Health and Usage Monitoring System HC-144A

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - HEALTH AND USAGE MONITORING SYSTEM (HUMS) FOR USCG HC-144A AIRCRAFT HSCG38-15-S-010005 Background The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) operates eighteen (18) HC-144A aircraft. The HC-144A is manufactured by Airbus Military (formerly EADS CASA) based in Seville, Spain. The base CASA CN-235M aircraft provides the foundation for the HC-144A. Changes to the base aircraft configuration and the addition of supplementary systems have been combined resulting in a CG01 version of the CN-235M, the USCG HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft. The aircraft is not currently equipped with any type of permanently installed vibration analysis monitoring equipment. Synopsis This is not a solicitation announcement. This is a Request For Information (RFI) only. This is NOT a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. The purpose of this RFI is to gain knowledge of potential permanently installed engine and propeller monitoring and balancing equipment options for the HC-144A. Objective The USCG requests information from sources to provide technical and performance data for a Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS). The proposed HUMS shall be available by a commercial source and be sustainable for the next twenty (20) years. To meet the requirements of the HUMS, the system must be capable of engine vibration monitoring and propeller vibration analysis. The system should be able to record the data collected and allow for easy data review. Data acquisition equipment should be able to indicate an out of balance propeller, compute balance corrections, and recommend corrections. The system shall be capable of collecting data throughout all ground and flight profiles. The information obtained will be used to determine the benefits of installing HUMS on the entire fleet of aircraft. Responders should provide the following: Technical data, to include input/output Efficiency Operating parameters Size and weight Method of securing Mean Time Between Failure data Availability Sustainability requirements Data review methods Number of collection channels for accelerometers Number of collection channels for magnetic pickups Number of collection channels for strain/stress gauges Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with this RFI. All information received in response to this announcement will be kept confidential and will not be returned. Additionally, the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) Medium Range Surveillance (MRS) Product Line encourages potential respondents to give presentations, provide their solutions, or gather feedback at our facility. Respondents are requested to provide information for the additional following questions: (1) Is your business a large or small business and how many employees? (2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergent business, or a small disadvantaged business? (3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and is your firm certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? (4) Is your firm a certified hub zone firm? (5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business? (6) Is your firm a certified Service Disabled Veteran-Owned? (7) Is your product listed on a GSA schedule? (8) Do you have other government agencies using the product, and if so which agencies, POCs and contract numbers? (9) If possible, provide POCs for civilian users for general usage of product questions. After the review of the responses to this sources sought announcement, and if the USCG still plans to proceed with an acquisition, a solicitation announcement will be published in the Federal Business Opportunity website. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are not adequate response to any future solicitation announcement. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation in addition to responding to this sources sought synopsis. Again, this is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the USCG to award any contract. Responses to this RFI shall be emailed to CWO Kevin Musorofiti, MRS Division at Kevin.Musorofiti@uscg.mil. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than June 30, 2015, 4:00pm Eastern. Contracting Office Address: ALC-MRS Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909-5001 United States Place of Performance: Elizabeth City NC, North Carolina 27909 United States Primary Point of Contact: CWO Kevin Musorofiti, HC-144A Projects Office Kevin.Musorofiti@uscg.mil Phone: 252-384-7308 Secondary Point of Contact: David E. Tanner, Contracting Officer David.E.Tanner@uscg.mil Phone: 252-335-6142 Fax: 252-334-5427