Various F18 Tools and Toolkits

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - SOURCES SOUGHT FOR
F18 Tools 

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER – AIRCRAFT DIVISION LAKEHURST, NJ

INTRODUCTION

The Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division, Lakehurst New Jersey is requesting information pertaining to the availability of various F18 Tools for squadron level maintenance. The tools are for the needs of the F18 program requirements for both U.S. and international forces.

ELIGIBILITY

The PSC for this requirement is 5120; the NAICS is 332216.  All interested businesses are encouraged to respond.

REQUIREMENTS

The tools shall be designed to accomplish a specific maintenance task on all F18 aircraft variants.  The tool boxes are designed and fitted with foam inserts and/or shadowing into which the exact design and dimensions of the required tools are identified.

Please note that the Government does not own the drawings for this requirement. This data is proprietary to IDSC Holdings (Snap On). Any company that feels they can meet the requirement are invited to make a submittal per the instructions below.

SUBMITTAL INFORMATION

It is requested that interested businesses submit to the contracting office a product information package for any F18 tool kits that can fully or substantially meet the requirements stated herein and per F18 program requirements.  Non-developmental, Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) equipment items are preferred.

This documentation should address the following:

1. Company Name; Company Address; Cage Code; Company Business Size; and Point-of-Contact (POC) name, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
2. Existing product information (e.g., product brochures, datasheets, leading particulars, technical specifications, test reports, applicable standards, etc.) as available.
3. Warranty options.
4. Product obsolescence information (e.g., anticipated months to final production, end-of-life notification and tech refresh cycle times).

Responses shall be submitted to Paras Patel at paras.patel@navy.mil in accordance with the response date of this RFI/Sources Sought.

DISCLAIMER

THIS IS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ).  THIS RFI SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION OR AWARD A CONTRACT. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST, NOR WILL THE GOVERNMENT COMPENSATE ANY RESPONDENT FOR ANY COSTS INCURRED IN DEVELOPING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT.

PROPRIETARY DATA

The Government will not release any information marked with a Proprietary legend, received in response to this RFI, to any firms, agencies, or individuals outside of the Government without written permission in accordance with the legend.