Undersea Cable System and Sonar System Technology Advances
The purpose of this announcement is to identify recent technology advances in the undersea cable industry which might be applicable to Maritime Surveillance Systems (MSS). An Industry Day is planned for 15 July 2014 at SPAWAR Headquarters in San Diego, CA. To view the full Request for Information (RFI), go to the SPAWAR e-Commerce website. The full announcement at the website will be in an attachment with instructions on submitting a Capabilities White Paper. As stated in the attached RFI, Capabilities White Papers are to be submitted to SPAWAR no later than 13 August 2014 at 5:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Please submit all questions no later than 06 August 2014 at 5:00 PM (PDT).
*** 16 JULY 2014 UPDATE ***
Posted updated RFI extending White Paper submissions due date to 13 August 2014 at 5:00 PM (PDT). Also, posted Industry Day Unclassified Brief Slides (7-15-14) and Industry Day Attendee List (7-15-14).
*** 21 JULY 2014 UPDATE ***
1. As requested at the Industry Day, the derivation markings for any classified material that will be submitted in response to this RFI is as follows:
(1) Classified material should be classified SECRET NOFORN.
a. Derived from: OPNAVIST 5513.5C, SCG # 05-42
b. Declassify on: Exempted 25X4
c. Date of Source: 25 Feb 11
(2) Material should be marked in accordance with DoDM 5200.01 V2
2. Classified Industry Day Briefs. Classified Industry Day briefs will NOT be distributed directly to industry. The classified briefs will be available for viewing to companies with the SECRET
NOFORN clearance within the PMS 485 spaces at SPAWAR Headquarters, San Diego. If you would like to view the classified Industry Day Brief, please contact James Leal for access
instructions.
*** 31 JULY 2014 UPDATE ***
The purpose of this update is to do the following:
1) Update the E-Commerce website address within the Request for Information (RFI) document,
2)Include the Proprietary Data Protection Agreement (PDPA) infomation in the RFI document under section "3.5",
3) Post the PMS 485 Industry Day Governments Summary Response to Questions, and
4)Provide the answer to where the Classified briefing may be viewed (See attachment titled "PMS 485 Industry Day Government Summary Response to Questions (7-31-14)".
Point of Contact - James E Leal, Contract Specialist, 619-524-7346
Contract Specialist
