Attachment 1 - Salient Characteristics IEM System.pdf

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Solicitation - USAF Band Wireless In Ear Monitors
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This document is a Salient Characteristics statement for a goods contract to provide a complete professional wireless audio transmission and RF distribution system to the United States Air Force Band, Washington DC. The system is required to support community relations concerts in the National Capital Region and tours throughout the United States, as well as protocol missions at venues including the White House and the Pentagon. The equipment must be capable of operating in congested RF environments with maximum flexibility and redundancy, featuring secure, long-range, wideband wireless audio capabilities.

The vendor must provide new equipment (not used or refurbished) delivered to Hangar 2, 201 McChord Street SW, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, DC 20032. The required equipment includes: (4) Sennheiser Spectera Base Stations with zone 2 license featuring 32 input/output channels, 2 wideband RF carriers, redundant Dante connectivity, and rack-mountable chassis; (10) Sennheiser Spectera DAD bidirectional antenna modules with IP 54 protection and continuous spectrum scanning; (40) Sennheiser BA 70 (2.2) batteries (1720 mAh) compatible with Spectera SEK beltpacks; (4) Sennheiser Spectera OM MADI Cards with BNC connections; (32) Sennheiser Spectera SEK UHF bodypacks featuring DECT technology and 32-bit float recording capability; (16) Sennheiser LM6070 charger cores compatible with BA70 batteries; (4) Sennheiser L6000 battery chargers with networked monitoring; and (16) Ethercon cables consisting of black shielded CAT6 cable in lengths of 4x 25', 8x 50', and 4x 100'.

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Salient Characteristics

United States Air Force

Band, Washington DC

Wireless In-Ear Monitoring System

6 August 2026

Part 1

General Information

1. GENERAL: This is a goods contract to provide a complete professional wireless audio transmission and RF distribution system to the United States Air Force Band, Washington DC. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein.

Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor, who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.

The United States Air Force Band performs community relations concerts in the National Capital Region and on tours throughout the United States, as well as protocol missions at venues such as the White House, the Pentagon, and other distinguished venues. These missions require secure, long-range, wideband wireless audio systems capable of operating in congested RF environments with maximum flexibility and redundancy.

Vendor shall provide the following equipment, new (not used or refurbished), delivered to: Hangar 2, 201 McChord Street SW, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, DC 20032, with the following characteristics;

1. Wireless Transceiver Core Units

(4) Sennheiser Spectera Base Station with license (zone 2)

• 32 Input channels and 32 Output channels

• 2 wideband RF Carriers

• Redundant Dante connectivity

• 48 or 96Khz sampling rate

• Bi-Directional wireless capabilities for In Ears or Wireless mics

• 4x PoE Antenna Ports

• Rack-mountable chassis

• Internal AC power supply

• Firmware upgradeable

2. Channel Expansion Licenses

(10) Sennheiser Spectera DAD bidirectional antenna module

• Bidirectional RF operation for the Sennheiser Spectera system

• Uses RJ45 ethernet connection to the base station

• IP 54 Egress protection

• Continuous spectrum scanning

3. Transmitter batteries

(40) Sennheiser BA 70 (2.2) batteries

• 1720 mAh batteries compatible with Spectera SEK beltpack

4. Spectera MADI Card

(4) Sennheiser Spectera OM MADI Card for base station

• BNC MADI Option Card for Sennehiser Spectera Base

• Must be compatible with Spectera Base Station

5. Bodypack Transmitters

(32) Sennheiser Spectera SEK UHF bodypack

• Bidirectional wireless bodypack for in-ears or for mic/line inputs

• Digital transceiver utilizing DECT technology

• 1/8” output connector and 3 pin LEMO input connector

• 32-bit float recording capability

• Compatible with Sennheiser Spectera System

• Professional touring-grade design

6. Battery Core for charger

(16) Sennheiser LM6070 Charger core for L6000

• 2x BA70 charging core

• Compatible with L6000 charger and BA70 battery

7. Battery Charger

(4) Sennheiser L6000 battery chargers

• Must be compatible with Sennheiser LM6070 charging cores

• Networked battery monitoring

8. Ethercon Cable

(4) Proco Durashield-25NBNB; (8) Proco Durashield-50NBNB; (4) Proco Durashield-100NBNB

• Black shielded CAT6 cable with Ethercon connectors

• 4x 25’; 8x 50’; 4x 100’

6 August 2026

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