Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, 6703 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL

99 -- PARTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR PORTABLE RECOMPRESSION FACILITY FOR TREATING PRESSURE RELATED DIVING INJURIES SOL N61331-99-Q-1500 DUE 110698 POC Shirley Regan, Contract Specialist, (850)235-5354/Carol A. Dreger, Contract Specialist, (850)234-4863 The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, intends to award a limited competition contract for the acquisition of parts and equipment for use in the Explosive Ordnance Detail (EOD) Mobile Support Facility (MSF). The EOD MSF is a portable Recompression facility for treating pressure related diving injuries. The competition will be limited to the following companies: (a) Derbyshire Marine, (b) CPV Piping and Equipment, and (c) Hydrosearch Corporation. The reasons for the limited competition are as follows: (a) All of the EOD MSF systems must successfully complete a rigorous test series including hot and cold temperature exposure tests, per MIL-STD-810E, shock load tests per MIL-STD-1791 and shipboard vibration tests per MIL-STD-167. Use of any other recompression parts would necessitate extensive, time-consuming, and costly recertification for the shock, vibration, and thermal test requirements. It is estimated that requalifying the EOD MSF would cost approximately $300,000 and would take an additional three months to complete thus significantly delaying delivery of the MSF to the fleet. (b) The physical size, weight and operating characteristic of the system components are crucial to providing a U.S. Navy certified system. Since the physical size, weight, and orientation of the EOD MSF components determine the system response to shock loading and vibration, any changes in these characteristics from the design already tested would require additional shock and vibration testing prior to U.S. Navy certification of the modified EOD MSF system. (c) There is no guarantee that any replacement parts will successfully pass the required shock, vibration and temperature testing necessary to certify the EOD MSF for U.S. Navy use. The parts and equipment shall be delivered no later than thirty days after award of purchase order. The point of contact for this contract action is Shirley Regan, Code SP10, extension (850) 235-5354. Posted 11/02/98 (I-SN267246). (0306)

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