The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS) has a requirement for Design-Build (DB) services to design and construct a new Forest Service Interagency Hotshot and Engine Module Work Center at the Chico Seed Orchard Site located along Skyway Blvd in Chico, California.

There are currently about 70 active projects at AATC supporting A-10C, C-130H/J, F-15C/D, F-16C/D, C-17, KC-135, HH-60G, HC/MC-130, RC-26, MQ-9, Battlefield Airman (BA), and multiple cross-platform logistics and Electronic Warfare capabilities. The average lifetime of most projects is six months to three years from concept approval to the final report and initial fielding but complexity may shorten or extend the amount of time required to complete the project. Expertise for each of these platforms and capability areas is required to ensure successful testing of modernization capabilities. This includes both technical and acquisition management support. Skill set requirements may be transferable as projects are completed and new projects are started but the specific skill sets may change depending on what is no longer required due to completion of existing projects and what additional skill sets are required for the new projects. Technical support includes but is not limited to operational and maintenance experience on specific platforms, expertise or familiarization with platform systems, integration and modification experience, developmental and operational test experience, and airworthiness and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approvals. Acquisition management support includes, but is not limited to, assisting the government with technical requirements definition, cost assessment, and control, and preparing acquisition program documentation such as integrated master schedules and acquisition strategy plans; and executing aircraft avionics integration, systems engineering, design engineering, and creating integrated logistics support such as technical orders, flight manuals, job guides, and software manuals, and program engineering coordination necessary to support Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) modification programs.

New projects may need additional support and expertise as they are approved in the annual the United States Air Force Reserve Modernization Book and ANG Weapons Systems Modernization Priorities Book. These books are available online and identify modernization priorities and projects this PWS will support. As modernization priorities and projects are approved and funded AATC will conduct OT&E activities to determine the validity of solutions and make fielding recommendations. The contractor will support this process through all phases from concept development, test planning, test conduct and final report delivery. The ability to develop briefings, write test plans, conduct test, and deliver comprehensive final reports is required.

• The contractor shall perform test planning, test execution, test reporting, test logistics and studies/ analysis for installations and integration on ARC platforms
  • In addition, the contractor shall perform program management, integration engineering, engineering liaison, and technology insertion to assist AATC and NGB/A5-8 with modernization of ARC weapons systems to include but not limited to Aircraft, Joint Terminal Area Controller (JTAC) and BA, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Domestic Operations (DOMOPS), and Logistics programs
  • ARC modernization efforts require avionics, mechanical, and structural modifications to include, but not limited to, technical requirements definition, avionics integration, systems engineering, design engineering, test support, cost assessment and control, integrated logistics engineering, logistics, studies and analyses, prototype installations, program engineering coordination, test equipment, and technical documentation
• The contractor shall be proficient in the Integrated Defense Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Life Cycle Management System and Operations and Maintenance in the areas of Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution Process, Defense Acquisition System, and Joint Capabilities Integration & Development System
  • The contractor shall have intimate knowledge of the Air Force (AF) Form 1067 process
  • The contractor shall have the capabilities to perform engineering, prototyping, installation, and training