N0025322R0032 – Next Generation Gertrude (NGG)

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division (NUWC) Keyport is seeking feedback on the draft solicitation for the Next Generation Gertrude (NGG) devices that will be used onboard US Navy ships.  The NGG Underwater Communicator will be a stand-alone system capable of replacing currently installed AN/WQC-2A systems on CRUDES platforms and supporting installation on new construction vessels.  To accomplish this, NGG will utilize existing program of record transducers and established electronic interfaces necessary to transmit and receive single-sideband modulated voice, audio, and continuous wave signals acoustically through the water medium.  NGG will be a STANAG-compliant system capable of communication with other STANAG compliant underwater communicators currently in use by U.S. Naval forces (e.g. AN/WQC-2A).

A Presolicitation Notice (synopsis) and Sources Sought Notice were previously released for NGG.  We encourage interested parties to review this draft solicitation and provide feedback to assist in the final solicitation posting.  We want to emphasize that these documents are in “draft” form and are subject to change.  No awards will be made from this draft solicitation and any response is voluntary; please do not submit a proposal.  Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this draft solicitation; all costs associated with responding to this draft solicitation will be solely at the respondent’s expense.  Not responding to this draft solicitation does not preclude participation in any future solicitation. 

Feedback to this draft solicitation must be submitted to [email protected] by 5:00pm Pacific Time on September 19, 2022.  The formal solicitation is anticipated on or around September 20, 2022.