WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SIGNALS DETECTION and MONITORING

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Special Operations Research, Development and Acquisition Center (SORDAC), on behalf of the warfighter, seeks information from industry to aid in the planning for a SIGINT system upgrade of current wireless communication monitoring resources. The specific objective of this request is to identify potential sources with mature RF signal reception and DF/geolocation capabilities that may be adapted with minimal redesign to enhance current system capability that is planned for near-term system upgrade. This request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or changes by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submissions of responses to this announcement of the Government use of such information. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intent to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to other wise pay for the information submitted in the response to this RFI. Responses to the RFI need to address the following topics and key attributes: 1. Product Overview Description. Provide a top-level system description including a discussion of equipment modularity and operational concept(s). 2. Product Maturity. Provide an assessment of the product's Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL), including justification statement(s) (required) and substantiation (where possible).. This sources sought is looking for systems already meeting, at a minimum, a TRL & MRL of 6. 3. Package weight. This sources sought is looking for package weight not to exceed 150 lbs. Please indicate subcategory weights of signal processing units exclusive of receivers, RF Distribution (RFD), and other sub-assemblies as appropriate. 4. Size. This sources sought is looking for equipment size and form factor suitable for mounting into a standard equipment rack or smaller environment. Provide length, width and height dimensions. 5. Operating Frequency Range. This sources sought is looking for capability in the VHF/UHF and other SIGINT operating frequency ranges (subsets of the entire frequency range are also acceptable for consideration). Provide listing of signal types processed by the equipment discussed in your RFI response. 6. Additional Product Description. Provide packaging descriptions and the following information for individual replaceable units: a. Control Interfaces. b. Backplane summary descriptions, where appropriate. c. Technology baseline, Software Defined Radio (SDR) or other as appropriate. For software defined solutions, provide maturity of the supporting software code. d. Cooling and power requirements. 7. Signal DF and/or Geolocation Capabilities. This sources sought is looking for Signal DF and/or Geolocation Capabilities in the specified Operating Frequency Range. Specify signal types and DF method as part of your response. Responses: Type of Response: Unclassified/FOUO and Classified Responses are acceptable. Due Date for Response: May 19, 2014 Any contractor teaming or license agreements between U.S. firms and foreign firms, to include employment of foreign national by U.S. firms, shall be in accordance with current U.S. export laws, security requirements, and National Disclosure Policy, and shall require the prior approval of the contracting officer and foreign disclosure officer. If the interested party is a foreign concern or is a U.S. interested party has a team member or partner who is a foreign entity, adherence to all International Traffic and Arms Regulations (ITAR) is required. The U.S. Government will provide foreign disclosure guidance to firms upon request. Interested Parties who are willing to provide qualified systems at no cost for USSOCOM testing should so indicate in the submitted RFI response. Any information provided that is marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Submitted RFI responses must be in electronic format only and no more than 15 pages. Please limit graphics to technical data as much as possible. Any submitted RFI response copies will be disposed of in common recycle bins. The Government may elect to visit, or host a visit, from any potential sources following the market survey. Topics above do not constitute evaluation criteria. Responses to this RFI will be used for information and planning purposes only and do not constitute a solicitation. In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)5.404-1), RFI responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form binding contracts. Respondents are responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. All interested parties are advised that the Government will not provide any form of compensation or reimbursement for the information provided. No contract or other binding instrument will occur as a result of this request for information. Therefore, all costs associated with the RFI submissions will be solely at the expense of the submitter. The Government may request additional information upon review. Any results of any Government analysis will not be provided. CONFIDENTIALITY: All information included in this RFI is only for the knowledge of USSOCOM and shall not be disclosed to any other party outside of the U.S. government. Please be advised that all submissions become government property and will not be returned. All government and contractor personal reviewing RFI responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 U.S.C. 2101 - 2107. The government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified. NOTICE TO VENDORS Vendors may submit classified responses up to the US Government SECRET level. Vendors submitting foreign government classified information cannot exceed the US SECRET level. Classified information must be sent on a single CD/R. HQ USSOCOM cannot load any other type of portable media onto our information systems; therefore any other media will be destroyed upon receipt. Foreign security classifications will be handled and stored IAW SOCOM 380-1 Appendix D. Please advise this office if destruction records need to be maintained. Classified information must be marked and transmitted IAW DOD 5200.1. Appropriate guidance can be found at: http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/5200-1r/ The mailing address for classified information is; Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command SORDAC-KP 7701 Tampa Point Blvd MacDill AFB, FL, 33621-5323 Attn Sonia M. Cervantes