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RFI MAST O&S
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The Department of Homeland Security, through the Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, has issued a Request for Information for the operations and support of 16 Maritime Approaches Surveillance Towers. The scope of work involves the sustainment, maintenance, and logistics support for deployed systems and the transition of new systems into steady-state operations and support. Key functional areas include 24/7/365 technical operations, system health monitoring, and preventive and corrective maintenance for radars, EO/IR cameras, AIS receivers, tower power systems, and network interfaces. Additionally, the contractor will be responsible for sustainment engineering to improve cybersecurity posture and overall system reliability, as well as comprehensive program management. Performance is required across geographically dispersed and often remote coastal sites, including Southern California, South Texas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is a sources-sought market research effort, and the government is seeking industry recommendations on contract structures, pricing approaches, and rough order of magnitude cost estimates. All responses must be submitted using the mandatory vendor submission template by October 5, 2026, at 1:00 PM EST. Submissions are limited to 4,800 characters for specific template cells, and the government reserves the right to disregard information exceeding this limit.
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Washington, DC, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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A00001 - Minor changes for Ammendment 00001 are:
At Section 3 – The reference to “Current MAST Sensor Coverage Zones” is amended to add
“Specific MAST site locations will not be disclosed at this time. For planning purposes, the MAST sites are located at:
· Southern California Area - San Diego, Oceanside, Long Beach, Lompoc, and three Channel Islands.
· South Texas - South Padre Island
· Puerto Rico and two US Virgin Islands”
Section 6. “Instructions For Completing Response” paragraph 1 is amended to add
“The RFI is seeking submissions with informative, direct and concise answers.
Accordingly, response to the RFI_MAST_Submission_Template at cells CD70, CD73, and CD76C may be expanded but each response/cell is limited to 4,800 characters. The Government reserves the right to disregard information that exceeds the cell size limit.
The deadline for submission remains unchanged.
The scope of work includes the sustainment, maintenance, and logistics support for deployed systems and new system transition into steady-state O&S across current and future MAST sensor coverage zones. See Attachment A for the current Statement of Objectives - Maritime Approaches Surveillance Towers Operations and Support Services.
- All responses shall use the MANDATORY RFI VENDOR SUBMISSION FORMAT provided in the attached RFI_MAST_Submission_Template .
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