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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 18, 2007 FBO #2060
SOLICITATION NOTICE

36 -- Material Handling Intelligent Assist Device

Notice Date

7/16/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

333999 — All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

TACOM - Anniston, Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: AMSTA-AN-CT, Building 221, 7 Frankford Avenue, Anniston, AL 36201-4199
 

ZIP Code

36201-4199
 

Solicitation Number

W911KF07Q0174
 

Response Due

7/20/2007
 

Archive Date

9/18/2007
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This specification establishes the requirement for two (2) Intelligent Lifting Devices, which will be provided to Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Alabama. The Intelligent Lifting Devices (ILDs) shall be designed, fabricated, and installed by the con tractor with all functions, capabilities and equipment as described herein. The contractor shall provide all resources necessary to design, manufacture, deliver, install, calibrate if required, demonstrate functional operation, and provide operator and m aintenance training for the Intelligent Lifting Devices. The ILDs shall be of sufficient capacity to handle, install, and remove loads weighing from 20 lbs to 300 lbs. The devices shall include quick-change end effectors to allow the employee to install and remove various suspension parts such as Road Wheel Arms (Road Arms), Road/Idler Wheels, Torsion Bar housings, Torsion Bars, Shock Housings, Shock Absorbers, and Idler Arms, for the vehicle. The ILDs for the assembly bay shall have the capability to m ove the equipment from the transport pallet to shop benches for final work and shall move the parts to the hull and align and install them on the vehicle. The ILD shall have the capacity to remove parts that have been subjected to corrosive environments a nd severe duty such as service in mud and sand environments. The end effectors will be required to drive the torsion bars from the road arms and housings, remove the road/idler arms from the housings, remove the support roller spindle and roll pin, remove the housings from the hulls, and remove the road wheels and idler wheels from the hubs. The ILDs must be capable of moving parts in all axes of movement in order to provide accurate parts placement. This includes rotating, tilting, and flipping the part s. All controls must be either fingertip type from the operating handles and/or as a direct result of feedback from the operators hand pressure on the part or the Intelligent Lifting Devices handles. The ILDs must have a vertical speed of greater than or equal to 100 ft/min and an acceleration of 0.5g or better. The equipment must also have an inching capability to aid in accurate placement of the parts on the hull or transport pallets. The ILDs shall be mounted on battery powered electric carts sim ilar in function to an electric walk behind pallet jack. The carts shall be self contained with only the power / air supply connecting it to the building. The ILDs and any power carts shall require minimum floor space foot print when use. The ILDs shall be a standard model under current production by the contractor. All parts necessary to provide complete Intelligent Lifting Devices that meet all requirements located in the Statement of Work (SOW) shall be included. This is a commercial item. This solicitation is unrestricted. NAICS is 333999. Size standard is 500 employees. This solicitation will be issued electronically in accordance with FAR 4.501, 5.102(a)(7) and 14.205-1(c), therefore hardcopies will not be provided. Vendors wishing an electronic copy may download it on or after the issue date by accessing the following internet address: http://www.anadprocnet.army.mil/ (Open Solicitations at Anniston). Solicitation number is W911KF-07-Q-0174. Estimated issue date is 20 July 2007. CAUTION: this solicitation will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. Therefore the Government is under no obligation and is in fact unable to maintain a mailing list for bidders. It is incumbent upon any interested parties to period ically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for bid opening/receipt of proposals may render your bid or propos al nonresponsive and result in the rejection of same.
 

Place of Performance

Address: TACOM - Anniston, Directorate of Contracting ATTN: AMSTA-AN-CT, Building 221, 7 Frankford Avenue Anniston AL

Zip Code: 36201-4199

Country: US
 

Record

SN01343402-W 20070718/070716223839 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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