SPECIAL NOTICE
18 -- RFI-AFRL-RVBX-FY16-07 - Ionospheric Model & Application etc - OTHR - RFI FY16-7
- Notice Date
- 9/30/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Material Command, AFRL/RVKV - Kirtland AFB, 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 87117, United States
- ZIP Code
- 87117
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-RVKV-2014-0005
- Point of Contact
- Francis M. Eggert, Phone: 5058467603, Ivy y N Chau, Phone: 505-846-8501
- E-Mail Address
-
Francis.Eggert@us.af.mil, ivy-y.chau@us.af.mil
(Francis.Eggert@us.af.mil, ivy-y.chau@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFI FY16-7 Iono OTHR 30 Sep 15 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) RFI-AFRL- RVBX-FY16-07 Special Notice Base Notice, Pre-solicitation Full Text BAA-RVKV-2014-0005, Space Weather Center of Excellence, posted 9 April 2014 posted on Fed Biz Ops on 13 May 14 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate Title: Ionospheric Modeling and Application for Space Environment Impact Evaluation as it pertains to Over-The-Horizon-Radar (OTHR). Dated: 30 September 2015 DECLARATION: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY (RFI) as defined in FAR 15.201(e), Exchanges with Industry before receipt of Proposals, and is issued solely for market information or capabilities for planning purposes. It does not constitute a solicitation for offers. This RFI is not a request for proposals; therefore, responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI and will not be paid for the information submitted. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked PROPRIETARY will be handled accordingly. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Proprietary information or trade secrets should be clearly identified and portion marked. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. The Air Force will not be obligated to pursue any particular acquisition alternative as a result of this RFI. Responses to the RFI will become Government property and will not be returned. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents. The Government reserves the right to use respondent information for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. NAICS Code: 541712 applies. 1. CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS AND POINTS OF CONTACT (POC) Address AFRL Det 8/RVKVB 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE Kirtland AFB NM, 87117-5776 Technical POCs 1. Dr. Jonah J. Colman; AFRL/RVBXP Email: Jonah.Colman.1@us.af.mil 2. Mr. Nelson A. Bonito, AFRL/RVB Email: Nelson.Bonito.1@us.af.mil Contracting POCs Contracting Officer: Mr. Francis M. Eggert, AFRL/RVKVB Phone Number: 505-846-7603 Email: Francis.Eggert@us.af.mil Contract Specialist: Ivy-y N. Chau, AFRL/RVKVB Phone Number: 505-846-8501 Email: Ivy-y.Chau@us.af.mil NOTE: See paragraph 5 on how to request clarifications. 2. OVERVIEW OF INTEREST a. Background Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, Battlespace Environment Division, Space Environment Branch (AFRL/RVBX, henceforth ‘RVBX') is interested in applied research and development and the acquisition of advanced technology to enhance the development and implementation of space environment models to meet various Air Force needs to specify, forecast, mitigate, and exploit environmental impacts on Department of Defense (DOD) operational systems. RVBX has interests in the investigation of scientific solutions that advance the state-of-the-art and scientific knowledge in understanding and quantifying the impact of the space environment on operational systems that enable communication, command, and control; and radio frequency (RF) remote sensing capabilities. Research and development approaches leading to improved high frequency (HF) remote sensing and Geolocation capabilities; development of ionosphere modeling techniques specifically designed to increase the accuracy and timeliness of bottom-side ionosphere profile specification and forecast; development of multi-model ensemble techniques; development of automated techniques for extracting the characteristics of transient ionospheric features, such as traveling ionosphere disturbances, from existing measurement systems; utilization and development of full wave or ray based modeling of point-to-point RF propagation; and development of data collection, analysis, and data archiving to support the technical efforts. Solutions that enable future improvements to and validation of existing assimilative or climatological ionospheric specification models and HF skywave propagation models and their associated effects on HF systems for the improvement of existing, or development of new, system models; attributing anomalies to environmental impacts; and predicting the system performance parameters with arbitrary RF design characteristics, are of particular interest. b. Approach The primary goal of this RFI is to obtain information on potential scientific solutions for these challenges. c. Description Government Objective: AFRL/RVBX requests brief summaries of potential scientific solutions for the development of an integrated space environment technology building on the current state of the art, expanding where necessary the current state of the science, and advancing the Air Force's capabilities to predict, specify, mitigate, and exploit the space environment as it pertains to Over-The-Horizon-Radar (OTHR). The effort should conduct research and development, prototyping, and evaluation of scientific solutions intended to advance the specification of the ionospheric background and perturbations in order to improve our understanding and application of HF skywave, transionospheric propagation paths, and overall HF system performance. Achieving this objective will require coordinated, simultaneous activities in several interrelated areas, such as the research, development, prototyping, and evaluation of advanced techniques for the collection, transport, processing, and storage of the environmental data needed to advance the specification of natural and man-made perturbations to the ionosphere. The effort should include improvements to and validation of existing assimilative or climatological ionospheric specification models and HF skywave propagation models and their associated effects on HF systems for the improvement of existing, or development of new, system models; attributing anomalies to environmental impacts; and predicting the system performance parameters with arbitrary RF design characteristics. d. Response Interested parties should provide a statement of interest on company letterhead and include the following information: (1) Company Name and Mailing Address (2) CAGE Code and DUNS Number (3) Respondent's technical and administrative POC, title, telephone number, and e-mail address. (4) Business Size Status (i.e. 8(a), HUBZone, woman-owned, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, Small business, Large Business, Historically Black College/University). Also, indicate if entity is minority-serving institutions of higher education that meet the definition of "Covered Institution" as defined in 10 USC 2362 Covered Educational Institution is (1) an institution of higher education eligible for assistance under title III or IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1501 et seq); or (2) an accredited postsecondary minority institution.) (5) If respondent's interest is in subcontracting possibilities, please indicate this clearly. (6) DCAA-Approved accounting system in place to adequately track and accumulate expenditures (7) Potential solution to meet one or more of the Government objectives; (8) Scientific plan(s) of study; (9) Time phased research plan (schedule); (10) Rough order of magnitude cost estimate correlated to schedule; (11) Premises and assumptions; and (12) Risk assessment. Alternate options and feedback are invited, along with corresponding technical merits, risk, schedule requirements and costs. 4. REQUESTED RESPONSE, FORMAT, & SUBMISSION Responses must be unclassified and any proprietary information provided must be portion-marked accordingly. To protect such data, each line or paragraph on the pages containing such data must be specifically identified and marked with a legend similar to the following: "The following contains proprietary information that (name of Responder) requests not be released to persons outside of the Government, except for the purposes of review and evaluation." a. Format & Page Limitation Submitted responses may be provided on standard letter size 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper, preferably limited to three (3), single-sided, single-spaced pages for each objective considered. The font for text is suggested to be Times New Roman 12-point or larger. The Responder may use oversized pages (including "foldouts") where appropriate to contain graphic presentations. Oversized pages do not count as extra pages. Existing commercial documentation and product literature can also be submitted and is not subject to a page limitation. Please submit an original and three (3) copies of your response. b. Submission of Documentation Documentation may be delivered by mail and received NLT 21 October 2015, 1300 MST (noon) to the Contracting Office at the following address: AFRL Det 8/RVKVB ATTN: Mr. Francis M. Eggert 3550 Aberdeen Ave. SE, Bldg. 570 Kirtland AFB NM 87117 Telephone: 505-846-7603 E-mail: Francis.Eggert@us.af.mil Please submit an email copy of your documentation. Ensure you receive a confirmation receipt of the sent email(s) due to security firewalls potential to truncate messages, strip attachments, or block email. 5. REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATION A Responder may request clarification in writing to the Contracting Office for any of this Request for Information that is unclear by sending an e-mail to the Contract Officer as identified above. Any requests for clarification must be received no later than 7 October 2015, 1300 MST (noon). Clarifications may be posted on FedBizOpps under the RFI announcement to benefit all interested Responders. Interested Responders are encouraged to periodically check the website during the response period for clarifications. 6. DISCLAIMER This is a Request for Information (RFI) only as defined in FAR 15.201(e) to obtain information about capabilities and market information related to the technologies of interest for planning purposes. This RFI is not a request for competitive proposals; therefore, responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Companies that respond will not be paid for the information submitted. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. All information received shall be safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure. Responses must be unclassified and any proprietary information provided must be marked accordingly. 7. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION All responsible sources may submit information in response to this RFI. The Government is not required to provide feedback to RFI responders. Direct all inquiries to the Contracting Points of Contact listed in the Requests for Clarification / Points of Contact paragraph. Other Considerations: ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES: Offerors are advised that data included in the response to the Government may be released to Aero Thermo Technology, Inc. advisors for review and analysis. Any Aero Thermo Technology, Inc. advisor will serve strictly in an advisory capacity to the Government evaluators. Aero Thermo Technology, Inc. advisors have appropriate Organizational Conflict of Interest clauses in their contracts with AFRL and will sign Non-Disclosure Agreements if necessary. All offerors must clearly indicate in their response if they have any objections or concerns regarding the use of Aero Thermo Technology, Inc. advisors.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 3550 Aberdeen Ave; SE; Bldg 570, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 87117, United States
- Zip Code: 87117
- Zip Code: 87117
- Record
- SN03910131-W 20151002/151001000018-69aeb11750a242e3bf773e6906cda326 (fbodaily.com)
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