SOLICITATION NOTICE
16 -- 16--AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (Aviation), US ARMY AVIATION & MISSILE COMMAND, REDSTONE ARSENAL AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W58RGZ08R0635
- Response Due
- 6/13/2008
- Archive Date
- 7/13/2008
- Point of Contact
- CYNTHIA KELLY,Contract Specialist,(256)842-9841 or ROSIE M BELL,Contracting Officer,(256)842-7332
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THE US ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE COMMAND INTENDS TO PROCURE, ON A SOLE-SOURCE BASIS FROM SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INCORPORATED (GOODRICH) A MINIMUM OF 32 UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 1,000 INTEGRATED VEHICLE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IVHMS) KITS, UP TO 6,650 DEPLOYMENT SPARES PACKAGES AND UP TO 342 IVHMS PECULIAR GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE) KITS TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH MONITORING FOR UH-60A/L AIRCRAFT. THE IVHMS KIT PROVIDES VEHICLE HEALTH MONITORING AND CRASH SURVIVABILITY DATA TO ASSIST IN MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. THE IVHMS KIT CONSISTS OF THE INTEGRATED VEHICLE HEALTH MANAGEMENT UNIT (IVHMU), SENSORS FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND ROTOR SMOOTHING, AND ASSOCIATED PARTS. THE IVHMS INCLUDES THE REMOTE DATA CONCENTRATOR (RDC), WHICH PROVIDES ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL (A/D) DATA CONVERSION CRUCIAL TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE (CBM) ON NON-BUSED (UH-60A/L) AIRCRAFT. THE ABSENCE OF A DIGITAL DATA BUS MEANS THAT A DEVICE LIKE THE RDC IS REQUIRED TO ENABLE DIGITAL DATA COMMUNICATION AND PROCESSING. CBM IS MAINTENANCE BASED UPON EVIDENCE OF NEED. THAT EVIDENCE IS ACQUIRED BY ONBOARD SYSTEMS, LIKE IVHMS, AND PROCESSED OFF AIRCRAFT BY SYSTEMS THAT ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE ARMY LOGISTICS ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PURPOSE OF CBM IS TO REDUCE THE MAINTENANCE BURDEN AND THE LOGISTICS FOOTPRINT OF FIELDED SYSTEMS, PARTICULARLY LEGACY SYSTEMS LIKE THE UH-60A/L, SO THAT THEY CAN BE AFFORDABLY SUSTAINED. THE IVHMU INCLUDES AN INTEGRATED COCKPIT VOICE/FLIGHT DATA RECORDER (CV/FDR) AND UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC LOCATING BEACON (UALB). THE FUTURE PURCHASES OF DEPLOYMENT SPARES PACKAGE WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE FIELDING SUPPORT TO COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADES (CABS). FUTURE GSE KIT PURCHASES ARE REQUIRED FOR IVHMS OPERATION AND CALIBRATION. BECAUSE THESE ITEMS WILL BE UTILIZED TO SUPPORT THE VEHICLE HEALTH MONITORING AND CRASH SURVIVABILITY OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN DEPLOYED UH-60 BLACK HAWK AIRFRAMES, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL BE FILLED IN THE TIMELIEST MANNER POSSIBLE. 29 UH-60 IVHMS INSTALLATION KITS ARE REQUIRED BY 30 JUNE 2008 AND 32 UH-60 IVHMS INSTALLATION KITS ARE REQUIRED BY 31 JULY 2008 THIS ITEM IS RESTRICTED TO SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INCORPORATED (D/B/A GOODRICH), FOUR COLISEUM CENTRE, 2730 WEST TYVOLA ROAD, CHARLOTTE, NC 28217. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT POSSESS SUFFICIENT, ACCURATE OR LEGIBLE DATA TO PURCHASE THIS PART FROM OTHER THAN THE CURRENT SOURCE. IVHMS IS APPROVED FOR USE ON UH-60 AIRCRAFT VIA THE AIRWORTHINESS RELEASE (AWR) PROCESS, AND HAS COMPLETED ALL OF THE TESTING REQUIRED FOR FULL AIRWORTHINESS QUALIFICATION. THERE IS NO OTHER SYSTEM THAT IS QUALIFIED OR APPROVED VIA AWR WHICH MEETS THE UTILITY HELICOPTERS PROJECT OFFICE (UHPO) REQUIREMENTS FOR CBM, INCLUDING FLIGHT REGIME RECOGNITION, WHICH IS A CRITICAL IVHMS CAPABILITY REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE CBM. IN ORDER TO SUPPORT DEPLOYING AIRCRAFT, TIME AND FUNDING ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO DEVELOP AND QUALIFY A NEW SYSTEM BEFORE INITIAL DEPLOYMENTS OCCUR. DURING DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, IVHMS EQUIPPED UNITS HAVE OPERATED THEIR AIRCRAFT AT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OPERATIONAL READINESS RATE! S IN HIGH OPERATIONAL TEMPO (OPTEMPO) ENVIRONMENTS THAN NON-EQUIPPED UNITS. ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302-1, OTHER INTERESTED SOURCES MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. HOWEVER, ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES THAT SUBMIT A PROPOSAL WILL BE GIVEN DUE CONSIDERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US ARMY AVIATION & MISSILE COMMAND, REDSTONE ARSENAL AL 35898-5280
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Record
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