SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- Software Cryptographic Implementations for Micro Satellites
- Notice Date
- 10/23/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ESC - Electronic Systems Center, 9 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, 01731, United States
- ZIP Code
- 01731
- Solicitation Number
- RFI_SCIMS1023
- Archive Date
- 11/24/2012
- Point of Contact
- Ivy J. Furnace,
- E-Mail Address
-
ivy.furnace@us.af.mil
(ivy.furnace@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Request for Information (RFI) is in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.215-3 (Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes - Oct 1997) and is published only to encourage interested Commercial Business parties capable of providing technical support for use by the United States Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Cryptologic Systems Division, Cryptographic Modernization Program Office (AF CMPO), Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, for planning purposes only. This RFI does NOT constitute an invitation for bids, a request for proposal, a solicitation, a request for quote or an indication that the government will contract for the items provided by submitter(s). The government will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with the preparation or submission of the information requested. The Air Force CMPO is in the process of designing and specifying a cryptographic solution implemented in software to be used in severely Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) constrained environments, specifically micro satellite systems. 1) Please provide a BRIEF history and company background with respect to the following: a. Development of encryption devices for the US government b. Type 1 certification of encryption devices c. Micro satellite design, production, and operation d. Information assurance system design 2) Please describe the most efficient engineering design to enable a software based cryptographic system capable of processing classified (up to TS) traffic. Describe the components necessary (include hardware if required) to ensure the secure operation of the system as well as where the system should be injected into a satellite. Describe how red/black separation and key management would be accomplished. Describe the highest level of secure classified processing you believe could be enabled. Provide a high level system diagram. 3) Describe the most prevailing certification issues for such a system and how they can be overcome. 4) Provide a brief description of the various areas where your proposed software based cryptographic system would be advantageous to the user when compared to a similar system implemented in hardware. Describe the best efficiency metric to use when comparing software and hardware based implementations and why your chosen metric is better than other possible choices. 5) Provide a list of your existing prototypes and/or demonstrations of software based cryptography for SWaP constrained environments. 6) Provide a list of your existing prototypes and/or demonstrations of cryptographic systems for micro satellites. 7) Assuming that such a software based cryptographic system exists, provide a list of what government organizations would be interested and for what applications. In addition to the above, please provide the following information: Your CAGE code. Your business size. If you are a Small Business, do you also qualify under any of the sub-categories: 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, HUB Zone Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, and HBCU/MI? For small business consideration, would your firm be able to compete under NAICS 334111, 334210, 334220, 334290, 334419, 334511, 517919, or 561621? If not, why not? Are you on one or more GSA schedules? If so, which one(s)? Please limit responses to no more than 30 pages, excluding answers to the CAGE, size, and small business questions above. Please ensure that all information deemed "For Official Use OnSoftly" (FOUO) is digitally signed and encrypted. All interested, capable, and responsible sources that wish to respond to this RFI are encouraged to provide your capabilities to design, develop or provide a device, product specifications or on-shelf technology base, contract vehicles in place to perform this type of effort and possible development schedule and cost (exclusive of NSA certification) via electronic mail no later than November 23, 2012 to: Mr. Ivy Furnace Contracting Specialist Phone: (210) 925-5128 Email: ivy.furnace@us.af.mil Or Alternatively, USPS to the following address: Contracting Division (AFLCMC/HNCK) (Attn: Mr. Ivy Furnace) 230 Hall Blvd. San Antonio, Texas 78243-7007 In addition, if you have any specific questions (relating to the above referenced information only) please submit them in written format to the Contract Specialist listed above. Responses to this RFI will not be returned.
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