SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- C-130H2/3 Real Time Information in the Cockpit
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, National Guard Bureau, NGB DET 11, NGB DET 11, AATC, 1600 E. Super Sabre Drive, Bldg #10, Tucson, AZ 85706
- ZIP Code
- 85706
- Solicitation Number
- W912L2-08-H-9907
- Response Due
- 6/30/2008
- Point of Contact
- Michael DeSouto, 520-295-6938
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- As prescribed in FAR 15.209(c), the following provision is inserted: IAW FAR 52.215-3 --Request for Information (Oct 1997) (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although proposal and offers are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of identifying information on the C-130H2-H3 Digital Data-link and Display in the Cockpit Systems/Subsystems that have already been developed or may be modified from other Aerospace Industry solutions to meet the agency requirements as listed below: AATC is issuing a Request for Information to determine potential sources and information on existing Real Time Information to the Cockpit System/Subsystems suitable for Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) C-130H2 through C-130H3 aircraft to support a Digital Data-link and Display. This announcement is for market research and does not constitute an RFP. This is not an R&D request. AATC is seeking information and sources for providing a readily available Data-Link System and cockpit display units and computer using the latest Military and/or Commercial off-The Shelf (COTS) technology with minor modifications as part of an Operational Utility Evaluation effort (OUE). A No Cost Loan agreement will be entered into with all acceptable solutions for OUE of a C-130H Data-Link and/or Cockpit Display Unit. The desired capability requirements fall under Predictive Battlespace Awareness and Dynamic Battlespace Management. Any Data-link must include provisions and plans for permanent installation in such a configuration as to not reduce cargo volume. Cockpit displays may be mounted on pilots side shelf or bracket but should not effect pilots instrument panel as this would exceed scope of desired modification; yoke mounting may also be considered. Although this RFI is independent of the ongoing Aircraft Modernization Program (AMP), it will be de-conflicted, and if possible harmonized, with AMP. Proposals for either a combined data-link and display solution or separate data-link and display system will be accepted. Preference is for hardware and software which can be owned, managed, and modified by USAF for other potential applications. Objective of OUE is to demonstrate and validate potential solutions for recommendation for fielding options in near future or 2-5 years. Actual fielding decision is beyond the scope, intent, or authority of this RFI or OUE. Data-Link Requirements: Secure, Jam resistant; No critical nodes; High Data Rate,; Designed for networks with a very large number of participants all capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving data both Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground; Both Line-of-Sight (LOS) and Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (LOS) will be considered with a preference for LOS Tactical Data-link with self-contained BLOS extension which can interface with assumed previously installed Raytheon ARC-210, 1851A(C); Positive Friendly Identification through position location; Supports MIL-STD-6017 (VMF) and MIL-STD-6016 (TADL-J); Radio forwards data in the format provided by the host (situation awareness, Command and Control, Voice, Imagery); and meets aircraft worthiness qualification (environmental specs, EMI/EMC, etc.). Only Data-link solutions compatible with current USAF fielded Data-link systems, Link16/TADIL-J or Situational Awareness Data-Link (SADL) will be considered, with preference for ability to bridge Link16 and SADL. The Data-link solution should monitor current aircraft navigational data bus for aircraft positional data. Cockpit Display Unit Requirements: Display solutions must be fully capable in C-130H operating conditions and environment; Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 ports; Display removable memory minimum of 32GB with expansion capability preferred; monitor of MIL-STD-1553B for Navigational Data; Display must be daylight readable and NVIS compatible; 5 inch x 7 inch/ 8.4 inch diagonal approximate minimum size. Displays may use bezels, touch-screen, or keyboard for user inputs; Capable of displaying a current NGA/DOD Instrument Approach plate. Displays should provide option for independent display or a display slaved to another display. Consideration and preference is for 2 pilot displays, 1 navigator display which may use current laptop PC (CF29), and may include an option for wireless connection to an additional mobile display. Pilot displays must be capable of being mounted to aircraft and removed by aircrew. Required Software/Display Capabilities: 1) Moving Map/Falcon View; 2) Multiple aircraft MFD (2 pilot, 1 Navigator, optional 1 additional) with Tactical Awareness Display (TAD)/Horizontal Situation Display capability (HSD); 3) SADL 11XY TADIL-J message capability; 4) Display of Data-link reception of TGP or sensor imagery (e.g. display of other aircraft targeting pod/sensor image of drop zone or landing zone); 5) VMF display from data-link and ARC-210 radio; 6) USAF standard desktop software application capable files (e.g. MS Word compatible); 7) Data-Link File transfer capability Interested parties capable of providing this data-link and/or display unit and computer, which meet or exceed the above requirements, shall provide a Statement of Capability (SOC) that demonstrates the existing capability to provide, modify, and sustain the system and a description of system capabilities. A rough order of magnitude (ROM) is requested as part of the RFI and will be used as market research. The ROM should be broken out to the lowest level possible and include if applicable: Group B cost/unit, Group A kit(s) cost/unit, and installation costs/aircraft. The SOC shall be unclassified and the information submitted should be pertinent to, and identify system(s) capability as related to the technical effort requested above. A limit of fifty (50) pages is imposed for the responses. Responses should be received by close of business 30 Jun 2008. Please e-mail all Information and SOC to the Contracting Officer, Michael DeSouto, at Michael.desouto@aztucs.ang.af.mil. For programmatic questions or technical questions contact LTC Forrest Shealy at forrest.shealy@aztucs.ang.af.mil. This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to directly pay for any information or responses submitted as the result of this synopsis. Responses due by 30 June 2008, 12:00 P.M. PST.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NGB DET 11 AATC, 1600 E. Super Sabre Drive, Bldg #10 Tucson AZ
- Zip Code: 85706
- Zip Code: 85706
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