SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Ku-Band Ground Stations
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, Contracts Department, Hwy. 547 Attn:B562-3C, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 08733-5083
- ZIP Code
- 08733-5083
- Solicitation Number
- N68335-18-RFI-0281
- Archive Date
- 6/14/2018
- Point of Contact
- Evanuel Hairston, Phone: 7323232094
- E-Mail Address
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evanuel.hairston@navy.mil
(evanuel.hairston@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFI Number: N68335-18-RFI-0281 Classification Code: 5985 - Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment NAICS Code(s): 334220 - Satellite Antenna Manufacturing Response date - 6 days Primary Point of Contact: Evanuel Hairston evanuel.hairston@navy.mil Phone: 732-323-2094 This Request For Information notice is being posted to satisfy the requirement of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 206-302-1(d). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Special Communications Mission Solutions Division, AIR-4.11.4, is soliciting information and comments from industry on its ability to provide a non-developmental or Commercial Off The Shelf Ku-band Ground Station satellite communications system which can support dual feeds of 10.7-12.75 Gigahertz (GHz) and 13.75-14.8 GHz. The system should be a turn-key, fully integrated ground station with a concrete shelter, 4.9m antenna, antenna controls, and all Radio Frequency equipment, including transceivers, waveguides, high power amplifier, RF switches, and L-band Combiners. The system must be able to monitor and control discrete hardware interfaces locally and remotely. The system needs to provide its own heating/ventilation/air-conditioning (HVAC) for operation in a desert environment, electrical power distribution, an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) sufficient for ten (10) minutes of operation, and fire-protection equipment. The electrical power shall be provided to the ground station from an existing generator. The system shall include engineering design, drawings for system installation, and maintenance, as well as an overall technical system technical manual. The Ku-band Ground Station system requires support services to perform a factory acceptance test, training for to up to eight (8) students, and system installation and commissioning services in undisclosed location. RESPONSES Requested Information Section 1 of the response shall provide administrative information, and shall include the following as a minimum: •· Organization name, mailing address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), phone number, fax number, and name and e-mail of designated point of contact. •· Business type (large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business, HUB Zone small business, woman-owned small business, very small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business). Section 2 of the response shall provide technical information, and shall include the following as a minimum: •· Interested parties shall respond with existing capabilities or products that meet all or a subset of the aforementioned attributes. Reponses that include information detailing potential tradeoffs or alternative solutions is encouraged. •· Respondents should provide a detailed description of the following characteristics of their solution in their submission: •1. Lead time •2. List of Certification and Standards •3. Technical specification documents for all proposed equipment •4. Type of Monitoring and Control System •5. Enclosure Features 5.1. Exterior and interior dimensions (height x width x depth) 5.2. Weight in lbs. 5.3. Safety Protection (e.g., overvoltage, overcurrent, etc.) 5.4. Interior rack space available for equipment 5.5. HVAC system and air filtration 5.6 fire protection 5.7 power distribution and UPS 5.8 antenna de-icing system •6. Operational temperature range for the Ku- band ground station system •7. Time required to install and commission the system •8. Duration of the class for both operator and maintenance training •9. Quantity and location of similar Ku-band systems delivered to date •10. Basic and extended warranty information for all proposed equipment •· If applicable, respondents shall include a list of Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Justice (DOJ) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programs of record that currently employ their solution. Include a sponsor POC for each program, with email address and phone number. •· The Government is interested in receiving vendors' price lists for items they believe meet the need in this RFI. Supplying price data does not imply a contractual obligation and must be provided and marked as PRICE DATA and sent only to the contracts point of contact identified below. •· Respondents should include a list of authorized distributors. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. While the Government intends to use this information for future acquisition planning purposes, it will not release any information about your approach that might in any way compromise your competitive posture or proprietary information. The Government will not use any information provided to level your approach relative to another competition. All information received in response to the RFI that is marked PROPRIETARY will be handled accordingly. The Government will not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. Respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future associated RFP that may be issued. Information provided in no way binds the government to solicit or award a contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities website: www.fbo.gov. It is the potential vendor's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. HOW TO RESPOND In response to this RFI, respondents shall submit written responses, not-to-exceed ten (10) pages in length via electronic mail. Product specification, sketches, or listings of authorized distributors will not count toward the page limitation. The Government is interested in receiving vendors' commercial published price lists for items they believe meet the requirement of this RFI, as well as, identification of long lead items(s), sub-systems(s), or systems(s). Supplying price data does not imply a contractual obligation and must be provided as a separate document, marked as PRICE DATA, and sent only to the contracts point of contact identified below. Interested parties are requested to submit responses in PDF Document Format via e-mail to Evanuel Hairston at evanuel.hairston@navy.mil. Responses are due no later than 30 May 2018, 2:00 P.M. EDT.
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