Statement of Need.pdf

STATEMENT OF NEED – Purchase GNSS Antennas 141011-24-0062

National Geodetic Survey

1. Introduction/Background The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has a clearly stated mission to “define, maintain and provide access to the National Spatial Reference System” (NSRS). This mission is founded in Congressional mandates and Executive orders and has been the basic mission of NGS since its inception as part of the Survey of the Coast in 1807. In particular, the NGS Field Operations Branch supports positioning efforts with field surveys for Coastal Mapping, NERRS, Federal Aviation Administration Airport Obstruction Surveys, and various internal NGS surveying efforts. NGS requires GNSS receivers to capture geodetic quality observations to define and validate the geodetic framework needed for foundational data acquisition and support of NOAA mapping programs. Currently, satellite positioning constellations are evolving and this acquisition will replace older receivers not currently able to utilize all available satellite data for positioning purposes. This can lead to less accurate data and the inability to meet project demands of collecting data in all of the GNSS spectrum. In addition to updating receivers to capture data from new constellations, NGS also has a need to purchase geodetic quality receivers for deployment at NGS-owned and operated Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) stations in direct support of the National National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). NGS desires to purchase additional receivers that can meet the needs of NGS’ Spatial Reference System Division (SRSD).

2. Scope of Work

This procurement is for the purchasing of the following items:

● Tallysman VC6150 VeraChoke® Full GNSS Antennas - model # 33-VC6150-14

○ number of units: 14

○ 50 dB gain N-Type connectors, compatible with small and large SCIGN radomes

● Trimble Zephyr 3 Base GNSS antenna - model #10466150

○ number of units: 4

○ with 10 meter antenna cable 115000-50-INT

● Vaisala WXT536 6B1B1A3D1B1B Weather Transmitter

○ number of units: 10

**This procurement is brand- specific and a FAR 13 - Sole Source - Brand Name memo has been provided.

3. Product Specifications Summary

Manufacture Item Number Description Qty

Tallysman 33-VC6150-14 Tallysman VC6150 VeraChoke® Full GNSS Antenna

Trimble 10466150

Trimble Zephyr 3 Base GNSS antenna with 10 meter antenna cable 115000-

50-INT

Vaisala 6B1B1A3D1B1B Vaisala WXT536 6B1B1A3D1B1B Weather Transmitter

4. Requested Delivery/Period of Performance: Delivery by 30 September 2024

5. IT Security Requirements

The Assessment and Authorization (A&A) requirements of Clause 48 CFR 1352.239-72 do not apply, and a Security Accreditation Package is not required.

The following is a list of relevant information the Department of Commerce (DOC) Information Technology (IT) Security takes into consideration when assessing the security requirements and risk for procuring IT products and services.

a) The Contractor shall only supply Information Technology (e.g., hardware, software, firmware, etc.) and/or product license and shall not require the use of any contractor owned equipment. The contractor will not have remote access to any government owned equipment. The Contractor shall ensure the acquiring Information Technology provided disables “phone home” or similar capabilities.

b) Product support and supporting documentation allows for the sanitization of the acquiring Information Technology and/or product license upon the disposal of the product. Product shall allow the use one of the approved methods for secure destruction of data/information including unclassified but sensitive information. Approved methods include NIST Special Publications 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitization (https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-88r1.pdf) or the National Security Agency in the Media Destruction Guidance (https://www.nsa.gov/Resources/Media-Destruction-Guidance/).

c) The acquiring information technology is engineered for trustworthy and security that is consistent with the engineering-based trustworthy secure solutions as outlined in NIST Special Publication 800-160 Systems Security Engineering: Considerations for a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems (https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-160v1.pdf).

d) The acquiring information technology complies with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-07-18 Ensuring New Acquisitions Include Common Security

Configurations and the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) 39.101(d) regulations require NIST common security configuration checklists including United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) initiative. More information is available at National Checklist Program (NCP), (https://nvd.nist.gov/ncp/repository), the U.S.

government repository of publicly available security checklists (or benchmarks) that provide detailed low-level guidance on setting the security configuration of operating systems and applications. The acquiring information technology takes into account the following requirements:

i. Software procured meets the standard installation, operation, maintenance, updates and/or patching of software shall not alter the configuration settings from the approved USGCB/other secure configuration.

ii. Applications designed for normal end users run in the standard user context without elevated system administration privileges.

iii. Supporting documentation or reference(s) that describes the security capabilities, the design and development processes and the testing and evaluation procedures used by the product or services being provided for this acquisition.

iv. Supporting documentation or reference(s) that describes all product or service updates and enhancements as they are implemented. The product or service supporting documentation could be the user and system administrator guides, which is documents the functional properties of the security controls employed to permit the analysis and testing of the security controls.

e) The acquiring information technology complies with the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors requirements from FAR 4.1302 stating: (a) In order to comply with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201-3 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors (https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.201-3), agencies must purchase only approved personal identity verification products and services, (b) Agencies may acquire the approved products and services from the GSA, Federal Supply Schedule 70, Special Item Number (SIN) 132-62, HSPD-12 Product and Service Components, in accordance with ordering procedures outlined in FAR Subpart 8.4.

f) The acquiring information technology complies with Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) requirements from FAR part 11.002 requirements that state the agency Chief Information Officer can waive this requirement provided the acquisition requirements documents the appropriate technical capabilities defined in the USGv6 Profile available in the NIST Special Publication (SP) 500-267 (https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/usgv6-program) and the corresponding declarations of conformance. To meet this requirement each DOC acquisition of IP protocol technology must express requirements for IPv6 capabilities in terms of the USGv6 Profile (i.e., using the USGV6 Capabilities Check List) and vendors must be required to document their product’s support of the requested capabilities through the USGv6 test program (https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/usgv6-program/usgv6-revision-1) using the USGv6 Suppliers Declaration of Conformity.

6. 12 month Option Period(s) Added:

Include in this procurement an option to purchase additional equipment at a later date.

7. Ship to Address -

NOAA/National Geodetic Survey Spatial Reference Systems Division Attn: Trevor OBryan 672 Independence Parkway Chesapeake, VA 23320-5177