TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, ATTN SIOTY-KO, 11 HAP ARNOLD BLVD, TOBYHANNA PA 18466-5100

J -- SVC OF AUTO STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM SOL DAAC71-96-R-0010 DUE 101896 POC Contracting Officer, Joyce K. Bednar, (717)895-6369; Contract Negotiator, Joe Santillo, (717)895-7517. (Site Code DAAC71) This provides notice that Tobyhanna Army Depot intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with HK Systems (Harnuschfeger Engineers and Kenway), P.O. Box 45425, Salt Lake City, UT, for services to repair and expand the existing Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). The ASRS utilizes sixteen (16) AGVs to deliver requested mission material throughout the industrial complex. The AGVs are wire-guided vehicles which navigate along an epoxy-coated guidepath by means of a wire buried below the floor surface. The ASRS computer control system monitors and directs AGV activities through the buried wire. At the direction of the main computer system, AGVs deliver material, via the guidepath, to Pick-up and Drop-off (P&D) points. P&D points are designated locations which have been strategically placed and specifically designed and wired to enable an AGV to exit the main path, drop off requested mission material or pick up materials for transportation to secondary operations or return to stock, and re-enter the main path, continuing upon the mission. The services required include replacement of existing guidepath wiring; additions of P&D points; guidepath extensions into an adjacent building; and, in order to maintain the integrity of the AGV navigation, modifications to the ASRS AGV control software resident within the existing ASRS computer control system to accommodate and reconcile the physical as well as electrical changes in the wiring, the P&D's, and the guidepath extensions. Eaton-Kenway, now HK Systems, was the original designer and installer of the entire ASRS. As such, the design and logic behind the AGV guidepath belong to HK Systems. The Government does not own a Technical data package (TDP) for the required services because the software/logic connected to these services is proprietary to HK Systems. No one, other than the Original equipment Manufacturer (OEM), is known to fully understand the logic behind the guidepath design and software. Firms believing that they can provide the required services should contact the contract negotiator, Joe Santillo.(0268)

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