SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Directed Study for Austere GPS Payload Augmentation
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, SMC - Space and Missiles System Center, 483 North Aviation Blvd, El Segundo, CA, 90245-2808
- ZIP Code
- 90245-2808
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-XDK-62
- Response Due
- 7/28/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/12/2006
- Description
- POC: 2dLt Steve Dirks, Technical Focal Point, SMC/XDAI, (310) 653-9730, Steve.Dirks@losangeles.af.mil, Mr. Joseph Simonds, Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), SMC/XDK, (310) 653-9245, Joseph.Simonds@losangeles.af.mil; Mr. David Banks, Contract Specialist, SMC/XDK (310) 653-9244. The Department of the Air Force, Space and Missile System Center (SMC) intends to issue a sole source contract to study opportunities for streamlined GPS Position Navigation and Time (PNT) Payload for an austere augmentation of the GPS constellation to preclude gaps with currently available parts designed by ITT Industries Space Systems Division. This contract is valued at approximately $250,000. This task requires an intimate and detailed knowledge of the existing and currently operational on-orbit block IIr payload architecture and corresponding hardware implementations. Further, this study will require incorporation and interfacing of existing L1 and L2 transmitter hardware previously developed, built and space qualified as the IIR program. ITT is the developer and maintainer of the operational flight software for both block IIR and IIR-M payload configurations. The block IIR payload consists of 19 major subassemblies (individual boxes) that were developed and built by ITT. Additionally, ITT incorporated and interfaced existing L1 and L2 transmitter hardware previously developed, built and space qualified on the IIR program and possess the only existing designs for the M-code and L2C signals, which have been built, certified by NSA, and space qualified (also operational on orbit in the IIRM-1 (II-14). Any persons or companies interested in this notice are to respond to the requirements and submit their capabilities and qualifications statement to the Technical Focal Point (2dLt Steve Dirks, Technical Focal Point, SMC/XDAI, (310) 653-9730, Steve.Dirks@losangeles.af.mil). The capabilities statement should state why the company believes a sole source is invalid. The capability and qualifications statement will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 483 N. Aviation Blvd., El Segundo CA
- Zip Code: 90245
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 90245
- Record
- SN01088330-W 20060715/060713220950 (fbodaily.com)
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