SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- Parachute Data Acquisition System
- Notice Date
- 3/31/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC - AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, California, 93524-1185, United States
- ZIP Code
- 93524-1185
- Solicitation Number
- F1S0AF0034B001
- Point of Contact
- Zachary P. Bawden, Phone: 661-277-7583, Glenda O Downing, Phone: 661-277-8801
- E-Mail Address
-
zachary.bawden@edwards.af.mil, glenda.downing@edwards.af.mil
(zachary.bawden@edwards.af.mil, glenda.downing@edwards.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared IAW the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. This is a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-39 and DFARs Change Notice (DCN) 20100324. NAICS is 334511 and the size standard is 750 employees; FSC code is 5826. This acquisition is a 100% small business set aside. The AFFTC/PKE, Edwards Air Force Base, CA is seeking to purchase the following: Parachute Data Acquisition System (Quantity 4). This unit is a fully integrated solution for the collection of flight test data onboard the test article. The system incorporates a set of sensors with signal conditioners as well as a commercial GPS receiver, high performance 16-bit analog to digital converter and Compact Flash based digital recorder in one ruggedized integrated unit. Minimum Salient Characteristics: • Dimensions Overall: 8.16 X 4.71 X 1.74 inches, Enclosure Dimensions: 7.4 X 4.71 X 1.74 inches • Weight approximately 2 pounds (less load cells) • Design incorporates features necessary to withstand typical parachute test environments associated with shock, vibration, and temperature • Similar design has been certified for use on all Air Force aircraft by Wright Patterson AFB relative to radiated emissions (RE102) in accordance with MIL-STD-461E • Battery life under typical operating conditions 6 hours • Battery Recharge Time < 2 hours • 8 Analog Channels • 16 bit resolution (65535 A/D Counts Full Scale) • Removable Flash Memory Card 512Mb Standard (Optional up to 8 Gb). • User Selectable Sample Rates: 40, 50, 100,200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 Hz • Modular sensors and signal conditioners integrated into data logger housing Typical configuration for parachute testing: • 3 Axis Accelerometer (+/-40G X/Y +/-50G Z) with signal conditioning and anti aliasing filters (<=1% Accuracy) (+/- 4G and +/-12G Optional Available) • Altimeter - Absolute pressure sensor module with signal conditioning and anti aliasing filters for barometric altitude (2.2 to 14.7 PSIG) (<=1% accuracy) • Static Pressure port integrated into data logger enclosure (option to connect to static pressure manifold if required) • Two Bridge type Load Cell Signal conditioning modules with bridge excitation and anti aliasing filters (<= 0.25% accuracy depending on load cell) • Two Type K thermocouple channels (-50 to +200 deg C / -58 to +392 deg F) with (<= +/- 1 deg Accuracy) • Recording is started with by a remote activation "Pin Switch" operated with a 1/8th inch plastic coated cable pin or by simply applying power without the pin switch lanyard installed • Recording is stopped by pressing a protected pushbutton switch, or at the end of user specified recording period. Commercial (Non-Mil) GPS Receiver (Features): • 51 channel acquisition and 14 channel tracking (65 Channel Total) • 10Hz max update rate (1Hz default) • Integrated LNA • Power: 28mA tracking • Sensitivity: -161dBm • Accuracy: <2.5m • Hot start: 1 Seconds • Cold Start: 29 Seconds • Supports active or passive antennas • Supports SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS) • Remote GPS Antenna • GPS NMEA Data Recording The GPS receiver supports 10Hz sampling rates for some of the sentences and is limited to 1 Hz for less critical sentences. The receiver is configured for this application as follows: • GPGGA sampled at 10 Hz, this sentence includes time, lat, lon, alt, # of satellites, and Horizontal Dilution of precision (HDOP). Provides 3D trajectory and x, y and z velocities • GPRMC sampled at 10 Hz, this sentence includes time, lat, lon, ground speed, heading and date • GPGSV sampled every 10 seconds, this sentence has locations of the satellites and information about the signal (SNR) from each one. • GPVTG sampled at 1 Hz, this sentence provides ground speed and heading. • GPZDA sampled at 1 Hz, this sentence provides basic (UTC) time and date information. In addition to the Parachute Data Acquisition Systems, the contractor shall provide technical flight test support: test planning, system setup, operation, data reduction and general support during the GAAPS flight test program. The contractor shall also provide instrumentation system basic repair and maintenance: 1. The scope of this effort shall include technical support for five days per month from April - September 2010 tentatively. This will include travel, lodging between Edwards AFB and Lake Elsinore test sites. 2. The contractor shall perform QC inspection on provided units. The contractor shall perform Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) before start of test missions. 3. The contractor shall warrant all repairs and upgrades for any defective or non-conforming services that occur within (12) months of shipment. CONTRACTORS MUST COMPLY WITH FAR 52.204-7 CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION AND DFARS 252.204-7004, ALTERNATE A. INTERESTED CONTRACTORS CAN ACCESS THE CLAUSES BY INTERNET URL: http://farsite.hill.af.mil. TO REGISTER WITH THE CCR, GO TO URL: http://www.ccr.gov/. ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS APPLICATION (ORCA) MUST BE COMPLETED. USE OF ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS APPLICATION (ORCA) BECAME MANDATORY 1 JANUARY 2005. CONTRACTORS CAN ACCESS ORCA THROUGH CCR BY INTERNET URL: http://www.ccr.gov/. CLAUSES: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply: Clause 52.212-01, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial; Clause 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, the following factor shall be used to evaluate offers: Lowest price technically acceptable offer; Technically acceptable is meeting all minimum salient characteristics; clause 52.222-3, Convict Labor; clause 52.222-19, Child Labor; 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; clause 52.225-3, Buy American Act; clause 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items; clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (to include: 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era); Clause 52.232-33 Mandatory information for electronic funds transfer payment. The following DFARs clauses apply to this acquisition: Clause 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items; 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program; 252.211-7003, Item Identification and valuation; 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments; 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests; 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea Alternate III. The following AFFARS clauses apply to this acquisition: Clause 5352.223-9000, Elimination of Use of Class I Ozone Depleting Materials, 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman. Offers are due at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Directorate of Contracting, 5 South Wolfe Avenue, Edwards AFB, CA, 93524 (Attn: Zachary Bawden @ 661-277-7583), no later than 09 April 2010 at 5 PM PST. Faxed transmissions of quotes are acceptable, but email transmissions are preferred. Fax #: 661-277-0470 (please call and verify that I have received the fax) or e-mail Zachary.Bawden@edwards.af.mil.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 5 South Wolfe Avenue, Edwards AFB, California, 93524, United States
- Zip Code: 93524
- Zip Code: 93524
- Record
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