SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- Lightweight Armored Crew Seats
- Notice Date
- 3/29/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Aviation), ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W58RGZ-FCTUH-05-001
- Response Due
- 4/11/2005
- Archive Date
- 6/10/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Utility Helicopters Project Office (UHPO) is seeking information from sources that feel they are capable of providing armored crash survivable pilot and co-pilot crew seats for the UH-60M helicopter. The UHPO is seeking a low cost, lightweight c rew seat that is compatible with the UH-60A/L/M and MH-60S, such that no airframe modifications will be necessary. The candidate seats must provide a physical and functional interface to the airframe and meet the performance requirements of FAR/JAR Part 2 9 and have TSO-C127a approval. The restraint system must meet the performance requirements of FAR/JAR Part 29 and shall have TSO-C114 approval. The seat design must provide a seat that fully accommodates a clothed and equipped 5th percentile female throu gh 95th percentile male soldier as described below. Occupant loads shall be limited to the human tolerance for vertical accelerations as depicted in Figure 8 of JSSG-2010-7. The occupant restraint system, the system that attaches the seat to the basic ai rcraft structure, and any item that is normally attached to the seat shall be part of the seat system. Seat armor shall be in accordance with 1560-MULTI-001, Rev. F. Ballistic nylon spall shields, or an equivalent protective treatment, shall be used to c ontrol armor fragmentation. Ballistic nylon spall shields shall be in accordance with MIL-C-12369F and shall be provided on the armor and shall overlap the edges and backing material by 1-1/2 inches. The seat bucket must be designed to provide ballistic protection for the trunk and torso area of the body of a 5th percentile female through a 95th percentile male, exclusive of the chest area and forward hemisphere, against a 7.62 millimeter API projectile @ 0 degres obliquity and at a range of 100 meters. This level of protection shall be verified by successfully achieving a V50 impact velocity of 2500 FPS with a .30 CAL. APM2 projectile at 0 degrees obliquity in accordance with AVSCOM Drawing 1560-MULTI-001 (F). Seat materials must meet the requirements o f FAR/JAR Part 25. The seat must be designed to operate throughout worldwide extremes of climate, weather, and other environmental factors. The seat must be capable of operation within a range of ambient temperature from -25F to +130F. Environmental tes ting shall be in accordance with MIL-STD-810. The seat dimensions shall be determined by the anthropometric data contained in NATICK/TR-89/027 for a 5th percentile female through a 95th percentile male Army aviator wearing either tropical or arctic flight clothing, survival gear, and body armor. The inside seat width shall be 19 inches (+0/-0.2 inch). The seat shall have an adjustment range to accommodate a 5th percentile female through a 95th percentile male and shall adjust vertically and horizontally in 0.5 inch increments. Maximum weight of the pilot seat shall not exceed 100.5 pounds with all basic components and restraint system installed and the maximum weight of the co-pilot seat cannot exceed 100.7 pounds with all the basic components and restra int system installed. The seat system shall possess sufficient energy absorption and structural strength to reduce occupant velocity, relative to the cockpit floor structure, to zero before structural failure of the seat occurs for the aforementioned occu pant range. The seat system shall prevent occupants from experiencing decelerations in excess of human tolerance. The seat pan cushion and seat back cushion shall be designed primarily for occupant comfort and not as energy absorption devices. All cushi ons shall be positively retained against the seat bucket. The restraint harness shall include a lap belt, lap belt tiedown strap, two shoulder straps, and a single point of attachment/release with a single action release buckle. The attachment/release bu ckle shall be affixed to the lap belt tiedown strap. A single inertial reel conforming to Type MA-16 of MIL-R-8236 shall serve both shoulder straps. The UHPO intends to test seats determined to meet the stated requirements under the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Program with intent to purchase the seat that is best suited for the stated requirements, pending successful qualification testing. The projected procurement at this time is 2400 seats. Vendors having a product that meets or exceeds the stated requirements are invited to submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references. Interested firms must respond in writing or by email to the identified point of contact. All responses must be received by 11 April 2005. Oral communications in response to this notice are not acceptable. Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. Please a lso include your business status (Large, Small, Small Disadvantaged, Woman-owned, etc.). This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for this requirement. POC: Scott Silies, (256) 955-8774, Scott.Silies@us.army.mil
- Place of Performance
- Address: Utility Helicopters Project Management Office Department of the Army, PEO Aviation, Utility Helicopters Project Office. Building 5308, Patton Road Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Record
- SN00777904-W 20050331/050329212249 (fbodaily.com)
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