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49 -- ENGINE TEST CELL UNITS FOR CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX SOL DACA63-97-R-0034 DUE 071097 POC Lisa K. Menting, Contract Specialist, 817/978-7469 WEB: Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Contracting Division, http://EBS.swf.usace.army.mil/. E-MAIL: Lisa Menting, Contract Specialist, lisa.menting@SWF01.usace.army.mil. 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 powersupplies, 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 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). If a large business firm is selected, the firm must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement of subcontracting plan. Fort Worth District's goals are that a minimum of 55.0% 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; 3.0% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with woman-owned businesses; and 5.5% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with historically black colleges or universities/minority institutions (where applicable). Solicitation will issue on or about 10 June 1997 with bid opening on or about 10 July 1997. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. Facsimile requests for solicitation documents are acceptable (FAX# 817/978-4797, ATTN: Lisa Menting). No express mail procedures will be utilized on initial mailing of solicitation packages. (0139)

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