SOLICITATION NOTICE
V -- AFRICOM Passenger Air Transportation Service
- Notice Date
- 9/2/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 481211
— Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, United States Transportation Command, USTRANSCOM Command Acquisition, 508 Scott Drive, Bldg 1900, Scott AFB, Illinois, 62225, United States
- ZIP Code
- 62225
- Solicitation Number
- HTC711-08-R-0022
- Archive Date
- 10/30/2008
- Point of Contact
- John C Beasley,, Phone: 618-256-6642, Pamela S Hall,, Phone: 618-256-6646
- E-Mail Address
-
john.beasley@ustranscom.mil, pamela.hall@ustranscom.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Government intends to solicit written proposals for furnishing air transportation services throughout Europe and Africa, or other destinations, upon the request of the Government, via contractor-furnished aircraft. This includes all necessary expertise and personnel to accomplish the loading, unloading, load planning and manifesting of passengers and cargo. A dedicated aircraft shall be based at Stuttgart Army Airfield (SAAF, ICAO: EDDS) or at Stuttgart International Airport, Germany. SAAF is co-located with Stuttgart International Airport (IATA: STR). The aircraft must be capable of flying from Stuttgart, Germany a range of 3500 nautical miles unrefueled with a minimum load of 8 passengers, fuel, and baggage; have a range to be able to go missed approach at destination and continue to a suitable alternate; and have an ACL of at least 4,500 lbs. Reductions in range and/or ACL will be authorized depending on mission requirements; however, aircraft utilized must be capable of transporting at least 12 passengers with baggage and small, high priority, non-hazardous cargo not to exceed 150 lbs, up to the aircraft ACL (allowable cabin load) on shorter routes. Aircraft must be fully self-supporting with internal passenger stairs, pressurized cabin, auxiliary power unit (APU) for self-starting, and an industry standard lavatory equipped with running water and flushing toilet system. Aircraft must be capable of taking-off and landing on prepared surfaced runways as short as 7,000 ft and able to operate into airfields as high as 8,000 ft MSL. Aircraft must be multi-engined, turbine powered and must be able to fly in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (Equipped for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight). Solicitation opening date will be on or about 15 September 2008 with a closing date for receipt of offers on or about 15 October 2008, with an estimated contract award date of 31 Dec 2008. The period of performance shall be 1 Feb 2009, or date of award, through 1 year, with two 1-year option periods. The successful offeror must satisfy all DOD Commercial Air Carrier Quality and Safety requirements as described in 32 CFR, Part 861.3 and DOD additional standards for contract passenger operations under Part 135. Offeror must be certified under Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulation (14 CFR 135). NAICS code 481211 applies to this acquisition. The solicitation will be available only at the FedBizOps website, http://www.fbo.gov. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All comments should be addressed to John Beasley, Contract Specialist (618) 256-6642, email: john.beasley@ustranscom.mil or Pam Hall, Contracting Officer (618) 256-6646, email: pamela.hall@ustranscom.mil.
- Web Link
-
FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=dff24b68b1ad3cb972e13f2f9ece38f8&tab=core&_cview=1)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Stuttgart Army Airfield, Stuttgart, Germany
- Record
- SN01656760-W 20080904/080902220312-dff24b68b1ad3cb972e13f2f9ece38f8 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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