SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- SSA System Application
- Notice Date
- 11/4/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, 50 CONTRACTING SQUADRON, 210 Falcon Parkway STE 2116, Schriever AFB, Colorado, 80912-2116, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80912-2116
- Solicitation Number
- FA2550-16-R-8002
- Archive Date
- 12/10/2015
- Point of Contact
- Susan K. Davis, Phone: 7195673451, Jeri C. Ebbink, Phone: 7195675733
- E-Mail Address
-
susan.davis.5@us.af.mil, jeri.ebbink@us.af.mil
(susan.davis.5@us.af.mil, jeri.ebbink@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought / RFI THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than to gain the information requested for market research. The Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondees are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any potential future RFP. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website (www.fbo.gov/). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research, a continuous process for collecting and analyzing information about capabilities within the market to satisfy agency needs. The acquisition strategy has not yet been determined and market research results will assist the Air Force in determining the direction any acquisition will take. The US Air Force needs processed, commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data for operational use. SSA data must originate from non-DoD sensors and be validated on commercial systems outside of the Department of Defense (DoD) network. The application shall: • Include a mix of optical, radar and passive radio frequency (RF) systems capable of providing astrometric, radiometric, and/or photometric data. • Provide high definition ephemeris data on space objects to include position, status, accuracy/confidence, covariance, and historical trending data. • Provide specific meta-data on the source of the observations such as latitude, longitude, and altitude; time of collection, owner/operator, and/or country of origin. • Provide sensor status, such as Non-Mission Capable, Fully Mission Capable, or Partially Mission Capable. • Provide realistic SSA sensor collection opportunities considering feasibility and timing for metric and non-metric data needed to support SSA courses of actions. • Be capable of processing metric observations from sensors from any commercial or US Government, civil, and/or international entity in any format. • Be capable of identifying, when technically possible, possible, associate, characterize, monitor and track observable space objects whose orbits are not in the Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) belt, including, but not limited to, objects in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), and Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO). • Provide a threat analysis for specified high interest US satellites, depicting time and distance, as well as required time for a specified threat to maneuver into a threatening position. • Provide a threat analysis to current and planned operations of space-based mission capabilities supporting Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Communications, Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT), Missile Warning, and Weather. • Provide predicted and real time characterization of all launch and early orbit operations, to include direct ascent Anti-satellite (ASAT) threats, by determining orbital trajectories, projected conjunctions with projected launch vehicle path, etc. • Support the ability to assess feasible courses of action, for deliberate and/or crisis action planning, to maximize safety of flight, continued operations, and response options of space assets and missions to support warfighter needs and commander's intents. Request that you submit information by email no later than 25 Nov 15, 1600 (MST) to: Kristin Ulma, Contracting Officer, at susan.ulma@us.af.mil AND to Jeri Ebbink, Contract Specialist, at jeri.ebbink@us.af.mil. Request that you use the following title in the email subject line: "[Company Name] - SSA System Application Sources Sought." Should you have any questions regarding the above, please contact Kristin Ulma at (719) 567-3451, or by email at susan.ulma@us.af.mil.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFSC/50CS/FA2550-16-R-8002/listing.html)
- Record
- SN03937758-W 20151106/151104234753-10922110e30a70543e217fafdb779009 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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