Fall Arrest Protection System Question and Answer.pdf

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Fall Arrest Protection System - Aircraft Wings – B89 Federal contract opportunity
Solicitation number
FA8571-24-Q-0005
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Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center

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This document contains questions and answers related to solicitation number FA8571-24-Q-0005 for a fall arrest protection system for aircraft wings at building B89. The questions and answers provide additional details for the required fall protection system, which must be a rigid rail installed either overhead on the building roof structure or ground-mounted. The contractor will be responsible for analyzing if the existing building can structurally support an overhead rigid rail system, and if not, designing an alternative ground-based inverted L system. A single C130 aircraft located in the center of the hangar requires fall protection along its wings, with a rigid rail already in place over the fuselage. No preference is stated on rail manufacturer.

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Fall Arrest Protec�on System - Aircra� Wings – B89 Solicita�on FA8571-24-Q-0005

Ques�on and Answer 30 October 2023

This one can only handle a rigid rail with the six users on the rail.

1. Do you have any pictures of the area where this new fall protec�on system is to be installed? can you please share? Not at the current �me, drawings will be provided upon award.

2. Is the fall protec�on system only for one (1) C130 in the center of the hangar as shown in the layout atached? Yes, this is correct.

3. The descrip�on of work only calls for fall protec�on along the wings of the C130. Would it be beneficial or necessary to provide fall protec�on along the fuselage of the plain as well? This would allow any user to have fall protec�on no mater where they are working on the plane at any given �me. A rigid rail is already in place over the fuselage.

4. The preferred fall protec�on system is a rigid rail track. Do you have a preferred manufacturer for this track? For this applica�on we would most likely want to u�lize a bridge monorail system, is this acceptable? No, a rigid rail is necessary for this applica�on. No preference on manufacturer.

5. Is the intent that our company provide an analysis of the structural load capacity of the roof itself or is it the requirement for our company to resolve the loads imposed on the structure from the fall protec�on system we supply and install? The contractor is to analyze if the building can support their designed overhead rigid rail system. If the building cannot support it, the contractor is to design a ground-based system like an inverted L system that can support a rigid rail.

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