SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- Airborne and Maritime / Fixed Station (AMF) Small Airborne Link 16 Terminal (SALT)
- Notice Date
- 10/11/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B, HQ CECOM CONTRACTING CENTER, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, ABERDEEN PROVING GROU, MD 21005-1846
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T14R5002
- Archive Date
- 1/9/2014
- Point of Contact
- Donald W. Morgan, 443-861-4628
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division B
(donald.w.morgan3.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Special Notice for the U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) relating to Solicitation No. W15P7T-14-R-5002, which serves as a notice to industry concerning procurement of Non-Developmental Item (NDI) products to meet the requirements of the Small Airborne Link 16 Terminal (SALT) system for Army Aviation. SALT is intended as a two-channel software-defined, National Security Agency (NSA) Type 1 radio, consisting of Link 16 and Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW). The Government will not consider developmental products, as market research has verified that the SALT requirements can be met using only NDI or modified NDI products. This announcement reflects the new solicitation number to be used for SALT, and it is an update to the Sources Sought notice under Solicitation Number W15P7T-13-R-5002, which was originally posted on 24 June 2013, and was subsequently changed on 1 July 2013, 9 July 2013, and 12 July 2013. The anticipated date for release of the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about 15 January 2014. The anticipated date for release of the formal RFP will be approximately thirty (30) days after release of the draft RFP; however, this date may be subject to change. A separate notice for the draft RFP, and subsequently for the formal RFP, will be posted with response dates and instructions as applicable to this solicitation. Based on Industry response to the earlier notices, the Government has modified its previous intent to award a sole source contract for SALT, and will now pursue a full and open competition effort. The Government intends to award a single contract comprising of a one-year base period plus four (4) one-year option periods for delivery of the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and Full Rate Production (FRP) quantities of SALT systems, spares, and associated support. For purposes of conducting source selection testing, the Offeror shall be required to provide at least three (3), but not to exceed five (5) production representative SALT units (e.g., radio, power amplifier(s) and components) at the same date and time when the Offeror proposal is due. The production representative SALT units shall be configured to meet the requirements in the SALT Performance Requirements Document (PRD), plus any other equipment, operator training and documentation (e.g., up to two (2) days of operator training/equipment checkout at the Government SPAWAR Systems Center - Pacific labs; tamper, safety, and operation warnings; cables, cable drawings, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), remote controls) needed to interface to and facilitate the evaluation. After contract award, a total of thirty (30) production representative SALT radios will be required for Government RDT&E activities (e.g., production qualification testing; reliability testing; waveform standards conformance testing and initial helicopter platform integration and SIL activities). These thirty (30) RDT&E assets are to be delivered at a rate of at least five (5) SALT units per month, commencing sixty (60) days after contract award until all thirty (30) units are delivered. A cumulative total of 22 units need to be delivered within the first 120 days after contract award. Delivery requirements for the remaining balance of 8 units will be specified in the solicitation, but is expected to reflect a delivery rate of at least five (5) SALT units per month. It is the Government's intent to award the contract on the basis of best value to the Government using a tradeoff evaluation process. Based on market research, the Government is not utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12. The above discussed intent is subject to change. If your company is interested in this planned procurement, then it is advised that you monitor the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at HTTP://WWW.FBO.GOV. This notice does not require a response from industry. DO NOT submit any documentation / proposals / letters of any kind in response to this notice. All communications shall be submitted only in writing and should be submitted directly to the email address(es) identified below. Contractors shall not contact any other government personnel other than the persons identified below. Contacting any Government personnel other than the individuals identified below could result in an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) and could result in an offeror being excluded from competition and/or award. No classified information shall be submitted in response to this notice. The designated ACC-APG point of contact for this action is Ms. Rachel Bogner, 443-861-4658, rachel.p.bogner.civ@mail.mil. The alternate ACC-APG point of contact for this action is Mr. Donald Morgan, 443-861-4628, donald.w.morgan3.civ@mail.mil. No telephone requests will be accepted.
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