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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 11, 2012 FBO #3731
SOLICITATION NOTICE

59 -- Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 1 to Rockwell Collins, Inc

Notice Date

2/9/2012
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

334511 — Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, SMC - Space and Missile Systems Center, 483 North Aviation Blvd, El Segundo, California, 90245-2808
 

ZIP Code

90245-2808
 

Solicitation Number

FA8807-11-R-0004
 

Archive Date

3/9/2012
 

Point of Contact

Rajib Basu, Phone: 3106533109, Jacob R. Ruytenbeek, Phone: 3106532745
 

E-Mail Address

rajib.basu@losangeles.af.mil, jacob.ruytenbeek@losangeles.af.mil
(rajib.basu@losangeles.af.mil, jacob.ruytenbeek@losangeles.af.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Space and Missile Command GPS Program Office (SMC/GP) will be issuing a solicitation, FA8807-11-R-0004, to Rockwell for MGUE Increment 1 Technology Development. SMC/GP intends to award a sole source contract to Rockwell as one of only three responsible sources that has the necessary knowledge of GPS' next generation user equipment card technology. The MGUE contract was preceded by the Military User Equipment (MUE) contracts, awarded to three contractors, including Rockwell. The Air Force spent over $460M for MUE, maturing the card technology. This contract will involve further development of the new GPS cards to be used in ground, air and maritime platforms, along with a common module for broader applications. These cards will be capable of receiving existing GPS signals along with the newer M-Code signal, which provides for increased security and jamming capabilities. The core technology, common to all the different cards, developed under MUE and to be continued on MGUE, is the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), which must be procured through a specific trusted foundry. Extensive market research by the Air Force over the past 4 years has not yielded contractors outside of the 3 MUE incumbents who have demonstrated the ability to perform under MGUE. Award to others would result in large duplicative costs to the Air Force.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFSC/SMCSMSC/FA8807-11-R-0004/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 400 Collins Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52498, United States

Zip Code: 52498
 

Record

SN02672068-W 20120211/120210114512-c1ad6ce4de0577db1b7aae3d09a44e1e (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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