Aviation Flight Frame - AFF

Added: Jan 29, 2014 2:49 pm DLA Troop Support intends to award multiple Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts for the Artcraft Optical Aviation Flight Frame (AFF) "OR EQUAL".  Solicitation SPM2DE-14-R-0002 will be issued as unrestricted, full and open competition.  Interested vendors will be required to complete and submit a proposal as a result of the solicitation and must submit Aviation Flight Frame Samples to DLA Troop Support to be furnished to the United States Air Force for evaluation within 60 days of solicitation closing.  The frames required by the USAF are as follows:  AFF "Operational", Aircrew Sunglass w/case Operational, AFF "Dress" , Aircrew Sunglass w/case "Dress" and the AFF "Joint Service".  
The awardee(s) will be required to support CONUS and OCONUS customers through the Optical Electronic Catalog (ECAT) program.  There are two communication options available for ECAT; Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) - Supplier Order Management and the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) X 12 EDI.  All purchase orders, purchase order confirmation and invoice transactions under this contract are required to be electronic.  The contractor is required to utilize ECAT to electronically receive 850 purchase orders, transmit 997 functional acknowledgements, send 855 order confirmations and transmit 810 invoices for payment.  Customers will be ordering supplies utilizing an e-commerce, internet based website or through ANSI transaction sets.  Contract terms shall be a one year base period and four one-year option periods.  Estimate dollar value inclusive of option periods is $7.5M.  This is NOT a request for proposal, request for quote or Invitation for Bid.  The Government is in no way obligated to purchase any material as a result of this notice.  This notice and any RFP in no way commits the Government to award a contract.  Spec Sheet No. 1 dated 10 March 2010, is attached to this notice.  Details involving testing requirements and additional spec requirements will be annotated in the solicitation when issued.