CECOM Acquisition Center Southwest Operations Office, Attn: AMSEL-AC-CC-E-CB, Building 61801, Room 3210, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613-6000

59 -- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS DUE 081399 POC Contract Specialist, Gay Moss, 520 538-7453!! E-MAIL: mossg@emh1.hqisec.army.mil, mossg@emh1.hqisec.army.mil. MARKET SURVEY/SOURCES SOUGHT. This is a Market Survey/Sources Sought Announcement seeking to identify potential suppliers either Open Market or GSA. The CECOM Acquisition Center, Southwest Operations Office is seeking sources for Low Voltage Air Breakers to be use in Foreign Countries. The products must be 220 volts and meet the Buy America Act. LOW VOLTAGE AIR BREAKERS; 1) UL or IEC or VDE standard breakers; 2) Three poles; 3) Insulation voltage 1000 volts; 4) Impulse voltage 8Kvolts; 5) Nominal voltage 660 volts; 6) Nominal voltage 400 volts between phases; 7) Frequency 50 Hz.; 8) Nominal current 2000 Amps at 40'c; 9) Short-circuit 60Kamps in 400 volts 50 Hz.; 10) Short-circuit making current 130 Kamps in 400 volts 50 Hz.; 11) RMS short time withstand current 1 sec. 55 Kamps in 400 volts 50 Hz.; 12) 10000 mechanical operations, 5000 electrical operations at 400 volts and 1500 operations between maintenances; 13) Humidity of up to 95% at 45'c; 14) 4 auxiliary contacts; 15) One early contact (closing before the pole contacts); 16) Withdrawable, mounted in cradle with slides; 17) Three cradle positions CONNECTED, TEST, DISCONNECTED; 18) No automatic tripping when drawn out of the cradle; 19) Vertical upright fastening and horizontal fastening; 20) Connection of auxiliary circuits will be with disconnectable clips; 21) In test position, will function without affecting the inputs and outputs of breaker; 22) Handles to allow manual arming of the breakers; 23) Flags to show their current operation connected or disconnected; 24) Mechanical interlock in their back; 25) Electrical interlock between every two breakers; 26) Trip coils for 220 volts; 27) Proper connections for remote control from a controller in the communication protocol RS23; 28) Option that will enable locking them in disconnected mode. All information should be sent to the CECOM Acquisition Center, Southwest Operations Office CAC-S, Attn: AMSEL-AC-CC-E-CC-B (Gay R. Moss), Greely Hall, Building 61801, Fort Huachuca, Arizona 85613-5000.***** Posted 07/10/99 (W-SN352626). (0191)

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