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

66 -- RECONFIGURABLE CAB FOR RIDE MOTION SIMULATOR SOL DAAE07-00-R-L526 DUE 062900 POC Carolyn Kaczmarek (810) 574-6017 WEB: installation support web site http://contracting.tacom.army.mil, http://contracting.tacom.army.mil. E-MAIL: contracting officer kozinskir@tacom.army.mil, kaczmarc@tacom.army.mil. NOTE; THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT INCLUDED IN FAR SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSITITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION;PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED NO WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE. THE SOLICIATION DOCUMENT AND INCORPORATED PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES ARE THOSE IN EFFECT THROUGH FEDERAL ACQUISITION CIRCULAR 90-46, DATED 17 MAR 1997. FAR 52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR, FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTION FOR OFFERORS COMMERCIAL ITEMS, FAR 52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, FAR 225-11 RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES, 252.225-7001, APPLY. The U.S. Army TACOM seeks to purchase a reconfigurable cab for the Ride Motion Simulator (RMS). The RMS is a hexapod simulator that simulates and recreates the ride of vehicles and bump courses. The reconfigurable cab shall have the same mounting provisions as the existing cab for the RMS platform. The Contractor shall include finite element analysis (FEA) for structural durability of the cab in their design. The cab shall be able to withstand the following RMS performance specifications: a controlled acceleration of (plus/minus) 5.0 g in the vertical direction, (plus/minus) 2.0 g in the lateral direction, (plus/minus) 2.0 g in the longitudinal direction, (plus/minus) 150 rad/sec2 for the pitch motion, 120 rad/sec2 for the roll motion, and (plus/minus) 60 rad/sec2 for the yaw motion. The cab shall not weigh more than 1000 pounds itself and be able to withstand weight of up to 800 pounds mounted in the cab. The cab must accommodate wheeled vehicles such as FMTV and HMMWV. The cab shall have room to simulate a driver compartment with such hardware as dashboard and windshield viewing area. The cab shall consist of a framework such that hardware can be mounted to them. Hardware consists of flat panel displays, joysticks, seats, control loaders, gas and brake pedals, steering wheel, transmission gear box, etc. The cab shall accommodate a display system with projectors (GFE) and be designed to accommodate this structure. The cab must support the display systems weight and mount the display system in such a manner that the motion envelope of the RMS with the cab and display system shall be confined within the RMS pit and not encroach into the walls or safety rails. Engineering drawings of the display system shall be GFE. The cab shall contain a central control point for all wiring in order for easy accessibility and flexibility in wiring up the electronic controls on the cab. The cab design shall not interfere with the access platform design. If so, Contractor must modify the access platform to make around the shape of the cab. The cab shall be partially enclosed so the occupant's view of the lab is hidden. The cab shall be designed with a Safety Factor of 2.0. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ON THE TACOM-WARREN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES HOME PAGE UNDER THE HEADING OF INSTALLATION SUPPORT. E-MAIL kaczmarc@tacom.army.milFAX (81) 5740-7788 numbered note 22 applies Posted 06/12/00 (W-SN463691). (0164)

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