DOI, Office of Aircraft Services, PO Box 15428, Boise, ID 83715-5428

15 -- AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS -- POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT SOL 8099-17 DUE 041599 POC Dale H. Gaston, Contracting Officer; Phone 208-387-5819; Fax 208-387-5780 E-MAIL: New aircraft Sources, Dale_Gaston@oas.gov. The Office of Aircraft Services (OAS) is the US Government organization assigned to oversee the operation of aircraft used in the support of assignments for the Department of the Interior (DOI). OAS is developing a fleet modernization and replacement plan to provide replacement airplanes for part of the DOI Bureaus existing fleet. This fleet consists of a mix of Cessna 182, 206 Partenavia and Dehavilland aircraft used in an aerial survey and mission support roles. OAS wishes to contact companies interested in providing new airplanes certificated to US civil aircraft standards. The desired aircraft will have a mix of characteristics not known to exist in current production airplanes. OAS is seeking an airplane with low direct operting costs that has conventional construction, amphibious and wheel / ski landing gear configurations, extraordinary outward visibility, large payload, uses turbine fuel, and has an endurance of more than six hours. Flight parameters include a wide range of survey airspeeds accompanied by a high cruise speed. Areas of opertion vary from the arctic North Slope through the desert to tropical environments. Both VFR and IFR flight is anticipated. Flight controls need to be simple and conventional. The use of onboard-computerized survey systems may preclude instrumentation and control systems that are EMP intolerant. The target airplane must be able to be maintained by personnel in remote locations without resorting to extensive retraining and adding additional equipment ot that normally found in general aviation locations. Offerors possessing the capability to provide this type of aircraft are invited to submit a summary of their capabilities and descriptive literature addressing the above characteristics. Please include your relevant background and experience, names and telephone numbers of contracting office and technical office points of contact. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government to issue a request for proposal or award a contract as a result of this request!! Posted 02/22/99 (W-SN300847). (0053)

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