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15 -- NAVAL RESERVE C-9B REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT POC Contact, Jeff Guarnero, Phone (703)604-2119 *This is the second announcement for this acquisition, succeeding RFI announcement PSA#1768, published 24 January 1997. It is the Navy's intent to issue a formal request for proposals to buy three aircraft, associated initial training, data, and provisions for logistics support, to replace three of its existing DC-9 aircraft. The aircraft will be utilized for the Navy Unique Fleet Essential Airlift (NUFEA) mission. The NUFEA Replacement Aircraft (NUFEA-RA) will be State-of-the-Art, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified, cargo/transport aircraft modified with some Navy required avionics/navigation systems. The NUFEA-RA must be certified in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Parts 25, 34, and 36. The Navy will offer three DC-9 aircraft as a trade-in/exchange. The NUFEA-RA aircraft must be able to meet the current capabilities of the Navy's C-9B aircraft. Specific minimum aircraft operational performance requirements, some of which exceed the current Navy C-9B capabilities, include: range of 3,400 Nautical Miles (NM) with 5,000 pounds of cargo and comply with FAR Parts 91, 121, and 135 Over-water fuel requirements and Extended Two-engine Overwater Performance Standards (ETOPS); operate from an airport with density altitiude of 7,000 feet with 20,000 pounds of cargo; a flight cruise speed of .75 Indicated Mach Number (IMN); carry 100 passengers and four crew members (excluding cockpit crew) in all-passenger configuration; carry eight (8) Department of Defense (DoD) standard 463L/HCU-6/E cargo pallets in the all cargo configuration; support a combination passenger/cargo configuration (all configurations must be FAA certified); two-pilot cockpit with flight management system (FMS); overhead storage bins; main cabin cargo door minimum dimensions to accommodate air cargo lift presently supported by C-9Bs. In addition the NUFEA-RA require the following avionics, navigation, communications, and flight safety systems: Dual integrated FMS with integrated Inertial, Global Positioning System (GPS), and VOR/ILS systems to be compatible with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Future Air Navigation System ((FANS)II and Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums (RVSM) requirements and precision approaches to Category IIIb); provisions for Heads-Up Display; TACAN (non-integrated acceptable); Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS); Digital Radar with predictive windshear and displayed on both cockpit HSI displays; Aircraft Communications Addressing Reporting System (ACARS); HF radio for world-wide Command and Control communications with SelCall capability; an ARC-210 VHF/UHF radio; single UHF satellite communications radio (SATCOM); an APX-100 IFF/SIF transponder; Traffic Collison Avoidance System (TCAS) II; Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR); Flight Data Recorder (FDR); and Emergency Locator transmitter. The Navy intends to release the Request For Proposals (RFP)(SF1449 Commercial Items) via the Internet. Requests for RFPs may be sent via E-mail to GUARNEROJJ.JFK@NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL with return Internet and mailing address, or written requests may be sent to the address above, ATTN AIR-2.5.3.5.1 or facsimile to (703) 604-2968. The RFP will be available on the Internet in a MSWORD 6.0 format on the World Wide Web (WWW) NAVAIR home page. Offerors that have requested a copy of the RFP will be notified via E-mail when it is released. The WWW address or URL for the NAVAIR home page is: http://www.navair.navy.mil. Final RFP release is anticipated near the end of April 1997 with contract award by mid June 1997. Prior to final RFP release, a pre-solicitation conference is scheduled for Thursday, 3 April 1997 at NAVAIR Crystal City. The Navy intends to distribute a draft solicitation (minus evaluation criteria) before the conference. Additionally, following the completion of the conference, attendees will have the opportunity to have a separate and exclusive 30 minute meeting with the Navy to address concerns, etc. ANYONE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE MUST NOTIFY THE ABOVE P.O.C. BY FRIDAY, 21 MARCH 1997 USING THE PROCEDURES ABOVE. Offerors need not send separate RFP and pre-solicitation conference requests. Details of the conference time and location will be distributed to those expressing an interest in attending the conference. Each entity attending the pre-solicitation conference shall be limited to 3 attendees. -- NAVAIR Synopsis No. 50020-97. (0073)

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