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Sources Sought for MARKET SURVEY CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR BOMBARDIER BBD-700 GLOBAL 7500 GVFD INITIAL, RECURRENT, AND FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER (FTE) PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING

6973GH FRANCHISE ACQUISITION SVCS

Response status

Due in 14 days

Sep 10, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Archive date
Sep 25, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • 6973GH FRANCHISE ACQUISITION SVCS published this sources sought.
  • The notice uses NAICS 611512 (Flight Training).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
04dba7f192624bc0bd7d9769b02c9af1
Solicitation
6973GH-26-R-Bombardier
Base type
Sources Sought
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Sources Sought
Solicitation number
6973GH-26-R-Bombardier
Set-aside
Set-aside code
Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Responses due
Sep 10, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 25, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Sources Sought
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Aug 28, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
Federal Aviation Administration
Subagency code
Office
6973GH FRANCHISE ACQUISITION SVCS
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 73125, USA
Place of performance
City code
State
State code
Postal code
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

MARKET SURVEY CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR BOMBARDIER BBD-700 GLOBAL 7500 GVFD INITIAL, RECURRENT, AND FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER (FTE) PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE EMAILED TO THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW. This market survey is issued to identify sources that may provide commercial off the shelf (COTS) BOMBARDIER BBD-700 GLOBAL 7500 GVFD INITIAL, RECURRENT, AND FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER (FTE) PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING for Flight Standards Operations Inspectors and aircraft certification employed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). The purpose of this survey is to solicit statements of interest and capabilities from all businesses that are interested in and capable of providing the training in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement. In order to make the determination, the FAA requires the following from interested vendors in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement: 1. Capability Statement � This document should identify: Type of training provided by your firm for each aircraft Type of training provided by previous contracts (provide detailed information and past performance) SAM UEI number Number of years in business 2. Geographic area where training will be provided. 3. Expected approach � Respondents must provide their strategy for accomplishing this work. The principle North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 611512 Flight Training, with a size standard of $34 million. The responses to this market survey will be used for informational purposes only. This is not a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposals of any kind nor is the FAA seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey. Therefore, any cost associated with the market survey submission is solely at the interested vendor�s expense. At this time the nature of the competition has not been determined. The FAA may decide to do a full and open competition or set aside all or part of the procurement for small businesses or eligible socially and economically disadvantaged business that are certified by the SBA for participation in the SBA�s 8(a) Program. The purpose of this market survey is to solicit statement of interest and capabilities for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, 8(a) certified firms, and all other business types and sized, capable of providing specified Course Instruction. This market survey is also being conducted in order to obtain the information necessary to determine whether adequate competition exists to set-aside the competition among small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or 8(a) certified firms. If applicable, interested firms which are SBA 8(a) certified are required to submit a copy of the SBA 8(a) certification letter. All responses to this market survey must be received by 5:00 p.m. CT, September 10, 2026. All submittals should be submitted by email to Federal Aviation Administration Shelley.A.Howard@faa.gov NOTE: This original announcement was posted on BETA.SAM.gov. If you are viewing this from another source, the information may not contain all pertinent information. You may visit the FAA's website as shown above.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$72,619
Median$982,795
High end (p75)$59,361,497
Comparable awards
26
Median
$982,795
Computed
Aug 28, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
CFI-I TRAINING & ENDORSEMENT BPASEMPER FLY HELICOPTERS LLC$156,578.00Jul 7, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
KING AIR 300 SERIES MAINTENANCE TRAINING- BASE YEAR CS: TAMMY CLAIBORNE CO: BILL BOYER COFLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC$693,900.00Jul 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OAT_NVG INITIALAVIATION SPECIALTIES UNLIMITED, INC.$11,300.00May 18, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OAT_R/W NVG TRAININGAVIATION SPECIALTIES UNLIMITED, INC.$26,980.00Jun 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
(28135) FAIRCHILD-SWEARINGEN SA-227 METROLINER RECURRENT PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAININGFLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC$12,060.00Mar 10, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-3TP (TURBOPROP) RECURRENT PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING COURSE FAA2819DESERT AIR TRANSPORT INC$28,500.00Apr 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
TECHNICAL PILOT TRAINING IN SUPPORT OF FLIGHT PROGRAM OPERATIONS.NATIONAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL INC$40,500.00Apr 23, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OAT_BELL 412EPX INITIAL TRAININGBELL TEXTRON INC$88,900.00May 4, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HUMAN EXTERNAL CARGO/LONG LINE INITIAL COURSEVOLO MISSION, LLC$60,600.00Jun 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
GULFSTREAM G700 AIRCRAFT TRAININGFLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC$1,271,690.00Jul 16, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
AIRSAR-NG G-IV INITIAL AIRCREW TRAINING PROCUREMENTFLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC$137,616.00Apr 24, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MQ9 CONTRACT AIRCREW TRAINING COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR HOLLOMAN, CREECH, MARCH AND HANCOCREW TRAINING INTERNATIONAL, INC$287,646,606.24Apr 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CONTRACT ACADEMIC TRAINING COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT DISTANCE LEARNINGADVANCED CONCEPTS ENTERPRISES, INC.$58,707,281.12Mar 12, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADVERSARY AIR SUPPORT SERVICES TO TRAIN FIGHTER PILOTSRAVN GROUP, INC.$32,027,317.42Mar 3, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADVERSARY AIR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FIGHTER PILOT TRAININGTACTICAL AIR SUPPORT INC$42,359,019.52Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADVERSARY AIR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FIGHTER PILOT TRAININGDRAKEN INTERNATIONAL, LLC$74,574,014.11Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADVERSARY AIR SUPPORT SERVICES TO TRAIN FIGHTER PILOTSAIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC$171,936,500.00Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADVERSARY AIR SUPPORT SERVICES TO TRAIN FIGHTER PILOTSTACTICAL AIR SUPPORT INC$75,556,200.00Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EC-130H/EA-37B/A-10C CONTRACT AIRCREW TRAINING AND COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT (CAT/CWD)AVIX-BGI TECHNICAL SERVICES JV LLC$22,409,258.63Apr 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MQ9 AIRCREW ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION (AAI); COURSEWARE DEVELOPMENT (CWD); AIR AND GROUND INTELMILTRAIN JV II LLC$14,331,341.00Mar 7, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Sources SoughtAug 27, 2026Sep 10, 2026, 10:00 PM UTCc51e06647cc4780c
2Sources SoughtAug 28, 2026Sep 10, 2026, 10:00 PM UTCb1648732a78c9bcc

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 28, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 26 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Aug 28, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

Sources Sought for MARKET SURVEY CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR BOMBARDIER BBD-700 GLOBAL 7500 GVFD INITIAL, RECURRENT, AND FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER (FTE) PILOT QUALIFICATION TRAINING — federal contract opportunity · BidBenchmark