SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Data Recorders
- Notice Date
- 8/22/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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
- F1S0AF1125B002
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2011
- Point of Contact
- Travis M. Duhart, Phone: 6612777586, Deanna E Wright, Phone: 661-277-7707
- E-Mail Address
-
travis.duhart@edwards.af.mil, deanna.wright@edwards.af.mil
(travis.duhart@edwards.af.mil, deanna.wright@edwards.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought for Airborne Flight Test and Ground Telemetry Recorders PSC: 58 - Communication, detection & coherent radiation equipment NAICS: 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing This is a Sources-Sought Synopsis. The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), 412 Test Engineering Group (TENG), Edwards AFB, California is looking for sources of commercial data recording system products and services to support test programs currently executing flight test or are scheduled to be undergoing flight test in the future. The Government anticipates award of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract with five (5) year duration to support Combined Test Force (CTF) programs at Edwards AFB and other multi-service agencies through Edwards AFB. The primary programs supported by the supplier's products and services will be used to support programs including but not limited to T-38, F-16, F-35, C-130, C-17, KC-10, KC-135, B-1B, B-2, B-52, UCAS and Global Hawk/UAVs. The supplier will be required to have demonstrated experience and expertise in supporting legacy product (referenced below), providing upgrade/enhancement, repair, maintenance, technical support and replacement for both hardware and software products as necessary. The supplier will be required to have demonstrated experience and expertise in supporting new technical recording requirements including but not limited to higher data rates and new data types that will be defined in future versions of Range Commanders Council (RCC) Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) 106, Chapter 10. The airborne flight test, training and ground telemetry data acquisition systems are highly advanced instrumentation systems specifically designed for aerospace flight test applications. The legacy and new or enhanced equipment must comply with the Range Commanders Council (RCC) Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) 106-11, Chapter 10 standard and continuation of such compliance must be assured. All output file formats must be in accordance with IRIG-106-11, Chapter 10. The legacy equipment includes hardware and related software products supplied by Zodiac Data Systems (formerly Heim/Enertec) model ranges including but not limited to D200f, D5000, D7000, MDR, GSSr, and GSR200f existing systems and products are currently installed on various aircraft and in various ground station facilities. The Government will not supply any proprietary or intellectual property of Zodiac Data Systems. The supplier must have the capability through internal research and development to support the flight test instrumentation community legacy and new capabilities. These capabilities include but are not limited to previous Chapter 10 interfaces as well as previous versions of IRIG-106 through the current version. These capabilities also include but are not limited to new technical recording requirements for higher data rates and new data types that will be defined in future versions of Range Commanders Council (RCC) Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) 106, Chapter 10 (e.g. Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet, Fire-wire (IEEE-1394b), Universal Serial Bus (USB), RS-232/422, SCSI and SATA and eSATA. The supplier is not required to have or maintain a secured facility. The supplier will be required to provide onsite technical support with personnel holding a DoD secret clearance.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFFTC/F1S0AF1125B002/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 5 S. Wolfe Ave, Edwards AFB, California, 93524, United States
- Zip Code: 93524
- Zip Code: 93524
- Record
- SN02544658-W 20110824/110822235822-4927113cdca1e1ede7b681ed7af01d43 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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