SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Repair
- Notice Date
- 11/18/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AMQ-210 Aeronautical Center (AMQ)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DTFAAC-02-R-20707
- Archive Date
- 12/29/2002
- Point of Contact
- Phyllis Townsley, 405-954-7816
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Phyllis.J.Townsley@faa.gov
(Phyllis.J.Townsley@faa.gov)
- Description
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement for the repair services for 65 electronic circuit Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) with various estimated annual quantities to support the FAA FA9996 Second Generation VORTAC (2GVORTAC) Very High Frequency Omnirange (VOR) and Doppler VOR (DVOR) System/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)-Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN). These services are only known to be available from THALES ATM, Inc., Shawnee, Kansas formerly Wilcox Electric Inc. (Wilcox). The requirement includes a base contract year with provisions for four 1-year options. These LRUs are used in the VOR portion of the 2GVORTAC and were originally manufactured by Wilcox in the early 1980s. The 2GVORTAC was a joint venture between Wilcox and International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT). ITT was responsible for the design and repair of the 2VORTAC Distance Measuring Equipment/Tactical Air Navigation (DME/TACAN) portion of the 2GVORTAC. THALES ATM Inc., formerly Wilcox, is the original manufacturer and is the only known source of development, design, system engineering expertise and test data. They designed and manufactured the system and have developed repair capability for VOR and DVOR LRUs. They have developed automatic test capability that has increased the reliability and decreased the repair cycle of the VOR and DVOR LRUs supporting the system. They have also developed automatic test capability on the HP 3065, which speeds the test and repair of the LRUs. THALES ATM Inc. is the only vendor known to have a test bed. The FAA provides, as Government Furnished Property (GFP), circuit card assemblies in order to maintain their test bed. However, the circuit card assemblies provided as GFP are not sufficient for a contractor to test the LRUs. Although there are other companies that may be competent sources of repair for some of the circuitry used in the 2GVORTAC system, a vendor must have access to a test bed or test fixtures, which will be required in order to accomplish system testing. The FAA does not have test bed or test fixtures to provide to a contractor as GFP. Interested vendors that have 2GVORTAC repair capabilities and access to test fixtures or a test bed and technical data to confirm LRUs performance to original specifications should respond with their documentation (2 copies) to demonstrate their ability to the Contracting Officer, FAA, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, NAS Acquisition Contracting Team, AMQ-210, P.O. Box 25082, 6500 S. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK, 73125-4929. Facsimile responses are not permitted. The documentation must clearly demonstrate that the concern has ownership or legal access to required original equipment manufacturer documentation, test bed facility, and copies of the test procedures, specifications and equipment listings applicable to the LRUs as well as access to replacement parts necessary to effect the repairs. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing responses to this announcement. Any information received as a result of this market survey w! ill not be for use outside the Government but solely for the purpose of determining whether an additional source may be approved for the repair of the LRUs. Statements that data will be obtained or that specifications or drawings will be developed are not acceptable. This market survey shall not be construed as a request for proposal or an obligation on the part of the FAA to acquire these services. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing responses to this market survey. Responders to this market survey may be asked to provide additional details/information based on their initial submittal.
- Web Link
-
FAA Contract Opportunities
(http://www.asu.faa.gov/faaco/index.htm)
- Record
- SN00206536-W 20021120/021118213128 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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