SOURCES SOUGHT
K -- ATF3-6-4C ENGINE TEST CELL UPGRADE
- Notice Date
- 3/27/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 488190
— Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commanding Officer, USCG Aircraft Repair & Supply Center, HU25, HH65, H60J, C130, EISD, 130J or ALD Support, Elizabeth City, NC, 27909-5001, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG38-07-I-800007
- Response Due
- 4/10/2007
- Archive Date
- 4/25/2007
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Notice. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is conducting market research to locate sources interested in performing an upgrade of the jet engine test cell located at the Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (ARSC) in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The test cell is used to perform out-of-airframe testing for the Honeywell ATF3-6-4C engine. ARSC test cell technicians are experiencing difficulties with data acquisition and reduction during engine performance runs. The existing program installed in the U.S. Coast Guard ATF3-6-4C test cell cannot be supported in its current state due to obsolete computer technology. The current Data Reduction system, installed at the U.S. Coast Guard facility at AR&SC, relies on the Data General computer to acquire the test data. Then a system of programs, written by Honeywell International, interfaces with the Data General to download the test data and convert it to the Honeywell standard test file. This standard test file is stored on the PC, and can then be used as input to the ATF3 data reduction program. Results from this data reduction are then used to provide input to a Trending module. The Trending module, part of the data reduction/diagnostic package, uses old DBase3 software, and maintains a database of engines tested for historical trending purposes. The DBase3 software cannot be made compatible with the new operating systems. A new Trending module would have to be created using modern database software. The Interface software, used between the data reduction program and the Data General mainframe, will require modification to be compatible with the new PC operating systems. The U.S. Coast Guard uses the wet bulb-dry bulb method of determining humidity. This method cannot be used during the winter months due to freezing conditions. Year round humidity correction is required, so the U.S. Coast Guard desires to obtain equipment that directly measures relative humidity or dew point and feeds this information directly to the data acquisition system. A date and time for a Pre-Proposal Site Visit will be established prior to the issuance of a formal solicitation. All interested parties should respond in writing to: Gary Woolard, Contract Specialist, gary.s.woolard@uscg.mil, Tel: 252-334-5277.
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Coast Guard Aircraft Repair and Supply Center, NC
- Zip Code: 27909-5001
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 27909-5001
- Record
- SN01259807-W 20070329/070327220353 (fbodaily.com)
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