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X -- ACEPS CDLS SUPPORT DUE 020495 POC Technical Officer Chuck Parry (202) 267-3415 Contracting Officer Victoria Kennedy (202) 267-3668 Implementation and repair of Air Route Traffic Control Center Critical/Essential Power System (ACEPS). This synopsis is published pursuant to FAR 5.205, and is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement to implement a Contractor Depot Logistic Support (CDLS) contract to support the National Airspace System (NAS), Air Route Traffic Control Center Critical/Essential Power System (ACEPS), and intends to contract with Exide Electronics of Raleigh, North Carolina the designer, integrator and installer of the System. The current need is to support 24 ACEPS located in Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC's) and Metroplex Control Facilities (MCF's), and 1 system located at the FAA Academy, for the next five years. Deliveries are to start 30 days after contract award for full CDLS. The requirement for the CDLS contractor is to provide a building capable of housing depot level maintenance facilities, storage facilities, communications (telephone/ FAX/voice mail),to provide full depot-level maintenance support. The contractor shall establish, maintain, and use a system for tracking, controlling, measuring, and reporting all costs quarterly. There shall be a quality control program established in accordance with applicable Federal Aviation Administration Standards and Orders. The contractor will be expected to provide FAA Sites with all items requested by the Government. This will entail complete supply support which will include the issuing of expendable Line Replaceable Units (LRU) and the issue, receipt, and repair of Exchange and Repair (E&R) LRU's of the ACEPS through the life of the CDLS Contract. The CDLS contractor will furnish all labor, tools, test equipment, LRU spares (consumable and repairable), parts, software, and any other technical and administrative support necessary to provide the required CDLS. The CDLS contractor will be required to meet FAA delivery requirements for priorities requested from the sites. A Priority 1 will be shipped within 24 hours of notification by the site and Priority 2 response will be within 48 hours of notification. The CDLS contractor will be required to test an evaluate each failed repairable part received from the sites. The contractor will be required to disassemble, reassemble, calibrate, functionally test, and perform acceptance inspection on all repairable LRU's. All methods and procedures shall be accomplished with the test equipment, tools, and special tools and test equipment developed for that purpose. All repaired items will comply with the FAA Standards and Orders applicable to the repair process. The CDLS contractor will be required to report via a monthly CDLS report which will consist of a consolidated monthly maintenance summary, a consolidated monthly inventory usage report, site inventory usage report, stock status report, monthly manhour report, inventory control/receiving/shipping report, action item log, field maintenance bulletin(s) (as required), and consolidated maintenance summary for canvas repair, cable repair, circuit card repair, and any other repairable item requiring service/repair. This contract action is for supplies and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with Exide Electronics under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. A Market Survey was conducted on 11/30/94 and 12/01/94; the results of this survey support our determination to solicit and negotiate with only one firm. (0004)

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