GPC DRAFT SIR Notice_693KA8-24-PSIR-GPC-01-Part 1_20240829.pdf

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Contract Opportunity Announcement

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Notice ID: 693KA8-24-PSIR-GPC-01 Title: National Airspace System (NAS) Ground-to-Ground Protocol Converter (GPC) Draft SIR, Part 1 Issue Date: August 29, 2024 Response Date/Time: October 15, 2024, 3:00 PM EDT Contracting Officer: Alessha M. Mason (alessha.m.mason@faa.gov) Contract Specialist: Michael E. Tekle (michael.e.tekle@faa.gov)

1. Purpose

This is a pre-solicitation Screening Information Request (SIR) notice for the FAA’s VoICE over IP Communication Enterprise (VoICE) Ground-to-Ground Protocol Converter (GPC) System. This notice advises industry of the FAAs intent to issue a competitive, unrestricted SIR in accordance with AMS Procurement Guidance T3.2.2.3, Complex Source Selection.

This notice serves the following purposes:

1. Solicits industry comments on the GPC pre-solicitation draft SIR 693KA8-24-PSIR-GPC-01 for Sections B – K (Sections L & M will be posted at a later date);

2. Solicits industry feedback regarding potential improprieties in the SIR that are apparent prior to issuance of the final SIR; and

3. Announces FAA’s Intent to Conduct a GPC Pre-Solicitation Industry Day and One-on-Ones.

2. Industry Day/One-on-Ones

The FAA intends to host an industry day (pre-solicitation conference) once all draft GPC SIR sections have been released and before the final GPC SIR is released. The FAA anticipates that the industry day will be held virtually via a collaborative webinar. Announcement of the industry day will made on the System for Award Management (SAM) website. The FAA anticipates conducting one-on-ones with industry following the release of all draft GPC SIR documents and industry day.

3. Instructions for Submittal

Industry feedback will be considered in the preparation of formal solicitations. Draft SIR Comments and FAA responses will be posted on the SAM website. No comments, questions, or inquiries shall be made to any Government person other than the point of contact identified below.

Responses must be submitted via e-mail to:

Alessha M. Mason Contracting Officer, AFN/AAQ-320 9-AWA-VoiceInfo@faa.gov and alessha.m.mason@faa.gov

The email subject line must state the SAM.gov Notice ID followed by the company name. Responses must be submitted only in electronic format. Responses must be submitted using the Industry Comment Form mailto:9-AWA-VoiceInfo@faa.gov

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(Excel file) attached. Telephone calls or paper submissions will not be accepted. Any proprietary or confidential information contained in the submissions must be appropriately marked.

All submissions in response to this notice must be received no later than October 15, 2024, by 3:00 PM EDT. Submissions prior to October 15, 2024, will be accepted.

4. Attachments/Links

1. GPC 693KA8-24-PSIR-GPC-01 Draft Sections B – K, separate files as follows:

• GPC SIR Section B_DRAFT-20240809 (Zip File)

• GPC SIR Section C_DRAFT-20240809

• GPC SIR Section D_DRAFT-20240809

• GPC SIR Section E_DRAFT-20240809

• GPC SIR Section F_DRAFT-20240809

• GPC SIR Section G_DRAFT-20240809

• GPC SIR Section H_DRAFT-20240809

• GPC SIR Section I_DRAFT-20240809

• GPC SIR Section J List of Attachments_DRAFT-20240809

• GPC SIR Section J Attachments_DRAFT-20240809 (Zip File)

• GPC SIR Section K_DRAFT-20240809

2. 693KA8-24-PSIR-GPC-01 Industry Comment Form (Microsoft Excel file)

3. Link 1, National Airspace System VoICE Notice #2, March 2020 (Notice ID: 693KA8-20-RFI-

VoICE-2)

4. Link 2, National Airspace System (NAS) G/G Protocol Converter (GPC), Nov 2020 (Notice ID:

693KA8-21-RFI-GPC-01)

5. Link 3, National Airspace System (NAS) G/G Protocol Converter (GPC) Draft System

Specification and IRD, March 2021 (Notice ID: 693KA8-21-RFI-GPC-02)

6. Link 4, National Airspace System (NAS) G/G Protocol Converter (GPC) Draft Specifications, March 2023 (Notice ID: 693KA8-23-RFI-GPC-01)

5. Disclaimers

This is not a screening information request (SIR) or request for proposal. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. In accordance with Acquisition Management System (AMS) Policy 3.2.1.3.8, this pre-release of the draft SIR, is an important part of communication with industry and both beneficial to industry, as well as the FAA, providing opportunity for the FAA to gauge interested sources and for industry to provide feedback.

For questions about FAA’s acquisition policies, please visit https://fast.faa.gov, which provides the FAA’s AMS Policy and Guidance as well as provisions and clauses used by the FAA in its acquisitions.

Participation in this pre-solicitation notice is voluntary and respondents may choose to respond to all or some of the requests. Submissions in response to this pre-solicitation notice announcement must be relevant to the subject of the pre-solicitation notice. Responses will be reviewed by U.S. Government https://sam.gov/opp/13a345af73ac4e94a9dead8a628f5f61/view?keywords=VoiCE%20RFI&sort=-modifiedDate&index=opp&is_active=false&page=1&organization_id=100003657 https://sam.gov/opp/13a345af73ac4e94a9dead8a628f5f61/view?keywords=VoiCE%20RFI&sort=-modifiedDate&index=opp&is_active=false&page=1&organization_id=100003657 https://sam.gov/opp/f81145be993846969b99ae63efd60ffa/view https://sam.gov/opp/207f450de9994492a99e7b4cc166cf61/view https://sam.gov/opp/28e6ec67718043a3b7f517e807fe54ee/view

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employees and a limited number of FAA support contractors working under non-disclosure agreements.

All costs associated with the preparation or submission of responses is the responsibility of the potential source. The U.S. Government will not pay for an information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to the market survey. Any cost associated with the market survey submission, therefore, is solely at the interested contractor’s expense.

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