Salient Characteristics_W911QX26QA193.doc

Salient Characteristics

Commercial Availability Certification:

I have evaluated the commercial marketplace and determined that all of the salient characteristics documented below are available in products/services offered in the commercial marketplace.

Signature (typed name):

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Technical Point of Contact (TPOC)

The Contractor shall provide a material lifting system in accordance with (IAW) the following specifications:

· Material elevator to transport test items with dimensions up to six (6) feet (’) (length) x six (6)’ (width) x seven (7)’ (height) weighing up to 1,000 pounds (lbs).

· Elevator with vertical travel 14’ to deliver items between two (2) levels (ground floor to mezzanine level).

· Electric hoist on movable trolley with capacity to lift items weighing up to 1,000 lbs. from material elevator floor to heights ranging from three (3)’ to 13’ to be placed onto the operating table of a test machine.

· A customizable track system that permits guiding and positioning the hoist trolley around multiple obstacles (building infrastructure, test machine structural members) along curved paths (radius of curvature 24 inch) and linear paths (15’-18’) to deliver items to the test machine. Trolley shall permit articulation five (5) up to degrees in directions perpendicular to the track.

· The track system shall be supported from the mezzanine floor structure where the test machine is located, through a series of columns attached to the structural members of the mezzanine. Supporting of the lifting hoist from the ceiling (as in a traditional overhead crane) is not possible due to multiple interfering obstacles posed by the building and test machine.

· The Contractor shall provide ancillary installation services for the required crane system and access on secured location within Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Anti-Terrorism / Operations Security (AT/OPSEC):

· All Contractor employees, to include sub-contractor employees, requiring access Army installations, facilities and controlled access areas shall complete AT Level I awareness training within 30 calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, whichever is applicable. The Contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the contracting officer, if a COR is not assigned, within 30 calendar days after completion of training by all employees and subcontractor personnel. AT Level I awareness training is available at the following website: http://jko.jten.mil.

· The Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation Provost Marshal Office, Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements (FAR clause 52.204.9, Personal Identify Verification of Contractor Personnel) as directed by DoD, HQDA and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes.

· The Contractor and all associated sub-contractors shall brief all employees on the local iWATCH program (training standards provided by the requiring activity (ATO). This local developed training will be used to inform employees of the types of behavior to watch for and instruct employees to report suspicious activity to the COR. The training shall be completed within 30 calendar days of contract award and within 15 calendar days of new employees commencing performance with the results reported to the COR NLT 45 calendar days after contract award.

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