Purchase Description Draft Transceivers.pdf
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- Transceiver for Ground-to-air Communications Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- W50S9F-21-Q-0010
- Issued by
- Department of the Army National Guard
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This document contains a draft purchase description and related federal contract opportunity notice for the procurement of tactical radios. The draft purchase description provides specifications for seven tactical radios needed to replace aging legacy equipment at various locations, including two fixed radios for a Special Operations desk, one fixed radio for an Airfield Management area, three fixed radios for a Command Post, and one mobile radio to be installed in an Airfield Management truck. All radios must operate in VHF and UHF frequency ranges, include noise-canceling microphones, external speakers, ruggedized casing, and meet JF12 compliance standards. Fixed radios must support mounting underneath desks and output 50 watts, while the mobile radio requires a 10-watt output and installation in a Ford F350 vehicle.
The related federal contract opportunity is a request for information regarding potential sources to fulfill the tactical radio requirement. Respondents are requested to provide business information, details on availability through existing contracts, approximate pricing, and any issues or alternative solutions by July 29, 2021 to the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard. The opportunity notice states this pre-solicitation phase is for information gathering only and does not constitute a formal solicitation.
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Purchase Description
New tactical radios in the SOF, MOC, AM Truck & Command Post
1. All requirement descriptions below state desired functionality. The dealer will be responsible to determine what additional components, hardware, etc. will be necessary to deliver a fully functional system. This includes mounting hardware, racks, cables, and any other item that may be necessary but is not specifically mentioned. Offers will be evaluated for completeness and quality.
2. Request: Require seven tactical radios. Two required for the SOF desk, one required for Airfield
Management (AM) truck, one required for MOC area & three required for the Command Post.
The two fixed radios will replace the legacy radios in the SOF, three fixed radios will replace legacy radios in the Command Post, one fixed radio will replace the legacy radio in the MOC area and one new mobile radio for the Airfield Management (AM) truck. All necessary equipment is required to make radios fully functional however, the antenna systems for the fixed radios is already installed and is not required for replacement. We will need a certified technician to install the mobile radio in the (AM) truck. A site survey may need to be required based on customer needs.
3. Justification: The vendor no longer supports current legacy radios installed in the SOF, MOC and Command Post that are over 15 years old and the AM truck requires the ability to monitor and respond to in flight emergencies and relay information to the SOF on tactical radio networks. The SOF, MOC and Command Post require having reliable air to ground communications at all times with the aircraft and AM truck to support mission needs.
4. Minimum requirements are listed below:
All radios shall have
i. Frequency range of 115 to 174 MHz VHF AM and 225 to 400 MHz UHF AM.
ii. Noise canceling handset microphones
iii. External speaker with cable connections, and the capability of connecting a microphone to it.
iv. ruggedized
v. The radios shall be JF12 compliant
vi. Capability to do Cipher text
vii. Have AC/DC power supplies
Radio requirements broken down
i. (2) fixed tactical radios for the Operation Desk shall have
1. 50 watts power out
2. Capability to be stacked and mountable underneath a desk.
ii. (1) fixed tactical radio for the MOC shall have
iii. (3) fixed tactical radios for the Command Post shall have
iv. (1) Mobile radio in the AM truck (GFE Ford F‐350)
1. There is a 6 circuit Blue Sea Systems fuse block and will need to be replaced with a 12 Circuit Blue Sea fuse block or equivalent needed for additional circuits to provide power to the new radio.
2. 10 watts power out
3. Speaker microphone shall be mounted to the front of the console next to other speaker mic.
4. Vehicle antenna mount
5. Omni‐directional antenna
6. Shall be installed by a certified technician
a. Mounted and grounded securely
b. cable management
c. VSWR tested
d. Power out tested
e. Technician will provide test results to the government
Critical Items:
a. None
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