SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Request for Information (RFI) for Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) for the Military Satellite Communications Systems (MILSATCOM) Directorate (SMC/MC)
- Notice Date
- 5/19/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336414
— Guided Missile and Space Vehicle 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
- 16-054
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2016
- Point of Contact
- Tiffany Bellard, Phone: 310-653-9185, Tiffany M. Werner, Phone: (310) 653 - 9774
- E-Mail Address
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tiffany.bellard@us.af.mil, tiffany.werner.1@us.af.mil
(tiffany.bellard@us.af.mil, tiffany.werner.1@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Background & Description The Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Division, MILSATCOM Directorate is contemplating a contract to develop a Ka-band Anti-Jam capability (AJ) for the USAF WGS satellite constellation. The intent of this RFI is to identify potential sources that can enhance the Ka-band Anti-Jam capability of the WGS satellite constellation and to gather industry's estimates of development costs, delivery timeline, and ability of offerors to provide the necessary capabilities. The eventual contracted effort shall provide hardware/software upgrades to the WGS Global SATCOM Configuration Control Element (GSCCE) ground control system to detect a jamming situation, locate the jamming source and implement a solution that will allow WGS Ka-band communication in a contested environment. Jamming is a cause for a spectrum of communication capability loss and ranges from partial degradation to the complete loss of communications (denial). WGS Ka-band frequencies and other important facts: a. Downlink Frequencies [Right Hand Circular Polarization (RHCP)/Left Hand Circular Polarization (LHCP)]: 20.2 - 21.2 GHz; b. Uplink Frequencies (RHCP/ LHCP): 30.0 - 31.0 GHz; c. The WGS has up to 10 satellites and each satellite has 10 Ka-band gimbaled dishes; d. Up to 3 uplink dishes can be used to implement the anti-jam capability SECTION I Request for Information In this RFI, SMC/MC requests industry to provide feedback on the below items. At a minimum, interested offerors must have, or be able to establish, the following capabilities: a. The ability to perform ground-based Ka-band AJ of all WGS satellites from the GSCCE ground stations controlling the payload using commercial or developmental hardware/software. b. If the Ka-Band gimbaled dishes are required to implement the AJ capability, provide the minimum required number of dishes that must be used with the proposed technical solution. c. The ground-based solution shall detect, locate the jamming source(s) and implement a solution that will allow the WGS Ka-band communication to operate in a contested environment. Jamming source(s) mitigation techniques may or may not include detection, and location. d. Ground-based solution shall work with existing WGS waveforms and future Protected Tactical Waveforms (PTWs). Other possible waveforms/solutions could be considered. e. Ground based solution shall take into consideration operating under instantaneous bandwidths ranging from 125 MHz to 500 MHz. The AJ capability shall be consistent with the existing Ka-band frequency plan/beam map. Bandwidth need not be contiguous, and the coarsest partition size may be 125 MHz, up to 500 MHz. f. Respondents shall estimate the effect of the proposed AJ capability on the total Ka-band throughput including the number of service areas provided by each satellite. g. The software and hardware required to implement the solution must interface with existing GSCCE software and hardware and adhere to Department of Defense (DoD) communications security policy. h. Respondents must have the ability to obtain rights and agreements to access and utilize Boeing proprietary information specific to the WGS system should accesses to such information be necessary for the development, testing, and implementation of the solution. SECTION II Objectives To provide a Statement of Capability (SOC) from interested industry respondents that includes answers/information with regards to the following requests: Content a. Technical Approach- Discuss your technical approach and company's ability to satisfy the requirements listed in Section I above. Responses should include a draft Statement of Capability (SOC) on how the anti-jam solution could be implemented. Provide a high-level discussion of how your solution implements a Ka-band Anti-Jam capability and include potential test/verification approaches. Discuss whether you have developed or demonstrated a similar capability for the commercial sector or other Government agencies and/or foreign governments. Discuss if you will incorporate any new technologies and the plan to ensure the technology is mature enough for use in a relevant WGS operational environment. Provide timeline for development of new equipment and process. • Identify all Government Furnished Property/Information (GFP/GFI) needed to develop and implement your proposed solution, and the development schedule related to the timeline. b. Corporate Capabilities- Briefly discuss your company's past performance related to executing projects that are similar in size, and complexity. Describe your corporate ability to process and store information up to and including DoD Secret (personnel and facilities), or the plan to obtain this capability. In addition, interested contractors should detail experience with Cyber Security and Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements for the Assessment and Authorization (A&A) of the solution in accordance with DoD Instruction (DODI) 8500.01, Cyber Security, DoDI 85l0.01, RMF for DoD Information Technology (IT), and NIST SP 800-37, Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems, the contractor shall provide Assessment and Authorization (A&A) documentation in support of updating the site A&A. The contractor shall ensure the system implements the applicable Cybersecurity controls of the NIST SP 800-53 in accordance with the system's categorization as determined by the CNSSI No. 1253. c. Costs- Provide a time-phased Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate for development, integration, testing, installation, hardware and training costs for the ground based Ka-band Anti-Jam solution. d. Schedule- Provide a timeline for the identified solution in Gantt and tabular format including all your proposed milestones with estimated durations. e. Requirements- Describe the key system requirements and provide technology roadmap to meet the capability needs and Government's performance requirements described in Section I. f. Risk- Provide a list of potential risks associated with your proposed solution and describe your approach to mitigate the risks g. Product Data- Describe the data rights you intend to provide the government with your proposed solution. SECTION III Response Information SOC Classification: Respondents shall provide an unclassified response to this RFI. Respondents shall indicate whether their responses contain proprietary information, if the Respondents wish for the responses to be handled as such. SOC format: As described in section II above, responses shall not exceed twenty (20) pages for the SOC. The Government will not consider a SOC in excess of 20 pages. Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches; single-spaced with text no smaller than 11- point font size; font size within graphics and tables shall be no smaller than 8 point, Times New Roman. Margins shall be one-inch on all sides. The SOC response front matter such as transmittal letter, cover page, and table of contents will not count against the page limit. Include a one-page executive summary that summarizes the key ideas. The Government will not accept company literature or marketing materials in response to this RFI. The SOC must include the following information : 1. Company name, mailing address, points of contact (including position within company), telephone numbers, and email addresses 2. Business size classification (large > 1,250, small ≤ 1,250, or other) 3. Capability to fully satisfy the Government's performance requirements described in Section I. This RFI is unrestricted and encourages responses from all responsible contractors independent of size. Additionally, responses from small businesses and small disadvantaged business firms are highly encouraged. Firms responding should indicate if they are a small business, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, 8(a) firms, historically black colleges or universities, and minority institutions. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 336414. The small business size standard is 1,250 employees. The Government intends to use Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) and Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Contractors' support to help review the RFI responses. Currently The Aerospace Corporation (FFRDC) and LinQuest Corporation (SE&I) will be used to support this review. The MITRE Corporation and MIT Lincoln Laboratory FFRDCs, may be used at a later date. All Government, FFRDC, and SE&I personnel will sign appropriate Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Note: Non-Government reviewers are under contracts with the Government that obligate them not to disclose proprietary data. The undersigned PCO should be contacted if the respondents consider additional, response-specific agreements necessary. The Government will protect all properly marked proprietary information. The respondent is responsible for appropriately marking your submission/presentations as proprietary information, if necessary. Contractors responding to this RFI shall submit the above information in writing with one (1) CD copy, no later than forty-five (45) days after RFI release, by 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST) to the Primary POC listed. DECLARATION: This synopsis is not a formal solicitation. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this synopsis, or to otherwise pay for the information solicited herein. Submission of any information in response to this RFI is purely voluntary - the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. Responses will be used by the Government for informational purposes only as part of its acquisition planning. Information obtained from responses to this RFI will not be used to exclude potential future bidders if this effort becomes an acquisition. Contracting Office Address: SMC/PKJ 483 N. Aviation Blvd. El Segundo CA 90245-2808 Government Primary Point of Contact: Tiffany Bellard, Phone: 310-653-9185, e-mail: tiffany.bellard@us.af.mil Tiffany Werner, Phone: 310-653-9286, e-mail: tiffany.werner.1@us.af.mil Government Technical Point of Contact: Lex Parker, Phone: 310-416-3646, e-mail: lex.parker@us.af.mil Steve Hayden, Phone: 310-416-1938, e-mail: steven.hayden.3@us.af.mil
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