SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Technical Support
- Notice Date
- 2/19/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142
- ZIP Code
- 02142
- Solicitation Number
- DTRT57-09-R-20011
- Response Due
- 3/6/2009
- Archive Date
- 9/6/2009
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact -Elizabeth Segal, Contracting Officer, 617-494-2401<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), located in Cambridge, MA, under the statutory authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(3), and FAR Part 6, paragraph 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii), intends to contract on a non-competitive basis with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation.The Volpe Center, in support of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). JHU/APL has developed a prototype engineering tool called the Surveillance and Broadcast Services (SBS) monitoring system for the FAAs Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) program. This tool requires additional development and refinement as new requirements are levied and ADS-B evolves. The SBS Monitoring System completes an independent performance assessment of the contracted SBS Services for each Service Volume. It does this by monitoring the SBS products that are being delivered to a Service Delivery Point (SDP) by the service provider. The SBS Monitoring System will consist of a set of Surveillance Data Acquisition Tools (SDATs) and a Surveillance Monitoring Data Center (SMDC) located at two geographically diverse Service Delivery Points. Each SDAT will record delivered data, analyze and calculate metrics on the services being delivered, and publish status and results to authorized users using platform independent methods. The SMDC will provide user authentication services, remote management capabilities, centralized alarm management, and secure access to the analysis results published by each SDAT.Market research did not find any institution or vendor providing an engineering system similar to SBS monitoring system or the system engineering expertise provided by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 541990 with a small business size standard of $7.0 million. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firm?s capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within 15 calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after 15 calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responses to this Notice, including Statements of Capabilities, must be in writing, and may be transmitted by either postal or electronic mail. All responses must be sent to Elizabeth A. Segal, Contracting Officer, United States Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142-1001. Facsimile: (617) 494-3024; email: Elizabeth.Segal@dot.gov. Telephone calls will not be accepted. NOTE: All contractors must be registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to receive award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at http://www.ccr.gov to register and/or obtain information about the registration process. Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the on-line provisions within the Representations and Certifications at https://orca.bpn.gov. The following notice is provided for informational purposes for Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at (800)532-1169 or visit their website http://osdbuweb.dot.gov.
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