Request for Information (RFI)

Boresight Support Equipment Calibration, Testing, and Repair

AH-1Z Aircraft Program

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst

PSC: J049 - MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SHOP EQUIPMENT

NAICS: 811210 - Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

PURSUANT TO FAR 15.201(e) - THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future associated RFP that may be issued.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE/TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

NAWCAD Lakehurst is soliciting information and comments from industry on its ability to provide calibration, testing, and repair of Boresight Support Equipment. It is the Government's intention to issue a sole source Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to Textron Systems Corporation (CAGE: 97384) for the calibration, testing, and repair of Boresight Support Equipment (SE).  The Boresight SE includes AH-1Z Special Purpose Boresight Adapter Set, Advanced Boresight Equipment (ABE) Model 310, Cockpit Tracking Module (CTM) Adapter Set, and H-1 Cockpit Mapping Boresight Adapter Set. Textron Systems Corporation is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for the ABE Model 310, and the sole developer of the calibration processes for the ABE Model 310, AH-1Z Special Purpose Boresight Adapter Set, CTM Adapter Set, and H-1 Cockpit Mapping Boresight Adapter Set. Textron Systems Corporation holds the proprietary rights to technical data and processes to provide the required calibration, alignment and repair of this Boresight SE.

RESPONSES

Requested Information

Responses shall provide administrative information, and shall include the following as a minimum:

• Organization name, mailing address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), phone number, fax number, and name and e-mail of designated point of contact.
• Business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUBZone small business, woman-owned small business, very small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business).

Response shall also provide technical information, and shall include the following as a minimum:

• Interested parties shall respond with existing capabilities or products that they believe would meet the Government's requirement. Responses that include information detailing potential tradeoffs or alternative solutions is encouraged.

• If applicable and able, respondents shall include a list of Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Justice (DOJ) or Department of Homeland Security (DoHS) programs of record that currently employ their solution. It would be helpful if a sponsor POC for each program, with email address and phone number could be identified.

• The Government is interested in receiving vendors’ price lists for items they believe meet the need in this RFI. Supplying price data does not imply a contractual obligation and must be provided and marked as PRICE DATA.

• Respondents should include a list of authorized distributors.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

In response to this RFI, respondents shall submit written responses, not-to-exceed ten (10) pages in length via electronic mail. Product specification, sketches, or listings of authorized distributors will not count toward the page limitation.

The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. All information received in response to the RFI that