99--TDWR Small Ribbon Displays, AC-07-61373

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has a requirement for thirty (30) each Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) Small Ribbon Displays, Vishay Dale Electronics part number APD-250M045, NSN 7025-01-363-9477. These Ribbon Displays are a wind-shear detection system, which detects gust fronts, precipitation and micro-bursts in the terminal aircraft approach, used to increase the safety of the National Airspace System (NAS). The ribbon displays will be utilized for the TDWR, Low Level Wind Shear Alert System (LLWAS), Weather Systems Processor (WSP), and Integrated Terminal Weather Radar Systems (ITWS). The Small Ribbon Display is a Commercial off the Shelf item available only from Vishay Dale Electronics, Columbus, Nebraska. Raytheon, the original manufacture of the TDWR, sub-contracted to Vishay Dale Electronics to provide the ribbon displays to be used with the TDWR Systems. All technical specifications and drawings are proprietary to Vishay Dale Electronics. The FAA does not have technical data, plans, drawings, manufacturing specifications, and other necessary documentation for full and open competition. The contractor must have access to the specifications and drawing or be an authorized distributor of Vishay Dale Electronics. Potential sources must provide documentation to the FAA showing proof of rights to use the data from the Vishay Digital Electronics or documentation identifying your company as an authorized distributor. 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. Interested parties who can comply with and meet all of the requirements called out in this market survey must provide their responses with Market Survey File AC-07-61373, to arrive by September 21, 2007, no later than 2:30 pm CST. Email responses to contact@example.gov. 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. This market survey shall not be construed as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the FAA to acquire these items. Responders to this market survey may be asked to provide additional details/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. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at +1 (555) 000-0000."