U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Bldg 4488, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

16 -- TACTICAL AIRSPACE INTEGRATION SYSTEM PRIME CONTRACTOR SOURCES SOUGHT SOL N/a POC Stephen P. Pruzisnky (256) 876-3939 PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS SUBPART: SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL CLASSCODE: 16-Aircraft Components and Accessories-Potential Sources Sought OFFADD: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Bldg. 5303, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280 SUBJECT: 16-TACTICAL AIRSPACE INTEGRATION SYSTEM SOL: N/A POC:, Contracting Officer Stephen Pruzinsky, (256) 876-3939. DESC: Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) Commerce Business Daily announcement For Potential Sources Sought. This command plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) on or about 31 May 00. The proposed acquisition of the Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) with associated spares and software updates is to be full and open competition. Basic quantity for FY 01 production will be 5 with yearly options for a total of 52. Spares deliveries will be concurrent with the systems. Software updates will be contingent upon the evolution of the ABCS foundation products, and therefore, cannot be specified at this time. The anticipated contract type is FFP (with the exception of software upgrades, which cannot be defined adequately enough to warrant fixed price. A CPIF type CLIN is anticipated for this effort). The TAIS is a mobile communications and digitized battlefield automated system (BAS) and is the US Army's designated Army Battle Command System (ABCS) that provides the Force XXI commander with automated capabilities to perform Army Airspace Command and Control (A2C2) planning, enhanced A2C2 execution, and improved intra- and inter-Corps/Division Air Traffic Services functions during war and sustainment and stability operations. The TAIS provides the automation capability to effectively deconflict in real-time (mathematically and graphically) airspace usage conflicts and to synchronize airspace usage elements in the third and fourth dimensions (altitude and time). The TAIS shall be able to communicate (voice and data) with current and future military aircraft (joint/combined), civilian aircraft and air traffic control systems (US and host nation), and other US and allied forces (multinational) airspace users. The TAIS shall provide seamless connectivity to the existing civil aviation facilities to provide a "drive up and plug in" capability. The TAIS shall be capable of linking to the Theater Air Ground Systems (TAGS) thru an interface with the Joint Force Air Component Commander's automated airspace planning and communications systems (Contingency Theater Air Control System [CTAPS] and the Theater Battle Management Core System [TBMCS]). The TAIS shall be able to communicate electronically over Army and Joint Service Standard links with existing (legacy) and developmental airspace control systems (such as but not limited to) the CTAPS and the TBMCS. The TAIS shall have (as a minimum) the ability to electronically receive, display, manipulate, store, and disseminate a real-time situation picture of the airspace within 180 NM of the TAIS; the Airspace Control Plan (ACP); the Air Tasking Order (ATO); the Airspace Control Order (ACO); and the Special Instructions (SPINS). The TAIS shall also be able to disseminate all TAIS products. The TAIS shall be capable of supporting 24-hour, all-weather operations with tactical A2C2 battlefield automation systems and modern ATS communications systems. The TAIS shall include the following secure, jam-resistant communications capabilities: two High Frequency (HF-SSB) radios (w/automatic linkage equipment (ALE)), one HF TADIL-A radio receiver, three Ultra-high frequency-amplitude modulated (UHF-AM) voice, two Very-high frequency-amplitude modulated (VHF-AM) voice radios, three Very-high frequency-frequency modulated (VHF-FM) radios (one of which must be data capable and interface into the Lower Tactical Internet), Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE), an Automated Data Distribution System (ADDS) link into the lower Tactical Internet, one UHF-FM Satellite Communications (SATCOM)-Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) radio, a Global Positioning System receiver (for system location information and for radio timing information), and a future Ultra Wide Band Radio. The TAIS shall support the transition to the Joint Tactical Radio System in the Architecture Design. The TAIS design shall include those measures required to mitigate or eliminate cosite interference between radios. The TAIS shall provide interfaces into existing telephone systems on a worldwide basis and have the connectivity to those systems through the shelter wall. The TAIS design shall protect internal components from EMI and HAEMP. The TAIS requirement for voice communications is the capability to simultaneously transmit and receive with the HF-SSB radio w/ALE, UHF-AM, VHF-AM, and VHF-FM radios. The TAIS communications capability also requires the continuous monitoring of VHF and UHF aviation emergency frequencies including the ability to transmit on these preset frequencies. All primary TAIS computers shall be current US Army Common Hardware and Software (CHS). Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) will be reused when possible and an aggressive approach to software code reuse is required. The TAIS shall be Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII COE) Level Six certified (Level Seven preferred). The TAIS software shall fully and seamlessly integrate the latest version of the ABCS segments and software IAW DII COE architecture. The TAIS shall be able to annually integrate DII COE products and bi-annually integrate operating system changes. The TAIS system technical and programmatic architecture shall also support spiral development. The TAIS system shall be able to function as a TOC server when required. TAIS software shall be capable of providing A2C2 information, to include an A2C2 overlay, to the ABCS Joint Common DataBase (JCDB) and be capable of extracting battlefield situation awareness information from the JCDB. The TAIS shall also be capable of establishing and maintaining external interfaces with all other ABCSs, the command and control systems of other services, with the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), and Air Defense Units through the native format (FAAD Data Link) and the TADIL A, B, and J standards. The TAIS shall also have the capability to establish and maintain direct and real-time interface (voice and data) using United States Message Text Format (USMTF) and Joint Variable Message Format (JVMF) messages with adjacent, higher, and lower (as appropriate) Air Traffic Services (ATS) units and A2C2 cells at Echelons above Corps (EAC), Corps, and Division. TAIS software products shall be capable of being transmitted to and received by the Force Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) and Embedded Battle Command (EBC) systems through the ABCS architecture. The TAIS system shall utilize the Standard Command Post Shelter (SICPS) mounted on the Expanded Capacity Variant of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The TAIS shall not exceed the maximum HMMWV weight parameters and must be transportable by no more than two C-130 sorties. Each major TAIS component shall be externally transportable by UH-60 helicopter. The follow-on TAIS system shall maintain the design and must duplicate all existing functions of the original TAIS. Firms wishing to participate in this survey must be capable of meeting all of the above stated TAIS requirements, to include the required delivery schedule stated above Prospective firms shall be able to meet the following criteria: have a proven past performance and successful on-time delivery record in the successful generation of command and control and air traffic services software; have proven knowledge and expertise in the areas of battlefield command and control and air traffic services policies, procedures, and equipment; have proven knowledge and understanding of the requirements of the ABCS and the DIICOE; must have the capital facilities to fabricate, test (to include the ability to simulate and stimulate systems under test), and sustain software (to include perform configuration management of up to 650,000 LOC) and hardware; have in-depth knowledge and expertise in the operation and integration of radio systems and associated antennas and their effects on other electronic systems; have a proven past performance and successful on-time delivery record in the development and manufacturing of ground mobile, sheltered systems; have the capital manufacturing facilities to integrate and assemble up to 12 shelters per year; have or be able to establish a presence in the Central Testing and Support Facility (CTSF) at Ft. Hood, TX; have a proven past performance and successful on-time delivery record in the successful management of hardware and software subcontractors; have a proven past performance and successful on-time delivery record of providing government approved software on both a Solaris operating system and Windows NT architecture; have the ability to develop and present hardware and software training packages; be ISO 9001 certified; and have the ability to provide field maintenance and technical support to the TAIS and all TAIS subsystems for a period of up to two years. Potential sources should provide their current Software Engineering Institute (SEI) rating ) and certification for ISO 9001. Potential sources are notified that an SEI level 4 and ISO 9001 rating will be required at time of production award. Potential sources are notified that the government did not procure a level III TDP for the current hardware design, or unlimited rights to the current software package. Requests for inclusion in the RFP distribution list should be sent to Mr. Stephen P. Pruzinsky, Contracting Officer, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, ATTN: AMSAM-AC-SM-C, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898, telephone (256) 876-3939, telefax (256) 842-7684. This synopsis is for informational and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government. Only written submissions will be accepted and must be received within 30 days from this announcement. Posted 04/24/00 (W-SN447843). (0115)

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