99--Market Survey - AC-08-01436

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement for the upgrade of certain avionics equipment, 20 each, Inertial Reference Units (IRU's), Part Number HG2100AB06 to HG2195 Special Mission IRU's with an Integrated Vertical Acceleration (IVA) output. The parts are to be installed on the FAA's fleet of Beech-300 Flight Inspection aircraft. These parts are required to support the modernization of the FAA's Airborne Flight Inspection System (AFIS). The aforementioned equipment is critical to the safe operation of the National Air Space (NAS) and has a direct impact on the safety of the flying public. The only known vendor of the above part(s) is Honeywell Defense and Space. Honeywell is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and holds the proprietary data rights for the above parts. The government does not have the test capability, evaluation criteria, or technical documentation available to make a determination of acceptability of replacement parts by any other manufacturer. In addition, this requirement is a single source because the FAA is installing this equipment on their Beech-300 Flight Inspection Aircraft. As such all component parts must be type certificated in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation procedures set forth under Certification Parts 23, 25, 27 and 29 which states "For new, amended and supplemental type certificates (STC) under 14 CFR Parts 23, 25, 27 and 29, the cognizant FAA Aircraft Certification Officer (ACO) will issue special conditions that require the applicant comply. Only parts that have the required STC certification can be installed on the aircraft. Therefore, to receive consideration as a possible source for the above parts, any interested party must provide in writing, proof of authorized access to the proprietary data necessary for entire upgrade and manufacture of the equipment which includes: hardware and software, software modification and verification, any hardware retrofit, configuration management, acceptance testing and delivery and STC certification. The FAA does not have specifications or drawings. The contractor must have access to the original equipment manufacturer's (OEM) specifications and drawings. Potential sources must provide documentation to the FAA showing proof of rights to use the data from the OEM. Statements that data will be obtained or that specifications or drawings will be developed are not acceptable. Only those responses providing the required documentation in response to this market survey will be considered prior to further action by the FAA. Vendors must respond directly to the contract specialist identified below. Interested parties who can comply with and meet all of the requirements and have access to OEM data called out in this market survey must respond with their documentation in writing to: Federal Aviation Administration Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Attn: AMQ-310/Holly Crothers P. O. Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK 73125 Mark responses to this survey with: Market Survey File AC-08-01436, to arrive on or before January 31,2008. The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing responses to this market survey. Any proprietary information should be so marked. Individual company responses will not be disclosed to other vendors. This announcement shall not be construed as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the FAA to acquire these services. Responders to this announcement may be asked to provide additional information based on their initial submittal. This notice is for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, has a program to assist small businesses, small businesses owned and controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and women-owned concerns to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $750,000.00. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at +1 (555) 000-0000.