PARACHUTE TRAINING SUPPORT SERVICES

MCIEAST Regional Contracting Office seeks qualified vendors to provide non-personal support services in the area of parachute training aircraft support services for 2D Reconnaissance Battalion, MCB Camp Lejeune, NC, to execute the unit’s mission in accordance with the draft Performance Work Statement provided.  Services to be provided include: aircraft chartering, positioning/dispositioning and offsite aircraft support and coordination, parachute maintenance, and wind tunnel chartering.

This is a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought only.  There is no solicitation available at this time.  The RFI is issued for the sole purpose of conducting Market Research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10.  This will be a Firm-Fixed Price contract.  The intended contract shall be for a 12-month base period with four (4) additional 12-month option periods.  The submission of information is for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any items or services.  A draft of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached.

The information provided will not be returned, and no compensation will be provided from any response to this announcement.  Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked.  All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 481219 – Aircraft charter services, which has a small business size standard of $25.0 million in average annual receipts.

Potential vendors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award, as well as have NAICS 481219 identified in their SAM profile.

Interested firms are requested to respond to this notice and include the following in their response:

1. Company name, address, point of contact name, phone number, and email address.
    
2. CAGE code; CAGE must be registered in SAM (https://www.sam.gov).
    
3. Business size under NAICS 481219.
    
4. If the size standard is small, indicate if your business is a certified Section 8(a) Business Development, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, and/or Woman Owned Small Business.
    
5. Are the services available under a GSA/FSS contract?  If so, please provide your GSA schedule number.
    
6. Have these services been acquired by any government agencies?  If so, please provide names of agencies, points of contact, and contract number(s).
    
7. Include any other supporting documents; statements of qualification should not exceed five (5) pages.

The Government reserves the right to set this acquisition aside for Small Business, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, or Small Disadvantaged Business firms based on the responses it receives.

Responses to this RFI shall be emailed to Leonard.A.Polous.civ@usmc.mil.

Responses must be received no later than 02 March 2026 at 3:00 PM EST.