ATTENTION: NOTICE OF SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. This procurmemt is a set-aside for small disadvantaged businesses as indicated in AMS 3.6.1-21 NOTICE OF SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (APR 2023) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC) is seeking proposals from sources capable of fulfilling Research Simulator Maintenance Support for the Human Factors Flight Deck at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in accordance with the attached statement of work. Please read the attached Solicitation in it's entirety and all other Attachments. Follow the instructions outlined in Sections L & M for submitting a responsive proposal. Please include the solicitation number 6973GH-23-R-00190 in the subject line of all email correspondence as indicated in Section L of the SIR. Proposals are due by EMAIL ONLY as indicated in Section L of the SIR no later than the closing date identified in the SIR *ATTENTION: PLEASE SEE SECTION L.2 OF THE SIR FOR SITE VISIT INSTRUCTIONS* Prospective offerors are invited and strongly encouraged to attend a pre-proposal conference to be held at 1:00 p.m. Central Time on Monday, August 7, 2023 via site visit. The conference will be held for the purpose of allowing potential offers the opportunity to view the current simulators on site, clarifying the requirement, and permit general discussions regarding this Screening Information Request. Offerors are required to submit any questions they may have regarding this requirement in writing to the Contracting Officer by 4:00 p.m. Central Time, Friday, August 4th, 2023 so they can be placed on the agenda for discussion or so that a more definite response can be made. E-mail questions to
[email protected]. Questions received after that date, together with any questions generated at the conference, will be answered in writing as soon as possible following the conference. Offerors are allowed to send a maximum of two (2) individual to represent their proposal (to include proposal teams, if applicable). Please advise the Contracting Officer (Andre Casiano,
[email protected]) in writing via e-mail of your intent to attend by 4:00 p.m. Central Time, Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 Telephone requests will NOT count as notification of attendance. The Contracting Officer will send out Site Visit information on Friday, August 4th, 2023 to ONLY to those that have provided the required response information. Your request should include the following information: (1) Name of company represented (2) Name and title of representative (3) Phone number of representative (4) Email address of representative ---AMENDMENT 0001, August 8, 2023--- Amendment 0001 is hereby posted. This amendment replaces Attachment 01 Statement of Work dated 06/23/2023, 31 pages with Attachment 01 Performance Work Statement dated 07/28/2022, 31 pages in its entirety. The revised PWS corrections numbering and it's table of contents. This PWS does not change anything regarding the scope of the service. Additionally Questions and Answers in response to this solicitation is hereby provided as "Questions Answers 6973GH-23-R-00190" * Only one (1) question was received Site Visit Attendance sheet has also been posted ---Update, August 23, 2023--- For information purposes only, an overview of the Human Factors Research Division has been posted.