SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) Router Software and Support Drivers
- Notice Date
- 2/4/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, ASU-330 FAA Headquarters (ASU)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 2932
- Archive Date
- 3/15/2003
- Point of Contact
- Dixie Harper, (202) 493-5940
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to dixie.harper@faa.gov
(dixie.harper@faa.gov)
- Description
- The Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) Program Office, (AOS-900), of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement to procure router software, support drivers, Level II maintenance support (the FAA will provide Level I maintenance and spares) and implementation engineering activities. The FAA requires four sets of router software and support drivers. Two sets will be installed in FAA owned Dell servers located in the Salt Lake City National Network Control Center (NNCC) and two sets in FAA owned Dell servers located in Washington, DC. The maximum estimated value is $625,000 with a minimum estimated value of $100,000 for a fixed price indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract of up to five years. The ATN Program Office, AOS-900, entered into an agreement with the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) on February 12, 1998. This agreement initiated trial and connectivity testing to implement ATN and the FAA owned ATS Message Handling System (AMHS) service to support the anticipated additional air traffic demands in the Asia/Pacific region. The FAA and JCAB successfully conducted connectivity and interoperability testing during 2001. OKI Electric Industry Co. LTD (OKI) developed ATN router software for use by the JCAB air traffic control system. This unique and proprietary OKI software follows strict international aviation development guidelines and uses the Windows NT operating system. The FAA employed the OKI router software during successful compatibility and interoperability testing with JCAB in 2001 and it was found to meet all the desired technical and operational requirements. The FAA uses the OKI router software for the international data service component of ATN and if used in the U.S. will provide an economy of scale, operational efficiency, interoperability and commonality of equipment. The FAA is required to obtain the software and support drivers in March 2003 to meet the integration and security processes needed for the initiation of the service with Japan. The agreement between the FAA and JCAB specifies the need to have the system deployed by August 2003 in order to initiate ATN service by March 2004. The FAA requires Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) functionality that will allow the FAA to integrate into existing and future telecommunication networks (Bandwidth Management and FAA Telecommunication Infrastructure). The IS-IS function involves the least technical risk and is the most cost effective route for the FAA. IS-IS allows for the use of existing FAA telecommunication networks at the interface points within the FAA domain. Without the IS-IS function, the FAA would be required to deploy the ATN routers with separate circuits at every Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), and other FAA facility where this application is located. The FAA plans to award this contract to OKI, if anyone can provide router software and support drivers having the required compatibility with the international data service component of ATN, delivery time (March 2003) and Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) function, please respond by e-mail to dixie.harper@faa.gov.
- Web Link
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FAA Contract Opportunities
(http://www.asu.faa.gov/faaco/index.htm)
- Record
- SN00252711-W 20030206/030204213304 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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