Giant Voice Ellsworth AFB - Sources Sought
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- F1V3D06054AC01
- Agency
-
Air Combat Command
Air Force, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334310 Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota 57706, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
Air Combat Command is seeking sources capable of engineering, designing, furnishing, installing, and testing a replacement Giant Voice mass notification system at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, with responses due by May 27, 2026; this is a sources-sought notice only and does not represent a solicitation.
The system shall reuse fifteen existing utility poles and the current Motorola APX 6500 radio infrastructure to provide real-time intelligible voice alerts, tone alerts, and music across the entire base for emergency notifications, Force Protection Conditions updates, and routine announcements. The new system must be fully AtHoc-compliant for integration with the Air Force Enterprise BlackBerry AtHoc Net-centric Network Alerting System or Emergency Mass Notification System via Government-Furnished AtHoc Internet-Protocol Integration Module equipment.
The Giant Voice system shall consist of two Central Control Units at primary and alternate command posts with PC-based graphical user interface control stations, each capable of two-way communications with fifteen remote siren stations. Each remote siren station shall contain a stationary Giant Voice Tower with high-powered speaker arrays mounted on poles not exceeding 60 feet, utilizing Class-D pulse width modulated 1600-watt amplifiers, eight-hour battery backup, and support for encrypted Frequency Shift Keying radio communications, up to 16 independent control stations, zoning and regional control, and 130+ configurable activation events. The equipment manufacturer must be ISO-9001 certified and DHS Safety Act Designated or Certified, with proven experience installing at least two Department of Defense or civilian equivalent mass notification systems within the last ten years. Interested vendors should email A1C Trent Waterman or Joshua Johnson with company CAGE code and active GSA contract numbers.
Notice text
**THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY, ANY COORESPONDANCE IS STRICTLY FOR MARKET ANALYSIS**
Please indicate if your company is willing and capable to perform engineer, design, furnish, install, and test a new turn-key Giant Voice system reusing the existing GV’s utility poles to provide real-time intelligible voice alert messages, tone alerts, and music for entire coverage areas required at Ellsworth AFB, SD IAW the attached DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW).
Please email A1C Trent Waterman at trent.waterman@us.af.mil and Joshua Johnson at joshua.johnson.233@us.af.mil if willing and capable of satisfying this requirement. Please include your company's CAGE code and any active GSA contract numbers in all correspondance.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| DRAFT Ellsworth AFB GV Refresh-SOW.docx | DOCX document |
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