Solicitation
AH-64 D/E Apache Contractor Field Service Representative (CSFR) Airframe Support
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army (Army Contracting Command-Redstone, for the Apache Project Management Office) wants contractor field service representatives (CFSRs: factory-level technical experts placed with Army units) to support AH-64D/E Apache helicopter airframes. The planned contract is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needs arise) contract with five one-year ordering periods, based at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, with task orders elsewhere. Staff must hold active SECRET clearances when the proposal is sent, the documents name Boeing as the contractor, and the response due date is January 15, 2027, 12:00 PM Central. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: Only part of the solicitation was read. The middle was left out, including most of Sections B (pricing lines), E through H and I; Section M evaluation factors and proposal format instructions (volumes, page limits) were not in the text read. Check the full solicitation on SAM.gov. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Army (Army Contracting Command-Redstone, for the Apache Project Management Office) wants contractor field service representatives (CFSRs: factory-level technical experts placed with Army units) to support AH-64D/E Apache helicopter airframes. The planned contract is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needs arise) contract with five one-year ordering periods, based at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, with task orders elsewhere. Staff must hold active SECRET clearances when the proposal is sent, the documents name Boeing as the contractor, and the response due date is January 15, 2027, 12:00 PM Central.
Who can bid (4)
- Contractor staff doing the work must hold an active SECRET security clearance when the proposal is submitted, and keep it for the life of the contract.
- Hold a SECRET facility security clearance and SECRET safeguarding for classified material at the contractor facility, as set by the DD Form 254.
- Maintain a valid U.S. communications security (COMSEC) account throughout the contract.
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- Be ready for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP 800-171 cybersecurity assessment requirements noted in Section L.
How to submit: Electronically through the Department of Defense Secure Access File Exchange (DoD SAFE, a secure upload site) at https://safe.apps.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Serious: Documents name Boeing as the contractor. The notice does not say sole source, but the work statement, security form and quality plan name Boeing, and the work needs reach-back to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) engineering data; ask the contracting officer whether other firms may compete.
- Serious: SECRET clearance needed at proposal time. Staff must already hold active SECRET clearances when the proposal goes in, and the Department of Defense security form (DD Form 254) also calls for a SECRET facility clearance; a firm without cleared people or a cleared facility cannot meet this.
- Worth checking: Requirement is currently unfunded. The solicitation says the work is subject to availability of funds, so an award or orders may not follow.
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- Worth checking: Work in Germany, South Korea, Kuwait and Alaska. Overseas staff need host-nation legal authorizations, Department of Defense Contractor Personnel Office (DOCPER) compliance in Germany, theater clearance and Defense Base Act insurance; local office, licenses, currency and tax rules were not in the text read.
- Worth checking: Small business subcontracting plan due with proposal. The text requires a subcontracting plan with the proposal; it does not say whether this applies to small business offerors, so ask the contracting officer.
- Worth checking: Mixed pricing types and cost accounting clauses. The overtime lines are cost-plus-fixed-fee, and the clause list includes Cost Accounting Standards and certified cost or pricing data clauses, so you need an accounting system that can support cost-type pricing.
- Worth checking: Fast staffing after a task order. Extra staff in the continental U.S. (CONUS) must be on site within 30 days of a task order, and cleared staff overseas (OCONUS) within 60 days, with no deviation allowed.
- Minor: Staffing numbers differ between documents. The work statement sets a baseline of one full-time CFSR (workload data lists 1.0 plus 1.0 full-time equivalents), while the quality plan describes nine full-time equivalents at fixed stations.
- Minor: Overseas station lists differ. The priced lines list Kuwait, while the quality plan lists Iraq/CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command) bases such as Al Asad and Erbil as forward stations and Kuwait only as a surge location.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. Show which files.
- Solicitation W58RGZ26R0019.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0001 Performance Work Statement (PWS)_Airframe.pdf (read)
- Exhibit A Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL).pdf (read)
- Attachment 0005 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)_Airframe.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0002 Document Summary List (DSL)_Airframe.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0004 Security Review Cover Sheet_Airframe.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0003 Contract Security Classification (DD Form 254)_Airframe.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Provide qualified CFSR staff, in the numbers each task order sets (baseline of one full-time CFSR), for training, technical and maintenance support, and engineering reach-back to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
- Support Apache units, repair facilities, depots and supply sites by phone, online and on site, including hands-on troubleshooting and over-the-shoulder training for maintainers and aircrew.
- Core hub at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; task-order priced sites are Fort Campbell, Fort Hood, Fort Drum, Morrisville, Alaska, South Korea, Germany and Kuwait.
- Respond to unit technical requests within 1 business day of returning to work; additional CONUS (continental U.S.) staff on site within 30 days of a task order and cleared, theater-qualified OCONUS (overseas) staff within 60 days.
- Limit hours to 40 per week per CFSR; overtime needs the contracting officer's written approval and is only for direct maintenance and troubleshooting help.
- Within 10 days of award, send a quality control plan (QCP: how you will check your own work) and a work plan; send key personnel resumes within 5 days.
- Send monthly certificates of service by the 7th of the, report labor hours in SAM.gov each year by October 31, and report security incidents within 48 hours.
- Handle Controlled Unclassified Information and classified material per the DD Form 254 (the Department of Defense form that sets security rules for the job).
- Contract type
- Indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. Support lines are firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price); travel and relocation lines are cost with no fee; overtime lines are cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF: costs repaid plus a set fee).
- Period of performance
- Five one-year ordering periods: award to 365 days after award, then through 1,826 days after award. A clause may add up to six months of extended services.
- Place of performance
- Redstone Arsenal, Alabama is the base location. Task-order priced sites: Fort Campbell, KY; Fort Hood, TX; Fort Drum, NY; Morrisville, NC; Alaska; South Korea; Germany; Kuwait. SAM.gov lists Huntsville, AL.
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- January 15, 2027, 12:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Electronically through the Department of Defense Secure Access File Exchange (DoD SAFE, a secure upload site) at https://safe.apps.mil
What to include when you submit
- Send the proposal through DoD SAFE, including the cost portion.
- Include a small business subcontracting plan under Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.219-7003 with the proposal.
- Fill in unit prices on the CLINs (contract line item numbers: the priced lines of the order) for each location in Section B of the solicitation.
- Complete the offer form (Standard Form 33) and acknowledge amendments.
- If you cannot send the proposal by the response due date, tell the contracting officer and contract specialist in writing before then and give the date you expect to send it.
After award, you must have
- All staff must be U.S. citizens with a minimum active SECRET clearance validated in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) at onboarding. From Attachment 0001 Performance Work Statement (PWS)_Airframe.pdf:
All Contractor personnel performing on this contract shall be U.S. citizens and hold a minimum…
- Defense Base Act workers' compensation insurance (required for work overseas) under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.228-5 and 52.228-3. From Attachment 0001 Performance Work Statement (PWS)_Airframe.pdf:
6.9 FAR 52.228-5 and FAR 52.228-3 (Defense Base Act Workers' Compensation Insurance)
- Keep Department of Defense Contractor Personnel Office (DOCPER) approvals and host-nation legal authorizations for staff working in Germany and other countries. From Attachment 0005 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)_Airframe.pdf:
…clearances, DOCPER compliance in Germany, host-nation legal authorizations,…
Current contractor
No incumbent or previous contract number is stated. The DD Form 254 names Boeing Aerospace Operations, Inc. (Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code 0LRY9) as the contractor, and the solicitation says Boeing is a large business. The quality plan names The Boeing Company as the contractor.
Not in the notice text
- Only part of the solicitation was read. The middle was left out, including most of Sections B (pricing lines), E through H and I; Section M evaluation factors and proposal format instructions (volumes, page limits) were not in the text read. Check the full solicitation on SAM.gov.
- How the award is decided and which factors offers are rated on.
- The contract's total value or the Government's estimate; the order limits in the clauses are not an estimate.
- Key personnel qualifications and other performance work statement (PWS) sections after paragraph 1.8 were cut off in the text read.
- Whether the small business subcontracting plan applies to small business offerors, and whether other firms than Boeing may compete.
- For overseas work: local office or presence, host-country licenses, currency of offers and tax treatment were not in the text read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Electronically through the Department of Defense Secure Access File Exchange (DoD SAFE, a secure upload site) at https://safe.apps.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W6QK ACC-RSA, Redstone Arsenal, AL
- Product/service code
- L015 · Technical Representative – Aircraft and Airframe Structural Components
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 488190)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Solicitation for AH-64 D/E Apache Contractor Field Service Representative (CFSR) Airframe Support.
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