The Air Force Test Center, Operational Contracting Office, Eglin AFB, Florida, is seeking potential sources capable of providing: 1) Satellite link emulator / channel simulator that is expandable, allowing the system to cover a wide range of channel counts, functions, and frequencies. 2) Two channel simulator cards, where each channel simulator card is configured to emulate a single communication path, for example, an uplink or a downlink. A single channel simulator card can also be used to simulate both uplink and downlink through bent-pipe transponders. 3) Local control is required through the use of the included GUI or simulation files. Static control of the channel simulator can be accomplished through the GUI. SIM files are utilized for real-time recreation of signals between transmitters and receivers in motion. SIM files are created in standard Comma Separated Value (CSV) format, and can be based on range, frequency, and time information, or can be built with time, Doppler, delay, attenuation, and noise values directly. 4) Programmatic control facilitated over an Ethernet connection utilizing a control protocol for Eglin AFB, Florida. Technical Specifications for the Satellite Link Emulator/Channel Simulator are as follows:
- (4) RF interface (2 Uplink, 2 Downlink)
- Bandwidth (3 db): 40 MHz
- Intermediate Frequency 70 MHz (RF up/downconverters: Convert signals between their native frequencies and the IF used within the Channel Simulator.)
- Delay
-- Range 3us-2.5s
-- Resolution 28 ps
-- Rate 976.5 us/s
-- Velocity 292.7 km/s
- Carrier Doppler
-- Range +/-20 MHz
-- Resolution 0.03 Hz
-- Rate 1.0 MHz/μs
- Signal Doppler
-- Range +/- 19.5 kHz
- Attenuation
-- Range 0-60 dB
-- Resolution 0.001 dB
-- Rate 40 dB/ms
- AWGN
-- Range -168-102 dBm/Hz
-- Resolution 0.5 dB
-- Rate (typical) 0.04 dB/μs
- ADC 12 bits
- DAC 16 bits
- RF Frequency Coverage
-- RF Band Ch Sim Input Range L/S-Band 900-2450 MHz
-- RF Band Ch Sim Output Range L/S-Band 900-2450 MHz

The Government anticipates award of a Firm Fixed Price type contract with a base period of performance of 18 January 2013 through 28 February 2013. The proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this future acquisition is 517410, with a small business size standard of $15M. If qualified and interested, please submit an email/letter stating the name of your company, your interest, a Capabilities Statement, and your business size: indicating whether you are a small or large business for the purposes of the assigned NAICS code. Also identify a company Point of Contact (POC): name, telephone number with area code, and email address. Emails are preferred. The Gov. POCs for responses are listed below. AGAIN, THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), OR AN INVITATION FOR BID. Responses should contain Company Name, Address, Point of Contact, Cage Code, Phone Number, Fax Number, Size of Business. In addition to the size of business, indicate all classes of business that fit your firm: i.e. Small Disadvantaged, Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned, etc. Responses must be received no later than 11 January 2013 1700 CST. Responses and/or Questions to this sources sought should be e-mailed or faxed to the Attention of Kristin Sapelak, [email protected]. All prospective offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of all other information pertaining to the synopsis and solicitation.