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Combined synopsis and solicitation, total small business set-aside, first published as sources sought

Piaggio P-180 Avanti BPA

260310163337

Department of the Air Force, FA9304 Aftc PZZ. Flight Training.

Response deadline

July 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT

Closed 102 days ago. Posted July 15, 2026, first published March 23, 2026. Scheduled to archive July 22, 2026.

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

Amended changes to this opportunity:

Section (xiii) – The offer due-date has been updated from 15 Jul 2026 to 22 Jul 2026.

Attachments – The attachment, ‘Piaggio+P-180+AVANTI+BPA+PWS+ver+3.0’ has been updated to, ‘Piaggio+P-180+AVANTI+BPA+PWS+ver+4.0’  

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This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for the Piaggio P-180 Avanti BPA. AFTC Test Pilot School requires a Piaggio P-180 Avanti aircraft, along with a qualified flight instructor(s), for Qualitative Evaluation (QE) flights as described in the Qualitative Evaluation Board (QRB) report at the U.S Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards CA.  The USAF Test Pilot School is interested in non-personal service contract to be awarded within a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).  

Please see the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for more details and a full list of training required.

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products prepared in accordance with the format in RFO Subpart 12.2, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns.  

(ii) Solicitation Number: 260310163337

**Please provide the full solicitation number on all packages**

Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements for the products described in this synopsis are invited to submit, in writing, a complete quote.

Offerors may utilize the attached PWS to complete quote information in addition to a separate quote (in PDF format); ensuring the quote contains information and pricing for this requirement, up to including installation and delivery costs.

Offerors may quote all, a part of, or none of the attached statement of work. Offerors shall indicate which trainings they are quoting to by indication the specified trainings as follow:

  1. Piaggio P-180 Avanti Training

Offerors are required to submit with their quote enough information for the Government to evaluate the requirements detailed in this combined synopsis/solicitation. Offerors shall submit quotes via email, please note the maximum file size is 10MB. Emails over this file size will not be received. Submit only written offers; oral offers will not be accepted.

The anticipated magnitude of this effort shall not exceed $350,000.00 total for the entire period of 5 years per offeror.

This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01, DFARS Change 11/10/2025, and DAFAC 2025-1016.

(iv) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 611512 “Flight Training” with a size standard of $34M.

(v) Period of Performance: The anticipated award is a 5-year BPA.

(vi) The provision at RFO 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Sep 2023), applies to this acquisition. Provisions and clauses can be viewed via internet at Acquisition.gov, https://www.acquisition.gov/.

Offerors shall prepare their quotations in accordance with RFO 52.212-1. In addition, the following information shall be included:

PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTOR INFORMATION WITHIN YOUR QUOTE:

1. SAM UEI:

2. TIN Number:

3. CAGE Code:

4. Contractor Name:

5. Payment Terms (NET 30) or Discount:

6. Point of Contact Name and Phone Number:

7. Email address:

8. Warranty:

9. Date Offer Expires:

10. FOB Destination:

11. Estimated Delivery Lead Time:

12. Completed copy of RFO 52.212-3, Alt I, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Feb 2024) – or - notification that RFO 52.212-3 representations and certifications are available on SAM.gov

13. A pricing list as follows:

It contains a complete list of the services or supplies available for purchase under the BPA. The price list should specify the length of time for which the prices are valid. Typically, price lists are guaranteed for a minimum of one year from the effective date to avoid frequent increase in pricing. After reviewing the price list and determining the prices to be fair and reasonable, physically write “approved” directly on the price list, sign, date, and incorporate into the BPA by reference. Ensure the contractor and all ordering officials receive a copy of the approved price list. Calls can only be placed against BPAs for those items contained on the approved price list. Items not on the price list cannot be ordered unless the CO approves the addition.

(vii) The provision at RFO 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2021) applies to this acquisition.

***Please read the evaluation criteria closely. If vendor does not provide a full response, it will be found unresponsive***

The solicitation provides that quotations will be evaluated using a Best Value Continuum. 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. The agency will first rank quotations according to best value, from highest to lowest, and will evaluate the highest ranked value quotation as either technically acceptable or unacceptable, reserving the right to evaluate additional quotations for technical acceptability if deemed to be in the best interest of the government. Evaluation Factors:

1. Best Value

2. Technically Acceptability

The Government anticipates awarding a single BPA resulting from the RFQ to the responsible offeror whose quote is responsive to the RFQ and considered to be the Best Value. This is a competitive solicitation using Best Value in which competing offerors technical performance and price will be evaluated to determine the award. Technical areas are more important than Price.

(viii) Offerors shall include completed copies of applicable provisions, which are included in the SF1449. Offers will be considered incomplete if these are not included with the quote.

(iv) The clause at RFO 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions— Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2023), applies to this acquisition.

(xi) Additional Contract Requirement or Terms and Conditions: Please find a contemplated list of additional provisions/clauses in the attachments; the final list of clauses is dependent upon actual dollar value of the contract award and may change from those provided in the attachment.

(xii) Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS): N/A

(xiii) Quote Submission Information:

It is the government’s intent to award without discussions. Therefore, each initial quote should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer (CO) determines that discussions are necessary.

Offers are due by 22 Jul 2026 at 04:00 PM, Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Offers must be sent via email to thomas.shea.3@us.af.mil and carlos.barrera.8@us.af.mil. No late submissions will be accepted.

(xiv) For additional information regarding this solicitation contact:

Contract Officer:

Tom Shea

thomas.shea.3@us.af.mil

Contract Specialist:

Carlos Barrera

carlos.barrera.8@us.af.mil

Please send all questions to the buyer and cc the officer via email at carlos.barrera.8@us.af.mil. Phone inquiries are not available currently. All questions and answers will be posted to this RFQ.

Attachments

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Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. March 23, 2026

    Sources sought

    Piaggio P-180 BPA

    Due April 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice e1e4a2955fec4bbda944e3ec7cefed9d

    1 revisions on SAM
    • March 23, 2026: publish, sources sought
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    Combined synopsis and solicitation

    Due June 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 32016a0378714aaea4ca74eea08f76eb

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    Due June 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 19df5b68d89e4aff83264f7fa065def2

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    Due June 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 3863ea4548ec496497813af11350efa9

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    Due June 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 86001c191f9f4799a3965215d0bd3300

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    Due July 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 32996dc0e6ee45b7b67db4b50806b66e

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    Due July 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 1c35ce89dae2424c97b540e4ad0ae44d

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    Due July 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice c99dc2cd9c734a6fad553615e82407f1

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    Due July 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice ee037cd490334bcc849fc46c9ad24e19

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    Due July 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice eb4c6cc4b52842788f097076ad0c9d5f

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