FA8604, MQ9 Fuselage and Wings/Tails Trailer Paint Services

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation (“solicitation” hereafter), which is expected to result in award of a Firm Fixed Price contract for commercial items, Painting Services for Fuselage and Wings/Tails Parts and Assemblies for MQ9 Trailer production., as described in the Performance Work Statement (Attachment 1). The solicitation is prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and another written solicitation will not be issued. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1. Ability to comply with the requirements of the Performance Work Statement as evidenced by providing a complete description of the service to be provided; and

2. Determination of a Fair and Reasonable Price (Lowest Price Technically Acceptable).

The Government reserves the right to award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon (1) the quality of proposals received and (2) the price fair and reasonableness of proposals received.

Solicitation Number: FA8604-25-R-B012

NAICS Code: 332812

Small Business Size Standard: 500 employees

Set-Aside: Yes, Total Small Business Set-Aside

Solicitation Closing Date: Proposals must be received not later than 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time, 14 March 2025.

Submit electronic proposals via e-mail to: Both emily.gomez.3@us.af.mil and andrew.petersen.3@us.af.mil.

Any correspondence sent via e-mail must contain the subject line “Solicitation FA8604-25-R-B012.” The entire proposal must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 15 megabytes including attachments, if any. E-mails with compressed files are not permitted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments.

Address questions regarding this solicitation to Emily Gomez via e-mail at emily.gomez.3@us.af.mil and Andrew Petersen via e-mail at andrew.petersen.3@us.af.mil.

A detailed description of the requirement including a draft contract with line items, period of performance, inspection and acceptance information, other terms and conditions, provisions and clauses, representations and certifications, specific instructions for submission of proposals, an explanation of how proposals will be evaluated, & performance work statement, are provided in the attached documents. Upon award, any provisions that were in the draft contract (including representations and certifications) will be removed from the award document. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2024-06.