SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Pre-solicitation Synopsis for Integration of Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module for Military GPS Code (M-Code) (GB-GRAM-M) Card Into the DAGR Distribution Device (D3)
- Notice Date
- 12/3/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG - Aberdeen Division C, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005-1846, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W56KGY-16-R-0016
- Archive Date
- 1/2/2016
- Point of Contact
- Justin Doyle, , Kristen Weiman,
- E-Mail Address
-
justin.a.doyle2.civ@mail.mil, kristen.l.weiman.civ@mail.mil
(justin.a.doyle2.civ@mail.mil, kristen.l.weiman.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pre-solicitation Synopsis for D3 MGUE Integration and Technical Services The United States Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 on behalf of Program Manager (PM) Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), intends to solicit and award a one twelve (12) month base, plus two twelve (12) month options, Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) and Cost - no fee type, Performance-based contract to GPS Source, Inc., 64 N. Mission Drive, Pueblo West, CO 81007-1427. The proposed contract will integrate Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 1 version of the Small Serial Interface (SSI) Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module for Military GPS Code (M-Code) (GB-GRAM-M) card into fifteen (15) Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) DAGR Distribution Devices (D3s). The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) is AC65. Services shall include supporting host and platform integration, resolving installation issues, identifying operationally-critical issues, performing impact assessments, providing engineering support for designing, prototyping and testing of modifications to the D3, and conducting studies or analyses of proposed hardware (HW)/software (SW) changes to the GB-GRAM-M or the D3 relative to its use as the host for MGUE, and making modifications to both Hardware and Software of the D3 identified as necessary for Airforce M-Code receiver card compliance. In accordance with Section 913 of Public Law 111-383, the Government seeks to upgrade the current D3 product so it is compatible with the United States Air Force (USAF)-developed M-code cards. Section 913 requires all new GPS systems to be M-code capable after 2017. The Air Force is currently executing a technology development effort to produce GPS M-code receiver cards that are compatible with M-code requirements. This purchase is intended as a single award, sole source contract in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Because the Government procured the D3 as a Non-developmental item (NDI), the Government does not own any D3 technical data. GPS Source, Inc. is uniquely qualified to execute this contract as the holder of the proprietary data rights for the hardware, software, and firmware and is the current D3 original equipment manufacturer (OEM). To award this contract to any source other than GPS Source, Inc., the Government would need to acquire the intellectual property rights to the D3 to provide another source with the ability to comply with the D3 MGUE card technical requirements. The Government does not currently own, or intend to obtain unlimited technical data rights for the D3 as these data rights are cost prohibitive as this cost will not be recouped through future competitive actions. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract lies solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. No costs shall be paid by the U.S. Government for submission of capability statements, proposals, or quotations, and the items submitted shall not be returned. The solicitation will not be posted on the FedBizOpps; however, it will be made available upon request to the points of contact (POCs) when it is available. For questions regarding this pre-solicitation synopsis, please email the POCs indicated on this posting. Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing via email only.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: At the intended source's facility, Pueblo, Colorado, 81007, United States
- Zip Code: 81007
- Zip Code: 81007
- Record
- SN03959783-W 20151205/151203234258-13aecf529a892b62978ba3b1cd885067 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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