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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 FBO #4683
DOCUMENT

J -- DYNAMIC AEROMEDICAL EJECTION SEAT TRAINING SYSTEM - Attachment

Notice Date

9/18/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

333318 — Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

N61340 Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division 12350 Research Parkway Orlando, FL
 

Solicitation Number

N6134014R2419
 

Response Due

10/23/2014
 

Archive Date

12/31/2015
 

Point of Contact

Winward Truitt 407-380-8172 Winward Truitt
 

E-Mail Address

Air
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division Request for Information For DYNAMIC AEROMEDICAL EJECTION SEAT TRAINING SYSTEM INTRODUCTION: The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), Orlando, FL, is defining its acquisition strategy for the aeromedical ejection seat training system program. The U.S Navy currently utilizes a dynamic ejection seat training device, also known as Device 9E6, to train aviation personnel in proper pre-ejection procedures and to familiarize them with the sensations experienced during an actual ejection in order to promote proper body position and confidence in emergency survival equipment. Device 9E6 is part of an ejection seat curriculum that includes a lecture on potential injuries and proper body position, static seat trainer activities on proper body position and basic seat familiarization, and the dynamic device. NAWCTSD has and estimated budget of $2.0-2.5M with which to provide two devices suitable for simultaneous ejections seat training for the next 15 years. The purpose of this request for information is to obtain feedback from industry to assist in determining the best approach in meeting the Governments requirements. Specifically, the Government is interested in solutions consisting of a service life extension program (SLEP) for two of the existing dynamic ejection seat trainers or two new trainers to replace the existing dynamic ejection seat trainers. Of the available strategies, NAWCTSD is considering the viability of the following socio-economic approaches: Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) set-aside, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside, Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Total Small Business set-aside. The Contracting Officer must establish a reasonable expectation that offers would be obtained from two or more HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or Small Business entities that are competitive in terms of market prices, quality, and delivery. You are advised that the Government is seeking to define the applicability of the requirement with regard to the available socio-economic programs. From the responses to this market research, the Government will evaluate the viable options and select the final acquisition strategy. Therefore, your response to this research is instrumental in supporting your company ™s business interests. If the Contracting Officer is unable to determine that any of the above strategies would be viable, the requirement may be competed on an unrestricted basis. Therefore, information from both large and small business is requested. It is anticipated that any resulting contract would be accomplished under the provisions of a firm-fixed-priced (FFP) contract. The following NAICS code 333318 with the size standard of 1,000 employees will be used in this acquisition. TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES: The Government envisions solutions for the dynamic aeromedical ejection seat trainer that meets the following requirements: 1)The trainer shall emulate the complete ejection process including the function and operation of the manual override handle 2)The trainer shall provide indications of incorrect body positioning via sensors (e.g., chicken wings, feet on rudder pedals, when looking up, or when shoulders are back) 3)The trainer shall provide visual indication easily viewable from the instructor station (e.g. lights on the front of the device) of the status of ejection-readiness conditions (e.g., safety pins have been removed, leg restraints have been fastened, lap belt has been fastened, shoulder harness has been fastened, feet have been placed correctly, and the throttle and canopy are positioned). 4)The trainer shall allow the instructor to override ejection as a safety feature. 5)The trainer shall produce a continuous G force exposure between 2-4 positive Gz over a minimum vertical travel of 5 feet not to exceed 15 feet at maximum height from the point of initiation. 6)At no time during the entire Gz ejection seat training shall the dynamic simulation exceed an instantaneous exposure of more than 6 Gz total for a period longer than 1/200th of a second. 7)The trainer shall have appropriative Gz force monitoring equipment / safety sensors to ensure Gz forces are not exceeded. 8)The trainer prevents operation via dynamic motion cessation. 9)The trainer shall allow the operator (personnel) to return the seat to the home position when commanded. 10)The Trainer seat travel shall be tilted backwards 15% - 18 % to match the Martin Baker Ejection Seats actual travel out of T-6, T-45 and F/A-18 E/F and G aircrafts. 11)The trainer shall incorporate an ejection seat that is accurately representative of an actual fleet aircraft equipped ejection seat. 12)Ejection simulation sequence shall be student initiated via an upward pull force on an actual Martin Baker Ejection Initiation Handle while strapped into an actual Martin Baker seats via the two waist and two shoulder straps. 13)The breakout and fire pull forces of the ejection handle shall be in accordance with Aircraft Specific NATOPS requirements for each particular aircraft specific seat. 14)The trainer shall provide, at a minimum, a one-way communication system between the trainee and the instructor that integrates with standard flight gear 15)The trainer shall conform to the facility requirements as per Section 2 of the O and M Manual P-3779 (referenced in the GFI section of this document) 16)The following table lists critical simulation and instructional attributes: Integrates with standard flight gear Integrates easily into the existing physical space and fits existing power capabilities Provides safe sound limits and levels (decibels) Requires a minimal number of staff for operation Easy to operate and maintain (with minimal training required for operation) Use commercial and non-developmental items to the maximum extent practicable such that the device can be maintained without the need for proprietary components or components that are difficult to find Provides data and data distribution rights for all associated technical documentation Provides minimal requirements for proprietary tools or support equipment with components that are commercially available for replacement Offers minimal requirement for technology refreshers and low Information Assurance (IA) requirements Allow for minimal time for pre- and post-operational checks (less than 30 minutes) Takes a reasonable amount of time to reset the device between trainees The following government furnished information (GFI) is available upon request after the receipt of a completed non-disclosure agreement (Attachment 1):* Nomenclature/ DescriptionFile FormatPUB NumberDistribution Statement**Quantity/ Unit of IssueLast updateDate Provided (Specific or Event-based)Restricted EJECTION SEAT /9E6 Plan Maintenance Schedule/ Sequence Control Chart (PMS/SCC) Maintenance Requirement Cards for 9E6 DeviceAutoCADP-3780 B12003JAN 2003No Operations and Maintenance (O and M) manual for 9E6 Device (Burtek, Inc.)MS WordP-3779B12003JAN 2003No Software Detailed Design Doc (SDDD) for Automated G Force Monitoring SystemPDFP-7285B12002NOV 2002No Interface Design SpecificationsPDFP-7286B11996NOV 1996No Trainer Test Procedures and Results Report for G-Force Monitoring SystemMS WordP-7287B22002NOV 2002No Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) for 9E6 Device Compressor and Monitoring System (G-Force)PDFP-3779-S1-S2B21990 and 2002 (Rev A)NOV 2002No TSD 6851 can deliver the documents to the contractor in the following ways: (a) CD via FEDEX; (b) via secure webpage or via SAFE (https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/). *The above GFI is the only available data ** Notice: These Government documents are controlled by the following: DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT B: Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies only; Administrative or Operational Use (25 February 1988). Non-Government Agency requests for this document shall be referred to the NAVAIR Orlando Training Systems Division, Code 6851, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826-3224. DESTRUCTION NOTICE - Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document. INDUSTRY DAY: The Government is conducting an industry day (site visit) on October 7, 2014 from 0900-1200 at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, FL. This will allow for a demonstration of the existing trainer and offer a questions and answers session. In the event that you are unable to attend the industry day, a list of the questions and answers will be provided upon request. If you are interested in attending, please submit your request for base access to LCDR Jason Morarend at Jason.Morarend@Navy.mil and Mr. Winward Truitt at Winward.Truitt@Navy.mil and include Name (first, last and middle), Company name, Vehicle type (make, model, and color), Date arriving and departing, Contact number, as well as the completed attached document ˜SECNAV 5512 Approved AC Pass ID ™ form (provided as Attachment 2), no later than October 1, 2014. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: NAS Pensacola, FL SUBMISSION DETAILS: If your company is interested in competing for this requirement please provide a response to this request in accordance with the directions below. Interested businesses shall submit responses by email to Mr. Winward Truitt, Winward.Truitt@Navy.mil. Please submit all questions by email to the same POC. One electronically submitted response shall be received no later than 5:00pm Eastern Time on 23 October 2014, and reference: DYNAMIC AEROMEDICAL EJECTION SEAT TRAINING SYSTEM - RFI. Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten (10) 8.5 x 11 inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to perform the efforts listed in the technical capabilities section of this document. The Government is interested in industry feedback on which approach to take for the ejection seat training program and if the budget presented is sufficient for either alternative. In the event that the budget is not sufficient please provide an estimate for each approach. Additionally, the Government wants industry feedback on sufficiency of the GFI for completing the procurement. Please specify if additional GFI would be necessary. Please indicate if you have available solutions on the General Supply Schedule Multiple Award Contract (GSA). In addition to Technical Capabilities, you should discuss any recent successful experience with similar efforts, your company ™s available expertise and resources (facility, financial, and personnel) a Rough Order of Magnitude (general estimate of cost) to accomplish the technical capabilities, address what areas and percentage of work you would expect to subcontract with other organizations, if any. All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, CAGE Code, and Points-of-Contact (POC) including name(s), phone number, fax number, and email address. This sources sought announcement is published for informational purposes only. This is not a solicitation. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this notice is strictly voluntary. No site visit will be permitted during the period of response to this announcement. Firms responding to this announcement will not be individually notified if the requirement is solicited. Solicitations will occur through the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) and the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) websites. NAWCTSD will use the responses to this announcement to make an informed decision concerning the strategy it will pursue to meet its objective, including determining set-aside opportunities. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE URGED TO PERIODICALLY ACCESS THE NAWCTSD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WEBSITE AT: http://nawctsd.navair.navy.mil/EBusiness/Index.cfm
 

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: N6134014R2419_Ejection_Seat_Trainer_Sources_Sought_8.0.docx (https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N6134014R2419_Ejection_Seat_Trainer_Sources_Sought_8.0.docx)

Link: https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N6134014R2419_Ejection_Seat_Trainer_Sources_Sought_8.0.docx

 

File Name: N6134014R2419_Attachment_1_Dynamic_Aeromedical_Ejection_Seat_Training_System_GFI_Request_and_NDA.docx (https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N6134014R2419_Attachment_1_Dynamic_Aeromedical_Ejection_Seat_Training_System_GFI_Request_and_NDA.docx)

Link: https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N6134014R2419_Attachment_1_Dynamic_Aeromedical_Ejection_Seat_Training_System_GFI_Request_and_NDA.docx

 

File Name: N6134014R2419_Attachment_2_SECNAV_5512_1_11787_APPROVED_AC_PASS_ID_FORM_05282014.pdf (https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N6134014R2419_Attachment_2_SECNAV_5512_1_11787_APPROVED_AC_PASS_ID_FORM_05282014.pdf)

Link: https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/N6134014R2419_Attachment_2_SECNAV_5512_1_11787_APPROVED_AC_PASS_ID_FORM_05282014.pdf

 

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