Added: Nov 08, 2012 11:59 am
The Air Traffic Navigation, Integration, and Coordination System (ATNAVICS) is an area surveillance and precision approach radar system used to provide air traffic services at tactical Army airfields, landing sites, or drop/pick-up zones at division, corps, and echelons above corps. The operations system and communications package are installed in an S-788 Lightweight Multipurpose Shelter (LMS) (the operations shelter). The prime movers for the system are two high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles. A model M1097A2 Heavy Variant (HMMWV-HV) is used to carry the operations shelter and a model M1113 Expanded Capability Variant (HMMWV-ECV) is used to carry the sensor subsystem. The system includes a secure communications package that operates in the very high frequency-amplitude modulation (VHF-AM), VHF-frequency modulation (VHF-FM), and ultrahigh frequency-AM (UHF-AM) bands. The system includes a radar system with an Air Surveillance Radar (ASR), a Precision Approach Radar (PAR), a Secondary Surveillance Radar/Identification Friend or Foe (SSR/IFF), and two side-by-side controller consoles. Each console includes a multimode display, display controls, data entry devices, voice communications, and associated equipment. The shelter includes an Environmental Conditioning Unit (ECU). The operations shelter and the sensor subsystem each haul a M1102 trailer, which carries a MIL-G-53133/3 10 kW Tactical Quiet Generator (TQG) to supply power. Figures 1 and 2 are photographs of the sensor subsystem/M1113 with the TQG trailer, and the operations shelter, respectively.
The ATNAVICS PAR operates on four frequencies in the X band and transmits on these sequentially using an interleaved combination of frequencies and pulse widths. The PAR (9.0 GHz to 9.2 GHz, 1 kW peak) provides a dual-precision approach display (azimuth vs. range and elevation vs. range) to allow the operator to control aircraft that are on final approach to the airport. The ASR (2.7 GHz to 2.9 GHz, 650W peak) provides an Air Traffic Control (ATC) situation display which allows the operators to direct aircraft to the landing approach. The ASR antenna uses a single reflecting surface for ASR and SSR/IFF transmit (1030 MHz) and receive (1090 MHz) signals. Both feeds are located in an integrated feed horn. The combined ASR and SSR/IFF sensor subsystem provides aircraft identification, altitude, ground speed, range, and azimuth position relative to magnetic north.
The operations shelter has a secure communications package with four antennas mounted at the shelter's top four corners. When the antennas are stowed, the height of the two vehicles is 101 inches, and when set up, their height increases to 180 inches.
The ATNAVICS operations shelter contains both VRC- 83 radios and VRC-91 radios. The AN/VRC-83(V) is the vehicle configuration of the RT-1319 transmitter/receiver with an additional integral audio amplifier, a companion speaker, and a 30 watt linear power amplifier. The AN/VRC-91 is a member of the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Set (SINCGARS) family of radios and is a vehicle-mounted, dual-radio configuration consisting of one long-range and one short-range dismountable, solid-state, securable transceiver intended for VHF-FM tactical operations.
The Fixed Based Precision Approach Radar (FBPAR) is a self contained, fixed location Precision Approach Radar (PAR) system that provides Air Traffic Service (ATS) at designated airfields. Configuration of the FBPAR equipment is such that the operation is from a remote location. The equipment consists of PAR radar; multimode display; and a self-contained Environmental Control Unit (ECU).
The Army Air Traffic Control (ATC) Product Management Office (PMO) requires industry's assistance in potentially undertaking the supply/fabrication and installation of the ATNAVICS retrofit and Non Reoccurring Engineering (NRE) efforts.
The Product Manager, Air Traffic Control Systems (PM ATC) seeks information, comments and suggestions from Government or industry vendors interested in potential procurement and installation of future retrofit kits and NRE efforts. The intent of the RFI is to gauge overall industry interest and potential.
This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes. In accordance with FAR 15.201 (e) and FAR 52.215-3, responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Submitting information for this RFI is voluntary, and participants will not be compensated; this is not a request for proposal, and all information submitted in response to this request shall become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. Respondents needing confidential treatment for any proprietary information furnished must comply with the Security Exchange Commission's confidential treatment regulations at 17 C.F.R. 200.83. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the review of the information provided but may be contacted for additional information for clarification.
In responding to this RFI, please adhere to the numbering and areas of concentration. If you do not respond to a specific statement, please acknowledge by placing a "NA" by the applicable number.
General
1. Provide a brief description of your company's expertise and qualifications for providing Retrofit support for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Information (C4I) systems.
2. Provide a brief description of your company's expertise involving ATC systems, to include but not limited to, radar sensors.
3. Provide a brief description of your company's expertise involving Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR) and Precision Approach Radars (PAR).
4. Provide information on hardware modification and modification acceptance test (PAT) of C4I/ATC/Radar systems and their internal modules, maintenance and retrofit of previously produced C4I/ATC/Radar systems.
5. Identify the commercial and military sales history include date, customers and quantities.
6. Provide a description of your company's most complex project, which is similar to this project. Focus on overall management, and mitigation of identified risk factors.
Technical
1. Describe the qualifications of your engineering staff, who have experience in the modification and retrofit of C4I/ATC/Radar systems.
2. Describe your company's experience with Field Service and technical support for C4I/ATC/Radar systems.
3. Describe your company's experience with modifications to include incorporation of Military Standard (MIL STD), and configuration management of baseline changes.
4. Describe your company's experience with Quality Assurance Testing, Customer Acceptance Testing for C4I/ATC/Radar systems.
5. Describe your company's experience with planning and conducting retrofits of C4I/ATC systems.
6. Describe your company's experience in developing or updating Technical Data Packages (TDP). Describe your company's policy in providing TDPs to the Government.
7. Describe your company's process for tracking program risks and mitigation steps utilized on past contracts that reduced risks to an acceptable level.
8. Describe your company's experience in re-designing an existing hardware component to meet specific form, fit, and minimal function requirements.
9. What is your company's experience with partnering with industry to incorporate software into your hardware product?
Logistics
1. Describe your company's standard approach for storage of systems while they are awaiting retrofit or awaiting shipment.
2. Describe your company's experience or approach for system warranty coverage.
3. Describe your company's experience in the safe packaging and handling C4I/ATC systems.
4. Describe your company's ability to provide a predictable and reliable supply of items to meet normal, increased, and surge retrofit requirements.
5. Describe your company's experience with requesting, tracking, and storage of Government Furnished Equipment, Government Furnished Information.
6. Describe your company's past involvement with Department of Defense logistics requirements and discuss your success record in meeting those requirements on previous DoD contracts.
7. For the above retrofit activity, describe where your company would perform the retrofit and how many retrofits could be performed concurrently.
8. Provide a description of your companies experience with C4I/ATC/Radar system maintenance, publications updates, provisioning capabilities, receipt and transmission of technical data, development of training packages, and support equipment (maintenance equipment, automatic test equipment, calibration equipment etc.).
Desired response format: The Government desires that responses be submitted via email in an electronic format that is compatible with Microsoft Windows/Office and/or Adobe Acrobat and addresses each of the above characteristics and any other important technical aspects of the product. Submit email response to: Katherine Pettey, Contract Specialist, Katherine.pettey@us.army.mil
Responses must be received no later than 4:30 pm CST, Friday, December 7, 2012.
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