OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR BID Truck Driving Simulator - Southwest ...

OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR BID
Truck Driving Simulator
The Southwest Applied Technology College of Cedar City, Utah is a UCAT (Utah
Colleges of Applied Technology) Campus and is requesting a bid on a Truck Driving
Simulator for purchase. The following items below are preferred but not absolute.
This request also gives SWATC the right to accept or reject any bid submitted.
Sealed bids will be accepted until noon (12:00 pm) September 23, 2013. Please
see directions below. Please see directions below. For technical questions or
additional information call Dave Terry at 435-590-4993 or Richard Grainger at
435-590-2252 or e-mail to dterry@swatc.edu.
Truck Driving Simulator Required Specifications and Capabilities—
1. The truck driving simulator can train fire, emergency personnel in the operation of emergency
vehicles in emergency and nonemergency situations.
2. The simulator can be configured as a fire truck, school bus, heavy truck and trailer, police car,
dump truck cab, or light truck. Bidders shall provide documented proof of an established
production process for these configurations.
3. Console unit that provides driving experience with steering wheel, gas, brake, and clutch pedals,
seat, transmission that have three screen scenario display and interactive responses to the driver

4. Simulator must provide the option to add a police insert at a later date to include software.
5. The simulator lets the instructor track, record, and play back, from at least six angles, the
movements of multiple networked simulators.
6. The simulator produces high-resolution graphics on plasma or LCD displays. Cables are marked
for plug and play.
7. The simulator can communicate with the factory through high-speed wireless internet
connection. The vendor provides options for optional repair kits and a specific technical support
program.
8. The simulator runs on Windows XP or greater and can share programs with other simulators.
9. The vendor provides a base number of instructional programs (scenarios) and optional scenarios
under purchase options.
10. Vendors will maintain a staff of full time instructional designers and professional simulation
trainers with relevant industry experience. Please provide resumes.
11. The simulator includes, among others, these scenarios and visual databases:
skid pad
building fires
multiple vehicles
starting a scenario in a fire station
emergency responses
interstate roadway area
metropolitan area
a variety of weather and road conditions.
12. The simulator has a 200-degree field of view or greater from the student driver position.
13. The simulator has working items commonly found in the driver compartment of an emergency
vehicle:

single driver seat
lap and shoulder belt
tilt steering wheel
operational dashboard with speedometer, fuel, and other gauges
functional siren
emergency light controls
brake pedal
gas pedal
emergency brake
turn signals
headlight switch
high-low beam controls
ignition
automatic transmission gear shift
two air-circulation blowers
emergency stop button
14. The simulator includes instructor-controlled decoy-vehicle capability.
15. The simulator has force-loaded steering that simulates return to center, scrub, tire blowouts,
driving over curbs, etc.
16. The driver compartment is designed to ensure safety, provide comfort, and maximize the
training experience.
17. The simulator can replicate multiple dashboards “Glass Dash” and multiple vehicles, including:
fire truck
ambulance
Commercial trucks

doubles
tankers
flatbeds
48 foot and 53 foot trailers
18. The simulator comes with an automatic transmission along with a manual transmission.
19. Simulator will come with at least 40 scenarios for fire and trucking.
20. Simulator will provide realistic shifting and transmission experience including typical driver
and road condition feedback, with a variety of shifting patterns
21. The Trucking Package includes a minimum of 14 own cabs and 30 different
tractor/trailer/drive train combinations with 12 different trailers. Engine types include Cummins,
Caterpillar, and Detroit. Transmission types include 9‐, 10‐, and 13‐speeds. Each truck comes with a
dashboard configuration that accurately matches the cab make and model.
22. The instructor station (IOS) can control or drive any scenario car to customize the training
experience.
23. The IOS can control the training environment by changing:
weather
time of day
suburban environment
mountain environment
freeway environment
vehicle characteristics
24. The package should include skid pad capability
25. The simulator includes the vendor’s easy-to-learn-and-use Scenario Builder software included
in the base unit.
26. The simulator is a turnkey system.

27. Simulator includes an AAR After Action Review Station—imbedded camera system with wiring
and software that allows trainers to check eye and hand position of the driver.
28. The vendor provides local and national references for the simulator. Please include references
for Fire, Trucking and Police.
29. The simulator comes with a two-year full-service warranty against manufacturer defects.
30. The warranty include 24/7 phone support and remote diagnostics through customer-provided
voice and modem phone lines.
31. Warranties up to and including three years after the first year are available.
32. Vendor will list nearest parts depot and customer service representative. Please include
resumes.
33. The vendor provides training designated by the customer’s training team. Training takes place
at the customer site. The vendor has optional packages for ongoing training for a one-year followup
training program. These programs are developed by and Instructional design expert.
34. The vendor incurs the cost of the delivery of the simulator and installation
35. The vendor delivers the simulator no more than 90-120 days after the purchase order is
submitted.
36. Preference is to buy US made products
37. Shipping and handling
SWATC will accept two bid types that meet the above criteria—
1. All new equipment
2. Used equipment that has been factory refurbished to like new condition
New equipment bids will be compared to other new equipment bids. Refurbished
equipment bids will be compared to other refurbished equipment bids. Please

clearly indicate if your bid is for new or refurbished equipment. A company may
submit both a proposal for a new equipment simulator and a refurbished
equipment simulator.
Sealed bids will be accepted until noon (12:00 pm) September 23, 2013. Bids should be
delivered in person or mailed to:
Southwest Applied Technology College
Attn: Sharon Wilkerson
510 West 800 South
Cedar City, UT 84720
Faxed bids should be directed to Attention Sharon Wilkerson at 435-586-2873. Bids may
submitted via e-mail to swilkerson@swatc.edu. Bids received by fax or e-mail will be sealed
and submitted with all other bids.
Technical questions should be directed to Dave Terry at 435-590-4993 or Richard Grainger at
435-590-2252 or e-mail to dterry@swatc.edu. All other questions should be directed to Sharon
Wilkerson – 435-586-2899.
Those submitting bids should read and follow the SWATC Vendor Instruction to Participate in
Formal Bid below.
Vendor Instructions to Participate in Formal Bid
Each vendor participating in the formal bid process must submit a signed, written
proposal indicating comprehension of and compliance with the specifications by the
date and time set by the Southwest Applied Technology College Finance Manager.
Each potential vendor shall submit bids for all items listed on the specifications
where ever possible. Preference will be given to vendors who can provide all
products and/or services requested.
In order to be considered, substitutions or “equivalent to” bids must contain
documentation with the bid showing how the substitution meets or exceeds the
specifications in order to be considered.

Bids will include all labor and materials, equipment, shipping, unloading, and freight
inspections unless otherwise noted on the bid specification sheet. The intent of the
bid document is to include all costs necessary for proper and complete installation
or services provided in the items bid.
Suppliers are to abide by and comply with the true intent and meaning of all
specifications and drawings taken as a whole and are not to avail themselves to the
detriment of the work, through any manifestly unintentional error or omission,
should any exist. All minor details of the work that are not indicated or specifically
mentioned but are obviously necessary for the proper operation of the item, shall be
considered as incidental and as being part of the work.
SWATC reserves the right to: 1) to purchase greater quantities of requested bid
items at the quoted prices, and/or 2) to purchase only part of specific items
contained within a bid at the quoted prices.
All equipment, furnishings, products and/or services shall be guaranteed, in writing,
free of materials and manufacturing defects for a minimum period of 1 year from
the date of final acceptance unless a shorter time is previously approved by the
Southwest Applied Technology College bid request. Repair or replacement of such
defects, to the satisfaction of the faculty or staff member, shall be completed at no
additional cost and within a reasonable time agreed upon by the Finance Manager
or designee.
The Southwest Applied Technology College, a Utah College of Applied Technology
campus, is a division of state government under the Utah State System of Higher
Education and is, therefore, exempt from sales tax. A tax-exempt certificate will be
provided to the vendor upon request.
All bids must be sealed. Bids that are faxed will be sealed by the Finance Manager
upon receipt. Send or deliver the bid to the attention of the Finance Manager or
designee as specified in the bid instructions.
Bids may be withdrawn prior to the time set for opening. Negligence on the part of
the bidder in preparing the bid confers no right for the withdrawal of the bid after it
has been opened.

Specifications, proposal forms, and other information are on file for examination at
Southwest Applied Technology College.
The contract documents are complimentary, and what is called for by any one shall
be as binding as if called for by all.