SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Survival Strobe/Flashlight Combinations
- Notice Date
- 12/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 335129
— Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, 366 CONS, 366 Gunfighter Ave Ste 498, Mountain Home AFB, ID, 83648-5296, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-AWB-RFI-07-0001
- Response Due
- 1/30/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/14/2007
- Description
- MULTI USE STROBE/FLASHLIGHT WITH INFARED CAPABILITIES REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION DRAWING PACKAGE AVAILABLE. This is a request for information only as defined in FAR 15.201(e). The government does not presently intend to award a contract, but wants to obtain information on commercially available Survival Strobe/flashlight combinations. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Air Warfare Battlelab (AWB), Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, is planning to conduct a study that will evaluate commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products that could be used as-is or slightly modified to solve this problem: Large sized Survival Strobe lights which have no flashlight capabilities and increase durability. The following attributes are our requirements of the capability: 1. No larger than 4.5 x 2.2 x 1.1 in and weigh 4.0 oz or less without batteries 2. Be constructed of High impact material 3. Have a Light Output of 250,000 or greater, peak lumens per flash 4. Have a flash rate: 50 ? 10 per minute with Light Dispersion consisting of White - omnidirectional, IR - omnidirectional, Blue-unidirectional, Red-omnidirectional 5. Have pivoting head for multiple angle use 6. Have operating life of 8 hours minimum-strobe; 2 hours minimum-incandescent 7. Visibility: Military tested at a distance of 6 miles (9.6km) on a clear dark night 8. Waterproof: Factory tested to 10 meters (33 ft) 9. Run off 2 AA alkaline or lithium batteries (not included) 10. Be one of the following colors black, olive drab, or sand color 11. Eyelet for lanyard capabilities The AWB is seeking the following specific information from industry representatives: 1. The manufacturers suggested retail price for both individual item and large quantity discounts 2. Item specifications 3. Must be Commercial off the shelf item 4. Possible use of demo equipment, at no cost to Air Force 5. The name of distributors who could sell to the Government. 6. The degree to which the product can meet or exceed the above desirable and beneficial attributes of the USAF 7. Information on demonstrations/test that have been done on strobe light Requested information must be submitted NO LATER THAN 30 Jan 2007 to Major Cathy Blacklock, Air Warfare Battlelab, 360 Gunfighter Ave, Suite 1, Mountain Home AFB, ID 83648 or Email cathy.blacklock@mountainhome.af.mil. Major Blacklock can be reached at (208) 828-3542. A formal solicitation MAY NOT BE ISSUED as a result of this RFI. Information provided may or may not be included in a formal solicitation. The USAF will not release any information -- marked with a Proprietary legend -- received in response to this RFI to any firms, agencies, or individuals outside the USAF without written permission in accordance with the legend.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Mountain Home AFB, ID
- Zip Code: 83648
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 83648
- Record
- SN01195696-W 20061215/061213220455 (fbodaily.com)
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