Tue, Dec 08, 2009
Largest Contract Award In The Agency's History
The FAA announced Friday it is soliciting bids from companies
interested in competing for NextGen support contracts with an
approximate combined value of $7 billion, the largest award in the
agency’s history. Under the umbrella awards, called System
Engineering 2020 (SE2020), the FAA will award as many as five
separate contracts for research and development and systems
engineering work that will help the agency deliver NextGen.
The SE2020 contracts will be awarded to teams of companies, up
to three of which will perform research and development work and
two of which will perform systems engineering work. This work will
complement and enhance major NextGen initiatives already under way,
such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast, System
Wide Information Management and Data Communications. Contract teams
will focus on a series of operational capabilities, including
Trajectory Based Operations, Collaborative Air Traffic Management
and Reduced Weather Impact. The goal is to achieve early NextGen
successes to improve safety and bring greater efficiencies to the
nation’s airspace system.
The team concept is designed to create competitive synergy
within each group, driving innovation so that each team comes up
with the best possible product. The FAA also structured the
contracts, using market survey data, to encourage bids from teams
that will include small companies as prime contractors as well as
subcontractors. The agency is looking for the best and the
brightest, regardless of size.
Five-year contracts will be awarded next summer, with subsequent
three- and two-year options.
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