Naval Air Warfare Center TSD, Code 257, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando FL 32826-3275

99 -- SPHERICAL DISPLAY SCREEN SOL N61339-98-Q-0994 POC Tony Delicati, 407-380-4121; Contracting Officer, Linda Hill, 407-380-4107 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a quote is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number N61339-98-Q-0994 is hereby issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) and incorporates the provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-7. This solicitation shall be awarded on a competitive basis. The standard industrial classification code for this solicitation is 3861 with a size standard of 500 employees. The following items are required: CLIN 0001: Spherical Display Screen (1 ea.). Statement of Work dated 10 September 1998 applies and follows: 1.0 SCOPE. This statement of work (SOW) establishes the requirements for the manufacture, construction, and installation of a spherical, dome display. The basic requirement is for an unfinished dome screendelivered and installed, with options for interior fininshing and painting. Option 1 covers painting with unity gain paint. Option 2 is for painting with medium gain paint. Both options are described below. 2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS. None. 3.0 REQUIREMENTS. The seller shall provide all necessary personnel, supervision, materials, services, and equipment. (including any necessary special automated apparatus needed to prepare and paint the interior surface of the dome.) 3.1 Display requirements. The following shall apply to the completed display as installed: 3.1.1 Configuration. The display shall consist of a truncated section of a 20-ft (nominal) spherical shell. The dome shall be 21-feet diameter maximum inside. Figure 1 is a conceptual sketch and specific mechanical details are subject to discussion with vendor. A rectangular opening for entrance/egress (72" W X 78" H) shall be provided with two doors opening to either side. A center support may be used if it is easily removable for periodic equipment movement in and out of the dome. A door interior which is a cut-out section of screen, fitted to blend in with the screen and to provide a light tight seal is preferred. A flexible skirt or similar means may be used for as much as 2-feet of the bottom of the door to achieve a light tight fit without interference with the floor. The minimum requirement is a rigid framed opening with a light tight curtain. A metal rim or similar means shall be provided around the top and bottom. The rims shall be designed to ensure mechanical stability and to distribute the weight uniformly on the floor. The width of the floor pad shall be not less than 3 inches. Dimensions are nominal and subject to discussion relative to minor variations, within room constraints. (See 3.1.7 below.) 3.1.2 (Option 1) Optical gain and uniformity. The screen surface shall be Lambertian (nominal unity gain). Localized variations in gain and reflectivity shall not be great enough to reveal blotches, streaks, lines, or other irregularities in the observed brightness (luminance) when the surface is uniformly illuminated. Adjacent panels of the display surface shall be butted together and secured with bolted flanges on the exterior. Joints shall be filled and finished to provide a smooth continuous display surface with no visual indications of the joints and seams. 3.1.3 (Option 2) Optical gain and uniformity. Average optical gain shall be 3.0 +/- 0.5. Localized variations in gain shall not be great enough to reveal blotches, streaks, lines, or other irregularities in the observed gain (luminance) when the surface is uniformly illuminated. The gain of any two nearby points (within 10 degrees, measured from the center) shall not vary by more than 0.5 gain throughout the screen area. No two points shall vary by more than 0.5 gain for any two points. Adjacent panels of the display surface shall be butted together and secured with bolted flanges on the exterior. Visible joints between adjacent display panels are allowed (Filling and finishing of seams not required.). 3.1.4 Dome material. The dome shall be constructed of rigid fiberglass with a minimum thickness of 1/8 inch. 3.1.5 Exterior finish. The exterior of the dome shall be painted per a color to be specified by the buyer. 3.1.6 Environmental requirements. Paint shall be latex based with low or no VOC (volatile organic compounds). 3.1.7 Installation. The seller shall install the dome in a designated room in the main NAWCTSD building in Research Park, Orlando, FL. The location and orientation in the room is to be specified by the buyer. Figure 1 depicts the general layout. The room size exceeds 30 X 30 feet with a suspended ceiling. The area where the dome will be installed has limiting vertical clearance of 11.0 feet. The minimum dimension of the 11-foot ceiling area is 21 feet. 3.1.8 (Option 1) Surface preparation. The seller shall prepare the interior surface of the dome panels, to include all necessary seam filling and sanding of the panel surface, for application of the paint. Uniformity of curvature and freedom from small local variations is required to ensure meeting the brightness uniformity requirement. The exterior surface shall be finished suitable for painting. Dust from the finishing process shall be exhausted to exterior of the building. 3.1.9 (Option 2) Surface preparation. The seller shall prepare the interior surface of the dome panels, to include all necessary smoothing and sanding of the panel surface, for application of the high gain paint. The interior is to be precision finished to enable display of projected imagery of high quality, without blemishes or variations in appearances which are not characteristic of the source imagery, except for seams between adjacent display panels. Extreme uniformity of curvature and freedom from small local variations is required to ensure meeting the gain uniformity requirement. The exterior surface shall be finished suitable for painting. Dust from the finishing process shall be exhausted to exterior of the building. 3.1.10 (Option 1) Painting. The seller shallapply a reflective paint to the finished interior surface to achieve a projection surface meeting the requirements of 3.1.2 above. The paint blend used shall be designed for projection screen applications. Painting shall be done between 6:00PM and 2:00 AM, or 6:00 PM on Friday and 6:00 PM on the following Sunday to minimize impact on building occupants. 3.1.11 (Option 2) Painting. The seller shall apply a reflective paint to the finished interior surface to achieve a projection surface meeting the requirements of 3.1.3 above. The paint blend used shall be designed for projection screen applications. Painting shall be done between 6:00 PM on Friday and 6:00 PM on the following Sunday to minimize impact on building occupants. 4.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE 4.1 Contractor quality assurance. The contractor shall perform the usual quality checks on workmanship and materials. 4.2 (Basic Requirement and Option 1) Inspection and Test. The seller and buyer shall jointly conduct a general workmanship and materials inspection. In addition they shall jointly perform gain and uniformity testing, to verify compliance with 3.1.2, on the finished and painted screen surface as follows: (Option 1) A light source shall be mounted at the geometric center of the dome panels; (Option 1) The surface shall be visually examined for variations and irregular brightness. Luminance measurements shall be made from the geometric center of the dome panel to points on the projection surface chosen by the purchaser. 4.3 (Option 2) Inspection and Test. The seller and buyer shall jointly conduct a general workmanship and materials inspection. In addition (Option 2) they shall jointly perform gain and uniformity testing, to verify compliance with 3.1.3, on the finished and painted screen surface as follows: (Option 2) A light source shall be mounted at the geometric center of the dome panels; (Option 2) Luminance measurements shall be taken of a Lambertian reference material placed at the projection surface. Measurements shall be made from the geometric center of the dome panel to thirty six points on the projection surface chosen by the purchaser. (Option 2) Luminance measurements for each screen location above will then be repeated measuring directly from the finished projection surface. (Option 2) For this application, gain is the ratio of the luminance of the reflective paint to the luminance of the Lambertian reference. Luminance variation between two points is defined as 100 X (the brighter minus the dimmer) divided by the brighter. 4.4 Warranty The seller shall guarantee workmanship and material for a period of one year from completion of work identified herein. This warranty period shall be applicable for both the basic requirement and either of the two options exercised by the government. The warranty period shall commence at time of government acceptance. <END OF SOW> The following information is provided to the offerors: Basic Requirement -- Budget constraints on the maximum price of the project are unusually severe and dictate a flexible procurement approach. The basic item being procured is an unfinished and unpainted interior, painted exterior dome display which is to be manufactured and constructed by the successful offeror and installed at NAWCTSD, Orlando, FL. Options -- The government intends to exercise either Option #1 or #2 dependent upon budget contraints and the content of the proposals submitted. Option 1 -- Interior surface preparation and painting with nominal unity gain (lambertian) material. Option 2 -- Interior surface preparation and painting with medium gain material (Gain of 1.5 -- 4). This option would allow seams to remain unfinished as a tradeoff to permit painting prior to shipment and to reduce cost. Offerors shall submit a proposal for the basic requirement and Option #1 and/or the basic requirement and Option #2. The exercise period of either option chosen by the government will be 60 days after award or 30 days prior to shipment, whichever occurs sooner. The options are described in the Statement of Work which is summarized as follows. Statement of Work -- The primary objective is to obtain the best display screen within existing budget constraints. Additionally, the SOW is intended to avoid unnecessary constraints, maximize flexibility, and enable tradeoffs necessary to achieve best value proposals. The only requirements which are rigid and not subject to best value tradeoffs are those related to safety and building constraints. Delivery -- The dome screen shall be delivered to NAWCTSD and installed during December 1998. Access to the installation room may be possible by mid November. Specific date to be provided by the buyer within 30 days of award. Award and Evaluation Procedures -- Award will be based on a best value tradeoff basis whereby the government will consider the price and other factors in arriving at an award decision (See below for evaluation factors). Offerors are hereby notified that the government reserves the right to award to other than the low priced offeror if deemed advantageous to the government. The government will evaluate price for award purposes in the following manner: (a)In those instances where the basic requirement and Option #1 is proposed -- by adding the total price for proposed Option #1 to the total price for the basic requirement; (b)In those instances where the basic requirement and Option #2 is proposed -- by adding the total price for proposed Option #2 to the total price for the basic requirement. Offerors are cautioned that options must be seperately priced and failure to do so may render an offer unacceptable. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). Miscellaneous -- Offerors are hereby informed that this is a firm-fixed price requirement. Delivery shall be made NLT 31 December 1998 to NAWCTSD Orlando, FL 32826-3275. Delivery shall be made FOB Destination. The following FAR/DFARS provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1, 52.212-2, 52.212-3, 52.212-4, 52.212-5 and 252.212-7036. The following evaluation criteria shall be used as addenda to FAR 52.212-2(a): (Listed in decending order of importance) (1)Quality of image display which the system can support -- luminance, uniformity, and a minimum of artifacts which are not characteristic of the projected imagery; (2)Price; (3)Convenience and ease of use; (4)Mechanical integrity; (5)Compatibility with existing building and overall appearance; (6)Ease of upgrades and improvements; (7)Schedule and (8)Past Performance. The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5(b) apply: (6), (7), (8) and (9). DFARS 252.204-7004 is also applicable. A completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 and DFARS 252.225-7035 must be included with quote. Quote is due by 5:00 p.m. EST on 21 September1998 and may be submitted by facsimile to 407-380-4164, Attn: Tony Delicati. For information regarding this solicitation and/or a copy of Figure 1, contact Tony Delicati at 407-380-4121. Posted 09/11/98 (W-SN248634). (0254)

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