SOURCES SOUGHT
20 -- DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WITH SEMI-AUTONOMOUS, NETWORKED, DISTRIBUTED SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITY
- Notice Date
- 10/22/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- N00024 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue S.E. Washington Navy Yard, DC
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0002405R6301
- Response Due
- 11/22/2004
- Description
- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to award a sole-source contract to Exponent, Inc. 15932 Bernardo Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92127. This contract will be awarded pursuant to USC 2304(c)(1). It will acquire a prototype ASW surveillance system that demonstrates semi-autonomous, networked, distributed surveillance capability. Task Force ASW is currently developing initiatives for its near term Experiments #5 and #6, which are to be conducted in March/April 2005 and September/October 2005, respectively. These experiments will include a networked, distributed ASW surveillance system theme. CNO N74 requires a prototype system that demonstrates semi-autonomous, networked, distributed surveillance capability to be tested in Experiments #5 and #6. The Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) for this developed/demonstrated effort should be at least TRL #5 (component validation in relevant environment) for Experiments #5 and #6. The system shall demonstrate the following technical constructs: (a) Semi-autonomous, (b) self configuring (autonomous networking and field control), (c) self healing with local data storage and processing, (d) useable Detection Classification and Localization algorithms, and (e) Open Architecture to facilitate design portability to other state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice distributed systems to facilitate the rapid introduction and fielding of new capabilities with connectivity into FORCENet. The final system design shall have the following capabilites: (a) Monitor a 40 nautical mile by 40 nautical mile area in water depths ranging from 20 fathoms to 3000 fathoms while also addressing rapid setup and persistent perimeter defense. (b) Rapid deployment of a perimeter defense capability shall be to detect and report submerged contact tracks with a cumulative probability of 0.9 over a period of 4 hours in a minimum of at least Sea State 3 (wind speed 14-15 knots; wave height 3.5-4.0 feet) while maintaining a track false alarm rate of less than or equal to one false track per 24 hour period. (c) Perimeter defense capability shall be to detect and report no less than 95% of all submerged contact tracks as they penetrate the perimeter with a track false alarm rate of less than or equal to one false track per 24 hour period and a perimeter width not to exceed 10 nm, again in an environment of at least Sea State 3. (d) The sensor system shall be deployable within 12 h! ours from various platform types (air, surface, submerged operating without speed reduction). (e) The system shall have a sustainability design of 15 days without loss of performance. To achieve full performance in support of the experiments, the remaining development actions are: (a) A base award to design system hardware and software and demonstrate concept with existing Navy acoustic sensors, with delivery by early March 2005. (b) An initial Option (1) for prototype hardware and a limited objectives (real world data, Over The Horizon (OTH)) demonstration, with delivery by May 2005, and (c) A second Option (2) to build and demonstrate at-sea, an end-to-end Buoy Field System by September 2005
- Record
- SN00698125-W 20041024/041022212131 (fbodaily.com)
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