3-SOW_CRFS_RFeye_node_100-40.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

GPU Accelerated Spectrum Analyzers / SDRS

U.S. Department of Commerce

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Institute for Telecommunication Sciences

1. BACKGROUND

The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) provides research and development support for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) by performing basic research in radio science that provides the technical foundation for NTIA’s policy development and spectrum management activities, as well as solving telecommunications challenges for other Federal agencies, state and local Governments, private corporations and associations, and international organizations.

Additionally, ITS addresses emerging telecommunications, information technology, and security challenges and contributes to the creation of telecommunications standards that support the full and fair competitiveness of the U.S. communications and information technology business sectors.

In prior years, ITS has developed and deployed a spectrum monitoring solution to Antarctica in support of the National Science Foundation (NSF). This solution was based around the CRFS RFeye architecture and was measuring high frequency (HF) radio signals. Based on the success of that system, it is being expanded to cover higher frequencies, including applications in the 20 GHz region.

It is advantageous to keep the same base system (the CRFS RFeye architecture) to have multiple sensing nodes that can be controlled using the same backend and to prevent duplicative development costs in changing architectures. CRFS offers a higher frequency, higher bandwidth sensor that is in the same line as those previously developed around, the RFeye Node 100-40. This sensor architecture would allow higher frequency and bandwidth applications to be developed inside the same overall architecture previously proven in Antarctica.

OBJECTIVE

To enhance ITS’s capabilities in RF monitoring and sensing in Antarctica and to support monitoring at higher frequencies of interest, ITS requires 1 CRFS RFeye Node 100-40. This specific model is required due to the same architecture being already deployed in Antarctica and proven in harsh conditions. The same architecture would also limit the development cost of integrating new architecture into the already developed system. This sensing node would greatly increase ITS’s ability to perform the necessary spectrum monitoring measurements relevant to the Antarctica region.

2. REQUIREMENTS

ITS requires the following Devices (new, not refurbished), with the following support, software and hardware packages.

Product Description Part Number Quantity

RFeye Node

100-40 with

Holdover

(White)

NOD-EYE0007-HO 1

Embedded

Mission SW

Bundle

EMB-APP1010

RFeye

Mission

Manager +

GMP (6th to

10th single node connection)

APP-MMR0003A 1

RFeye Node

100-40

Outdoor

System Kit

KIT-OUT0022 1

Ethernet Surge Protector ACC-PRO0002 1

Node

Feature:

Optimized

Detector -

General

Pulse, Configurable

EMB-OPD0005 1

AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT

All proposed equipment and components must be sourced from official or authorized distributors of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Offerors must clearly identify the source of the equipment in their quote and provide documentation verifying their status as an authorized reseller or distributor. The offeror shall certify that all items are new, genuine, and covered by the manufacturer’s standard warranty.

Quotes from unauthorized resellers or gray-market sources will not be considered for award. The

Government reserves the right to verify distributor authorization with the OEM.

3. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Equipment will be shipped to ITS. The government will not accept any freight charges above and beyond the awarded amount. The equipment shall be delivered to the following government shipping address upon completion of calibration:

NTIA/ITS.M Attn:

TBD

325 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80305

4. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The equipment shall be delivered within 120 days after the Award. This does not include manufacturing lead-time delays.