Sources sought, partial small business set-aside
Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) Management and Logistics Software
FA564125R0001
Department of the Air Force, FA5641 764 Ess PK. Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services.
Awarded
The Mission Essential Group, LLC
$1,363,844.00 obligated so far on USAspending
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
DISCLAIMER: Please note that this is NOT an Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposal (RFP). This Sources Sought is part of ongoing Government conducted market research for planning purposes. A solicitation is not being issued at this time and this notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation. The Government will not provide reimbursement for costs associated with this request. Responses shall be treated as information only and will not be used as a proposal.
Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this Sources Sought is strictly voluntary; responses will not be returned. USAFE/AFAFRICA -- A4 Logistics function is currently in pursuit of a digital management system for the AF Form 864, Daily Requirement and Dispatch Record to manage aerospace ground equipment (AGE) across five (5) United States Air Force European locations. As well as an active inventory system that actively monitors and inventories in specified locations.
Currently, equipment tracking and dispatch is an unorganized process managed through handwritten paper dispatch logs and often garbled requests transmitted over handheld radios. This system is not only highly inefficient, but is constantly plagued by lost paperwork, miscommunication, and an inability to effectively manage equipment resources. Vendors would be required to provide a data plan/data service as well as 5 devices per location to operate their software.
Each location would also need to be able to grant multiple users (up to 100 users per location) access to the digital management system on their personal device as well as have an option for the oversight authority to be able to access each location’s data/equipment dispatch information. The AF Form 864, as stated in the introduction, requires a multitude of listings and needs to be inventoried so each operational location can monitor where, when, how this equipment is being utilized. On this form, it states a few categories that are crucial in monitoring. These are:
Date Shift/Work Center (Unit, Section) Total Runs Name of Dispatcher Field # Type Equipment (Equipment Serial Number) From what agency To what agency Time requested Time dispatched Priority Remarks Operator's Name/Signature Remarks Fuel Quantity Within this management system and tool, the user would need to be able to input these values into a digital AF Form 864 and be able to store within a set database and an external hard drive.
In addition to these digital forms, a live database will be required to actively monitors input of the AF Form 864 form to account for current inventories, movement of equipment, and the duration of use. Please see Attachment 01 – AF Form 864 for the specifics on what the form entails. Questions regarding this sources sought are due to by Monday, 7 July 2025 at 1500 CEST.
We are kindly requesting any input on whether your agency has the capability of developing this form of software for our systems and accommodate this software with specific hardware.
The contract, on USAspending
Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.
- Recipient
- The Mission Essential Group, LLC
- UEI
- VYSKHCEJKX47
- CAGE
- 3QKA8
- Vendor location
- New Albany, OH
- Contract
- FA564125F0005 under FA564123D0005, delivery order
- Obligated
- $1,363,844.00, potential $4,466,277
- Actions
- 4 between December 9, 2024 and March 13, 2026
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition, 2 offers received
- Described as
- A as A4R Logistics Operations Planning Support
- Match
- solicitation number FA564125R0001 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA5641 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
July 2, 2025
Sources sought
Due July 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 8c4d36b318c64cbb81271d0d8d9031bc
Points of contact
- Capt Kevin Sheedykevin.sheedy.3@us.af.mil
- Corey Chopkocorey.chopko@us.af.mil489-8877
Also open from this buyer
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