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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 22, 2007 FBO #2034
SOLICITATION NOTICE

59 -- Broadband Signal and Environment Generator for the Electronic Proving Ground (EPG), Fort Huachuca, Arizona 85613

Notice Date

6/20/2007
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

334220 — Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

ACA, White Sands Missile Range, Directorate of Contracting, Bldg 143, 2nd Floor, Crozier Street, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5201
 

ZIP Code

88002-5201
 

Solicitation Number

W9124Q-07-R-EPGBBS
 

Response Due

6/27/2007
 

Archive Date

8/26/2007
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Electronic Proving Ground, Fort Huachuca, Arizona is soliciting proposals for the following requirement: 500 Megahertz (MHz) Bandwidth (BW) Broadband Signal and Environment Generator (BSG) with the following specifications: 1 each , 500 MHz BW BSG system with 500 MHz BW baseband bandwidth and 400 MHz (1dB) RF bandwidth with the frequency range of 10 MHz to 3 GHz. Technical requirements: The 500 MHz BW BSG must have a deep memory ult rawideband AWG-based signal generator with 500 MHz instantaneous bandwidth at baseband, 400 MHz instantaneous bandwidth at radio frequency (RF). The system must have 10 MHz to 3 GHz of RF input/output range with 1 Hertz (Hz) tuning resolution. The system must have a minimum of 12 Gigabytes (GB) of signal memory and support a maximum of 10.5 seconds of signal playback time at the maximum signal bandwidth with a minimum playback/generation fixed rate of 1200 MHz. The system must have -10 dBm maximum output with no attenuation, 25 dB attenuation control, and synthesized LOs w//1 Hz tuning resolution. The system must have a software-controlled switch for baseband (10 MHz to 305 MHz) and RF (200 MHz to 3 GHz) band selection. It must have AWG/memory with 8 bit high performance 1200 MSps DAC (500 MHz bandwidth) and 4096 MB shared signal memory. The system must have a minimum of 4 GB system RAM, 80 GB system hard drive, 300 GB removable data hard drive, DVD-R/W drive, 10/100/1Gb Ethernet interface (x2), serial i nterface, USB 2.0 interfaces, video interface, keyboard and mouse interface. The system must come with an additional 300 GB data hard drive cartridge that has been formatted and installed in the system. The system must have synthesized low phase noise ti me bases capability with precision 10 MHz internal reference. The system must be rack mountable into a transit case configuration and include rack mounted mouse, keyboard and 17in flat panel monitor tray. Rack mounted trays must have a -slide out- capabi lity. The system must have software modules which provide basic software application control for the system. The modules must provide the following capability/functionality: - that includes standard playback/generation control and signal creation capab ilities, which includes signal file management for - one-touch load and play - signal playback capability, including RF and output power controls. Must provide basic signal creation capability, including real signal import, IQ signal import, and CW and mu ltiple tone (CW or PM) signal generation. Must compute RF spectrum and Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function (CCDF) for created signals, which are plotted and included as files along with primary data file. Must have the capability to create and s tore files on disk. - that allows for the adding of precise arbitrary gain and phase filtering to generated signal files. Must provide utility to model system bandwidth effects or channel impairments, apply equalization, and select a signal from an import ed signal to create the required waveform. It must have a filter editor to create filter files, that allows any number of frequency offset (in MHz), relative gain (in dB), and phase offset (in degrees) triplets to be generated to form the desired gain and phase frequency response. - that supports the creation of MSK modulated signals and FSK modulated signals up to 256 FSK with control of signal center frequency, total signal power, symbol rate, symbol-frequency separation, symbol frequency transition tim e, and filter selection. Selection of modulated data symbol values, including random, PN, extend PN and bit or symbol files. Software will compute RF spectrum and CCDF for created signals, which are displayed as plots and included as files along with primary data file. Software will manage the files and load and plays the files in hardware to create the output RF signals. - that supports the creation of AM, FM, PM and SSB modulated signals with a graphical interface that allows for full control of center frequency, bandwidth, and modulation characteristics. Selection of modulated waveforms must include single tone, two tone, or audio (.WAV) files. Capability to create files and stored as files on disk is required. Control software must provide the capability to manage the files, and load and play the files in hardware to create the output RF signals. - that allows the adding of gating/bursting and frequency hopping to selected VSS waveforms. Frequency hopping controls must include hop sequence (random, sweep or sequence file), hop bandwidth, and hop frequency resolution. Gating/bursting controls must include burst on time, burst period, burst rise and fall t ime taper, and burst to symbol time delay. Software must compute RF spectrum and CCDF for created signals, which will be displayed as plots and included as files along with primary data file. Control software must provide the capability to manage the files , and loads and plays the files in hardware to create the output RF signals. - that supports the mixing of signal types into composite complex multi-signal, multi-format environments including co-channel, adjacent channel, and CW interference. Capabilit y to be able to mix over 25 unique signal waveforms and formats is required. It must include Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) (thermal) capability to support the creation of precision Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) over a selected signal bandwidth. Softwa re must compute RF spectrum and Cumulative Count Distribution Function (CCDF) for created signals, which will be displayed as plots and included as files along with primary data file. - that supports the generation of precision CW and frequency, phase, a nd amplitude modulated pulsed waveforms that can also be frequency hopped. Must have standard GUI controls that include pulse repetition rate, pulse width, pulse amplitude, pulse carrier frequency, CW, modulation on pulse, pulse rise time, pulse fall time, and output bandpass filtering. Must have Modulation on Pulse capability, MOP must include linear FM, quadratic FM, BPSK and OOK Barker code, and ASK/PSK functionality from a file. MOP controls must include: linear rate in MHz/usec for linear FM, linear a nd quadratic rates for quadratic FM, MOP symbol rate and arbitrary symbol values for ASK/PSK, and MOP symbol rate and Barker code or arbitrary bits for BPSK and OOK modulations. File based operation must allow generation of pulses from a table of pulses, w here each pulse can be defined with the parameters described above. - that supports the creation of GSM, EDGE, and WCDMA 3GPP(FDD) modulated signals. Bursting capability must be supported on GSM and EDGE modulations. It must have the capability to suppo rt the creating of modulated RF waveforms in accordance with downlink standards for testing cellular power amplifiers and multi-carrier power amplifiers. Must include selection of data formats of PN, EPN, random, and bits and symbols from user provided dat a file. Controls must include individual time slot power for GSM and EDGE, and of individual code domain power and bit rate for WCDMA/3GPP(FDD). Must be capable of creating multiple carriers of same standard with user specified carrier offset frequency. Mu st be capable of disabling modulation on individual carriers. - that supports creation of IS-136, IS-95, and CDMA2000 modulations. Must be capable of creating modulated RF waveforms in accordance with downlink standards for testing cellular power amplifi ers and multi-carrier power amplifiers. Interface must include selection of PN, EPN, and random data formats from user provided data files. Graphical user inter face must allow for full control of individual code domain power and bit rate for IS-95 and CDMA2000. Must allow for the generation of a file containing multiple carriers of same standard with user specified carrier offset frequency. - that allows for add ing precision noise power ratio (NPR) waveforms, ideal for power amplifier and TWTA testing. Must include control of digital Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) noise pedestal bandwidth plus frequency location and notch width of up to 16 notches within th e noise pedestal bandwidth. - that provides a software driver library with API that provides remote control of a BSG instrument via Ethernet using standard TCP/IP messaging. Must have the capability to assign an instrument a LAN IP address via standard system administration procedures. Libraries must be provided to communicate with the instrument and with ANSI C interfaces. Must include documentation and example C program. Must have a remote control function for basic hardware control such as loading a file from disk for signal generation, setting the gain and RF center frequency, and choosing the trigger. Must have a remote control capability for advanced software analysis capabilities. Must include drivers for Windows (2000, XP) and Linux (SuSE, Redha t). Makefiles for gcc and Microsoft Visual C++ must also be included. The BSG system must be configurable into a rack mounted (shock and vibration) configuration with slide out mounting trays and be locally controlled. Must include a full set of operato r/system technical manuals. Must include system integration and training at the customers facility. System must be delivered within 120 days of purchase. Minimum 1-year warranty parts and labor. FOB DESTINATION: Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Payment will be made by Government credit card under Net 30 Terms. Offers are due no later than 12 noon, Mountain Standard Time, Wednesday, 27 June 2007. Offers shall be submitted electronically at: Carmen.simotti@epg.army.mil. EVALUATION CRITERIA/PROCEDURES: Offer s will be evaluated based on the following best value criteria in descending order of importance: Meeting the requirement, Proposed Delivery Schedule, Past Performance, and Price. The result of the award will be posted in Fedbizopps(http://www.fbo.gov/) under Award Notices. Questions pertaining to the Award Notice must be submitted in writing. For additional information, contact Carmen M. Simotti, Contract Specialist, at (520) 533-8189 or carmen.simotti@epg.army.mil. The synopsis/solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-16. This is a total small business set aside. The NAICS code is 334220. The solicitation is issued as a request for proposal (RFP) and will be awarded as a firm-fixed-price. All Electronic and Information Technology will be Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 compliant. The following FAR provision 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors Commercial items, applies to the acquisition. FAR provision 52 .212-2, Evaluation of Commercial Items, applies to the acquisition (See evaluation criteria above). Offerors shall include a completed copy of FAR provision 52.212-3,Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, and furnish Offeror's Tax Ide ntification Number, CAGE Code, Central Contractor Registration Number, DUNS Number, and applicable FSC Codes with its offer. FAR clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items and 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required Implement ing Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items apply to this acquisition. FAR clause 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns apply. The government reserves the right to select for award, all, some, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement.
 

Place of Performance

Address: ACA, Southern Region, Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) Banister Hall, SFCA-SR-WS, 2000 Arizona Street Fort Huachuca AZ

Zip Code: 85613-7063

Country: US
 

Record

SN01323680-W 20070622/070620221539 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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