FY21 Automated Ground Radio Testing Platform

Solicitation Number: M68909-21-Q-7800

 Description:               FY21 Automated Ground Radio Testing Platform

Agency:                      Department of the Navy

Office:                        United Sates Marine Corps, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA)

Location:                    Camp Pendleton, CA

Notice Type:              Sources Sought – Request For Information (RFI)

Synopsis:

The Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA) provides technical and engineering support services to the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC). MCTSSA supports the mission of MCSC in acquisition and program sustainment by providing system level testing and interoperability testing.

MCTSSA has a requirement to construct an automated ground radio testing platform. The intent of this RFI is to determine qualified vendors who can furnish the requested materials while certifying compliance to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.212-3.

Hardware characteristics and quantities are listed below.

• Hardware - 4x32 25 wire RSM Matrix QTY 1 (Cytec Mfg. Part Number)

                 Serial switch salient characteristics:

                  - 19" rack mountable

                  - Less than 50 lbs.

                  - LAN interface

                  - At least 32 D25 connectors

                  - Remote control via ASCII commands

                  - Switching is 1 to 1 and acts like a cable

                  - Allow any one of two inputs to connect to any one of 32 output

                  - Accepts US shore power (120 V, 60 Hz AC)

• Hardware - SPDT Relay  QTY 32

                 SPDT relay salient characteristics:

                  - Through hole mounting

                  - Not surface mount

                  - DIP package

                  - 5 VDC coil voltage

                  - At least 10 V switching voltage

     

• Hardware - SP8T EM Relay QTY 8

                 SP8T RF switch salient characteristics:

                  - Female SMA connections at 50 Ohms

                  - 50 Ohm impedance

                  - 28V control voltage

                  - DC minimum frequency

                  - At least 20 kHz maximum frequency

                  - Remote control

                  - SP8T switch design

• Hardware - SP4T EM Relay  QTY 2

                 SP4T RF switch salient characteristics:

                  - Female SMA connections at 50 Ohms

                  - 50 Ohm impedance

                  - 28V control voltage

                  - DC minimum frequency

                  - At least 20 kHz maximum frequency

                  - Remote control

                  - SP4T switch design

• Hardware - SPDT EM Relay  QTY 32

                 SPDT RF switch salient characteristics:

                  - Female SMA connections

                  - 50 Ohm impedance

                  - 28V control voltage

                  - DC minimum frequency

                  - At least 20 kHz maximum frequency

                  - Remote control

                  - SPDT switch design

       

This Sources Sought Notice and Request for Information is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request For Quotation (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. It is not a notice of solicitation issuance. The Government is making no commitment to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. At this time, the Government is not seeking quotations and will not accept unsolicited quotations in response to this RFI. Any information submitted in response to this market research is provided voluntarily and the Government assumes no responsibility for any costs respondents might incur by responding. Businesses that are small, with the capabilities to deliver the requirements stated within, are encouraged to reply to this Sources Sought Notice.

A decision to refrain from responding to this Sources Sought Notice and RFI will not preclude a party from participating in any future RFQ, if any is issued. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained, accepted, or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluation will be provided to companies regarding their capability submissions.

If your organization has the potential capability to deliver these requirements, please provide a response by submitting the information below:

1. Company name, address, POC name, phone number, fax number and email;
2. Contractor (CAGE Code);
3. Business size and socioeconomic status (i.e., Large, Small, Women-Owned);
4. GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract number.

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to deliver the above mentioned requirements are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, 06 May 2021 to jeanie.leeper@usmc.mil.

Contact Details:

Ms. Jeanie Leeper

Contract Specialist

Jeanie.leeper@usmc.mil

Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA)

Camp Pendleton, California 92055

United States