MODIFICATION
16 -- Portable Flight Line Testers
- Notice Date
- 12/7/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334111
— Electronic Computer Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/EBYK - Eglin, 314 Choctawhatchee Ave, Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542, United States
- ZIP Code
- 32542
- Solicitation Number
- FA8678-16-R-0069
- Archive Date
- 1/2/2016
- Point of Contact
- Maurice Meadows, Phone: 8508853392, Holly A. Deuser, Phone: (850) 883-3376
- E-Mail Address
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maurice.meadows@us.af.mil, holly.deuser@us.af.mil
(maurice.meadows@us.af.mil, holly.deuser@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT SYPNOSIS for QF-16 Portable Flight Line Tester (PFLT) T his notice serves as a sources sought synopsis for the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) Portable Flight Line Testers (PFLT). This sources sought is a market research tool to gain knowledge of potential vendors, which will be used for acquisition planning purposes. This is not a request for proposal and shall not be interpreted as a commitment by the Government. Participation is strictly voluntary; the Government will not reimburse any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334111 with a size standard of 1000 employees. As directed by the Foreign Disclosure Office, Eglin AFB, FL, no foreign participation is allowed for this acquisition. AFLCMC/EBYA, Eglin AFB FL is seeking to procure eight (8) QF-16 Portable Flight Line Testers (PFLTs)with a three (3) year warranty and one (1)year out of warranty repairs. The PFLT is a ruggedized laptop-type tester with embedded Boeing-proprietary PFLT software developed to interface with the Boeing-designed QF-16 and Boeing-proprietary airborne software to support flight line diagnostic testing/troubleshooting of the QF-16 Drone Peculiar Equipment (DPE). The Government does not own the Technical Data Package for the QF-16 Portable Flight Line Tester. This requirement is not a Research and Development effort; therefore, interested vendors must have an existing qualified design solution that meets the below requirements. Requirements: •1. The PFLT shall provide a portable method of testing and troubleshooting the QF-16 system to the DPE line replaceable unit level. •2. The PFLT must be suitable for flight line use. •3. The PFLT application is hosted on a rugged laptop computer equipped with a MIL-STD-1553 interface card. An electrical cable connects the interface card to the QF-16 DPE 1553 bus at the Maintenance Panel. •4. The PFLT application must support the following interfaces to external subsystems: • MIL-STD-1553 - Provide connections to Automatic Flight Control Computer, Universal Replacement Auto Pilot (URAP), Telemetry Vehicle Interface and the Backup RADAR Altimeter • User Input - Provides user data entry and program control to the application program • Display - Outputs application program messages and data to the user • Optical Media - Reads Operational Flight Program (OFP) from CD or DVD •5. The PFLT must be able to perform initialization of the URAP and payloads data. •6. The PFLT must have the capability to monitor the status of uplink and downlink commands from Gulf Range Drone Control System (GRDCS). •7. The PFLT must be compatible with the QF-16 Program's PFLT Interface Control Document; QF16FSAT-10-0094 R2 dated 07 April 2011. See Note 1 •8. The PFLT must meet the QF-16 System Requirements Document June 2, 2009, Revision 14 and the System Performance Specification for QF-16 Full Scale Arial Target, QF16FSAT-14-0420 R5, 19 August 2014. See Note 1 •9. The PFLT should be compliant with TO 1F-16-(Q)A-2-96GS-00-1 (reference Chapter 4). See Note 1. Additional Requirements: •1. The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting acceptance testing at a Contractor-provided facility in accordance with QF-16 PFLT Acceptance Test Procedures. See Note 1 •2. The Contractor shall ensure the software code development in compliant with DoDI 5200.44. •3. Delivery of the eight (8) PFLTs shall be NLT twelve (12) months after contract award. Note 1 : Referenced document will be provide to vendors capable of meeting the PFLT requirements upon request. Potential offerors who have the capability to meet the performance and schedule requirements outlined above are invited to submit a Statement of Capability (SOC). The SOC shall be limited to 5 pages as defined below. Please include the following information in the SOC: Summarize overall capabilities considering the criteria above. The page limit is five (5) pages (not including graphics/tabular data). The small business size standard associated with NAICS 334111 is 1000 employees. Respondents shall also identify their size in relation to this size standard and indicate their socioeconomic status (i.e. Large Business, Small Business, Very Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(a) Program Small Business, Women-owned Small Business, HUB Zone Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business, Service-disabled Veteran-owned Small Business, and/or a Native American Small Business). No set-aside decision has been made. Note that a key factor in determining an acquisition to be a Small Business Set Aside is that small business prime contractors must perform at least 50% of the effort, as defined in FAR Clause 52.219-14. Responses are due no later than 30 days after the posting date 3 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT). An Ombudsman has been appointed to address the concerns from potential vendors. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the Program Manager or Contracting Officer, but communicates vendor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman, but rather to the Contracting points of contact identified below. The Ombudsman is, Ms.Jill Willingham-Allen, AFLCMC/AQP, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433. She may be contacted via email at jill.willinghamallen.1@us.af.mil or phone number (312) 785-5472. Collect Calls will not be accepted. Points of Contact for this effort are Mr. Maurice Meadows, Contract Specialist, (850) 885-3392, email: maurice.meadows@us.af.mil or Ms. Holly Deuser, Contracting Officer, (850) 883-3376, email: holly.deuser @us.af.mil.
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