U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

38 -- HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR (PART 1 OF 2) POC POC: SAM campanella (810) 574-7308 This is a modification of the synopsis issued on February 28, 1996. Sources are sought for 3 types of hydraulic excavators. The hydraulic excavators are Diesel engine driven, crawler-mounted, and will have a hydraulic quick connect/disconnect coupler systems. Type I will have a variety of attachments for general excavation, digging, trenching, and lifting operations. The attachments include: material handling hydraulic thumb, heavy duty bucket, and utility bucket. The type II, which will be the same size as the type I excavator, will be used for quarry operations, and will have a rock drill and a heavy duty bucket as attachments. The type III heavy excavator will be used for quarry operations and will have a rock bucket, heavy duty bucket, and a hydraulic hammer/breaker as attachments. A 5 year requirements contract is expected to be solicited in the near future. The estimated quantities over the 5 year contract period are type I -- 165, type II27, and type III -- 25. In addtion, the army is considering some form of contractor logistics support for this upcoming purchase of hydraulic excavators is lieu of the army's traditional full organic maintenance and parts support. The army's current philosophy is to provide organic support for all newly introduced equipment. This support requires the procurement of all spare parts, support equipment, technical documentation facilities, personnel, training equipment, and training for all levels within the amry's maintenance and support structure. The army is investigating use of existing commercial or other service maintenance facilities that may be able to replace or supplement existing organic maintenance/ support facilities, reduce life cycle costs, personnel, training, minimize down time, reduce documentation needs, and improve readiness. The challenge is how to best use existing commercial support for the hydraulic excavator program. Our goal is to provide maintenance and parts support above the army's unit level maintenance by replacing direct support/general support unit level maintenance is briefly described as the level of maintenance within the army's system that performs: preventative maintenance checks and services (pmcs); inspections by sight and tough; lubrication; cleaning; preserving (including spot painting); tightening; replacement; minor adjustments; diagnosis and fault isolation; replacement of unserviceable parts, modules, and assemblies; requisition, receipt, storage, and issue of repair parts. Direct support is the next higher level of maintenance and repair capabilities. It is briefly described aas the level of maintenance within the army's system that performs: inpsection, verification and determination of serviceability of an item; determination of economic repairability; repair of unserviceable economically repairable items and return to END item user; advise units in proper methods for performing maintenance and related support; diagnosis and isolation, or module malfunctions, adjustments; alignment of modules that can be readily completed with tools and test measurement and diagnostic equipment; light body repair to include straightening, welding, sanding, and painting when required to stop corrosion or retain structural integrity; and fabrication as needed. General support is the next higher level of maintenance and can be briefly described ASA the level of maintenance that performs: Job shop/Bay production line operation; higher level of repair and support;. (0099)

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