MODIFICATION
58 -- ATNAVICS & FBPAR Engineering Services & Retrofits
- Notice Date
- 5/4/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - RSA (W58RGZ) Aviation, SPARKMAN CIR BLDG 5303, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898-0000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 35898-0000
- Solicitation Number
- W58RGZ-16-R-0165
- Point of Contact
- Katherine P. Cubelic, Phone: 2563134595
- E-Mail Address
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katherine.p.cubelic.civ@mail.mil
(katherine.p.cubelic.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a sources sought notice only for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Redstone (ACC-R) is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the procurement of Engineering Services support for the Air Traffic Navigation Integration Coordination System (ATNAVICS) and Fixed Base Precision Approach Radar (FBPAR) systems to conduct any non-recurring engineering, investigation, inspection, analysis, documentation, test or evaluation effort which will or may likely impact the software or hardware. Specific effort to be expended shall be defined in Technical Direction Orders (TDOs). The efforts shall include planning and managing an engineering services program and accomplishing engineering and logistics tasks, including the following types of support: product improvements, technical studies and white papers, design trade studies, alternate architecture development, Simulation and modeling, Prototype design, fabrication, integration, assembly and test. Retrofits and Retrofit Spares for the ATNAVICS and FBPAR systems are also anticipated to be procured. The intent of the Request for Information (RFI) is to gauge overall industry interest and capabilities. Description The AN/TPN-31 ATNAVICS is a self-contained tactical Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) and Precision Approach Radar (PAR) system that provides Air Traffic Services (ATS) at Army terminal airfields, landing sites, or zones at Division, Corps and Echelons Above Corps (EAC). The ATNAVICS equipment operates from and shall be moved by the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The ATNAVICS is air transportable by fixed or rotary wing aircraft with the roll on/roll off capability on a C-130. The operations and communications equipment includes ASR and PAR radars; Secondary Surveillance Radar/Identification Friend or Foe (SSR/IFF); secure jam-resistant voice communications; multi-mode display units; self-contained Environmental Control Unit (ECU); and power generation equipment located on a separate trailer. T he AN/TPN-67 FBPAR is a self-contained, fixed location PAR system that provides Air Traffic Service at designated airfields and uses much equipment in common with the ATNAVICS. Configuration of the FBPAR equipment is such that the operation is from a remote location. The equipment consists of a rotatable X-band dual-phased array antenna group (identical to the ATNAVICS PAR antenna); an electronics and maintenance shelter with an uninterruptable power supply, a backup generator, and a remote Ground Control Approach (GCA) multimode display and radar control station. The FBPAR pedestal rotates the antenna for coverage of up to six runway positions. Online performance monitoring and alignment software automatically monitors and optimizes system performance. Automatic and manual fault isolation software identifies components requiring repair, with failed component's identity and location presented graphically The PAR, used both on ATNAVICS and FBPAR, is a track-while-scan system with a one second update rate providing tracking of over 75 targets. It has moving target detection (MTD) signal processing, adaptive clutter and STC (sensitivity time control) maps, and frequency agility. General The information providers are requested to respond in contractor format to the following requests. In responding to this RFI, please adhere to the numbering and areas of concentration. If you do not respond to a specific statement, please acknowledge by placing a "N/A" by the applicable number. The responder is encouraged to consolidate repetitive information for ease of understanding and brevity. A cross-reference of the requested items in the response should be provided. •1. Organization name, address, POC, email address, web-site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization. •2. Provide your company's Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. •3. Provide a brief description of your company's expertise involving Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems, to include but not limited to, radar sensors and software. •4. Provide a brief description of your company's expertise involving engineering design, development, test, installation, maintenance, and obsolesce mitigation of Precision Approach Radars (PAR). •5. Provide information on life-cycle maintenance of the proposed COTS radar. •6. Provide information on reliability, maintainability and availability (RAM) of your current system. •7. Provide a description and examples of maintenance and operation manuals and technical data packages, both printed and digital. •8. Identify the commercial and military sales history including dates, customers and quantities of radar systems. If the customer prefers to remain anonymous, please list as "Other". •9. Provide information on your existing production capabilities and facilities with your ability to increase production rates. •10. Provide a description of your company's most complex project which is similar to this project. Focus on overall management, and mitigation of identified risk factors. Technical •1. Describe the qualifications of your engineering staff with experience in the design, modification and retrofit of ATC radar systems. •2. Describe your company's experience with field service representatives and engineering technical support of ATC radar systems. •3. Describe your company's experience with modifications to include incorporation of Military Standards (MIL STD). •4. Describe your company's method of configuration management for baseline changes and management of multiple configurations. •5. Describe your company's experience with Quality Assurance Testing during production. •6. Describe your company's experience Customer Acceptance Testing. •7. Describe your company's experience with planning and conducting retrofits of ATC systems. •8. Describe your company's experience in developing and updating Technical Data Packages (TDP). Describe your company's policy in providing TDPs (including Software) to the Government. •9. Describe your company's process for tracking program risks and mitigation steps utilized on past contracts that reduced risks to an acceptable level. •10. Describe your experience in re-designing existing hardware components to meet specific form, fit, and minimal function requirements. •11. What is your company's experience with partnering with industry to incorporate third-party software into your products? •12. Describe integrated product teams (IPT) concept for upgrading radar installations, ongoing procurements and engineering services. •13. Describe any currently planned technology upgrades to improve performance or reliability of ATC radar systems. •14. Describe your company's experience with Built-in Test (BIT)/Built-in Test Equipment (BITE) capabilities and fault isolation. Logistics •1. Describe your company's standard approach for storage of systems while they are awaiting retrofit or shipment. •2. Describe your company's experience or approach for system warranty coverage. •3. Describe your company's experience in the safe packaging and handling of ATC systems. •4. Describe your company's ability to provide timely, predictable and reliable supply of items to meet normal, increased, and surge retrofit requirements. •5. Describe your company's experience with requesting, tracking, and storage of Government Furnished Equipment, Government Furnished Information. •6. Describe your company's past involvement with Department of Defense logistics requirements and discuss your success record in meeting those requirements on previous DoD contracts. •7. For the above retrofit activity, describe where your company would perform the retrofit and how many major retrofits could be performed concurrently. •8. Provide a description of your companies experience with ATC system maintenance, publications updates, provisioning capabilities, receipt and transmission of technical data, development of training packages, and support equipment (maintenance equipment, automatic test equipment, calibration equipment etc.). •9. Provide details of obsolesce identification and mitigation techniques to maintain the proposed radar through 2040. It is anticipated that the award for these items will be made on an other than Full and Open Competition approach in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii). The Government intends to solicit and award Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) for Engineering Services CLINS and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) for any logistics products or retrofit CLINS. The Government anticipates contract award by July 2017. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) AND IN NO WAY OBLIGATES THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD ANY CONTRACT. This notice is to assist the United States Army in determining potential sources only; submission of any information in response to this market survey is strictly voluntary. Oral communications or responses are not acceptable in response to this notice. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this sources sought notice nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any associated costs incurred in developing the information. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 1700 CST on 19 May 2016. Responses shall be emailed to Katherine Cubelic, Contract Specialist, at katherine.p.cubelic.civ@mail.mil. All questions and comments concerning this Sources Sought should be e-mailed to the POC's aforementioned above and must be in writing; no telephone calls.
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