SOURCES SOUGHT
15 -- This notice is issued to obtain interested parties qualified and interested in providing six (6) Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Rotary Wing (RW) training aircraft with the capabilities specified in the description below.
- Notice Date
- 5/20/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336411
— Aircraft Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- AMCOM Contracting Center - Air (AMCOM-CC), ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W58RGZ10R0403
- Response Due
- 6/7/2010
- Archive Date
- 8/6/2010
- Point of Contact
- Sharon Williams, 256-876-7492
- E-Mail Address
-
AMCOM Contracting Center - Air (AMCOM-CC)
(sharon.williams@conus.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Rotary Wing (RW) Trainer This effort is for the procurement and delivery of six (6) Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) RW training aircraft with the following capabilities to be delivered by Sept 2011. Aircraft must meet all of the requirements listed below with the assumption/consideration that one solo student weighing as little as 113 pounds, as heavy as 277 pounds, or two aircrew weighing a total of 450 pounds (which includes flight suits, boots, and checklists, but does not include survival equipment stored on the aircraft) can operate the acft: 1. Capable for day/night Visual Flight Rules (VFR)/Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) training operations. 2. New production aircraft. 3. Tubular skid type landing gear with replaceable skid shoes or non-retracting wheeled gear. 4. Provisions for mooring, jacking, and single point lifting. 5. Capable of conducting operations from unprepared surfaces (dirt, grass, gravel, etc.). 6. Engine(s) capable of burning JP-8 or Jet-A fuel. 7. Crashworthy, self sealing fuel tanks. Crashworthy to the FAA standard. They do not need to be ballistically tolerant but that would be beneficial. 8. Flight visibility: Aircraft must allow a full 270 horizontal degree field of view plus chin windows, field centered on the nose of the aircraft. Minimal obstructions permitted, i.e. window frames, canopy rails. 9. Dual, independent, side-by-side controls. 10. Common cockpit configuration for all aircraft. 11. Meet a 500ft/nm climb gradient at pressure altitudes up to 5000 feet and temperatures up to 40C. 12. Lateral hover capability up to 25 knots (kts) and rearward hover up to 25 kts. 13. Continuous cruise speed: 90 Knots, True Air Speed (KTAS) at 8,500 density altitude on a standard day and full fuel minus that fuel required to climb from mean sea level (MSL) to 8,500 MSL. 14. Area performance: Out of Ground Effect (OGE) hover capable with full fuel & 3 crew at 200lbs each, 100% power available at 45 degrees C at 3000MSL 15. Auto-rotational capability 16. Instrumentation: All aircraft controls and instruments must be visible and accessible from both seats, with seat belts/should harnesses fastened. 17. Aircrew size: Shall accommodate students 64-77 tall and sitting heights of 34 40. 18. Flight duration: Aircraft must fly 3.0 hours plus 20 minutes fuel reserves. Dependent on Gross Weight (GWT) and ambient conditions 19. Avionics: Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) capable. Dual Comm with single Nav/Hobbs meter/ Mode C reporting transponder, Global Positioning System (GPS), audio panel and integral intercom meeting US Mil Std (compatible with USAF-standard headsets and/or helmets. Must be Integrated Landing System (ILS), Localizer (LOC), Variable Omni Receiver/Distance Measuring Equipment) VOR/DME, and /or GPS approach compatible. Equipment must be exportable by U.S. Department of State to facilitate rapid fielding. 20. The manufacturer shall submit a statement assuring that the aircraft as configured for this procurement has an airworthiness certificate from a recognized authority and the loadings specified herein is in compliance with Title 14 CFR part 23 Airworthiness Standards. 21. Aircraft flight controls: All aircraft flight and fuel controls, and critical/essential circuit breakers must be accessible from both seats, with seat belts/shoulder harnesses fastened. 22. All aircraft requires Night Vision Goggle (NVG) compatible interior and exterior lighting. 23. 12 months initial spares and ground support equipment (GSE). Operational Rate of 75 hours per month. 24. Technical Data package which will include operations and maintenance manuals for both aircraft and ground support equipment.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: AMCOM Contracting Center - Air (AMCOM-CC) ATTN: AMSAM-CCAM-RD-F, Building 5303, Martin Road, Attn: Sharon Williams Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Record
- SN02154954-W 20100522/100520234600-28bda224bdf9c13d4290ddccf34b142a (fbodaily.com)
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