National Guard Bureau, Acquisition Contracting Division, NGB-AQC-D, 5109 Leesburg Pike, Suite 401-B, Falls Church, VA 22041-3201

U -- C-26B PILOT TRAINING SOL DAHA90-98-D-0011 DUE 032798 POC Point of Contact -- Major Hodges, Contract Specilist, 703-681-0606, Contracting Officer -- mMajor Fulkersons, 703-681-0638 NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU, ATTN: ACQUISITION CONTRACTING DIVISION, 5109 LEESBURG PIKE, SUITE 401B, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22041-3201 The National Guard Bureau intends to enter into a sole source contract with Flight Safety International Inc. of Flushing N.Y., under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (2) -- Only One Responsible Source for Initial and Refresher Pilot training for C-26B aircrews. The subject procurement is a follow-on to the training services currently being furnished under National Guard Contract DAHA90-97-M-0301. The contemplated Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity contract is anticipated to include a base period (remainder of FY 98) and four one year option periods. Solicitation release is anticipated on or about 9 March 1998. Proposals are anticipated due not later than 27 March 1998. The required training consist of the following courses: (1) Initial Pilot course (13 days per class consisting of 66 hours of academic instruction and 24 hours of flight simulator training): (2) Pilot refresher course (4 days per class consisting of 20 hours of academic instruction and 12 flight simulator hours): (3) Flight instrument course (6 hours of certifiable instrument training that may be integrated within the other courseware): and (4) Crew Resource Management (CRM) (5 hours per class consisting of two hours of classroom instruction, a 2 hour line oriented flight training (LOFT) mission in a C-26B flight simulator, plus a thirty minute each pre and post mission briefing). A portion of the initial and refresher pilot courses must include avionics-focused instruction using an avionics part task trainer. The Estimated number of classes per year (Estimates are subject to change) are: FY 98, BASE YR, (02 Initial, 17 Refresher, 17 Flight Instrument, and 17 CRM); FY 99 (04 Initial, 34 Refresher, 34 Flight Instrument, and 34 CRM); FY 2000 (04 Initial, 34 Refresher, 34 Flight Instrument, and 34 CRM); FY 2001 (04 Initial, 34 Refresher, 34 Flight Instrument, and 34 CRM); FY 2002 (04 Initial, 34 Refresher, 34 FlightInstrument, 34, CRM). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The Government shall not be obligated to pay for any information developed and/or furnished by interested parties in response to this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See CBD NOTE 26. (0061)

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