TACCOM Engineering Support

The Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division (A252300) at Patuxent River, MD announces its intention to procure the services necessary to provide studies and analyses for advanced technology and software solutions to add Multiband Communications and Crypto Systems (MCC), Next Generation Load Device (NGLD) and Satellite Communications (SATCOM) through the Mobile User Objective System (MOUS) to the software defined AN/ARC-210(V) airborne radio system. 

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. 

Background 

The AN/ARC-210(V) Airborne Radio is a family of radios for military aircraft that provides two-way, multi-mode voice and data communications.  It covers both Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) bands with AM, FM and SATCOM capabilities. The AN/ARC-210(V) Airborne Radio also includes embedded anti-jam waveforms and other data link and secure communications features, providing total battlefield interoperability and high-performance capabilities in the transfer of data, voice and imagery. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has a need to upgrade these radios with the latest in secure encryption and SATCOM technologies.

Requirement  

See attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW) and Draft Labor Category

The anticipated level of effort is 7,680 total for four years.

Contract Type Considerations  

The Government anticipates issuing a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF).

Responding to this Sources Sought 

Interested parties responding to this Sources Sought must provide the following information:

• Company name
• Business size
• If the company is a small business, please identify any socio-economic category that may apply
• CAGE code
• Name of the primary point of contact for the response
• Email address
• Phone number

All information received in response to the Sources Sought may be marked “Proprietary”.  After all data has been reviewed, an e-mail response will be sent.   

Response Submission Deadline:  Responses to the Sources Sought must be submitted no later than 2:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time, on 03 March 2023.  Sources Sought submissions will be accepted as email attachments only.  All responses must be sent to the Contract Specialist, amy.a.parker.civ@us.navy.mil, with the following subject line: “TACCOM Engineering Support Sources Sought Response”