Nellis JTAC CCAS Training
***UPDATE: Industry Day on 29 October 2019*** 99 CONs and 6 CTS will be hosting an Industry Day for Nellis AFB JTAC CCAS on: 29 Oct 2019, 0900-1200, at Aliante Casino in the Tucson Room. Address: 7300... ***UPDATE: Industry Day on 29 October 2019*** 99 CONs and 6 CTS will be hosting an Industry Day for Nellis AFB JTAC CCAS on: 29 Oct 2019, 0900-1200, at Aliante Casino in the Tucson Room. Address: 7300 N. Aliante Parkway North Las Vegas, NV 89084 All contractors and government representatives interested in attending, please send a confirmation email to Maj Caley Horton at caley.horton@us.af.mil by COB, 25 Oct 2019. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Please Note: The Nellis JTAC CCAS Training requirement is seperate from the Air Force CAF Contracted Air Support (FA4890-17-R-0007) effort.*** Synopsis IAW FAR 5.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions, the 99th Contracting Squadron will be soliciting a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Joint Terminal Attack Control Contracted Close Air Support Training (JTAC CCAS Training) requirement for Nellis Air Force Base, 6th Combat Training Squadron. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for informational and planning purposes only. A draft Performance Work Statement is attached. The information will be used in conducting market research to identify qualified, experienced, and interested potential sources. The JTAC CCAS Training contract will be a non-commercial Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Close Air Support (CAS) training services. The purposes of the CAS sorties is to support Joint Terminal Attack Control (JTAC) Qualification Course (QC) students and instructors with live aircraft controls. Aircraft support will be conducted within the continental United States (CONUS). The Contractor's responsibilities will consist of operating, maintaining, and performance of tactically-relevant aircraft for CAS sorties in support of training for the 6th CTS. For the purpose of this requirement, tactically-relevant aircraft are aircraft may include but are not limited to the Alpha jet, A-4, L-39, L-59, BAC-167, MB-339, L-159E, AT-6, A-29 Super Tucano, TMK1 Shorts Tucano or other derivative, IAR 823 Brasov, SIAI-Marchetti SF260, or OV-10. The Contractor shall attend and conduct face-to-face mission briefs and de-briefs. The Contractor shall also provide training and feedback to 6 CTS staff and students to facilitate 6 CTS training. Task orders will provide a vehicle for execution of Live and Dry CAS services. Dry services will not employ any munitions while Live will employ BDU-33 drops and a strafe mission. The 6th CTS anticipates flying Live 500 hours a year and Dry 350 hours a year. This will be a Full and Open Competition with a Small Business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 611512, Flight Training, with a small business size standard of $30M. The Government intends to award one contract under this program. Upon successful award of a contract, the Contractor must make their facilities, aircraft, and operations available to inspection to the United States Government (USG) Technical Airworthiness Authority (TAA) for review. Contract performance is on condition upon the acceptance of risk and the issuance of a Military Flight Release (MFR) and placed under a Public Aircraft Operation (PAO). The planned period of performance will include one base year ordering period, and four one-year options ordering periods. The clause 52.217-8 - Option to Extend Services will be included in the solicitation allowing up to 6 months of additional services. The Government expects to make an award about the second quarter of FY20. This acquisition will issue a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) with an industry day to follow. Response Any interested firm capable of providing these services is requested to respond via e-mail to Ms. April Taylor at april.taylor.7@us.af.mil and Maj Caley Horton at caley.horton@us.af.mil no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on 5 September 2019 with the following documentation: 1. Name of Company, Address, CAGE Code, and DUNS number 2. Point of Contact email and phone number 3. Business size (small, veteran-owned small business, service-disable small business, HUBZone, 8(a), Small Disadvantaged business, woman owned or large business) 4. Capability Statement that demonstrates the ability to meet the requirements as it relates to Nellis JTAC CCAS Training. 5. What kind of aircraft does your company have that performs a training close air support mission? Please describe: a. Number of aircraft b. Type of aircraft c. Characteristics d. Performance e. Armaments (if any) f. Delivery profiles 6. Does your company have the ability to employ live munitions such as the BDU 33? What other munitions are you able/certified/qualified to drop? 7. Does your company have the ability to fire munitions from guns? If so, what kind of weapons are you able/certified/qualified to shoot? 8. Is your company Targeting Pod (TGP) capable? 9. Is your company Video downlink (VDL) and Digitally Aided CAS (DaCAS) equipped? 10. Is your company Laser Spot Track (LST) capable? 11. Is your company able to operate at night with Night Vision Devices (NVD)? 12. Is your company sparkle capable during terminal area delivery for dry sorties? Please describe. (i.e. Is there a distance you must cease sparkle during terminal area delivery in a MOA against manned targets for safety considerations?) 13. Is your company capable of simulating a 2-ship and re-attack timeline? Please describe. 14. What is the maximum number of simultaneous JTAC-manned OPs you are able to support? 15. How do you conduct debriefings? What locations and methods do you use? 16. Do you have the capability to debrief live controls, laser controls, and talk-ons? Describe any unique capabilities to debrief to these areas. 17. Please describe your pilot qualifications IAW JP 3-09.3
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