B-1 Borescope

The Air Force intends to solicit the following supply:

 The 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group (AMXG) is requesting utilization of funds for the purchase of two (2) Waygate Technologies MViQ+ Enhance Borescopes kits or equal to include the following.

The requested equipment item descriptions / specifications are outlined below.

1. two (2) borescope kits with each kit having the following features:

• Borescopes shall have interchangeable probes (including the cable) and tips as follows:

• Two probes, one around 4mm and one around 6mm, will be needed.

• For each probe size, at least one forward view tip and one side view tip will be needed.

• At minimum, each standard tip should preferably have at least 100 degrees of FOV (if stereo probes are included, then at least 50/50 FOV).

• Probe cable should be approximately 2 meters long.

• Borescope shall have at least 32 gigabytes of internal storage.

• The borescope system itself shall be a handheld unit, capable of maintaining ergonomic controls via a pistol grip design when being held with one hand, allowing the probe to be held with the other hand. • A physical joystick attached directly to the system shall be used for articulating the probe.

• The borescope kit shall include an interchangeable battery and a charging set, along with direct system powering via approximately 110 volts Alternating Current (AC).

1. Each borescope shall include a portable kit, including a carry-on case for the borescope system:

• System itself shall be reasonably easy to carry, with a weight of around 5 to 10 pounds.

• With the case, the total weight shall be around 20 to 25 pounds.

• The carry-on case shall include a telescoping pole kit/shoulder strap to allow for hands-free operations of the system.

• A rigid sleeve to protect the flexible scope shall be included.

• The borescope system itself shall include hooks or a base for mounting to aircraft during use.

1. Borescope system shall have an LCD screen that has at least WVGA or XVGA resolution. • Screen shall be at least 4 inches diagonally.

• Screen shall have 5x zooming ability at minimum.

• Borescope shall have the ability to transfer stored data to external media.

• The borescope shall have heads that allow the probes to articulate in any direction and rotate a full 360 degrees.

D. Borescope shall be compliant with MIL-STD-810H, particularly with laboratory test paragraphs 501.7, 502.7, 506.6, 507.6, 509.8 (or 509.7 in older versions), 510.7, 511.7, 514.8, 516.8, 521.4, to remain functional when encountering environmental phenomena in its work environment. Alternatively, if the borescope was tested according to MIL-STD-810G, the borescope shall need to be compliant with the equivalent paragraphs in that standard.

E. The offeror shall also provide a list of all the items included in each kit (if they are not already listed in the quote), and mention what MIL-SPECs that the borescope is compliant to.

A Firm Fixed Price type contract is contemplated.

Estimated Period of Performance:  90 days ARO.

This is a small business set-aside

System for Award Management (SAM) is required to receive any award. Contractors can register electronically at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334519 with a size standard of  600 EMP.

Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by submitting a proposal. Electronic procedures will be used for this solicitation through Beta.sam.gov at https://sam.gov/content/home.  No telephone requests. See Note 22. Authority is 10 USC 2304 (c)(1).

Foreign Participation: No

For further information contact:

Sheridan Robison

Contracting Officer