SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Purpose: Obtain market research information to prepare an acquisition strategy to provide a new trunked Land Mobile Radio System (LMRS) for Continental United States and Pacific installations/regions.
- Notice Date
- 6/17/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334290
— Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division D, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013
- ZIP Code
- 21005-3013
- Solicitation Number
- ARMYLANDMOBILERADIO
- Response Due
- 7/1/2013
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2013
- Point of Contact
- Ralph F. Kaminski, 410-278-4982
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division D
(ralph.f.kaminski.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Business Size Standard: The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 334220 or 334290, Size standard 750 employees. Estimated Dollar Value: To Be Determined Type Contract: Firm Fixed Price. Requirement: The new LMR system shall provide digital narrowband trunked communications coverage, supporting Standalone and Regionalized Systems for Conus and Pacific First Responders and base support personnel. The new LMR system shall provide interoperability with local mutual aid providers. The LMR system shall have a comprehensive centralized management capability and shall allow for site diagnostics, status condition, and environmental monitoring capabilities of all proposed equipment. These systems will operate in the VHF and/or UHF frequency range. The contractor shall propose a solution that supports voice and data. PD LMR requires a quote mark turnkey quote mark solution to include the Engineer, Furnish, Install, and Test (EFI&T) of equipment, site preparation, security implementation, training, and life cycle support of the fielded system. The system shall be software based and readily accept software enhancements for technology updates. The quote mark turnkey quote mark solution shall provide for and support a secure, National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) Narrowband and Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Project 25 (P25) Phase I compliant Trunked Land Mobile Radio system. The LMR system shall be designed with a level of reliability and redundancy to mitigate major failures and requires the EFI&T of equipment including dispatch consoles, system management terminals, voice logging recorder, playback station, key management facility server and client, subscriber unit equipment (portable, mobile, and desktop units) and accessories, and LMR system, Master Site and Radio Frequency (RF) Site infrastructure and equipment. The solution shall address all connectivity requirements and provide spare equipment for all critical system components. The quote mark turnkey quote mark solution shall entail the following ancillary services: program management, systems engineering, configuration management, site preparation, security implementation, mutual aid interoperability, training, testing, subscriber programming, system cutover, in-building coverage analysis, life cycle support of the fielded system to include warranty and maintenance, documentation such as a frequency analysis plan, engineering package, and system manual, and the provision of a technical assistant to assist in the management, maintenance, and training of the LMR system post-implementation. Historically, LMR system infrastructure and equipment to include hardware and software components (manufactured commercial off-the-shelf items) constitute 60-70 percent of a LMR cost with the balance of the cost for ancillary services. Respondents to this notice shall provide a capability statement limited to ten (10) pages in a Microsoft Word document. The capability statement shall be inclusive of responding to the following questions. 1. Please provide your business size for North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 334220 or 334290, socioeconomic status as a small business, or other than small. 2. Engineer, Furnish, Install, Test and Maintain (Hardware, Software, IA) a P25 Trunked Land Mobile Radio infrastructure and equipment solution to include hardware and software component product information inclusive of specifications and other information to be supplied. (No brochures) 3. Provide authorized reseller agreement information inclusive of identifying manufacture and all components (specific hardware and software) covered by the reseller agreement. For example, will a manufacture provide all LMR system infrastructure and equipment to include hardware and software components beyond subscriber units? 4. What is your firm's intent on this requirement? a. Providing a proposal as a Prime____ b. Subcontracting____ 5. Follow-up to 4 above. What is the interest in teaming arrangements? Please indicate whether the intent is to propose under a teaming arrangement, and identify the teaming partner, its role, and size status under this NAICS. 6. If a contract were issued to only an integrator, based on FAR Part 12, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP): a. What is your corporate strategy for forming teaming arrangements/business agreements with manufacturer(s)? b. What type of teaming arrangements/business agreements would you consider pursuing? c. Would you consider teaming with more than one manufacturer? d. Would you compete directly (bid against) with your teaming partner(s)? e. Do you have the capability to compete directly with your teaming partner(s)? 7. If a contract were issued to a single manufacture: a.What is your corporate strategy for forming teaming arrangements/business agreements with integrators? b.What type of teaming arrangements/business agreements would you consider? c.Would you consider teaming with more than one integrator? d.Are there corporate policies which would prevent you from teaming with multiple integrators? 8. If the described requirement were to be issued as a Small Business set aside, please discuss how your firm would be capable of providing a proposal which complies with FAR clause 52.219-14 quote mark Limitations on Subcontracting quote mark in which your firm must do at least 50% of the work? 9. Please provide 3 examples of relevant experience representative of your ability to Engineer, Furnish, Install, Test and Maintain a turn-key LMR system and provide to us the confidence that the proposed solution (infrastructure and equipment to include hardware and software) is supportable to meet warranty and maintenance (hardware and software) requirements inclusive of Information Assurance requirements. Respond electronically to this sources sought notice by sending the 10-page Microsoft word document (.doc) attached to electronic mail (email) to email address ralph.f.kaminski.civ@mail.mil with a copy to email address donna.j.bader2.civ@mail.mil. Responses are due by 5:00 P.M. (EST) 1 Jul 2013.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division D ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue Aberdeen Proving Ground MD
- Zip Code: 21005-3013
- Zip Code: 21005-3013
- Record
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