U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office, Contracts and Procurement Division, P.O. Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5400

D -- D-LEASED SATELLITE SPACE SEGMENT SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE), ALBUQUERQUE OPERATIONS OFFICE (AL) FOR THE TRANSPORTATION CARGO TRUCKS. SOL DE-RP04-97AL76119 DUE 103196 POC Rosa M. Amparan, Contact Specialist, 505/845-5278, Mary-Lynn C. Hartford, Contacting Officer, 505/845-4661. 17. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation will NOT be issued. This requirement has been assigned DE-RP04-97AL76119 and should be referenced on all offers/responses to this announcement. The requirement is issued under full and open competition. The period of performance is one base year with four one-year options. For information purposes, the recommended Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this procurement is 4899 with a corresponding size standard of $11.0 million. Firms responding should indicate whether or not they are small business, small women-owned business, small disadvantaged business, or 8(a) business, in accordance with the referenced SIC Code. This commercial item incorporates the provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-40. Only those vendors who can provide the following item will be considered. No substitute items will be accepted. The DOE/AL is soliciting leased Ku-Band, Transponder Protected satellite space segment leased services, to support full duplex 112Kbps link between a Hub earth station in New Mexico and remote earth stations in Idaho, Missouri, Maryland, and South Carolina for DOE/AL's proprietary satellite communication system. The satellite space segment service is to provide continuous contact with an operational fleet of transportation cargo trucks. There currently is a network of satellite earth station equipment located throughout the Continental United States. The earth stations use the satellite space segment as the method of linking all the sites together. This will allow the DOE/AL to maintain communication control of the operational fleet. This acquisition shall currently require the Contractor to provide 8-112Kbps links in support of the communication network. An upgrade is scheduled for an estimated date of April 1997, which shall require the contractor to provide a reduced link size to 8-56Kbps links, which shall also meet the specified requirements. The contractor shall adhere to the NTIA, FCC Chapter 8.2, 37, 38, 39, and Annex B, dated May 1992, in accordance with the Technical Requirements. The Technical Requirements are: the contractor shall provide Transponder Protected Service. Defined as a reassignment of Transponder resources if a total failure occurs. Transponder reallocation shall be accomplished within 2 hours of failure notification. The contractor must be able to: 1. Support the KU-Band communication, 2. Provide foot print gain pattern diagrams, to determine if the proper earth antenna coverage is available, 3. Ensure the satellite will be able to accommodate Duplex Broadcast, at QPSK modulation at 1/2 code rate, 4. Provide and maintain an availability rate of )99.5% and maintain a Bit Error Rate (BER) of ( 1 x 10E-6, 5. Ensure the satellite supports a receive Eb/No=6, 6. Sufficient bandwidth to support 8-112Kbps at the required sites, 7. Ability to provide a carrier spacing of 1.5 or greater, and a Noise BW of 1.35, 8. The following is an estimated list, for evaluation purposes ONLY, of the sites that the contractor shall be required to support: Site 1 - Latitude = 35, Longitude = 106, Antenna Size = 5.6m, Rx/Tx Gain = 54.31/55.84, Site 2 - Latitude = 33, Longitude = 81, Antenna Size = 2.4m, Rx/Tx Gain = 46.96/48.48, Site 3 - Latitude = 38, Longitude = 94, Antenna Size = 2.4m, Rx/Tx Gain = 46.96/48.48, Site 4 - Latitude = 38, Longitude = 76, Antenna Size = 2.4m, Rx/Tx Gain = 46.96/48.48, Site 5 - Latitude = 43, Longitude = 112, Antenna Size = 2.4m, Rx/Tx Gain = 46.96/48.48. Due to the sensitivity of these locations, a listing of complete and specific locations shall be provided upon contract award. Upon award, and thereafter on an annual basis, the Contractor shall provide a Sun Outage Prediction Report as Deliverable Item No. 1. Deliverable Item No. 2 shall be a Monthly Availability Performance Report, to include: Month/Year, Links, Total Minutes, Outage Minutes, Maintenance Availability Objective, and Contract Availability Objective. Please provide written samples of deliverable item no. 1 and deliverable item no. 2. FOB Point is Destination, and Period of Performance is required to begin no later than November 5, 1996. Provision FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial, and FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition without addenda. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of lowest overall price. In addition to the vendor's proposed pricing, offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications--Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders as follows: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I, 52.203-6, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity, 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, 52,22-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers, 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. Only written responses/proposals to this synopsis/solicitation shall be accepted and should be mailed to the attention of Rosa M. Amparan at the address listed herein on 10/31/96, not later than 3.30 p.m. MST. Responses to this synopsis/solicitation should include sufficient technical information as to how the vendor intends to meet the requirements in order to determine if the vendor can meet the needs of the Government. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Government. The Government intends to award without discussions. However, this intent does not preclude the Government from having discussions, if it is in the best interest of the Government. Reference AL CONTROL NO. 97-02. . ?? (0284)

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