6540 - MEI Trend Max Edging System
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N0018924R0041
- Agency
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Naval Supply Systems Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Naval Supply Systems Command is seeking an edging system to create shelf bevels utilizing current capabilities and pre-installed software from specific frame manufacturers. This edging system is a critical requirement for the Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity Detachment Yorktown, which produces approximately 560,000 pairs of spectacles annually as part of the Department of Defense Optical Fabrication Enterprise. The lack of an adequate edging system would drastically reduce optical fabrication operations and negatively impact patient care and military readiness. The solicitation requires the system to work with the facility's existing Lens Manufacturing System, airlines, power source, and current frame selections. The solicitation is open to all interested vendors and does not have a set-aside designation. Meisystems Inc. is identified as the only known source capable of providing the necessary components.
The solicitation was posted on July 23, 2024, with responses due by July 24, 2024, indicating an expedited timeline. The contract will be awarded to the vendor that can best meet the technical requirements and evaluation criteria, which are not specified in the notice. The annual production volume of 1.5 million pairs of eyewear for the Department of Defense suggests a potentially significant contract value, though an exact budget range is not provided.
Notice text
The Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity Detachment Yorktown requires an edging system to create shelf bevels utilizing current LMS capabilities and pre-installed software from specific frame manufacturers. Optical fabrication is a Military Health Service readiness requirement produced by both
Army and Navy fabrication labs. Those labs comprise the DoD Optical Fabrication Enterprise (OFE). The OFE fabricates approximately 1.5M pairs of eyewear annually for the warfighter. Fabrication is mission critical to readiness. NORA Yorktown is the largest laboratory in the OFE, producing about 560K pairs of spectacles annually, or 37 percent of the OFE annual output. The need to have adequate lens edging capabilities for the optical fabrication of safety eyewear and for those in theatre is critical.
NORA’s machinery performs lens cutting and edging. Adequate edging capabilities enable mission tasks that produce prescription eyewear for the DoD (35K plus monthly). The lack of an edging system capable of producing shelf bevels for ANSI Z87.1 safety lenses will drastically reduce optical fabrication operations, causing production output delays. This pitfall can negatively impact patient care and the Navy’s readiness mission. Meisystems Inc. is the only source capable of providing the necessary components to accurately create a shelf bevel utilizing our Lens Manufacturing System (LMS), existing airlines, power source and current frame selections.
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