99 -- MODELING & SIMULATION

Notice Date

December 8, 2000

Contracting Office

311th HSW/YAK, 8107 13th St, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5218

ZIP Code

78235-5218

Solicitation Number

F41624-01-R-1002

Point of Contact

Michael Forbis 210-536-6390; Germaine Miller 210-536-2068

E-Mail Address

Send e-mail to the POCs (michael.forbis@brooks.af.mil or germaine.miller@brooks.af.mil)

Description

Fixed Aircrew Seat Standardization (FASS) team at 311th Human Systems Program Office (SPO), Brooks AFB, TX is currently seeking Industry's input to determine which vendors have the capability to model a fixed aircrew seat and simulate a 16G airplane crash. This Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) is being pursued concurrently with the FASS SSS. The FASS SSS is to find interested manufacturers in creating a standardized fixed seat across multiple USAF cargo aircraft platforms. The potential FASS seat designers will have to do upfront design drawing work. The relationship between the two efforts is that those drawings will then be utilized as input data for the modeling and simulation effort. A Request For Proposal (RFP) has not been released for either effort. Any vendor who wishes to submit a proposal on this modeling and simulation SSS cannot aid or team with any seat manufacturers who are planning to submit a proposal on future FASS efforts. The reason for this is that the simulated crash results may be used in the down select criteria of the potential prototype FASS contract. The aircraft to be included in the simulation are the C-5, C-135, C-130, C-141, E-3 and KC-10. The simulation load testing should mimic dynamic tests, should result in data on occupant kinematics, seat dynamics, structural failure wherever possible, and adhere to SAE AS 8049 Figure 6 using a 250-LB occupant. This announcement is not a formal solicitation and is not a request for proposal. Your responses should focus upon: the experience and capabilities of your firm to perform the task outlined above, the type of raw data you need to do an adequate simulation, the confidence factor of the simulation, the cost of running X simulations and the time frame to complete X simulations. (As a guide X=176) All responses should be sent by e-mail to michael.forbis@brooks.af.mil and please cc germaine.miller@brooks.af.mil. Points of contacts are Michael Forbis, Contracting Officer and Germaine Miller, Contract Specialist, 311 HSW/YACN, 7909 Lindbergh Dr., Brooks AFB, TX 78235, (210) 536-6390, (210) 536-2068. A FASS Industry Day will be held on December 12th to discuss other issues. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001212/99SOL005.HTM (W-343 SN5084L4)