SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- ARC-210 Production Contract
- Notice Date
- 2/8/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, MD, 20670, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-ARC-210-Production
- Response Due
- 3/14/2007
- Description
- The Naval Air Systems Command, Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209), intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to Rockwell Collins Government Systems (RCGS), 400 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52498, for a three-year (one base year and two one-year options) production procurement for the fiscal years (FY) 2008 through 2010 for the AN/ARC-210 family of Electronic Protection (EP) radio equipment requirements for domestic and foreign military sales (FMS). The FY08 through FY10 procurement requirements include up to approximately 3000 AN/ARC-210 family of EP radios consisting of the RT-1556B, RT-1747D, RT-1824(C), RT-1794(C), RT-1851(C), RT-1851A(C) and FMS variants, inclusive of options and associated equipment; a Standard Commercial Warranty, support equipment; engineering technical support; integrated logistics support; spare and repair parts; and associated data. The RT-1556B configuration functional capabilities include simplex two-way communication of normal and secure voice amplitude modulated (AM) or frequency modulated (FM) signals in the 30.000 MHz to 400 MHz radio frequency (RF) bands. The RT-1556B also provides the following modes of operation: a dedicated guard receiver which can provide continuous monitoring of the guard frequency in UHF/VHF bands of 243.000 MHz or 121.500 MHz, a receive-only mode of operation in normal and secure voice from 108.000 through 117.9975 MHz (AM), a maritime mode of operation in the 156.000 MHz through 162.025 MHz frequency band, and variable AM and FM electronic counter-countermeasure (ECCM) mode(s), these being HAVEQUICK, HAVEQUICK II, and SINCGARS. The RT-1556B utilizes several types of data buses to convey control and status information among the various WRAs making up the system. These include the MIL-STD-1553B AVMUX Bus, the Remote Control Data Bus, the Antenna and Filter Data Bus, and the DS-101 Data Loading Bus. The RT-1556B provides 8.33 kHz channel spacing capability for compatibility with EuroCae (ED-23B), and is software loadable using Advanced Memory Loader Verifier (AMLV). The RT-1747D has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1556B, plus an added 70 MHz half-duplex converter and the software needed to select half-duplex channels, including SATCOM channels, and operates in the 70 MHz half-duplex mode for UHF beyond line of sight operation. The RT-1794(C) has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1556B, plus added capabilities including embedded COMSEC, embedded DAMA for UHF SATCOM, Link 4/4A/11/Aircraft Carrier Landing System (ACLS), MIL-STD-188-220A protocol implementing Variable Message Format, and DS-101 COMSEC keyfill capability. The RT-1824(C) has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1794(C). The RT-1824(C) provides hardware compatibility for future DAMA A SATCOM interoperability, a plain text data mode, and enhanced VMF message processing. The RT-1851(C) has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1824(C), and incorporates an embedded FM Immunity filter and upgraded processors, allowing for software upgrades to add Bandwidth Efficient Advanced Modulation (BEAM), a waveform compression algorithm providing 80 kb/s in a 25kHz SatCom channel and 80 kb/s in a 25kHz LOS channel. The RT-1851A(C) extends the frequency range to 512MHz to provide interoperability with land-based civil agencies. The FY08 through FY10 procurement will be supported by an organizational to commercial depot maintenance strategy. RCGS is the designer, developer, and sole manufacturer of the AN/ARC-210 Electronic Protection (EP) radio equipment and is the only firm with the necessary knowledge, data, equipment, and experience to perform this effort within the required time frame.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 400 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Zip Code: 52498-0001
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 52498-0001
- Record
- SN01228768-W 20070210/070208223455 (fbodaily.com)
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