SOURCES SOUGHT
51 -- Tube Severing Machine & Chipless Tube Cutter System for the V-22 Aircraft
- Notice Date
- 1/19/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333515
— Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, Contracts Department, Hwy. 547 Attn:B562-3C, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 08733-5083
- ZIP Code
- 08733-5083
- Solicitation Number
- N68335-18-RFI-0144
- Archive Date
- 2/20/2018
- Point of Contact
- Richard J. Murphy, Phone: 7323232749
- E-Mail Address
-
richard.j.murphy3@navy.mil
(richard.j.murphy3@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Request for Information (RFI). There is currently no solicitation package available. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) V-22 program is requesting information, comments, and questions regarding interest in a Tube Severing Machine and a Chipless Tube Cutter System. Classification Code: 51 - Sets, Kits, and Outfits of Hand Tools NAICS Code: 333 - Machinery Manufacturing / 333515 Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing The government's specific interests are as follows: Interested companies who may have a single box solution commercially available. When responding to this configuration, please provide, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Part Number (P/N), general product information. Interested companies who have an existing single box capable of being modified to meet the specification as listed below. When responding to this configuration, please provide, OEM P/N, general product information on what the baseline model would be. Please forward any comments, questions, and concerns regarding the specification or general interest information to: Eric Murphy, Contract Specialist (732) 323-2749 All corporate and proprietary information should be so marked and will be fully protected to the extent allowed. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any follow-on acquisitions. Information should be submitted within 15 days of the publication date of this RFI. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or otherwise pay for the information solicited. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of submission of responses to this RFI and Government use of such information. This RFI does not constitute the solicitation of proposals. Responders to this RFI may be requested to provide additional details/information based on their initial submittals. Questions and submissions may be submitted by email to richard.j.murphy3@navy.mil. Technical Requirements The Tube Severing Machine and the Chipless Tube Cutter System are self-contained set of tools and accessories to cut the V-22 hydraulic lines in confined spaces without contaminating the hydraulic fluid in the process and for cutting hydraulic tubing to facilitate its removal in the event that repairs need to be made at both the organizational and intermediate maintenance levels. Tube Severing Machine must cut the V-22 Aircraft titanium tubing and include a tube severing machine, collets for all existing tube sized 03, 04, 06, 08, 10, 12, and 16, cutting bits, squaring module attachment and cutting bit; all housed in a case. This severing machine must be loaded with the appropriate collet and cutting bit in order to perform a cut. After the cutting bit is installed, the squaring module is required to finish the cut. These tools must be made of hardened metals to be able to cut through aircraft grade hydraulic tubing to a smooth finish. The tube cutter system must include a pneumatic drive, 18" flexible drive, tube cutters (sizes 03, 04, 05, 06, 08 10, 12, and 16), maintenance tools and spare cutting wheels; all housed in a case. This tube cutting system must be capable of cutting tubing of the following materials: carbon steel, low alloy steel, chrome steel, chrome/moly alloys, stainless steel, titanium, Inconel, copper, aluminum, and copper nickel alloys.
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