AIR-4.5.14 Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Contractor Support Services (CSS) Follow-On

 This is a PRESOLICITIATION notice to publicize the planned solicitation release for Contractor Support Services personnel to provide engineering, administrative, business, information technology, logistics, and engineering management support specifically as it relates to Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Airborne ASW Systems Engineering Division (AIR-4.5.14) Patuxent River, MD NAWCAD and its sister divisions.  The services required will be in support of legacy and new acoustic and non-acoustic sensors, systems and subsystems for naval air platforms and to improve existing maritime patrol and reconnaissance mission systems. Services will be in support of unclassified and classified programs across all phases of the acquisition process including research and development, aircraft and ordnance systems procurement and sustainment, system/platform development and integration, sustainment, continued verification, and training as

required. The scope of support will include engineering, scientific and technical labor, materials for technology assessment and development, laboratory and field experiments, ship and air exercises, system integration, and environmental compliance documentation.  Refer to the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW). The Government intends to solicit and negotiate a competitive contract with ONLY registered small business companies.  Please note that under a Small Business Set-Aside, the small business offeror must meet the requirements at FAR Clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION 2019-O0003). The location of performance is primarily at Patuxent River, Maryland but will also require off-site performance at the contractor's facility, as required by the Government.  The resulting contract will be a non-performance based, Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) level of effort, single award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an ordering period of 5 years estimated from December 13, 2019 through December 12, 2024.    The Government plans to release a solicitation during the third quarter of FY19.  A draft solicitation is provided as an attachment to this announcement; feedback on this draft can be provided to the listed points of contact in this announcement.  All feedback is requested by close of business on April 12, 2019. The NAICS Code is 541330 (current size standard of $38.5M).  THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT ONLY; IT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARTION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS NOTICE IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.  To be eligible to receive the award based on these requirements a contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) - NO EXCEPTIONS.  To register, contractors may apply through the internet at http://www.sam.gov.   Incumbent Information:Contract Number: N00421-05-D-0013-0002 Incumbent:       American Electronic Warfare Associates (AMEWAS)44427 Airport Rd, Ste. 200California, MD 20619-3095