SOLICITATION NOTICE
16 -- FIXED AIRCREW SEATS Request For Information
- Notice Date
- 9/7/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, HQ HSG - Human Systems Group, HQ HSG/YASK 7980 Lindbergh Landing, Brooks City-Base, TX, 78235-5119
- ZIP Code
- 78235-5119
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-F4162200D00021003
- Response Due
- 10/11/2005
- Description
- FASS II RFI Questions for E-3 Seats 1 Sept 05 Purpose: Purpose of the Fixed Aircrew Seat Standardization II (FASS II) program is to build a standardized seat that will accommodate a 5th through 95th percentile male aircrew member, provide 16G crashworthiness, and integrate the seat into aircrew positions on the E-3 aircraft that includes Type II seats for Mission Crew members. This requirement does not include Pilot and Co-pilot seats for the E-3 aircraft. The Government plans to award no more than two production contracts. Key Performance Parameters and Operational Requirements: A. KPP: Weight of Seat: Threshold 56 pounds and Objective 53 pounds. B. KPP: Withstand Static and Dynamic Loads: 16G crashworthiness. C. KPP: Physical Accommodation: 5th through 95th percentile male aircrew member. D. KPP: Integration of seats without modification to the aircraft. E. Common Components Performance Specification for FASS II: The attached draft Performance Specification dated 10 May 2004, establishes the performance and test requirements for the Fixed Aircrew Seat Standardization (FASS II) program. 1. How many months after award of a production contract would the First Article Test (FAT) E-3 seats be ready for demonstration to the Government? The Government requires 10 seats for FAT. ______ Months Comments:______________________________________ 2. What would be the approximate production cost per seat for the E-3 aircraft? Approximately 600 seats will be produced under this contract. $___________ Comments:__________________________________ 3. Once FAT is complete, what is the number of seats that can be delivered per month? ________Seats / Month Comments:_____________________________________ 4. What percentage of work would be sub-contracted? ______%_ Comments:_____________________________________ 5. Do you anticipate teaming with another contractor? Yes______ No _______ Comments:___________________________________ 6. Do you anticipate teaming with foreign contractors? Yes_____ No_______ If yes, what percent _______% Comments:____________________________________ 7. Do you anticipate sub-contracting to a foreign contractor? Yes _____ No ______ If yes, what percent ________% Comments:________________________________ 8. Will any parts or material for the seats be manufactured or assembled in a foreign country? Yes ____ No ____ Comments:___________________________________ 9. Please attach a draft production schedule that outlines the maximum number of seats that can be produced each month after contract award until completion (600 seats). Comments:_____________________________________ 10. Can you produce an E-3 seat with a maximum total weight of 56 pounds (cushion, headrest, etc) that meets all KPPs? Yes: ____ No: _____ If no, what is the lightest seat that you can produce, meeting all KPPs? Comments:_________________________________ 11. Presently, are any of your aircraft seats certified for 16G and a 250 pound occupant? Yes____ No____ Comments:________________________________ 12. Have any of your certified aircraft seats for a 16G and 250 pound occupant been installed in any DoD aircraft? Yes _____ No _____ If yes, please list: ______________________________________________ 13. Are you certified in testing fixed aircraft seats? Yes_____ No_____ If yes, please list all applicable tests. ______________________________ 14. Have you tested any of the following aircraft seats? C-130 Yes____ No ____ Year From ______ To ________ KC-135 Yes____ No ____ Year From ______ To ________ C-5 Yes ____No ____ Year From ______ To ________ E-3 Yes____ No ____ Year From ______ To ________ E-8 Yes____ No ____ Year From ______ To ________ Comments:___________________________________ 15. What type of test was conducted on the aircraft seats? Did all the test conducted on the aircraft seats pass? Static Yes ____ No ____ Pass Yes ____ No ____ Environmental Yes ____ No ____ Pass Yes ____ No ____ Dynamic Yes ____ No ____ Pass Yes ____ No ____ Flammability Yes ____ No ____ Pass Yes ____ No ____ Flight Test Yes ____ No ____ Pass Yes ____ No ____ Form, Fit, Function & Integration Yes ____No ____ Pass Yes ____ No ____ Reliability Yes ____ No ____ Pass Yes ____ No ____ Comments: _____________________________________ 16. Will you furnish test reports for question 15 that indicate the seats passed the test? Yes____ No_____ Comments:_____________________________________ 17. What standard was used for the validation for Flammability testing? Comments:________________________________ 18. Did the material used for the Flammability test pass? Yes _____ No _______ Comments: ______________________________ 19. What material was used for the Flammability test? Comments:_______________________________ 20. Where was Flammability testing conducted? If testing was conducted externally, indicate in question #21. Yes _____ No _______ Comments:_____________________________________ 21. Indicate the name and address of the company that conducted the test. Name and Address:_______________________________ Comments: _______________________________ 22. How many years of experience does your company have in the following areas: Building Fixed/Ejection Aircraft Seats ________Years Testing Fixed/Ejection Aircraft Seats_______ Years Comments:_____________________________________ 23. How many years of experience in building and testing DoD aircraft seats? Please list airframes below. Years: ______________ Comments:__________________________________________________ 24. Indicate the total number of contracts within the Government that you were awarded to build aircraft seats. Total Number of Contracts to Build Seats:_______ Comments: ___________________________________ 25. Indicate the contract number(s) and Government location(s) that awarded the contract(s) to your company for aircraft seats. Year _____ Contract #___________ Location ______ Year _____ Contract # ___________ Location ______ Year _____ Contract #___________ Location ______ Year _____ Contract #___________ Location ______ Comments:_________________________________ 26. What type of contract do you think the Government should award for a production contract to build and test First Article E-3 aircraft seats? Firm Fixed Price: Yes____ No _____ Fixed Price Incentive: Yes____ No _____ Firm Fixed Price Award Fee: Yes____ No _____ Other:________ Comments:_____________________________________ 27. What changes would you make to the Performance Specification? Comments:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 28. What would be the estimated completion date by Month and Year for a production contract to build and test First Article seats and deliver all the seats to the Government after award of a production contract for E-3 aircraft? Final Delivery of E-3 Seats: Month______ Year______ Comments:_______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 29. Unique Identification (UID): Does your company have the capability of creating UID matrices for equipment/part identification and reporting same to the Item Unique Identification (IUID) Data
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