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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 24,2000 PSA#2543Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, 6703 W. Highway 98, Panama
City, FL 32407-7001 42 -- FLYAWAY RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER SOL N61331-00-Q-1810 DUE 031500
POC Contract Specialist, Jesse Johnson, (850) 234-4539; Contracting
Officer, Carol Dreger, (850) 234-4863 WEB:
www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil.
E-MAIL: Johnson_Jesse@ncsc.navy.mil, Johnson_Jesse@ncsc.navy.mil. The
COASTSYSTA intends to issue a sole-source purchase order to VMW
Industries for the procurement of a FlyAway Recompression Chamber
(FARCC). The FARCC will be integrated into the Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Mobile Support Facility (EOD MSF). The EOD MSF is designed to
provide recompression chamber therapy for pressure related diving
injuries and consists of a Flyaway Recompression Chamber van, a Life
Support Skid (LSS) and ancillary equipment. The purpose of this
acquisition is to procure the VMW Recompression Chamber which will be
integrated with other system components by the COASTSYSTA to fabricate
the EOD MSF. This acquisition is unsuitable for full and open
competition for the following reasons: a. All of the EOD MSF systems
must successfully complete a rigorous test series including hot and
cold temperature exposure tests, per MIL-STD-810E, shock load tests per
MIL-STD-1791 and shipboard vibration tests per MIL-STD-167. Use of any
other recompression chamber would necessitate extensive,
time-consuming, and costly recertification for the shock, vibration,
and thermal test requirements. It is estimated that requalifying the
EOD MSF would cost approximately $300,000 and would take an additional
three months to complete thus significantly delaying delivery of the
MSF to the fleet. b. The physical size, weight and operating
characteristic of the system components are crucial to providing a U.
S. Navy certified system. Since the physical size, weight and
orientation of the EOD MSF components determine the system response to
shock loading and vibration, any changes in these characteristics from
the design already tested would require additional shock and vibration
testing prior to U. S. Navy certification of the modified EOD MSF
system. c. There is no guarantee that any replacement chamber will
successfully pass the required shock, vibration and temperature testing
necessary to certify the EOD MSF for U. S. Navy use. Posted 02/22/00
(W-SN427245). (0053) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0165 20000224\42-0001.SOL)
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