ASC/PKW, Bldg 1, 1940 Allbrook Drive, Suite 3, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5309

R -- ENGINEERING SERVICES TO SUPPORT R&D SOL F33601-97-R-9003 DUE 062797 POC Cindy Marion, (937) 257-5841, ext. 4240 17. Currently, this office knows of no small businesses capable of fulfilling our requirement. Therefore, we plan to issue the solicitation as unrestricted. If any small businesses are capable of filling this requirement it is requested that a capability package be submitted to ASC/PKWOV, ATTN: Cindy Marion, 1940 Allbrook Drive, Ste 3, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-5309 no later than 27 Jun 97. This will allow the possibility of a small business set-aside. The Standard Industrial Classification code is 8711. Therefore, the maximum annual receipts allowed for a concern, including its affiliates, to be considered small is $2.5M. This requirement is to provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform non-personal, on-site engineering support for the in-house research and development (R&D) programs of Wright Laboratory, Flight Control Division (WL/FIG), located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base OH 45433. The contractor will be required to provide the personnel for on-site support services to supplement the R&D activities and programs being conducted in, using, or requiring the capabilities of WL/FIG facilities. The facilities used to conduct the R&D programs of WL/FIG include but are not limited to: the Unmanned Research Vehicle (URV) Facility, the Control Systems Architecture Facility, the Actuation Development Facility, and the Flight Management Facility. LABOR CATEGORIES: It is estimated that various experience levels of the following labor categories will be utilized: Contract Manager Senior Field Service Engineer, Senior Field Service Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Industrial Graphics Designer, Technician III, Systems Integration Engineer, Aerospace Systems Engineer, Senior Flight Control Systems Engineer, Flight Control Systems Engineer, Mission Effectiveness Analysis, and a Documentation Specialist. SERVICES REQUIRED: The support required is associated with the design, development, verification/validation, fabrication, modification, calibration, repair, preventative maintenance, data documentation/acquisition, operation/assembly, and test of electronic, electrical, mechanical, and software systems used to support the R&D conducted by WL/FIG facilities. Included in this requirement is the generation of audio/visual presentation material. A large portion of the systems and equipment of the facilities is experimental and one-of-a-kind. The contractor will be required to procure materials, sub-contracting, consultants, equipment (including computers and software), and/or machines. The engineering support services are required to supplement the research activities, development programs, technology transition and advocacy activities conducted by WL/FIG personnel and to keep the systems and equipment of the various facilities of WL/FIG operating properly. The following are examples of some of the current R&D programs and activities of the WL/FIG facilities: a. Advanced Development Programs: More Electric Aircraft; Electrically Powered Actuation Demonstration Program; Vehicle Management System Demonstration Program; Multi Ship Integrated Control; Variable stability Inflight Simulator Test Aircraft; Intra-Formation Positioning System; ADA Software Integrated Development System. b. Exploratory Technology Development Programs: Unmanned Research Vehicle; Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle; Modular Integrated Avionics for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; Twist Adaptive Wing System; Advanced Actuation Technology; Flight Control Computation and Systems Integration Technologies (Parallel processing systems and software, Fault tolerant systems, Standards (Ada, Processors), Advanced data bus architectures and protocols); Advanced Control Methods/Intelligent Controllers (Neural Networks; Fuzzy Logic; Quantitative Feedback Theory; Integrated flight/structural control); Vehicle Management Concepts (Integrated Tool Environment, Architectures and Interfaces, Software, Diagnostics); Autonomous Landing Guidance; Maintenance Diagnostics; Trajectory/Flight Management Control; Photonics/Fly-by-Light; Generic Fault Detection/Protection; Air Data/Inertial Sensors. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED: The contractor will be provided office/work space, on-base telephones, basic utilities, and access to WL/FIG test equipment/hardware. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: A secret clearance shall be required for designated personnel to support certain research efforts. The following positions require the contractor to provide personnel with multiple technical skills to meet the technical requirements. A different mix of personnel and technical skills is acceptable as long as all technical areas of the four positions are covered. (a) Contract Manager Senior Field Service Engineer (CMSFSE) Requirements -- The on-site administration and management of the contract will require approximately 80% of the designated Contract Manager's time. The remaining 20% will be devoted to the duties and responsibilities required as a Technical Supervisor. The CMSFSE shall be competent and capable of directing work assignments for supporting personnel. Responsibilities -- The Contract Manager Senior Field Service Engineer shall be responsible for and supervise the contractor's efforts involved in this contract. This CMSFSE shall be responsible for the on-base administration of the contract. Additional responsibilities shall include final approval for all electronic and mechanical systems developed by contractor personnel, including the pre-flight safety check of the Unmanned Research Vehicle (URV). Qualifications -- This category of personnel shall have a BSEE, BSME, or diplomas representing four (4) years of formal education in a college, trade school, or military technical training program with five (5) years experience related to the specified requirements. Alternately, the requirement shall be a minimum of two (2) years formal technical education and ten (10) years experience in the management and supervision of activities in the systems design, development, verification/validation, fabrication, modification, repair and calibration of complex electronic, mechanical and electro/mechanical systems. Technical experience must be in, or closely related to, the more advanced and complex specialized systems and equipment. Also, as a minimum, the CMSFSE shall have four (4) years experience in contract management, administration, foreign and domestic purchasing, negotiating and administrating sub-contracts and consultants, with a good working knowledge of government FARS and DFARS. (b) Senior Field Service Engineer (SFSE) Requirements -- The Senior Field Service Engineer is required to support in-house flight test programs involving Unmanned Research Vehicles (URV). This SFSE is required to flight test various URV's to support the mission of WL/FIG. As the Remote Test Pilot, this SFSE must have extensive experience flying multiple categories of Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPV); including both pneumatically launched and landing gear equipped vehicles; experimental/prototype one-of-a-kind vehicles; and vehicles with a wingspan up to 18 feet and weighing up to 500lbs. This SFSE must possess a superior knowledge of state- of-the-art electronics associated with control systems, datalink systems, flight guidance systems, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog components, RF transmitters/receivers and servo systems developed for RPVs. The SFSE must also have experience with Autocad software to produce printed circuit boards, templates, and schematic drawings. Responsibilities -- This Senior Field Service Engineer shall be responsible for the overall flight operational readiness of the URVs, and shall perform as the Remote Test Pilot. This SFSE shall perform and document all design, modification, repair, calibration, and maintenance to all flight control analog, RF, and mechanical systems associated with the URV. These systems will include, but not be limited to: RF datalink transmitters/receivers/antennas, servo systems, video systems, sensors/probes, and internal combustion engine/electrical power generation systems. The SFSE shall document designs in schematics and reports, and shall maintain such documentation in organized files. Qualifications -- This category of personnel shall have a BSEE, BSME, or diplomas representing four (4) years of formal education in a college, trade school, or military technical training program with five (5) years experience related to the specified requirements. Alternately, the requirement shall be a minimum of two (2) years formal technical education and ten (10) years experience in the systems design, development, verification/validation, fabrication, modification, repair and calibration of complex electronic and electro/mechanical systems. Technical experience must be in, or closely related to, the more advanced and complex specialized systems and equipment. The SFSE shall be competent and capable of directing work assignments for supporting personnel; preparing and conducting tests; fabricating and modifying systems; detecting malfunctions of equipment and components; carrying out corrective measures; and performing preventative maintenance and repairs. (c) Senior Field Service Engineer (SFSE) Requirements -- The Senior Field Service Engineer is required to support in-house flight test programs involving URVs used in flight control research. The SFSE must be completely knowledgeable in the state-of-the-art digital electronics associated with unmanned/remotely piloted vehicle control systems, sensors, and interfaces. In particular, the SFSE must be knowledgeable in microprocessors; real time operating systems; analog and digital interfaces; rate, velocity, altitude, and position sensors; servo actuators; cabling and connectors; flight safety packaging; and data acquisition/storage systems. The SFSE must be knowledgeable in VME backplane-based systems and Macintosh workstations, and must be able to program in C and assembly programming languages. Responsibilities -- This SFSE shall be responsible for the integration/verification/maintenance and documentation of all digital electronics and interface subsystems used in the URVs and ground control systems. Included are the embedded control systems and data downlink/display/storage systems. The SFSE shall also be responsible for the integration/verification/maintenance of the nose camera video systems, ground station information display, and power conversion/conditioning subsystems. The SFSE shall conduct the necessary preflight systems calibrations and tests. The SFSE shall also operate the ground station controls during flight operations as a mission coordinator and shall organize/format flight data for further analysis. The SFSE shall document designs in schematics and reports, and shall maintain such documentation in organized files. Qualifications -- This category of personnel shall have a BSEE, BSME, or diplomas representing four (4) years of formal education in a college, trade school, or military technical training program with five (5) years experience related to the specified requirements. Alternately, the requirement shall be a minimum of two (2) years formal technical education and ten (10) years experience in the systems design, development, verification/validation, fabrication, modification, repair and calibration of complex electronic and electro/mechanical systems. Technical experience must be in, or closely related to, the more advanced and complex specialized systems and equipment. The SFSE shall be competent and capable of directing work assignments for supporting personnel; preparing and conducting tests; fabricating and modifying systems; detecting malfunctions of equipment and components; carrying out corrective measures; and performing preventative maintenance and repairs. (d) Senior Field Service Engineer (SFSE) Requirements -- The Senior Field Service Engineer is required to ensure the continuous and reliable electrical/mechanical function of WL/FIG facilities. The SFSE must be completely knowledgeable of procedures related to high voltage applications, the techniques required to modify and design electrical circuitry, and a thorough understanding of state-of-the-art electrical/electronics interfacing needed to perform the complex modifications required to WL/FIG facilities. The SFSE is required to maintain and operate a precision machine facility dedicated to fabrication and modeling of prototype flight control system components. The SFSE must be knowledgeable of precision machine facility practices, blueprints, mechanical fabrication techniques, and safety practices associated with the precision machine facility. Responsibilities -- The Senior Field Service Engineer shall perform all design, modification, repair, calibration, documentation, and maintenance to the electrical systems requirements of WL/FIG facilities. The various programs that the facilities support require periodic reconfiguration of electrical power to meet the facilities systems requirements. Also, this SFSE shall perform maintenance and modification to electrical systems, both field and mobile, supporting the in-house flight test programs involving URVs used in flight control research. These systems consist of, but are not limited to: a complex fail-safe power supply system, and an electrical/pneumatic launcher system. This SFSE shall support the mechanical requirements of the WL/FIG facilities including prototype mechanical fabrication, precision machining, and maintenance required in the modeling machine facility. Included in this responsibility is the repair, modification, and testing of URV applicable 2 cycle, 4 cycle, and rotary internal combustion engines and associated test equipment, landing gears, wheels, steering assemblies, and brake systems. The SFSE shall assist with URV flight operations and shall provide support during pre-flight and post-flight operations. The SFSE shall document designs in schematics and reports, and shall maintain such documentation in organized files. Qualifications -- This category of personnel shall have a BSEE, BSME, or diplomas representing four (4) years of formal education in a college, trade school, or military technical training program with five (5) years experience related to the specified requirements. Alternately, the requirement shall be a minimum of two (2) years formal technical education and ten (10) years experience in the systems design, development, verification/validation, fabrication, modification, repair and calibration of complex electronic and electro/mechanical systems. Technical experience must be in, or closely related to, the more advanced and complex specialized systems and equipment. The SFSE shall be competent and capable of directing work assignments for supporting personnel; preparing and conducting tests; fabricating and modifying systems; detecting malfunctions of equipment and components; carrying out corrective measures; and performing preventative maintenance and repairs. NOTE: 25 An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concern during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, Mr Daniel L Kugel, ASC/SY, Bldg 52, 2475 K Street, Suite 1, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7642, at (937) 255-3855, E-Mail kugeldl@sy.wpafb.af.mil, with serious concerns only. (0155)

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