ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (EPICS) II

February 19, 2025

The final SIR is anticipated to be released no later than April 25, 2025.  

November 25, 2024

The response(s) [698KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII QA Response] to the DSIR QA [693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01] is attached. 

June 17, 2024

This notice is updated to add Section J, Attachment J-1 - Labor Catergory Descriptions. The document is added to the list of attachments in the notice posted on 6/14/2024. Additionally, the .docx file extensions are corrected to .pdf file extensions in the list of attachments. 

June 14, 2024

​​​​​Purpose

This is a pre-solicitation notice for the FAA’s Enterprise Programs, Infrastructure, and Communications Services (EPICS) II procurement. This notice serves the following purposes:

1. Provides the consolidated EPICS II Draft Screening Information Request (DSIR) (also referred to as draft SIR in this notice); and
2. Solicits industry questions, explanations, interpretations, concerns, clarifications, and possible discrepancies associated with the DSIR, including questions associated with potential improprieties in the SIR that are apparent prior to issuance of the final SIR.

   Attachments:

1. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01.docx
2. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 Sect J Att J3.pdf
3. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 Sect J Att J4.pdf
4. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 Sect L Att L1.xlsx
5. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 Sect L Att L2.pdf
6. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 Sect L Att L3.pdf
7. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 Sect L Att L4.pdf
8. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 Sect L Att L5.pdf
9. 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 Sect J Att J1.pdf

EPICS II Public Notices (Sam.gov)

• Market Survey

Notice ID: 698KA8-23-EPICSII

Original Published Date: Aug 17, 2022

Sam.gov link: https://sam.gov/opp/676872e61e35459cbf60e164a7267289/view

• Market Survey

Notice ID: 693KA8-23-RFI-EPICSII-02

Original Published Date: July 05, 2023

Sam.gov Link: https://sam.gov/opp/7a41ace23b904a428891059acc7790ad/view

• Pre-Solicitation Notice

Notice ID: 693KA8-24-Presolicitation-EPICSII

Original Published Date: April 30, 2024

Sam.gov Link: https://sam.gov/opp/27a13dc84afc401fba51b3dd3aa56c57/view

Disclaimer

This is not a screening information request (SIR) or request for proposal. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. In accordance with Acquisition Management System (AMS) Policy 3.2.1.3.8, this pre-release of the draft SIR, is an important part of communication with industry and both beneficial to industry, as well as the FAA, providing opportunity for the FAA to gauge interested sources and for industry to provide feedback.

For questions about FAA’s acquisition policies, please visit https://fast.faa.gov, which provides the FAA’s AMS Policy and Guidance as well as provisions and clauses used by the FAA in its acquisitions.

Participation in this pre-solicitation notice is voluntary and respondents may choose to respond to all or some of the requests. Submissions in response to this pre-solicitation notice announcement must be relevant to the subject of the pre-solicitation notice. Responses will be reviewed by U.S. Government employees and a limited number of FAA support contractors working under non-disclosure agreements.

The FAA support contractors work for the following companies:

                                              IT Strategy, Inc.

If this announcement is being viewed from other than the System for Award Management (SAM) website, some information or attachments may not transfer correctly. Please check the FAA’s contracting opportunities website http://sam.gov frequently for any updates and amendments to this announcement.

All costs associated with the preparation or submission of responses is the responsibility of the potential source. The U.S. Government will not pay for an information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey. Any cost associated with the market survey submission, therefore, is solely at the interested contractor’s expense.

Background

Communications infrastructure and services are vital to operation of the National Airspace System (NAS) as well as the FAA’s administrative and mission support functions. EPICS II will provide contractor support services for the FAA’s Communications, Information, Network Programs (CINP) organization, Data Communications (DataComm) program and the Telecommunications Integrated Services (TIS) organization.

The EPICS II contractors will support engineering solutions as well as the operation, testing, maintenance, upgrade and deployment of highly complex communications and network systems. The EPICS II Statement of Work (SOW) (provided as Section C of the DSIR) describes the type of services envisioned under seven (7) distinct Functional Areas (FAs) as follows:

• System Engineering;
• Program Management Support;
• In-Service Management and Support;
• Business and Financial Management
• Information Systems Development and Support;
• Studies, Analyses, and Evaluations; and
• Administrative Support.

Request for Industry Input

Industry must submit questions, explanations, interpretations, concerns, clarification requests, and possible discrepancies associated with the draft SIR via the form provided as Attachment L-1. The FAA seeks to address potential improprieties in the SIR that are apparent prior to issuance of the final SIR. The FAA intends to, and requests industry’s assistance in, reducing the potential for pre-award protests that are based on improprieties in the SIR (ref. DSIR Section L.1.3, AMS clause 3.9.1-3, Protest (April 2024)).

Additionally, the FAA request responses to the five (5) items below. Responses may be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or Adobe PDF document. Please limit responses to two (pages). The file must be named as follows: 693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 <INSERT COMPANY NAME>

1. Please provide your company name, SAM.gov unique entity identifier (UEI) and CAGE Code, Universal Reference Locator (URL) for your company’s website, company point-of-contact (POC) for EPICS II, and POC phone number and e-mail address. 
2. Identify your company’s business size (i.e., Small or Large Business) relative to NAICS code 541330. 
3. If you qualify as a small business relative to the NAICS code 541330, please indicate if you have any specific designation such as Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), 8(a), HubZone, Woman-owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business (SDVOSB), etc.
4. Indicate whether your interest in EPICS II is as an Offeror (prime contractor) or as a subcontractor / team member.
5. The FAA encourages recommendation on strategies that you believe the FAA should consider, both pre-award and post-award, to increase the successful outcome of the EPICS II acquisition.

Instructions for Submittal

All submissions in response to this announcement must be in writing and are due by 5:00 PM ESDT on July 03, 2024.  Submissions prior to July 03, 2024 will be accepted.

Responses to this announcement must be submitted via e-mail to:

Alessha Mason                                                         

Contracting Officer, AFN/AAQ-320

alessha.m.mason@faa.gov

Elizabeth H. Williams

Contracting Officer, AFN/AAQ-320

elizabeth.h.williams@faa.gov

The email subject line must reflect the SAM announcement number followed by the company name, as follows:

693KA8-24-DSIR-EPICSII-01 <INSERT COMPANY NAME>

Individual e-mail message size (i.e., email body text plus any attachments) must not exceed 10 MB.

Submissions must include company point(s) of contact, title(s), telephone number(s), email address(es) and mailing address. Responses will not be returned. Any proprietary or confidential information contained in the market survey submissions must be appropriately marked.

Industry questions will be considered in the preparation of the final EPICS II SIR. The FAA intends to distribute all questions submitted, along with the FAA’s response, via the SAM website. The FAA does not commit to providing a response to all questions submitted. Subsequent revisions to the EPICS II draft SIR documents, based on questions received, remains solely at the FAA’s discretion. No comments, questions, or inquiries are to be made to any FAA person other than the point of contacts identified above.