SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Wind Tunnel Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- ACC - New Jersey, Center for Contracting and Commerce, Building 10 Phipps RD, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN14X4047
- Response Due
- 8/20/2014
- Archive Date
- 10/12/2014
- Point of Contact
- Christina Makhijani, 973-724-1490
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC - New Jersey
(christina.a.makhijani.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, on behalf of the Armament Research, Development & Engineering Command (ARDEC) is conducting a sources sought notice to identify qualified sources for the award of Blanket Purchase Agreements for Wind Tunnel Maintenance. ARDEC uses a great variety of equipment to support its mission to provide world class armaments to the US soldier. This equipment is used for a variety of tasks for research, development and engineering and is essential to the mission of ARDEC. A key aspect of armaments development is the aeroballistic stability of munitions during and after launch. The use of wind tunnels for design analyses of muntions is key to the determination of aeroballistic characteristics. A transonic wind tunnel located at ARDEC is an important tool for these activities. However, this facility is dated and urgently needs maintenance to continue experiments to acquire meaningful data to support the ARDEC mission. This maintenance effort will include (but is not limited to) the following tasts: 1.Replacement of the obsolescent analog control system on the ARDEC transonic wind tunnel with a state of the art digital control system. 2.Maintenance on the wind tunnel displacement sensors, motors, and controls. 3.Installation of all required components associated with these systems. 4.Replacement of the current wind tunnel manual switch with and electric one. 5.Replacement of the manual Tunnel Test Section Crank with a motorized one. 6.Completion of a wiring schematic of the current wiring in the panels and renovation of all the wires and components. 7.Disposal of all removed and unnecessary parts and equipment. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposals or Quotes (RFP or RFQ) or an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any services. Responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government reserves the right to determine how it should proceed as a result of this notice. Furthermore, those who respond to this RFI should not anticipate feedback with regard to its submission. The Government will not pay any cost incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the responding party's expense. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published. No award will be made as a result of this RFI. Respondents are requested to submit the required information in Microsoft Office or PDF. All information and data received in response to the RFI designated as corporate or proprietary information will be protected as such. Any response to this RFI shall be submitted ELECTRONICALLY ONLY, to Ms. Christina Makhijani, Contract Specialist, email: christina.a.makhijani.civ@mail.mil. Please also provide the company's name, address, and point of contact with telephone number and email address, size of business (Cage Code) and team members. Closing date of this notice is 20 August 2014.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC - New Jersey Center for Contracting and Commerce, Building 10 Phipps RD Picatinny Arsenal NJ
- Zip Code: 07806-5000
- Zip Code: 07806-5000
- Record
- SN03463609-W 20140815/140813235917-9a1441d27ced4aed1f2f49942a16e29e (fbodaily.com)
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