SOURCES SOUGHT
20 -- Flight Controls for High Speed Small Craft
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, NSWC Carderock Division, N65540 NAVAL SHIP SYSTEM ENGINEERING STATION, CARDEROCK DIVISION, PA Naval Surface Warfare Center Naval Business Center, Naval Base Philadelphia, PA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N6554008SMJD3
- Response Due
- 6/6/2008
- Point of Contact
- Jim Mariani 215-897-8851
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice Title Flight Controls for High Speed Small Craft Classification Code: 20 -- Ship and marine equipment This synopsis is being posted to both the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) page located at http://www.fbo.gov and the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line (NECO) site located at https://www.neco.navy.mil. While it is understood that FBO is the single point of entry for posting of synopsis and solicitations to the Internet, NECO is the alternative in case FBO is unavailable. Please feel free to use either site to access information posted by the NSWC Carderock Division. Purpose The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is hereby conducting a market survey of all potential sources of Flight Control Systems for use in Air Cushioned Vehicles (ACVs). Because of similarity in operational characteristics, the Government is interested in not just systems currently used in ACVs but also for all analogous small craft flight control systems such as helicopters, other small aircraft, and other high speed small craft. Systems of interest include individual/groups of products, that when pooled together, may provide the capabilities required of a flight control system for an ACV. The intended use for the information is to assess advances in technology since the design of the current Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) in the 1970s in order to develop system capabilities for future ACV craft. The information provided will assist NSWCCD Philadelphia in understanding the technologies available to design/implement a flight control system on an ACV. The Government is only looking at High Speed Response Time Flight Controls for current technology available in the open market. This market survey in no way binds the Government to offer contracts to responding companies. Description The following list of information is requested for the flight control systems: Required Information:WeightSpace WxHxDPower Requirements (Peak and Normal Load)Power Type (AC(Freq))/DC)External Interface SupportedModes Cooling RequirementsMil-Std-901D shock test (Y/N)Mil-Std-810F, Method 516.5, procedure 1 shock test (acceleration and waveform)Mil-Std-167-1A, type 1 vibration test (Y/N)Mil-Std-810F, Method 514.5 vibration test (category and figure used)Operational temperature rangeNon-operational (storage) temperature rangeCondensing humidity (Y/N)Drip/splash proof (provide test method)Salt fog testing (provide test method)Blowing sand testing (provide test method)Govt Maintenance Support PlanTraining (military schools, vendor schools, etc)MTTRMTBFEquipment mounting options Equivalent commercial environmental test standards will be considered.NOTE: While the ACV will encounter a wide range of harsh environmental conditions representative of amphibious assaults in diverse regions of the world, there are ACV level and subsystem level approaches possible to reduce the range of environmental conditions encountered by the flight control system/components. When responding to this market survey, please provide information on all products provided by the respondent over a wide range of environmental specifications. Flight Control System Capabilities and features of Interest:High Speed, Closed Loop Response Time Capability (Micro Seconds)3 Axis PositioningSmooth Running CharacteristicsRugged Maintenance Free DesignHigh Precision MovementDual Channels for sensors and outputsRedundant processorsRedundant Power SourcesRedundant Network ConnectivitySoftware programmable via standard programming language, or conform to the IEC 61131-3 standard. Responses Responses to this market survey should include supporting materials that provides a demonstration of your companys capabilities, experience, and overall understanding of the criteria. The following information is requested (please indicate if the information is an estimate or actual). When responding to this survey, please indicate what of the above capabilities/features of interest are achievable by the proposed product/s. 1. Technical description of the flight control system (see above table) 2. List and definition of system interfaces including data description and protocols 3. Installation and integration requirements including (for software, if applicable) Operating Systems supported and approximate processing characteristics required for host computers 4. Applications and history of fielded systems 5. Cost and lead time for delivery 6. US Military applications including points of contact NSWCCD requests your responses by 10:00 am (EST), on 6 June 2008. Information should be e-mailed to Dorothy Kraynik at dorothy.kraynik@navy.mil or mailed to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Attn: Dorothy Kraynik, 1000 Kitty Hawk Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19112 and labeled with the solicitation number and title. Questions can be submitted electronically to dorothy.kraynik@navy.mil. Information provided will be treated as Business Sensitive and will not be shared outside of Government activities and agencies without the permission of the provider. All information shall be provided free of charge to the Government. NSWCCD may request further information regarding the capabilities of respondents to meet the requirements and may request a presentation and/or a site visit as deemed necessary. Request vendors fill out the attached Cost Form. For questions regarding the Cost Form, please contact Mr. Thomas Wasniewski, at (202)781-1255, thomas.wasniewski@navy.mil. Points of Contact Name:Phone:E-Mail:Jonathan Schrier (215) 897-8681jonathan.schrier.ctr@navy.mil John Messick(215) 897-7338john.e.messick.ctr@navy.mil Jim Mariani(215) 897-8851james.mariani@navy.mil Dorothy Kraynik(215) 897-8764dorothy.kraynik@navy.mil
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