SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- SPACECRAFT TELEMETRY RECEIVER SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- NWWX9000-13-01648DR
- Archive Date
- 3/29/2013
- Point of Contact
- Diana Romero, Phone: 303-497-3761
- E-Mail Address
-
diana.romero@noaa.gov
(diana.romero@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Synopsis THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY - The Government is currently conducting market research to gather information and identify potential sources for the requirement identified below. A solicitation is not available at this time, and requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government. NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, in support of the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center seeks potential vendors to provide spacecraft telemetry receiver system. General Description: The required receiver will accept spacecraft telemetry signals down converted to the 70 MHz band with data rates between 100 sps and 20 Msps. It will carry out search, demodulation, decoding, and bit and frame synchronization of common telemetry formats. In the case of telemetry adhering to the CCSDS* standards, the receiver will decommutate virtual channels. The receiver system will be capable of initiating standard network Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) socket connections to multiple designated servers for output of the desired telemetry data in the form of frames of virtual channels to specified servers. The operating system component of the receiver system shall be configurable to meet the requirements of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and the National Institute of Standard's U. S. Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) configuration baselines. The receiver operation will be configured and controlled through a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The GUI will be accessible through both a direct connection to the receiver and remotely over a secure encrypted network connection using a standard client web browser. The display will enable configuration of the receiver system and show the status of the signal reception and performance parameters. The receiver system must be capable of logging time tagged status and performance information and a separate security log compatible with remote Syslog server. Specifications: Product Status and Support The receiver system shall be comprised of standard catalog items produced and supported by the manufacture. A minimum of one year hardware and software warranty, maintenance and support contract shall be included with the receiver systems purchase. Additional options to extend this warranty support for additional years. It shall be possible to extend the hardware and software maintenance on an annual basis. Mechanical, Power, and Environment Requirements The receiver system must be capable of standard 19" rack mounting. If the receiver system utilizes multiple chassis all interconnections, hardware and software must be supplied so it functions as a single system. All components of the receiver system must be capable of operating with line voltage of between 100V and 240V, and 50Hz to 60Hz. It shall be capable of operating over an environment temperature range of at least 0 - 50 degrees centigrade and 10 - 95% humidity. Signal Input and Data Rates The receiver shall accept Radio Frequency (RF) signals on a 50 ohm impedance coaxial input in the intermediate frequency range between 50 and 90 MHz and at levels between -10 and -60 dBm. The receiver system shall be capable of receiving and processing telemetry with symbol rates between 100 sps and 20 Msps. Signal Acquisition The receiver shall use frequency analysis to search, detect and acquire signals in any plus or minus 250 kHz band about a nominal expected signal frequency specified by the user. Following signal lock acquisition the receiver shall be capable of following Doppler shifted signals at a rates of <= 100 Hz/sec Signal Demodulation and Signal Strength Output The receiver shall be capable of demodulating linear (residual carrier) PM, BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, and UAQPSK signals using NRZ(L,M,S) and biphase encoded symbols. The receiver shall be capable of simultaneously demodulating the carrier and at least 2 sine or square wave subcarriers in the frequency range 1 kHz - 10 MHz. The receiver shall provide an analog voltage output proportional to received signal strength with a resolution of 0.1 dB, and update rate of at least 1 second to be suitable for an existing hill climbing antenna pointing control system. Bit Error Rate Performance In an Added Wideband Gaussian Noise (AWGN) environment the required input RF Energy per Bit divided by the Noise Power Density (Eb/No) to achieve an output bit error rate of 10^-2 shall not exceed the expected theoretical value** by more than 2 dB. Bit Synchronization and Decoding The receiver system shall perform symbol or bit synchronization to recover the data stream. Using multilevel measurement of symbol error probability it shall decode convolutional rate ½ constraint length 7 encoded streams, including derandomization, as defined in the CCSDS* specifications. It shall be capable of being upgraded to decode Turbo encoded streams as defined in the CCSDS specification. Frame Synchronization and Error Correction Given an operator provided sync marker, of up to 64 bits in length, and the frame length, the receiver system shall be capable of finding and maintaining frame synchronization. A method of speculative maintenance of synchronization in the presence of bit errors in the attached sync marker based on the frame length shall be provided once synchronization has been achieved. The receiver system shall implement Reed-Solomon error correction as defined in the CCSDS* specification. When applicable the receiver system should be capable of performing error checking using Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) or parity checks. The receiver system should log errors and flag frames with errors. The receiver system should configurable to not forward frames with errors. Telemetry Processing Forwarding When a valid frame is decoded the receiver system shall be capable of sending the transfer frame including the Attached Sync Marker (ASM) using TCP/IP protocol to multiple servers as specified through the receiver system's GUI. In the case of CCSDS *Transfer frame the receiver should also monitor, display and log the spacecraft identification and the master and virtual channel frame counts. When defined through the receiver system's GUI, specific CCSDS* individual virtual channels shall be individually routable to multiple servers over the network. In the case of Reed Solomon (RS) encoded telemetry the receiver system must be capable of appending the RS block to the end of the transfer frame before sending the transfer frame to the designated servers. Modulation and IF Signal Generation The receiver system shall be capable of generating a PM, BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, and UAQPSK signals using NRZ(L,M,S) and biphase linear modulated (residual carrier) intermediate frequency signal in the range of between 50 and 90 MHz from a binary file of telemetry sequential telemetry frames. Network Interface The receiver system shall provide a minimum of 2 independent standard UTP RG45 10/100 Mbps network interfaces. It must be possible to configure these interfaces on separate networks with no routing or bridging network traffic between the interfaces. The interfaces shall be capable of establishing, maintaining and reestablishing TCP/IP connections to multiple telemetry servers. It must be possible to implement a stateful firewall in the receiver system to block unauthorized access. Display and Control Interface The receiver system shall provide an industry standard hardware interface for local connection of a display, keyboard and mouse. In addition, when enabled, the same display interface and control shall be available remotely over the network via a secure encrypted connection. Encrypted user authentication is required for both local and remote control and access to the receiver system. Control/Operator Parameter Input. The GUI's Control/Operator interface shall provide for the entry of the complete specification of the telemetry to be received, including, but not limited to, nominal frequency, bit rate, modulation type, subcarriers, encoding, frame length error, correction type and whether CCSDS standards are met. All configuration settings must be maintained and reestablished should the systems be shutdown and restarted by an operator or because of loss of power. Performance Parameter Display Output The GUI display shall provide information to an authorized user on the status and performance of the receiver system including, but not limited to, signal acquisition status, total signal strength, estimated Eb/No, frame lock status, frame acquisition and error statistics, network socket connection status and frames transmitted. A graphical display of analog symbol or bit values in complex signal space shall be provided. Receiver System Status Logging Requirements The receiver system shall maintain an accessible revolving receiver System Status log file. This log shall include, but not be limited to, line delineated time tagged records of changes to, signal acquisition status, signal strength, frame lock status, frame error statistics, network connection status and data transmitted. This log file shall be in plain text and viewable by operators. This receiver system status log must be maintained separate from the systems security log. Software Security Requirements DISA Compliance At a minimum the operating system component of the receiver system shall be configurable to meet the requirements of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and the National Institute of Standard's USGCB configuration baselines. Patching Requirements Operating Systems (OS) and applications shall be patchable in order to address future security vulnerabilities. If the receiver is based on a Linux OS it shall be able to be registered and patched through the Red Hat Enterprise server. If the receiver is based on a Windows OS it shall be Windows Server 2012 or later and shall be able to be registered and patched through the Microsoft Configuration Manager. If any alternative OS to the above is used the vender must develop and make available patches or firmware updates to address all reported security vulnerabilities. Patches and fixes must be made available within 24 hours after a fix is developed. User Requirements: In order to comply with individual logins requirements it must be possible to grant multiple users privileges to operate and control the receiver. The telemetry receiver system must be able to operate without an active user login. Encryption Requirements Remote login and all file transfers with the exception of telemetry frame transfers shall be made via a secure encrypted protocol. Encryption shall meet or exceed FIPS 140-2 specifications. Security Logging Requirements The system shall maintain separate system security logs in the receiver system compatible with a remote Syslog server. As a minimum the logs shall record all user logins both successful and failed, remote connections both successful and failed, audit log failures, access violations, RPC port calls, and message handling system activities. References: * CCSDS Recommendation for Space Data System Standards 101.0-B-6, and 102.0-B-5 ** DSMS Telecommunications Link Design Handbook 810-005 Rev E. Please provide the following information as requested: 1) A statement that you believe that your firm has the capability to meet these requirements and perform these services. Please include relevant experience and other pertinent information that demonstrates your ability to complete the requirement. 2) Your firm's DUNS number & CAGE code; 3) Your firm's SBA certified small business concern status. Specifically identify if your firm is a small business, HUBZone-certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Woman Owned or SBA 8(a) program certified; All information received in response to this notice shall be treated as Business Sensitive or confidential to the responder, exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the United States Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the United States Government. Proprietary information submitted should be marked appropriately. All submitted information shall remain with the U.S. Government and will not be returned. All questions concerning the request for information should be in writing and received no later than 03:00 pm MDT on March 22, 2013 via email to diana.romero@noaa.gov. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will posted on the FedBizOpps website. The response date for this sources sought is March 26, 2013. No collect calls will be accepted. All responses may be submitted via e-mail to Diana Romero, Purchasing Agent, at diana.romero@noaa.gov. The phone number for the Purchasing Agent is (303) 497-3761.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN03013902-W 20130320/130318234422-6da6be3d2d375806cf5ce05a5853aec0 (fbodaily.com)
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