SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Intent to Announce Request for Prototype Proposals (RPP) or Request for Prototype White Papers (RPW) under the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) OTA
- Notice Date
- 10/24/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 54171
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life SciencesT
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - NJ (W15QKN), BUILDING 10 PHIPPS RD, PICATINNY ARSENAL, New Jersey, 07806-5000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-19-Z-04B1
- Archive Date
- 10/1/2019
- Point of Contact
- Alexandra Trunzo, Phone: 9737244179
- E-Mail Address
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alexandra.m.trunzo.civ@mail.mil
(alexandra.m.trunzo.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Please note that this Special Notice is for information purposes only and does not constitute a request for proposal or call for white paper. A project award will not be awarded from this announcement. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806- 5000, on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Emerging Capabilities and Prototyping Office, has entered into a section 815 Prototype Other Transaction (OT) Agreement with the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) for a period of five (5) years. Under this acquisition vehicle, the Government, in coordination with industry, will develop and mature technologies spectrum access technologies to enable improved cognizance of spectrum activity, protection of US activity in the electromagnetic spectrum domain, and the ability to relocate and/or share spectrum anytime, anywhere access is needed. Specifically, the following goals/objectives will be pursued under this acquisition vehicle: •Enable Risk Mitigation associated with Advanced Wireless Services-3 (SRF funded projects) •Relocate to new spectrum bands (SRF funded projects) •Operate effectively in compressed spectrum bands without interfering with other users •Dynamically share spectrum with other systems without interfering with other users •Operate effectively in spectrum environments that are congested with users in co-located bands in a manner resilient to interference •Operate in a manner resilient to adversary attempts to deny access to spectrum Only one such Consortium, the National Spectrum Consortium, encompasses the expertise, knowledge, technologies, and innovation to meet the program objectives and goals of the coordinated research and development program designed to advance better use of the electromagnetic spectrum. The consortium is comprised of a well-balanced and uniquely qualified mixture of traditional contractors, non-traditional contractors, utility producers, investment firms, non-governmental organizations, and academia, representing the vast majority of the key players in the industry. The purpose of this announcement is to provide industry in general advanced notification of Government intent. The Government intends to announce multiple Request for Prototype Proposals (RPP) or Request for Prototype White Papers (RPW) for execution of project award(s) in support of electromagnetic spectrum related research areas to the NSC. Only members of the NSC in good standing are permitted to submit proposals or whitepapers in response to a RPP or RPW. The NSC is an open consortium with a low barrier for membership. Any interested company, academic institution, or contractor can become a member and join the consortium to widen knowledge and technical expertise to continue to advance in technologies and meet Government needs. The Government shall determine which research and development endeavors to pursue and initiatives to fund. The Government shall provide the NSC, through its authorized agent, calls for proposals or white papers and the NSC, through its authorized agent, shall make those calls available to NSC Members who will then decide whether to submit proposals in response to such calls and, if so, will prepare their individual proposal(s) or will individually establish a team comprised of NSC Members to prepare a team proposal(s). These NSC member proposals will be submitted to the NSC's agent, the CMF, for transmission to the Government. The Government shall be solely responsible for evaluation and selection of proposals for initiative funding from among the proposals submitted. Once it receives notification of selection of an initiative for funding, the NSC by its agent will enter into an Initiative Agreement with the NSC member entity or team whose proposal was selected by the Government through this competitive process. The NSC agent shall execute and administer the award and Initiative Agreement and the Government's designated Technical Manager will supervise the technical work performed by the NSC Member(s) whose proposals are selected for funding by the Government. Any issued Request for Prototype Proposal (RPP) or Request for White Paper (RPW) will clearly indicate whether a follow-on production contract or transaction is contemplated. For more information interested Parties can visit the consortium website at http://www.nationalspectrumconsortium.org/. The Point of Contact for this action is Ms. Alexandra Trunzo, Agreement Specialist, ACC-NJ-ET, 973-724-4179; alexandra.m.trunzo.civ@mail.mil
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