TUBE COORDINATE MEASUREMENT SET for V-22 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/SOURCES SOUGHT This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT and is issued for INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. This is not a SOLICITATION. This is NOT a request for proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to evaluate or purchase any goods or services. The Government will not reimburse for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information or materials furnished in response to this sources sought notice. Information received as a result of this notice will become part of our market research and used to determine interest and capability of potential sources. Proprietary information will be protected to the full extent provided by law. DESCRIPTION THE TUBE MEASUREMENT SET, P/N 24751, CAGE 1WUK4 (HEXAGON) The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, (NAWCAD) Joint Base MDL, New Jersey is seeking sources to fulfill a proposed acquisition requirement for a Tube Coordinate Measurement System. The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for this equipment is Hexagon Metrology. The Tube Coordinate Measurement System, part number 24751, is specifically configured for the V22 aircraft, and is used to inspect the shape of bent tubes made by US Navy, US Marine Corp and depot maintenance personnel using tube bending machines, Support Equipment Requirements Data (SERD) 2870 - USMC MV-22 I-Level Pines Tube Benders (CAGE: 4RPC2), P/N: 110-49-445-51 Ship Based Bender; and SERD 2869 - USMC MV-22 I-Level Pines Tube Benders, P/N: 110-49-445-52 and SERD 2400 - USMC MV-22 & USAF D-Level Pines CNC025B Benders. It includes a Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM) arm that has tube shape measuring, comparison and deviation identification, as well as tube bender program modification capabilities provided by a specially configured tamper-resistant laptop. The laptop requires customized software to interface with the CMM arm to take the measurements of tube shapes and transfer it for analysis by the software program. The software also needs to be capable of performing diagnostics and calibration checks. The Tube Measurement set is packaged in a 52"x18"x18.5" case and weighs 84 pounds. The Government does not own the Technical Data Rights for the items listed above and therefore it is not available as part of this Request for Information (RFI). Each responder is requested to provide detailed answers to the following questions and to provide the following information: Does your company have an existing product currently available to the marketplace that substantially meets all the form, fit, function and interface performance requirements for the currently fielded a Tube Coordinate Measurement System used in support of the V-22 Osprey Aircraft? If the answer to the question above is "yes," then provide narrative information, photos, drawings, illustrations, brochures, user / product manual, videos, WEB or other references that describe the product and the enabling technologies utilized in the product design. This information should be sufficiently detailed to demonstrate that the product can fulfill all of the requirements currently satisfied by the currently fielded Tube Coordinate Measurement System. Please send your responses to POC Walter Cuje at:
[email protected] no later than 30 September 2015. This RFI-Sources Sought does not constitute a commitment by the government to actually procure a Tube Coordinate Measurement System; but all responses to this RFI-Sources Sought will be taken into consideration by the government if / when an acquisition strategy is developed.