First industry day held for Facility Support Services contract Published May 9, 2014 By Jason Austin AEDC/PA ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- Seventy-eight people representing 51 companies attended an Industry Day for the future Facility Support Services (FSS) contract hosted by the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Source Selection Office held May 7-8. The FSS requirements at AEDC are part of a larger AEDC-led acquisition strategy which will divide mission requirements - currently performed by Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) - into seven separate contracts. Four of those contracts must be strategically sourced, while the remaining three contracts will be locally competed and managed. The FSS contract will be locally competed and managed. Industry Day participants received several briefings on the areas included in the FSS effort as well as an opportunity to tour relevant areas of AEDC. Participants were also allowed to meet one-on-one with functional experts in each area. The FSS contract is being set aside for small business and has requirements in the following areas: security forces; fire and emergency services; information protection; environmental programs; safety; occupational medicine and industrial hygiene; logistics and vehicle management; supply; visitor control center services; and operations center and command and control. The FSS acquisition is anticipated to be conducted using the performance-price tradeoff / technically acceptable (PPT/TA) source selection approach with an anticipated award in June 2015. The contract start date is planned for Oct. 1, 2015 and the period of performance will be four years cumulative (one base year and three 1-year options) with an estimated value of $96 million. Anyone interested in finding out more information about the FSS contract can visit the Test and Operations Support Competition Library at www.arnold.af.mil/toslibrary.