Sources Sought USAF Band Wireless In Ear Monitors.pdf

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Department of the Air Force 11th Contracting Squadron - Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling D.C.

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS:

Solicitation Number: Notice Type:

FA706026Q0024 Sources Sought

Synopsis:

1. NOTICE: This is not a solicitation but rather a Request for Information to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only.

1.1 The purpose of this sources sought is to conduct market research to determine if responsible sources exist as well as provide estimated market pricing. The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) is 334310 with a size standard of 750 employees. The government will use the information gathered from this sources sought to determine the best acquisition strategy. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your small business status to the identified NAICS code or any additional NAICS codes that are applicable. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements, along with a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers for the past three years. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners, and their business size status.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for quotes nor a guarantee a solicitation will be posted; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; and the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

1. Program Details:

1.0 General Information. The purpose of this contract is the United States Air Force Band requires vendors to provide a complete professional wireless audio transmission and RF distribution system (Wireless In Ear Monitors) for the United States Air Force Band .

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1.1 Scope. The Vendor shall provide the following equipment or similar equipment, new (not used or refurbished), delivered to Hangar 2, 201 McChord Street SW, Joint Base Anacostia- Bolling, Washington, DC 20032, with the following characteristics:

1. Wireless Transceiver Core Units

(4) Sennheiser Spectera Base Station with license (zone 2)

• 32 Input channels and 32 Output channels

• 2 wideband RF Carriers

• Redundant Dante connectivity

• 48 or 96Khz sampling rate

• Bi-Directional wireless capabilities for In Ears or Wireless mics

• 4x PoE Antenna Ports

• Rack-mountable chassis

• Internal AC power supply

• Firmware upgradeable

2. Channel Expansion Licenses

(10) Sennheiser Spectera DAD bidirectional antenna module

• Bidirectional RF operation for the Sennheiser Spectera system

• Uses RJ45 ethernet connection to the base station

• IP 54 Egress protection

• Continuous spectrum scanning

3. Transmitter batteries

(40) Sennheiser BA 70 (2.2) batteries

• 1720 mAh batteries compatible with Spectera SEK beltpack

4. Spectera MADI Card

(4) Sennheiser Spectera OM MADI Card for base station

• BNC MADI Option Card for Sennehiser Spectera Base

• Must be compatible with Spectera Base Station

5. Bodypack Transmitters

(32) Sennheiser Spectera SEK UHF bodypack

• Bidirectional wireless bodypack for in-ears or for mic/line inputs

• Digital transceiver utilizing DECT technology

• 1/8” output connector and 3 pin LEMO input connector

• 32-bit float recording capability

• Compatible with Sennheiser Spectera System

• Professional touring-grade design

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6. Battery Core for charger

(16) Sennheiser LM6070 Charger core for L6000

• 2x BA70 charging core

• Compatible with L6000 charger and BA70 battery

7. Battery Charger

(4) Sennheiser L6000 battery chargers

• Must be compatible with Sennheiser LM6070 charging cores

• Networked battery monitoring

8. Ethercon Cable

(4) Proco Durashield-25NBNB; (8) Proco Durashield-50NBNB; (4) Proco Durashield-

100NBNB

• Black shielded CAT6 cable with Ethercon connectors

• 4x 25’; 8x 50’; 4x 100’

1.2 Interested Parties. Interested parties are requested to submit tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort to include supporting documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. The capability statement shall include:

1.3

1) Company name, mailing address, email address, Web site address (if available), and the name, telephone number, and email address of a point of contact having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives.

2) Name, title, telephone number, and email addresses of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses.

3) Completed price list attached to sources sought or feedback if not feasible.

4) DUNS Number, CAGE Code, Tax Identification Number, company structure

(Corporation, LLC, partnership, joint venture, etc.), and size. Companies must be registered in the System of Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov to be considered as potential sources.

http://www.sam.gov/

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The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to:

1) Provide products consistent or similar in scope and scale with those described in this notice; and

2) Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial and technical resources required to successfully perform this requirement.

2. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to provide the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 1:00 PM ET, 21 AUG 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Ms.

Pa’Shonna Rich at pashonna.rich@us.af.mil and 1Lt Taylor Britt at taylor.britt.4@us.af.mil.

List of Attachment:

1. Salient Characteristics

2. USAF Band In Ear Monitors Price List mailto:roberto.rongavilla.1@us.af.mil

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS: