Sanding Aircraft Biddings - Procurement Opportunities

Interested parties are invited to submit a response to this sources sought notice for preventative maintenance of sanding and painting booths at Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at **** CST. The notice includes a draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) outlining specific maintenance tasks, equipment, and intervals. A budget of $10,000 is set aside for consumables and parts not included in the contract. The contracting officer has the authority to approve or deny requests to purchase additional items. The notice also details quality control procedures, hours of operation, holidays observed, security requirements, and special qualifications for contractor personnel.

This is a sources sought announcement, not a solicitation. The notice describes the restoration of two AC130 aircraft to museum quality standards at Hurlburt Field Air Park. The work includes disassembly, corrosion removal, repairs, painting, and reassembly. Strict adherence to military specifications, safety procedures, and environmental regulations is required. The contractor must provide personnel, safety gear, equipment, and materials. The government will provide the paint scheme, markings, and paint types. A walk-around inspection will be conducted before and after work. A 24-hour notice is required for work completion inspection. The contractor is responsible for any damage to government property, except for reasonable wear and tear. The contractor must comply with all applicable safety, environmental, and quality system requirements. Additional information is available in appendices and technical orders.

This is a sources sought announcement, not a solicitation. The notice describes the restoration of two static display aircraft (AC130U and AC130H) at Hurlburt Field Air Park. The work includes disassembly, corrosion removal, sheet metal repair, chemical treatment, painting, and reassembly to museum quality standards. Specific paint colors, markings, and materials are detailed. The contractor is responsible for safety, environmental compliance, and quality system requirements. A walk-around inspection will be conducted before and after work. The government will provide utilities, security, and access. The contractor is responsible for any damages caused by their personnel. Additional information is available in appendices and technical orders. The notice also includes details on safety procedures, environmental compliance, and quality system requirements. The contractor must provide safety data sheets for all materials used. The work must be performed Monday through Friday during daylight hours, and the contractor must stop work one hour prior to scheduled ceremonies.

The tender requires exterior maintenance and painting services for multiple static aircraft displays at Travis AFB. The contractor must furnish all necessary tools, vehicles, qualified personnel, materials, and services. The work must be performed in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), including specific requirements for aircraft washing, sanding, repair, protection, and painting, adherence to AFIs, appendices, colors, markings, decals, protection against animal intrusion, utilities, strong winds, work area cleanliness, physical security, conservation of utilities, airpark, environmental spills, hazardous waste, safety data sheets, biodegradable cleanser, project coordination, work planning, timeline, site visit, contract award, startend dates, contractor personnel, portfolio, references, designated representative, work hours, minimum experience, historical aircraft, museum artifacts, resumes, vehicle access, speed limit, compliance with laws, regulations, and requirements, environmental protection, reporting environmental spills, disposal of hazardous waste, government furnished property, utilities. A site visit is required within 45 days of contract award. Work must commence no later than 90 days after contract award. A roster of contractor personnel must be provided to the AFB staff 15 working days prior to the start of work. The contractor must have a minimum of 10 years experience working with historic aircraft and artifacts, and provide a portfolio with before and after photographs of previous work.