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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 18, 2005 FBO #1180
SOURCES SOUGHT

17 -- Telemetry and Tracking System Operations

Notice Date
2/16/2005
 
Notice Type
Sources Sought
 
NAICS
517910 — Other Telecommunications
 
Contracting Office
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
 
ZIP Code
20910
 
Solicitation Number
Reference-Number-NEEK-3000-5-00131
 
Response Due
3/16/2005
 
Archive Date
3/16/2005
 
Description
NAICS Code: 517910 INTRODUCTION: This is a request for information (RFI) for planning purposes in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.215-3 (October 1997). The purpose of this request is to Solicit an expression of interest and potential capability for industry input on the concept of an acquisition involving a single prime contractor for an end-to-end fully integrated ground system for reception and monitoring of Jason-2 satellite Telemetry, Commanding and Controlling of the Jason-2, processing Jason-2 raw science data into Near Real-time (NRT) products, distribution and archiving of Jason-2 data to users within the Continental United States and abroad. This single prime contractor will interface with the Government and would manage all program subcontractors until the end of contract. The contractor will be required to provide the following services to NOAA: 1. Integrate Jason Telemetry, Command, and Communications Subsystem (JTCCS) supplied by the Government into NOAA?s existing Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC), and Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAS) at Fairbanks (FCDAS), Alaska and Wallops (WCDAS), Virginia. a. JTCCS is a real-time system designed to Receive, decommutate, distribute, and display satellite telemetry ; Format and transmit satellite commands; Remotely monitor and command earth terminals; Manage and archive telemetry and payload data; and Automate routine functions. 2. Develop software for the coordination, integration and generation of Jason-2 weekly stored command files (sequences). These sequences are required to be conflict free, constraint checked, and time ordered. The sequencing tool shall be compatible with JTCCS and/or NOAA?s current resource satellite scheduling tool named Satellite Operation Management Subsystem (SOMS). Specifically, the contractor will be required to develop a Jason-2 non real-time scheduling and sequencing system capable of the following tasks: Build integrated pass schedule using the NOAA Jason Command and Data Acquisition stations; Build time-tagged buffer loads for the Jason-2 satellite; Place scheduled activities in time-sequence order for use by JTCCS/SOMS. 3. Modify existing NOAA spacecraft scheduling software SOMS that uses NORAD two-line element vectors to generate a minute by minute subpoint track in addition to contact and tracking information for up to four readout stations and outputs to a Conflict Resolution and Master Scheduler 4. Integrate a Government provided science Data Processing System in to existing NOAA/NESDIS Environmental Satellite-data Processing Center (ESPC). 5. Establish a data communications interface among above entities and the NOAA archive and access service named the Comprehensive Large Array ? data Stewardship System (CLASS). Groups or individuals interested in describing existing or proposed capabilities or technologies to NOAA are encouraged to provide rationale and technical details in a white paper format (no longer than four pages). Capabilities should relate to the following key capability focus areas shown below: a. Satellite Command, Control and Telemetry b. Scheduling of satellite ground resources c. Command Sequencing d. TCP/IP, FTP protocols e. Satellite Commanding in accordance with the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) Command Operation Procedure -1" (COP-1) protocol f. Satellite Navigation g. Software Development using Java, C++, and TCL h. Unix, Linux, XP/2000/NT4.0 Operating Systems i. Systems Engineering Cost/Risk Analysis. Interested firms with capability to provide the Jason-2 Satellite services should provide the information, as listed to Annita L. Wimbish, via e-mail (Annita.L.Wimbish@noaa.gov), or in paper form, send to the attention of Annita L. Wimbish, Contracting Officer, at 1315 East West Highway, OFA64, 10th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. In addition to white paper submission, groups or individuals are further invited to give oral and/or written comments at a NOAA OSTM Acquisition RFI Workshop (at the responder?s own expense). The workshop will be held on April 27, 2005, at the NOAA office, Federal Building 4, in Suitland, MD. If you are interested in attending this workshop, please contact Mr. Angelo Wade at (301) 457-5185, Ext. 122, by March 31, 2005.
 
Place of Performance
Address: U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA/NESDIS, E/)SD3, FB-4, Room 3308, 5200 Auth Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746-4303
 
Record
SN00752782-W 20050218/050217075930 (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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