49 -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR MAINTENANCE & REPAIR SHOP EQUIPMENT

Notice Date

December 26, 2000

Contracting Office

US Army Tank -- Automotive and Armaments Command -- Rock Island( TACOM-RI) Attn: AMSTA-CM-CR, Rock Island , IL 61299-7630

ZIP Code

61299-7630

Solicitation Number

DAAE20-01-T-0051

Response Due

January 4, 2001

Point of Contact

Contract Specialist: Sylvia Gauthier (309) 782-7290, PCO: Howard Lewis (309) 782-3506

Description

The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command of the US Army is seeking sources for production of Hose Assembly Outfit and Hose Assembler. Each hose assembly outfit shall be new, and consist of equipment of current design. All parts of the hose assembling machine and hose cutoff machine subject to breakage or distortion shall be accessible for adjustment, repair, and replacement. The outfit shall be utilized to affix industry reusable field attachable fittings in sizes inch through 1-1/2 inches to the hoses specified. Hose assembling machine. A hose to fitting assembling machine shall be furnished to facilitate the attachment of hose fittings specified. The machine shall be the bench mounted type capable of being fastened to the bench. The output torque at stall shall be at least 8,000 in-lbs. It shall operate from 115 volts, 60 hertz, single phase power source. The machine shall consist of a rotating chuck capable of gripping the hexagonal driving portion of a standard screw-together reusable nipple or coupling socket and a sliding self-aligning vise capable of gripping the hose or socket. The chuck shall be capable of rotating at a speed of at least 30-rpm. The machine shall be designed so that the hose fitting is visible while being attached to the hose. The machine rotation shall be reversible by a directional switch with a plate plainly showing whether the socket will be screwed "on" or "off" or the nipple screwed "in" or "out". A guard shall be provided to protect the operator from the moving parts. The guard shall be interlocked with the directional switch so that the guard cannot be moved from its guarding position unless the selector switch is in the "off" position. The interlock shall not allow switching from the "off" position until the moveable guard has been returned to the guarding position. The main axis of the machine shall be horizontal and the area required for accommodating the machine shall not exceed 3 feet square, exclusive of the area required in front of the machine for the operator and the hose or hose assembly being assembled or disassembled. Please be advised that this is not a request for the submission of offers or proposals and that no contract will be made nor implied as a result of this notice. Interested parties mus provide information describing the company's source or ability to obtain the steel material mentioned above to include importing from a foreign sources. If practical, written responses to this notice may be submitted to: Sylvia Gauthier, AMSTA-LC-CTC, Rock Island, Illinois 61299-7630. E-mail: gauthiers@ria.army.mil, fax: (309) 782-6701.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001228/49SOL001.HTM (W-361 SN5096M8)