RFQ_Q's.xlsx
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- Vessel Tracking Satellite & AIS Subscription Service Federal contract opportunity
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- HTC711-17-Q-D039
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VESSEL TRACKING SATELLITE AND AIS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
HTC711-17-Q-D039
| Q # | Questions | Response |
| 1 | 1) What is the equipment on board 2) Does this equipment permit the end-user to specify the destination (email address, web site, other) to which position information is sent when information is relayed through satellite and 3) Please provide a sample of the format of the positioning data generated and sent by the on-vessel equipment. | The current equipment aboard the vessels are the Class A and Class B AIS |
Transceivers that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires for vessel in excess of 300 gross tons and all passenger ships as required by Safety of Life at Sea Conventions (SOLAS). SDDC does not directly interact with any of the vessels being tracked; that interaction takes place between the satellite data provider and the individual vessels. SDDC has no knowledge of the Make or Models of the transceivers installed on any of the 50,000 to 100,000 vessels operating worldwide nor do we have knowledge of the specific capabilities of the equipment. SDDC is seeking to consume data that is made commercially available without any involvement in the technical or logistical gathering of the vessel position satellite data.
SDDC requires the ability to track any of these vessel with the existing AIS Transceivers already aboard the vessels. Any solution that would require additional equipment beyond what is already aboard the vessel, the modification of existing equipment, or requiring additional crew interaction would not be viable due to the vast number of vessels in existence and SDDC's not having authority over the vessels or vessel operators to mandate such a requirement.
| 2 | Use of vessel name as a search key may not return results expected as many vessels may hold the same name. Is the DOD receptive to other search keys in addition to IMO and Vessel Name? | SDDC uses IMO as the search key |
| 3 | In addition to the return of the location data, to include latitude and longitude, what other identifying data should be returned? | Speed, heading, name, call sign, registered flag, vessel type, status, destination, ETA, and draft |
| 4 | Can the DOD multiple requests be made to return location and identifying data against all vessels queried (rg DOD can send 100 messages with 1000 vessels each to return 10,000 vessel positions)? | SDDC intends to send an hourly (batch) inquiry for 300-400 vessels to obtain |
location data while also having the ability to query for an individual ship (ad hoc) at any given time, multiple times a day, when needed.
| 5 | How many vessel positions for each vessel will be requested in one message (eg only the most current, last ten positions, all positions within the last hour)? | Only the most current |
| 6 | On average, how many vessels will be requested with each query? The documents say 10,000 unique vessels in a 24 hour period, with at least hourly reports, up to every 10 minutes. Is it 10,000 requests every hour, every 10 mins, or some number in between? To be safe, should we assume 10,000 vessels every 10 minutes? | Approximately 300 to 400 vessels per hour, up to a total of 10,000 vessel inquiries per day. The data provided to SDDC must be current to within 10 minutes of the time of inquiry. |
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