Battlefield Airmen IDIQ MAC

Battlefield Airmen Multiple-Award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity Contract

Solicitation in a Nutshell:

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Agency: US Department of the Air Force
Office: Air Force Materiel Command
Status: Pre-RFP (Pre-Solicitation)
Solicitation Number: FA8629-19-R-5003
NAICS Codes: 339999 — All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Contract Vehicle: Not Determined
Contract Period: 5 Yr. Base and 5 Yr. Option Period
Type of Contract and Award: CNF, CPFF, FFP/Indefinite Delivery Contract
Number of Awards: Unknown
Award Value Ceiling: $950,000,000
Set-Aside: Total Small Business (SBSA)
Due Date & Time: TBD
Facility Clearance: Undetermined
Summary: The Special Warfare Contracting Office (AFLCMC/WISK) will be issuing a Solicitation for the Special Warfare Multiple Award Contract (SW-MAC).

The program will provide for multiple awardees with a post-award competition of task/delivery orders. The Non-Manufacturing Rule (NMR) does apply to this acquisition.

Scope: The scope of work under the SW-MAC program includes providing equipment, training, and product support to approximately 3,500 United States Air Force (USAF) SW operators assigned to Air Combat Command (ACC) and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), as well as other authorized users including Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

In general, the scope of the acquisition includes special operational equipment, related supplies, and incidental services including, but not limited to:

Ground mobility equipment, aerial insertion equipment, maritime/dive equipment, general apparel/personnel protective equipment, dive apparel, footwear, medical equipment, bags/packs, climbing/water rescue equipment, survival/navigation equipment, helmets, technical recovery equipment, fires equipment, visual augmentation equipment, micro weather sensor equipment, assault zones equipment, information technology equipment, and surveying and mapping services.

Background: 98 Equip Our Warfighters to Win the Fight AFLCMC… Providing the Warfighter’s Edge
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) [13 total] Examples:

  • [Phase II] Battlefield Airmen Augmented Reality Systems
  • [Phase I] Optimized Personal Area Network
  • [Phase II] Wearable Head Tracking System
  • [Phase II] Wireless Power for BAO- Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF)
  • [FY15] Personnel Locator Beacon
  • [FY16] Improved Night Vision Capability for Battlefield Airmen
  • [FY17] Whisper Wireless Personal Area Network
  • [FY18] Body Armor Battery
  • [FY19] Maritime DropSonde (whitepapers due in March)

Solicitation Documents:

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Solicitation Package Page:

  • DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW)
  • DRAFT Section L, Instructions to Offerors
  • DRAFT Section M, Evaluation Factors for Award
  • Model Contract CLIN Structure
  • Model Contract Exhibit A Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs)
88TH ABW MAC IDIQ

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Important Dates:

Event Date
Draft RFP and Q&As Release Jul 11, 2019
RFP Release NA
Contract Award(s) Effective NA

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