FAA Airport Traffic Control Tower Design Competition

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Updates 3/22/2022: The Source Selection Evaluation Team evaluation of proposal is still in process. Offerors will be notified upon completion of evaluation and selection of Offerors to proceed to Phase II. Please hold all status questions until further notice. 

Updates 1/18/2022: Amendment 697DCK-22-R-00012 0002 has been posted to extend the proposal due date. The proposal is due January 31, 2022 by 1500 EST. Request for Information - Questions and Responses Set 3 has been posted. 

Updated 1/11/2022: Request for Information - Questions and Response Set 2 has been posted. The proposal due date remains unchanged. 

Updates 12/17/2021: Amendment 697DCK-22-R-00012 0001 has been posted. Please review the amendment and ensure to return a signed copy of the amendment with Offeror's proposal. 

Updated 12/3/2021: The Questions and Responses from Industry Day have been posted. 

Updated 11/24/2021: The final SIR and attachments have been posted. The PowerPoint Slides from Industry day has also been posted. Questions and response from the Industry Day will be posted at a later time. Please ensure offerors are reviewing all documents in its entirety prior to submitting questions. 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement for the Architect and Engineering Design for a conceptual design for the FAA Airport Traffic Control Tower that could be deployed at multiple sites across the United States (U.S.). 

The FAA owns and maintains many regional and municipal ATCTs across the U.S. that have exceeded their life expectancy and are past due for replacement. The FAA is seeking a standardized tower design that would enable the large scale deployment of new ATCTs within a 2–5 year timeframe. The goal of this competition is to identify innovative design approaches and execution strategies to meet our unique challenges.

A three-phase, Best Value and fixed-price selection process will be utilized for this source selection in accordance with the Acquisition Management System (AMS). This solicitation, Phase I, is an unrestricted Request for Information (RFI). Only those successful Offerors from Phase I will be invited to submit qualifications in response to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) (Phase II). Finally, only those successful Offerors from Phase II will be invited to submit a proposal in response to the Request for Offer (RFO) (Phase III).

This solicitation is posted in accordance with FAA Acquisition Management Policy Section 3.2.1.3.11 Public Announcement. Review all attachments pertaining to this solicitation prior to submitting a proposal. This announcement is not intended to guarantee procurement of the services, and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. The Government is not liable for costs associated with the preparation, submittal of inquiries or responses for this announcement and
will not reimburse any firm for cost incurred in responding to this public announcement.

An informational Industry Day live webinar will be provided on November 9, 2021 at 2:00 PM EST. Participants are given the opportunity for a one-on-one discussion following the webinar presentation. During the one-on-one, participants may present its capability statement to the Government team. Further information regarding the webinar can be found at https://www.faa.gov/go/towerdesign. Participants must submit written interest to towerdesign@faa.gov to receive a slot for the one-on-one discussion by November 5, 2021 by 1500 EDT. Submission must include participant's names, company, position and point of contact. Limited slots are available for one-on-one discussion. Further instructions will be provided for participants participating in one-on-one discussions.  

All questions regarding the SIR must be submitted in writing to Ms. Thuylinh TranNguyen at towerdesign@faa.gov. All questions must be received no later than January 5, 2022 by 1500 EST. Questions received after 1500 EST on January 5, 2022 will not be considered.

Proposals are due no later January 19, 2022 by 1500 EST. Any proposal received after 1500 EST on January 19, 2022 will be considered non-responsive and will not be eligible for participation. Proposal must be submitted electronically via email to Ms. Thuylinh TranNguyen at thuylinh.t.trannguyen@faa.gov. 

To be considered for award of this requirement, the offeror must have a current/valid registration in the Systems for Award Management (SAM) database website: www.sam.gov. To be eligible for award, the offeror must submit a proposal in accordance with Section L and Section M of this SIR.