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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MAY 01, 2020 SAM #6728
SOLICITATION NOTICE

16 -- 308 RQS RA-1 8 Ring Harness

Notice Date

4/29/2020 8:36:26 AM
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

314999 — All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills
 

Contracting Office

FA2521 45 CONS LGC PATRICK AFB FL 32925-3237 USA
 

ZIP Code

32925-3237
 

Solicitation Number

FA2521
 

Response Due

5/6/2020 9:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

05/06/2020
 

Point of Contact

Megan Dunn, Phone: 3214946705
 

E-Mail Address

megan.dunn.3@us.af.mil
(megan.dunn.3@us.af.mil)
 

Description

THIS IS A SOLE SOURSE. The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase forty (40) 8-Ring RA-1 parachute harnesses for the 308th Rescue Squadron (308 RQS) Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Guardian Angel (GA) teams at Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB), Florida. Current Government-owned RA-1 harnesses will be modified by the manufacturer to include the 8-ring configuration of both main and reserve canopies. The main canopies, which are the first canopies to deploy during a parachute jump, and the reserve canopies, which are the second to deploy if the main canopy fails, are currently at Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB). �PAFB will ship 40 canopies (20 main & 20 reserve) to the vendor for them to connect to the 8-ring RA-1 harness and pack into the container that holds the parachute canopies. �This requirement will include one-time/incidental service of certified personnel to produce, assemble, inspect and pack the 40 parachutes before shipping the final products back to the 308 RQS at PAFB. � This is a Sole Source �requirement to Airborne Systems, Inc. in accordance with (IAW) the Air Force Approved For Use List (AFUL), dated 10 November 2016, which states that the only approved vendor to manufacture the RA-1 Harness is Airborne Systems, Inc. The Air Force AFUL is IAW with the Air Force Instruction (AFI) 11-410, dated 4 August 2008, Parachute Operations guidelines.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/4351d30de2614585baa302684b6e35fc/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Patrick AFB, FL 32925, USA

Zip Code: 32925

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05639634-F 20200501/200429230150 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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