Request for Information - Aircraft Cleaning and Deicing Systems (ACDS)

expired opportunity(Expired)
From: Federal Government(Federal)

Basic Details

started - 08 Nov, 2022 (16 months ago)

Start Date

08 Nov, 2022 (16 months ago)
due - 08 Dec, 2022 (15 months ago)

Due Date

08 Dec, 2022 (15 months ago)
Bid Notification

Type

Bid Notification

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N/A
DEPT OF DEFENSE

Customer / Agency

DEPT OF DEFENSE (698575)
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Subject:  Request for Information (RFI):  Date: 08 November 2022Project Name:   Aircraft Cleaning and Deicing SystemsOwner:  Program Executive Office Aviation, Project Manager Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture, Product Lead Aviation Ground Support Equipment Product Office, Redstone Arsenal, 35898Sector FederalNAICS Code: 333310 – Power Washer cleaning/deicing equipment manufacturingClassification Code: Power Washer cleaning/deicing equipment manufacturingContracting Office: US Army Contracting Command (Aviation), ATTN: CCAM-AU-C, Building 5309, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280INTRODUCTION: The Aviation Ground Support Equipment Product Office (AGSE PO) located at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the Army’s lifecycle manager for Aviation Ground Support Equipment. For the purposes of market research and a possible follow-on request for proposal (RFP), AGSE PO is interested in obtaining information on currently available aircraft cleaning and deicing systems.DISCLAIMER:
This RFI is issued solely for information gathering purposes; this RFI does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals. In accordance with FAR 15.202(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this RFI. No classified information should be included in the RFI response. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI.After reviewing the requirements, if you desire to participate in this RFI, you should provide documentation that supports your organization’s capability in meeting the requirements. Failure to provide requested and supporting documentation may result in the Government being unable to adequately assess your capabilities and product market availability. If you lack sufficient experience in a particular area, please provide details explaining how you would overcome the lack of experience/capabilities in order to perform that portion of the requirement.Participants are encouraged to explain in detail any business and engineering practices used to manufacture an aircraft cleaning and deicing system. Please provide as much technical data and specifications as possible. Photographs are welcomed. You are also encouraged to identify known and potential problem areas and solutions.  It is the Government’s desire that interested participants provide the production unit cost and part number of the system(s) submitted in their response. The Government desires that responses be submitted via email in an electronic format that is compatible with Microsoft Windows/Office and/or Adobe Acrobat and addresses each of the above characteristics and any other important technical aspects of the product.  Please provide information for your organization and for any teaming or joint venture partners.MINIMUM CAPABILITIES REQUIRED:The product must have a mission reliability rating of 90% or better.The product must have a self-contained diesel engine powered generator as a power source. Please provide engine horsepower and Tier rating.Will wash and clean aircraft, subsystems, and components. The system shall be designed to perform automatic dispensing, mixing, and heating of fluids, and shall provide automatic mixing of cleaning compounds and solvents.Will dispense fluids at a temperature range from 120 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit for aircraft wash operations.Will dispense wash fluids/water at a flow rate of 3.5 up to 5.0 gallons per minute for aircraft wash operations, and provide a light mist deice/anti-ice capability using AMS1424 or equivalent deice/anti-ice fluid, with an adjustable pressure of 40 to 120 PSI and flow rate of 2 to 4 gallons per minute.Will have two wand fixtures for dispensing fluids [at a maximum of 300 pounds per square inch (psi); NOTE: Each wand will be limited to a maximum pressure of 150 psi] with the capability of allowing two personnel to wash or deice/anti-ice simultaneously. The nozzle on the wand fixtures will provide variable spray angle.Will deice/anti-ice aircraft, to include airfoils, flight control components and engines.Shall be mounted on a wheeled chassis and towable with a high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle or similar sized vehicle.Will perform aircraft engine compressor wash operations. All connections will be standardized to allow compatibility with all Army aircraft turbine engines.Will have sufficient internal fuel to operate two hours (T) or six hours with an auxiliary fuel tank (O) without refueling.Will have an internal holding tank for liquid additives with sufficient capacity to operate two hours without refilling during wash operations.Will have sufficient water/fluid capacity to operate two hours during wash, operations. The system will be capable of drawing water from external sources, a freestanding water source or standard water hose, and provide clean water to support continuous ACDS operations past two hours.Will operate on the standard JP-8 fuel, diesel fuel, multi-fuel or commercial equivalent. Please indicate if the engine will require any additives to operate on multi-fuels.Will be capable of draining, flushing, and purging all fluids from lines and liquid holding tanks.  The material used during construction will be noncorrosive. Quick connection/disconnection fittings will be utilized on all intake ports, output ports, high-pressure wands, hoses, filters and/or separator housings. Low-pressure output and drains will accept a standard garden hose.Will be capable of startup and shut down in 30 minutes or less by personnel wearing Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) IV. The 30-minute setup time includes time for the ACDS liquid heating capability to attain desirable operating temperatures.Will meet electrostatic discharge Army electromagnetic effects standards and have a retractable grounding wire incorporated in the system and provide the capability for the aircraft to be grounded to the ACDS.Will be equipped with sufficient capability to store all associated equipment.Will have a fail-safe protection for over-temperature, overpressure, power surges, out-of-water condition, and emergency manual shutoff.Will have self-diagnostics/fault monitoring built in test system and operate with Electronic Technical manuals (ETM). Will meet Army electromagnetic effects standards in the arena of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)/Electromagnetic Control (EMC).Mean Time Between Essential Function Failure (MTBEFF) of 300 hours.Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) of 1.0 hour.Maintenance Ratio (MR) of 0.023 maintenance man-hours per operating hour.The ACDS will require no special tools or new test equipment for maintenance.The ACDS will be supported by the Standard Army Logistics System.Time required between calibrations (if required) will be no less than 180 days.The ACDS must be able to achieve an operational availability of at least 90% in both peacetime and wartime scenario.The ACDS will operate in and survive the effects of all climatic and geographical conditions worldwide in which Army aircraft operate.The ACDS will allow operations in temperature ranges from -25 degrees F to +140 degrees F at altitudes up to and including 7,500 feet above sea level.The ACDS will be capable of operation in biological and chemical environments. The system will be capable of being decontaminated using standard Army decontamination equipment and procedures.The ACDS shall have the ability to be operated, maintained, and disposed of in full compliance with U.S., foreign, and international environmental safety, and occupational health laws and regulations.The ACDS must be operated and maintained using standard Army TMDE, tool kits and shop sets.  The ACDS will require ETMs in standard graphics manual language.The ACDS will require the Maintenance Support Device (MSD) or other portable computer device with a Compact Disk - Read Only Memory capability to read ETMs required for technical manual support.  This requirement will be met using the existing computer resources available within the unit.Operator and maintainer must be capable of safely and effectively operating and maintaining the ACDS while wearing field duty uniforms, cold weather ensemble, MOPP IV, and night vision devices. Design of the ACDS system allows maintenance personnel in the fifth to the ninety fifth-percentile target audience to perform operator/maintenance tasks, troubleshooting tasks, part removal and replacement, and servicing. The ACDS will meet applicable industry and government Human Factors Engineering requirements.The ACDS will meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), EPA, and Army safety and health hazard requirements. A system safety program will be established to systematically identify, evaluate, and eliminate hazards, or manage the associated risks.  The system design, configuration, or mission requirements must reduce or remove the potential for safety or health hazards to personnel or equipment throughout the system’s life cycle. A Health Hazard Assessment (HHA) will be requested from the U.S. Army Public Health Command (USAPHC) early in the development or procurement process. This HHA will be updated at each Milestone Decision Review (MDR) as required by Army Regulation (AR) 40-10.BUSINESS INFORMATION:  Please provide the following business information for your company and for any teaming or joint venture partners:Company Name:Address:City/State/Zip:Point of Contact (POC):Phone # for POC:Fax # for POC:E-mail Address:CAGE Code:Web Page URL:North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code:Based on this NAICS Code, state whether your company is:Large Business(YES / NO)Small Business(YES / NO)Woman Owned Small Business(YES / NO)Small Disadvantaged Business(YES / NO)HUB Zone Certified(YES / NO)Veteran Owned Small Business(YES / NO)Service Disabled Small Business(YES / NO)System for Award Management Registered(YES / NO)Please provide a statement as to whether your company’s ownership is domestic or foreign (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership).TOPICS OF INTEREST: All vendors with an appropriate product relating to the requirements in this RFI are invited to provide potential candidate information based on the outlined requirements and desired capabilities. It is the Government’s desire that interested participants include the production unit cost in their response.  Provide a brief description of your company’s expertise and qualifications for providing and producing hardware to meet the requirements listed.  What is the estimated production lead-time for the first article units? What would be the lead-time for the production units? What is your maximum manufacturing capacity per month?  Per year?Describe examples of your company's experience in designing and manufacturing the requested hardware. Also, your company’s integrated approach to production and maintenance of previously produced systems.Describe how your system meets the minimum required capabilities  listed above.  Identify any requirements that are either too strict or unclear.Describe information on your company’s quality control/assurance and configuration control program for the manufacture of hardware (e.g. ISO 9000 series). Explain your process for submitting documentation to the Government relative to production process changes and diminishing manufacturing sources that ultimately affect yours and the Government’s ability to provide/obtain repair parts needed for system sustainment.Describe military sales history by contract number, date, customers, and quantities.Describe your company’s capability to add additional production if situations require, include how this would be accomplished, how much additional production, reaction time, etc.Describe your company’s warranty period, processes and procedures.Describe whether and how your products are manufactured to meet MIL-STD-882E safety design requirements.Describe any type tests your Wash System has completed.  Provide physical dimensions (length, width and height in inches) reliability, durability, performance in operational environments, the part number, and if available, the National Stock Number (NSN). Provide detailed Wash System specifications and options, including information on power (including the power factor and the AC output power), frequency, revolutions per minute (RPM), and overload capacity.  Additionally, include the governor regulation class, voltage regulator, random voltage variations, random frequency variations, and radio frequency emissions.Provide the control system capabilities of your Wash System, including protection and monitoring points as well as protective voltage, frequency, temperature, and fault handling.Provide your approach for installation, supportability, including availability, the effort required to remove the current generator, installation, and testing of your generator (with associated schedule), and the maintenance thereof. Describe any operation and maintenance manuals provided with your products. Briefly describe the contents in these manuals.Based on your review of the capability requirements, describe whether there is a specific material that may be considered a long lead item and/or a major, critical contributor to the overall cost of the Wash System.Describe your company’s willingness to provide a product demonstration and the required time to execute once notified by request.Describe your company’s experience with First Article, Quality Assurance, and Customer Acceptance Testing support.Describe your company’s experience with developing modification work orders, planning and conducting retrofits of fielded systems.Describe your company’s process for tracking program risks and mitigation steps utilized to reduce risks, or to an acceptable level.Describe your experience in re-designing an existing hardware component from a technical data package to meet specific form, fit, and function requirements.Describe your MIL-STD technical manual experience.Describe your Army provisioning experience, especially pertaining to Logistics Support Analysis Reports, i.e., LSAR-036, Provisioning Parts List (PPL). Can you provide sufficient provisioning data in the proper format?Describe your experience in providing Provisioning Technical Data IAW the requirements, instructions, and detailed procedures set forth in SAE-GEIA-STD-0007, SAE-GEIA-HB-0007, and TA-HB-0007-1Describe the availability of your product’s technical data.Response to any or all of the areas requested by this RFI is required no later than (NLT) by Noon Central Standard Time (CST). POINT OF CONTACT: All communication must be directed to the names below. Please submit responses to this RFI via email to:Contracting OfficerName: Keith McphersonEmail: keith.l.mcpherson2.civ@army.milContract SpecialistName: Christopher LeonardEmail: christopher.w.leonard2.civ@army.mil

Redstone Arsenal ,
 AL  35898  USALocation

Place Of Performance : N/A

Country : United StatesState : AlabamaCity : Redstone Arsenal

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Classification

naicsCode 333310Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
pscCode 4920Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment