HU25A Contract Section, USCG Aircraft Repair & Supply Center, Elizabeth City, NC 27909-5001

C -- SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL DTCG38-96-Q-100044 DUE 073096 POC Contact Linda Hutzler, Contracting Officer, (919) 335-6143 The U. S. Coast Guard Aircraft Repair & Supply Center has a requirement for specialized engineering services to develop a final design and produce a prototype electronic interface device to allow the existing HU25 Cockpit Management System control of the ARC-513 radio. The Major Tasks shall be the Development of FM/CMS Interface Device(FID), assist in a prototype aircraft installation and evaluate it's performance. Support USCG Operational Evaluation of the prototype. Develop Engineering Documentation to facilitate USCG acquisition of production FID units for all aircraft. Develop Maintenance Documentation to facilitate USCG support of the FID. Develop Draft CGTCTO to install the FID in all USCG HU-25 aircraft. The contractor shall furnish as deliverables one FID for evaluation and the Final Report including Engineering Documentationn for production FID acquisition, Mainteneance Documentation, and Draft Installation CGTCTO. The Coast Guard does not own, nor can it provide the proprietary specifications for this item. Zeb Mosely of CoastalElectro-Engineering, 129 Rosedale Dr., Suite G, Elizabeth City NC 27909, Telephone Number 919/331-1021 is considered to be the only known qualified source that can provide these specialized engineering servics. In the absence of other qualified sources it is the intent of the Government to negotiate a sole source contract with Mr. Mosely under ''other that full and open competition'' procedures, pursuant to 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1)-only one responsible source. Facismile requests for the RFQ may be submitted to (919) 335-6496 not later than 1500 on 15 Jul 1996 and should include prices and technical data to sufficiently determine capability. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under theDOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at Prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500.000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169.. See Note 22. (0180)

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