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69 -- AVIATION RECONFIGURABLE MANNED SIMULATOR SYSTEM (ARMS) POC Ms. Denise Manross, Contracting Officer, (407)380-4350 Sources are sought to fill the requirement of the Aviation Reconfigurable Manned Simulator System (ARMS), a reconfigurable aviation simulator system. The intent of this announcement is to identify potential suppliers of this capability and to determine the availability and suitability of existing commercial and non-developmental items to the the ARMS needs. The ARMS systems will begin fielding to specific sites and be ready for training in January 1998. The specific requirements are as follows: The ARMS will reduce training costs and improve unit readiness; it must be low-cost ($1M per platform cost goal), reconfigurable, transportable and be able to sustain and enhance collective training of aviation missions at the company level. Flexibility is required in a single training device capable of training collective tasks in a variety of aircraft and missions. More specifically the ARMS will be a Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) interoperable training system consisting of networked, reconfigurable platforms/manned-modules. These systems will interoperate with other combined arms tactical trainersin combination with Semi-Automated Forces (SAF), computer networks and protocols, and After-Action Review (AAR) Systems. The platforms/manned-modules will support the AH-1F, AH-64, OH-58D and KIOWA Warrior, UH-1H, UH-60A/L, and the CH-47D Army helicopter platforms. The platforms/manned-modules will support individual and crew performance of their respective tasks in accomplishing collective missions. Each Suite will consist of six reconfigurable simulators; six suites each will be staged from six different sites and transported to training sites within each region (6 platforms/manned-modules at sites, total 36 platforms). The simulator system must have adequate fidelity to provide for training of aviation unit critical collective tasks. The systems are required to be at least reconfigurable for side-by-side or tandem aircraft platforms. The ARMS must be capable of representing the full suite of armament, aircraft survivability equipment and avionics systems for the Army helicopter platforms. In responding to this announcement, a Commercial Item is defined as: (a) any item, other than real property, that is a type customarily used for nongovernmental purposes and that: (1) has been sold, leased, or licensed to the general public: (b) any item that evolved from an item described in (a) of thes definition through advances in technology or performance and that is not yet available in the commercial marketplace, but will be available in the commercial marketplace in time to satisfy the delivery requirements under a Government solicitation: (c) any item that would satisfy a criterion expressed in paragraphs (a) or (b) of the defination, but for -- (1) Modifications of a type customarily available in the commercial marketplace; or (2) Minor modifications of a type not customarily available in the commercial marketplace made to meet Federal Government requirements. ''Minor'' modifications means modifications that do not significantly alter the nongovernmental function or essential physical characteristics of an item or components, or change the purpose of a process. Factors to be considered in determining whether a modification is minor include the value and size of the modification and the comparative value and size of the final product. Dollar values and percentages may be used as guideposts, but are not conclusive evidence that a modification is minor; (d) Any combination of items meeting the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), or (e) of this definition that are of a type customarily combined and sold in combination to the general public; (e) Installation services, maintenance services, repair services, training services, and other services if such services are procured for support of an item referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this definition, and if the sources of such services - (1) Offers such services to the general public and the Federal Government contemporaneously and under similar terms and conditions; and (2) Offers to use the same work force for providing the Federal Government with such services as the source uses for providing such services to the general public; (f) Services of a type offered and sold competitively in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace based on established catalog or market prices for specific tasks performed under standard commercial terms and conditions. This does not include services that are sold based on hourly rates without an established catalog or market price for a specificservice performed; (g) Any item, combination or items, or service referred to in paragraphs (a) through (f) notwithstanding the fact that the item, combination of items, or services is transferred between or among separate divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor; or (h) A non-developmental item, if the procuring agency determines the item was developed exclusively at private expense and sold in substantial quantities, on a competitive basis, to multiple State and local governments. A Non-Developmental item is defined as: (1) any previously developed item of supply used exclusively for governmental pruposes by the Federal Agency, a State or local government, or a foreign government with which the United States has a mutual defense cooperation agreement; (2) any item described in (1) that requires only minor modification or modifications of the type customarily available in the commercial marketplace in order to meet the requirements of the procuring department or agency; or (3) any item described in (1) or (2) solely because the item is not yet in use. Responses should fall into one of the following two categories: (1) Commercial and/or Non-developmental or (2) Non-Commercial and/or Developmental. Category (1) responses must include the following: brief description of the system(s) that may meet the commercial and/or non-developmental item description; list of users of the system; approximate time frame when the system will be available or sold by intended customer; and any other pertinent data. Category (2) responses must include the following: brief description of aviation simulation (especially rotary wing), brief description of experience supplying military systems or supply military training systems, brief description of experience with rotary wing airframes of the six types identified in ARMS, brief description of experience with DIS interoperability, brief description of experience with collective training tasks associated with U.S. Army rotary wing aircraft, brief description of experience in training or development of military training systems, and brief description of experience in the development and integration of complex visual systems for real time simulators. Responses under both categories must provide the following: Point-of-Contact (POC), Address of company and pertinent phone numbers, brief history of company, Company size in relation to SIC Code 3699 (750 employees), whether performance would be as a prime or subcontractor, and 8(a) graduation date (if applicable). The Government reserves the right to use this data to set the potential procurement aside for small businesses or offer it to the 8(a) program. Responses to this notice should be limited to 15 pages and are requested to be submitted within thirty (30) days of the date of this notice. Recommend that any cost or pricing data be kept at a macro level. The Government will not pay for any information received to this announcement not will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in the development of informaltion provided to the Government. All information will be safeguarded at the appropriate of confidentiality. All responses to this inquiry will be retained on a source list for the ARMS solicitation. Responses should be submitted to Ms. Denise Manross/Code 2733 at the aforementioned address. This announcement does not constitute a request for proposal. No solicitation document currently exists.(0232)

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