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THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, NJ is issuing this Request for Information... THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, NJ is issuing this Request for Information Notice to conduct market research to identify potential sources and request information for a potential procurement of rack mounted Analog Discrete Input Measurement instruments for the Engine Test Instrumentation Replacement System (ETIRS). The instrumentation must meet various functions, and each instrument can fulfill one or multiple functional requirements. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY – NOT a Request for Proposal. This RFI is issued for the purpose of determining market interest, feasibility, and capability of sources and does not constitute a Request for Proposal or commitment by the Government.?This RFI is issued sole for the market research information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation.??Information herein is based on the best information available at the time of publication, is subject to revision, and is not binding upon the government.??No reimbursement will be made of any costs to provide information in response to this RFI or any follow-up information requests.?This RFI is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible vendors capable of meeting the requirements described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.? NAVAIR is requesting information on the industry’s capability of manufacturing Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) or Modified COTS (MCOTS) rack mounted Relay Distribution instruments that meet or exceed the requirements below. The rack mounted Relay Distribution instruments shall meet or exceed the performance/environmental requirements shown in the following functional breakdown: Instrumentation Performance Requirements Relay Distribution Performance Requirements ** Refer to the tables in the attached Instrumentation Characteristics Excel file for all performance requirements. The performance specification is Export-Controlled. In order to receive a copy of the performance specification interested respondents must be U. S. DoD Contractors. Interested respondents must provide the contracting office point of contact identified below with a copy of their current, approved form DD2345, 'MILITARILY CRITICAL TECHNICAL DATA AGREEMENT'. Once received and current JCP certification verified by NAVAIR, the draft performance specification will be transmitted to you from NAVAIR via the DoD SAFE system, to the data custodian you have identified on the DD Form 2345. Contractors must request the draft performance specification in writing from Mr. Terrence Shearer, terrence.d.shearer.civ@us.navy.mil. Acquisition Instrumentation Environmental Requirements The system’s equipment design, located outside the instrument and control room (I&C Cab), shall meet Class 1 environmental requirements as defined in Table 2 of MIL-PRF-28800. The system’s equipment, within the instrument and control room (I&C Cab) boundary, design shall meet the temperature and humidity requirements of class 4 equipment in Section 3.9.2 of MIL-PRF-28800. The system shall be fully operational during the expected shipboard deck environmental vibration levels as described per MIL-STD-167-1A, Type 1 - Environmental Vibration. The system’s equipment design shall comply with the Requirement Matrix for Navy Surface Ships and Navy Ground in Table 5 of MIL-STD-461 or equivalent. CS115 (conducted susceptibility, bulk cable injection, impulse excitation) and CS118 (personnel borne electrostatic discharge) are specified as applicable. NAVAIR is requesting the following information from industry vendors to demonstrate how they can meet the requirements listed above: Vendor capability. Vendor capacity. Documentation demonstrating that the vendor is capable of manufacturing COTS and/or modified COTS rack mounted Relay Distribution instruments. Documentation demonstrating that the vendor is capable to sustain the product. Any information on past performance of similar efforts. A technical data sheet describing the electrical and performance characteristics of the instruments. The vendors may also respond with a presentation of 5 slides or less with a specific focus on explanation of data sheets and instrument performance in relation to GFI requirements. NAVAIR is requesting the following information from industry vendors to comprehend the logistics impacts associated to each instrument: How long will the product be supported for procurement and repair? Does the product require calibration? If so, does the product require additional equipment/tools to calibrate? All interested parties should have the following: A quality assurance program compliant with ISO9001 or equivalent. Test data demonstrating that the above performance and environmental requirements have been met with the proposed rack mounted Relay Distribution instruments. Acquisition Instrumentation Software Requirements Instrumentation shall be able to be controlled through an Application Programming Interface (API) by software code running on the test bench. NAVAIR’s preferred APIs are those standardized interfaces defined and managed by the Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) Foundation (https://www.ivifoundation.org) including the following: VXI plug & play Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation (SCPI) Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) All interested parties should respond with their compliance with the above APIs for each potential offering. If a vendor’s instrument is not compliant with the above APIs, they should state so and, instead, provide an overview of how to programmatically control their instrument, including any required drivers, applications, programming languages, operating systems, or third-party tools. In addition to expressing interest and providing the requested information, include estimated price details. The government is seeking unit price and lead time for each type of rack mounted data acquisition instrument type. Brochures, manufacturing capability and capacity, and past performance information may be included in the RFI response. To assist in our market research and determination of any applicable small business set-aside for this effort, if you are a small business interested in priming this effort and plan to utilize “similarly situated entities” to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting, please identify the name & CAGE Code of the specific firm(s) you intend to partner/subcontract with to meet the requirements as well as their SB size status under the NAICS code assigned to this notice. Information regarding any planned similarly situated entity should be included in answering any questions outlined in this RFI in order to assist the Government’s capability determination.? FAR 52.219-14 Limitation on Subcontracting requires a small business prime on a Set-Aside to perform at least 50% of the cost of contract performance.? Small business primes may now count “first tier subcontracted” work performed by similarly situated entities as if it were performed by the prime itself. Please read the full text of the clause deviation (52.219-14 Class Deviation 2020-O0008 dated 04/03/20 at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far).?? Interested sources should provide RFI responses and related data to the POCs identified below, no later than 30 days after the post date of this RFI. All information sent should reference this RFI number on the subject response line of the emailed response as well as on all enclosed documents. Responses must include the company name, address, point of contact name and email/phone, and company size. Proprietary data MUST be marked on a page-by-page basis and will be kept confidential and protected where so designated. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP that may be issued. Any comments provided may or may not be included in a formal solicitation. Respondents may provide information and Rough Orders of Magnitude (ROM) on any currently available product or a company's' capabilities that will meet the Navy's requirements. Responses must be received no later than December 16th 2024 by 4pm EST.