SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- Non-Developmental Personnel Locator Beacon - Pre-Solicitation Notice
- Notice Date
- 3/27/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/PK - WPAFB (includes PZ, WL, WW, WI, WN, WK, LP, WG, WF, WK), 2275 D Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-7218, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7218
- Solicitation Number
- FA8606-14-R-6368
- Archive Date
- 4/26/2014
- Point of Contact
- Jessica A. R. Tucker, Phone: 9379383800
- E-Mail Address
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jessica.tucker.3@us.af.mil
(jessica.tucker.3@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
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- PLB - Pre-Solicitation Notice No n - d e v e lo p me n t al P e r so nn el L o c a t or B e a c on Pre-Solicitation Notice: FA8606-14-R-6368 Agency: Department of the Air Force Office: Air F o r c e L i f e C y c le M a n a g e m e nt C e nt e r ( A F L C M C ) Location: Wright Patterson Air Force Base NACIS code: 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications, Size Standard: 750 employees Posted Date: March 27, 2014 Pre-Solicitation Notice: The Air F o r c e L i f e C y c le M a n a g e m e nt C e nt e r ( A F L C M C ) Hum a n S y st e ms Division ( A F L C M C / W NU), Wright Patterson Air Force Base, intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract, for Personnel Locator Beacons (PLB) test assets for the United States Air Force. The upcoming acquisition, if solicited, is intended to be full and open. The Government requires up to a total of 90 units for testing to be provided by the Contractor(s) within 60 days of contract award. The intent of this notice is not a request for competitive proposals; it is a notification of an upcoming solicitation. Please submit any questions related to this notice, in writing, via email to jessica.tucker.3@us.af.mil and elizabeth.bryant@us.af.mil by 12:00 PM (EST) April 4, 2014. In the case of a solicitation issuance following this notice, the following will apply: The Government intends to purchase test assets; testing will be conducted in accordance with the Performance Specification. Test results derived from testing of these assets may be utilized in a future source selection. In order to be selected for purchase of test assets, a contractor and its product must meet the following technical criteria: •· The product must meet all requirements set forth in the Performance Specification document; •· The Contractor must deliver up to 90 test assets to the Government within 60 days of contract award; and, •· The Contractor must submit a COSPAS-SARSAT letter of compliance by the time of product delivery. In order to prove that COSPAS SARSAT letter of compliance will be available at the time of product delivery, the contractor must submit with its proposal the COSPAS-SARSAT Secretariat report on type approval testing and/or technical data listed in Section 5 of COSPAS-SARSAT T.007. If at the time of proposal, the letter of compliance is already available, it must be submitted with the proposal. P e r f o r m a n c e R e qu i r e me n t s: The Air F o rc e s ee ks to i d e nti f y f i r ms with ca p a bil i ti e s to p r ovid e /m a nu fac t u r e a r ea di l y a v a il a bl e, non - d e v e lop m e nt a l P er sonn e l L o c a tor B e a c on with the f ollowi n g c a p a biliti e s: I n t e g r a t e w it h AC ES I I e j ec ti on se a t s, Martin Baker ejection seats and BA - se ri es b a ck s t y l e pa r ach u t e s w i t h N O m od ifi c a ti o n s The P L B will not re qui r e a i rc r af t c o c kpit modi f i c a tion The on l y int e g ra tion re q u i re d with oth e r e quipm e n t will be l e ss th a n or id e nti ca l to the e x isting U R T - 33/U R T - 44 s er i e s e m er g e n c y lo c a tor b e ac o n s W h e n the P L B is sto re d i n the p ar a c hute or su r vi v a l kit, the f l e x ible a nt e nna must be r out e d th r ou g h kit c ont a in e r fa b r ic loops or p a r ac hute r i s e r f lute a s a ppli ca ble to a sto ra ge po c k e t within the c ont a in er /p a r a c hute S y s t em w il l be c o m pa ti b l e w it h CO SP A S / S AR S A T T. 0001 / T. 0 007, have a CO SP A S / S AR S A T l e t t e r of co m p li ance A u t o m a ti c & m anual a c t i v a ti o n : a u t o m a t i c m ode - ac ti v a t es t h e PLB upon m an / s e at s ep a r a t i on ( e j ec t i o n ) o r upon p arac h u te d e pl o y m e nt, m anual m ode - enab l es t he us e r t o a c t i v a t e t he b e acon t h r ou g h t he u s e of an o n / o f f s w i t ch Mode s e l ec tor swit c h will e n a ble the us e r or t ec h n i c i a n to ea si l y s wit c h b e t w ee n a utom a tic a nd m a nu a l mod e s I n the e j ec tion s e a t c on f i g u r a tion, the mode s e l e c tor swit c h must be rea di l y ac c e ssibl e /visible to the us e r du r i n g f l i g ht or on the g r ound. The mode s e l e c t e d must be c l e a r l y m ar k e d a nd v i sible to the t ec hni c i a n or us e r on the g r ound a nd du r i n g f li g ht T ra nsmit on int er n a tion a l l y r e c o g ni z e d e m e r g e n c y fre qu e n c i e s ( 121.5, 243. 0, a nd 406 MH z ) T ra nsmit on 406 MHz a nd s e qu e nti a l l y on a ll h ar d wi re d f r e qu e n c i e s T ra nsmit a modul a t e d s w e pt tone si g n a l on 121.5 MH z, 243.0 MH z, a nd a ph a se pulse d i g it a l si g n a l on 406 MHz in a c c o r d a n c e with S TANAG 7007 ( 2008) a nd C /S T.001/T.007 ( 2012) Abili t y to t r a nsmit on 406 MHz on l y a nd s e qu e nt i a l l y on a ll f re qu e n c i e s f a c to r y l o a d e d in the d e vi ce 406 MHz Glob a l P ositi o ning S y s t e m ( G PS ) A cc u ra c y. < 1 00 m e t er s with e mb e dd e d G P S rece i v er. E ac h P L B will t ra nsmit on 406 MHz with a unique id e nti f i ca tion a nd p r o g r a mm a ble numb er / c ode a cc o r ding t o C /S T.001/T.007 The 121.5 a nd 243.0 M H z sw e pt tone will be ca p a ble of b e i n g r e ce iv e d L O S b y a n a i rc r af t f l y i n g a t 10,000 f t. AG L, 60 n a uti ca l mil e s a w a y The P L B will be e quipp e d with a n e x t er n a l li g ht ( i. e. L ED) to indi ca te to t h e us e r the d e vi c e is t ra nsmitting The P L B must m ee t op e r a tion a l t e mp era tu r e ra n ge a s sp ec i f i e d in C /S T.001/T.007 f or C l a ss 2 b eac ons The P L B must m ee t a n o n - op era tion a l t e m p era tu r e ra n g e o f - 40C to + 85C du r ing its s er vi c e li f e The s y st e m will be c omp a tible with e nvi r onm e nt a l c onditions a sso c i a t e d w ith f li g ht/ e j ec tion/b a ilout/ cr a sh l a nding in a c c o r d a n c e with M IL - S T D - 810G, M I L - S T D - 461 a nd M IL - Hdbk - 310 The P L B will be c a p a ble of op era tion a f t e r 2 hou r s of e x posu r e to 1 m e t e r o f fre sh/s a lt w a t e r a nd af t e r 5 minut e s of e x posu r e to 25 f e e t of f r e s h /s a lt w a t er W ill not int erfer e with t h e p r op e r e j ec tion s e q u e n c e or p a r ac hute d e pl o y m e nt s e qu e n c e M ee t C l a ss 2 b eac on o p e ra tion a l b a tt e r y li f e a s s p ec i f i e d in C /S T.001/.007 The b a tt e r y will h a v e a minimum sh e l f- li f e of 5 y ea r s f r om d a te of m a n uf ac tu re. I t will p r ovide a minimum 3 y ear s o f s e r vi c e li fe. The P L B must c on f o r m t o the f it, f o r m, a nd f u n c tion of c u r r e nt U R T - 33/ U R T - 44 s er i e s b e ac ons inst a ll e d in s ea t kits a nd B A - s er i e s b a c k s t y l e p a r ac hut es S ubdu e d c olo r ing The s y st e m will f un c tion a s d e si g n e d th r o u g hout the f ull p erf o r m a n c e e nv e lope of a ll a ssi g n e d Air F o r c e a i r c r af t The s y st e m will not int erfer e with op era tion of the e j ec tion s ea t a nd a ll e x i s ting m a n/s ea t/ a i rc r af t dis c on n ec ts du r i n g e j e c tion The d e vi c e will not int erfer e with s a f e no r m a l a nd e m e r g e n c y e g r e ss The minimum s y st e m re l i a bili t y s h a ll be no l e ss th a n 99.5% du r i n g its s er v i c e li f e The MTTR of the re p a i r a ble s y st e m c ompo n e nts sh a ll be 0.5 hr The s er vi c e li f e f o r the P L B will be a minimum of t e n y e ar s No in crea s e in a i r c re w t r a ining is a nti c ip a t e d. As the P L B will be op e r a t e d in a n ear l y id e nti c al m a nn e r a s the e x isting b eac on, the imp ac t on the c u rre nt c u r r i c ulum a nd p r o ce du re s is e x p ec t e d to be n e g li g ibl e. No i n c r ea se in t ec hn i c i a n t ra ini n g is a nti c ip a t e d a s the s y s t e m is simil a r to c u rre nt l y f i e l d e d s y s t e ms. The s y st e m a nd its c ompon e nts must be c omp a tible with c u rre nt a nd pl a n n e d Ai rc r e w F li g ht Equipm e nt S y st e m must be a ble to s u r viv e /op era t e in a ll a nti c ip a t e d th r e a t e nvi r onm e nts, to in c lude c h e mi ca l, biol o g i ca l, or r a diolo g i c a l w a r fa r e e nvi r onm e nts. The s y st e m m ust be ca p a ble o f b e ing d ec ont a min a t e d to a s af e l e v e l f or re us e. T h e s y st e m must be op e ra b l e b y a i r c rew w ear i n g C B R N g lo v e s. The suppo r t in fra st r u c tu r e f or the P L B will be simil a r to the e x isting U R T - 33/U R T - 44 b eac ons. The s y st e m will be hi g h l y po r t a b l e using st a n d ar d mobili t y sto r a ge c ont a i n er s a nd r e qui r e a minim a l f o r w ar d l o g isti c s f ootp r int. The s y st e m will use e x isting t ra nspo r t a tion p r o ce ss e s, both milit a r y a nd c omm e rc i a l, to e x p e dite shipm e nt b e t w ee n op e ra ti n g lo ca tions a nd re p a i r d e pots. Fa ult di a g nosis will be initi a t e d th r ou g h a B uilt - I n - T e st ( B I T ). B I T e x erc is e s a ll c i rc uits a nd t ra nsmits a t e st e n c od e d m e ss a ge ov e r t h e C O SP A S - S A RS AT s y s t e m a t 4 06MH z. The g o/no- g o r e sults of the B I T will be indi ca t e d b y a n e x t er n a l li g ht on the a c tu a l b e ac on. R e mov a l, re p a ir a nd re pl a ce m e nt ( a nt e nn a, b a tt e r y, h ea dph o n e s, e t c...) will be acc o m plish e d using c ommon shop tools. If a Request for Proposals is issued, the following items will be required to be considered a responsible proposal: 1. Repair and failure data on all subcomponents of the system. 2. Submission of a completed Form 1494 (Transmitter Equipment Characteristics, Receiver Equipment Characteristics, and Antenna Equipment Characteristics only). A blank example document is attached for informational purposes only. 3. Beacon manufacturers will submit the beacon operating instructions and other owner manuals, if available, and a technical data sheet IAW C/S T.001 section 5. 4. Submission of a COSPAS-SARSAT Letter of Compliance for the system proposed and data from properly executed COSPAS-SARSAT testing for the Letter of Compliance. 5. Submission of all (or as much as can be provided) MIL-STD-810G test data for the system proposed. 6. Beacon manufacturers will submit analysis and calculations that support the pre-test battery discharge figures required for the operating lifetime at minimum temperature test IAW C/S T.001 section 5 and Table F-E.2. 7. Beacon manufacturers will submit the technical data sheet for the battery cells used in the beacon indicating nominal cell capacity and self-discharge rate over the declared battery replacement period, and the electric diagram of the beacon's battery pack IAW C/S T.001 section 5. 8. PLBs submitted for testing will be coded with the "test user protocol" IAW C/S T.001 Annex A. 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