery of selected course options (iii) If choosing equipment course option, the description of type(s) of system (iv) number of years in business, and (v) geographical areas where your company can provide services. (b)Business Declaration Form (attached) - Interested vendors shall complete the attached Business Declaration Form and submit it with their capability statement and (i) a narrative on compliance approach and (ii) a quality control approach to provide the required items using in-house, teaming, subcontracting, etc. 8. Delivery of SubmittalsPlease provide your submittal, by email. All submissions must be received by the close of business (COB Friday) 3 February 2012. Electronic copies shall be sent to Wanda Pore: wanda.pore@faa.gov on a standard 8.5X11 paper format and carbon copy (cc) Kerry Skofteland: kerry.skofteland@faa.gov. If you have questions you may contact Wanda Pore: at the email address wanda.pore@faa.gov. 9. Other information requested. 10. AttachmentsBusiness Declaration Form
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