Contracts Group, Bldg 588, Mail Stop 32, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304

19 -- MULTI-PLACE LIFE RAFTS (MPLR'S) -- SOURCES SOUGHT DUE 123098 POC POC Rachel Orosz, Contract Specialist, (301)342-1825, ext. 147, FAX (301)342-1864, Nancy Kuzmick, Contracting Officer, (301)342-1830, ext. 150 E-MAIL: OroszRA@navair.navy.mil, OroszRA@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Patuxent River, MD is seeking test samples and information from potential sources for improved Aviation Multi-Place Life Rafts (MPLR) for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Sizes are 8, 12, and 20 man rafts. This request is for SAMPLES and INFORMATION for the purpose of establishing a Qualified Products List (QPL). Production procurements will be the subject of a future competitive procurement by NAVICP-Philadelphia that will be based upon this QPL. Submitted rafts should be FAA TSO-C70a-certified, meet the requirements of the MPLR Performance Specification, be capable of stowage aboard naval aircraft, be capable of having a five year repack cycle with the repack being accomplished by a commercial source, utilize heat-seal technology, be reduced volume packed, have a zero-leak inflation system, and have a self-erecting canopy. Copies of the Performance Specification are available from Ms. Rachel Orosz, Code 2.5.4.2.2.3, Bldg 588, Suite 2, NAWCAD, 47253 Whalen Road Unit 588, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1463 at (301)342-1825 ext. 147 or by e-mail to OroszRA@navair.navy.mil. The raft assemblies shall consist of a carrying case with carrying handles and actuation device, an accessory container for U.S.N. survival items, and the raft. Companies responding to this request should submit three samples per raft size, a copy of the TSO certification, a copy of the raft folding procedures, and an estimated cost per raft in production quantities of both 500 and 1,000 to Ms. Rachel Orosz, NAWCAD Code 2.5.4.2.2.3 at the above address. Companies may submit for any or all of the above raft sizes. Responses should be submitted by 30 Dec 98 and reference this synopsis number on both the packages as well as on all enclosed documents. Interested companies should indicate whether or not they are a small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), or large business. Respondents must clarify if their firm can provide commercial or non-developmental items that could be modified to meet NAWCAD's needs. Please address all technical questions to either Mr. Charles O'Rourke, Code 4.6.3.2 at fax (301)342-9299 or e-mail orourkecr@navair.navy.mil or to Mr. Mark Mergard, Code 4.6.1.2, at fax (301)342-8493 or email mergard_mark%pax5a@mr.nawcad.navy.mil. Proprietary information MUST be marked as such, on a page-by-page basis. This announcement is NOT a Request For Proposal nor does the Government intend to pay for any information / items submitted in response to this synopsis. Two of the samples will be returned after testing while the data and one sample will be retained by NAWCAD. This synopsis does not commit the Government to award a contract. Posted 11/18/98 (W-SN272627). (0322)

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