SOURCES SOUGHT
Market Survey

DATE: 13 March 2014

Contracting Officer APPROVAL: __________________________

Type Requested: P - Procurement
(Circle Alpha) A - Notice of Award
R - SOURCES SOUGHT
M - Modification
- Type Mod: (Circle Alpha)
P - Procurement
A - Award
R - Sources Sought
N - Special Notice

Supply or Services Classification Code NAICS: 334418 / SIZE: 500 Employees

Subject of Sources Sought: Alta dt eNet-1553-1D-EF [eNet Applaince with one channel of dual redundant MIL-STD-1553 with dual function (BC/Mon or mRT/Mon) capability, with added extended temp (-40C to 85C).]

IFB/RFP Number:
Response Date or Bid Opening Date: 03/27/2014
MO/DY/YR

Contact Points: (Contract Person(s), Title, Phone Number(s))
Christopher Rex, Contract Administrator, 850-884-1270
Jillian Martinez, Contracting Officer, 850-884-2083

Contract Award Number: N/A

Contract Award Dollar Amount: N/A

Contract Line Item Number(s): N/A

Contract Award Date: N/A

Contractor: N/A
 
NOTICE: Sources Sought
SOLICITATION #: F2FF083326AC01
POSTING DATE: 13 March 2014
RESPONSE DATE: NLT 27 March 2014 1:00 p.m. EST
NAICS Code: 334418 Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing
SB Size Standard: 500

This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought Synopsis (market survey). This is not a request for quote (RFQ) or a request for proposal (RFP). This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government will not pay for any cost incurred in responding to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought synopsis shall be voluntary.

This Sources Sought Notice is for Market Research purposes only. The information submitted in response to the Sources Sought Notice will not be utilized to determine vendor standing in any future/potential Request for Quote/Request for Proposal, nor will it be utilized to determine if a vendor is qualified to submit a Request for Quote/Request for Proposal for any future/potential requirement. The notice and the information received shall not be used to determine how well respondents can perform a requirement, which can only be evaluated in response to a solicitation. Vendors will not receive formal notification or feedback on any information submitted in this Sources Sought request. All future/proposed submissions/solicitations requirements solicited on a Government Point of Entry will be evaluated independent of any information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice. No vendor will be provided information on solicitations issued on a Government Point of Entry based on this Sources Sought request.

This Sources Sought Notice is relative to the NAICS code 334418. The Small Business size standard for this NAICS code is 500. Large and Small Businesses are invited to answer this market survey to determine market capabilities.

Hurlburt Field, FL, is conducting market research to determine the existence of potential sources to provide Alta dt eNet-1553-1D-EF.

The potential requirement will consist of the contractor providing:
1. Alta dt eNet-1553-1D-EF (Remote 1553 Operations for Ethernet Networks)
• 13.5 x 3.7 x 4cm rugged mountable MIL 810G tested
• Standard 10/100/1000 Ethernet UDP
• Power 1000E @ 50% Load: 800 mAmps
• Power 100E @ 50% Load: 400 mAmps
• 5-30 VDC Input Accepted
• Glenair Mighty Mouse Connectors, 801-011-02M10-26PA/B Mates
• One Dual Redundant Mil-STD-1553 Interface
• One Megabyte Ram for 1553 Buffering
• Common Data Packets (CDPs) for all BC,RT and Monitor Functions
• Transmit and BC Hardware Inhibit
• Flash Disable Factory Setting for Secure Mem
• MIL-STD-1553/1553B Notice II & IV
• MIL-STD-1760, 1553A and Link-16
• Parts Temp ( C ) -40 to + 85 Extended Temp
• 6 Avionics Discretes/Ext RT Addressing
• Two RS-485 & 1 TTL Discretes/Ext Clock
• Advanced Startup, User and Continuous BIT
• IRIG-B PAM RX or 1,5,10 MHz PPS
• Variable Framing and Subframing
• Up to 15 retries per message
• Dual Function: BC/Mon or mRT/Mon
• Low and High Priority Aperiodic Scheduling
• Signal Vector Generation at 20 nsecs
• Sequential and RT Mapped monitor
• Infinite Linked Data Buffers Legal & Reserved Mode Codes
• 1553A and 1553B Support - 1760 Startup

NOTE: Please submit electronic response indicating capability to supply the aforementioned item(s) via line card or published description (no more than 3 pages) as well as POC (name, telephone # and email address) along with contractor's CAGE, DUNS, and the physical location of your facility to the individuals listed within this notice.

All work shall be performed at the contractor's facility. This request may not directly lead to a Request for Quotation/Proposal. Deadline for submission is 1:00 p.m. EST, 27 March 2014.

Required Information:
Any interested party who can offer all of the above may submit a written reply of not more than 3 pages, addressing each of the above items and defining how their location is capable of ALL of the minimum requirements listed above.

Response deadline: 1:00 p.m. EST, 27 MAR 2014

Where to send responses:

[email protected]
850-884-1270

[email protected]
850-884-2083

Other information: When and if released, the solicitation will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities web site (www.fbo.gov).