SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Command and Control Switching System (CCSS) Organizational-Level Maintenance (O/M)
- Notice Date
- 2/1/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 811213
— Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Hill AFB OO-ALC, OO-ALC/PKXB, 6038 Aspen Ave (Bldg 1289), Hill AFB, Utah, 84056
- ZIP Code
- 84056
- Solicitation Number
- FA821710RCCSSM
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2010
- Point of Contact
- Linda J Andrews, Phone: 801-586-1230
- E-Mail Address
-
linda.andrews@hill.af.mil
(linda.andrews@hill.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought/Request for Information. OO-ALC, 84 CBSG/PKB is requesting information from interested sources on a potential requirement to provide Organizational-Level Maintenance (O/M) Services for the Command and Control Switching System (CCSS). The current contract was awarded competitively to ITT Corp. CCSS is an advanced multi-level precedance digital telecommunication switching system developed for command and control, requiring highly reliable secure communications. The system provides complete feature service to a community of users in a secure communication environment. CCSS is designed as a modular, expandable, high-isolation, redundant, non-blocking switch with emphasis on reliability and interface flexibility. The CCSS provides intra/intercommunication among subscriber lines, attendant consoles, trunks and data ports. It features extremenly high crosstalk isolation, unlimited digital conference capability, multi-level precedence and preemption call processing. CCSS Switches interface with cryptographic devices, as well as T1 bulk encryption equipment, which permit circuit access to automated secure voice communications, Defense Switch Network (DSN) and commercial networks. Components on the CCSS system are state-of-the-art, non-developmental items. This proposed acquisition will provide follow-on O/M services at numerous CCSS sites located worldwide. The required O/M services will be to provide on-site technicians to perform scheduled, unscheduled, preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, rekeying, and moderate installations of the CCSS equipment. The equipment will include the Raytheon CCSS equipment, to include the Secure Digital Switch (SDS), and Digital Small Switch (DSS) family of switched (i.e. DSS-1, DSS-2 and DSS-2A), and associated equipment not manufactured by Raytheon (including cryptographic equipment, IDNXs and channel banks). Support will be required for all hardware, software, and firmware associated with the CCSS equipment. The contractor will be required to provide all personnel fully trained and qualified on the CCSS equipment with the required security clearances; equipment/ tools/material, excluding LRU's; and supervision to perform O/M of the CCSS equipment at each required location. The contractor will be required to provide O/M personnel with adequate training to perform the O/M tasks required. A minimum of a Top Secret clearance is required for all O/M contractor personnel. SCI, SIOP, and PSD clearances are required at select locations. Your response to this RFI should describe your technical capabilities in being able to provide all O/M services for the CCSS. You should address all experience with the Raytheon line of switches used in the CCSS and how you will provide trained/cleared personnel to provide O/M services at all required locations. You must also identify if your company is a large/small business. The NAICS code for this potential requirement is 811213. All information received in response to the RFI must be unclassified. All information received in response to this RFI marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be fully protected from release outside the Government. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the Government's review of their responses. Interested parties must respond in writing. Your response to this RFI is required by 26 Feb 2010 addressed to Linda J. Andrews, e-mail linda.andrews@hill.af.mil. If you have questions, please contact Linda J. Andrews, Contracting Officer at (801) 586-1230. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request or to otherwise pay for the information requested.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Various locations worldwide., United States
- Record
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