This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. 6913G619Q300177 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation is being conducted in accordance with the policies and procedures prescribed in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-05 effective August 13, 2019. This procurement is being solicited under NAICS code 541690 small business size standard $16.5 million. This Combined Synopsis/Solicitation is being issued as Full and Open competition.

The United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), has a need for commercial services to support a backup Global Positioning System (GPS) capability and complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) demonstration. The work consists of Technical Consulting Services related to vendor participation in a technology demonstration to be run by the Government. No equipment will be purchased by the Government from any Offerors as part of this requirement. The Volpe Center will use the data from the demonstration to support research required by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to identify and analyze backup GPS solutions.

The Government intends to award up to 20 Firm-Fixed Price purchase orders as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. The Offeror’s quote shall be prepared in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, and the instructions included in this solicitation.

LIST OF CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBERS (CLIN)

The CLIN structure and pricing schedule included in Appendix A, Pricing Schedule, will be incorporated into any resulting contract.

REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS

Contractors must be able to demonstrate a solution within the following parameters:

1. GPS backup technology, henceforth referred to as the Solution, must be at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of six or higher as described in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s Technology Readiness Level Guidebook [Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research Program Technology Readiness Level Guidebook, FHWA-HRT-17-047, September 2017] TRL 6: Prototype demonstrated in relevant environment, operational environment fully known, tested outside the laboratory, satisfying all operational requirements when confronted with realistic problems.
2. The Solution must provide either timing information, position information, or both.
3. The Solution must be capable of operating independently of GPS/Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Specifically, the Solutions must operate in absence of GPS/GNSS broadcast signals and provide more than just interference mitigation of GPS/GNSS broadcast signals or provide resiliency to those specific signals.
4. The Solution must be capable of interfacing with the Government’s data collection system; specifically, serial connections (e.g. RS-232, i2c, SPI), USB based, or other standard interfaces, e.g. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 802.11, etc.
5. Demonstration of the Solution must meet regulatory compliance and be without any proprietary licensing agreement restrictions.
6. The Solution must not produce information requiring protections against disclosure in the interest of national defense of the U.S commensurate with Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information.

The Contractor is required to provide all personnel, support, and management necessary to accomplish the technical consulting tasks in support of the demonstration as outlined in the Statement of Work in Table 1 of Appendix B of this announcement. The Statement of Work will be incorporated into each resulting purchase order.

Demonstration of the Solution is expected to occur at either of two locations (henceforth referred to as the Demonstration Site):

1. The Volpe Center’s Aviation Weather Research Facility located on Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC); or
2. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC).

The Offeror(s) selected as a result of this solicitation will be notified which of the two sites the Offeror’s Solution demonstration will be performed, henceforth referred to as the Demonstration Site.

The images in Appendix B, Figure 1 and Figure 2, are plan view displays to provide scale of the area where the Solution is expected to provide coverage for the demonstration. The coverage areas at each location are shaded in red (see Appendix B, Figure 1 (JBCC) and Figure 2 (NAA LaRC)). The government…