THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF SOLICITATION ISSUANCE, BUT RATHER A REQUEST

FOR INFORMATION (RFI) from industry that will allow the Government to identify interested sources capable of meeting the requirement. The information sought herein is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a request for quote (RFQ), request for proposal (RFP), invitation for bid (IFB), or as an obligation or commitment on the part of the Government to acquire any product or service. There shall be no basis for claims against the Government as a result of information submitted in response to the RFI. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI, or otherwise pay for any information submitted by respondents to this request. This notice is for market research purposes only and is not indicative of a full requirement. Should a requirement arise, the full requirement will be detailed in the solicitation.

The US Army Special Operations Aviation Command’s (USASOAC) on behalf of the Special Operations Aviation Training Battalion (SOATB) has a requirement for Instructor/Maintainers at the Allison Aquatics Training Facility (AATF) located at Fort Campbell, KY. The Instructor/Maintainers must be certified by Survival Systems Limited (SSL). The required Instructor/Maintainers shall provide aquatics survival training/instruction, assist with annual and preventative maintenance, inspections, assist with as needed repairs and maintain all aquatics egress equipment. The Instructor/Maintainers shall be certified by SSL to maintain and operate the following SSL trademarked systems:

1. Modular Egress Training Simulator (METS™) Model 40™
2. H-6 METS™
3. SmartJib™
4. Environmental Equipment Suite

The Government requires: 1) program management; 2) aquatics survival training; 3) aircraft egress training; 4) AATF equipment maintenance, inspections and repairs; and 5) Programs of Instruction (POI) development.

The anticipated performance is base period of 12 months plus two option years starting on/around 10 Jan. 2025.

Documentation provided must address all required elements listed herein; providing only a reference to a website is unacceptable for purposes of this announcement and will not be considered or reviewed. Responses shall include documentation showing licensing and distributor rights from SSL. All proprietary or corporate data received shall be clearly identified and protected from release to sources outside the Government. Do not submit classified material. Contractors interested in providing these supplies, should be registered in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov). Contractors responding to this Request for Information are asked to provide the following information: companys full name and address, DUNS number, the applicable GSA contract # and SIN, applicable North American Industry Classification Standards (NAICS) and business size (whether they are a large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a), HUB Zone, woman-owned, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, historically black college or university and/or minority service institute), address, and a point of contact. Please also advise the Government of pending changes in the business size status.

FINAL DETERMINATION: Provided no other interested sources with the capability to fulfill this requirement are identified, USASOC intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Survival Systems USA, Inc, 144 Tower Ave, Groton, CT 06340 (Cage Code: 1LDF2).

Responses are due no later than 5:00 PM EST, Wednesday, 12 June 2024 and reference “USASOAC H92239-25-R-AATF “in subject line shall be sent to Justin Burke and Maegan Castro at justin.burke@socom.mil and maegan.n.castro.civ@socom.mil. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future associated request for quotations that may be issued. Respondents will NOT be individually notified of the results. However, if the final determination results in the verification of a sole source negotiation, a Notice of Intent to Sole Source and the redacted Justification and Approval will be posted to the sam.gov website. For information regarding this notice, contact Justin Burke and Maegan Castro via email at the addresses above. Respondents are cautioned that due to file size limitations and e-mail security protocols, there is a risk that not all correspondence will be received by this office. It is the interested parties responsibility to ensure receipt of all e-mail correspondence. If receipt has not been acknowledged within 24 hours, please contact Justin Burke and Maegan Castro.

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