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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JANUARY 14, 2021 SAM #6986
MODIFICATION

D -- Airdrop Item Tracking System Web Portal Service

Notice Date

1/12/2021 11:57:53 AM
 

Notice Type

Justification
 

NAICS

517410 — Satellite Telecommunications
 

Contracting Office

FA4452 763 ESS SCOTT AFB IL 62225-5020 USA
 

ZIP Code

62225-5020
 

Solicitation Number

FA4452-21-C-0012
 

Archive Date

02/11/2021
 

Point of Contact

Tia Ragsdale, Phone: 6182569951, Nicholas Smothers, Phone: 618-256-9948
 

E-Mail Address

tia.ragsdale@us.af.mil, nicholas.smothers@us.af.mil
(tia.ragsdale@us.af.mil, nicholas.smothers@us.af.mil)
 

Award Number

FA4452-21-C-0012
 

Award Date

01/11/2021
 

Description

AITS originated as an AFRL Precision Airdrop flagship capability concept requirement and was validated under the Air Force Requirements Oversight Council (AFROC) Memorandum on 11 November 2009 and signed by the AF/CV on 30 November 2011. Full Operating Capability (FOC) was scheduled for 31 August 2018, just under seven years from the AFROC requirements approval. Duplicating the effort to test an entirely new technical solution (if one existed), and then integrate it with the existing AITS WPS would extend the FOC date by two years or more, depending if and when the Program Manager and Engineering resources are available at AFLCMC. Since the item tracking need in the Precision Airdrop (PAD) FCC proposal is categorized as a ""high"" priority and approved by the AFROC, a new duplicate IOC phase to test a new proposed technical solution would clearly be an unacceptable delay in fulfilling the AF requirement to support combat operations. In addition to the unacceptable delay, there would be a duplication of cost to test a new technical solution and then integrate that system with the existing AITS WPS. The AITS WPS is the only portal to inReach SE's and inReach 1.5's in the field, and it would be an unacceptable delay and substantial cost to test and deliver a new WPS to be compatible with the already in use inReach devices. Therefore, an award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays and substantial costs.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/a301d9e3259c488695339b7185ed5fe4/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Scott AFB, IL 62225, USA

Zip Code: 62225

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05889763-F 20210114/210112230107 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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