Operational Contracts Division, Construction Branch, AFDTC/PKOC, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 541, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6862

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER-CONSTRUCTION-DESIGN/BUILD POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT,EGLIN AFB FL SANTA ROSA ISLAND (SRI) TEST CAPABILITY RECONSTITUTION 300' TOWER/LAB POC Mr Jerry Griffith, Project Manager, (904) 882-9952, Mr Lynn Stockbridge, Dep Project Manager (904) 882-2594, or Cecile Ramos, Contracting Officer (904) 882-5628, Ext 5273. This notice replaces CBD Submission No. 083413. This Request For Information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as a Request For Proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. The Government does not plan to award a contract based on the responses from this RFI or otherwise pay for responses to this RFI. This proposed effort is still in the planning phases and no final decisions have been made to proceed with the project. A separate RFP with detailed requirements would be published at a later date to interested parties responding to this RFI if the proposed project is approved. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs of charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this RFI or Government's use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input as a result of this RFI. This RFI does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this contemplated effort. The information you provide may be utilized by the Air Force in developing its acquisition strategy and in its RFP Development. The information resulting from this RFI may be released to industry as one or more RFPs. Industry is encouraged to respond with qualification information not constrained with proprietary data rights. However, if proprietary data is included in your reply, please mark it appropriately. Any subsequent actions resulting from the evaluation of information provided as a result of this RFI may be synopsized at a future date. If approved as a part of the Eglin AFB SRI Reconstitution Project, a primary facility consisting of a 300' free-standing (not guyed) Tower may be built coincident with one of three Focus Test Sites on SRI. The Tower Project would be a Design/Build effort. The Design/Build contractor would providea complete, detailed design, be fully responsible for that design and each approval area would require a Designer of Record. The Design/Build contractor would host design and drawing reviews. The proposed Tower would have to be constructed to withstand sustained Hurricane Force winds (130 miles per hour) and associated tidal surge and to allow operation in 50 MPH winds with less than 3 inches maximum flexure at the top. Located near the top of the proposed Tower would be an approximately 3000 SF Control Area (CA) for housing of mission personnel and equipment. On top of the CA would be an Open Air Platform (OAP) capable of 40,000 lbs dynamic and 110,000 lbs static instrumentation. The proposed Tower would be built on SRI. The Tower structure would allow for corrosion resistance of the entire structure including deep foundations in special soil conditions. The proposed Tower would have steel mesh platforms at the 100, 150, 200, and 250 ft elevation points, stairs for safety egress and 4 elevators (2500 lb passenger, 12x12 ft 20,000 lb freight, and 2 8x8 ft 5,000 lb exterior open air instrumentation elevators). The proposed tower would have small object safety nets and allow for handicap accessibility. The OAP would allow for 360 degree mission operation with 45 degree lookdown of instrumentation. The proposed tower should have an FAA approved Flight Obstacle Lighting System, special lighting to protect the natural resources, a Fire Alarm System, a Security Alarm System, a compressed air system, lightning protection and static electricity isolation, standard 100 ft candle variable lighting with an emergency lighting system, an intercom and telephone system both internally and externally (to include a PA system), data circuits of both copper and fiber throughout the complex in reconfigurable cable ways, and provide prime power of 1500 KVA at 120/208/480 VAC 60 HZ with backup generators and UPS capacity of 500 KVA. Special 400 HZ and 28 VDC Power would also be provided in the CA and on the OAP at nominal aircraft amperage levels. The proposed tower would have Anti-Terrorism design features and provide pure water and sewer in the CA. Parking, landscaping and signage at the site would be required. The proposed tower's CA would contain a 20,000 lb elevating platform for raising and lowering instrumentation approximately 50 ft to/from the OAP. The instrumentation would not require dismantling for installation onto the test position on the tower. The elevator system and final elevating platform would provide the capability to easily move instrumentation from the ground level to the final test location. The CA may require a sound attenuation system and a motion dampening system for dampening out the effects of dynamic instrumentation and shock waves from close flying, high speed aircraft. HVAC systems would be included in the proposed tower to control the interior environment in the CA to a level typical for raised-floor computer room equivalent environments. The HVAC would not require space on the OAP. Special security features such as TEMPEST/HEMP/RF shielding and secure storage areas may be required on the proposed tower. The Design/Build contractor would provide CA and OAP instrumentation as required as an integral part of the overall effort. The proposed instrumentation would include a Flight Motion Simulator (FMS), a Kineto Tracking Mount (GFE), and a general purpose simulation computer network that may or may not contain specialized computers. Other instruments for planning in the proposed Tower design are up to 6 microwave antennas and other various antennas mounted outside the Tower. The FMS is to be a high performance electro-hydraulic 3-axis system able to withstand the SRI open-air environments. The contractor would be responsible for integrating the FMS and other instrumentation and equipment with the tower to demonstrate the overall performance of the tower and equipment. The FMS and tower would be designed for future expansion to accommodate an additional 2 axes for carriage of optical target enhancement systems (zoom lenses, correction lenses, steering mirrors, attenuation filters, etc.). Construction range of the proposed Design/Build project would be between $5M and $10M. Colonel Stephen Dunning (904-882-4160) or E-mail Dunning@eglin.af.mil@PMDF@UMGM">Dunning@eglin.af.mil@PMDF@UMGM">Dunning@eglin.af.mil@PMDF@UMGM has been appointed by the AFDTC Commander to hear offerors' or potential offerors' confidential concerns, if any, regarding this acquisition. The Commander's purpose is not to replace the technical staff or contracting officer but to serve as an honest broker and communicate any contractor concerns, issues, and disagreements to the appropriate government personnel. Routine technical and contracting issues should therefore be directed to the technical and contracting staff identified elsewhere in this synopsis. Provide your tower Project Design/Build Qualification Information to: AFDTC/PKOC, Attn: Ms. Cecile Ramos, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 541, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6862. (0162)

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