MQ-9 Fleet Replacement Squadron Instructor (FRSI) Services (VMUT-2)

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SOLICIT OR AWARD A TASK ORDER AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS A MARKET RESEARCH TOOL BEING USED TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL AND ELIGIBLE BUSINESS FIRMS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN PRIOR TO DETERMINING THE METHOD OF ACQUISITION AND ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

Controlled by: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

Controlled by: NAVAIR

CUI Category: General Procurement and Acquisition and Source Selection

Distribution/Dissemination Control: FEDCON

POC: PMA-266 PCO, [email protected]

Sources Sought RFI Synopsis: MQ-9 Fleet Replacement Squadron Instructor (FRSI) Services (VMUT-2)

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. The responses to this sources sought will be utilized to determine if the Government will competitively solicit via the Kits, Recovery, Augmentation, Components and Engines (KRACEn) Mulitple Award Contract (MAC).[ZS1] [CF2]  If two or more KRACEn contract holders are determined capable and qualified, the Government will compete this requirement via the KRACEn MAC.

The Product Service Code (PSC) for this requirement is J015. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing) with a Size Standard of 1,500 in number of employees.

Requirement Statement:

Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron 2 (VMUT-2) located at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina serves as the Marine Corps MQ-9 Reaper Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), whose primary mission is to train USMC UAS Pilots and UAS Sensor Operators. VMUT-2 is responsible for initial pilot and sensor operator qualification and to graduate basically qualified crews for USMC operational MQ-9 squadrons for follow on tactical training. The purpose of this non-personal services task order is to provide three (3) MQ-9 Pilot flight instructors, three (3) MQ-9 Sensor Operator flight instructors and one (1) FRS Training Specialist to augment the small amount of USMC instructors facilitating student throughput at MCAS Cherry Point. Duties will include live flight instruction, simulator instruction, ground academic instruction and Aviation Training Form (ATF), and academic record keeping.

Anticipated Period of Performance (PoP):

The anticipated period of performance includes one base period of 12 months with two one-year option periods for a total potential performance period of three (3) years. 

Capability Statement Requested:

A capability statement package no more than ten (10) single-sided 8.5 X 11-inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point, should demonstrate the ability to provide the requirement as listed above. All responses shall include

Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size as it relates to NAICS 336411 under the KRACEn MAC award, Cage Code, and Points-of-Contact (POCs) including name, phone number, and email address.

Within your capability statement package, please include your responses to the following information:

1. Ground and Flight Operations. State any experience with supporting Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) ground and flight operations, to include Launch and Recovery Element (LRE) and Mission Control Element (MCE) operations. State familiarity with Flight Operations procedures / Ground Operations Procedures (FOP/GOP) IAW DCMA Instruction 8210.1D.

1. Aircrew Training. State any experience with training basic UAS aircrew, including a list of the type/model aircraft and Programs of Instruction (POI’s) taught.

1. Pilot Qualifications. State any experience with the USAF MQ-9 Initial Qualification Training (IQT), USMC MQ-9 Initial Qualification Training (IQT) or industry equivalent MQ-9 qualification course (i.e. General Atomics-ASI, L3-Harris, Albers, etc.) and include number of live flight hours in MQ-9.

1. Sensor Operator Qualifications. State any experience with the USAF MQ-9 Initial Qualification Training (IQT), USMC MQ-9 Initial Qualification Training (IQT) or industry equivalent MQ-9 qualification course (i.e. General Atomics-ASI, L3-Harris, Albers, etc.) and include number of live flight hours in MQ-9.

Classified material SHALL NOT be submitted. All proprietary or corporate data received shall be clearly identified and will be protected from release to sources outside the Government.  Any resulting contract is anticipated to have a security classification level of Secret at time of contract award for personnel and facilities clearances.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, must be electronically submitted in either Microsoft Word or searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) via email to the Task Order Contracting Officer,  Kristina Johnson at [email protected] and Task Order Contract Specialist, Zachary Sinclair at [email protected] at, no later than 14:00 ET on November 28, 2026 and reference “MQ-9 Fleet Replacement Squadron Instructor (FRSI) Services (VMUT-2) Sources Sought”.

Responses to this request may not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to consider information received after the required due date as part of the formal market research for this acquisition.

**************************************************************************************

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.