Description
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Division of Statewide Aviation, is soliciting proposals for a professional consultant to perform rural airport inspection services. The contractor will conduct safety data inspections at distinct rural public airports in Alaska over a three-year period, with approximately one-third of the airports inspected each year. The contractor must have a minimum of 500 hours of experience as a pilot flying light aircraft in Alaska within the last ten years and must possess a current Certificate of Completion of the 5010-training class administered by Tadera or a state-approved FAA-recognized equivalent. The contractor will be responsible for conducting airport inspections, updating airport-related information, and providing reports and data to the State.
• The contractor will perform all rural airport inspection and research services under this contract by flying to each airport as assigned through the issuance of a Notice to Proceed (NTP).
• The contractor must include a year one work plan in their proposal, identifying which airports will be inspected in the first year of the contract.
• The contractor will be reimbursed for each inspection at a rate not to exceed $1,550.00 per inspection.
• The contract does not guarantee a minimum or maximum number of project inspections or research work to be performed by the contractor.