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A -- DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND DELIVERY OF TRANSLATED GPS RANGE SYSTEM (TGRS) EQUIPMENT SOL F08626-96-R-0105 DUE 111395 POC Karen Schutt, Contract Specialist, 904-882-8601, ext 313, Craig Pope, Contracting Officer, 904-882-8601, ext 315; for technical information contact Tanya Lambert, Program Manager, 904-882-8601, ext 352. Design, development, test and delivery of the Translated GPS Range System (TGRS). This announcement is the precursor to the release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the TGRS. The RFP planned schedule release is 29 September 1995. The contractor shall deliver equipment as indicated: Digital GPS Translators (DGTs) to various Department of Defense (DOD) Users and Ranges, GPS Translator Processors (GTPs) to various DOD Users and Ranges. Options to the contract will provide DGTs, GTPs, recorders, display consoles, repair kits, field engineering support, etc., to various DOD Users and Ranges. The TGRS shall meet the following requirements: 1) shall be capable of operation in ballistic or tactical missile host vehicles subjected to 75 g acceleration (goal is 100 g acceleration), 75 g/sec jerk (goal is 100 g/sec jerk), and 10,000 m/sec velocity, The DGT shall be mounted in a missile or other host vehicle under test. The DGT shall provide accurate reception, digitization, frequency translation and encryption of GPS Satellite Vehicle (SV) signals. The DGT must also provide for secure transmission of other host vehicle telemetry signals (up to 10 Mbits/sec) in addition to and merged with transdigitized GPS signals. The combined data rates will not exceed 20 Mbits/sec. The DGT for the missile host vehicle shall not exceed 10 cubic inches (goal is 8.5 cubic inches) and shall not exceed .95 pounds (goal is .75 pounds). The DGT for the target host vehicle shall not exceed 20 cubic inches, which includes power amplifier, if required, and shall not exceed 2 pounds. The relay component shall be mounted in a government relay aircraft which will provide the link between the host vehicle and the ground equipment for the over-the-horizon (OTH) application. The GTP shall be mounted at a fixed reference ground site, or optionally in an airborne or shipborne reference vehicle, and shall provide real-time TSPI for particiant vehicles by processing line-of-sight (LOS) translated GPS signals from the DGT. The GTP shall also provide the data for enhanced post-flight trajectory analysis for participant vehicles. The TGRS must satisfy the following key technical requirements and characteristics: (a) shall provide real-time processing, data for enhanced post-flight trajectory analysis, and secure signal transmission from host vehicle to the GTP, (b) shall be capable of tracking digital translators (goal is analog and digital), (c) shall be capable of detecting and eliminating unhealthy GPS satellites from the real time state vector solution, (d) shall be capable of real time processing of tracked vehicles and generate state vector at a selectable rate of 1, 10 or 20 times per second, (e) under the maximum dynamics listed above, shall provide real-time state vector solution accuracy (1 sigma, x,y,z) not to exceed 25.0 ft for missile host vehicles, 100.0 ft for the target host vehicle, and 3.0 ft/sec velocity, (f) shall provide GPS data for enhanced post-flight trajectory analysis to achieve 6.0 ft absolute and 0.5 inch relative accuracy, (g) shall have the capability to acquire and track ten vehicles (any four simultaneously) with the dynamic vehicle tracking accuracies specified above within 3 seconds of launch without prior knowledge of nominal or actual vehicle position and velocity, (h) shall meet EMI/EMC requirements, (i) shall have a 4000 hour MTBCF (Mean Time Between Critical Failure), (j) shall have selective availability/anti-spoofing (SA/A-S) capability, (k) shall be capable of supporting host vehicle L-band patch (switching) antenna configurations, (l) shall be supportable under a two-level maintenance program. (m) the GTP shall be capable of accepting data concurrently from both right-hand and left-hand circularly polarized S-band antenna feeds, (n) the GTP shall be capable of receiving and processing translated GPS S-band signals at a selectable frequency between 2200 to 2400 Mhz., and (o) the GTP shall be configured to mount in a standard 19 inch rack. A technical data package is not available. Interested sources must demonstrate the following capabilities: (a) Delivery schedule is of the essence. System must be qualified and delivered by October 1997 to support planned user testing in 2nd quarter FY98, (b) Must have developed and utilized Translator Processing Systems in the support of Government tets which used GPS translators to track ballistic objects in space, (c) Must have total system and product support capabilities (e.g. reliability, manufacturing and producibility, human engineering, logistics support analysis, training and technical manuals). (d) Must have proven capability to conduct formal program, technical, and test reviews (e.g. Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, Functional Configuration Audit, Test Planning Working Group). (e) Must have a quality control and quality assurance system in place. (f) Must have an in-place field service organization to provide up to three years of product support for equipment delivered to Department of Defense ranges. The contractor shall provide on-call field engineering and technical support to the Government in order to operate and maintain the TGRS equipment located at the applicable ranges. The contractor shall supply all labor, services, supplies, support equipment, and technical data. Firms requiring associated data are to provide names of personnel requiring access and validate their capability to receive Scientific and Technical Information (STINFO). Under 22 U.S.C. 2751 and U.S.C. 50 Appendix 2401, it is unlawful to export items containing export controlled technical data. Potential contractors will be required to obtain certification from the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC), Battle Creek MI 49016-3412, telephone 1-800-352-3572 in accordance with DOD 5230.25 prior to being provided access to unclassified data. Certification is accomplished using DD Form 2345, ''Military Critical Technical Data Agreement''. This requirement for DD Form 2345 certification also applies to any subcontractors being given access to reproduced data by another contractor. It is not the intent of the Government to obtain proprietary information by means of this synopsis. Any hardware or services which the Government may elect to procure as a result of responses to this announcement will be announced separately. Most documents for TGRS will be available in Microsoft Word 6.0 on the Eglin Bulletin Board for downloading by potential bidders. The Eglin Bulletin Board telephone number is (904) 882-3669 or (904) 882-5310. Interested offerors should submit their statement of interest no later than 6 Oct 95 to ASC/VXGK, 102 West D Avenue, Suite 300, Attn: Karen Schutt, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6808, (904)-882-8601 Ext 313. The statement of interst should include size status, i.e. large, small or small disadvantage business. (0251)

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