SOLICITATION NOTICE
59 -- Notice of Intent for Single Source Procurement: WAAS Signal Generators and GUS Type-1 Receivers
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AAQ-340 WA - FAA Headquarters (Washington, DC)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 16760
- Response Due
- 6/26/2014
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2014
- Point of Contact
- Joyce Edwards-Williams, joyce.edwards-williams@faa.gov, Phone: 202-267-9781
- E-Mail Address
-
Click here to email Joyce Edwards-Williams
(joyce.edwards-williams@faa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PURPOSE OF ANNOUNCEMENT: In accordance with the FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) Policy 3.2.2.4, the purpose of this announcement is to inform industry of the rationale basis for the procurement of the items specified in this announcement using single source procedures. NOTICE OF DECISION TO CONTRACT WITH A SINGLE SOURCE: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to award a single source procurement to Novatel located at 1120 68th Ave., NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 8S5, for signal generators (SIGGENs) and GUS “Type-1 (GUS-T) receivers for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). Due to the patents, proprietary data and unique capabilities, NovAtel is the only known source available to produce these items meeting the unique design specifications and safety requirements for the WAAS. The WAAS is a safety-critical system consisting of the equipment and software that augments the Department of Defense (DoD) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Positioning Service (SPS). The WAAS provides a Signal-in-Space (SIS) to WAAS Users to support phases of flight from En Route to LPV-200. The broadcast SIS provides three functions: (1) a ranging function, which improves service availability and continuity; (2) differential GPS corrections, which improve positioning accuracy; and (3) integrity monitoring, which improves safety. The WAAS consists of 38 reference stations, three master stations, and six uplink stations supporting three L1/L5 geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellites. WAAS reference stations are located throughout North America including sites at northern latitudes of Alaska and Canada and southern latitudes of Mexico. The GUS-T and SIGGEN are used at the uplink stations for generating the WAAS signal in space which delivers the corrections and integrity bounds as well as additional ranging from the GEO satellites. The WAAS hardware and software are designed to interface with these products only. There is complete dependency on the physical connections, timing, commands and data structures between WAAS processors and the GUS-T receiver and SIGGEN products. Questions pertaining to this announcement should be submitted via email to Victor Jefferson (AAQ-340), Contract Specialist at Victor.Jefferson@faa.gov not later than June 26, 2014, 5PM EDT. If you're viewing this announcement from a source other than Federal Aviation Administration Contract Opportunities (FAACO), visit https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/announcement/view/16760 to view the original announcement.
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- Record
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