SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- 16-Ethernet Switch
- Notice Date
- 1/10/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Technical Applications Contracting Office (TAKO), ATTN: AMSAM-TASO-K Lee Boulevard, Building 401, Fort Eustis, VA, 23604-5577, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-RFIH922410002
- Response Due
- 1/18/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/2/2007
- Description
- The Technology Applications Program Office has a requirement for Ethernet Switch for the A/MH-6, Special Operations Aircraft. Listed below are the specifics on the product needed. Weight Threshold: 10 lbs Objective: 5 lbs Dimensions OR Volume Length Threshold: 14?? Length Objective: 10?? Width Threshold: 9?? Width Objective: 6?? Height Threshold: 5?? Volume Threshold: 630 cubic inches Height Objective: 3?? Volume Objective: 180 cubic inches Ethernet Ports Threshold: 10 Objective: 16 Power 28 VDC (MIL-STD-704A) Description: This performance specification describes the performance requirements for a managed, Layer-2 switching, 10/100/1000 Base-T commercial Ethernet Switch to be used for a non-flight critical avionics bus on the A/MH-6M aircraft. The Ethernet Switch shall have a minimum of 10 commercial ports that are fully interoperable with other commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment. The Ethernet Switch shall be packaged as a single line replaceable unit (LRU). One Ethernet switch is required for each aircraft (quantity addressed further below). The Ethernet Switch shall be required to pass MIL-STD-810F environmental testing and MIL-STD-461E E3 testing. The Ethernet Switch shall be fully IEEE 802.3 compliant. 1.0 Real-Time Deterministic Services: The switch shall operate in a deterministic manner with guaranteed delivery and bounded latency, and compliant with ARINC 664, part 5, Profiled Aircraft Data Networks. 2.0 Ethernet Ports: The Ethernet Switch shall have a minimum 10 commercial full-duplex ports. 3.0 Additional ports: The Ethernet Switch shall have one non-dedicated data load port. An out of band serial management port and a 10/100 Base-T debug port are desired. 4.0 Connectors: The Ethernet switch shall have MIL-SPEC connectors suitable for aviation use. 5.0 Software: The software shall be RTCA/DO-178B Level C compliant. The system should be capable of power-up built in test (PBIT), initiated built-in-test (IBIT), and continuous built-in-test (CBIT). The software should allow flexible network management, monitoring, and configuration capability via Command Line Interface (CLI), Telnet, Web, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) interfaces. 6.0 Power: The Ethernet switch shall comply with MIL-STD-704A 28VDC aircraft power interface requirements. The switch operations shall not be affected by voltage transients down to 15 VDC or up to 40 VDC lasting up to 100 ms. Power dissipation shall be no greater than 40 watts during peak power operation. 7.0 Cooling: The switch shall not require active cooling and should be designed to operate continuously between -40?a C and +55?a C. 8.0 Profiled Aircraft Data Network: The Ethernet Switch shall be fully operable in a Compliant Aircraft Data Network, as defined by ARINC Specification 664. 9.0 Policy-Based Forwarding Service Requirements: The Ethernet Switch shall check the fields of each frame, and forward frames that meet the valid criteria. The Ethernet switch shall evaluate the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of a frame contained in the frame check sequence field according to IEEE 802.3. In case a reception failure is detected, the frame should be discarded. The Ethernet Switch shall drop an incoming frame which size is greater than the maximum allowed frame size associated with it. This value shall be configurable for values between minimum and maximum permissible frame size. 10.0 Switching Services: The Ethernet Switch shall implement ??Store-and-forward?? mechanism to allow frame integrity filtering prior to initiating the forwarding process. The Ethernet Switch shall discard corrupted frames. 11.0 Frame Forwarding: The Ethernet Switch should be designed to avoid head-of-line blocking. Head-of-line blocking is frame loss or added delay caused by an input interface which is attempting to forward frames to both an uncongested and congested output interface, resulting in frames dropped or delayed at the uncongested output due to congestion in the congested output. The Ethernet Switch shall drop frames only for the congested port. The uncongested ports shall remain unaffected. 12.0 Fault Detection: The Ethernet Switch shall monitor the status of its centralized functions as well as network interfaces in-accordance-with (IAW) IEEE Std 802.3 and 802.1D. 13.0 Performance Requirements: The Ethernet Switch shall meet the requirements as defined by ARINC specification 664, Part 5, Para 4.10. 14.0 Maximum Switch Transit Delay: The Ethernet Switch shall meet the latency requirements defined by ARINC specification 664, Part 5, Para 4.10.4.4. The maximum latency induced by the Ethernet Switch for any time frame should be less than 1 ms. 15.0 Operational Requirements: The Ethernet Switch shall be compliant with ARINC Specification 664, Part 5, Para 4.11. 16.0 Configuration Tables: The Ethernet Switch shall use configuration tables in order to make policy-based forwarding decisions. Consequently, configuration tables shall be uploadable to enable evolution of system architecture. The table shall be sized such that a minimum of 256 traffic flows are supported by the switch. 17.0 Electromagnetic Testing: The Ethernet switch shall meet MIL-STD-461E, Requirements for Control of Electromagnetic Interference, Emissions and Susceptibility. The following tests are required: RE101, CS 101, CS114, CS115, CS116, and RS 101. 18.0 Environmental Testing: The Ethernet switch shall meet MIL-STD-810F. The following tests are required: Environment Method Combined Test Operational Notes Temperature and Altitude MIL-STD-810F Method 520.2, Procedure II Yes Operate during test. High operating altitude is 15,000 ft. Humidity MIL-STD-810F Method 507.4 Yes Operate during test. Dripping Rain MIL-STD-810F Method 506.4 No Operate during test. Sand and Dust MIL-STD-810F Method 510.4 Procedures I and II No Operate during test. Salt Fog MIL-STD-810F Method 509.4 No Post-test operation Vibration MIL-STD-810F Method 514.5, Procedure I (Operational), Category 14 Yes Operate during test. 1P = 7.92 Hz, 1T= 44.38, n=6, m=4 Functional Shock MIL-STD-810F Method 516.5, Procedure I (Operational) No Post-test operation 40 g peak acceleration, Crash Hazard Explosive Atmosphere MIL-STD-810F Method 511.4, Procedure I No Operate during test. Additional specification information can be purchased at the following website. The Government does not have these documents and cannot distribute due to proprietary issues. https://www.arinc.com/cf/store/index.cfm Contract is will be firm fixed price. The first 6 unit are desired in April 2007 for testing. If necessary, the Government can work with vendors on this delivery date. The Government considers this switch a COTS item and not a developmental item. The Government has no drawings or specifications to provide potential vendors. Potential vendors are reminded that this product must be qualified for a manned aircraft. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Diedrich (Contracting Officer)757-878-5223, x240. Technical questions may be directed to Mr. Steve Smith, 757-878-3299, x244. Vendors who feel that have a product that meets the above requirements are encouraged to identify themselves to the contracting officer as soon as possible. This requirement is anticipated to be a full and open competition.
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