SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- CEILING INCREASE ON REAL-TIME ENHANCED NETWORK GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS - Justification and Approval (J&A)
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2010
- Notice Type
- Justification and Approval (J&A)
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- US Army ATEC Contracting Activity, ATTN: CSTE-CA, P.O. Box Y, Fort Hood, TX 76544-0770
- ZIP Code
- 76544-0770
- Solicitation Number
- W9115U-10-R-1004
- Response Due
- 9/13/2010
- Archive Date
- 11/12/2010
- Point of Contact
- Angelic Hatcher, 254 288-9280
- E-Mail Address
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US Army ATEC Contracting Activity
(angelic.hatcher@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- W9115U-08-D-0001
- Award Date
- 8/23/2008
- Description
- J & A The USAOTC Fires Test Directorate, Missile Test Division requires an additional 1000 Real-Time Enhanced Network GPS units which will use the Geodetics' Epoch-by-Epoch (EBE) technology and software. USAOTC has a requirement to support the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Increment 1, (Inc.1), Initial Operational Test (IOT) in 2011. The Under Secretary for Defense memo dated 24 December 2009 directed the size of the 2011 IBCT IOT to more than tripled to approximately 2,100 Government-owned Real Time Casual Engagement (RTCA) units. The government currently owns 454 Real-Time Enhanced Network GPS units otherwise known as TAPETS (The ATEC Player Event Tracking System) produced by Geodetics. The current contract maximum is 1000 units with the active ordering period to end 20 August 2012. The Geodetics' system was selected for use to support the IOT requirements because it has been successfully used to support previous operational testing and is currently being used in the IBCT Force Development Test and Experimentation (FDTE) and Limited User Test (LUT). In order to meet current mission requirements for this test event, the GPS must be able to provide complete collection, data manipulation, data display and data recording of sub-meter accurate Time, Space and Position information (TSPI) test data. In addition, the units acquired under the proposed contract modification must be able to acquire and record sub-meter accuracy TSPI in order to evaluate the functions and effectiveness of the IBCT sensors and weapons, must have a selectable and reporting and recording rates from 1 sample every 10 seconds up to and including five samples per second in order to be used on different platforms, and must be able to record this type of TSPI data with synchronized GPS time for extended periods. Only, Real-Time Enhanced Network GPS units can meet these requirements and are 100% compatible. 100% compatibility must be met to ensure validity of the test data. The proprietary nature of the unit's software (Geodetics' Epoch-by-Epoch (EBE)), firmware and hardware integration prohibits other technical approaches necessary to fulfill the sub-meter TSPI requirements. Since Geodetics is the sole developer and the proprietor of the technical and software data currently utilized under the Government-owned units, only Geodetics can produce the GPS units to meet the Government's minimum requirements as explained above. Consequently, there is only one responsible source and no other supplies will satisfy agency requirements. Further, an award to any other source would result in a substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and also result in unacceptable delays. These units must be delivered by 28 February 2011. Without these units, Milestone C decision on IBCT program will be severely impacted and would result in significant monetary loss to the Government of approximately $30.7 million which the Government would not be expected to recover. Market research was conducted by Mr. Willie Ratcliff. Chief, Missile Test Division, Fires Test Directorate, Operational Test Command, Fort Bliss, Texas. He reviewed the internet and attended conferences and symposiums as continuous research effort throughout 2009. As part of that research, in November 2009, Mr Ratcliff contacted three sources and evaluated their unit's capabilities. The sources were Argon Industries - San Diego, CA, Tremble - Sunnyvale, CA, and Geodetics - San Diego, CA. The evaluation was conducted at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). Argon and Tremble units did not meet the sub-meter accuracy of the location requirement. The Argon units do not integrate with the integrated weapon systems of the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES). In addition, their product does not have an internal battery that allows the unit to operate without external power. This would require Soldiers equipped with their unit to carry an external power source. In addition, these sources' products were not compatible to the Government-owned units and therefore cannot satisfy (agency) requirements. From November 2009 to February 2010, USAOTC investigated the use of the Deployable Instrumented Training System (DITS) (a product of Saab Training USA) and the Initial-Homestation Instrumentation Training System (I-HITS) (a product of Cubic Corporation) to support instrumentation requirements. The DITS could not meet the mandated Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements and DITS units could not meet delivery requirements. There were also insufficient I-HITS units available and the integration time was too long to support test requirements. Geodetics units are the only units that have a DIACAP Authority to Operate on Fort Bliss and WSMR. The DIACAP certification is a mandated information assurance certification and accreditation process.
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