Powered Flight Program for United States Naval Academy Training

Powered Flight Program (PFP) United States Naval Academy Sources Sought Announcement 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 AWARD A CONTRACT 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. Purpose: The purpose of this sources sought is to determine the technical and industry capability of potential offerors to provide the required products and determine the method of acquisition prior to the issuance of the solicitation. This market research tool is being used to identify commercial solutions to satisfy the Navy’s requirement. The Government is interested in hearing from firms of all sizes. The responses to this Sources Sought will be utilized to determine if any Small Business Set-aside opportunities exist. Any resultant solicitation will be released to https://sam.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Requirement Description: Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) has a requirement for contractor services, supplies, and tasks for the operation and support of the Powered Flight Program (PFP) program to be conducted near the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, MD. The critical

objectives of this effort are to introduce military procedures-based flight training and performance standards; to screen students for aeronautical adaptability; to decrease future drop on request (DOR) and attrition at follow-on flight school; and to improve performance in follow-on primary flight training. The

scope of work includes contractor-provided Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs), contractor owned and operated PA-28 Piper Warrior IIs, spare aircraft to ensure sufficient aircraft are available for each successive wave during the day at the home airfield in Annapolis, MD, training aids, materials, maintenance, publications, equipment, and services necessary to perform flight screening. The contractor shall execute the PFP training requirement at a home airfield in the Annapolis, MD area to meet the cadet student throughput

requirements. The required home airfield must be located no further than 40 statute miles driving distance from the USNA in Annapolis, MD. The contractor’s daily flight operations shall provide flight training for approximately 130 total students consisting of 3 training blocks, each being 4 weeks in duration, during the summer beginning on the Tuesday after Memorial Day. Military Flight Instructors shall also conduct flight training, as required by the PFP Syllabus. The anticipated PSC code is U099 - Education and Training Services: Other Education and Training Services. The anticipated NAICS code is 611512 - Flight Training. The contract

period of performance is expected to be 5 years with a 12-month Basic CLIN and Optional CLINS for 4 subsequent years. Response Submission Instructions: Firms that believe they can demonstrate the capabilities required to be considered for this opportunity must submit an electronic response to the Contract Specialist, Alexis Uy at [email protected], no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on

11 March 2026 including a reference to “[Enter Your Company’s Name] Response to Powered Flight Program (PFP) United States Naval Academy Sources Sought Notice” within the subject line of the e-mail. Please use this subject line format for ease of internal configuration control. Courtesy copy shall be provided to Audrey Rolland at [email protected], the Procuring