SOURCES SOUGHT
35 -- Model Based Control Lathe Integration
- Notice Date
- 4/3/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- H4
- Response Due
- 4/17/2002
- Point of Contact
- Eric Gleason, Contract Specialist, (973) 724-6612
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Eric H. Gleason
(egleason@pica.army.mil)
- Description
- The US Army TACOM-ARDEC is conducting a market survey seeking sources for the purchase of two (2) lathes each that will be integrated with a single PC- based controller. 1) They will consist of several components (Human-Machine Interface, Parser, Programmable Logic Controller - PLC, Interpolator, Path Planner and Event Generator) that must be comprised of software tasks which execute on a single microprocessor. 2) The contractor will purchase two identical lathes that will each have the capability of machining titanium with an accuracy and repeatability of plus/minus 0.0001 inch. 3) The lathes will have the ability to cut parts that are at least eight (8) inches in diameter, twenty-five (25) inches in length with a twelve (12) inch bore. 4) The contractor will supply a controller integrated into the lathe hardware with software that must be unbundled, open-architecture in design that uses no proprietary hardware or motion control cards, and it must also be production proven. 5) The system must run on off-the-shelf PCs and Microsoft Windows operating systems, and the PLC engine must execute entirely in software and support all IEC-61131-3 languages and a flowcharting language. 6) The contractor must also supply a toolkit that allows the end user to develop a device driver for an input/output card or fieldbus which runs in the operating system?s real-time extensions. 7) The controller must also be built on a user- accessible, single, real-time data repository that stores all real-time and non- real-time variables used in the control. 8) The contractor will also provide a controller that has standardized Application Programming Interface (API), and will allow for rapid addition of new capabilities and customize the controller for specific applications. . Any interested firms who feel that they are capable of performing any of the above tasks are invited to indicate their interest by providing specifications, brochures, drawings, and/or other credentials within two weeks of the date of this notice to US Army TACOM ARDEC, ATTN: Eileen Heider, AMSTA-AR-WEA, Bldg 176, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806- 5000. If there are any technical questions, please address Mrs. Eileen Heider, AMSTA-AR-WEA, telephone (973) 724-3637, fax (973) 724-7708, eheider@pica.army.mil In addition, please provide the company?s name, address, point of contact with telephone number and e-mail address, size of business (small/large) and country represented. This is a market survey for information only and shall not be construed as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the US Government. The US Government dos not intend to award a contract based solely on this survey or otherwise pay for information solicited.
- Web Link
-
US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/040320020/040320020.htm)
- Record
- SN00052821-W 20020405/020403213303 (fbodaily.com)
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