SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Terminal Automation Modernization Replacement (TAMR) 3
- Notice Date
- 10/16/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AJA-462 HQ - FAA Headquarters (Washington, DC)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 8860
- Response Due
- 11/13/2009
- Archive Date
- 11/28/2009
- Point of Contact
- Tim Costas, 202-385-8570
- E-Mail Address
-
tim.costas@faa.gov
(tim.costas@faa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Purpose: The purpose of this Request For Information (RFI) is to gain industry insight into technical and acquisition solutions to the modernization of terminal air traffic control systems. Throughout the acquisition process it is the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) goal to maximize effective competition and the Program Office intends to engage industry as well as other stakeholders to assist in meeting that goal. Background: The FAA intends to modernize or replace older terminal automation systems that are at End of Life (EOL) or End of Service (EOS) at approximately 158 Terminal Radar Approach Control facilities (TRACONs) and their associated towers. The program addresses technology to replace and modernize systems in such a manner that safety, capacity and aging/obsolescence concerns with existing systems are resolved. It will include a potential new, scalable system that will meet requirements for Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and other major enhancements. A Mission Needs Statement (MNS) for ARTS IIIE/ARTS IIE Upgrades to Selected Air Traffic (AT) Facilities, Mission Need Statement, MNS-003, dated January 1992, and Mission Need Statement "Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS)," MNS-230, dated June 1996 apply to this acquisition. This acquisition addresses several FAA Flight Plan (FP) strategic initiatives, notably increased safety and greater capacity. It is also specifically focused on areas of convergence regarding Mid-Term NextGen requirements. This acquisition will address new controller displays, common and scalable hardware, and common software. It may incorporate NextGen concepts as operationally defined. For example: Terminal Flight Data Management (TFDM), Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), Data Communications, System Wide Information Management (SWIM), and Electronic Flight Strips (EFS). Questions:1.To what extent would effective competition be impacted by requiring vendors to have an existing system certified within the NAS to be eligible to compete? 2.To what extent would effective competition be impacted by requiring vendors to have an existing system certified by civil aviation authority with a minimum of 10,000,000 enplanements per year to be eligible to compete? 3.To what extent would effective competition be impacted by providing government furnished information (STARS, C-ARTS, High Desert TRACON), and what are, if any, export control issues? 4.To what extent would effective competition be impacted by competing separately for hardware and software solutions? 5.To what extent are there available solutions that provide equivalent air traffic control capabilities to current Terminal operations? Reference FAA Order 7110.65 6.To what extent do the solutions provided in response to question five (5) provide an open system architecture? Please briefly describe and define how your proposed solution meets an open system architecture. 7.Please identify, and prioritize with explanation, what criteria or key discriminators should the FAA consider in making any vendor down-select or award decisions. 8.How would you propose ensuring acceptance and adoption of human computer interface attributes by our professional workforce? 9.What should the FAA look for in a proposed solution that enables future NextGen operational improvements?10.What are the benefits and challenges to the FAA of using existing solutions (e.g. En Route Automation Modernization) to satisfy Terminal operational requirements? 11.Based on the above questions, please provide details as to what acquisition approach, i.e. contract type or pricing approaches, would be most beneficial to the FAA.12.The goal of the above questions is to gain industry insight into technical and acquisition solutions to the modernization of terminal air traffic control systems so that the FAA can maximize effective competition. Please provide any additional comments or solutions not addressed above. Responses will be accepted until November 13, 2009. All responses must be submitted via email to Mr. Tim Costas at Tim.Costas@FAA.Gov. Response must be limited to one (1) page limit per question response (8" X 11") in Times New Roman Font size 10. This RFI is for information-gathering purposes only, as provided in the FAA's Acquisition Management System (AMS). This is not a solicitation or Screening Information Request (SIR). The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI. No solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to issue a solicitation. In addition, the Government is under no obligation to pay for information submitted in response to this RFI and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information that the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such.
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