US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, FTW, P O BOX 17300, 819 TAYLOR ST, FT. WORTH TX 76102-0300

49 -- ENGINE TEST CELL UNIT FOR CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX SOL DACA63-96-R-0007 DUE 011896 POC Contract Specialist LISA K MENTING (817) 885-7469 (Site Code DACA63) Contractor shall furnish and install all equipment and provide all necessary engineering to accomplish the functional and technical requirements, including, but not limited to project management, detailed system design and integration, equipment supply, shipment, storage, job site delivery, programming and configuration, installation, training, manuals, calibration, testing startup, and commissioning. Hardware requirements include one Electrical Control Unit (ECU) test stand with the option to purchase one more within a year. The Electrical Control Unit (ECU) test stand shall test the ECUs listed in the Depot Maintenance Work Requirement (DMWR), DMWR 55-2925-248 and 55-2925-247. The ECU is the electrical control for General Electric's T-700 turbine engine. The ECU test stand is Automated Test Equipment (ATE), Hewlett Packard hardware, that runs a Rocky Mountain Basic program which is used to test the ECUs. The Rocky Mountain Basic program communicates to a list of equipment: Solatron 1250A, Elgar power supplies, Hewlett Packard 3458 multimeter, printers, custom cards, and others through a IEEE-488 bus. The equipment fills two 19 inch rack bays that are approximately 6 feet high. The test stand requires an environmental chamber that has two compartments one set at 100 degrees Celsius and the other set at -55 degrees Celsius. The compartments must be at minimum 24'' high and 36'' deep and 36'' across. The system supplied would be required to be able to run the approved software code. All equipment supplied will be CALS (Computer Aided Logistic Support) compatible and Energy Star compliant. The contractor needs to be in the business of designing and supporting test equipment. The contractor will be required to have an understanding of UNIX and Rocky Mountain Basic code as well as have a good understanding of automated testing equipment. The vendor will need to be able to show a background in instrumentation and be able to deliver a test stand in compliance with ISA standards (Instrument Society of America). The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FA 6.302-1. Contractor is General Electric Company, Post Office Box 156301, One Newmann Way, Cincinnati, OH 45215-6301. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by submitting a capability statement. The capability statement must provide information and qualifications to provide this type of equipment. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; all ''capability statments'' received within 45 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. If a large business firm is selected, the firm must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for subcontracting plan. Fort Worth District's goals are that a minimum of 60.3% of the contractor's total intended subcontracted amount be placed with small businesses (including small disadvantaged and woman- owned businesses); 8.5% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with small disadvantaged businesses; 3.5% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with 8(a) firms; 3.0% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with woman-owned small businesses; and 5.5% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with historically black colleges or universities/minority institutions. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a(0325)

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