SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- RFI: Commercial Ku Band Satellite - RFI 9/15/2017
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 517410
— Satellite Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - RI (W52P1J), 3055 Rodman Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois, 61299-8000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 61299-8000
- Solicitation Number
- PANROC17P0000_057219RFI
- Archive Date
- 10/30/2018
- Point of Contact
- Bridget M. Garnica, Phone: 3097821692
- E-Mail Address
-
bridget.m.garnica.civ@mail.mil
(bridget.m.garnica.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFI 9/15/2017 Request for Information Commercial Ku Band Satellite The US Army Product Lead, Wideband Enterprise Satellite Communications Systems (PL WESS), Fort Belvoir VA is conducting a Request for Information (RFI) for coverage analysis for Commercial Ku Band Satellite bandwidth. This RFI is for planning purposes only; this is not a Request for Quotations or Proposals. A formal solicitation may or may not be issued by the Government as a result of the responses to this RFI. The Government will not be liable for payment of any response preparation expenses. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government is seeking information on companies offering Commercial Ku Band Satellite services. The US Army currently operates and maintains over 4000 Ku Band Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) throughout the world. These VSAT terminals are mobile and operate on a number of disparate networks on 15 satellites from multiple vendors. The VSAT data networks use Multiple Frequency Time Division Multiple Access (MFTDMA) scheme using the iDirect modem. Typical networks consist of one forward link of 3 to 12 Mbps, into a standard 1.2 m VSAT. Return links back to the anchor station consist of 640 to 1280 kbps using QPSK ¾ rate coding from each VSAT. The Army is investigating the possibility of enhancing Select Army Enterprise Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Gateway facilities in order to move anchor station capability from 5 commercial SATCOM Gateways to these Army Gateways. It is anticipated that all anchor stations will be at least standard 7.2 m antennas. Figure 1, see announcement attachment, shows the composite coverage provided by 15 satellites currently supporting the VSAT Networks. Most areas have redundant coverage by two satellites. Specific latitude/longitude data is provided in Table 1 for each Army Gateway that is under consideration as possible anchor station locations. The Government is seeking coverage information to areas listed below from each of the Army Enterprise Gateways. Coverage should duplicate what is currently provided to include redundant coverage from two satellites. Specific coverage requirements include the following: • Continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Bandwidth requirement is 80 MHz with a minimum contiguous block of 20 MHz. • Central and South America. Bandwidth requirement is 9.8 MHz with a minimum contiguous block of 4.9 MHz. • Europe, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and North Africa. Bandwidth requirement of 182 MHz total. Minimum contiguous block of 14.7 MHz for Germany, Kuwait, and Iraq. Minimum contiguous block of 48 MHz for Afghanistan; all other territories in the region minimum contiguous block is 4.9 MHz. • South Korea, Japan, Guam, Philippines, and Thailand. Bandwidth requirement is 49 MHz. The minimum contiguous block size for South Korea is 14.7; all other territories are 4.9 MHz. • Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Only coverage by one satellite is required for this region. There is no base capacity requirement for this region. If required as surge, the minimum contiguous block size would be 4.9 MHz. Companies possessing the capabilities to satisfy these requirements are invited to submit a 10 page maximum White Paper which includes a description of the coverage areas that can be provided and the available Transponder power and bandwidth for that coverage. The Government requires redundant anchor stations which are not collocated. Vendors shall also include specific recommendations for primary and backup stations in each coverage area. Vendors shall also address any transponder redundancy provided by your satellites. In addition to the White Paper, responders may also include any applicable product literature. Proprietary information submitted in response to this RFI announcement shall be marked accordingly and will be protected when clearly identified as proprietary. All interested firms that possess the capabilities addressed herein are encouraged to respond to the RFI by providing the information specified within 30 days of this announcement. Respondents are requested to submit one electronic copy of the response. Table 1. Proposed Army Enterprise Gateway locations. Gateway Latitude Longitude Camp Arifjan, Kuwait 28.86753 N 48.16555 E Camp Carroll, Korea 35.99031 N 128.41168 E Camp Roberts, CA 35.73496 N 120.75485 W Fort Detrick, MD 39.44353 N 77.41575 W Geraldton, Australia 28.69394 S 114.84413 E Kwajalein Island 8.72429 N 167.73341 E Landstuhl, Germany 49.40165 N 7.53317 E
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