Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Code 1164, 300 Highway 361, Crane, In 47522-5001

54 -- MILITARY MOBILE SHELTERS AND FIELD INSTALLATIONS SOL N00164-98-R-0034 POC Ms. Hilda Quillen, Procurement Techician, Code 1164EJ, telephone 812-854-2422, fax 812-854-5666, e-mail quillen_h@crane.navy.mil WEB: Naval Surface Warfare Center's homepage, www.crane.navy.mil. Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center is seeking prospective sources from those companies that can provide a Commercially Manufactured Common Equipment Enclosure System for Military Mobile Shelters and Field Installations. The below information is to provide guidance to commercial enterprises to respond to the feasibility of commercially developing and producing a common enclosure system for the majority of fielded military electronic equipment installed in portable cases and standard size racks mounted in mobile enclosures. This system would provide tailorable protection to electronic equipment and accessories after installation of protective mechanisms in the protective enclosures. This includes protection for life cycle environments consisting of setup and installation, handling, storage, operation, and transportation environments. To meet logistics and economic requirements, a need exists for a universal system comprised of a select few enclosure sizes permitting tailorable arrangements in sheltered and unsheltered environments. Successful standardization by participating industry constituents could fulfil these requirements for mass COTS procurements by multiple Government services having similar requirements. The more common sheltered arrangement consists of equipment installed, transported, and operated in the honeycomb material shelter structure mounted on a heavy version of the military HMMWV. A requirement exists to rapidly deshelter the electronic equipment and relocate to operational external sites, all the while utilizing the same general arrangement by keeping the electronic equipment in the same common equipment enclosures and reutilizing as much as possible any common installation hardware, supporting structures, anchoring devices and other mechanisms. Most of the performance and environmental requirements, physical characteristics, accessories options, and support requirements are listed below. It is recommended that responders obtain a copy of the Container Design and RetrievalSystem (CDRS) report from ASC/WMGC (CDRS), 102 West D Avenue, Suite 168, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6807, or contact by phone 904-882-3059, fax 904-882-2065. Please provide responses to Mr. Paul Johnson, 300 Hwy 361, Bldg 64, Code 1164EE, NAVSURFWARCENDIV, Crane, In 47522-5001. Technical Point-of-contact is DeWitt Willis, Code 6043, at voice 812-854-6438, and fax 812-854-1332. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS: Stacking: Universal (implies flat external profiles) Fixed width/Multiple heights and depths No interlocking devices Circumferential tie down mechanisms Column Strength of Case Shells: Values fixed through shell construction options Banded values by incrementing material thicknesses and stiffening options Determined by weight support capacity, system specifications, and hold down mechanism loads Lateral Strength (pass Munson road tests and railcar hump test while secured in sheltered positions) Weight: Lightweight construction Ruggedness: Meet all requirements to provide necessary tailored protection to enclosed equipment Note: Protection within limits provided by mounting options. Life Expectancy: Eight years exposed; Fifteen years with intermittent extreme exposure. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Style: Universal Horizontal Orientation: Double-ended Vertical Orientation: Bottom end as base, Top end as lid Profile: Flat all sides and ends with recesses for flush-mounting hardware. Entry: Front & Rear for horizontal orientation, Top & inverted for vertical orientations. Shell construction (note: dissimilar shell and end piece construction permissible) Material: Vendor choice for application Fabrication Method Vendor choice -- double-wall permitted Material Thickness: As required to meet strength requirements and envelope limits Recesses: For hardware, stiffening beads, holdown strap channels, etc. External Texture: Non slip flat mating faces for universal stacking Slick corner surfaces for tilt/sliding during manual handling Cleanable with high pressure water jet Reinforcements:As required to reduce eliminate excess stresses Joints: Permanent and continuous or evenly spaced Inside corner radii that permit hard mounting EIA 19-inch racks to shell walls. Shell Resiliency: Return to original form immediately after testing and/or removal of loads. Shell Sizes: Accommodate 4U, 6U, 10U, 17U, and 24U EIA 19-inch shock mounted frames. Multiple EIA 19-inch frames in larger capacity shells. Fixed internal case width (23.5 inches), Center section lengths of 24, 30 and 36 inches. One Unique: 23.5 x 28.5 inside dimension, Long side horizontal: for 10U+1.5" EIA 24-inch rack Long side vertical: for 13U+1.25" EIA 19-inch rack, Maximum external width of 24.5 inches Lids & End Caps: Two standard depths: Shallow and Deep Securing/latching devices accessible from front face only. Flush front plane (permits end to be the base surface) Hinged (removable) and All-catch (from face plane only) Finish: Color: Uniform or military colors and/or camoflauge patterns, Permanent Nonrefective(flat to semigloss when permissible) Hardware: Corrosion Resistant, Flush exterior mounting, COTS, Permanent non-reflective finishes Lifting/Tiedown Devices: Spanning tie bars with movable attach points secured to shelter floor, ceiling, and walls. Common adjustable sheltered/unshelter tiedown and positioning straps and hardware. Common mounting bases that circumscribe the shelter wheel well. Tool selectable orientation of lifting handles. Self retracting hardware to flush position Minimum of three capacities: One-man (to 65#), two-man (to 130#), and four-man (to 260#) arrangements Forklift requirements (securable to forks or pallet with universal system holdown mechanisms) Markings: Vendor format with procurer approval (stenciling, legend plates, labels, etc) Orientation (as required by procurer), Gross Weight (of case shell) Vendor ID (of case shell), Permanent for unchangeable parameters Replaceable for changeable parameters Shock/Vibration Mounts: EIA 19-inch Frame with Elastomeric mounts Rectangular frame with beveled corners (for shock mount bolt holes) End frame screw hole patterns for EIA 19-inch mounting format. Same frame/shell clearance on all four sides (2.125 inches) when shock mounted. Hard mount to shell walls in any corner when nonshock-mounted rack required. Eight to Sixteen (maximum four per corner) elastomer mounts. Spring rates: 50, 90, 135, 175, 200-700 (in 50 increments) pound/inch. Liner/Filler Cushioning Materials Selectable spring rates Non rotting/Non-degrading Ample outgassing period prior to installation ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS: (test methods, documentation, and certification by vendor) Altitude: Storage: 15000' for 1 hour Operation: 15000' to 0' in eight minutes Decompression: 40000' to SL in 15 seconds Ingress Guard: Solid matter: prevention of dust ingress Water: against complete and continual submersion Chemical Resistance: Identify common suspect chemicals Nonflammable: preferred, nonsupporting, self-extinguishing Fungus: nonsupporting anddamage tolerant Humidity: Very low absorption, dimensional stability, maintain mechanical properties Water vapor transmission: less than .05 grams per 100 sq in per 24 hours at 100 degree F Drop: freefall from four feet on each corner, edge, and side while loaded at maximum rated capacity Lifting/Tie Down (pullout strengths): suspendable by one handle and/or lifting provision Leak (immersion): none at 1 meter total submersion Water jet: no breach for .5 mm driven at 40 mph and drip from 50' height Salt fog: no corrosion or physical degradation of moving and mating parts Sand/Dust: particle material, size, and velocity similar to Mil-Std-810 Solar Radiation: 1120W/sq meter for 20 hour Crushing Strength: Four static weight supporting ranges (100-200, 200-300, 300-400, & 400-500 lbs), Plus tiedown induced loads, Plus transportation induced acceleration loads, Impact/Concentrated Load: IAW DOT 49CFR 178.350, Development of a universal steel ball impact test Temperature:Storage: high=160F, low=-80, Operation: high=160F, low=-80F, Shock: -60F to 160F Vibration: Transport: loose cargo, ground mobile, large assembly transport Random: worst case, Gaussian energy distribution, Source dwell excitation, Sinusoidal resonance Shock: Drop: 4' height, on long & short edge, corner, long & short & end faces Transport: Rail impact and pyrotechnic Electromagnetic Shielding: optional or inherent shielding ACCESSORIES: (list not all enclusive)Universal base/table with restraining and positioning mechanisms, Humidity Indicator, External Mounting Provisions (casters, legs, stacking), Breather/Purge/Fill valve, Security Latches/Locks Rack Slides: 85# capacity with universal mounting hole pattern (sides, top, and bottom) Partitions: fixed wall-to-wall between EIA 19-inch racks on shell size 17U and up. Drawers: Rack and wall-to-wall slide mountable. Trays: Rack and wall-to-wall mountable, front hinge mount. Plates: Bezel for 19-inch EIA racks Hangers: Lids, cables, document holders. Storage Pouch, Shelves: Fixed and sliding in EIA 19-inch rack or shell wall-to-wall. Bonding, electrical, Cable management, Document holder, Gaskets and seals, EIA 19-inch rack compatibles SUPPORT: CAD/CAM digital documentation in universally accepted and compatible format Quality Assurance documentation in two most popular word processor formats. Military/Industry/Society/Manufacturer Specification Documentation in popular formats. At this time the government is only seeking possible sources for future needs, if they arise. The information requested is product literature spec sheets, and other technical data that will indicate an ability to meet these requirements. Data should be submitted on or before 21 January 1998. All information should be marked with N00164-98-R-0034. (0357)

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