437th Contracting Squadron, 102 Long Street, Charleston AFB, SC 29404-4829

39 -- DOCKS, HIGH LINE, CONVEYORIZED, AIR TRANSPORTABLE SOL F38610-97-R0010 DUE 080497 POC TSgt Kenneth Stempert, Contract Specialist, (803) 566-5155 ext:225 Patricia Antonsen, Contracting Officer, (803) 566-5155 Ext:227. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation F38610-97-R0010 is being issued as a request for quotation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-45. This solicitation is unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 3537 and size standard is 750 employees. The solicitation is for Docks, High Line, Conveyorized, Air Transportable for a quantity of 5 each. GENERAL DESCREPTION: The High Line Docks acts as a holding area for pallets, containers and platforms. It is Air Transportable and is constructed for easy palletization for air shipment. It is approximately 50 feet long, has walkways on both sides and three walkways between the rollers for the full length of the deck. It is galvanized steel construction and weighs approximately 11,000 pounds. FASTENINING DEVICES: All screws, bolts, nuts, pins and other fastening devices shall be properly designed, manufactured and installed with adequate means of preventing loss of torque or adjustment. Tapped aluminum threads shall have a minimum thread engagement of at least two times the nominal fastener diameter. PROTECTIVE TREATMENT: The entire dock shall be zinc galvanized steel construction. The galvanization shall be done in accordance with ASTM A123 and MIL-STD-808. Bearing housings and fasteners shall be constructed of corrosion resistant steel or plated for corrosion resistance. Bolts shall be hardened to resist damage due to repetitive assembly/disassembly for air transport preparation. STRUCTURE: The structure, including pallet stop systems, roller deck and guide rail systems, shall be designed to provide, based on yield strength, a static safety factor of 2 to 1, or dynamic safety factor 1.5 to 1. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: The High Line Docks shall be constructed for year round outdoor use. The dock shall be capable of extended operation under temperature conditions ranging from -40(F to 125(F and full time exposure to relative humidities up to 100 percent. FIELD ASSEMBLY: The dock shall be capable of being completely assembled when starting from shipping configuration by three men using one forklift and common hands tools in no more than two hours. All necessary fasteners and other hardware shall be furnished for field assembly. PALLETIZED CARGO: military pallets are the HCU-6/E and HCU-12/E per MIL-P27443. A full load of palletized cargo shall consist of six married HCU-6/E pallets (88 inches X 108 inches) with a total gross weight of 60,000 pounds parts of the time and separated the remainder of the time. Individual pallets shall weigh up to 10,000 pounds. The pallets shall be oriented with the 108 inch dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the dock. The load height shall be eight feet, its center of gravity shall be four feet high and its length shall be limited to the distance between pallet stops. OPERATION: The dock shall withstand roll transfer of those loads mentioned above in the paragraph for Palletized Cargo. Repeated impacts from a fully loaded HCU-6/E pallet (10,000 pounds gross weight) moving at a rate of 5 feet per second (FPS), and loaded type v 32 foot platform (60,000 pounds gross weight) moving at a rate of 1.5 FPS without permanent deformation of the dock, and 5 miles per hour (MPH) impacts from typical military ground support equipment for normal use during peacetime. ROLLER CONVEYOR: The conveyor system shall receive and discharge loads at both ends and provide four rows of rollers. ROLLERS: The rollers shall be heavy duty free running bearing type (minimum 1500 pound capacity each) and shall be used at the end of each conveyor section at all transition points which attach one conveyor section to another. The roller ends shall be tapered, rounded, or chamferred and shall be constructed to retain the bearings in place either by cold swaging, machine rounding, or counterbored to create the necessary interference when bearings are pressed in placed. All roller tubes, bearing housings and axles shall be zinc electrocoated steel in accordance with ASTM B533. The roller tubes shall be constructed of steel tubing of eleven gauge minimum. The rollers shall be spaced no more than six inches apart to preclude degradation of loads. Roller pads on the type V platform are designed as conveying surfaces for rollers. The distance from the ground to the top of the rollers shall be 54 inches, and at least three inches of adjustment both up and down shall be provided. Rollers shall be within three inches of the extreme projection of the dock at both ends. Any structural projection beyond the last rollers shall be ramped approximately 45 degrees to preclude pallet drag. BEARINGS: Standard commercial conveyor roller bearings with Hex Bore shall be used. These bearings shall be anti-friction steel ball bearing type, prelubricated, sealed and adequately rated for the load on the roller. The bearings shall be sized and tolerances, (knurling is acceptable) to maintain the necessary interference fit to retain the bearing in plate. No spacer or retainer is permitted between the roller and the outer race and between the axle and the inner race. SUPPORT FEET: Support feet shall be provided and its contact area shall be sized to provide a ground pressure of 100 PSI or less for stabilization when used on soft asphalt when fully loaded. GUIDE RAILS: There shall be two guide rails, one on each side, running the length of the deck to hold the pallets in line as they move along the deck. The guide rails shall be mounted 108.50 inches, plus 0.25 inch minus 0.00 inches, apart and shall extend 2.25 inches, plus or minus 0.125 inch above the plane of the roller surface. Guide rails shall diverge at each end to aid in loading/unloading operations. The divergence shall be approximately 15 degrees starting 12 inches, plus or minus 1.0 inch, from the end of the guide rail. Vertical edges of all guide rails shall be tapered at approximately 45 degrees to preclude pallet interference. PALLET STOPS: Two mechanical stop system (one or two stops per system) shall be provided, one at each end of the dock to stop forward and after movement of loose pallet plateform loads. WALKWAYS/DECKING: Personnel walkways with handrails shall be provided on both sides of the dock for the full length of the dock. Handrails shall be 42 inches, plus or minus one inch high. When operated by only one person, the walkways shall pivot to fold vertically down against the side of the dock, without use of tools. The handrails shall withstand a force of 250 pounds in any direction anywhere on the handrails without permanent deformation. The handrails shall be able to be easily removed and stored on the dock by one person, without use of tools. Another three walkways shall be provided between the rows of rollers on the deck for the full length deck. All walkways shall be at least 13 inches wide and shall be capable of supporting at least 350 pounds per square foot anywhere on the walkways or a minimum load of 2,500 pounds along the entire length without permanent deformation. All walkways shall be nonskid design and shall be located on the same horizontal plane. ACCESS LADDER: A ladder shall be provided to allow easy access to an outer walkway from the ground. The walkway shall be attached to the end of the dock. The ladder shall comply with OSHA standards. Items are to be delivered and accepted at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. Exact location to be made available at time of award. The following FAR Provisions are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions of Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition and no additional addenda applies. Contractor must include a completed copy of the provision FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. FAR clause 52-212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, for paragraph (b), the following clauses apply: (1), (3), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (13). Full text of these provisions and clauses may be obtained by acessing any of the following Internet Web Sites: http://acqnet.sarda.army.mil/ (click on library), -or- http://www.gsa.gov/far/current/html/toc.html#tpo -or- http://farsite.hill.af.mil/.. Offers must be submitted no later than 15 days from the date this notice is published and no later than 4:30 PM (EST). Offers should be addressed as Follows: 437th LGC/LGCS, ATTN: TSgt Kenneth Stempert, 102 Long Street, Charleston AFB, SC 29404-4829. The outside of your offer must be marked with the RFQ number F38610-97-R0010 and indicate that it is only to be opened by TSgt Kenneth Stempert. No fax or EDI offers will be accepted. POC: TSgt Kenneth Stempert TEL (803) 566-5155 ext:225. (0199)

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