RFI/Sources Sought United States Army (U. S. Army) Rotary Wing Contingency Communications System (RWCC) Service
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA2541-24-003
- Agency
- Not on record
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 517410 Satellite Telecommunications
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Army is seeking a managed Ku-band satellite communications service and teleport aggregation services to provide broadband connectivity for senior Department of Defense personnel aboard Army rotary-wing aircraft. The service must be compatible with H-60 aircraft equipment and provide a minimum committed information rate of 1 Mbps in each direction. The teleport services are required to host network aggregation using a virtual software-defined networking platform and provide internet access. Interested vendors are requested to describe their capabilities to meet these requirements by March 7, 2024, with an anticipated service start date of July 1, 2024. The government plans to release a formal solicitation after completing market research.
This procurement is not set aside for any specific business size or category. The government has not identified any potential incumbents or current contractors. Details on the award value or budget range were not provided in the pre-solicitation notice. The key numerical details include the minimum committed information rate and the anticipated service start date.
Notice text
A. United States Army (U.S. Army) Rotary Wing Contingency Communications System (RWCC) requires Ku-Band services for through-the-rotors, airborne broadband SATCOM. Managed Ku-Band SIMOP subscription service and the required teleport hosted Net Aggregation and ISP access will provide communications for Senior Department of Defense (DoD) personnel during critical U.S. Army support for critical DoD missions while onboard U.S. Army aircraft. These SIMOPs will provide helicopter passengers uninterruptible and seamless connectivity to DoD networks like that available in their office environments while in flight within a coverage area of 250 nautical miles around the National Capital Region (NCR) (CONUS Only). This managed SIMOP service must allow the US Army to port SIMOP subscriptions between multiple aircraft as determined by U.S. Army mission needs.
B. The US Army Aircraft also utilize a Net Agility SDWAN Cellular System, including PacStar Chassis, PacStar 451, PacStar 444, & Cradelpoint IBR900 (x2) hardware as part of its network architecture, which also requires teleport services including Net Agility Data Aggregation using a cloud-based virtual software-defined networking (vSDN) platform, bridging disparate networks (data streams from cellular networks) and distributed cloud resources to enable robust and resilient connectivity, providing simultaneous routes for bonded packets over all available communications links, both COMSATCOM and cellular data streams, providing a powerful and responsive solution, and will rely on the contractor's existing Internet Service Provider (ISP) for access to the internet for data, voice, and video calls (VTC).
C. The anticipated timeframe for service start is 01 Jul 2024.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Army Rotary Wing Contingency Communications System RFI_Sources Sought Announcement.docx | DOCX document |
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