Attachment 4 Request for Technical Literature.pdf

REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL LITERATURE

a. The vendor shall provide, with its quote, descriptive literature that has previously been used to market the proposed. The literature will be used to technically evaluate the proposal and shall describe how the Wheels and Axles meet requirements of the specification; specifically the paragraphs #1 - #4 of the Statement of Work:

1. New 40 inch wheels having AAR 1-B Contour, wheels can be “fat 40’s or regular 40’s” to be mounted on axles with standard support bearing size and 8 wheels to accommodate 1each GP9 locomotive. Reference MI1518 for standard specification.

2. 6 ½ x 12 inch journals and axles with 62-15 gear ratio and NEW cartridge type tapered roller bearings, Class GG. Timken number E-34744-B or equivalent. The complete locomotive requires 4 axles. One axle will have one GG end cap assembly Timken K82329 or equivalent for a speedometer drive mounted on the gear side end of cap.

Hyatt bearings housings modified to adapt to the Class GG bearings.

3. All wear plates will be replaced NEW.

4. Association of American Railroad (AAR) Certification Statement identifying components, i.e. wheels, axles and roller bearings, came from a certified AAR source shall be included with each shipment. Reference AAR Manual M-1003 (J), SOP MQ- 03.

b. The features, which must be addressed in the descriptive literature, are necessary to consider the bid proposal responsive. If the vendor’s preprinted literature does not show all these features, the vendor must attach a letter of supplemental information to the literature describing in detail those required features.

c. The failure of descriptive literature to show that the product offered meets the requirements of this solicitation will require rejection of the proposal.

d. Descriptive literature furnished under this solicitation that contains statements similar to ‘specifications are subject to change without notice’, proposal is subject to the following conditions’, or ‘prices are subject to change without notice’ shall not be considered for an award. The government has no assurance the products offered will conform to the specification; therefore, the proposal is not considered a firm offer and will not be considered for an award.

e. Vendors who furnish a product catalog to satisfy this requirement must indicate which item is the subject of the proposal by citing (highlighting, marking, etc.) model numbers and page numbers from the catalog along with the item’s price. Proposals that fail to clearly establish which item or items are being proposed will be considered non-responsive.

REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL LITERATURE