SOURCES SOUGHT
54 -- Landing Craft Air-Cushion (LCAC) Personnel Transport Module (PTM)
- Notice Date
- 1/19/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NSWC Panama City, Code XPS2, 110 Vernon Ave., Panama City, FL
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N6133107QPS01
- Response Due
- 3/7/2007
- Archive Date
- 4/30/2007
- Description
- The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City (NSWC-PC), Florida is seeking sources for manufacture of Personnel Transport Modules (PTMs) for testing and evaluation on the Landing Craft Air-Cushion (LCAC). The application is for use on US Navy hovercraft. The PTM is used by the Navy to deliver combat ready Marines from ship to shore aboard LCAC?s (Navy hovercraft). The PTM is a modularized and multi-configurable hard structure designed to secure to the open cargo deck of LCAC in order to protect its occupants from the elements inherent in a hovercraft environment, including wind, noise, sea spray, blowing sand, dirt, debris, and hot exhaust gases. The PTM is designed as a deployable pack-up kit, and stows aboard amphibious shipping in one 8 ft x 20 ft ISO container. The assembled structure provides seating with lap belts, lighting, a forced ventilation system, and is capable of accepting litters for Medevac operations. The structure consists primarily of lightweight panels incorporating sealing and attachment means at the edges, and all PTM parts are lightweight and portable to allow transport and assembly on the LCAC deck by hand only, without need of crane or forklift. Seven production PTM units were delivered to the f leet in 1997, and have been used and deployed continuously in various operations ever since. The Navy seeks full-up deployable PTM prototypes of alternate designs for testing and evaluation, in order to help determine design performance requirements for a future production procurement of PTM units in order to replace the aging PTMs of the current design. The designs should offer a substantial improvement over the current PTM design, especially in the areas of assembly, sealing, corrosion-resistance and durability, noise attenuation, and ventilation. Only prototype designs that have actually been fabricated and tested on LCAC or similar hovercraft/ air cushion vehicles will be considered. This announcement will serve as a first step for evaluating alternatives and supporting In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) research and development efforts. PTMs prototypes could be acquired for test and evaluation purposes, in order to evaluate potential design changes and improvements compared to the current PTMs already in service with the US Navy. Responses to this announcement should include a technical description and characteristics of the PTM design to be produced, and should document any previous testing accomplished on LCAC or other hovercraft. They should also include estimated system procurement costs. Descriptions should have enough information for the government to make informed decisions. Information submitted shall be marked with restrictive legends as deemed appropriate by the potential offeror. Data with restrictive markings will be handled in accordance with the restrictions thereto. Interested firms shall respond with brief documentation showing the company?s ability to fulfill the requirements described above. Only prime contractors should respond. A list of responding prime contractors will be furnished to potential sub-contractors upon request. The point of contact for this action is Mr. John Ducote, NSWC PC, Code: E32, 110 Vernon Ave, Panama City, FL 32407-7001, or email: john.ducote@navy.mil. Responses to this sources sought should be sent to Mr. John Ducote at the address stated above, not later than March 7, 2007. This announcement should not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. In the event a solicitation is developed, it will be assigned a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) number and the announcement will be published on the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO), Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), and NSWC-PC Internet. NAICS 332312; FSC 5450; Standard Business Size: 750 e mployees.
- Web Link
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NSWC Panama City Sources Sought
(http://www.ncsc.navy.mil/Contracts/Ztables/sourcestab.htm)
- Record
- SN01215674-W 20070121/070119225927 (fbodaily.com)
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