The Naval Air Systems Command, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) intends to procure a quantity of one (1) Data Acquisition System: Multifunction Data Recorder/Monitor for Electrical Testing under the authority of FAR 13.5 and 12.6. This procurement is a small business set-aside under NAICS Code 334111, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, and will be awarded on the basis of meeting all Technical Requirements, Price, Past Performance and Delivery using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. A Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract will awarded for this effort. The Data Acquisition System: Multifunction Data Recorder/Monitor for Electrical Testing shall have the following minimum capabilities/requirements: 1. General Configuration a. The system shall be able to be configured in two ways in order to support the testing operations and requirements as follows: i. Stand-alone operation of the mainframe with a minimum of 16 signal inputs for dynamic voltage and related signals. ii. Local/remote operation of the mainframe by the operator, and a remotely located signal conditioning interface box, located at least 50 feet from the mainframe, which includes a minimum of 48 channels. iii. It must be possible to quickly adapt the system to either mode of operation and setup as described above. b. Ambient temperature range of at least 25 degrees F to at least 110 degrees F. c. System shall have the capability to accurately time stamp the acquisition in all channels within 10 microsecond resolution based on 100 kilosamples per second sample rate. d. Shock and vibration capabilities in accordance with MIL-STD-810F or better. e. Power Input i. Shall operate from standard 120/240 VAC @ 50/60 Hz power. ii. Shall also operate from 120 VAC @ 400 Hz power for use in aircraft testing. iii. A standard IEC power cable shall be provided for use in North America. f. Accessories i. The system shall include operator manuals for the hardware and software, in both hard copy and electronic (PDF, MS-WORD, or HTML) formats. ii. The system shall include a carrying bag for local transportation, and to protect the built-in display when the system is not in use. 2. Mainframe Unit Specifications a. Display must be at least 15 inches diagonal size. b. Display must be of the flip-up style (like a notebook PC), so that it can be closed during non-operational times and completely protected from all sides. c. Signal inputs must have 16 slots for input signal conditioners, of the same series that are used on the remote unit, for 100% interchangeability. d. Signal connection must be accessible from the front side of the instrument when used in a standard 19 inch rack mount configuration. e. Hard drive must be internal, IDE type, capable of storing up to 64 channels (whether on the main frame or the remote unit) of data samples at the rate of 100K samples/Sec continuous for a minimum of 5 hours. f. The equipment must be rack mountable in a standard 19 inch rack. g. Weight shall not exceed 50 lbs. h. Power shall run directly from 120/240VAC power, 50/60 Hz. 3. Remote Unit Specifications a. Display not required on remote unit. b. Signal inputs shall be accessible from the front side of the instrument when used in a 19 inch rack mount configuration. c. Shall connect to the mainframe via a high speed connection. d. Shall have a minimum of 50 foot long remote connection cable. e. All operating functions shall be directly connected on the mainframe unit, in real time, without the need to physically access the remote unit for any reason, other than physical signal connection and activating the power switch. f. Shall have input slots for at least 16 input signal conditioners, of the same series used on the mainframe, for 100% interchangeability. g. Shall be a minimum of 48 channels. 4. Mainframe Storage Capabilities a. Storage data must be able to be stored to internal Hard Disk Drive (HDD) on a continuous basis. b. Triggering: pre and post trigger durations shall be operator selected via the setup screens, and data shall be stored and retrieved according to these settings even when written to the hard drive. c. Storage space: the system hard drive must be able to store at a minimum of 100k samples/sec for at least 5 hours continuous with up to 64 channels being recorded. d. Must be able to record data to hard disk continuously at the rate of at least 100k samples/sec on all channels whether using the 16 internal channels, or the 48 channels on the remote unit. 5. Signal Input Modules Capabilities for Dynamic (AC) Signals a. High voltage dynamic input modules shall have: i. Selectable ranges from at least +/- 20 Volts to +/- 1400 Volts (with selected ranges covering, at a minimum, 115V and 875V). ii. Isolation of 1000Vrms or higher, channel-to-channel and channel-to-ground. iii. Bandwidth of direct current to minimum of 150 kHz (-3dB point). iv. Selectable frequency filters from 10 Hz to at least 150 kHz v. Isolated/protected banana type inputs which accept standard banana and safety banana plugs for high voltage. b. General Characteristics of the input modules: i. Each dynamic signal input must be differential (neither side referenced to ground or any other channel). ii. Each dynamic signal input must have software selectable input ranges and frequency filters. iii. Must have the ability to plug in signal conditioning modules for the following sensors and signals: strain gages in full, half, or quarter bridge configuration, with programmable auto-balance, bridge completion, excitation voltage, shunt cal, zero cal, range, and low-pass filter; constant current accelerometers with selectable mA source current and ranges; charge accelerometers with programmable range and filtering; LVDTs, RTDs, thermocouples (J, K, T at a minimum) with built-in cold-junction compensation and linearization, and potentiometric/ohmic sensors from 100 to 10 kohm sensitivity full-scale. iv. Modules must allow for the operator to swap any module for another one using only a screw driver 6. Signal Input Module Capability for Slow (DC) Signals a. Thermocouple input modules shall have the capability to be plugged into either the mainframe or remote unit and have the following performance characteristics: i. Thermocouple types J, K, or T, with at least 8 thermocouple channels per add-on module. ii. Integrated Cold Junction Compensation (CJC) is required. iii. On-board minimum of 24-bit A/D converter for each channel within the thermocouple module. iv. On-board linearization according to ISO standard thermocouple curves, to ensure accurate readings. v. Capability to sample at least once per second, all channels, including simultaneous sampling within any add-on module. vi. Capability to daisy chain more than one module if needed in order to have 16, 32, 48, or 64 channels of temperature measurement. vii. Shall use standard color coded (American standard colors) miniature thermocouple input jacks, keyed according to standard to prevent incorrect attachment 7. A/D Card Capabilities for Use in Data Sampling a. The mainframe must be configurable for an internal A/D card which is connected to the on-board 16 dynamic inputs with the following performance characteristics: i. Minimum 16-bit resolution. ii. Simultaneous sampling of both the main and remote signals within 10 microseconds or less. iii. Minimum of 100 k samples/sec per channel for all 16 channels at once. iv. Storage on the mainframe at the contractors maximum rate for all channels continuous to the hard drive. 8. Input Setup User Interface and Capabilities a. At a minimum the system shall provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for setup and control of all operating parameters as follows: i. Input calibration/scaling to engineering units to incoming high and low calibration signals. ii. Selection of which input signals to monitor and record, selection of sample rate from all available possibilities, trigger level(s), and pre/post trigger parameters. iii. Set high/low alarm levels for each input. iv. Capability to save setup parameters so they can be reloaded by the operator to reduce future set-up time. v. Set-up and monitoring of mathematically derived channels using a high-level formula builder. Single and multi-channel operations must be possible, such as multiplying two channels together, using math, algebraic, trigonometric, and logic functions. In addition, constants must be able to be defined and used within the expressions. 9. Data Display Capabilities Dynamic Signal Inputs a. At a minimum the system shall provide selectable data displays of the following types: i. Meter display: Each input shown in a meter or bar graph, which can be set to display incoming data as an actual value, RMS value, AC RMS value, running average, minimum, or maximum value. Must be able to create a graphical display of a system test, with clear indication of the location of all sensors and signal pickups. ii. Alarm Levels: Operator must be able to set high/low alarm levels on each input, including a visual reference that the alarm level has been exceeded. iii. Video monitoring and recording displays shall have the capability to capture video to sync with the data. iv. Scope display: Minimum of four oscilloscope graphs with independent time axis controls, each one of which can display a minimum of four channels. Each independent scope graph must be selectable to free run, normal, or auto mode, and have trigger level and pre/post trigger levels selectable when in the normal or auto modes. v. Recorder display shall be able to display data in the traditional strip chart recorder mode of 8 vertical traces. The time-base/scroll-rate of this display must be user-selectable. It must be possible to stop the data display from moving in order to zoom in on data from several minutes before, without interrupting current recording. When this function is being used, the system must provide bar graphs that show the live or current input signal conditions. It must be possible to set high/low alarm levels for each input, and the system must indicate graphically whether these levels have been met or exceeded during a test, and display if the conditions were met or exceeded, and what the signal level was, without interrupting recording. vi. Video+Data display shall have the capability to display both signal input data and video data from any standard USB camera or video source, within a single display. The video window should be sizable, and the data must be displayed below or above the video window in a horizontal strip chart fashion. The user must be able to choose which signal inputs are displayed in the strip charts, up to at least four inputs. vii. Must have the capability to calculate/measure harmonic distortion up to the 20th harmonic based on the fundamental frequency of 400 Hz, along with taking spectrum data up to the corresponding harmonic. 10. Printing Capabilities a. The system software and printer drivers shall print captured data in full-color, using any locally connected or network-connected industry standard printer. 11. Report Generation Capabilities a. The system software functionality shall allow the operator to review the captured data on-screen in color, and be able to zoom-in on areas of interest and spread them out across the maximum useable width of the display. b. The system software shall be able to export data to a minimum of the following formats: Microsoft Excel, Matlab, and delimited ASCII text format. c. Video data acquired shall be exportable to the Windows standard AVI multimedia format, and must include the waveforms in a graph below the video window. d. The system software shall be capable of saving or trimming of a file to a subset of the original data file in its native format, as a means of reducing storage requirements. e. The system software shall be a stand-alone Windows program which can be installed on any Windows based PC in our facility, license and royalty-free, to facilitate the off-line analysis of acquired data by a wide group of users. All functions of the analysis portion of the system software must be useable when installed on any Windows PC when a data file is loaded into it, including report generation, zooming and on-screen measurements, and printing of data files. f. File format must not be proprietary to the manufacture so that it can be written to a CDROM and distributed to customers for review without them requiring software other than widely available Microsoft Windows based format. 12. Additional Interface Slot a. The system shall have the capacity for the operator to add at least one additional PCI interface card as future requirements develop. This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This announcement/solicitation is issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ) in accordance with FAR 13.5 and applicable parts of FAR 12.603. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1 and 52.212-2 apply. FAR 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 will be included in any award resulting from this notice. Full text for these FAR provisions and clauses may be accessed at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. This effort is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 334111. Companies with fewer than 1,000 employees qualify as a small business. Delivery shall be FOB Destination to Patuxent River, MD 20670 with packaging, shipping and handling included in the unit price. Quotations will be evaluated for award based on the following factors: Technical, Price, Past Performance and Delivery. All factors are of equal importance. An integrated evaluation shall be conducted to ensure best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. TECHNICAL: Please provide commercial brochures/literature for a Data Acquisition System and/or other information sufficient to show how the product meets all minimum technical requirements/specifications as provided herein. In addition, provide a copy of the standard commercial warranty terms and conditions. PRICE: The quotation will be evaluated on best value provided the unit otherwise meets all technical requirements. Prices shall be clearly stated and include FOB Destination terms to NAWCAD, Patuxent River MD 20670. PAST PERFORMANCE: Please provide a copy of three recent prior contract or purchase order numbers for same or similar products sold to other customers. Include a point of contact and phone number for each contract/purchase order record provided. This information may be evaluated for successful past performance information obtained from prior customers in terms of meeting all requirements, delivering on time, following up with claims under warranty, etc. The Government reserves the right to obtain prior Past Performance information other than from the sources provided with the quotations. DELIVERY: The quotation will be evaluated on the best delivery time, after receipt of a written purchase order, provided the unit otherwise meets all technical requirements. All quotations shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. The automated system for complying is called On-Line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), and is available at: https://orca.bpn.gov/login.aspx. For additional information, see the ORCA FAQ sheet at: https://orca.bpn.gov/faq.aspx. To receive an award from the Department of Defense, contractors must be registered in the CCR database, available at: www.ccr.gov and must otherwise be eligible for award. Quotations must be received by the Contracting Office, no later than 1500 hours on 23 August 2007. Quotations may be submitted electronically via email to the attention of Amy Beckman, Contract Specialist, at email
[email protected]. Or quotations may be submitted via common carrier such as FEDEX, UPS, or USPS to the following address: Naval Air Systems Command, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Attn: AMY BECKMAN, Code AIR-2.5.1.4.5.3, 21983 Bundy Road, Bldg. 441 Patuxent River, MD 20670-1127 PLEASE NOTE: Due to heightened security at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, if you choose to submit your quotation via common carrier, sufficient time should be allowed to make sure your quotation arrives at the above designated receipt location before 1500 hours on the due date. The Government is not liable for lost or misdirected e-mail or common carrier mail or any other type of delivery error. Comments or questions concerning this combined synopsis/solicitation should be submitted via e-mail to the attention of Amy Beckman, Contract Specialist, at
[email protected]. No phone calls please.