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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 15,1998 PSA#2096

US Army Armament And Chemical Acquisition And Logistics Activity (ACALA) Attn: AMSTA-AC-PCC Rock Island, IL 61299-7630

69 -- HEAVY LIFTERS, FT. RILEY SOL DAAE2098R0135/0001 DUE 052998 POC Babette Murphy, (309)782-3827 WEB: Technical Data Packages 9353787 and 9341190, http://www-acala1.ria.army.mil/ACALA/AAIS/TDP/TDP_POST.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contract Specialist, bmurphy1@ria-emh2.army.mil. This notice constitutes amendment 0001 to Solicitation DAAE20-98-R-0135, issued 1 May 98. The purpose of this amendment is to include the following changes to the terms of the solicitation and each offeror shall take these into account when preparing their proposal. To futher define the 2 year warranty requirement. The Army shall require the following to be included in the warranty coverage as a minimum: The contractor shall provide a commercial warranty for a period of 2 years from the time of installation and acceptance by the Government. The warranty, at a minimum, shall include a provisions to repair or replace any items that are determined by the US Government to be defective in workmanship and material, inferior design or construction or incorrect installation. This will not include any parts or items that fail through normal use due to wear and tear. This coverage shall be applicable to but not limited to any and all parts, assemblies, subassemblies and or defective items. Ft. Riley range personnel will perform preliminary diagnostics or identification of the system failure. If the failure cause cannot be identified by the range personnel through telephone contact(s) with the contractor, the contractor will be required, when requested by the Government, to send the appropriate personnel to the site to assist in the determination and resolution of the problem. Additionally, during the warranty period, the contractor shall be responsible for all shipping (including pickup and delivery) of warranted items returned to the contractor for repair or replacement. For repairable items, the contractor shall have a maximum of 21 calendar days, to have the damaged item repaired (or a replacement unit) returned to Ft. Riley ready to be installed on the range, after notification from the Government that repair is required. For replacement items the contractor will have a maximum of 5 days from when a failed component is confirmed to need replacement, to have a replacement item at Ft. Riley ready to be installed on the range. Although the heavy lifters are required to have the equivalent physical capability of a heavy lifter that could lift and support a standard military 350 lb., T-72 flank target in a minimum wind of 35 MPH, in ten seconds or less, they require only the hardware and arms that will be needed to attach a standard military frontal target The interconnecting box (ICB) located within each pit has 240 volts AC within the box, with approximately 11.00 ampere capacity. The current configuration of the ICB results in an output power between 24-38Vdc. For the MPRC Range, when standing behind the pit, looking in the direction of the range tower, the ICBs and the Target Interface Units (TIU) are located in the left corner of the concrete slab closest to the head wall, with the TIU located on the top of the ICB. For Range 18, when standing behind the pit looking in the direction of the range tower, the TIU is located in the left corner of the concrete slab closest to the head wall and the ICB is mounted on the head wall at approximately the center point from each side of the pit. There will be no more than a distance of four feet between the head wall and the edge of the concrete slab. The equipment is required to be shipped to Ft Riley within 60 days after award. The successful offeror will be given a three weeks notice as to the actual installation window when it is determined. A quantity of 9 shall be installed on Range 18 and a quantity of 51 shall be installed on the MPRC Range. Installation shall be completed within 15 days from the start of installation. It is the Government's position to rigidly adhere to the contract delivery schedules contained within this solicitation and not allow any deviations or relaxations to that schedule. For informational purposes, Signal and Electrical interface requirements can be found in Technical Data Packages 9353787 and 9341190 which can be view at Internet cite : http://www-acala1.ria.army.mil/ACALA/AAIS/TDP/TDP_POST.htm. Due to the large size of these Technical Data Packages it may be advisable to view only and not attempt to download. Closing date for receipt of Proposals is extended to 3:45 p.m. CT 29 May 98. (0133)

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