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58 -- MULTI-BAND SHIPBOARD SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL FOR U.S. NAVY SHIPS SOL N00039-99-R-3206 DUE 011999 POC Ms. Mary F. Hallam, (619) 524-7161 WEB: SPAWAR Business Opportunities page, http://www.spawar.navy.mil. E-MAIL: E-mail address for Contracting Negotiator, hallamm@spawar.navy.mil. DESC: This is an RFI on the technologies and capabilities available to satisfy the requirements for a Multi-Band Shipboard Satellite Communications Terminal. The government is considering fielding a total of approximately 100 terminals, with a base year procurement of approximately twenty (20) terminals. Request industry comment if this can be procured as a commercial product under FAR 12. The Government will also consider modification to existing contracts to meet this requirement. Comments are solicited by January 19, 1999 in preparation for the release of an RFP late Jan or early Feb, 1999. The Multi-Band Shipboard Satellite Communications Terminal, hereafter referred to as the terminal, shall meet the following requirements: (1) The terminal shall automatically acquire and track satellites in geo-synchronous orbit (to include inclinations less than 12 degrees) while subjected to shipboard motion. (2) The terminal shall operate at C-band (5.850 GHz to 6.425 GHz transmit, 3.625 GHz to 4.225 GHz receive) and X-band (7.90 GHz to 8.40 GHz transmit, 7.25 GHz to 7.75 GHz receive) frequencies. The terminal shall be certified for operation on C- and X-band satellites in accordance with the respective INTELSAT and DSCS earth terminal certification requirements. (3) The terminal shall change between C- and X-band frequencies either manually (minimum) or by remote control (desired). (4) The terminal shall include single and dual antenna configurations, antenna-tracking equipment, transmit and receive equipment, control, monitor and alarm equipment, modulation and demodulation equipment, timing and frequency standards, power distribution, cooling and other ancillary support equipment, and software programs. Below deck equipment, not including ancillary support equipment, shall occupy a single 19-inch wide rack. (5) The terminal shall hand-over operations between antennas in a dual terminal antenna configuration to maintain continuous line-of-sight coverage to the satellite. (6) The terminal shall meet design criteria for U.S. Navy Cruisers and Destroyers including: weight and moment restrictions, corrosion resistance, high electro-magnetic interference (MIL-STD-361), shock and vibration Grade A, Type A medium weight shock Class I or Class II (MIL-S-901), shipboard power (MIL-STD-1399) and low RADAR Cross Section (RCS) (TBD). (7) Large and small variants of the terminal shall be delivered to meet the mission requirements for high capacity (512 KBPS minimum) users and medium capacity (384 KBPS minimum) users respectively. The large terminal shall occupy an envelope no more than 144 inches horizontally and 141 inches vertically. The small terminal shall occupy an envelope no more than 95 inches horizontally and 87 inches vertically. (8) The figure of merit for the large terminal shall be minimum 16.5 dBi and 20.0 dBi for C- and X-band terminals respectively. (9) The figure of merit for the small terminal shall be minimum 13.5 dBi and 17.0 dBi for C- and X-band terminals respectively. (10) The terminal modulator and demodulator shall be capable of data rates up to 20 Mbps. The C-Band capacity for high and medium users shall be based on a type 6 satellite. (11) The terminal shall be certified Y2K compliant. (12) Delivery of a First Article compliant production quality terminal is required 6 months after contract award. (13) The terminal design shall be capable to accommodate pre-planned improvements to add Ku, Ka- band capabilities or multi-carrier operation at X-band in the future. Potential offeror's are invited to provide the government a ten (10) page limit (total) response to this CBD announcement in the following categories: 1) Terminal Certification: Provide information on the ability of the vendor-proposed terminal to successfully pass both DISA X-Band and C-Band Intelsat certification requirements, for both small and large antenna variants. 2) Shock and Vibration: Provide information on the ability of the vendor proposed terminal to meet MIL-S-901 Grade A, Type A, medium weight shock, Class I or Class II, Vibration requirements shall be commensurate with those of DD and DDG class ships. 3) Antenna Feed design: Provide information on the vendors proposed design for the C- and X- band feed design, be it manual or automatic. 4) Pre-Planned Product Improvement: Provide information on the vendor design to include Ku, Ka and multi-carrier X-Band for future modifications/upgrades. 5) Current Products relevant to this solicitation: Provide information on the availability of vendor's current product that may be modified for this RFI and the extent to which the product will need modification. 6) Schedule: Provide an executive type schedule that portrays the effort planned in order to deliver the terminal IAW a six (6) month delivery time frame. 7) Baseline Requirements: Demonstrate the vendor's ability to provide the above desired terminal and discuss the risk to accomplish the baseline requirements and how these risks will be overcome. 8) Price of Delivery Baseline: Provide an estimated price of a baseline terminal using aninitial quantity of 15 units. Each of the first seven (7) categories will be evaluated (equal importance) based on the following: Exceptional -- The potential offeror's information submitted meets or exceeds all of the requirements of the Part 1 evaluation categories with no significant exceptions and little or no risk. Placement in this category should be accomplished by identification of specific advantages to the government. The information provided displays the highest level of innovation, technical competence and minimal technical risk. Acceptable -- The potential offeror's information submitted generally meets most of the requirements of the Part 1 evaluation categories. The information submitted directly addresses the above criteria, but a certain element of risk is evident. Unacceptable -- The potential offeror's information submitted does not meet the Part 1 evaluation requirements. Potential offeror's who receive a score of at least "acceptable" in each evaluation categories will receive letters stating that they are expected to be viable contenders in the forthcoming competition. All others will receive letters stating that they are not viable contenders. Nothing submitted in response to this synopsis will be used for evaluation purposes once the final RFP is released. Proposed prices can change dramatically during the course of a competition. Therefore, estimated prices will not be evaluated as part of the viability decision. However, we will so notify potential offeror's whose prices appear exceedingly high or unrealistically low. Posted 12/23/98 (W-SN283335). (0357)

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