U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DE), Warren, MI 48397-5000

43 -- ADVANCED AVIATION FORWARD AREA REFUELING DUE 070299 POC Rebecca Li (810) 574-4151 WEB: Click here to view the Purchase Descriptions and Questionnaire, http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/ssn/sources.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the POC, Lireb@tacom.army.mil. The Petroleum & Water Business Area of the US Army TACOM-TARDEC in Warren, MI is requesting expressions of interest from industries and organizations that are able to develop or produce Advanced Aviation Forward Refueling System (AAFARS. The AAFARS is a four-point refueling system that provides filtered fuel at a rate of 55 gallons per minute (gpm) to each of four nozzles simultaneously. The system shall contain hoses, couplings and nozzles in sufficient quantity to provide for four refueling points at a 100 feet separation between nozzles. The AAFARS shall be manually carried from the transport aircraft to the selected refueling site. The refueling operations shall take place in all environmental conditions possible to operate rotary wing aircraft including total darkness. The AAFARS shall be deployed on a terrain in which it is possible to land rotary wing aircraft. The AAFARS is designed to fulfill the urgent requirements for forward "hot" refueling point operation. Detail descriptions on each component can be found in the purchase description provided at http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/ssn/sources.htm, titled "Hoseline Outfit PD". Interested parties are invited to respond to this Sources Sought Announcement by filling out a questionnaire posted at: http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen/ssn/sources.htm. Please answer the questionnaire as thoroughly as possible. This will give us a better idea of your products and innovative ideas. In addition, provide any general drawings, diagrams, or brochures that would assist in describing your products or ideas. Materials shall be mailed to US Army TACOM, AMSTA-TR-D/210 (Rebecca Li), Warren, MI 48397-5000. Please contact Rebecca Li for assistance in getting a questionnaire or the purchase description if it is not possible to read this document, or if you have any questions. This is an important opportunity for you to influence the solicitation provisions and contract clauses, our budget requests, and the full range of other elements supporting the acquisition strategy for this program. Ultimately we may award a contract for approximately 75 units. The U.S. Army will retain all information and documentation provided. The effort you expend and information you submit in response to this request shall be provided at no cost to the Government. Any information submitted under this effort will become property of the U.S. Government. Posted 06/03/99 (W-SN338497). (0154)

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