# FA830725RB023 - Atmospheric Research Mission Equipment Case and Handling (ARMECH) Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa830725rb023 - Solicitation number: FA830725RB023 - Notice type: Solicitation (first published as presolicitation) - Status: Awarded to Flight Test & Mechanical Solutions, Inc. - Department: Department of the Air Force - Agency: Department of the Air Force - Contracting office: FA8307 AFLCMC HNCK HNC Cyber & NTR (FA8307) - NAICS: 332510 Hardware Manufacturing - Product or service code: 8145 Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers - Set-aside: Total small business set-aside - Place of performance: San Antonio, Texas - County: Bexar County (FIPS 48029). https://abierto.us/counties/bexar-county-tx-48029 - City: San Antonio. https://abierto.us/cities/san-antonio-tx-4865000 - First posted: December 3, 2024 - Last posted: January 30, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/58fd6b82c788423ca0bbea6cf7bfd1db/view ## Description AMENDMENT 2 to FA830725RB023 is to provide the updated Statement Of Objectives, Attachment 2, to reflect the revised Period of Performance on page 12. The new PoP is 12 months. AMENDMENT 1 to FA830725RB023 provides the Questions submitted by interested vendors on 22 Jan 2025 and the Answers provided by the technical experts at the program office. Additionally the Solicitation was modified to clarify certain points regarding CLIN 0006, the delivery date, and clause 52.209-4 First Article Approval. **Note:** The Solicitation CLIN structure (Section B) and Pricing Matrix (Attachment 7) are not set into a mandatory format. The vendors are allowed to propose a CLIN structure that best fits their proposal. Atmospheric Research Mission Equipment Case and Handling (ARMECH). The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division (AFLCMC/HNCK), Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland AFB, TX, hereby soliciting with intent to award, a competitive small business set aside, firm-fixed price contract. **Description:** Scope of the project requires the development of a solution, Atmospheric Research Mission Equipment Case and Handling (ARMECH) to interface the 900 cubic inch Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) with pre-existing mission equipment onboard the WC-135 aircraft. The ARMECH provides protection to individual COPV?s during transloading or shipping activities; it also acts as the secure, ruggedized, stackable, single person carrying case. This requirement includes a production level technical design package, testing and analysis, prototype production, first article production, and quantity production order. This product is not available commercially and will be designed as a specific solution for our mission system. Products of this effort shall include a production level technical data package (TDP) with unlimited data rights reserved by the government, an acceptance testing report, one prototype, one first article assembly, and 250 production units. QUESTIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 22 JAN 2025 at 12:00pm CST. The Government will provide consolidated answers on 24 JAN. We will not respond to any questions received after that date. **IMPORTANT INFORMATION:** The full Request for Proposal (RFP) and attachments are only accessible to interested vendors through the PIEE Solicitation Module Link. The Module Link can be found in the Attachments/Links section below - PIEE Solicitation Module Link for FA830725RB023. VENDORS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOWING THE PIEE LINK to access to the full RFP: - FA830725RB023 Solicitation- Attachment 1 - Addendum Section L, Instructions to Offerors and Section M Evaluation Factors for Award- Attachment 2 - Statement of Objectives- Attachments 3 thru 6 CDRLS- Attachment 7 - Pricing Matrix - Attachments 8 and 9 - Government Furnished Information In the SAM Attachments/Links section you will find the Web Based Training for PIEE Solicitation Module, Registration Instructions for PIEE Solicitation, and DOD Procurement Toolbox. Vendors are also responsible for following the training and registration instructions. PIEE Vendor Customer support https://piee.eb.mil/xhtml/unauth/web/homepage/vendorCustomerSupport.xhtml Points of Contact: Contracting Officer, Rebecca Natal, rebecca.natal.1@us.af.milContract Specialist, Gilbert Viera, gilbert.viera@us.af.mil ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Flight Test & Mechanical Solutions, Inc. (UEI LZ8NXEBM6ZV4) - Contract: FA830725CB021, definitive contract - Obligated: $1,305,750.17 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 5 offers received - Link: solicitation number FA830725RB023 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8307 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA830725CB021_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - December 3, 2024: Presolicitation. Notice cf258daaf06a44ac988ddc42b666026e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cf258daaf06a44ac988ddc42b666026e/view - January 3, 2025: Solicitation, due January 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice 0616e83017a34b23b4efccd96cdcb7a2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0616e83017a34b23b4efccd96cdcb7a2/view - January 28, 2025: Solicitation, due January 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice 7c6e4887a7974b9190e64f7bb11a66fb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7c6e4887a7974b9190e64f7bb11a66fb/view - January 29, 2025: Solicitation, due January 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice e701253cdf804389b38c9fc280d14302. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e701253cdf804389b38c9fc280d14302/view - January 30, 2025: Solicitation, due February 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice 42debbd316f748afa530d10d44a02047. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/42debbd316f748afa530d10d44a02047/view - January 30, 2025: Solicitation, due January 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice 58fd6b82c788423ca0bbea6cf7bfd1db. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/58fd6b82c788423ca0bbea6cf7bfd1db/view ## Points of contact - Rebecca Natal, REBECCA.NATAL.1@US.AF.MIL, 469-251-0745 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa830725rb023.