Tobyhanna Army Depot, Bldg 11 Wing D, 11 Hap Arnold Blvd, Tobyhanna, PA 18466-5100

39 -- UPGRADE OF EXISTING AUTOMATED GUIDE VEHICLES (AGVS) AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CONTROLLER ELECTRONICS OF THE EXISTING MINI-LOAD SYSTEM RESIDENT IN THE AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (ASRS) AT TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, TOBYHANNA, PA 18466 SOL DAAC71-97-R-0006 POC Contract Negotiator, MARILYN WATKINS (717)895-7918; Contracting Officer, JOYCE BEDNAR (717) 895-6369 Tobyhanna Army Depot intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with HK Systems (Harnishchfeger Engineers and Kenway), 515 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84145 for upgrade of existing Government-owned AGVs and replacement of the controller electronics of the existing Government-owned Mini-Load System resident and currently in operation in the ASRS at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Tobyhanna PA 18466. Upgrade of the AGV's will be performed at the HK facility and will include but not be limited to replacement of the power supplies, drive wheel and motor assemblies, interconnect boards, contactor panels, antennas, choppers, card files, processors, and firmware. Three obsolete E6100 control devices and Conveyor Real Time Controller software used to control the Mini-Load System will be replaced on-site at Tobyhanna Army Depot with state-of-the-art, industry standard Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to include modification of the proprietary Eaton-Kenway manager software to enable the ASRS main computer control system to recognize and interact with the new PLC controllers. It is believed that HK Systems (then Eaton-Kenway), the original designer and installer of the entire Tobyhanna Army Depot ASRS System, is the only source capable of performing this requirement because the logic behind the AGV electronics and Mini-Load Software is proprietary to HK Systems -- there is no competitive data package available for this requirement -- any firms believing they can provide the above should contact the Contracting Negotiator identified above -- DAAC71-97-R-0006 applies -- This action is being solicited using FAR Part 12 commercial items/services procedures -- See Note 22. (0168)

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