RFI 21 Nov 19.pdf
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- Lightning Warning Application Development Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- FA252120R0007
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This sources sought synopsis and related solicitation seek sources for the development of a cellular phone application to provide lightning warnings to personnel based on GPS location. The app must interface with the Eastern Range lightning system to warn users within 5 nautical miles of strikes from the last 20 minutes. It should update statuses every 30 seconds or faster, display lightning activity on a map for 30 minutes, and allow weather radar toggling. Respondents are requested to provide one-page capability statements, feedback on the project parameters, and a proposed delivery schedule. The 45th Space Wing/45th Contracting Squadron of the Department of the Air Force Space Command will issue a pre-solicitation for offers to develop this lightning warning application. Current limitations require using Eastern Range lightning data only.
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SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS
LIGHTNING WARNING APP DEVELOPMENT
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FL
1. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; a market survey for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL
BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.
2. Project Description: The 45th Space Wing/45 CONS is seeking sources for a cellular phone application which can interface with the Eastern Range lightning system, and provide warning to personnel based upon their GPS location. The app will warn personnel of a lightning strike within a configurable distance of their current location, and within a configurable time (default is 5 nautical miles within the last 20 minutes).
Current limitation is the app must use the lightning data provided by the Eastern Range lighting system, which both lightning aloft and cloud-to-ground lightning. Other sources of lightning data are unacceptable, even if there is an advertised capability of both lightning aloft and cloud-to-ground lightning. Preferred to be able to configure data to accept lightning data from other sources; examples include, but are not limited to Earth
Networks total lightning, the National Lightning Detection Network, USPLN, and Nowcast.
The app must not make the physical location of the users known to outside government sources.
The status must be updated no less frequently than every 30 sec, but a faster update rate is preferred.
Preferred to have a map (visual) display of all lightning activity for a configurable amount of time (default is 30 min)
Preferred to have the ability to turn on and off weather radar visual data.
3. The Government requests the following in response to this posting:
a. Capability Statements not to exceed one page in length.
b. Feedback on the anticipated project parameters described in paragraph 2 above.
c. Information regarding an appropriate delivery schedule for this project.
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