SOURCES SOUGHT
K -- KC-10 Mode 5 Request for Information
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, PK/PZ Tinker AFB, 3001 Staff Drive, Ste 1AG76A, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 73145-3015, United States
- ZIP Code
- 73145-3015
- Solicitation Number
- KC10-RFI-Mode5
- Archive Date
- 4/24/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jason Shirazi,
- E-Mail Address
-
Jason.Shirazi@us.af.mil
(Jason.Shirazi@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- KC-10 Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Upgrade Sources Sought/Request for Information This is a Request for Information (RFI) only, which, as part of market research, is being issued in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 15.201(e). This is not a solicitation/request for proposal and no contract shall be resultant from this synopsis. There is no solicitation package available at this time. All interested parties should send company and/or descriptive literature along with responses to the following questions and any comments or questions to Mr. Jason Shirazi, email jason.shirazi@us.af.mil, or address: AFLCMC/WLKLA 3001 Staff Drive STE 1AE1-103C, Tinker AFB, OK 73145-3020. All responses shall be received NLT 3:00 PM CST 30 May 2014. All questions and comments must be in writing, no telephone calls. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center's Contract Logistics Support Branch is seeking to identify sources that may be capable of providing the following: Description: The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330, size standard $14 Million. Major logistics elements will include, but are not limited to providing Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) upgrade KC-10A Aircraft. The KC-10A is a Commercial Derivative Aircraft derived from a Boeing DC-10CF. The principle KC-1OA mission is to provide global air refueling (AR) for Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and Allied aircraft. The KC-1OA enables the Air Force to provide refueling for deployment, employment, sustainment, and redeployment for all refuelable United States and coalition aircraft. Sources Sought: Mode 5 IFF Modification for KC-10A CDA The USG is seeking potential sources to provide the cost and technical options for developing a modification to the aircraft to provide Mode 5 IFF capability using the APX-119 Transponder version 531 or 532. The solution will include integration with existing aircraft systems including control/display and reporting. The modification will enable compliance with mandated Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) capability. This development effort will include updates to existing Aircrew Training Devices (ATD) and Weapon System Trainers (WST). Modification/integration questions: 1.) How will the product you provide be integrated into existing aircraft control/display systems? 2.) How will the solution you provide be FAA certified? 3.) If you are not the OEM, what OEM interface will be needed for interface requirements to reduce technical risk to the USG. Assuming that reverse engineering typically takes more time than researching an existing design database, how would you overcome the risk to the fleet of potentially not having timely responses to safety issues with aircraft? 4.) What is the projected timeline for development of the modification? 5.) How will the effectiveness of the modification be demonstrated/certified? 6.) Where will the modification take place? Will/is the repair facility FAA certified part 145? 7.) How will you partner with or obtain permission from the current aircraft Type Certificate/Supplemental Type Certificate holder? Small Business Questions: 8.) If you are a small business what types of opportunities do you envision for small business, by function, for this effort? Small Business Questions: 1.) What teaming arrangements (if any) can be established to help develop small business for this level of effort? Other Market Research Information: 1.) Has your company accomplished a modification of this magnitude within the last 5 years?
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/OCALCCC/KC10-RFI-Mode5/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 3001 Staff Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73013, United States
- Zip Code: 73013
- Zip Code: 73013
- Record
- SN03347707-W 20140426/140424234850-f29c446ea64c0df8d490988914ea0d26 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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