ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, 7 FRANKFORD AVE, ANNISTON AL 36201-4199

J -- UPGRADE OF UNIT LOAD AND MINI LOAD STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL MACHINES SOL 057&&&-9904-0002 POC Procurement Analyst Fran Malinowski 256-235-4256 Contracting Officer Yvonne S. Land 256-235-7559 (Site Code DAAC01) E-MAIL: malinowski@anad.army.mil, malinowski@anad.army.mil. Anniston Army Depot is seeking sources for a company who can provide a turn-key programmable logic controller (PLC) based controls upgrade and positioning system upgrade to nine (9) Unit Load and Mini Load Storage and Retrieval Machines (S/RM) at Anniston Army Depot. The S/RMs were originally built and installed by HK Systems, Inc., formerly Eaton-Kenway. The requirement includes engineering, manufacturing, procurement of control hardware, software development, installation, on-site startup, training and integrating testing of the system. The vendor will be required to replace the existing encoder based positioning system on the Mini Loads, and the read head/bar code positioning system on the Unit Loads with SICK Optic Electronic model DME3000, or equivalent, laser positioning devices for the horizontal and vertical axes. The vendor will be required to replace the existing microprocessor of all nine Unit Load and Mini Load S/RMs with an Allen Bradley SLC-5/04, or equivalent, programmable logic controller. The vendor will be responsible for software development and procurement of all hardware necessary to provide control of each S/RM in each of three axes: Aisle (Horizontal Axis), Hoist (Vertical Axis), and Shuttle Axis. Interested companies are requested to furnish brochures, literature, documentation, published price list, if available, and references which cite past experience with modernization/upgrades/retrofits to similar automatic storage and retrieval systems not later than 15 days after synopsis appears in the CBD. If information is in an electronic format, forward to Fran Malinowski, malinowski@anad.army.mil. Information may also be faxed to 256-235-4618. Posted 04/30/99 (A-SN326349). (0120)

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