RFI 3 ISO Shelters _Combined.pdf

RFI #3

FA251726QA034 4 EWS ISO Shelters

1. Is STC 50 sound attenuation required?

A minimum of STC 45 is required

2. Which sections of ICD 705 apply? Chapter 6 only?

No Ch6 is for Temporary. The container must meet Ch3 FFC and Ch7 and ch 9 of the ICD705TechSpecv1.4

1. Please confirm that the purchaser will be responsible for certifying the unit as a

SCIF.

The accreditation of the facility will be the responsibility of the purchaser, but the construction must meet the guidance laid out in the ICD705TechSpecv1.4

2. Is there a weight limit for the shelter?

Prefer the weight be 25K or less

3. Named manufacturer and product eligibility. Amendment 4 identifies the AAR

Mobility TFI shelter as the reference product and also permits a brand-name-or-equal solution. Our team of UTIG and Gaven intend to offer a Gaven-engineered equal and comparable shelter with exact manufacturer, model, and part numbers. Please confirm whether AAR Mobility TFI is only the Government's brand of choice/reference design or the only acceptable shelter product and confirm that a Gaven product will be evaluated when the quote provides a complete salient-characteristics crosswalk and supporting evidence.

The AAR Mobility TFI shelter was identified as the reference product through initial market research as the first known solution to demonstrate a viable design meeting operational requirement. In accordance with Amendment 4, the AAR shelter serves as the reference standard and is not the sole acceptable product;

an alternate Gaven-engineered shelter will be fully evaluated as a "brand name or equal" solution provided the quote includes a complete salient-characteristics crosswalk and sufficient supporting technical documentation demonstrating full compliance with all solicitation requirements.

4. Required accreditation end state. Our team proposes to deliver shelters designed, documented, tested, and ready to support Government accreditation under ICD/ICS 705, with final accreditation remaining with the cognizant Accrediting Official. Must the contractor instead deliver fully accredited SCIF before acceptance? Please define the required compliance and accreditation documentation at delivery and identify whether the fixed-facility, temporary/mobile, or another approved design basis applies.

Final SCIF accreditation will be conducted directly by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as the cognizant Accrediting Official (AO) following delivery. The contractor is not required to deliver an already-accredited SCIF before acceptance; however, the manufacturer must provide complete documentation and testing package at delivery demonstrating that all applicable ICD/ICS 705 standards are met to support DIA's formal accreditation process. To further facilitate the accreditation timeline, the purchasing unit will develop and execute the Construction Security Plan (CSP) upon contract award.

5. Testing of the completed production shelters. Our technical approach is to test the delivered design after the shielding boundary, doors, filters, ducts, power connections, communications penetrations, racks, and IDS interfaces are installed. Must each of the two production shelters receive final-configuration ASTM E1925 and HEMP testing, or will qualification/type-test data from an identical configuration be accepted for either requirement?

This question has been put forward to CFC SSO to seek guidance on it based on DIA standards.

6. HEMP test scope, approval, and retesting. Gaven will develop the HEMP boundary, points of entry, test plan, correction process, and final evidence around the Government's specified 80 dB requirement. Please identify the exact MIL-STD- 188 part and revision, frequency range, test methods, and pass/fail criteria, including whether shielding-effectiveness, pulsed-current-injection, and continuous-wave-immersion testing are required. Who approves and witnesses the test, accepts results, and authorizes shipment following correction or retest?

This question has been put forward to CFC SSO to seek guidance on it based on DIA standards.

7. Domestic-content scope and proof. Our team will provide an exact part-number and country-of-origin matrix for the configuration offered. Does Amendment 4's requirement that all components be manufactured in the United States extend to commercial electronic subcomponents, connector internals, breakers, sensors, filters, locks, lighting components, and raw materials? Please identify any permitted COTS or non-available-item exceptions and confirm whether a signed manufacturer matrix is sufficient or certificates from every lower-tier manufacturer are required.

Under ICS 705 and applicable Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) standards, the domestic-content requirement applies to the primary shelter integration and critical security/TEMPEST components (such as GSA-approved locks, RF/data filters, and penetration systems), but does not extend down to baseline raw materials, connector internals, or passive, non-emitting COTS electrical items (such as standard breakers, basic sensors, and lighting). For quote evaluation, a signed Prime Contractor/Manufacturer Country-of-Origin (COO) and Bill of Materials (BOM) matrix is sufficient proof of compliance;

individual certificates from lower-tier component manufacturers are not required.

8. Evidence that each container is newly constructed in the United States. Gaven proposes to manufacture each end item from a new and unused U.S.-made container and provide traceable production evidence. Please confirm which records the Government will accept manufacturer certification, manufacturing location, production record, serial number, purchase record, CSC plate, ISO certificate, or another specified combination.

In accordance with ICS 705 procurement security and traceability standards, the Government requires verifiable proof that each container is newly manufactured within the United States. To satisfy this requirement, the contractor must provide a signed Manufacturer Certificate of Conformance (CoC) identifying the U.S.

manufacturing facility/location, linked to each unit's unique Serial Number and verified by its CSC Safety Approval Plate / ISO Data Plate, alongside corresponding production/procurement records establishing new, unused origin; lower-tier mill test reports are not required unless requested by the Accrediting Official.

9. Structural and transport qualifications. Gaven will design the shelter around the stated 20-foot form factor and fixed lower ISO corner blocks. Please identify every required lifting, stacking, rail, sea, and air-transport standard, including whether ISO 668, ISO 1496, CSC, MIL-STD-209, or another certification applies, and provide the required gross-weight, payload, floor-load, tie-down, and center-of-gravity limits.

The shelter must comply with standard intermodal and military transportability criteria, requiring certification under ISO 668 / ISO 1496-1 (Series 1 Freight Containers), CSC safety standards, and MIL-STD-209 (Tiedown and Lifting). For tactical and multimodal mobility, the shelter must feature full-width field-forklift pockets and fixed lower ISO corner fittings compatible with standard mobilization wheel kits (e.g., Mobilizers/TABS) and ground handling equipment.

For flight certification, the unit must meet internal air-transport criteria (e.g., MIL-STD-1791 / ATTLA approval for C-130, C-17, and C-5 aircraft), with a maximum gross weight not to exceed 15,000 lbs (or the baseline 20-ft ISO Tare/Payload threshold specified in the salient characteristics), a minimum distributed floor load rating of 100 PSF, marked Center-of-Gravity (CG) indicators, and rated tie-down provisions meeting 3G/4.5G flight restraint criteria.

10. Environmental design conditions. Because the shelters will be placed outdoors at Peterson SFB, Gaven must size the structure, seals, coating, and cooling approach for the actual site conditions. Please provide the required operating and storage temperatures, altitude, humidity, solar load, wind, snow, rain, dust, corrosion, and water-ingress criteria, including any applicable environmental test standard.

In accordance with ICS 705 and applicable environmental standards (e.g., MIL- STD-810H), the shelter must be designed for worldwide tactical deployment across diverse theaters, including Colorado (Peterson SFB high altitude/freezing), INDOPACOM (high humidity/salt fog/monsoon), and CENTCOM (extreme heat/blowing sand/solar load). Continuous, high-performance environmental and perimeter seals, along with high-R-value thermal insulation and weather-tight coatings, are strictly required to simultaneously preserve acoustic isolation (STC ratings), maintain TEMPEST/RF attenuation, and prevent thermal loss or moisture/dust ingress, thereby allowing Government-furnished HVAC systems to maintain the stable internal temperature and humidity required for mission computer equipment across global operating extremes (-30°F to +125°F).

11. Government equipment loads and utility interfaces. Our team will configure six equipment racks, shock isolation, cooling, power distribution, filtered penetrations, and transport restraints around the Government's installed equipment. Please provide equipment weight, rack-unit allocation, heat load, power draw, cable volume, airflow direction, and center-of-gravity data. Also confirm whether the 200A, 100A, and two 60A Class-L passthroughs are additive to, or replace, Attachment 1's 60A input/output connections and whether each listed connection is required on both shelters.

The estimated weight of the Government-installed equipment across the six racks is approximately 3,200 lbs when fully configured, with front-to-back airflow and standard 19-inch rack-unit allocations. Total power draw, load management, and circuit balancing will be regulated internally by the system-integrated Power Distribution Unit (PDU) / Power Distribution Boxes not incorporated directly into the shelter design. Regarding utility interfaces, the specified 200A, 100A, and dual 60A Class-L power passthroughs are required on both containers to ensure redundant, high-capacity utility connectivity across varied mission environments, superseding any single-feed 60A baseline connection.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AFFECTING MANDATORY COMPLIANCE, PRICE, SCHEDULE,

DELIVERY, OR ACCEPTANCE

12. Operational security use and acoustic criteria. Gaven will tailor the perimeter, locks, acoustic protection, IDS, and internal layout to the approved operating mode.

Will each shelter support open storage, closed storage, continuous operation, classified discussions, data processing, or a combination? Please identify the applicable Sound Group and minimum STC requirement for the final configuration.

In accordance with ICS 705 standards, each shelter is designated for continuous, unmanned operations requiring an Open Storage security configuration. The perimeter, door assemblies, and all utility penetrations must achieve a minimum acoustic rating of Sound Group 3 / STC 45 or higher and be secured by an approved GSA Class 5/FF-L-2740-compliant locking system.

Because the facility operates unmanned when secured, the integrated, tamper-protected Intrusion Detection System (IDS) must provide continuous, UL 2050-compliant volumetric motion detection and full-perimeter breach/tamper annunciation (including door contacts and structural penetration sensors) reporting immediately to a designated monitoring station.

13. Door, cargo-door, and life-safety configuration. Our team proposes a compliant access and emergency-egress arrangement that preserves the protective boundary.

Please confirm whether the ISO cargo doors must be retained, permanently secured, or incorporated into a vestibule; whether a separate emergency-egress door is required; and which fire, emergency-lighting, accessibility, and local building-code provisions apply.

The Government’s preferred configuration is a single entrance door designed with sufficient clear-opening width to allow the direct ingress, installation, and removal of standard-sized 19-inch server chassis and heavy Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) modules without degrading the perimeter seal. In accordance with ICS 705 and life-safety criteria, the shelter will operate unmanned when secured but must feature single-motion emergency egress hardware (panic bar) for servicing personnel; when the door remains open during non-operational servicing or egress, an integrated obscura/visual-blocking curtain must be deployed across the entryway to prevent visual observation of internal systems. If exterior ISO cargo end-doors are utilized for initial structural assembly, they must be permanently secured, welded, or bolted internally to maintain the continuous RF, acoustic, and tamper-protected boundary.

14. IDS furnishing and certification responsibility. Gaven can either furnish and integrate a complete UL 2050 Extent 3 IDS package or provide protected interfaces for Government-furnished equipment. Please confirm which party must furnish the PCU, Level II high-security switches, PIR sensors, backup power, encrypted communications, Vindicator interface, installation, testing, and certification, and state the destination acceptance procedure.

The contractor is required to furnish, install, and pre-wire a complete, turn-key, UL 2050 Extent 3-compliant Intrusion Detection System (IDS) integrated directly within the shelter to maintain perimeter integrity. The contractor-furnished package must include the Premise Control Unit (PCU), High Security Switches (HSS / Level II BMS on all doors and hatches), dual-technology PIR volumetric motion sensors, battery backup, and all tamper-supervised conduit pathways.

Crucially, the PCU must incorporate a fully compatible interface/transponder to integrate directly into the existing base-wide Honeywell Vindicator security management system. Final destination acceptance will occur after joint physical inspection and functional end-to-end testing verifying alarm, tamper, motion, and breach annunciation to the central monitoring station.

15. Government-furnished design inputs and schedule relief. Gaven's final design depends on Government ECU specifications, rack-equipment data, Vindicator interface information, communications media and connector schedules, and AO/CTTA direction. When will these inputs be released, and will a Government delay in providing or approving them result in an equitable adjustment to the 90-day delivery schedule and affected price?

The Government will furnish specific integration data packages promptly upon contract award, including technical interface protocols for the base Vindicator system and a generalized equipment component summary to account for mission-variable rack configurations. Environmental Cooling Units (ECUs) are military-specification Alaskan HVAC systems; each shelter must provide standardized intake and exhaust interfaces consisting of two 14.5-inch ducted ports per ECU (accommodating two dual-duct ECUs per container, positioned on the broad side walls with integrated RF/waveguide attenuation and acoustic baffles). For communication and mission data links, the shelter must feature a customizable penetration panel that includes an exterior, lockable, tamper-monitored access enclosure to maintain physical and TEMPEST boundary security post-delivery. Any verifiable, Government-caused delays in the release or approval of critical GFE/GFI inputs will be addressed in accordance with standard FAR adjustment and schedule relief provisions.

16. Factory and destination acceptance. Our team proposes defined factory witness points, document turnover, shipment release, and destination inspection for each shelter. Please identify the separate factory-acceptance and destination-acceptance criteria, the authorized acceptance official, required correction and retest steps, and whether each shelter may be accepted and invoiced independently.

This question has been put forward to CFC SSO to seek guidance on it based on DIA standards.

17. Controlled technical information and security handling. Our team may need to receive and generate drawings, CTTA instructions, IDS plans, penetration schedules, test records, and accreditation-support documents. Will any of this information be classified or CUI? Please identify applicable cybersecurity, transmission, storage, marking, personnel-clearance, facility, and data-rights requirements before release of the information.

Technical packages, drawings, penetration schedules, IDS wiring plans, CTTA guidance, and accreditation-support data generated or received under this requirement will be designated as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) (specifically CUI//SP-CTI / Defense Critical Infrastructure Information), with no classified document transmission anticipated prior to delivery. In accordance with DFARS 252.204-7012, DoDI 5200.48, and NIST SP 800-171, the contractor must enforce approved safeguards for CUI storage, handling, transmission, and marking across all corporate systems, and all personnel accessing these design packages must be verified U.S. citizens. Any proprietary engineering designs will be protected under standard Government Purpose Rights / commercial technical data clauses as defined in the solicitation.

18. Warranty, sustainment, and training. Our team will include a defined warranty and technical-data package in the firm-fixed price. Please specify the required warranty period, response and repair times, onsite support, operator/maintainer training, spare parts, manuals, post-delivery testing, and HEMP-hardness surveillance or maintenance obligations.

The contractor must provide a standard one-year commercial/manufacturer warranty covering all structural, environmental seal, electrical distribution, RF/TEMPEST, and IDS components, with on-site technical response times defined in the solicitation (typically within 48 to 72 hours for critical warranty defects). The firm-fixed price must also include a comprehensive technical data and sustainment package delivered at final acceptance, consisting of complete Operations and Maintenance (O&M) manuals, an initial recommended spare-parts list (e.g., replacement door seals, filters, and standard hardware), as-built mechanical/electrical drawings, factory test reports, and an on-site "train-the-trainer" orientation session for Government operators and maintenance personnel covering shelter deployment, seal inspection, and basic subsystem operation.

19. Exterior finish requirement. Attachment 1 calls for a CARC green exterior, while Government Q&A calls for a white or low-solar-absorption exterior. Gaven can price and qualify either finish, but the coating system affects materials, environmental protection, and schedule. Please identify the controlling color and confirm whether CARC remains mandatory or a non-CARC white low-solar-absorption coating is acceptable.

The controlling exterior finish requirement is updated to a low-solar-absorption coating in white or a very light color (e.g., Fed-Std-595 light reflective/white equivalent) to minimize solar thermal loading and support ECU performance across extreme operating environments such as Peterson SFB and CENTCOM.

The previously referenced green CARC is superseded; a specialized, high-durability, weather-tight, low-solar-absorption exterior finish meeting military environmental resilience and corrosion-resistance standards (e.g., MIL-STD- 810H / commercial high-reflectance equivalent) is acceptable and preferred in lieu of green CARC.