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67 -- 1-PL CAMERA SYSTEM SOL N00421-98-R-1118 DUE 051898 POC Contract Specialist:Mr. Greg Blew 301-342-1825,X209; Contracting Officer:Mr. John Tomechko 301-342-1825,X142 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail., BLEW_GREG%PAX9@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 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 Number N00421-98-R-1118 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The incorporated document and provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-12. The applicable SIC is 3861 and is set aside 100% for small business with less than 500 employees. The NAWCAD intends to procure fifty-four Photo Sonic 1-PL Camera Systems (Series 3000). The requirement consists of the specific equipment detailed below, as listed by Contract Line/Subline Item Number (CLIN/SUBCLIN): Note -- For each respective CLIN/SUBCLIN, a Photo Sonic Part Number (P/N) is listed, as well as minimumsalient characteristics. The salient characteristics describe the minimum equivalent (to the Photo Sonics P/N) required. The contractor shall meet the minimum salient characteristics in all cases. The list of contract line/subline items that shall be discretely priced in this solicitation is as follows: 0001AA, 0001AB, 0002, 0003, 0004, and 0005. CLIN 0001 under this solicitation is for Photo Sonic 1-PL Film Camera Series 3000. SUBCLIN 0001AA is to be priced for a quantity of twelve Photo Sonic 1-PL Cameras (AC) with P/N 70-1325-100. The contractor shall meet all of the minimum salient characteristics for SUBCLIN 0001AA as follows: (1) Frame Rate: Continuous variable frame rate from ten to five hundred fps. Accuracy +2% or +2% frames, whichever is greater. (2) Shutter: Variable shutter with openings from 7.5 degrees to 160 degrees. (3) Shutter Correlation Pulse: Required. (4) Shutter Phase Adjustment: Variable shutter phase shift from 0 degrees to 259 degrees. (5) Aperture Size with LED Head: .296" X .380" (USA PH 22.7 -- 1964). (6) Timing Lights: Two FLV-104 LEDs mark film 11 frames after reference frame. (7) Timing Pulse Generator: Pulse rates of 10, 100 and 1000/ second and driving one LED. (8) Motor (AC): 115VAC, +10V, 50-400 Hz, 5A surge & 3A continuous, polarity protected. (9) Mounting: Top, Bottom, and side mounting provisions; 3/8 -- 16, with 1/4 -20 insert for tripod. (10) Lens Mount: "C" lens mount (USA PH 22.76), Threaded so that the focusing and iris index always appear on the left side of the camera. (11) Heater (AC): 115 VAC, thermostatically controlled with automatic cut-off at camera start and magazine removal. (12) Safety Switch: Runout switch required to shut down camera when film runs out. (13) Film Capacity: 200, 400, and 1200 foot daylight loading magazine. (14) Weight: Not to exceed 6 lbs. (15) Dimensions: NTE 5.75"H x 5.5"W x 8.5"L. (16) Camera Dust Cover: Required. (17) Connectors: D3 8999/26WE-26Pin, required. SUBCLIN 0001AB is to be priced for a quantity of forty-two Photo Sonic 1-PL Cameras (DC) with P/N 70-1325-200. The contractor shall meet all of the minimum salient characteristics for SUBCLIN 0001AB as follows: (1) Frame Rate: Continuous variable frame rate from ten to five hundred fps. Accuracy +2% or +2% frames, whichever is greater. (2) Shutter Correlation Pulse: Required. (3) Shutter Phase Adjustment: Variable shutter phase shift from 0 degrees to 259 degrees. (4) Aperture Size with LED Head: .296" X .380" (USA PH 22.7 -- 1964). (5) Timing Lights: Two FLV-104 LEDs mark film 11 frames after reference frame. (6) Timing Pulse Generator: Pulse rates of 10, 100 and 1000/ second and driving one LED. (7) Motor (DC): 28VDC, +4V, 24A surge & 12A continuous, polarity protected. AC type camera shall include a DC converter for FDRS and AEC power. (8) Mounting: Top, Bottom, and side mounting provisions; 3/8 -- 16, with 1/4 -20 insert for tripod. (9) Lens Mount: "C" lens mount (USA PH 22.76), Threaded so that the focusing and iris index always appear on the left side of the camera. (10) Heater (DC): For DC Camera: 28VDC, 200 watts, thermostatically controlled with automatic cut-off at camera start and magazine removal. (11) Safety Switch: Runout switch required to shut down camera when film runs out. (12) Film Capacity: 200, 400, and 1200 foot daylight loading magazine. (13) Weight: Not to exceed 6 lbs. (14) Dimensions: NTE 5.75"H x 5.5"W x 8.5"L. (15) Camera Dust Cover: Required. (16) Connectors: D3 8999/26WE-26Pin, required. END CLIN 0001. CLIN 0002 under this solicitation is for fifty-four Photo Sonic Data Heads 7-Segment with P/N 70-1262. The contractor shall meet all of the minimum salient characteristics for CLIN 0002 as follows: LED matrix 7-segment, 10 digits (9 time, 1 code) END CLIN 0002. CLIN 0003 under this solicitation is for fifty-four Photo Sonic Variable Shutters with P/N 61-1136 BSC. The contractor shall meet all of the minimum salient characteristics for CLIN 0003 as follows: (1) Shutter: Variable shutter with openings from 7.5 degrees to 160 degrees. END CLIN 0003. CLIN 0004 under this solicitation is for fifty-four Photo Sonic Digital Flight Data Recording System Drivers with P/N 70-1555-100. The contractor shall meet all of the minimum salient characteristics for CLIN 0004 as follows: (1) Controls: Frame rate, Phase sift, Test switch, LED exposure control. All controls accessible from rear of camera. (2) Current: +11.5Vdc to 30.0Vdc, 15 watts maximum; 50mA standby, operating peak. (3) INPUT-IRIG: (3A) IRIG Input through camera connector. (3B) Format: IRIG B Standard serial time code (IRIG document 104-70). (3C) Signal Amplitude: 1 volt p-p to 16 volt p-p. (3D) Carrier Frequency: 1.000 Khz. (3F) Frequency Accuracy: +100 parts per million. (3G) Clock Accuracy (no IRIG input): +10 parts per million. (4) INPUT- EVENT: (4A) Format: Requires contact closure or open collector transistor drive to ground from a positive voltage pull up. (4B) Input Protection: Diode clamps to ground and +5.0 volts with 10K ohms series-limiting resistor. (4C) Timing: Signal must be ON morethan 10ms prior to the correlation pulse. (5) INPUT- CORRELATION: (5A) Format: Optocoupler requires open collector transistor drive to ground from a positive voltage pull-up. (5B) Minimum Pulse Width: 1Omsec. (5C) Timing: Initiates the digit scan. Film must be stable for at least 50msec from leading edge on signal. (5D) Maximum Frame Rate: 500 frames per second. (6) Outputs: Multiplexed driver, LED matrix 7-segment, 10 digits (9 time, 1 code). END CLIN 0004. CLIN 0005 under this solicitation is for fifty-four Photo Sonic Magazines (film 16mmX200 camera) with P/N 61-1000. The contractor shall meet all of the minimum salient characteristics for CLIN 0005 as follows: (1) Film Capacity: 200 foot daylight loading magazine. (2) Film Transport: Intermittent, two register pins and two pull down pins with film held captive in aperture gate at all times. (3) Film Specification: Use both .3000" pitch (USA PH 22.5 -- 1953) and .2994" pitch(USA PH 22.10 -- 1965), both 4 and 6 mil with no adjustments. (4) Dimensions: NTE 4"H x 1.5"W x 7"L. (5) Weight: NTE 5 pounds. END CLIN 0005. The contractor shall also meet all of the minimum environmental specifications for CLIN's 0001 through 0005 (including all SUBCLINS) in order to be eligible for award. The minimum environmental requirements are as follows: (1) Operating Temperature: -40 C (with heaters) Method 502.2, Procedure ll. +55 C Continuous, +71 C Intermittent, Method 501.2. (2) Storage Temperature: -55 C to +85 C, Method 501.2 and Method 502.2, Procedure I. (3) Temperature Shock: -57 C to +71 C, Method 503.2. (4) Altitude: To 50,000 ft, Method 500.2, Procedure ll. (5) Explosion: To 50,000 ft, Method 511.2, Procedure I. (6) Humidity: 95%, 10 days, Method 507.2, Procedure lll. (7) Salt Fog: 48 hours, 5% salt solution, Method 509.2, Procedure I. (8) Rain: MIL-STD-810E, Method 506, Procedure I. (9) Sand & Dust: MIL-STD-810E, Method 510.1. (10) Vibration: Random Functional 5.3 G rms, Method 514.3 Category 5, Procedure I. Endurance 15.0 G rms, Method 514.3, Category 5, Procedure I. Gunfire 4000 & 6000 rounds per minute, Method 519.3. (11) Acceleration: Operational 9 G, Method 513.3, Procedure I. Structural 13.5 G, Method 513.3, Procedure ll. (12) Shock: Operational 15 G, 11 ms sawtooth, Method 516.3, Procedure I. Crash safety 40 G, 11 ms sawtooth, Method 516.3, Procedure V. (13) Color: International Orange. The contractor shall deliver CLIN's 0001 through 0005 within 120 days after contract award to: Receiving Officer, Supply Department, Bldg. 665, 47179 Vaughn Road, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1463, M/F: Ray Fredericks (5.4.2.1). Inspection and Acceptance shall be made at destination. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (APR 1998) is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items (OCT 1997) does not apply to this acquisition. Instead, the following information will be used for evaluation of offerors: an award shall be made to that responsible offeror submitting a technically acceptable proposal and offering the lowest evaluated price. Price shall be the deciding factor among the technically acceptable proposals. To be technically acceptable, the offeror's technical proposal must be evaluated as technically acceptable for each of the requirements listed above. Technical acceptability will be determined solely on the content and merit of the information submitted in response to this provision. Therefore, it is incumbent on the offeror to provide sufficient technical literature, documentation, etc. in order for the Government to make an adequate technical assessment of the proposal. The price proposal shall be evaluated on the overall lowest price to the Government. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either part. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer(or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. Each offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (JAN 1997) with its proposal. Additionally, each offeror shall include in their proposal a completed copy of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) provision 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (NOV 1995). FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (APR 1998) is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Executive Orders Commercial Items (APR 1998) is incorporated by reference, however, for paragraph (b) only the following clauses apply to this acquisition. 52.212-5(b): 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I (JUL 1995), 52.219-8 Utilization of SmallBusiness Concerns and Small Disadvantage Business Concerns (JUN 1997), 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting (DEC 1996), 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (APR 1984), 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans (APR 1998), 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (APR 1984), 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (JAN 1998). DFARS clause 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (NOV 1995) is incorporated by reference, however, for paragraph (b) only the following clauses apply. 252.212-7001: 252.205-7000 Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders (DEC 1991), 252.219-7006 Notice of Evaluation Preference for Small Disadvantaged Business (JUN 1997), 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program (MAR 98), 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (SEP 1997), 252.225-7036 North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (MAR 1998), 252.227-7015 Technical Data Commercial Items (NOV 1995), 252.243-7002 Certification of Requests for Equitable Adjustment (MAR 1998), 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea (NOV 1995). CONTRACT DATA REQUIREMENTS LIST WARRANTY The contractor shall extend to the Government full coverage of any Standard Commercial Warranty normally offered to a similar commercial sale. Acceptance of the Warranty does not waive the Government's rights under the Inspection Clause, nor does it limit the Government's rights with regard to the other terms and conditions of this contract . In the event of a conflict, the terms and conditions of this contract shall take precedence over the warranty. The warranty period shall begin upon final acceptance of the applicable deliverable listed in the schedule. This is a DO rated order. For questions regarding this action, contact Greg Blew by: (1) phone-(301) 342-1825, X209, (2) fax-(301) 342-1864, or (3) e-mail-BLEW_GREG%PAX9@ MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. For copies of FAR provisions 52.212-3 or DFARS 252.212-7000, as required to be submitted with your proposal, please contact Greg Blew as described above. Otherwise, you may obtain information relating to any of the FAR/DFARS sites listed herein, via the Internet, at "http://www.govcon.com". Technical and price proposals are due to Greg Blew (Code 25521R) at Contracts no later than 2:30 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) on (or before) 18 May 1998. If mailing, your proposal should be addressed to Greg Blew at Bldg. 588, Suite 2, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, 47253 Whalen Road, Unit 588, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1463. Facsimile proposals will also be accepted if submitted on or before the required time, and when faxed to Greg Blew at (301) 342-1864. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by this agency.END. (0107)

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