Alaska Automatic Identification System (AIS) Coverage Requirement

Request for Information for the National Automatic Identification System (NAIS) D17 Alaska AIS Coverage Requirement 70Z04420RFI000003 V 1.0 Request for Information for The National Automatic Identification System (NAIS) D17 Alaska Automatic Identification System (AIS) Coverage Requirement 70Z04420RFI000003 Disclaimer and Important Notes This posting is a Request for Information (RFI) from interested vendors and is issued solely for informational and planning purposes. This posting is not a Request for Proposals or a Request for Quotations, and it is not considered a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor is the Government responsible for any costs incurred in furnishing information provided under this RFI. No basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this RFI or Government use of any information provided. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this RFI. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation. Responses will assist the Government in determining the availability of potential solutions and commercial products in the market. At this time, no solicitation exists; therefore, do Not Request a Copy of the Solicitation. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. SCOPE This RFI describes the coverage requirements for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to obtain Automatic Identification System (AIS) data for designated regions/ports of Alaska 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The AIS data will be validated, stored and used by the USCG and shared with NAIS customers in addition to Federal, State and Local agencies. The current NAIS system includes 03 terrestrial AIS sites located in the ports of Valdez, Anchorage and Juneau in the D17 (Alaska) area of responsibility (AOR), but requires supplemental AIS data from a third party source in order to meet all operational requirements for D17. The requirements contained herein are the minimum required of the USCG for the NAIS coverage capability in Alaska. Responses to this RFI showing ability to meet NAIS operational requirements in the Alaska AOR will be evaluated based on degree of benefit provided to the USCG and NAIS users. Alaska D17 Coverage Requirements Service Levels Service Levels Coverage requirements have been developed taking into account AIS standard reporting rates, mission needs and assessments of threat and vulnerability. The service levels reflected in this document identify the required level of reliability of a position report provided by a ship, and based on the time since it was transmitted. Shipboard AIS equipment transmits position reports at a defined rate based on vessel speed and maneuvering. The level of confidence that a vessel will be at a certain location varies due to the maneuvering of the ship between position reports. The service levels identified in table 1.1 express the required rate of receiving AIS position reports from AIS equipped vessels, and are identified as levels I-V. These report rates are the minimum level of latency acceptable for the AIS data in the geographical coverage areas identified in this RFI.. The rates are measured from time of vessel transmission of an AIS message to display on CG watchstandars workstations . To meet the described requirements it is desired that received messages are forwarded to the Coast Guard within 2 seoconds of recieption. The desired format provided is a serial message stream (as defined by the NMEA/IEC standards listed in section 3.2) ported over a TCP/IP connection. Solutions using alternative means of providing information will be considered with thier precieved ability to integrate with Coast Guard Systems to present the information to watchstanders in the times provided. Additionally, an operational availability (Ao) of greater than 96% must be maintained by the system providing AIS capability to NAIS for coverage areas identified in this RFI. Table 1.1 Receive Coverage Area Level of Service Ports and Other Specified Areas I Inland Navigable and Coastal Waters out to 24 nm II 24- 50 nm III 50- 300 nm IV 300- 2000 nm V AIS Type Threshold Objective Threshold Objective Threshold Objective Threshold Objective Threshold Objective Type 1 1 minute 15 seconds 5 minutes 1 minute 2 hours 5 minutes 2 hours 1 hour 4 hours 1 hour Type 2 1 minute 30 seconds 5 minutes 1 minute -- 5 minutes -- 1 hour -- 1 hour Alaska D17 Coverage Requirements Ports and other specified Areas (Service Level I) Port of Anchorage Ports of Valdez Inland Navigable and Coastal Waters out to 24 nm (Service Level II) Portions of Sector Juneau Juneau, AK Ketchikan, AK Sitka, AK Yakutat, AK Adak Island, Attu Isalnd, Dutch Harbor and Unimak Pass 24-50NM (Service Level III) Gulf of Alaska between 137 and 144 west longitude 50- 300 nm (Service Level IV) Cook Inlet North and East of Anchorage (Turnagin and Knik Arms) Aleutian Islands west of Dutch Harbor, except for Adak and Attu Alaska Peninsula west of 155 west longitude, except Unimak Pass 300-2000NM (Service Level V) Alaska Bering Sea coast north of Kotzebue to Canadian border APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS The following documents form a part of this RFI to the extent specified herein. The documents listed are by title and effective date, unless otherwise documented. Government Documents Standards NMEA 0183 V4:11 National Marine Electronics Association Standard for Interfacing Marine Electronic Devices. IEC 61162-1 Ed. 5.0 b:2016 Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems - Digital Interfaces - Part 1: Single Talker and Multiple Listeners Note: Preferred interface requires use of Transport, Annotate, and Group (TAG) Blocks from both interface standards. Documentation The vendor is requested to demonstrate the ablity to sufficiently cover geographical areas and compliance with service levels identified in this document as well as provide documentation describing operational view, data communication, and capabilities of AIS data provided by system. ACRONYMS NAIS - Nationwide Automatic Identification System AIS - Automatic Identification System AOR - Area of Responsibility NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers Association ORD - Operational Requirements Document KO - Contracting Officer DODISS - Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards MTSA - The Maritime Transportation Security Act USCG - United States Coast Guard CAPABILITIES BRIEF If your company is interested in this RFI, please provide a capabilities brief including: company name, address, phone, Point of Contact (POC), email, and phone, DUNS #, NAICS code, size of business, and any other pertinent information. In response to the Request for Information please provide a summary of your companies ablility to provide the coverage requirements (section 2) in conjuction with the applicable service levels shown in Table 1. The NAICS Codes for this solicitation are 488330- Navigational Services to Shipping, 518210 - Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services, 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services, 517410 Satellite Telecommunications. Contractors doing business with the Government are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database before they can be awarded a contract. A template containing the information for registration can be found at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION Interested parties are encouraged to submit a response which supports the company's claim that it presently has the products that provide the technology, performance, functionality and form fit required to satisfy the requirements or submit a response which identifies areas in the system requirements that are technologically unachievable. The Coast Guard's requirement may be refined based on knowledge gained from RFI submissions. Specifically, any interested parties are requested to provide the following information: 1. Positive statement of your interest in this procurement. 2. Description of product that will fulfill this requirement. What type of products do you offer that might fill this requirement? (Describe system capabilities & performance, environmental specifications, physical dimensions, power requirements, and remote communications capabilities.) 3. Do you offer a commercial product that meets the requirement as stated? (Is this item under a current GSA Schedule or do you currently have a contract for this product/service with any other Federal Agency?) 4. Do you offer a commercial product that could be modified to meet this requirement? 5. Do you offer quantity or other discounts to your customers? 6. What are your warranty terms, if any? What is your standard warranty practice? Can you offer an innovative warranty approach that would cover the lag time from delivery to actual installation of the components? 7. Provide information for any additional charges for special packing and packaging and marking. 8. Are the items/services available on a commercial price list? If so, please provide the applicable price list(s). 9. What is your average delivery lead-time for this type of product? 10. Do you provide operation and maintenance manuals? 11. Provide a list of any proprietary data/components or embedded components for this product or data associated with this item. 12. Existing technical documentation and brochures are welcome as attachments, as well as product catalogs and price lists. 13. Provide information on prior Government and commercial purchases of the same type (pricing, performance, and customer satisfaction data). 14. What is your commercial practice for Technical Support? Comments/questions/concerns are encouraged and should be sent in writing to the Contract Specialist, Katherine Kearney at contact@example.gov. Upon receiving feedback, the Coast Guard will assess all input and its impact on the development of the final specifications. Submit your response by 2:00 PM EST on February 07, 2020 to contact@example.gov.