Department of State Multi-Mission Aviation Support Services

 This pre-solicitation notice is in reference to Request for Information No. 19AQMM20MMASSV for the Department of State's Bureau of Medical Services (MED)*** *** ***The Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Medical Services Directorate of Operational Medicine (MED/DMD/OM), has an ongoing need for a total package approach to multi-mission aviation services in a manner that is flexible and rapidly deployable, allowing the Department to transport personnel and equipment, and retrieve eligible persons and critically ill patients safely, swiftly, and securely to and from locations anywhere in the world in the most expeditious manner. The integration of an approved biocontainment capability meeting the specifications described in the draft Performance Work Statement is a critical and unseverable part of the Department’s requirement.  DOS seeks to acquire the services of an air transportation company with access to a wide variety of airplanes of varying sizes and capabilities that will

provide movement anywhere in the world on short notice, tailored in size and configuration to the specific facts and circumstances of a particular mission, and flying as commercial aviation services in compliance with FAA regulations. *** *** ***Functions under this contract vehicle include Dedicated Multi-Mission Aircraft Capability, Configuration and Air Crew – CONUS and OCONUS, Biocontainment Capability - Equipment, Supplies, Personnel, and Training, Special Aviation Services Requests, Contractor Aviation Program Certification – Medical, Contractor Aviation Program Certification - 14 CFR 135, Medical Evacuation Missions, Personnel and Sensitive Item Retrieval Missions, Deployment/Retrieval of Government Personnel and Mission Critical Equipment, Provide Airborne Communications Relay and Surveillance Support to Security and Medical Contingency Operations, and Fabrication, Development, Testing, Evaluation, and Certification of Special Mission Equipment.*** *** ***The Government anticipates to award a 100% Total Small Business set aside contract. The anticipated contractual period of performance will be one (60) sixty month base period and five (5) one year option periods, if exercised. This requirement will be a standalone hybrid contract.*** *** ***NOTE: From the date of the posting of this notice, no questions will be answered unless they are submitted in accordance with the instructions of the subsequent solicitation. Do not call the Point of Contacts identified on this notice. Contact with the program office is prohibited; all questions shall be vetted through the contracting activity. *** *** ***The anticipated release date of the RFP is approximately fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this notice.                                                                                                                                No questions regarding the release date will be answered.