SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Thuraya Monitoring System
- Notice Date
- 8/26/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, 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-I2TM-0908
- Response Due
- 9/26/2008
- Archive Date
- 11/25/2008
- Point of Contact
- cmocik, 732-427-7097<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Description The U.S. Army CERDEC is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) on a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Non-Developmental Item (NDI) Thuraya Monitoring System. The U.S. Army CERDEC (known as the USG (US Government) from here on) is looking for price and availability for a hardware solution to the requirements described in this document. This document contains general requirements. For more specific technical requirements, please contact the Point of Contact indicated in the last page. 2. Introduction This document describes the capabilities required by the USG for a Thuraya Monitoring System. This requirement will fall under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The information herein shall serve as baseline for the systems capabilities, configuration and specification. The proposed systems shall include all efforts for installation, system integration, system testing, system operation, maintenance, logistic support, and training in country. If the requirements described below are unachievable or a cost driver, suitable alternatives shall be proposed. 3. Requirements a. The system required shall have the capability to detect, respond on, demodulate, record, time stamp, and locate calls and callers using Thuraya provided full duplex satellite communications. Additionally, the system shall provide its users to conduct processing and analysis of calls using multiple voice and data services. Upon requests, more specific requirements will be provided by the USG. The system shall be in a fixed or mobile configuration. The mobile platform is to be specified later but it shall contain at least 10 workstations. The system shall not require any development. b. The contractors shall provide operator and maintainers training in the requesting country. c. The contractor shall hold a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) in the US and a Field Acceptance test (FIAT) in the requesting country. The FIAT shall be conducted as part of the fielding and before the training. d. The contractor shall provide an initial set of spares. e. The contractor shall provide 1 year of warranty commencing after the FIAT. f. The responder shall provide details as to their ability to deliver this system, what the cost would be, and an approximate delivery time after purchase request. 4. Responses can be of any format. Supplemental materials, such as brochures, white papers, briefings, specification sheets, lab and field test results, cost and schedule information, export licenses, etc. are welcome. If you choose to submit proprietary information, mark it accordingly. Classified information will be accepted, but mark it accordingly and send it via proper channels. 5. Original Point of Contact. Interested parties may submit information to Director, US Army CERDEC I2WD, ATTN: AMSRD-CER-IW-SQ, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000. Inquires may be directed to Chad Mocik, (732) 427-7097, E-mail address: chad.mocik@us.army.mil or Toni Quiroz, (732) 427-3243, toni.quiroz@us.army.mil. Initial responses are requested by October 12, 2007. 6. This request for information (RFI) does not constitute a commitment on the part of the Government to purchase systems or services. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI. The Government will not release any information marked with a proprietary legend received in response to this RFI, to any firms, agencies or individuals outside the U.S. Government without written permission in accordance with the legend. 7. Place of Performance. Specific events shall be conducted as indicated above. The USG agency is located at US Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD), ATTN: AMSRD-CER-IW-SQ, Building 600, Fort Monmouth, NJ USA 07703
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07 ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ<br />
- Zip Code: 07703-5008<br />
- Zip Code: 07703-5008<br />
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