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U -- HBCU/MI CERTIFIED PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MINORITY AIR FORCE RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CADETS ATTENDING HBCU/MIS SOL F49642-96-R-0744 POC Point of Contact: Jana Gordin, Contracts Specialist, (202) 404-1222 or Lisa Romney, Contracting Officer, (202) 767-8099. No collect calls will be accepted. The 11th Contracting Squadron intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Delaware State University for a fixed price requirements contract with a one year base period, and two one year options for an Aviation Training Program designed to help the U.S. Air Force increase its number of minority pilots through training and orientation to aerospace operations. The training program will be designed to support those Air Force Reserve Officer Training cadets attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) throughout the United States who have successfully completed at least one academic year towards a four year college degree. In order to have their responses to the synopsis reviewed, interested sources must be a four year degree granting Historically Black College/University (HBCU)or Minority Institution (MI) fully accredited as an institution of higher learning which offers an Airway/Aviation Science Program that: 1) is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration under Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 141, and a member of the University Aviation Association; 2) is fully insured; 3) provides program instruction and management with its own inhouse (organic) personnel/faculty/staff; 4) fully prepares candidates to obtain a private pilot's license and provides organic orientation on logistics, air traffic control, airfield management and airfield operations; 5) will provide for the necessary equipment, materials, pre-class orientation, room and board, transportation, and other items/services necessary to support the program; 6) has been training professional pilots for at least five years; 7) leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in either aircraft systems management (i.e. professional pilot) or airway science/aviation management; and 8) meets all the aforementioned requirements at the time of contract award. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. Any information provided in response to this synopsis shall be done so completely at the respondent's expense, become the property of the Government, and will not be returned. See Note 22. (0085)

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