Notice ID
b6cedbe482c3443886c49239e00b9536
Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source Procurement FOR AH64 CONUS and OCONUS TRANSITION TRAINING SUPPORT The Government hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source award to Digiflight Incorporated for the Apache AH64E V6 Transition Training Support effort BRIEF DESCRIPTION The Apache Program Management Office has a requirement to provide Apache Transition Training Support to USG and Foreign Military Sales FMS customers in support of domestic and foreign warfighters to evolve the pilot maintainer and support personnel to a proficient status on the AH64E V6 variant The purpose of this requirement is for the contractor to qualifytrain operators maintainers Maintenance Test Pilots MTPs support personnel and other authorized personnel as necessary in the transition of operations to effectively employ the AH64E V6 and any successor AH64 version configuration AR 951 directs that the execution of AH64E V6 training requires that contractors operate using a USAACEApproved Program of Instruction POI or Training Support Plan TSP AR 9520 establishes requirements for flight and ground operations involving contracted work on an aircraft as well as procedures to be followed by Government Flight Representatives GFRs AR 9520 requires Contractors to have approved Flight Operating Procedures FOPs GFRs review and approve Contractors FOPs Contractors are not allowed to start any work or training before getting approved FOPs Training is conducted with the formality as if at Ft NovoselJoint Base Langley Eustis JBLE Training is modified based on Mission Equipment Package MEP previous training and special requests from the Foreign Partner ACQUISITION APPROACH The Government intends to award a sole source award to Digiflight Incorporated This contract will be issued on a sole source basis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR subpart 63021 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements The Governments position is that due to Digiflight being the US Armys sole Apache AH64E V6 transition training New Equipment Training prime contractor any other contractor awarded this effort would be required to utilize Digiflight as a subcontractor This is largely due to the unique nature of this requirement and in order to comply with AR 951 and AR 9520 guidance the capability to employ USAACEapproved POIs FOPs and to provide qualified unit trainers it must be ensured that AH64E V6 specific approved POIs FOPs and Unit Trainers are provided within the contract Utilizing a prime contractor other than Digiflight would result in avoidable cost increases and substantial duplication of cost to the Government not expected to be recovered through competition ANTICIPATED PRODUCT SERVICE CODE R499 Support Professional Other ANTICIPATED NAICS CODE 611512 Flight Training PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 5 years ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE 80M NOTICE This notice of intent to award sole source is being provided to verify that no other sources can meet this requirement given only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements given the proprietary technical requirements expedited timeline and substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition Contractors are advised that a determination by the Government not to compete this effort based on any responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government IAW FAR Part 63021 DISCLAIMER This notice does not constitute an invitation for bids or a Request for Proposal RFP and is not a commitment by the US Government to procure the subject productsservices No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this notification The Government will use any information received by the closing date of this notice to determine whether other sources are available and capable to satisfy this requirement
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Department/Ind.Agency
DEPT OF DEFENSE
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Subtier
DEPT OF THE ARMY
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Office
W6QK ACC-ORLANDO