Questions_and_Answers_-_Solicitation_FA8126-16-Q-0025_Sheetmetal_Guillotine_.pdf

Solicitation FA8126-16-Q-0025 Contractor Questions and Government Responses

Contractor Question 1:

Could you please advise the required lengths(min and max) of cuts on the 60 cuts per minute standard.

Government Response:

The Guillotine Machine shall be capable of producing parts at variable speed. Also, the machine shall be capable of flowing up to 20 feet of material per minute and to be regulated from one (1) to to sixty (60) cuts per minute.

For Questions below, Per Contractor:

A "blank" is another term for a sheet. Typically a blank has tighter dimensional requirements than a sheet. For example, sheet tolerances on width and length might be; + .250 & -0 / on a blank they could be; +/- .060.

Contractor Question 2:

Maximum Width

Government Response:

Please refer to Revision 1 Statement of Work

Contractor Question 3:

Minimum Width

The minimum width is 1”

Contractor Question 4:

Maximum Thickness

Please refer to Revision 1 Statement of Work.

Contractor Question 5:

Minimum Thickness

Contractor Question 6:

Maximum thickness of _____at ___ inches wide

Same as full Width.

Contractor Question 7:

Maximum thickness at full width

Contractor Question 8:

If any high strength _____yield x ___wide x _____ thick

Contractor Question9:

Flatness Tolerance requirement

+/- .001”

Contractor Question 10:

Dimensional Tolerance requirement

Contractor Question 11:

Longest blank length of ___________ inches

36”

Contractor Question 12:

Shortest blank length of __________ inches

1”

Contractor Question 13:

Narrowest blank width of ________ inches

1”

Contractor Question 14:

Number of Largest and Smallest blanks required per 8 hrs. ______? If finished parts___?

Contractor Question 15:

Maximum blank stack weight in ____ lbs.

N/A

Contractor Question 16:

Coil weight of ___________ lbs.

Contractor Question 17:

Anything cosmetic?

No

Contractor Question 18:

Any space issues for feed line

25 ft.

Contractor Question 19:

Is coil change time critical?

Contractor Question 20:

What is the Through Put required for a shift?______

Contractor Question 21:

What Growth are you looking to do in the next 5 years?_______

Contractor Question 22:

Are there any downstream process that we can help with in the line?

Contractor Question 23:

Are there Lasers in your downstream process?

Contractor Question 24:

What are the tolerances required by you?

If industry standard is +/- .060, then that will work fine.