D -- INMARSAT B LEASED CHANNEL SATELLITE SERVICES

Notice Date

September 20, 2001

Contracting Office

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, 4301 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92110-3127

ZIP Code

92110-3127

Solicitation Number

N00039-01-R-3204

Response Due

October 26, 2001

Point of Contact

Sandra Jones (858) 537-0306; Pamela Kibler (619) 524-7192

E-Mail Address

E-mail address for the Contract Specialist and Contracting (jonessj@spawar.navy.mil and kiblerp@spawar.navy.mil)

Description

THIS NOTICE SUPERCEDES THE PREVIOUS CBD NOTICE SUBMISSION NUMBER 5077B7 DATED 30 NOVEMBER 2000, AND IS PROVIDED TO NOTIFY POTENTIAL OFFERORS THAT ALL SHIPBOARD HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS PROCUREMENT. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has a requirement for INMARSAT-B High Speed Data (HSD) leased service to provide up to 200 leased channels per month, for a data rate of up to 128 kbps per channel, and provide the Fleet more options to manage leased services. The service shall be full duplex, global (plus or minus 70 degrees latitude), for ship-to-shore, and shall be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Both 64 Kbps and 128 Kbps service must be provided. In addition, Non-Channelized Service shall be proposed as an unpriced Pre-Planned Product Improvement option. Service must be fully integrated with INMARSAT Nera Saturn-Bm terminals. Other items that are to be available for order include: (1) terrestrial connectivity between the service-provider's Land Earth Stations (LESs) and Navy Points of Presence (POPs) located in Wahiawa, Hawaii; Norfolk, VA; Naples, Italy; and Bahrain; (2) service from secondary LESs with terrestrial connectivity to the foregoing Navy POPs. SPAWAR intends to award a single Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, incorporating Fixed-Price Line Items, with a 60 month ordering period. Award of a commercial services-type contract in accordance with FAR Part 12 is anticipated. Release of the RFP is estimated approximately the end of September 2001, and Contract award is anticipated approximately December 2001 with performance beginning three months after contract award. The NAICS code for this procurement is 513340. A revised draft Statement of Work and draft solicitation Section B are now available at https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil under solicitation number N00039-01-R-3204. Click on Future Opportunity; then click on the yellow folder or blue arrow to the left of N00039-01-R-3204. The solicitation, when released, will also be posted to the website under Open Solicitations and no other notice will appear in the CBD. Interested parties are invited to subscribe to the solicitation on the website to ensure they receive any notices connected with it. Businesses that are interested in subcontracting opportunities may view the Prospective Bidders List (created when offerors subscribe to the solicitation) also posted on the SPAWAR website with N00039-01-R-3204.

Web Link

SPAWAR Business Opportunities web page (https://e-commerce.spawar.navy.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010924/DSOL004.HTM (W-263 SN50Y2S8)