SOURCES SOUGHT
80 -- Ultra-violet curable coatings applicable to aerospace applications
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 326199
— All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ASC - Aeronautical Systems Center, 2275 D Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433-7218, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFIPKWRM0001
- Response Due
- 12/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 12/30/2006
- Description
- Request for Information to Manufacturers of Ultra-Violet Curable Coatings Intent The United States Air Force (USAF) is seeking interested companies or organizations that have commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) UV curable coatings or experience in developing UV-curable coatings that would be applicable to aerospace applications. The USAF is requesting this information in order to assess the current state of the UV-curable coatings and/or technologies in industry. Background Ultraviolet (UV)-curable coatings have been proven to have significant reductions in environmental impact (i.e., zero volatile organic compounds [VOCs]/hazardous air pollutants [HAPs]) and cost and cycle time over standard solvent-borne coatings. There is interest in evaluating the applicability of these quick cure coatings for USAF aerospace and ground support equipment applications. Potential users of the coatings would include Air Logistics Centers (ALCs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), front-line maintainers for repair applications, and numerous back-shop and OEM users for non-aircraft applications. In response to the interest in UV coatings, the USAF has established a UV curable coating program. The objective of this UV-curable coating program is to identify, test, and evaluate UV-curable coating processes for coating operations conducted at USAF sites, in order to meet the following goals: ? Reduce worker health and safety risks by reducing, eliminating, or improving the control of hazardous materials ? Reduce or eliminate the generation of hazardous waste ? Reduce or eliminate the release of hazardous materials into the environment ? Decrease or maintain life cycle costs related to current coating operations ? Minimize maintenance requirements while increasing current production rates or part quality, ? Increase aircraft availability and mission readiness by decreasing coating process flow times. Baseline Performance Requirements At this time, the USAF is interested in primers, topcoats, and/or single coat systems (a single coating that functions as both a primer and topcoat) that would be comparable to or better than the current traditional coating systems. The primary tests that are of interest are flexibility, adhesion, fluid resistance, salt fog resistance, and weatherability. The Military Specifications MIL-PRF-23377J, entitled ?Performance Specification, Primer Coatings: Epoxy, High-Solids,? and MIL-PRF-85285D, entitled ?Performance Specification, Coating: Polyurethane, Aircraft, and Support Equipment? will be referenced to be used as guidelines for performing the evaluation testing. Vendor Requirements Potential coating manufacturers are being requested to demonstrate compliance and provide information to support ability to meet the following qualification criteria: 1. Company background, qualification, experience with UV-cure coatings and coating systems. 2. Product description, application directions and method 3. Market availability (ex. COTS or near-COTS) 4. Willingness to provide coated samples for coating evaluation testing in accordance with a screening test plan developed using the guidelines of the military specifications referenced above. 5. List of current end users of the products. 6. Applicability to parts or components with complex geometries (something other than a flat panel). This is not a request for proposal. This is a market research tool that will be used to determine the availability and adequacy of potential sources. Responses are requested within thirty (30) days from the publication of this notice. Contact Information Information should be sent to Ms. Cristina Bressler or Ms. Heather Rachocki, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, 100 CTC Drive, Johnstown, PA 15904 or emailed to bressler@ctc.com or rachockh@ctc.com. Technical questions can be directed to Ms. Bressler at 814-269-2863 or Ms. Rachocki at 814-269-2584.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Wright-Patterson AFB OH
- Zip Code: 45433-7718
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 45433-7718
- Record
- SN01180618-W 20061116/061114220407 (fbodaily.com)
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