Inactive

Introduction/Purpose The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) locates unwanted Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) in the National Airspace System (NAS) using both ground and manned aviation assets. T... Introduction/Purpose The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) locates unwanted Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) in the National Airspace System (NAS) using both ground and manned aviation assets. The contemplated contract will demonstrate and research operationalization of RFI locating using commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) services. The vendor shall provide all personnel, equipment, coordination, and airspace approvals required to perform the requested services in accordance with (IAW) attached draft Statement of Work (SOW). Nature of Competition The acquisition strategy for the procurement has not been determined at this time; however, either an unrestricted competition or a set-aside will be chosen depending on the responses to the market survey. Disclaimer A SIR/Request for Offer may be made under a separate announcement in the future. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing vendor responses to this market survey. Therefore any cost associated with a market survey submission is solely at the interested vendor’s expense. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code The NAICS code projected for the procurement is 541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services with a size standard of $16.5M. Delivery of Submittals Submittals and questions to this Market Survey shall be e-mailed to the Contracting Officer Jennifer Lucas, Jennifer.Lucas@faa.gov, no later than 4:00 PM CDT 7/30/2021. NO PHYSICAL COPIES OR PHONE CALLS. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE IN WRITING AND EMAILED TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 4:00 PM CDT 7/23/2020 TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE TIME TO RESPOND. Please include “SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSE: UAS for RFI (INSERT COMPANY NAME)” in the subject line of your email. Information provided will not be released but please mark PROPRIETARY on all documents submitted as necessary. SAM Registration An active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) must be obtained to be considered for government contracts with the FAA. Respondents are encouraged to review the attached SOW and provide comments.