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This is a combined synopsis solicitation for commercial products for the acquisition of a KC-46A Aro Receiver Engineering Virtual Reality Simulator. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 336413. The period of performance will be 1 year from the date of award. Offerors must submit quotes via email by June 3, 2026, at 8:00 AM PST. Late submissions will not be accepted. The solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). Offerors are required to submit contractor information including SAM UEI, TIN number, cage code, contractor name, payment terms, point of contact, email address, warranty, offer expiration date, FOB destination, and estimated delivery lead time. Quotations will be evaluated using a best value approach, considering past performance, price, and technical capabilities. Past performance and price will be weighted more heavily than technical capabilities and will be weighted equally. Past performance will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis, requiring tanker-specific experience including the creation of both a tanker aircraft aerial refueling operator (ARO) station and a receiver aircraft flight deck. Experience with non-tanker aircraft simulators is insufficient. Price will be evaluated to ensure it is fair, reasonable, and within the government's budgetary constraints, with a maximum allocated budget of $720,**** proposed price exceeding this threshold will result in an automatic fail. Technical capability will assess the feasibility, completeness, and soundness of the proposed solution. Offerors must have completed copies of applicable provisions in SAM. gov. The period for questions regarding this RFQ ends on May 20, 2026, at 12:00 PM PDT. Phone inquiries are not available.
The offers are due by June 3, 2026, at 8:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (PST). The bid notice states, Offers are due by 3 Jun 2026 at 8:00 am, pacific standard time pst.
The bid notice mentions that offerors should provide their payment terms, and specifically asks for Payment terms net 30 or discount.
The bid notice requires offerors to provide information about their warranty. It states, Warranty:.
The bid notice states that the government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered, using a best value evaluation. The bid notice states, The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote is responsive to the rfq and considered to be the best value based on the evaluation criteria above.
Offerors must be responsible and their quotes must be responsive to the RFQ. They must also have completed copies of applicable provisions in SAM. gov. The bid notice states, Offerors must have completed copies of applicable provisions in sam. gov. Offers will be considered incomplete if not completed.
The period for questions regarding this RFQ will end at 12:00 PM PDT on May 20, 2026. The bid notice states, The period for questions regarding this rfq will end at 12:00 pm pdt on 20 may 2026.
The maximum allocated budget for this effort is $720,****. The bid notice states, The maximum allocated budget for this effort is 720, ****.