SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Desktop Simulator Equipment
- Notice Date
- 9/4/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 423490
— Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- United States Coast Guard (USCG) - U.S. Coast Guard Academy
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG39-12-P-XC101
- Archive Date
- 9/22/2012
- Point of Contact
- David Palacios, Phone: 8604448245
- E-Mail Address
-
david.f.palacios@uscg.mil
(david.f.palacios@uscg.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is not a solicitation, the purpose of this Notice is to obtain proprietary software licensing for radar skins that emulate actual Coast Guard equipment and to install more realistic steering and throttle consoles used for controlling ships in simulation on propriety simulation equipment. The desktop simulators are used on a daily basis for the training of Cadets, Officer Candidates, Prospective Commanding, Executive, and Operations Officers, International Maritime Officer Training, and visiting Commands (i.e. Afloat Units in need of training). The USCGA and the Leadership Development Center (LDC) are the primary administrators of training to these customers and rely heavily on the desktop simulators as a cornerstone for much of their training curriculum including bridge resource management, rules of the road interpretation, collision avoidance, search and rescue at sea, ship handling, navigation and seamanship, etc. The requirement is to provide upgrades to the proprietary application software that will allow the use of more realistic steering control and radar display. Currently, 6 of 12 desktop stations are utilize "toy" steering wheel helm units that are unlike anything encountered in the commercial and military ships' fleets. The new desktop simulators will provide a more realistic and professional experience to the end user. The radar displays at each of the 12 desktop stations are generic and resemble nothing in the fleet or commercial maritime fleet. By upgrading our software and license, the desktop simulators will have the option to utilize displays of three different radar systems that would essentially cover what is currently in use throughout 90% of the cutter fleet. This will provide the opportunity to deliver more realistic simulation training to all Cadets, PCO/PXO, OCS, International Maritime Officers Course, Team Coordination Training course, and operational cutter crews. A lapse in operational capability of the VSIMs could feasibly restrict the LDC and USCGA from providing the required curriculums necessary to continue their training programs. The Coast Guard does not own the data rights and does not anticipate purchasing the data rights for this legacy proprietary software system. It would be difficult to foster competition as the data is proprietary and the Coast Guard does not have adequate technical information to provide potential vendors at this time. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy anticipates the acquisition and establishment of a replacement maritime simulator system within five years. Requirements for this system will be distributed under full and open competition. This acquisition will free the Coast Guard of further restrictions to continue to operate only with the exclusive support of the current software owner. In an effort to continue to increase visibility and stimulate competition for this acquisition representative from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Ship's Control and Navigation Training System regularly attend simulation trade conferences, conduct site visits of comparable systems and conduct internet research. FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/USCG/81104/HSCG39-12-P-XC101/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 15 Mohegan Ave, New London, Connecticut, 06320, United States
- Zip Code: 06320
- Zip Code: 06320
- Record
- SN02867021-W 20120906/120905000936-c60f238ae6a142779881153dde58e1a1 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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