The changes to this Sources Sought notice are underlined below. If you have already submitted a response, and would like to add to your response, you only need to address the questions that have been changed below. Please indicate the question number for each answer you provide. This is a Request for Information (RFI). United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), TCAQ-R is considering contracting for air ambulance transportation in support of TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) service regions outside the continental United States. Service regions include: 1) the land masses of North, Central, and South America, Greenland, and all islands adjacent to these land masses returning to the continental United States; 2) the land masses of East and Southeast Asia (China and India down to Malaysia), Australia, and all islands in Oceania returning to Japan, Hawaii, or the west coast of the continental United States, 3) the land mass of Africa and all islands adjacent to this land mass returning to Germany or the East Coast of the continental United States; 4) the land masses in the Middle East, Central Asia, and all islands adjacent to these land masses returning to Germany or the continental United States; and 5) the land mass of Russia, the Caucuses, Europe, Turkey, and all islands adjacent to these land masses returning to Germany or the East Coast of the continental United States. If bidding to provide service for all service regions, the only landmass not included within this contract is Antarctica. Contractors shall have aircraft and crews geographically based to allow for any patient that presents within a service region to be picked up by contractor aircraft within 12 hours of dispatch. Contractors will be able to bid on one or more service regions as part of the contract. Required aircraft are contractor furnished and configured to air ambulance standards. Contractors shall provide all personnel (including certificated medical staff), services, equipment, tools, fuel, oil, materials, facilities, supervision, and indirect materials necessary to perform air ambulance services. A sufficient number of ground personnel for adequate aircraft and equipment maintenance and ground operations must also be provided. Copies of all medical documentaton shall be sent to USTRANSCOM in English no later than 48 hours after completion of the service. Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) , the National Accreditation Alliance of Medical Transport Applications (NAAMTA), or international equivalent standard may be required prior to award and must be maintained for the life of the contract. Department of Defense (DOD) approval may also be required. Responses to the following questions will aide our efforts to develop this requirement: 1. Company name and address of home office. __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address. __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Are you interested in providing the services for this requirement? __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Is your business large or small (1500 employees or less)? _________________________________ 5. Is your company a certificated FAR Part 135 air carrier? __________________________________ 6. Is your company a DoD approved air carrier? ___________________________________________ 7. Is your company currently accredited by CAMTS, NAAMTA , and/or an international equivalent standard ? If so, please specify. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Would requiring DoD approval, and CAMTS, NAAMTA, or an equivalent international accreditations significantly increase the prices for these services? Please explain. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Describe the aircraft and capacity (aircraft type, weight capacity, patient capacity, and range) of planes currently on your Operating Certificate ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Approximate price range (excluding medical personnel costs) per Great Circle Statute Mile (GCSM)? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Do you currently have the capability to provide air ambulance service globally? In what countries have you performed air ambulance missions in the past 12 months? Any limitations ? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12. If you don't have the capability to provide air ambulance service globally, which service region (or regions) can you provide air ambulance service for? any limitations within the region(s)? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 13. Does your company have aircraft hubs located outside the US? If so, where? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 . How do you charge for your medical personnel (By the hour? By the flight?) ____________________________________________________________________________________ 15 . Approximate rates for your medical personnel: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 16 . COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS? _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ This agency has not made a final commitment or authorization to incur costs in anticipation of such procurement. This agency is interested in obtaining responses to this RFI from prospective contractors, but no contractor shall be reimbursed for providing this information; therefore, the Department of Defense (DOD) will accept the requested information in whatever format it is provided. All information provided by the contractor will become property of USTRANSCOM and will not be returned. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 481211. Interested parties capable of performing this requirement are requested to e-mail response to Mary Chapie,
[email protected] by 20 Dec 2012 .