C BAND DOPPLER RADAR FOR SHIPBOARD USE
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C BAND DOPPLER RADAR FOR SHIPBOARD USE
Address : NOAA/Systems Acquisition Office (SAO), 1315 E. W. Highway, Mail
Code SAOX2, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Sol. no. : 52-SPNA-8-00013
Contact : Michael Knowles, (301) 713-3478
Due : 15 Apr, 1998
SOL 52-SPNA-8-00013 DUE 041598 POC Michael Knowles, (301) 713-3478, Fax
(301) 713-4155 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial
items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6 as
supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This
announcement constitutes the only solicitation of the requirements;
proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be
issued with the exception of a drawing package, available upon request,
for the construction of a base plate used in mounting the radar pedestal
and radome to the mast of the ship. This is a Request For Proposal
Number 52- SPNA-8-00013. This combined synopsis/solicitation incorporates
provisions and clauses that are in effect through the Federal Acquisition
Regulation Circular 97-3. This solicitation is on a full and open
competitive basis for a single award of a Firm-Fixed-Price commercial
item contract. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
requests that vendors submit proposals for both: (1) a system having a
1.2 degree or less antenna beamwidth AND (2) a 1.5 degree antenna
beamwidth system. The government will decide prior to receipt of offers
which antenna beamwidth system will be procured. Offerors are also
instructed to provide a separate unpriced line item for vendor
recommended spares; delivery orders for required spare parts will be
negotiated by task orders after contract award. The following provisions
and clauses are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1,
Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation --
Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications --
Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions --
Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required
to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. The full
test clauses can be obtained at Web Site (FAR) http://www.arnet.gov/.
Provision FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items is amended to read
as follows: (a) ...The following factors shall be used to evaluate
offers: Technical, Schedule, Past Performance and Price. A contract will
be awarded to the technically acceptable lowest price offer. The
following are appropriate under FAR 52.212-5: FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions
on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; FAR 52.203-10
Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity; FAR 52. 219-8
Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business
Concerns; FAR 52.219-9 Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small
Business Subcontracting Plan; FAR 52.222.26 Equal Opportunity (E.O.
11246); FAR 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam
Era Veterans; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers;
FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and
Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.225-9 Buy American Act -- Trade
Agreements Act -- Balance of Payments Program; and FAR 52.225-21 Buy
American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act --
Balance of Payments Program. Offerors shall provide a completed copy of
the provision at FAR 52.212-3 with their offer. Offerors shall provide
names, current addresses and telephone numbers of customers, either
Government or commercial, that have received the same product during the
past 2 years (to be used for evaluation purposes). Offerors can propose
a brand name or equal to those listed in the notice, but Offerors
proposing to supply manufacturers/models other than those specified will
be required to submit, with their proposals, specification data sheets
of proposed models sufficient to enable the Government to determine their
technical acceptability with the specifications stated below: The
contractor shall provide a Stabilized Shipboard C-Band Doppler Radar
System, including Radome, base plate, Radar Antenna Controller and Signal
Processor. The contractor shall construct a base plate for the radar
pedestal and radome to mount on the mast of the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown
in accordance with guidance drawings. The contractor shall mount the
radome assembly, pedestal and antenna on the baseplate such that these
items can be later raised as an assembly and installed by the Government
on the mast, using crane slings attached to the contractor furnished
base plate spreader bars. The radar is stabilized by a GFE Honeywell
dynamic reference unit, HG 9083G(2), s/n 342. The contractor shall
provide a 100' two-pair shielded twisted pair cable terminated in RS 422
connectors as the 56 K baud interface from the dynamic reference unit to
the antenna controller, which supplies x, y, z, roll, pitch, yaw and
their derivatives. Data formats will be supplied upon request. The
contractor shall provide all interconnecting cable and wave guides to
make the radar fully functional on the ship. Interior equipment shall be
mounted in cabinets which the Government will secure to the deck and
bulkhead. Functionality will be demonstrated by a Factory Acceptance
Test, prior to shipment. The Government will install the C-Band Radar
System on the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown. The contractor shall provide one
week of on-site installation support to assist Government installation.
Radar Specifications: The contractor shall provide a Doppler C-Band
weather radar, with the following salient characteristics: Radar
Characteristics: Transmitter Frequency: must have external trigger
capability 5300-5700 MHZ, External Trigger Frequency PRF range: 300 --
2000 Hz Can accept Staggered PRF for velocity unfolding; Internal PRF
range 300 -- 1200 Hz; Pulse width range 0.4 -- 2.0 u sec; Pulse width
choices (minimum) 0.4 and 0.8 u sec; Safety devices: Current/voltage
range monitoring Door interlocks; Receiver: Minimum detectable signal
< -115 dBm; Linear dynamic range > 72 dB; Bandwidth 10 MHZ;
Transmitter/Receiver Physical Characteristics: Height, maximum 74 inches;
Width, maximum 30 inches; Depth, maximum 26 inches: Maintenance access
all from front of cabinet; Power 220 volts @ 20 amps, two drops. The
contractor shall provide an antenna and heavy duty antenna pedestal to
withstand sea states and a saltwater environment. The dynamic sea state
load factors are calculated from the following equations from Mil Std
1399.: Ax = 0.450 + 0.00120 X + 0.00768 Z, Ay = 0.600 + 0.00384 X +
0.00495 Y + 0.00769 Z, Az = 1.000 +/- (0.59517 + 0.00768 X + 0.00769 Y).
Entering the coordinates of interest on the mast gives the following
(neg means downward force): X Y Z At Radar Base Plate:1.041,1.192,
-1.594; at center of dome: 1.085, 1.236, -1.594 The antenna pedestal
assembly will be installed on the ship 98' above the ship's baseline. The
contractor shall provide and install a fiberglass radome not to exceed
18' diameter, with lightning rods, aircraft clearance lights and a
personnel access hatch matching mast ladder location. All grounds for the
antenna/pedestal and radome shall be to the base plate. Marine Protected
Antenna/Pedestal Characteristics: Reflector Parabolic; Feed Linear
Horizontal Capable of dual-polarization upgrade; Diameter <14 feet;
Beam width (3 dB) ALTERNATIVE 1: LESSTHAN 1.2 DEGREES, ALTERNATIVE 2: 1.5
DEG; Gain > 40 dB; Side Lobes > 25 dB down from main lobe; Azimuth
Acceleration/Deceleration > 15 deg sec-sec, Azimuth Range 360 deg;
Elevation Acceleration > 15 deg sec-sec; Elevation Range -- 10deg to
+ 90deg; Maximum AZ and EL speed > 36 deg /sec; Safety devices: Remote
AZ EL electrical brake, Elevation limit switches, Operator safe/operate
switches, Door interlocks, Over-temperature warning and protection on
drive motors. Servo Amplifier: Solid state two axes; Current/Voltage
capacity adequate to drive the pedestal motors continuously at maximum
rated speed; Safety devices: Provide over-current and over-voltage
protection. Signal Processor Salient Characteristics: The contractor
shall provide the capability to control, monitor, process data and
communicate with the weather radar system as it operates in the NOAA ship
network environment. The contractor shall provide an HP B180L workstation
or equivalent configured for networking and equipped with a second SCSI
adaptor. The contractor shall provide a Receiver and Signal Processor and
Radar Controller or equivalent with the following salient
characteristics: Digital receiver accepting radar intermediate frequency
(IF) as input with Digital Signal Processor (DSP) for computation of
radar parameters; User interface to the radar system allows the operator
to perform at a minimum the following functions via local or remote
consoles on the network: develop and initiate antenna scan and data
acquisition strategies; control archival operations; control display
generation and dispersal; control all radar functions; monitor system
operation; and, develop and debug software. Operating Software: Must be
based on a multitasking, multiuser operating system (e.g. UNIX, HPUX);
provide: 'C' language development tools, Network File System (NFS)
software, and Network connectivity for remote operation of the system
from any location on the ship's ethernet-based network. Net protocol must
be TCP/IP. IF Digitizing Resolution: At least 12 bits, 14 bits desirable;
Inputs: Radar IF, Magnetron burst sample (if applicable), Antenna
position; parallel TTL, Radar test and monitoring signals. Outputs: In
phase (I) and quadrature (Q) analog, monitoring channels; Log amplitude
analog output desirable; Radar high level triggers (at least 10 volts
into 75 ohms); Programmable sense, rate, width Pulse width control. PRF
range Continuously selectable; At least 150 -- 2000 Hz, Staggered PRF
available for resolving velocity ambiguity. PRF accuracy Better than
0.1%. Pulse widths: at least 4 selectable. Dynamic range: at least 80 dB
(linear). Phase stability better than 1 degree at 1 usec pulse width
(magnetron case). Signal Processor Output Products: Calibrated
reflectivity (dBz), velocity and spectrum width 8 or 16 bits pe product
per gate; I/Q time series 16 bits per product per gate; Doppler Spectrum
in selected gates 16 bits per frequency component per gate; Number of
gates at least 2048; Gate spacing selectable range at least 50 to 125
meters; Time averaging: range at least 8 to 256 samples, up to 2048
samples desirable, Linear averaging all quantities (no averaged log
quantities), Range averaging: 2 to 16 consecutive range samples; Clutter
suppression: selectable width digital filters providing at least 40 dB
suppression, selectable filter vs. range gate mapping, frequency domain
adaptive filtering desirable; Host computer: 128 Mbyte RAM, 4 Gbyte hard
disk, 2 SCSI ports, 19 inch monitor; Operating Software: Software system
to provide user interface to radar controls, displays and data archival
systems. Must be based on a multitasking, multiuser operating system,
such as UNIX. Radar Antenna Controller Salient Characteristics: The
contractor shall provide the means for radar I/O and low level antenna
azimuth and elevation control. The radar antenna control processor shall
provide status monitoring of the transmitter/receiver antenna servo
systems and control functions such as radiate on/off and servo on/off.
The contractor shall provide, install and make fully functional a
Radar/Antenna Control Processor SIGMET RCP02 or equivalent, with the
following salient characteristics: programmable two- axis azimuth (AZ)
and elevation (EL) servo system and radar system controller; Position
accuracy better than 0.1 degrees AZ, EL; Slew rate: to maximum rated for
pedestal or antenna; Velocity accuracy better than 0.2 degrees/second;
Acceleration: to maximum rated for pedestal or antenna; Failsafe
protection: software watchdog algorithms to prevent exceeding pedestal
speed and position limits; Antenna stabilization: algorithm to scan
antenna in earth-relative or ship relative coordinates using input from
GFE Honeywell Dynamic Reference Unit and AZ/EL position and speed data;
Inputs: AZ, EL position: Digital: 16 bit TTL binary/BCD each axis Analog:
Synchro signals, each axis; INU input for antenna stabilization: Serial,
RS422, 56K baud, pitch, roll heading angles and rates, plus absolute INU
position and velocity; Compensation: the antenna control software must be
capable of compensating for physical separation of the pedestal and the
INU. Radar Antenna Controller Switches: Antenna LOCAL/COMPUTER input to
disable servo drive outputs during manual operation; Pedestal EL limit
switches top and bottom limit switches; Analog tachometer input to +/-
100 volts; Manual positioning control (hand wheels) at least 8
uncommitted status input bits; Radar Status Monitoring: Waveguide
pressure, Cooling/airflow status, Magnetron or final amplifier current,
Critical over/under voltage/current conditions, Interlock status lines,
Servo status, Fault indicators; RS 232 port (e.g. VT-100) RS232 input for
setup, debugging and monitoring. Outputs: Analog servo drive error signal
+/- 12 volts at 20 ma; Parallel TTL binary angle; Parallel TTL binary
angle; Servo on/off control; Servo on/off control; Radar power on/off
control; Radiate ON/STANDBY; Pulse width control at least 4 selectable;
At least 8 uncommitted control bits TTL or higher levels. Physical:
Standard 19 inch rack mountable; Input power 85 -- 260 VAC 47 -- 65 Hz;
Storage -40 to +75 degrees C; Operating 0 to 50 degrees C; Humidity
(operating) 0 to 90% noncondensing; Safety Meets UL 1950 and IEC 950
Components are UL, CSA and VDE compliant. Technical Support: The
contractor shall provide one week of on-site technical support during
system installation on the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown at an East Coast
NOAA facility. Delivery shall be on or before November 15, 1998, FOB
destination, Department of Commerce, NOAA, Atlantic Marine Center, 439 W.
York Street, Norfolk, VA 23510-1114. Offers shall be submitted to
Department of Commerce, NOAA, Systems Acquisition Office, 1315 East West
Highway, Room 10106, Attn: Michael Knowles, Silver Spring, MD
20910-3282, by 1:00 p.m. (EST), Wednesday, April 15, 1998. Proposals
shall be submitted on the Standard Form 1449 with an original and one
copy. The point of contact is Michael Knowles. The standard commercial
warranty is required. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure
that its proposal is received at or prior to the noted date/time in this
announcement. (0075)