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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 05, 2006 FBO #1591
SOLICITATION NOTICE

59 -- Electromagnetic Environment Requirement for the Electronic Proving Ground (EPG), Fort Huachuca, Arizona 85613

Notice Date

4/3/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

ACA, White Sands Missile Range, Directorate of Contracting, Bldg 143, 2nd Floor, Crozier Street, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5201
 

ZIP Code

88002-5201
 

Solicitation Number

W9124Q-06-R-EPGEME2
 

Response Due

4/6/2006
 

Archive Date

6/5/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Electronic Proving Ground, Fort Huachuca, Arizona is soliciting proposals for the following requirement (No Substitutes): ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT (EME), STATEMENT OF WORK: Scope: This statement of work defines the requirements to record the Electromagnetic Environment (EME) at various locations in Iraq, provide the capability to re-create a representation of this EME at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), and record the representative EME for validation. The task can be divided into five areas: preparation activities, data collection, data analysis, playback/validation, and training. Requirements: General: The contractor personnel shall have a minimum of a Secret level security cleara nce; The contractor shall provide personnel proficient with the operation of all equipment necessary for this task; The contractor shall provide all equipment necessary for this task; The contractor shall develop and the government shall approve a database or other electronic format containing all relevant data collected and all data analysis; The contractor shall identify and price all equipment necessary to record an EME and re-create a representation of the EME recorded; The contractor shall provide trai ning to the government in the operation of all equipment and data collection/analysis tools at YPG; The contractor shall provide a delivery schedule for all services and equipment purchases; The contractor shall provide a bid which expires in no less than 60 days. Preparation Activities: The contractor shall provide a detailed description of data collection requirements and analysis procedures. The contractor shall identify all hardware and software requirements. The contractor shall ensure personnel tr aveling to Iraq have completed the required training and documentation; Data Collection: The contractor shall allow 4 weeks in Iraq to collect Radio Frequency (RF) measurements. The contractor shall measure and document the RF spectrum from 2 MegaHertz ( MHz) to 6 GigaHertz (GHz) over several 24 hour periods. The minimum signal statistics are as follows: measured frequency, persistency, bandwidth, power, modulation type, and information content coding of FM, AM, FSK, PSK, OOK, MSK signals. The contractor shall provide some form of signal logging to produce the 24 hour duty cycle statistics; The contractor shall record detailed spectral data with 500 MHz instantaneous bandwidth, time resolution to 100 nanoseconds, frequency resolution to 1 hertz, and recor ding time of 10 seconds per signal capture. Spectrum recordings shall preserve magnitude and phase. The goal of the continuous recording is to understand the time domain variation of the RF environment measured. Equipment necessary for RF environment ch aracterization shall be suitable for mounting in military vehicles; Data Analysis: The contractor shall provide summary statistics from the collected data. The contractor shall provide data in a format approved by the government which allows for easy sig nal searching by persistency, strength, modulation method, geographic location, and time of day. The government shall provide the key areas of interest in the RF spectrum with a maximum bandwidth of 50 MHz. The contractor shall recommend portions of the recorded Iraq environment for replication at YPG. The contractor shall determine a replication methodology that produces signals in a pseudo random order which conforms to the Iraqi signal characteristics. The contractor shall identify and price all equ ipment necessary to produce and record the replicated environment. Playback/Validation: The contractor shall replicate the Iraq environment at the YPG using d igital playback files in a format recognizable to the contractors Broadband Signal Generators. The contractor shall record the replicated EME at various locations throughout the 16 square kilometer YPG test site. The contractor shall record frequency , bandwidth, modulation type, signal strength, duty cycle (frequency of occurrence, duration), latitude/longitude of measurement, and time measurement taken. The measurements shall be taken every 100 meters across the test course in order to measure spati al variations in the EME. The contractor shall be capable of taking these measurements from a mobile station and require no more than 10 minutes at each location. The contractor shall provide data in a format approved by the government which allows for e asy signal searching by persistency, strength, modulation method, geographic location, and time of day. Training: The contractor shall provide hardware and software training to government personnel in the operation of all equipment required for either re cording or replication of the EME. The contractor shall provide hardware and software training to government personnel on all data collection and data analysis utilities. FOB Destination (Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Arizona 85365). Payment will be made b y Government Credit Card under Net 30 Terms. Offers are due no later than 1200 hours, Thursday, 6 April 2006 and shall be submitted electronically at virginia.miller@epg.army.mil. EVALUATION CRITERIA / PROCEDURES: Offers will be evaluated based on the fol lowing best value criteria in descending order of importance: Meeting the Requirement, Proposed Delivery Schedule, Past Performance and Price. Award as Commercial firm fixed priced contract. For additional information, contact Virginia J. Miller, Contr acting Officer, at (520) 538-3978 or virginia.miller@epg.army.mil. The Synopsis/ solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-22 and 2001-23. The following FAR provisions appl y to this acquisition: 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors Commercial items, and 52.212-2, Evaluation of Commercial Items, applies to the acquisition. Offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifi cations Commercial Items, and furnish Offeror's Federal Tax Identification Number, Cage Code, Central Contractor Registration Number, DUNS Number and applicable FSC Codes with this offer. FAR Clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial It ems and 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required Implementing Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items apply to this acquisition. FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns. DFAR 252.225-7040, Contractor Personnel Supporting A Fo rce Deployed Outside the United States. The government reserves the right to select for award, all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement.
 

Place of Performance

Address: ACA, Southern Region, Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) Banister Hall, SFCA-SR-WS, 2000 Arizona Street Fort Huachuca AZ

Zip Code: 85613-7063

Country: US
 

Record

SN01020052-W 20060405/060403220441 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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