PRESOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- NEXCOM PROGRAM OVERVIEW AND INDUSTRY DAY II
- Notice Date
- 1/3/2002
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, ASU-330 FAA Headquarters (ASU)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DTFA01-02-R-0200641
- Response Due
- 2/1/2002
- Archive Date
- 3/3/2002
- Point of Contact
- Matthew Asai, (202) 493-4751
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Matt.Asai@faa.gov
(Matt.Asai@faa.gov)
- Description
- The following information is provided as a supplement to the NEXCOM Industry Day events of October 3-5, 2001. This announcement is intended to acquaint potential offerors with the current status of the acquisition program strategy and to coordinate upcoming Industry Day II activities. Based on discussions and recommendations from potential offerors, the NEXCOM ground system acquisition strategy has been refined. To convey the nature of these changes to potential offerors, the FAA will conduct a second series of Industry Day one-on-one discussions during January 22-25, 2001. These discussions are intended to provide potential offerors with an updated program strategy for the Rapid Preliminary Development Effort (RPDE) and the subsequent Full Scale Development Program (FSDP). All one-on-one sessions will be held at TRW facilities located at 475 School Street, S. W., Washington, D.C. An FAA/Potential offeror discussion agenda is included in this announcement. ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSIONS Those companies wishing to participate in the one-on-one discussions should be limited to prime contractors and their teams who have demonstrated capabilities to perform all tasks identified in the program overview above. These companies should forward their request to andrea.ctr.haines@faa.gov - Phone: (202) 314-1185, NLT January 15, 2001. All personnel planning to attend should forward their name, company, title, and email address. This will facilitate management and security processing of attendees. The available time slots will be filled on a ?first-come-first-serve? basis. Each session will be up to two hours long. In order to provide interested parties with an opportunity for individual discussions, the scheduling will be for one session per potential offeror. NEXCOM GROUND NETWORK SYSTEM PROGRAM OVERVIEW The NEXCOM Ground Network System Program will design, develop, and produce the cost-effective and logistically supportable ground network/switching communications components required to integrate the NEXCOM Multi-mode Digital Radio with the existing voice switches and the FAA backbone data routers. The resulting integrated system consisting of subsystems such as the Radio Interface Unit (RIU), and the Ground Network Interface (GNI) will provide the air/ground communication transmission system for both backward compatible analog voice and the new digital voice and the ATN subnetwork for datalink based on VHF Digital Link Mode 3 standards. This scalable system will be implemented first in the en-route domain and subsequently in the terminal, tower and flight service station environments. To satisfy the short-term demonstration needs of the program in the 2004 timeframe, while reducing risk for meeting system IOT&E in 2007, the acquisition is divided into the 2 phases identified as the Rapid Preliminary Development Effort (RPDE) and the Full Scale Development (FSD) program. These two phases will be separate competitive awards, however, only those potential offerors receiving an award for the RPDE will be eligible for the phase 2 program. The RPDE solicitation will include a request for a potential offeror-proposed system architecture based upon the System Requirements Document. This architecture will be considered the preliminary architecture upon which the potential offeror shall build subsequent technical documentation in the efforts described below. It shall demonstrate the potential offerors understanding of the existing air/ground communications system and the transition challenges in proceeding from analog to digital voice and datalink. Such concerns as producibility, logistics supportability, planned system expansion, technology refresh, and RMA shall be addressed in this architectural framework. Additionally, the solicitation will include demonstrated capability to design and develop hardware and software covering all subsystems in the air/ground communications string. Following FAA?s evaluation and down-select based on offeror?s RPDE proposals, awards will be made to a maximum of three offerors.! The successful potential offeror(s) will receive a competitive award for contractor development and delivery of products divided into two parallel efforts as described below: RPDE Phase 1A will consist of potential offeror-developed technical data that will include the derived requirements from the System Requirements Document (SRD) into system segment specifications, interface control documents and other technical papers as ordered. The FAA intends to collaborate with the potential offeror in the development of this documentation on NAS-specific technical issues. Data developed by individual potential offerors under this phase will be used exclusively by that potential offeror for development of their phase 2 proposal; however, since the FAA will fund 100% of this effort it shall obtain data rights in accordance with AMS 3.5-13 Rights in Data--General (October 1996), and 3.5-16 Rights in Data--Special Works (April 1996). RPDE Phase 1B will enable the development of VDL-3 engineering development models (EDMs) of NEXCOM ground network systems by selected potential offerors. The overall RPDE program will culminate in FAA-managed technical evaluations of potential offeror EDM systems. These EDM evaluations will actually become Part 1 of each potential offeror?s FSDP contract proposal, and the EDM evaluation results will be integrated into the FAA technical evaluation in the source selection process for the subsequent Full Scale Development Program. One of key technical elements in the selection of the Phase 2 contractor will be an evaluation of the degree to which the manufacturer?s EDM meets the requirements of the Minimum Threshold Document and the extent to which the manufacturer?s EDM validates the proposed NEXCOM system functionality as specified in the System Requirement Document (SRD). In order to facilitate the migration from EDM to FSDP, the Governments desires to maximize re-usability! of the EDM systems in FSDP Phase 2. Phase 1B will be awarded as a firm-fixed-price effort. One of the key technical elements in the selection of the FSD contractor will be an evaluation of the degree to which the manufacturer?s EDM meets the requirements of the Minimum Threshold Document and the extent to which the EDM validates the manufacturer?s proposed system architecture and allocated baseline in accordance with the System Requirements Document. In order to reduce risk in transition and completion of the development effort from EDM to FSD, the successful potential offeror must be able to demonstrate maximum reuse of the EDM design by accounting for such concerns as planned system functional growth, processor overhead, parts obsolescence, software reuse etc. FSDP Phase 2 will build, test, produce, and deploy the operational NEXCOM A/G network based on the specifications, architecture, and system design developed in Phase 1. The NEXCOM system will be built from contractor-developed and FAA-approved System/Subsystem specifications developed during the Phase 1A effort. Only those vendors selected to participate in the RPDE Phase 1 effort will be eligible for the FSDP Phase 2 system production award. Offeror teaming is encouraged, however, the FAA realizes that the composition of the Offeror?s teams for Phase 2 cannot be finalized at this time. However, since only those contractors participating in Phase 1 will be participating in Phase 2, the prime contractor must remain fixed for both procurements. Offerors are strongly encouraged to utilize the same engineering team for both Phase 1 and 2 to ensure continuity and decrease the risks in meeting NEXCOM program goals and timelines. The FSDP SIR source evaluation will result in t! he selection of a single prime contractor for the FSDP. It is anticipated that contract award for FSDP will occur in January, 2005. FAA/POTENTIAL OFFEROR DISCUSSION AGENDA: JANUARY 22-25, 2001 ? Welcome ? Remarks and Introduction ? Discussion of Current Program Strategy and Status: ? NEXCOM Ground System Acquisition Strategy and Objectives ? NEXCOM RPDE Phases 1A and 1B ? NEXCOM FSDP Phase 2 ? EDM Technical Evaluations ? FAA/Potential offeror Question and Answer Session PROGRAM INFORMATION RESOURCES After January 15, 2002, the latest draft versions of the EDM Minimum Threshold Document (MTD) and the System Requirements Document will be available on the NEXCOM website http://www.faa.gov/nexcom. CONTACT POINT: This public announcement is being released for information only. All questions concerning this announcement should be addressed to Matthew Asai, Contracting Officer, ASU-330, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, DC 20591, or via email: matt.asai@faa.gov. The Contracting Officer will not respond to telephone requests for information.
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