The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) anticipates establishing a centralized Qualified Vendor’s List of contractors who can provide the implementation and construction of upgrades of existing non-compliant tower safety on various NAVAIDS/NACOM towers, including but not limited to Glide Slope (GS) towers, Remote Transmitter Receiver (RTR) towers and Remote Center Air to Ground Communication (RCAG) towers. The vendors should be able to respond to all areas in the contiguous United States (lower 48). The FAA is soliciting capability statements from interested Small Business concerns that are interested in becoming a qualified source.
Interested contractors should provide documentation showing the following (Attachment 1 of your response):
The information received in response to this sources sought announcement will be used to determine whether there is a reasonable expectation of obtaining offers from responsible vendors from the below small business concerns:
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business (8(a)-certified)
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business
Small Disadvantaged Business
Women-Owned Small Business
Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business
As part of your response, please complete the Small Business Size and Preliminary Past Performance Validation Form attached (Attachment 2 - BUSINESS SIZE AND PRELIMINARY PAST PERFORMANCE VALIDATION FORM)
This announcement is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposal of any kind. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA will not pay for and is not liable for costs associated with the preparation and submittal of responses to this announcement. Any costs associated with the submission of a response to this request are solely at the interested vendor’s expense.
Responses should be submitted electronically to the designated Point of Contact in Microsoft Word format or Portable Document Format (PDF) with the subject line “National NAVCOM/NAVAIDS Fall Protection System Upgrades for the Air Traffic Organization (ATO)” - QVL – Sources Sought