Aeronautical System Center, Weapons, Air Base And Range Office, Contracting Division (ASC/VXK), 314 West Choctowhatchee Avenue, Suite 104, Eglin AFB Fl 32542-5717

83 -- MEDIUM SHELTERS SYSTEM POC Contact Mr. Dennis Fields, Contract Specialist, (850) 882-4685, ext 336, or Major Christopher Harrington, Contracting Officer, (850) 882-4686, ext 334, or FAX number 850-9381. Sources Sought Synopsis: The Aeronautical Systems Center's Weapons, Air Base and Range Product Support Office (PSO) at Eglin AFB FL requests information on air transportable protective shelter systems which will provide general office space, workshops and environmentally controlled storage for deployed forces. The objective is to identify a candidate replacement item for the 1500 square foot General Purpose Shelter that could be brought to manufacturing capability as a Commercial Item with minor modifications. The following are specific performance characteristics of interest: a) Basic shelter system shall consist of the shelter and utilities interfaces integrated with a high efficiency, adequately sized, environmentally friendly HVAC and attendant air distribution, heat load and infiltration/exfiltration loss reduction measures. High overall shelter R-value is desirable to reduce HVAC loads and increase efficiency; b) The shelter system must optimize weight per shipping volume and packed volume ratio.The shelter and container cannot exceed 8,240 lbs weight and a packed volume of 471 ft3 . The HVAC system cannot exceed 920 lbs weight and a packed volume of 64 ft3; c) Usable unobstructed floor space shall be approximately 1500 ft2. The shelter shall have at least two personnel and vehicle doors each. The vehicle door shall be at least 10 ft in height and 10 ft in width. Doors should be rigid and hinged. The minimum unobstructed, usable height in the shelter shall be 8 ft with a minimum center (lengthwise) height of 12 ft; d) The elapsed time from packed configuration to fully erected and functioning shelter must be optimized. The shelter system should be erectable by a minimum number of persons in minimal time utilizing standard tools and equipment; e) Shelter system shall require minimum maintenance at the organizational level and must be available 95% of the time or better; f) A minimum 20 year storage life for shelter and 10 year storage life for HVAC, with 20 erection/strike down cycles and one year continuous use is required; g) Shelter system shall be transportable by C-130, C-141 and larger aircraft using the USAF 463L cargo handling system; h) The shelter must be weather resistant and operational in temperature ranges from -25 degrees to +125 degrees Fahrenheit; i) Be able to withstand, and remain operational in sustained winds of 50 mph with gusts to 65 mph; j) Be able to withstand a snow load of not less than 10 lbs/sqft for soft walled shelters and 40 lbs/sqft for hard walled shelters; k) Expedient flooring system with a rigid floor option; l) Novel approaches for packaging for transport to end item destination and long term storage; m) Firms having the ability to provide systems should submit specific information to document their capabilities and potential to successfully execute this effort to ASC/WMOK, 314 W. CHOCTAWHATCHEE Ave., Suite 103, Attn.: Dennis Fields, Eglin AFB FL 32542-5717. Such information should include, but is not limited to: affordability, engineering design, analysis, manufacturing capability, test and evaluation results, supportability approach, and previous purchasers. This RFI is for planning purposes only, and shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any follow-on acquisitions. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought/RFI or otherwise pay for the information solicited. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect cost or charges by the Government will arise as the result of submission of responses to this Sources Sought/RFI and Government use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part any industry input as a result of this Sources Sought/RFI. This Sources Sought/RFI does not constitute the solicitation of proposals or authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. The information you provide may be utilized by the United States Air Force in developing its acquisition approach and its Statement of Objectives (SOO). All documentation concerning this program will be posted on the Eglin PK home page at http://eglinpk.eglin.af.mil/OPS/RFP/HTM (then select MS/ECU) or provided upon special request in writing to Mr. Dennis Fields. It is our objective to transmit all proposal information to prospective offerors via the Internet. The amalgamated results of the program may be released to industry as a SOO at the RFP stage; therefore, it is highly desirable that data be received with unlimited rights to the Government. However, we recognize that proprietary data may be a part of this effort. If so, clearly mark such restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted /non-proprietary information. Firms responding to this synopsis should state if they are a large, small or small disadvantaged business. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns from Offerors or potential Offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director of Contracting Officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns, before resorting to the use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman (Col Timothy R. Kinney, ASC/SK, 205 West D Ave, Suite 318, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6865, (850) 882-9051). For routine communications concerning this acquisition, potential offerors are invited to contact Mr. Dennis Fields for contractual information (850)882-4685 ext 336, or Lt Jennifer Morgan for technical information (850) 882-4681 ext 319. Collect calls will not be accepted. (0281)

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