SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- Certified rigger (parachute packer) support for the US Army Tandem and Competition Teams located at Fort Bragg,
- Notice Date
- 4/2/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 561910
— Packaging and Labeling Services
- Contracting Office
- MICC Center - Fort Knox, Directorate of Contracting, Building 1109B, Fort Knox, KY 40121-5000
- ZIP Code
- 40121-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W9124D-14-Q-5408
- Response Due
- 4/22/2014
- Archive Date
- 6/1/2014
- Point of Contact
- SSG Cochran, Thomas L, 502-624-2054
- E-Mail Address
-
MICC Center - Fort Knox
(thomas.l.cochran.mil@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Mission and Installation Contracting Command MICC- Knox intends to issue a request for quote (RFQ) for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certified Rigger support for the United States Army Parachute Team (USAPT). Work will be performed at Laurinburg, NC. Certified Riggers shall pack state-of-the-art ram-air parachutes into free fall and tandem parachute container systems to be used as main parachutes and deployed by members of the USAPT. Parachutes shall be packed to open reliably with minimal heading changes on opening, and softly at speeds up to 125 miles per hour, so as to avoid injury from a hard opening. The parachute equipment brands will be primarily Performance Design main parachutes which shall be packed into the Javelin and Vector container systems and Sigma parachutes in Sigma containers. According to FAA requirements, packers shall ensure that all collapsible pilot chutes are properly packed so as to avoid a pilot chute in tow. The main parachute shall be packed by, or packing shall be supervised by, a FAA certificate- holding parachute rigger or by the person jumping it. Also, the main parachute shall be packed within 120 days of its use. Tandem Packs 450 each (maximum) 15 minutes per pack Standard Packs 11,000 each (maximum) 5 minutes per pack The contractor shall furnish all equipment, supplies, management, supervision, and labor. This solicitation is set-aside for small business. The NAICS Code is 561910.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: MICC Center - Fort Knox Directorate of Contracting, Building 1109B Fort Knox KY
- Zip Code: 40121-5000
- Zip Code: 40121-5000
- Record
- SN03327520-W 20140404/140402235209-f037d5065d1c0055ac206e903aa14769 (fbodaily.com)
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