HNAE RFI.pdf

Classification

Small Business Set Aside: Small Business Set Aside

Product Service Code: 5995

NAICS Code: 335929

Place of Performance: Hanscom Air Force Base Bedford, MA 01731 USA

Synopsis:

Located in Bedford Massachusetts, Hanscom AFB is approximately 20 miles Northwest of

Boston Massachusetts and 20 miles Southeast of Harvard Massachusetts. Nearby cities surrounding the base include Lincoln, Sudbury, Lexington, Lowell, north Chelmsford, Woburn, Waltham, Watertown and Newton Massachusetts. Hanscom AFB, 66th ABG, provides support for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC).

Through this RFI, the Aerial Networks Division and AFLCMC/PZI, is seeking information from interested contractors for the procurement and installation of new Radio Frequency (RF) cabling on a composite tower, standing approximately 120 feet tall, located at 15 Eglin Street, building

1607 on Hanscom Air Force Base. The HNAE division is enhancing their Tactical Data

Networks (TDN) Lab with a refresh project including updating the cabling that runs up the composite tower to an antenna that can withstand the harsh New England environment.

Technical Description:

The objective of this RFI is to solicit Letters of Interest (LOI) from potential contractors that can complete the following on the composite tower:

The Contractor shall provide the personnel to complete any installation and assembly along with providing delivery of all tools and ancillary equipment needed for completion. The contractor must be capable of working on a plastic RF tower. The Contractor shall ensure all owners’ manuals, warranty information, maintenance and care instructions and any other information or documentation is provided to the Government. The Contractor will conduct a pre-installation site survey to determine the actual needs for materials and personnel to complete the installation of RF cabling, re-installation of GFE antennas and provide list of materials, schedule and drawings needed based on the pre-installation site survey. The Contractor will provide assistance, as needed, by TDN Lab in coordination with other base agencies for the installation and other work needed to complete this project. The Contractor will test and document the installed infrastructure to ensure it will support operations up to 6GHz and provide documentation of the ‘as built” infrastructure to include cable length, losses, and other mounting hardware.

The materials used must be capable of withstanding the harsh New England environment and to include the ability of water intrusion prevention of the cabling.

The system should be capable of testing and platform integration to verify that the TDL implementations being delivered on Air Force platforms conform to Link 16, Link 11, Link 22, VMF, JREAP, SIMPLE, SADL, DIS, and related TDL standards and interface definitions.

The Contractor shall insure the space is left clean and free of debris following the completion of the installation of the cabling and re-installation of the antenna. The Contractor shall schedule and conduct a walkthrough with Hanscom AFB POCs following completion of services to include debris removal and requisite cleaning.

Guidelines:

Contractors will follow all guidelines that apply in the following standards:

• All applicable ICDs, DoDIs, and AFIs.

• Red and Black separation must be observed, and all cabling must be marked/labeled.

• Meet cabling standards, (i.e., ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C/C.1, (2009) Commercial Building

Telecommunications cabling standards.

• AFI 32-1001Operations Management

• AFI 32-1062 electrical systems, Power Plants and Generators

• AFI 32-1065 Grounding Systems Table A2.1. Scheduled Maintenance for Grounding

Systems

• AFMAN 91-203 Air Force Occupational Safety Fire and Health Standards

• IEEE Standard 142 - Recommended Practice for Grounding of Industrial and

Commercial Power Systems

• Lineman and Cableman’s Handbook

• NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, NFPA 77, NFPA 780

• T.O. 00-5-1

• TO 31-1-141 Series

• UFC 3-520-01 INTERIOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

• UFC 3-530-01 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND

CONTROLS

• UFC 3-550-01 EXTERIOR ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION

• UFC 3-560-01 OPERATION and MAINTENANCE ELECTRICAL SAFETY

• UFC 3-570-01 CATHODIC PROTECTION

• UFC 3-570-06 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE: CATHODIC PROTECTION

SYSTEMS

• UFC 3-575-01 LIGHTNING AND STATIC ELECTRICITY PROTECTION SYSTEMS

• UFC 3-580-01 TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE

• MIL-HDBK-419A GROUNDING, BONDING, AND SHIELDING FOR ELECTRONIC

EQUIPMENTS AND FACILITIES

Deliverables:

The Contractor shall provide the following the following deliverables to the Government:

• The Contractor shall notify the TDN Lab Manager/POC identified above at the time of shipping.

• The Contractor shall provide notification to the Government contracting representative at least five (5) days prior to delivery.

• Fully functioning and installed cabling shall be within sixty (60) days of contract award.

Interested parties should submit a letter of interest detailing how their organization would meet the requirements listed above. Please provide a point of contact for your organization as well as well as the name of a person (if different) with authority to enter into agreements with outside parties.

Special Note:

This is not a request for proposal (RFP), applications, proposals abstract, or quotations, nor does its issuance obligate or restrict the Government to an Acquisition approach. The Government does not intent to award a contract based on any responses or pay for the preparation or use of any information submitted. All information submitted should be marked accordingly. The

Government will not be liable, or suffer any consequential damages, for any proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations.

Points of Contact: Please address any comments/ questions regarding this request for information via email to Ms. Jennifer Calisi, at jennifer.calisi@us.af.mil and Ms. Kamryn Anderson, at kamryn.anderson@us.af.mil mailto:jennifer.calisi@us.af.mil mailto:kamryn.anderson@us.af.mil