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58 -- RAPIDEYE SMALL SATELLITE CONSTELLATION TECHNICAL REFRESH FOR EAGLE VISION PROGRAM - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)
- Notice Date
- 4/16/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, ESC - Electronic Systems Center, 950 ELSG/PK, 11 Barksdale St. Bldg. 1614, Hanscom AFB, MA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- FA8707-09-N-00XX
- Response Due
- 5/5/2009
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2009
- Point of Contact
- Diane O'Neil, Contracting Officer, (781) 266-1050; Kiel Anderson, Contract Specialist, (781) 266-0502.<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The 631st Electronic Systems Squadron Eagle Vision Program is requesting information only to enhance Eagle Vision through the addition of RapidEye satellite capabilities using existing commercial-off-the-shelf products. Eagle Vision is a system that collects and processes data transmitted from commercial satellites including SPOT 2, 4, & 5, Ikonos, Radarsat 1/2, and TerraSar-X. Eagle Vision includes an antenna, a shelter and transit-cased processing equipment that collects and processes imagery into standard commercial formats. A German satellite, RapidEye, was launched in 2008 and is fully operational. The RapidEye small-satellite constellation has technical advantages that enable the use of commercial remote-sensing imagery for persistent surveillance. RapidEye can collect broad-area medium resolution (5-meter) imagery with a wide swath width of large areas for monitoring any place on Earth. The RapidEye optical sensors provide five-band multispectral imagery (MSI) [visible to near-infrared] for an improved spectral resolution for object discrimination and feature extraction, compared to other commercial optical satellites with three/four-band sensors. This Request for Information (RFI) seeks information on COTS capability to order, downlink and process RapidEye mission data to produce Level-1 scenes in formats certified by RapidEye AG. All RapidEye formats and collection modes will be supported. The upgrade will be compatible with the existing Eagle Vision ground station processing architecture and will be seamlessly integrated into the existing Eagle Vision systems. Interested parties are invited to provide technical information, cost of capability, and describe customer base and experience providing such products. Completion of all work is required no later than 12 months after award of contract. The earliest anticipated award date is January 2010. Please provide the name of your firm, address, point of contact, phone/fax, and an electronic mail address, if available. Interested parties should provide product information meeting the above stated requirements no later than 20 days from the date of this notice. All responders are requested to indicate if they are a large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a) concern or woman-owned small business. In addition, contractors will indicate whether or not their equipment and services are offered through the GSA schedule or any other government-wide acquisition contract. Contractors desiring to do business with the Air Force shall be registered in the DoD Central Contracting Reporting (CCR) System. The NAICS code applicable to this effort is 517410 - Satellite Telecommunications. The government may solicit firms meeting the screening criteria in this RFI. Please submit responses via e-mail to diane.oneil@hanscom.af.mil, kiel.anderson@hanscom.af.mil, and daniel.urban@hanscom.af.mil no later than 2:00 PM EDT, 5 May 2009. Please direct any question regarding this RFI to Diane O'Neil, Contracting Officer, (781) 266-1050; Kiel Anderson, Contract Specialist, (781) 266-0502; or Captain Dan Urban, Program Manager, (781) 266-0581. This RFI is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB) or a Request for Proposal (RFP). Nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The information you provide will be evaluated to identify qualified potential offers. ESC will not release to any firm, agency, or individual outside the Government, any information marked with a proprietary legend without the written permission from the respondent. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI, nor will the Government compensate a respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to ESC. An ESC Ombudsman has been appointed to consider and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. Before consulting the Ombudsman concerned parties should first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendation to the Contracting Officer for resolution. In addition, AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman, will be included in this acquisition's solicitation and contract. The ESC Ombudsman can be contacted at: ESC Ombudsman; Bldg 1606, 9 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB MA 01731; Telephone #: 781-377-5106; Facsimile #: 781-377-4659; E-Mail: ESC.Ombudsman@hanscom.af.mil. See Note 26.
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