This is not a request for quote. The purpose of this notice is to request industry to review the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Draft Section B associated with the T-44A avionics system upgrade and provide questions and comments. It is requested that all questions and comments be submitted to Kari Schuett at
[email protected] no later than 9 March 2007. It is not the Government?s intent to respond to all questions/comments received, and comments may or may not be incorporated into the final solicitation. If the Government pursues this procurement, it will be competitively award and has been determined to be a small business set aside (less than 1500 employees). The U. S. Navy intends to replace obsolete avionics in the T-44A aircraft with an integrated Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) digital cockpit in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) #SA00575DE-D. This effort includes the procurement/fabrication of thirty-five (35) ?A? and ?B? kits as identified in STC #SA00575DE-D, and installation of forty-five (45) ?A? and ?B? kits. Ten (10) ?A? and ?B? will be provided as Government Furnished Property at contract award. The updated COTS digital cockpit includes: a Rockwell Collins Pro-Line 21 Flight Instrument and Radio Suite, Rockwell Collins RTA-852 Weather Radar, Rockwell Collins TDR-94 Mode S Transponder, Honeywell XT-6010 M3AR VHF/UHF Radio, Honeywell KMH 880 Integrated Hazard Avoidance System (IHAS), L-3 Comm Avionics RT-1634 TACAN Receiver, L-3 Comm Avionics GH-3100 Emergency Standby Instrument System (ESIS), Chelton 310 ASP Audio Panel, Tropical Aero H20-10XP Headsets, and a Safe Flight Stall Warning System. This upgraded avionics suite provides multi-engine student naval aviators with an integrated Flight Management System (FMS), Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS), Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS), Weather Radar with moving map, Traffic Avoidance System (TAS), Emergency Stand By System, UHF/VHF Radio, and a new intercom system with noise cancelling headsets. The forty-five (45) T-44A aircraft to undergo this avionics upgrade will be re-designated as T-44C aircraft. Detailed Requirements. Prospective bidders must meet the following requirements: 1. Work shall be performed in an appropriately rated FAA Part 145 Certified Repair Station. 2. Prospective bidders and/or their subcontractor must be an authorized Rockwell Collins Dealer or Installation Modification Agency (IMA). 3. Prospective bidders must have access to engineering support with the capability to maintain and upgrade the STC for the Avionics Upgrade installation in the T-44. Engineering support must include aircraft systems, electrical systems, structures and include FAA Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs) in each of these disciplines. 4. Prospective bidders must have in place, maintain, and enforce a Tool and Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Control Program that meets the requirements of National Aerospace Standard (NAS) 412. Please go to http://www.navair.navy.mil/doing_business/open_solicitations/, solicitation number N00019-07-R-0024 to obtain the draft PWS and draft Section B. In order for industry to obtain a copy of STC #SA00575DE-D, which will be needed to formulate questions/comments, a non-disclosure statement must first be signed and returned to Kari Schuett via .pdf at
[email protected], or faxed to 301-757-5239. Once the non-discloser statement is received the STC will be emailed to the requester. The non-disclosure statement can be found in the same location as the Draft PWS and Draft Section B. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for any information solicited or provided by industry. Industry?s participation is much appreciated.