Commercial AirTransportation

The Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command, Contracting Department, Virginia Beach VA, 23459-3324 intends to award a 100% Small Business Set-Aside, Firm Fixed Price Contract for 280 lifts to be used throughout the year to provide training support to NSW Military Free Fall Parachutists. The services will be acquired in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The Contractor shall provide piolot(s), commercial aircraft(s) and fuel for all training events. The Contractor shall be located within a 50 mile radius of the Naval Special Warfare Group-4 Headquarters. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 481219, Other Non-Scheduled Air Transportation. The size standard is $14.0 Mil. A complete Request for Proposal package will be available for downloading at the FBO website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov on or about 27 February 2014. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above sites; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the offeror is self-certifying that neither the requestor not the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contrast from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 866-606-8220 , or via Internet at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Please direct all questions regarding this requirement via e-mail to the POC identified in this synopsis.