The Air Force needs a small business to provide a Piaggio P-180 Avanti aircraft and a qualified flight instructor for Qualitative Evaluation flights.
Key Details
What exactly do they need?
The Air Force needs a small business to provide a Piaggio P-180 Avanti aircraft and a qualified flight instructor for Qualitative Evaluation flights at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School in Edwards, CA. The contract will be a 5-year Firm Fixed Price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).
What's the contract structure and timeline?
The contract will be a 5-year Firm Fixed Price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with a period of performance of 5 years. The anticipated award is a single BPA resulting from the RFQ.
How will they pick the winner?
The award will be made on the basis of the best value of each proposal as well as meeting/exceeding the acceptability of technical factors. The technical acceptability factor contains one subfactor: (1) Ability to provide the requested products.
When and how do you bid?
Offers are due by 05 June 2026 at 04:00 PM, Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offers must be sent via email to carlos.barrera.8@us.af.mil.
Who can apply
- Any certified small business may apply.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov.
- Review the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for more details and a full list of training required.
- Email the contracting officer to RSVP for the site visit.