LED PAPI Specification Industry Review.docx

SPECIFICATION REVIEW

1. Notice This Specification Review is being issued to engage Industry during the specification development phase. Please be aware of the following:

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Specification Review;

(b) The FAA will not pay for any information received, or costs incurred, in preparing the response to the Specification Review;

(c) Your response to this specification review will be treated as information ONLY. It shall not be used as a proposal;

(d) The FAA has the option of conducting one-on-one communications as deemed appropriate without the obligation to hold communications with all respondents;

(e) Respondent participation in any informational session is not a promise of future business with the FAA;

(f) Providing a response to this Specification Review neither qualifies respondents for, nor excludes respondents from, responding to a future Screening Information Request (SIR), if any; and

(g) This announcement is NOT A (SIR) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) and should not be misconstrued as such. Further, the FAA is not seeking nor accepting unsolicited proposals in response to this Specification Review.

2. Introduction/Purpose The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking Industry comments on the attached draft LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI) SPECIFICATION (FAA-E-3007C). The FAA is interested in gathering feedback on this specification. The FAA intends to utilize Industry comments in finalizing the LED PAPI Specification. The information received will be used to improve government awareness of LED PAPI performance and avoid potential ambiguity related to LED PAPI specification requirements.

In addition, a set of questions regarding requirements in the specification are listed below. This is an addendum to the overall specification review.

(a) Baffling: Does the Baffling Requirement, described in section 3.2.1.1, provide a sufficient description for designing of a baffle solution for the LED PAPI? If further description is required, please recommend updates.

(b) LHA Optical Bench: Are the force requirements described in section 3.3.1.3.1.1 appropriate to the LHA optical bench structures? How would industry propose testing for the structural design and rigidity requirement of the Optical Bench, described in section 3.3.1.3.1.1?

3. Nature of Competition A procurement strategy has not been determined at this time. The procurement method will be determined based on a future market survey. Failure to respond to this Specification Review will not result in exclusion from the resulting solicitation.

4. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing). If other NAICS codes are believed to be appropriate, industry responses should identify and explain why the additional NAICS codes should be considered under this Specification Review.

5. Submittal Requirements for Specification Review Please use the attached Reviewer Comments form to provide your comments. Submissions must include company point(s) of contact, title(s), and telephone number(s) or e-mail address.

Please provide your expert opinion on the questions identified in Section 2 of this document. You may provide your answers to each question in a separate word file using a font size no smaller than 12 point. Responses to all questions must be limited to no more than 6 pages, single sided.

6. Delivery of Submittals Interested companies must submit their response electronically to Dwayne Berry Dwayne.Berry@faa.gov and reference LED PAPI PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION in the subject line no later than January 15, 2023 at 1:00 pm. EST time. Telephone calls or paper submissions will not be accepted. Responses will not be returned. Any proprietary or confidential information contained in the submissions must be appropriately marked.

Please check the FAA’s Contracting Opportunities on SAM.gov website http://.SAM.GOV frequently for any updates and amendments to this announcement.

7. Attachments

(a) “Draft FAA-E-3007 Rev. C”

(b) “Comment Matrix”