SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Global Positioning System (GPS) based in-transit visibility (ITV) solution in order to supplement the current Radio Frequency (RF) ITV infrastructure
- Notice Date
- 4/12/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 517410
— Satellite Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - RI (W52P1J), 3055 Rodman Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois, 61299-8000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 61299-8000
- Solicitation Number
- W52P1J18GPSITV
- Archive Date
- 4/17/2018
- Point of Contact
- Michelle M. Talbot, , Alissa S. Rohm,
- E-Mail Address
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michelle.m.talbot2.civ@mail.mil, alissa.s.rohm.civ@mail.mil
(michelle.m.talbot2.civ@mail.mil, alissa.s.rohm.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This sources sought / request for information (RFI) is being used to conduct market research. This is a RFI only regarding a tentative requirement. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. A Solicitation is not available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. The 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) (TSC) has a potential requirement for a Global Positioning System (GPS) based in-transit visibility (ITV) solution in order to supplement the current Radio Frequency (RF) ITV infrastructure and provide near real-time end-to-end cargo visibility. The ITV system for the US Army Central (USARCENT) and for the Army line haul contracts provides real time information regarding the location and status of contractor commercial transportation services for moving Army equipment, and cargo throughout the Central Command (CENTCOM) AOR, with the exception of Afghanistan. Objective. ITV must provide a Common Operating Picture for the movement of United States Government (USG) contracted assets and logistical supplies throughout the CENTCOM AOR to Tactical Operations Centers, Movement Control Teams, and higher military echelons. The Contractor shall provide all required software, information technology infrastructure and technical support to the USG, with limited support to the local contracted carriers, to include the line haul contractors (the "Carriers"). Carriers are responsible for procuring the required compatible software and ITV hardware to equip their transportation fleets. The system/software must be compatible with and able to successfully integrate with the current Army transportation system of record, Transportation Coordinators' - Automated Information for Movements System II Theater Operations (TC-AIMS II TOPS). Basic Services. The support package shall include maintenance, updates, anomalies, server monitoring, and data feed management from the Contractor's operations center. This includes the basic reporting of vehicles tracked, number and identification of transponders actively on-line, active panic alarms and panic alarms activated in preceding 60 minutes, and location of vehicles. Initial set-up and operator training for the software shall be required. The ITV Software shall display the location of the vehicles tracked on a topographical map current as of the date of contract award and updated no less than quarterly. The ITV Software shall display the status of the vehicles being tracked utilizing a color code scheme and shall provide detailed information of the vehicle being tracked when the cursor/pointer hovers or clicks on a specific vehicle. The ITV System shall be compatible with the Honeywell 202, TAM-242, and TAM-262 transponders currently in use by the carriers. The ITV Software shall provide fidelity within 1 square mile of area to the entire CENTCOM AOR for vehicle tracking. These areas shall be viewable through the application by USG operators. The ITV Software shall contain, in addition to the fields required to meet the requirement of tracking vehicle information, the following fields/information: -Import from TOPS for Initial Transportation and User Input into DASHTOP. - Auto Population of Key TMR Dates "Geofence" creation and maintenance around bases. - TMR Status Report with Mapping of Transponders. - Histogram (Ping vs. Time graph). - Mission Summary Report. - Transponder Co-Location Report. - Audit reports (Logging of history of changes to manual inputs). - Roles and Permissions. Limited Carrier Support. The USG requires that carriers utilize the ITV system in order to provide ITV to the USG, of cargo that is moved within the CENTCOM AOR. The Contractor shall provide limited support to carriers as necessary to ensure that their vehicles can be tracked by the ITV system. Limited support is defined as initial set-up and initial operator training on the ITV system for each carrier and refresher training to be conducted every six months. Contractor shall allocate up to 2 hours a day to service and maintain carrier ITV system hardware and software. The actual amount of time allocated up to 2 hours shall depend on requests for support from the carriers. Software Maintenance. The Contractor shall provide software maintenance, anomalies, and other software updates as required to ensure satisfactory day-to-day system operation. Satisfactory day to day operation is availability of the ITV system 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Contractor shall maintain the required backup systems to ensure continuous system availability. In addition, the Contractor shall maintain the mapping overlay capabilities, and shall provide a direct data feed to target data-sync guards to NIPR gateways and SIPR gateway servers. This includes maintaining an automated position report and Panic Alert Feed to specified USG systems allowing host servers to pass this data from the UNCLASSIFIED to the CLASSIFIED networks. The U.S. Government will use the responses received for information/planning purposes and to identify potential sources as part of market research. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the U.S. Government will not pay for information requested, nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the U.S. Government. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is release, it will be synopsized on the www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential Offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. All information received in response to this RFI marked "Proprietary" shall be handled accordingly. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking "Proprietary" or "Competition Sensitive" information contained in its response. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. ACC-RI will not pay for information received in response to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. Please send your firms capabilities to meet the requirement to the following addresses, with "1st TSC GPS ITV" in the subject line: Michelle.m.talbot2.civ@mail.mil alissa.s.rohm.civ@mail.mil eric.m.jackson56.civ@mail.mil stephanie.a.brown127.civ@mail.mil
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