Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Research Development and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000

H -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR CONFORMANCE INSPECTION SERVICES POC Vicki Sullivan, Contract Specialist, (256)842-7506; Karin Zippmann, Contract Specialist, (256)842-7149; Richard Williams, Contracting Officer, (256)876-5207 This is a Sources Sought Notice. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) anticipates a requirement for Conformance Inspections of designated aircraft parts for all Army aircraft systems (rotary and fixed-wing) and similar aircraft equipment for other Government agencies and services. Conformance Inspections are to be performed on production samples of flight safety parts to determine compliance to the Spares Technical Data Packages (TDPs) from which the parts were manufactured. Typical inspection requirements include dimensional, material, processes/finishes/coatings, and other inspections. Metallurgical evaluations shall be performed when necessary. A report documenting all activities and results shall be required. Conformance Inspections shall be performed on approximately 240 parts per year. The Government shall provide only the inspection parts as Government Furnished Property (GFP), and the required Government Furnished Data (GFD) (i.e. TDPs). The Contractor is required to provide all resources (i.e. facilities, equipment, support/manpower, etc.) necessary to perform inspections, tests, and analyses of components on rotary/fixed wing aircraft systems. The Contractor shall use industry standard measurement equipment and instrumentation to perform the required conformance inspections. Metallurgical analyses shall be performed using state-of-the-art equipment capable of measuring characteristics/composition of the selected test specimens. This requirement shall be formally synopsized prior to release of Request for Proposals. Any qualified source capable of satisfying the above requirement that wishes to participate in this procurement is requested to notify AMCOM by sending a letter of interest to the following address: Commander U.S.Army Aviation and Missile Command Research Development and Engineering Center/Bldg. 5400 (Rm B145) ATTN: AMSAM-AC-RD-AX/Vicki Sullivan Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280 Point of contact: Vicki Sullivan, Contract Specialist, 256/842-7506, Karin Zippmann, Contract Specialist, 256/842-7149, and Richard Williams, Contracting Officer, 256/876-5207. Cut-off date for responses to this sources sought synopsis is 13 July 1998. Posted 06/24/98 (0175)

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