MODIFICATION
A -- TACTICAL RELAY INFORMATION NETWORK (TRITON) PROGRAM
- Notice Date
- 3/5/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-1714
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1714
- Solicitation Number
- DARPA-BAA-10-25
- Archive Date
- 8/12/2010
- Point of Contact
- BAA Coordinator,
- E-Mail Address
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DARPA-BAA-10-25@darpa.mil
(DARPA-BAA-10-25@darpa.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of Amendment 2 to DARPA-BAA-10-25, Tactical Relay Information Network (TRITON), is to extend the proposal due date, provide answers to the questions received to date and make the following changes to the solicitation: A. Page 4, change the "Proposal Due Date" from 30 March 2010 to 7 April 2010. B. Page 24, change the date the proposal is due on line 3 of Section 4.5.1 from 30 March 2010 to 7 April 2010. C. Page 6, section 1.1.2 Installation and Checkout and Page 35, section 7.3, GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION, Confidential 688/688I Submarine Drawings are not available for distribution and will not be included in the Program Documentation Package. D. Page 12, section 1.2.3 TRITON Requirements and Page 35, section 7.3, GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION, System Level Model for TRITON: Revisions have been made to the uplink modeling equations and the corresponding MATLAB code. Revised System Level Model will be emailed to all attendees of TRITON Proposer's Day and contractors that have requested the Program Documentation. Please use the revised version of the uplink model when preparing your proposals. E. The following solicitation questions and answers are provided: Q50. BAA paragraph 4.4 states that "Maximum page lengths for each section are shown in braces { } below." Paragraph 4.4.1 specifies a maximum page count of 2, 15 and 100 for Sections I, II and III, respectively. Would DARPA allow the offeror to make minor page count adjustments for each subparagraph within a subsection (i.e. A, B, C, etc.) so long as the total pages per Section remain as specified? A50. No. please follow the page limits specified in the BAA. Q51. The location of the submarine uplink transmitter may drive the schedule and costs for TRITON. In developing the $39M NTE cost figure, did the Government develop a notional concept that identified possible locations for the uplink transmitter and can those locations be shared with industry? A51. The Government did identify feasible locations on the submarine for the uplink laser transmitter. The $39M NTE did not assume a particular location for the uplink transmitter. In the Proposers' Day TEMPALT briefing given by Mr. Ray Potts, the Government identified the following seven possible locations for the uplink transmitter: 1) The vertical launch tube with an optical window on the tube cover; 2)Within the sonar pressure sphere in the bow (requires removing and replacing an acoustic transducer with a light pipe); Concept drawing in TRITON brief given by Dr. Larry Stotts 3) Using a dry deck shelter; 4)Within the pressure hull through an optical hull window; 5)Pressure tolerant appendages located external to the hull; 6)Pressure tolerant appendages located in the sail bay; and 7)Pressure tolerant appendages located in the free flood area. The Government did examine the forward sonar sphere location and determined it was feasible to replace an acoustic transducer with an optical window/light pipe that would be installed between the sphere and the submarine's plastic nose cone. The Government also examined modifying the missile tube hatch with an optical window. The Government will entertain other transmitter locations. Q52. Will DARPA accept the following cost reduction alternative solutions that are contrary to the BAA requirements as delineated at Industry Day: a.A minimal combination of transmitters and receivers that will demonstrate connectivity at low data rates and reduced depths which can then be used with models to show scalability to the fully operational capability described in the BAA? A52a. No. b.Consider the use of alternate airborne or undersea platforms? The major cost of meeting BAA requirements is the submarine SHIPALT. Potential undersea alternative candidates include the use of commercially available submersibles or possibly using a fixed underwater test fixture (using analytic methods to incorporate the effects of platform motion). Potential airborne solutions to consider include the use of aerostats or possibly a fixed land based site similar to what was used on the ORCA project. A52b. No.
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