AIRCRAFT, GALAXY C-5; COVER, ACCESS, AIRCRAFT

A solicitation will be issued for End Item: Aircraft, Galaxy C-5, NSN 1560-00-097-6762, Cover, Access, Aircraft, IQC 1000062984. OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT: 48 MONTHS. DURATION OF CONTRACT ORDERING PERIOD: 12 MONTHS. Government First Article Testing (FAT) is required. The required delivery is 180 days ARO for FAT samples and 234 days after FAT approval for production units. Configuration Control item. Critical Application Item. NAICS is 336413. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside, full and open after exclusions of sources procedures. Only offers from small business concerns will be considered. FOB Origin, Inspection/Acceptance Origin. This is a request for proposal for an Indefinite Quantity Contract. Estimated Annual Quantities for the base and four one-year option periods will be 8 each. Surge requirements do not apply. This solicitation includes provision 52.215-9023, Reverse Auction. The solicitation document contains information that has been designated as "Militarily Critical Technical Data." Only businesses that have been certified by the Department of Defense, United States/Canada Joint Certification Office, and have a valid requirement may have a copy of the solicitation document. All requests for copies of the solicitation document must include a certified copy of DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. To obtain certification, contact: Commander, Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS), ATTN: U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office, 74 Washington Avenue North, Battle Creek, MI 49017-3084 or call the DLIS at (800) 352-3572. The DLIS United States/Canada Joint Certification Lookup service is available via the internet at: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp. Specifications, plans, or drawings relating to the procurement described are not available and cannot be furnished by the Government. Export Control drawings applies. Request for written proposal, please submit offers to fax # (804) 279-4165. OFFERORS MUST COMPLETE A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD. A copy of the solicitation will be made available via DLA Internet Bid Board System at https://dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ issue date cited in the RFP. From the DIBBS Homepage, select Search RFPs. Then choose the RFP you wish to download. RFPs are in portable document format (pdf). To download and view these documents you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available free at http://www.adobe.com. A paper copy of this solicitation will not be available to requestors. The solicitation issue date is on or about February 27, 2018 with a closing date on or about March 27, 2018. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered. Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) apply. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. The final contract award decision may be based upon a combination of price, past performance, and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation.