MODIFICATION
69 -- MQ-9 Training Device
- Notice Date
- 4/12/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 611512
— Flight Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Procurement Directorate - DC, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 1310 NP, Washington, District of Columbia, 20229, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20229
- Solicitation Number
- HSBP2020RFI
- Archive Date
- 5/6/2010
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie F Alexander, Phone: 202-344-1168
- E-Mail Address
-
stephanie.alexander@dhs.gov
(stephanie.alexander@dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Introduction: The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine (OAM), hereby issues the following Request for Information (RFI) pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 15.201(e) to seek information on MQ-9 Training Devices for planning purposes only. 2. Description: The goal of this RFI is to identify MQ-9 training devices that meet CBP OAM's potential requirements. The capabilities of the MQ-9 training device (hereafter referred to as the "device") shall support aircrew operational training (pilots and sensor operators) including initial qualification training, mission qualification training, and continuation training. The device shall be capable of providing mission training in the locally networked and/or distributed mission operation environments. The device shall meet maintenance training requirements for equipment familiarity, menu proficiency, equipment operations and check procedures. The device shall support realistic mission training, sensor imagery, and database updates to meet the training and mission rehearsal requirements for designated areas of operation. 3. Information Requested: Respondents are requested to furnish information that addresses the following capabilities and functionalities. The device shall: 1) Provide "Open Architecture" that allows for adding, upgrading, or swapping components as future software/hardware upgrades become available. 2) Provide functionality and fidelity that is equal to or greater than the current USAF MQ-9 training devices. 3) Provide the capability to run as a standalone dedicated training system or as an appended training system to an operational ground control station (GCS). 4) Simulate the design basis aircraft together with its integration to the flight control computer, associated systems, and instruments. Static and dynamic engine performance shall be simulated along with the associated instrument caution and advisory indications and fuel consumption. Engine start, shutdown and all system presets simulation is also required. 5) Provide high fidelity simulations of the MQ-9 sensor suite to include all modes of operation for the nose camera, MTS-B, Lynx II SAR radar and SeaVue maritime radar. 6) Provide an Instructor Operating Station (IOS) for instructor control and monitoring (ICM) by providing the following functionality: a. Insertion, deletion, and clearing of emergencies and malfuntions; b. Control of the training environment; c. Monitoring of all operator displays; d. Stopping, starting, freezing and resumption of the simulation; e. Provisioning for system overrides of engine warm up, BIT timeouts, INS alignments, etc.; f. Freezing or resetting of system expendables; g. Generation of mission scenarios to support initial and mission qualification as well as continuation and mission rehearsal training; h. Initialization of the system at a number of positions and configurations including the ramp, runway, downwind leg or other positions as desired.; i. Displaying of the tactical situation in a number of different views; j. Insertion of threats/targets in real time; and k. Integration of a system help feature. The IOS will consist of a computer work position (keyboard, mouse and display). 7) Provide for the simulation of the synthetic environment that will allow the instructor to place and control the moving models in the environment. The synthetic environment shall display all simulated entities in relation to the other entities on a map based display. The coverage area of the on-board sensor package shall be displayed as a 'sensor fan' on the synthetic environment diplays. 8) The device display system shall provide a high-fidelity simulation of the MQ-9 sensor suite. Each of the sensors in the simulation shall: a. Support dense, geo-specific terrain databases with realistic terrain backgrounds and multiple moving models. b. Provide a simulation that models the capabilities and limitations of each sensor for day, night, weather, and seasonal effects. c. Accurately match all MQ-9 sensors in regard to spatial coverage,detection range, target resolution, and target identification. d. Include real time environmental sensor effects. e. Provide sensor correlation through the use of a common database generation system that includes all sensor attributes. f, Provide realistic degradation of performance associated with detection, acquisition, and tracking as a result of weather conditions, time of day, countermeasures, sensor performance and malfunctions, selectable at the IOS for each sensor. g. Be correlated among sensors in the training enviroment. 9) The database shall support full mission operations within all CONUS border regions including support for maritime operations. A high resolution database shall be provided. The specifics of the database areas will be defined in database working groups and documented in the DHS CBP MQ-9 Database Specification as part of the development activity. 10) The environment shall consist of a set of physical system models representing sensors, communications, avionics, navigation, weapons that comprise the platfore/vehicle/aircraft/system (a ship, tank, plane, etc. and a mission behavior model to represent the crew of the entity), people, and animals (cows, deer etc.). These physical models with their associated mission behaviors operate and interatct with other entities in a synthetic natural envioronment (atmosphere, terrain, and ocean). The device should support up to 1,000 simultaneously active entities in one training mission. 11) Characteristics and functionality of each entity and corresponding systems represented shall be simulated to the extent allowable using unclassified data. For additional consideration: 12) While the device is in a pre-selected "dedicated training mode", enable the operator to switch from a "training" mode to an "operational" mode to provide support to an operational mission. 13) Include any additional capability "above and beyond" the requirements captured above. 4. Disclaimer: This sources sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue a RFP in the future. CBP may seek proposals in the near future and will not accept unsolicited proposals at this time. This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Participation does not imply any obligation on the part of the Government. Responders are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice; all costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responder's expense. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) website. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information. Proprietary information will be protected to the greatest extent provided by law. Any questions concerning this RFI or its accompanying documents must be submitted via e-mail to stephanie.alexander@dhs.gov 5. Responses: Responses to this RFI shall not exceed ten (10) pages (including cover letter) and shall be received via email to stephanie.alexander@dhs.gov not later than 12:00 PM EST, April 21, 2010. In outlining your company's response, please provide a cover letter, which includes the following: Number of years of corporate experience Business size Primary type of services provided Primary point of contact GSA schedule contract number, if applicable Address Telephone number Fax Number E-mail address for POC Contractors are encouraged to mark each page believed to contain sensitive information with the note "Proprietary Information".
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