SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Common Video Borescope Set
- Notice Date
- 11/23/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, Contracts Department Hwy. 547 Attn:B562-1, Lakehurst, NJ, 08733-5083
- ZIP Code
- 08733-5083
- Solicitation Number
- N68335-05-R-0021
- Response Due
- 2/24/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/11/2005
- Description
- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Common Video Borescope Set (CVBS) NAVAIR Lakehurst is interested in receiving proposals for conducting a concept study in the development of the next generation Common Video Borescope Set (CVBS). The CVBS is to be used by the Naval aviation maintenance community. The proposal shall describe the proposed CVBS design and support aspects, which would include costs associated with conducting the proposed study. Submission of a proposal to this BAA within the first 45 days of this announcement is encouraged. Responses will be accepted at the NAVAIR Lakehurst Contracts department any time during the three-month period from the date of this announcement. A follow-on contract may be awarded for the development of a CVBS prototype and/or production units. Background: Borescopes are primarily required to inspect the internal components located within the aircraft?s primary (aircraft engine) and secondary power plants Auxiliary Power Units (APUs). This task is accomplished by Navy and Marine Corp aircraft maintenance personnel at the ?O? and ?I?-level maintenance community. The borescope is used to inspect for such defects as cracks, dents, tears, nicks, and chips on engine components (blades, vanes, liners, nozzles, etc.). Although a substantial proportion of the maintenance usage of the borescope is to inspect the aircraft power plant, it is anticipated that more airframe internal visual inspections (corrosion control, fuel cells, bulkhead, etc.) will be realized as more aircraft surfaces are built with composite materials. The Fleet maintenance community will be transitioning from the traditional fiberoptic borescopes to the video borescopes. Current performance capability features include: freeze frame image; zoom; LCD display; and image storage. As the Fleet transitions to video technology, there are factors that must be addressed because they affect the ability to provide cost wise maintenance support using this technology. Experience with existing video borescopes makes it imperative that both hardware and software changes are required to have a cost-effective program. Goals: (1) Improve survivability (2) Reduce proliferation/inventory (3) Reduce maintenance cost (4) Improve training and reliability (5) Upgradeable design (6) Maximize commonality between the ?O?-level and ?I?-level Survivability can be improved if problems encountered during the insertion of the borescope tip are reduced or eliminated. Increased training may alleviate some issues, but improved hardware designs are necessary to significantly decrease failure rates due to the Fleet?s operational environment that often requires rapid turn around of aircraft and necessitates the use of a borescope on a hot engine. The proposed CVBS shall have a high temperature resistant tip and an integrated warning system to alert Fleet maintainers when engines are not sufficiently cooled down. The concept study should address any trade-offs between CVBS non-recurring and recurring costs versus temperature resistance. There should additionally be in place a warning system to notify the operator if the insertion tube is still in the engine. Any additional features that will improve CVBS survivability in the Fleet environment will be considered highly valuable. A goal of this BAA is to allow the CVBS to support a significant number of naval aircraft power plants and airframe inspections, if not the entire Fleet inventory. The design of the proposed CVBS should be flexible to support future platforms such as the: Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Heavy Lift Replacement (HLR), Presidential Helicopter (VXX), Advance Hawkeye (AHE), and other upcoming systems at the time of the BAA. A matrix of current inventory of the Fleet?s borescopes is available upon request from the contracting officer. The proposal shall identify current power plant and airframe inspection requirements for all naval aircraft and how the proposed CVBS would have the versatility to address these requirements. This consolidation will reduce the Fleet?s inventory and operating costs. High repair costs have driven the borescope program towards a desired standardized system to reduce this cost. The proposed CVBS shall demonstrate a repair program that minimizes the repair cost and turn-around-time associated with the repair of the most prevalent damage (broken tip or insertion tube). Maximum effort should be designed into the CVBS to allow the maintainer the ability to repair the system in the field, therefore increasing availability and decreasing downtime. Logistical support for the maintainer should be considered and the availability of spare parts to repair at the local level is highly desirable. The concept study should address expected costs as a function of recurring unit cost and turn-around-times for the repair of high failure CVBS components. The reliability of the inspection is dependent on the training of the maintainer. The proposal shall identify and develop a program that produces improved reliability of the inspection. The CVBS concept study shall address proposed standards, software programs, computer-based training, or other means to identify typical profiles of defects encountered in the field. These products should be designed to aid in the training of the maintainer or to assist in the inspection directly. The ability to upgrade both CVBS software and hardware to support new requirements or capitalize on future innovations from industry shall be identified. The concept study should address the ability to perform software upgrades in the Fleet and to administer any required hardware changes as seamlessly as possible. The design of the CVBS should allow the Navy to easily take advantage of new technologies as they evolve in the commercial market. Proposed innovations are not limited to the above and any improvements in Fleet maintenance operations will be considered highly valuable. The ?I?-level maintenance department performs defect measurement using borescopes. ?O?-level? maintenance only inspects for the presence of defects. The CVBS? technical proposal shall address defect measurement capability as an option for an ?I?-level variant. The added feature of defect measurement shall be discussed as to the increased design and cost of the upgraded system. The optimum scenario would be to design a defect measurement system that is simple to use at the ?O?-level. Minimal operational and interpretation usage is required. Scheduled maintenance (such as calendar, phase, conditional, and special inspections) currently performed by the ?I?-level may be transitioned to the ?O?-level, if a suitable defect measurement capability is developed. Constraints: For many years, individual aircraft platforms have maintained an inventory of borescopes tailored to service their specific power plant or airframe. This lack of standardization has led to supply and logistic support problems. There should be collected data to indicate to the platforms that the CVBS will address all their requirements and be advantageous in terms of increased technical and cost effectiveness. Knowledge and support of the Fleet Support Teams? (FSTs?) requirements for the power plant and airframe inspections are key performance parameters to this study. The proposal should highlight the ability of the proposed CVBS to meet all the inspection requirements of each platform and consequently replace the specific platform borescopes in the Fleet. Under both controlled and adverse weather conditions, the CVBS shall be durable enough to withstand repeated use at the ?O? and ?I?-level for both afloat and ashore activities under changing operational and environmental conditions. The requirements of MIL-STD-810 apply to the following conditions: high and low operating/storage temperatures; humidity; salt fog; sand; and explosive atmosphere. The CVBS shall meet the electromagnetic interference (EMI) requirements of MIL-STD-461 for below deck locations. Design and performance parameter objectives for the CVBS are as follows: (1) Compact, self-contained and portable. Shall withstand rugged use, repeated assembly and disassembly. (2) Battery-operated, as well as from an AC power source, minimum operating time on batteries of 2 hours. (3) Dimensions: Volume of 1200 cubic inches or average length, width, or height of 12 inches (4) Weight: Twenty (20) lbs. with the batteries installed. (5) Have simple operating controls that are easily observed, reachable, and manipulated Proposal Guidance: The proposal should consist of two separately bound volumes. Volume I shall provide the technical proposal and management approach. Volume II shall address cost. Offeror shall submit five copies of Volume I and three copies of Volume II. Additionally, the offeror must identify restricted rights to any part of the offer, if any, and mark all pages that contain proprietary or restricted use data. Volume I should be limited to 25 pages and include, as a minimum: (1) Conceptual design (2) Resources and facilities available to conduct studies (3) Qualification of personnel (4) Related projects/performance (5) Approach for conducting detailed design & analysis (6) Maturity of proposed technology. Additionally, conceptual designs should have considerations for system affordability and reduced life cycle costs. Volume II should be limited to 10 pages and include costs associated with performing the concept study and delivery of associated reports. Proposals will be evaluated as they are received. Award decisions will be based on the availability of funds and the following criteria: (1) Soundness and innovation of proposed concept (2) The offeror?s ability to demonstrate feasibility of meeting all identified CVBS goals (3) The offeror?s capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposed objectives (4) Soundness of scientific/engineering approach (5) Proposed innovations outside of the outlined goals (6) Validity of proposed cost. The cost of preparation of the response to this BAA is not considered an allowable direct charge to the resulting contract nor any other contract. (7) Past performance (8) Cost The point of contact for technical issues is Peter Hum, (732) 323-4152. The point of contact for contractual matters is Jim Maxwell (732)323-4589, Email: james.w.maxwell@navy.mil . Offerors may contact these individuals at any time for clarification of technical/contractual issues. Offerors are cautioned that only the contracting officer is legally authorized to commit the Government. If selected, a contract will be awarded for conducting the proposed concept study. This concept study may lead to the development of a prototype, at the government?s option. The concept study shall include, but not be limited to, the following deliverable reports: (1) Detailed design (2) Concept of operation (3) Major and critical dimensions (4) Risk assessments (5) Tradeoff analyses when all CVBS design and performance objectives cannot be met (6) Major systems and subsystems (7) Cost and schedule proposal to build one functional prototype, representative of a production unit. Expected delivery date for the completed studies is 180 days after contract award or 01 Aug 05, whichever occurs first. Contract type will be firm fixed price. All proposals submitted under this announcement should be considered government property. All awards will be based on best value merit competition. The government reserves the right to select all, some or none of the proposals received in response to this BAA. Any awards are subject to the availability of the appropriations. No formal solicitation will be issued; this BAA is the solicitation. A follow-on contract may be awarded for the development of a CVBS prototype and/or production units. Exterior markings on the responses to this BAA shall be as follows: BAA-N68335-05-R-0021 Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Attn: James W. Maxwell, Code 2.5.2.2.2 (Contracts Division), Building 562-1, Highway 547. Lakehurst, NJ 08733.
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