SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Operations and Maintenance of Navy Airship MZ-3A
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 488190
— Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, Contracts Department, Hwy. 547 Attn:B562-3C, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 08733-5083
- ZIP Code
- 08733-5083
- Solicitation Number
- N68335-12-R-0187
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2012
- Point of Contact
- Patrick Smith, Phone: 7323237754
- E-Mail Address
-
patrick.w.smith2@navy.mil
(patrick.w.smith2@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, NJ (NAWCADLKE) intends to award a competitive Firm Fixed-Price and Cost Plus Fixed-Fee contract to operate and maintain the Navy Airship, MZ-3A. The NAICS code associated with this requirement is 488190, with a small business size standard of $7M. This acquisition is 100% small business set-aside. NAWC-AD, AIR 4.5 Avionics Department/Airship Systems Engineering Team (ASET) is tasked by various government agencies to perform capability development demonstrations involving LTA vehicles. Participating platform will include the Navy MZ-3A airship as well as commercial derivative LTA and HTA platforms that may be leased or government owned. These platforms may employ many different prototype sensing and communication equipment suites as well as other resources/applications related to ongoing DoD RDT&E efforts. The resultant contract shall support research, development, integration, installation, test, evaluation, and demonstration of Command, Control, Computers, Communication, Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems aboard Lighter-Than-Air (LTA), Heavier-Than-Air (HTA), Ground and Surface platforms to demonstrate and assess new capabilities and their supporting Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) and Employment (CONEMP). The Contractor shall also recommend and implement air vehicle upgrades, based on S&T, which improve performance, range/endurance, electrical power, sensor installation/integration, ground/air handling, and crew comfort in support of S&T experiments. Measures of performance/effectiveness shall include (but not be limited to) platform persistence (time-on-station), manpower and materiel footprint, flight cost-per-hour, fuel consumption, maintenance actions (including consumables), net-centric throughput/reliability, and carbon emissions. Experimentation and demonstration will include (but not limited to) airframe and air vehicle modifications and a multitude of Science & Technology events. All activities, including exposure flights, will engage in R&D of DoD platform development, homeland defense, Anti-terrorism/Force Protection (ATFP), port security, local law enforcement, local military readiness, and academic research with various universities and defense science entities. Period of Performance shall be one twelve (12) month base year with two (2) twelve (12) month option years. A formal solicitation will be posted after the close of this synopsis.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVAIR/N68335/N68335-12-R-0187/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Patuxent River, Lakehurst, Contractor Site, Other CONUS Locations, United States
- Record
- SN02761846-W 20120601/120531000410-606f07c786978c0ffd28d23ad3e036fe (fbodaily.com)
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