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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 23, 2016 FBO #5234
DOCUMENT

59 -- WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) Program Safety Computers - Attachment

Notice Date

3/21/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

334511 — Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AAQ-340 WA - FAA Headquarters (Washington, DC)
 

Solicitation Number

23895
 

Response Due

4/22/2016
 

Archive Date

4/22/2016
 

Point of Contact

Larry Mendelson, larry.mendelson@faa.gov, Phone: 202-367-9902
 

E-Mail Address

Click here to email Larry Mendelson
(larry.mendelson@faa.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This announcement is issued in accordance with (IAW) Acquisition Management System (AMS) Section 3.2.1.2.1 for the purpose of conducting a market survey. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking information regarding potential contractors for the WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System)Program Safety Computers (SC). This announcement is NOT A SCREENING INFORMATION REQUEST (SIR) or REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The WAAS is a safety-critical system that augments the Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Positioning Service (SPS) to provide for en route navigation and precision landing capability in the United States National Airspace System. The WAAS SC is a critical component of that program. The SC will execute application software certified IAW RTCA/DO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification. All WAAS Assurance Level (AL) B software is hosted on the SC. This application software is integral to the WAAS safety architecture and critical to ensuring safe operations with the WAAS service. Verocel Incorporated of Westford, MA is currently filling the FAA ™s requirements for WAAS Program SC units under Contract #DTFAWA-12-C-00049, which is set to expire on October 31, 2016. This market survey is for the purpose of assessing the availability of parties interested in a follow-on contract to DTFAWA-12-C-00049 for the manufacture and testing of the WAAS SC units. The follow-on contract will call for the delivery of approximately 50 SC units manufactured IAW the approved SC configuration drawings and acceptance procedures developed under DTFAWA-12-C-00049. A Statement of Work (SOW) for the follow-on contract is attached. Interested parties must submit a completed business declaration form (copy attached) and a Capability Statement showing competency in the following four areas: 1. Demonstrated ability to manufacture the WAAS SC units IAW government furnished product and commercial drawings and test against government furnished product acceptance test procedures. A copy of drawings and acceptance tests may be requested by interested parties. 2. Demonstrated ability to complete an Obsolescence Analysis Report within ninety days of contract award (CA), to include the following: a) Lifetime projection for reparability of each subassembly; b) Identification of the anticipated End of Production for each subassembly; c) Identification of the anticipated End of Repair for each subassembly; d) Identification of Mitigation recommendations for end of Repair; e) Spare parts, planning and recommendations; 3.Demonstrated experience and ability to meet a production delivery schedule. The schedule anticipated by the FAA would require delivery of 10 units within 8 months of CA and then 10 units every month thereafter until the order has been filled. 4. Demonstrated experience and ability in furnishing engineering support services including, but not limited to, the following tasks: witnessing and assisting in operational and field testing, participating in physical configuration management, troubleshooting and correcting of problems that may arise after delivery and installation of equipment. Capability Statements must clearly and directly correspond to each of the four areas indicated and be limited to fifteen total pages in a typewritten font not smaller than eleven(11) points. This limitation does not include commercial literature, which a respondent may submit. Responses containing only company brochures, catalogs or other type of generic information will not be considered. At the FAA ™s discretion, respondents may be provided an opportunity to discuss information contained in its Capability Statement. The FAA, at its discretion, may determine if this opportunity will be offered to all, some, or none of the respondents. All information provided in response to this announcement may be subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Any proprietary or sensitive information should be clearly marked with appropriate restrictive language. The responses to this market survey will be used for information purposes and to assemble a list of potential vendors. THE FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL DISQUALIFY AN ENTITY FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROCUREMENT. The FAA reserves the right to use the information received in response to this announcement to make decisions relative to defining requirements for future FAA solicitations. All interested parties responding to this market survey must comply with the FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) clause 3.6.4-2, Buy American Act “ Supplies. Full text for the Buy American Act can be located at: https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/current/far/html/Subpart%2025_1.html The FAA will not pay for any costs associated with the preparation of responses to the Market Survey, nor reimburse or otherwise pay any costs incurred by any party responding to this announcement. Therefore, any costs associated with submissions by an interested party will be solely at the interested party ™s expense. The NAICS code for this work is 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. If other NAICS codes are believed to be appropriate, you should identify the NAICS code that you believe to be applicable and include an explanation in your response to this market survey. The FAA requires that all submittals be submitted electronically to the email address below. Submittals must be in PDF format and in the English language. All responses (one per company) must be provided on company letterhead and include a point-of-contact (POC) information, market survey number listed at the top of this document, mailing address, email address and phone number. Capability Statements must be submitted no later than 3PM eastern daylight savings time (EDST) on April 22, 2016. Responses must be submitted to larry.mendelson@faa.gov If you're viewing this announcement from a source other than Federal Aviation Administration Contract Opportunities (FAACO), visit https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/announcement/view/23895 to view the original announcement.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FAA/HQ/23895/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: Statement of Work (SOW) (docx) (https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/attachment/download/63379)

Link: https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/attachment/download/63379

 

File Name: Business Declaration Form (doc) (https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/attachment/download/63380)

Link: https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/attachment/download/63380

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Record

SN04056902-W 20160323/160321235637-6ad3bc60e4af6497dbc12f98a8d2bb3a (fbodaily.com)
 

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