SOLICITATION NOTICE
59 -- COMSATCOM Pathfinder - Draft Request For Proposal
- Notice Date
- 3/7/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment 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
- FA8808-14-R-0003
- Archive Date
- 4/1/2014
- Point of Contact
- Brian E. Williams, Phone: 3106539664, Jessica R. Gonzales, Phone: 3106539529
- E-Mail Address
-
brian.williams.11@us.af.mil, jessica.gonzales@losangeles.af.mil
(brian.williams.11@us.af.mil, jessica.gonzales@losangeles.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Draft RFP contains terms and conditions, attachments to include the SOW, TRD, CDRLs etc., instruction to offerors for potential future proposals and evaluation criteria. I.1. The Spa c e and Missile S y ste m s Center (SMC), Military Satelli t e C o m m unications S y stems (MILSATCOM) Directora t e, Los Angeles Air Force B ase, Californ i a is conte m p l ating the feasibility of procuring on - orbit transp on d ers to supp o rt Ku-band c o mmunications for U.S. AFRICOM. The intent is to identify sources to support a s m all m i litary com m u n ications pathfinder while de m onstrating risk mitigation steps toward fu t u re innovative, affordable procurement of long term C o mmercial Satellite C o m m unicat i ons (COMSATCOM) capabilities. Risk mitigation objectives include: (1) De m onstration of a D o D in v est m ent in transpo nd ers operated in commercial Ku-band, (2) De m onst r ation of seamless c o mme rc iall y -operat e d satellite and transponders for DoD that meet national and i n ternational spectr u m require m ents, (3) Leverage Defen s e Information S y st e ms Agenc y ' s (DISA) Future COMSAT C OM Services Acquisition ( FCSA) and Regional Satellite S upport Center (RSSC) interfaces to min i m ize COMSAT CO M operations change to DoD cust o m e r s, (4) De m onstration of cont r acting methods that exped i te c o m p etitive award, (5) D e m onst r ate collaborative development of user- s upplier Concept of Operations (CONO P S) to address COMSATCOM risk m itigation in terms of (a) spectrum/filing risk, (b) spectr u m filing-ter m inal use risk such as the abili t y to support Re m o tely P iloted Aircr a ft (RPA) operations that ensures no interference to other authori z ed operators, (c) alignment with D I SA ground/ m ission functi o ns and (d) ali g nment with enterprise COMSATCOM operations manage m ent a n d (6) I m proved life c y cle affordabili t y. I.2. This specific d e m onstration seeks to provide sufficient ITU, FCC, and/or for e ign regulations c o m p liant Ku-band coverage and capacity over wes t ern Africa. SMC intends t o procure m u ltiple transponders for the remainder of satellite life on a geostationar y -o rbit commercial c o m m unication satellite while the vendor m aintains the required spectrum use authorizations. I.3. SMC is issuing this Draft Request For Proposal (DRFP) as part of its market r e search to determine indust r y ' s abili t y to sat i sfy t h is require m ent, to perform a b ove risk m itigation assessments and to identify if offerings can be obtained within a constrained budget. SMC is requesting that interested co m p anies provide feedback to the government regarding content within the DRFP. I.4 S m all B u siness Consideration: The NAICS code for this proj e ct is 334220 - Satellite C o m m unications Equ i p m ent Manufacturing. The A p plica b le Classification Code is "59- Electrical and Electronic Co m ponents". Th e s m all business size sta n dard is 750 e m plo y ees. However, on l y co m p anies able to meet th e stringent schedule and t echnical r e quire m ents as satellite opera to rs (holders of spectr u m filings) shou l d respond t o t h is DRFP. Sma l l Busi n ess c o m p anies with the capability to perform this requir e m ent a re encouraged to participate. If you are interested only in subc o n t r acting op p or t unities please indica t e this fact cl e arly in y o ur s ub m i s sion. I.5 White Paper Classif i cation: Respondents sha l l prov i de an unclassified response to this DRFP. Respondents shall indicate whether their responses c ontain p r opr i etary in f o rmation if the r espondents wish for the responses to be handled as such. I.6. White P a per Fo r m at: Responses shall not exce e d ten (10) pages. The G o vernment wi l l not consider pages in exc e ss of ten (10) pages. Page s ize shall be 8.5 x 11; text font size sha l l b e n o s m alle r tha n 1 1 pt; font size within graphics and tables shall be no s m al l er than 8 pt. The White Paper front m a tter such as trans m ittal le t ter, cover page, and t a ble of contents will not count against the page li m it. The Govern m ent will not accept co m p any l i terature or mark e ting m a te rials in response to this DRFP. I.7 SMC will use all or some of the following requi r e m ent objectives to assess indust r y's abili t y to meet its needs: I.8 DECLARATION: T h is DRFP i s not a formal solicitatio n. The Gove r n ment does not i n tend to award a contract on the b asis of this DRFP, or t o otherwise pay for the i n for m ation solicited herein. Responses will be used by the Government for i n formational purposes only as part of its acquisition planning. Information obtained fr o m responses to th is DRFP will not be used to exclude potential future bidders if this effort becomes an acquisi t ion.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 483 N. Aviation Blvd, Los Angeles, California, 90045, United States
- Zip Code: 90045
- Zip Code: 90045
- Record
- SN03304781-W 20140309/140307234236-8d7ec04f53b55851d322ec76c1bbdb67 (fbodaily.com)
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