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16 -- GENERATOR CONTROL UNITS FOR THE H-46 HELICOPTER DUE 120999 POC Robin Swindell (301) 757-9743 WEB: upcoming procurements, http://www.navair.navy.mil. E-MAIL: click here to contact Contract Specialist, swindellrr@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command is hereby seeking source and availability information from qualified business firms capable to design, manufacture, and replace a H-46 Main Generator Supervisory Panel with one (1) Main Generator Control Unit. This Main Generator Control Unit provides feeder fault, AC voltage regulation, under frequency, over voltage, and under voltage. The unit is prone to nuisance tripping, power delays, and premature circuit failures. Also, the difficulty and expense to repair is significant due to obsolete design, insulated standoffs, and hard epoxy conformal coating on circuit cards. Firms must also demonstrate capabilities to design, manufacture and replace three (3) H-46 Auxiliary Power Plant Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Generator Control Units (GCU) with one (1) APU GCU. The replacement APU GCU must fit in the same location as the old units on the H-46 helicopter, therefore, the size cannot exceed 8 inches wide, 15 inches high, 3 inches deep. The existing APU generator controls are: Voltage regulator -- this regulates the A/C voltage. Supervisory panel -- provides generator control functions, over voltage, under voltage, and under frequency protection. Transfer unit -- this transfers the functions to the control unit to monitor and control the power from an external power source. There are numerous failures on these units due to "internal failure" which equates to low mean time hours between failures. These new units must be a fit, and function replacement for the existing units and increased reliability, maintainability and more economical to repair. The purpose of this synopsis is to identify potential sources that meet the Government needs for these H-46 main and APU GCU replacements. Upon preliminary review, the following procurement approach is hereby being considered: solicitation and base award of a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) with Fixed Price Incentive (FPI) options. The (CPFF) base award will include the development of prototypes and the FPI options will be the production units. This contract is estimated to be a five-year effort (base award with four options). The firm must be capable of: a) design and manufacture, test and deliver 6 prototypes within 12 months after effective date of contract award; and, b) production of 415 Main Generator Control Units and 210 APU Generator Control Units. Interested parties are invited to submit their technical capabilities. ALL PARTIES MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THIS REQUEST IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), NOR IS IT AN INVITATION FOR BID (IFB). IT IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE U. S. GOVERNMENT TO ULTIMATELY ISSUE A SOLITATION OR A CONTRACT. PLEASE NOTE, IF AN ACQUISITION IS WARRANTED, A DECISION AS TO WHETHER IT WILL BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE. THEREFORE, THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE METHOD OF PROCURING SERVICES BASED UPON OUR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF INFORMATION RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THIS INQUIRY. Interested parties may submit their capabilities to the attention of Robin Swindell via facsimile at (301) 342-1847 or (301) 342-1864, email at swindellrr@navair.navy.mil or Naval Air Systems Command, AIR 254332, Building 588, Suite 2, 47253 Whalen Road, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1463. Responses to this announcement must be submitted no later than 09 December 1999. At the discretion of the Government, respondents having products of interest shall be contacted. Note, this synopsis is available at the NAVAIR web site. The address is www.navair.navy.mil. The instructions are as follows: 1) Click on "Business". 2) Scroll down; click on "Doing Business with Us". 3) Scroll down; click on "Upcoming Procurements". Posted 12/03/99 (W-SN405544). (0337)

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