SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- NAIS Increment 2 Draft SOW and PSPEC
- Notice Date
- 12/26/2006
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 517910
— Other Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commandant (G-ACS), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St., SW, Washington, DC, 20593-0001, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG23-07-R-ADA-NAISI2
- Response Due
- 1/10/2007
- Description
- THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE. The U.S. Coast Guard announces release of a DRAFT Statement of Work and Performance Specification to acquire contractor system integration and technical support services for Increment 2 of the Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS). NAIS will use international-standard Automatic Identification System (AIS) technology for ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship communication of navigation information to support Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) ? the effective understanding of anything associated with the global maritime environment that could affect the security, safety, economy, or environment of the United States. NAIS will provide the ability to receive AIS broadcasts from ships and other AIS users and use the message data, along with other data, to improve MDA. NAIS will also provide the ability to leverage other AIS capabilities, such as sending AIS messages to ships. NAIS will consist of an integrated system of AIS (e.g., base station transceivers, antennas), data storage and processing, and networking infrastructure. NAIS will also be integrated with other systems for the purpose of sharing infrastructure, more quickly implementing NAIS capabilities, and improving performance (e.g., minimizing duplication of user interfaces). NAIS will send and receive AIS messages, via the Very High Frequency (VHF) Data Link (VDL), to and from AIS equipped vessels, Aids to Navigation (AtoN), and Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft. NAIS will leverage several types of platforms to support AIS receive and transmit infrastructure. While some will support receive-only capabilities (e.g., satellites, buoys, and aircraft), others will support both receive and transmit capabilities (e.g., towers and platforms). AIS message data will be transported between system components over a wide-area network (WAN) and diverse, remote site connectivity (e.g., leased analog circuits, microwave, etc.). NAIS will provide the capability to receive AIS data transmitted from AIS-equipped vessels for the purpose of tracking their movements within U.S. navigable waters and out to 2000 nautical miles offshore while also monitoring the proper operation of the AIS system. NAIS will provide a transmission capability to support these missions as well, including transmission of navigational safety and security information to AIS-equipped vessels, and management of AIS frequency usage. Through the provision of these capabilities, NAIS will support the DHS strategic goals of Awareness, Prevention, Protection, and Response. NAIS capability will provide the following operational functions: ?Receipt and transmission of AIS information in order to detect, identify, monitor and track AIS-equipped vessels and to communicate data to and from shore side and shipboard AIS equipment. ?Network services to enable conveyance of data between shore side AIS equipment, processing equipment and command and control (C2) systems and interoperability with such systems. ?Data management capabilities, including data processing, recording, retrieval, warehousing and analysis. ?Interoperability and interface with a variety of command and control systems, including user interfaces for situation display, analysis and control of the system. NAIS is primarily intended to be a provider of information and capability that will be accessed, used, and controlled via other systems. To this end, interoperability is an important requirement of NAIS. In particular, it is intended that display of AIS data, data correlation and fusion, and control of AIS functionality will be performed by non-NAIS systems. Therefore, interoperability and support of enhancements to these systems will be critical. Some of these systems are classified; however, NAIS will operate solely within the Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) domain, but with the capability to provide data to higher security systems. The NAIS system will be implemented with an approach including the following three incremental capabilities: 1. Receive Only in Critical Ports and Coastal/Near-Coastal Areas 2. Coastal Transmit and Receive Nationwide 3. Long Range Receive Nationwide The above incremental capabilities are linked such that ultimately, through the implementation of all three, complete nationwide and long range coverage of AIS capability as described in this solicitation will be achieved. The primary benefit of an incremental implementation approach is that maritime security stakeholders will receive useful capability more quickly than would be otherwise possible. Implementing NAIS in the three increments listed above will also help to address technical, logistical and budgetary risks that would be more difficult to manage without an incremental approach. Increment 1, already in development, will provide the capability to receive AIS messages within critical ports and coastal areas. This increment is intended to meet immediate operational needs and align with the anticipated expansion of AIS carriage requirements. Localized coverage gaps will be minimized, but will be accepted on a case-by-case basis based on sponsor guidance and cost benefit trade-off analyses. These potential gaps will be filled with the capability provided by later increments. Support for this increment will be provided to the extent necessary to meet required availability. Increment 2 will expand both the capability and coverage of AIS deployed in the first increment. This increment includes the ability of the system to receive AIS messages within 50 nautical miles (nm) of the baseline and to transmit AIS messages to vessels out to 24 nm of the baseline, nationwide. The USCG would like to obtain industry comments regarding the DRAFT SOW and PSPEC. These comments will be used to refine the final Request for Proposal (RFP). Questions received from industry on or before January10, 2007 may be addressed during the USCG meeting with industry (or in the final RFP, at the discretion of the U.S. Government). The USCG will treat all responses as confidential; however, Offerors SHOULD NOT provide proprietary business information at this time. Questions answered during the meeting with industry will be unattributed and paraphrased so that the submitter will remain anonymous. In addition to requesting industry review of the DRAFT SOW AND PSEC, the USCG requests industry's response to the list of questions titled Questions for Industry. Answers to these specific questions will greatly assist the USCG in the development of the final RFP. As with comments submitted on the DRAFT SOW and PSEC, the USCG will treat all responses as confidential; however, Offerors SHOULD NOT provide proprietary business information at this time. The Pre-Solicitation Conference is tentatively scheduled to be held at the Crystal City Marriot in Arlington, Virginia on January 18, 2007 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. If you would like to attend, please contact Mrs. Lillie Carter at lillie.b.carter@uscg.mil no later than January 10, 2007 to register. All attendees must register. Copies of the DRAFT SOW/PSPEC and Industry Questions can be found at: www.naisproject.net.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG),ATTN: Kerri Williams/G-ACS-4, 2100 Second St., SW, Jemal Building #11-0604, Washington, DC,
- Zip Code: 20593
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20593
- Record
- SN01202548-W 20061228/061226220037 (fbodaily.com)
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