SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Windows 7 & Equipment Upgrade Services
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- MICC Center - Yuma Proving Ground, KO Directorate of Contracting, 301 C Street BLDG 2100 RM 8, Yuma, AZ 85365-9498
- ZIP Code
- 85365-9498
- Solicitation Number
- W9124R14T0182
- Archive Date
- 10/20/2015
- Point of Contact
- Curtis Arthur II, 928-328-2978
- E-Mail Address
-
MICC Center - Yuma Proving Ground
(curtis.arthur@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole Source: The United States Army Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC), U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (USAYPG), Yuma, Arizona, intends to negotiate a firm-fixed price contract on a sole source basis with Mallory Engineering, Inc., 787 S. 950W., Woods Cross, Utah 84087-2079. This contract will require the installation services of the Windows 7 software, custom equipment, and the most current approved LabVIEW software applications to three climatic test facilities (LMPEC - Large Multipurpose Environmental Chamber, GP1- Climatic Gun Position, and GP5 - Weapons Firing Chamber at the United States Army Yuma Proving Ground (USAYPG), AZ 85365-9498. Mallory Engineering is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the climatic test chambers to be upgraded. Mallory Engineering wrote the custom software that interfaces all the sensors, controllers and hardware together. Mallory Engineering has provided this type of work before to upgrade these custom chamber systems. Mallory Engineering has the knowledge and expertise to perform this upgrade. Any other company not familiar with these custom designed systems will have to spend time reverse engineering the equipment to understand the controls and system operations prior to performing the upgrade. The Meteorology & Simulation Division has already invested $10.1 million in performing systems upgrades with Mallory Engineering. The software development tool used by Mallory is LabVIEW. This is a well established program widely used in industrial applications involving control feedback systems where sensors and hardware are involved. Since LabVIEW is a Development Program that is applicable in many different situations, it still requires a custom written program to adapt and interface with all the unique different type of environments or systems. The Network Enterprise Center (NEC) Division already has a Certificate of Networthiness (CON) approved for the use of the LabVIEW software The NAICS Code that will be utilized for this requirement is NAICS Code 334519 - Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing. The size standard for NAICS Code for 334519 is 500 employees. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. In order to protect proprietary information and prevent the unintentional releasing of guarded information all interested firms must conduct their own research regarding the specifications of the above listed requirement. Responses other than the above source may identify their interest and capabilities to perform the requirement by submitting a proposal via email or facsimile with complete mailing address, point of contact, phone number, facsimile number, business size and shall be clearly marked with W9124R-14-T-0182. Please forward your information no later than 12:00PM Mountain Standard Time (MST) 23 October 2014 to facsimile (928)328-6849.
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- Record
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