CO QuestionsandAnswers.pdf
Posted: Sept. 11, 2026
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This **Questions and Answers document issued for FA9304-26-Q-5009 by the U.S. Air Force** addresses offeror questions concerning a **Lighter-Than-Air Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)** supporting the USAF Test Pilot School (TPS), including aircraft, pilots, instruction, sorties, and related Test Management Project support.
The question period closes at 12:00 PM PDT on September 10, 2026. The Government clarified that the BPA does not guarantee any minimum or annual sales to an awardee, although vendors may use approximately 12 hours per deployment and two deployments per year for estimating.
Sortie quantities may vary based on student-group size, with two TPS classes of approximately 24 students each. TPS typically has two to four execution windows per year for senior and junior classes, but the windows are fluid, coordinated with the contractor, and may change annually.
Contractors may recommend scheduling windows, and TPS will provide as much advance notice as possible, subject to the PWS minimum of 10 workdays.
The document states that offerors should submit only first-year pricing rather than escalated pricing for all option years. The price list will be revisited annually under FAR 12.201-1(e)(3)(v).
Price lists should address aircraft ferry rates and aircraft hourly rates on both wet and dry bases, with dry rates preferred when the Government supplies fuel at Edwards AFB. Wet rates may be submitted when dry pricing is not feasible.
The Government wants vendors to provide available aircraft and pricing options, including arrangements that may reduce mobilization or operating costs, but the specific business model remains the contractor’s decision.
Technical approaches have no page limit, although the complete quote and supporting materials may not exceed 10 MB. The evaluation will focus on the ability to provide the requested services within the required timeframe.
Additional answers clarify that Antiterrorism Level I training is not required when training occurs at the contractor’s facility rather than Edwards AFB. Non-U.S.-citizen instructors may conduct contractor-location training.
The Government will not execute an NDA covering contractor data. Offerors are encouraged to separately price TPS-specific technical data packages, aircraft operating manuals, and training materials, for which the Government would receive unlimited rights.
Minor edits to standard materials generally would not make them TPS-specific. BPA support for TMPs includes aircraft and pilot services, but work outside that scope—such as data analysis or aircraft modifications—would require a contract modification or separate contract.
The question period closes at 12:00 PM PDT on September 10, 2026. The Government clarified that the BPA does not guarantee any minimum or annual sales to an awardee, although vendors may use approximately 12 hours per deployment and two deployments per year for estimating.
Sortie quantities may vary based on student-group size, with two TPS classes of approximately 24 students each. TPS typically has two to four execution windows per year for senior and junior classes, but the windows are fluid, coordinated with the contractor, and may change annually.
Contractors may recommend scheduling windows, and TPS will provide as much advance notice as possible, subject to the PWS minimum of 10 workdays.
The document states that offerors should submit only first-year pricing rather than escalated pricing for all option years. The price list will be revisited annually under FAR 12.201-1(e)(3)(v).
Price lists should address aircraft ferry rates and aircraft hourly rates on both wet and dry bases, with dry rates preferred when the Government supplies fuel at Edwards AFB. Wet rates may be submitted when dry pricing is not feasible.
The Government wants vendors to provide available aircraft and pricing options, including arrangements that may reduce mobilization or operating costs, but the specific business model remains the contractor’s decision.
Technical approaches have no page limit, although the complete quote and supporting materials may not exceed 10 MB. The evaluation will focus on the ability to provide the requested services within the required timeframe.
Additional answers clarify that Antiterrorism Level I training is not required when training occurs at the contractor’s facility rather than Edwards AFB. Non-U.S.-citizen instructors may conduct contractor-location training.
The Government will not execute an NDA covering contractor data. Offerors are encouraged to separately price TPS-specific technical data packages, aircraft operating manuals, and training materials, for which the Government would receive unlimited rights.
Minor edits to standard materials generally would not make them TPS-specific. BPA support for TMPs includes aircraft and pilot services, but work outside that scope—such as data analysis or aircraft modifications—would require a contract modification or separate contract.
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