Viasat Global Network (VGN) Ku-band Spread Spectrum Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Viasat, Inc. for commercial satellite communications and private multi-protocol label switching terrestrial backhaul services in support of the 55th Electronic Combat Group's Compass Call aircraft. Responses to the pre-solicitation notice are due by June 4, 2021 and must affirm the proposed services are interoperable with the Viasat VR-12H antenna and ArcLight modem installed on the aircraft.
There is no set-aside designation for this opportunity. The NAICS code is 517410 for satellite telecommunications with a size standard of $35 million. Viasat, Inc. is identified as the only approved source due to the proprietary hardware they have installed on the Compass Call aircraft. The anticipated period of performance is a 12-month base period plus four 12-month option periods.
SBS0025_822014017 Defense Information Systems Agency
5/26/21, 4:45 PM Naval Senior Leadership Communication – Aircraft (NSLC-A) Satellite Communications Services
This notice seeks proposals for satellite communication services to support the Naval Senior Leadership Communication - Aircraft (NSLC-A) program. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), on behalf of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) Communications and Global Positioning System Navigation Program Office (PMW/A 170), intends to award a sole source contract to provide a minimum data rate of 2,048 kbps and objective connectivity of 16 Mbps utilizing the Viasat modem and 12-inch antenna already installed on the five NSLC-A aircraft. Responses must be received by July 15, 2020 and affirm the services are interoperable with the installed Viasat equipment.
There is no set-aside designated. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 517410 for satellite telecommunications with a $35 million business size standard. Viasat, Inc. is identified as the only approved source due to the proprietary hardware installed. The anticipated single award contract would have a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods, valued at an estimated $5 million annually to provide services for the five aircraft over five years.
SBS0024_822000008 Defense Information Systems Agency
7/7/20, 5:48 PM 55th Electronic Combat Group (55 ECG) Airborne Communications Service (Gap Contract) J&A MOD 01
This Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice from the Defense Information Systems Agency outlines a sole source contract award to Viasat Inc. for airborne communications services in support of the 55th Electronic Combat Group's EC-130H Compass Call aircraft. The scope of work includes four Ku-band satellite communications subscriptions through Viasat's Global Broadband Services network at the Ku Basic service level, to be used across ten aircraft terminals with portability, for an initial base period of four months with a potential two-month extension. Viasat was identified as the only contractor able to meet requirements due to the proprietary nature of its ArcLight modem and VR-12H antenna systems currently integrated on the EC-130H aircraft, with an estimated total contract value of an undisclosed amount.
JA_HC101321P0003_SBS0031 Defense Information Systems Agency
2/10/21, 5:21 PM Naval Senior Leadership Communication – Aircraft (NSLC-A) Satellite Communications Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded a sole source contract to Viasat, Inc. to provide Naval Senior Leadership Communication - Aircraft (NSLC-A) Satellite Communications Services. Required under the contract are a minimum aggregate data rate of 2048Kbps, objective end-to-end connectivity of 16Mbps, and maintaining use of the Viasat modem and 12-inch Viasat antenna installed on the five NSLC-A aircraft. The authority for the sole source award was that Viasat, Inc. is the only approved source for the NSLC-A Satellite Communications Services due to their proprietary hardware currently installed on the aircraft. The awarded contract value to Viasat, Inc. was $38,676,904.
AW_HC101320C0005_HC101320R0010_SBS0024 Defense Information Systems Agency
9/22/20, 4:16 PM Viasat Global Network (VGN) Ku-band Spread Spectrum Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency published a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice on October 7, 2021 to award an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to Viasat for four subscriptions of Viasat Global Network Ku-band Spread Spectrum services with portability among ten EC-130H Compass Call aircraft, as well as a private MPLS circuit to Compass Call Datalink Ground Station locations. The contract enables up to ten aircraft to be supported simultaneously through optional line items and provides Ku-band services for a base year and four option years, with a potential six-month extension period. As the only contractor able to meet the requirement for compatible equipment installed on the ten aircraft through 2026, Viasat is identified as the sole source awardee for an estimated redacted value.
SBS0025 Defense Information Systems Agency
10/7/21, 4:25 PM