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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 20, 2006 FBO #1636
SOURCES SOUGHT

70 -- Market Research for a Programmable Encryption Device (PED)

Notice Date

5/18/2006
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

334220 — Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
 

ZIP Code

07703-5008
 

Solicitation Number

W15P7T-06-R-J412
 

Response Due

6/18/2006
 

Archive Date

8/17/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The US Army is seeking sources for a Programmable Encryption Device (PED). The PED is used to provide over the air traffic encryption functionality for Force Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) Blue Force Tracking (BFT) Satellite Network multica st and unicast Situational Awareness and Command and Control messaging from multiple locations, and device health monitoring messages to and from the Satellite Communications transceiver. The PED is required to process messages up to secret and is install ed in Army and US Marine Corps tactical ground vehicle platforms, rotary wing aircraft and at the FBCB2 BFT Global Network Operations Centers. This device must operate in, and meet the environmental conditions of these ground and air platforms, to include the platform unique shock and vibration profiles. Additionally, it must be operational in temperatures ranging from -40 C to +85 C, must be Nuclear, Biological and Chemical compliant and must interface with the existing installation kit cabling. The Government does not own the design rights to the PED and cannot provide detailed drawings sufficient to reproduce the device. A draft of the Interface Control Document will be provided upon request by e-mailing the PM technical POC Stanley.Wnuck@us.ar my.mil or phone number 732-427-6892. The PED consists of a ruggedized aluminum cast rectangular box, approximately 4 x 7 x 2 with four external military grade connectors  a standard 6-pin Communications Security fill connector, a red interface connec tor, a black interface connector, and a 28 volt DC power supply connector. Both the red and black interface connectors of the PED are programmable and support either an RS232/422 serial interface or a 10/100 Ethernet electrical interface. The red and bla ck interfaces to the PED employ a custom messaging protocol that was developed by Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, Germantown, MD, for its MT2011E L-band Transceiver. Internally, the PED contains a power supply circuit, serial and Ethernet driver circu itry, microprocessors and memory, interfacing electrical components and the National Security Agency (NSA) endorsed Harris Sierra II Programmable Cryptographic Module (see http://www.rfcomm.harris.com/products/embeddable-security/sierraII.pdf for more deta ils on Sierra II). The only known source for the PED is Harris Corporation and its part number for this item is 12054-1000-01. The Army plans to procure an estimated 40,000 PEDs over the next five years with contract award anticipated by December 2006. In itial production deliveries are required to begin in August 2007 with a ramp up to approximately 700 units per month. Potential sources for the PED must have their design endorsed and certified by NSA prior to 31 August 2007. In addition, interested sou rces must demonstrate past experience in manufacturing cryptographic equipment for the military and reply with their production plan to deliver up to 40,000 devices over a five year period. To be considered a viable source for the proposed action, interes ted sources must address in a white paper all of the following: 1) The sources ability to provide an item that meets all of the above identified technical requirements. This section of the white paper shall includea detailed description of the sources pro duct 2) schedule for NSA certification and 3) a production plan that describes ramp up, testing and sustained production. All capability issues must be thoroughly addressed. Responses should be mailed to U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Commands Acquisition Center, Bdlg 1208 West, AMSEL-ACCB-RT-K(MAT), Fort Monmouth NJ 07703-5008 or emailed to Alex.Matejka@us.army.mil. Solicitation Number W15P7T-06-R -J412 is assigned for reference purposes only. This is a market research notice and not a request for proposals. No solicitation document is available. Technical questions should be directed to Mr. Rick Snyder of the Office of the Projec t Manager for FBCB2 BFT via email at rick.snyder@us.army.mil
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07 ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ

Zip Code: 07703-5008

Country: US
 

Record

SN01053138-W 20060520/060519134603 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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