MODIFICATION
16 -- HONEYWELL HIGH ALTITUDE RADAR ALTIMETER
- Notice Date
- 5/18/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Central Region Acquisition Division, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, MO, 64106
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NAAN6000601311RFA
- Response Due
- 5/31/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2006
- Description
- This is amendment number 0002. Reference combined synopsis/solicitation paragraphs entitled Description and Solicitation Information: The closing date for receipt of proposals is extended from May 22, 20006 to May 31, 2006. Section A.2 Requirements ? Change to read as follows: This acquisition is for a replacement radar altimeter system which meets the following minimum requirements: Honeywell International, Model HG9550 LPI Radar Altimeter, model No.HG9550AD01 or equal with the following salient characteristics: a) Unit must be an off the shelf, current production model, commercial item of modern low power design, high accuracy, qualified for use in US military aircraft. This requirement is driven by the extreme turbulence encountered by the NOAA/AOC WP-3 aircraft during a number of mission profiles, including Hurricane research. b) Unit must be completely compatible and interface to a current production radar height indicator capable of displaying altitude from 0 ft up to 50,000 ft. NOAA/AOC has an existing inventory of at least 7 high altitude radar height indicators, Moog model 85000000-02. c) Unit must be plug and play compatible with the existing NOAA/AOC APN-232 radar altimeter receiver transmitter. Due to the high cost of aircraft modification, only units which are compatible with the existing radar altimeter wiring and mounts will be considered. d) Unit must be a modern low power radar altimeter, with a peak transmit power not to exceed 1 watt. This requirement is needed because the NOAA/AOC aircraft operate with a wide variety of sensitive research equipment onboard, the operation of which may be degraded by an unnecessarily strong signal transmitted by the radar altimeter. e) The unit shall operate in a frequency band allocated by the FCC for aeronautical radio navigation. Minimum transmit frequency shall be 4.2 GHz. NOAA/AOC aircraft operate with a wide variety of sensitive equipment on board, and the higher the radar altimeter transmit frequency, the less likely there will be conflicts with research instrumentation. f) The unit shall operate with a minimum band width, not to exceed 200MHZ. NOAA/AOC aircraft operate with a wide variety of sensitive equipment on board, and the narrower the radar altimeter bandwidth, the less likely there will be conflicts with research instrumentation. g) Defects in the digital data altitude output from the unit shall be minimal, with no processing algorithm changes which result in a step increase or decrease in reported altitude throughout the operating range of the unit. Section B. Evaluation - Change to read as follows: The evaluation of proposals shall be based on the Offeror's technical capability, i.e. ability to provide the items specified in accordance with the requirements listed in Section A, past performance, and Offeror's price proposal. If determined to be advantageous, the Government may consider proposed units which do not fully meet all of the requirements if the Offeror clearly identifies the deficiency and the related operational impact. Additionally, at the Government?s discretion, the Offeror shall furnish to the Government a demonstration unit of the product offered for flight evaluation. The Government will test and evaluate the demonstration unit to determine compliance with all the characteristics listed in the solicitation and other requirements for technical acceptability. If required, the evaluation flight profile and test criteria will be issued to the Offerors following initial evaluation of proposals. Desired time period for the flight testing is within 45 days of notice of intent to perform flight testing. The demonstration unit shall be available for a period of 2-weeks. The Offeror shall include in their proposal the availability of the demonstration unit to the Government for the 2-week flight evaluation.
- Place of Performance
- Address: N/A
- Record
- SN01052749-W 20060520/060519133724 (fbodaily.com)
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