MARKET SURVEY / SOURCES SOUGHT FOR BELL HELICOPTER 407GX INITIAL PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) DRAFT PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING VIA EMAIL TO THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST, CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking interested sources that are capable of providing maintenance training for Bell BH-407GX with Touch Down and Auto Rotations Pilot Flight Training. The training is to be provided IAW the attached draft PWS. The FAA asks that industry review and provide feedback regarding the PWS. The FAA has not determined the exact level of training for each course; rather the FAA is merely trying to identify commercially available courses / sources that may be able to satisfy the Agency’s training requirements. The responses to this market survey are for informational purposes only. This is not a screening information request or request for proposal of any kind. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. 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 vendor's expense. At this time, the nature of the competition has not been determined. The FAA may conduct a full and open competition or set aside all or part of the procurement for small businesses or eligible socially and economically disadvantaged businesses certified by the SBA for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program. The purpose of this market survey is to solicit statements of interest and capabilities from small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, 8(a) certified firms, and all other business types and sizes, capable of providing specified training services as outlined within the draft PWS. In order to assist with acquisition strategy development and to gain a better understanding of the commercial marketplace, the FAA requests the following from interested vendors: 1. Capability Statement - This document should identify the following: • Type of training provided by your firm; • Size and type of training provided by previous contracts (provide detailed information and past performance); • Expected approach, respondents must provide their strategy for accomplishing this work. 2. Questions or comments regarding the draft PWS. 3. Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate for budgetary purposes only. All responses to this market survey must be received by 5:00 Central Time on Friday, 16 Mar 2018. The FAA will only accept email submissions directly submitted to the Contract Specialist Jennifer Lucas at [email protected]. Please include "MARKET SURVEY RESPONSE: BH-407GX INITIAL PILOT TRAININGâ€� in the subject line of your email. Information provided will not be released but please mark PROPRIETARY on all documents submitted. All questions regarding the market survey will be used in the final development of the FAA’s acquisition strategy. Respondents are encouraged to review the attached documents and provide comments. If you are viewing this announcement through Fed Biz Opps website http://www.fbo.gov, the attachments may not be available/viewable to you. If so, please proceed to the FAA's Contract Opportunities Website at http://faaco.faa.gov to obtain the attachments. If you're viewing this announcement from a source other than Federal Aviation Administration Contract Opportunities (FAACO), visit https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/announcement/view/29522 to view the original announcement.