SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Mobile Tower System (MOTS)
- Notice Date
- 12/17/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile), ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W31P4Q-05-R-0260
- Response Due
- 1/18/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/19/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). The Product Manager, US Army Air Traffic Services is seeking information on industry capabilities to design, develop, produce, and maintain a Mobile Towe r System (MOTS). The MOTS will be a highly mobile tactical system designed to rapidly set-up and quickly establish air traffic services (ATS) during the initial phases of deployment, and sustain those services throughout operations and redeployment. The system will be mounted on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV); accommodate three air traffic controllers and one supervisor in the tower; be C-130 deployable; UH-60 lift-capable; meet international Air Traffic Control (ATC) standards; and contain modernized, digital jam-resistant communications. The MOTS will be capable of sustained 24-hour operations in a day, night (aided or unaided eye), and under inclement weather environments. The MOTS shelter will be capable of removal (conduct stand -alone operations) when the HMMWV is disabled, requires maintenance, is used for other transport, or the system is to be semi-permanently emplaced. The MOTS will serve as a replacement system for both the AN/TSW-7A ATC Central and the AN/TSQ-70A Aircraft Control Central. The MOTS mission is to provide air traffic services (ATS) in airspace designated for air traffic movement at terminal areas of the division, corps, echelons above corps (EAC), during wartime and during stability and support operations (SASO). The MOTS wil l meet federal aviation administration (FAA)/international civil aviation organization (CAO) requirements for integration into the national/host nation airspace systems. The MOTS, along with the Tactical Terminal Control System (TTCS) and Air Traffic Navi gation Integration and Coordination System (ATNAVICS), will also integrate with the Army's area airspace management system, Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS), to form a network that provides management of the airspace over an area of operation. In peacetime operations, the MOTS will support Army ATS training requirements and Aviation units through tactical field training exercises. The MOTS will also support other agencies, host nation, joint services, and other Army missions as required. For e xample, the MOTS will be used to provide temporary ATC services at fixed-base installations during periods of extended downtime due to fixed-base system outages and facility modernization. The services provided include: Sequencing and separating arriving and departing aircraft, coordinating instrument meteorological condition (IMC) recovery of aircraft, and coordinating in-flight emergencies, search and rescue (SAR) and combat search and re scue (CSAR) actions. The MOTS will also be tasked with the rapid restoral of terminal ATC operations during missions such as disaster relief or other nonmilitary operations. The MOTS voice communications systems include: 1. A simulcast capability on two active frequencies in each of the UHF-AM, VHF-AM and VHF-FM bands. 2. Additional backup radios for each frequency band. 3. An additional capability will exist to independently and continuously monitor/receive and transmit on emergency (guard) frequencies in each of the UHF-AM and VHF-AM bands; independently receive and transmit on VHF-FM for TAIS; battle command, guar d, or crash/fire/rescue communications. 4. The system will also equipped and capable of HF/SSB with ALE/NOE and UHF-FM SATCOM DAMA communications. The MOTS will have a basic capability of illuminating a runway or landing area by operating existing surface lighting through a limited control panel and interconnect or through a portable airfield lighting system. The operational definition of this airfi eld lighting capability includes: 1. Configurable to serve a runway and/or landing zone (LZ)/drop zone (DZ)/pickup zone (PZ). 2. Provide green, unidire ctional threshold; white, omnidirectional edge; and red, unidirectional end lights that operate in visual (unaided eye), infrared (aided eye), and NVD (aided eye) modes. The threshold and end lights must be configurable to allow for a change of runway dir ection without movement of the emplaced lights. 3. Provide lights to mark (up to) a 5,000-foot runway for instrument operations. The primary system will allow the integration and operation of a second lighting system to light a 10,000-foot runway. Runway and LZ/DZ/PZ configuration will share common e dge lights. 4. Provide glideslope and courseline visual (unaided and aided) cues that delineate a safe corridor (up to) a 10-nautical mile (NM) final approach-to-landing. Runway and LZ/PZ configurations will share common glideslope and courseline equipment. 5. Provide glideslope and courseline visual (unaided and aided) cues that are easy and understandable for aviators to acquire and maintain, and clearly differentiate between, relative positions of high, on glideslope, low, left, oncourse, and right, respe ctively. 6. Provide a simple and certifiable process for the ground operator to initially align and maintain the glideslope and courseline (after equipment setup), without the use of external tools, devices, or equipment. Glideslope and courseline equipment movem ent, setup, and alignment (due to a change in runway direction) will be accomplished in less than 30 minutes. 7. Operate wired into the MOTS lighting control panel; using a surface-based hand-held remote up to 2 NM away; and from an aircraft cockpit, up to10 NM away. The surface-based operator will be able to override or lockout the control abilities of the airb orne user. 8. Operate, powered by commercial power; tactical or generator power; solar power; and internal, rechargeable batteries. 9. Provide 12 hours of continuous, internal battery operation in hot, basic, and extreme cold climates before recharging and in all weather conditions. 10. Transportable by HMMWV towed trailer, transit cases/bags, and manpack. The LZ/DZ/PZ configuration will fit in two large Army rucksacks carried by two soldiers. 11. Setup and operate by three soldiers in no more than 45 minutes on a 5,000-foot runway. Setup and operate by two soldiers in no more than 15 minutes on a LZ/DZ/PZ (one inverted Y and one helipad). 12. Meet FAA and ICAO lighting standards. RESPONSES: Responses to this sources sought notice shall include the following seven pieces of information: (1) brochure of the companys capabilities, (2) company name and address, (3) name/phone/fax/email of company point of contact, (4) DUNS number, (5) Cage Code, (6) Tax ID number, (7) business size; Large, Small, Small Disadvantage, 8(a), HUBZone and/or Woman-Owned. For all technical issues in reference to this SSS, please send questions to: Winnifer Caffie-McGee, Contracting Officer, (256)842-6009. Interested sources are requested to submit a package no later than 4:00 p.m. Central Time on 01/18/2005 to following address: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-CM-B, Bldg. 5308, Attn: Jane Hardebeck, Contract Specialist, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-528 0 Or electronically to the following email address: jane.hardebeck@redstone.army.mil. This SSS is a data call only. The Government will not pay for any materials provided to it in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the send er.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile) ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5308, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Record
- SN00723204-W 20041219/041217211845 (fbodaily.com)
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