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D -- RADAR DATA PROCESSOR WITH SOFTWARE SOL DTRS57-99-R-00027 DUE 081799 POC Point of Contact -- Donna Brickley, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3661 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, brickley@volpe.dot.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 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. The Government intends to purchase on a firm fixed-price basis and to solicit and negotiate the proposed contract on a sole source basis with Raytheon Systems Company for an Advanced Surface Movement Radar System. The Advanced Surface Movement Radar System will provide surface movement radar processing, and display processor/user interface for airport surface detection at Milwaukee s General Mitchell Airport (MKE). The Advanced Surfa ce Movement Radar System will replace existing equipment currently operating at MKE. Raytheon Systems Company is the sole qualified supplier of this system at the present time. CLIN 0001 -- Advanced Surface Movement Radar System (1 each). The system shall use the currently installed Raytheon M3625/18CPT-12 X-Band Surface Radar as the primary sensor input into the radar processor. The system shall use the existing sensor interface to access video, trigger, encoder, or any other available outputs necessary to process the data. The primary parameters of the existing sensor include: Waveform pulsed; Transmit Frequency -- 9.375 +/-. 03 GHz; Nominal Peak Power Output 15kW; Pulse Width 40 +/-8 nsec; Pulse Repetition Frequency 4096 +/-140 pulses per second; Dynamic Range -- 85 dB; and Antenna speed 60 RPM. The radar data processing shall include automatic Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) processing to suppress false and undesirable targets (lights, signs, grass etc.) from the system s displays. The processing shall enable the system to achieve a probability of detection no less than 0.9 (nominally approaching unity) for targets having three square meter radar cross-section with the characteristics of a Swerling 1 Model, located anywhere on MKE s airport surface movement area (air traffic controlled runways and taxiways), during each scan of the antenna. The system shall achieve a false alarm rate of no greater than one per million. For each scan of the antenna, all real targets including surface vehicles and aircraft that are normally observed in operation on an airport surface, ranging in size from jumbo jets (747) to small surface vehicles (radar cross-section as small as three meters squared) found at an airport, shall be detected and displayed whenever they are within the coverage. Detection shall take place as specified above when precipitation is at a rate of up to 16 millimeters/hour. The only exception shall be those targets whose line-of-sight is obstructed by other aircraft, vehicles or buildings. The processor shall include track processing using Multi-Model Kalman filtering to characterize target position, velocity, and direction. The tracking shall take place on the movement area and on approaching targets (within two miles of the radar antenna). The processor shall have the ability to process up to 200 real target tracks on a on ce per second basis. The system shall assign tracks target movement states and identification for the purpose of target conflict alerting on the airport movement area. Target movement states shall include: departing, arriving, landing, landing abort, taxi and stopped. The tracker shall be adaptable to MKE s surface and air traffic environment. The tracker shall be able to track all real targets (as defined above) regardless of size, motion or configuration (within the limitations of the sensor). The system shall include multipath suppression for the purpose of eliminating false tracks from the display and target conflict assessment. The processor shall include a target conflict assessment that will identify conflicts between targets on the same runway, targets on approach and targets on approaching intersecting runways. Notification of conflicts shall be based on variable parameters including but not limited to distances and time. The conflict assessment shall be adaptable to all of MKE s air traffic configurations as defined by MKE Air Traffic Control. The system shall allow the operator to create and store MKE air traffic configurations. The system shall allow the operator to load stored configurations by means of a keyboard or mouse operation allowing the system to base the conflict assessment on the current air traffic flow. The system shall include two operator high brightness display systems located in MKE s Air Traffic Control Tower. The systems shall support the local and ground air traffic control positions. The interface shall be based on X-Windows. The display shall be adaptable for the purpose of adjusting the data presentation to the user s preferences or needs (i.e. secondary windows, rotation, panning, etc.). The operator shall be able to load pre-stored configurations of the display. These pre-stored configurations shall contain but not be limited to: the set of windows, center, offset, and rotation angle of each window, color of displayed data, and location of textual alert windows. The displays shall include the presentation of video, tracks, and alerts generated by the conflict assessment. The display update rate of all data shall be once per second. The video shall be from the entire surface movement area, the grass in between the runways and taxiways, and the approach paths for all runways. The clutter shall be suppr essed without operator intervention. The displays shall include an overlay map of MKE s runway and taxiway configuration. The map shall be accurately registered (+/- 20 feet) to the track and video data. Conflict alerting shall be done through configurable color changes of conflicting target(s) tracks. The alerts shall activate a pop up textual window containing the alert data. The operator shall be able to position or size the alert window. The alerts shall activate a suppressible audio alarm. Alerts shall synchronized on the two displays. The display shall havethe capability to monitor and display status bits from the radar processor. The system shall be Y2K compliant. The system shall be delivered, installed and adapted to Milwaukee s General Mitchell Airport (MKE s) air tra ffic environment by October 30, 1999. The Contractor shall provide written certification that the system is fully configured to the MKE environment, and operating within specification. Upon receipt of the written certification, the Government will perform a site acceptance test. Site acceptance testing shall be based on, but not limited to, the Contractor s offered method. The acceptance test shall be based on the functional requirements defined above including: detection probability, false alarm rate, coverage area, update rate, map registration, tracker testing, and multipath suppression. A functional assessment of all operator s display functions, built in test capabilities, and the system s safety assessment and notification capabilities shall also be performed. CLIN 0002 Opera tor Training (1 lot). The Contractor shall provide 16 hours of operator training for up to 10 students. The Contractor shall also provide 10 operator manuals. Classroom and laboratory training shall be provided on-site utilizing the installed equipment. Scheduling of training shall be done in coordination with MKE-FAA personnel within 30 days of systems acceptance. CLIN 0003 Maintenance Training (1 lot). The Contractor shall provide 32 hours of maintenance training for up to 10 students. The Contractor shall also provide 10 maintenance manuals that document system operation, variable parameters (i.e. operator s screen configurations, air traffic flow configurations, etc.), maintenance and first level diagnostic (Line Replaceable Unit) procedures for the new equipment. Training sh all be provided on site utilizing the installed equipment. Scheduling of training shall be done in coordination with MKE -- FAA personnel within 30 days of systems acceptance. CLIN 0004 (OPTION) System Maintenance as follows: CLIN 0004AA (from date of systems acceptance for 12 months); CLIN 0004AB (additional 12 months of systems maintenance); CLIN 0004AC (additional 12 months of systems maintenance). The Contractor shall provide 210 hours of hardware and software corrective and preventative maintenance per year. Maintenance shall include Contractor travel to and from MKE, and all labor and materials required to perform system maintenance. Contractor shall provide no less than 48 hours response to telephone notification of malfunction. Inspection and acceptance shall be made at des tination. The Contractor shall extend to the Government full coverage of any standard commercial warranty normally offered in a similar commercial sale. Acceptance of the warranty does not waive the Government s rights under the Inspection clause, nor does it limit the Government s rights with regard to the other terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of a conflict the terms and conditions of the contract shall take precedence over the warranty. The warranty period shall begin upon final acceptance of the system. Solicitation provision FAR 52.212-1, Instructions of Offerors-Commercial Items (AUG 1998) is hereby incorporated by reference. Offerors are reminded to include a complete copy of the provision of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercia l Items (MAY 1999) with their offer. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (MAY 1999), is hereby incorporated by reference. The following paragraphs apply to this solicitation and any resultant contract: (b)(1) 52.203-6 (ALT1), (b)(3) 52.219-4, (b)(6) 52.219-9, 52.219-23, (b)(11) 52.222-21, (b)(12) 52.222-26, (b)(13) 52.222-35, (b)(14) 52.222-36, (b)(15) 52.222-37, (b)(16) 52.225-3, and (b)(22) 52.232-33. The following TAR Provision is hereby incorporated, 1252.XX, Seat Belt Use Policies and Programs (JAN 1999). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, responsible interested parties may submit a proposal in which they identify their interest and capability. Offer is due to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Attn: Ms. Donna Brickley, Contracting Officer, DTS-853, 55 Broadway, Building 4, Room 298, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142 no later than 2:00 P.M. EST on August 17, 1999. The Government reserves the right to process the procurement on a sole source basis based upon the responses received. The Government will not pay for any information received. Posted 08/06/99 (D-SN364751). (0218)

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