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MARKET SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (WAAS) SAFETY COMPUTER (SC) DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND SUPPORT 1. Notice This Market Survey is being issued in accordance with Federal Aviatio... MARKET SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (WAAS) SAFETY COMPUTER (SC) DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND SUPPORT 1. Notice This Market Survey is being issued in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) AMS Section T3.2.1.2 (A) (1) (b) as a Sources Sought Market Survey. Please be aware of the following: (a) All vendors responding to this announcement are responsible for ensuring that documents submitted contain the appropriate proprietary marking; (b) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Market Survey; (c) The FAA will not pay for any information received, or costs incurred, in preparing the response to the market survey; (d) Your response to this survey will be treated as information ONLY. It shall not be used as a proposal; (e) The FAA has the option of conducting one-on-one communications as deemed appropriate without the obligation to hold communications with all respondents; (f) Respondent participation in any informational session is not a promise of future business with the FAA; (g) Providing a response to this Market Survey neither qualifies respondents for, nor excludes respondents from, responding to the resulting SIR, if any; and (h) This announcement is NOT A SCREENING INFORMATION REQUEST (SIR) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) and should not be misconstrued as such. Further, the FAA is not seeking nor accepting unsolicited proposals in response to this Market Survey. This Markey Survey is being issued for informational purposes only and in no way represents a formal solicitation for proposals, quotations, or bids with the intent to form binding agreements based upon results. At the agency's sole discretion, FAA may (or may not) conduct an Industry Day Event and issue a formal solicitation for this requirement at a later time. Within that vein, any descriptive requirements and information provided by FAA in this exchange are subject to change and shall in no way be treated as final or binding. 2. Background The WAAS is a safety-critical system that augments the Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Positioning Service (SPS) to provide for enroute navigation and precision landing capability in the United States National Airspace System (NAS). The WAAS SC is a critical component of that program. The SC will execute application software certified in accordance with (IAW) RTCA/DO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification. All of the WAAS Assurance Level (AL) software is hosted on the Safety Computer (SC). This application software is integral to the WAAS safety architecture and critical to ensuring safe operations with the WAAS service. In 2011, the FAA awarded Verocel a contract to develop a new (SC). During the development phase, Verocel informed the FAA that several components were going obsolete before going into production phase. This resulted in several lifetime-buys of components just to get the SC to production phase. Eventually, the WAAS SC became no longer procurable through Verocel. The current SC infrastructure software is comprised of the Wind River VxWorks Cert Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), the Wind River Cert Network Stack (CNS), and the Board Support Package (BSP) for the SVME-183 SBC. The RTOS is the Wind River VxWorks Cert 6.6.3.1 RTOS. A complete RTCA/DO-178B Software AL A certification data package is utilized. The Wind River Cert Network Stack 2.1.1.1 was verified in conjunction with VxWorks Cert 6.6.3.1. The existing Wind River certification data package for the SVME-183 BSP was developed to be compliant with RTCA/DO-178B AL A objectives and was used as the initial baseline for the WAAS SC. The BSP could have been updated as necessary for I/O drivers, interface to the Hardware Comparator (HC), and Built-in Test capabilities. The current SC consists of a VME-based computer board with a Verocel-designed Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The SC FPGA provides a hardware comparator that takes the outputs from two separate safety processors and ensures a bit-for-bit match in each message sent to the master station or uplink signal generators. The hardware comparator is certified to DO-254, AL B. The SC executes WAAS program developed application code. The SC validates the contents of WAAS User Messages (WUM) generated in the WAAS Corrections Processors to avoid sending Hazardously Misleading Information (HMI) to WAAS users. A WAAS SC is also used to validate the WUM prior to transmission to WAAS users via geostationary satellites. 3. Introduction/Purpose The purpose of this Market Survey is to improve the Government's understanding of the current marketplace by soliciting statements of capabilities from firms interested in developing and producing the WAAS SC. The anticipated delivery schedule is projected as 6 pre-production units in Q2 fiscal year (FY) 2024, followed by 37 production units in early FY 2025 and 72 production units in FY 2026. The FAA highly encourages freedom to exercise innovation and creativity. 4. Nature of Competition A procurement strategy has not been determined at this time and will be selected depending on the responses to this market survey announcement. 5. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code The Government has identified the principal North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. If other NAICS codes are believed to be appropriate, industry responses should identify and explain why the additional NAICS codes should be considered under this market survey. 6. Submittal Requirements for Market Survey Interested parties must submit a Capability Statement addressing the areas itemized below. Whenever a recent experience is requested, it will be limited to that experience that has occurred within the past five (5) years. All responses (one per company) must include a transmittal letter on company letterhead. Respondents may not use a font size smaller than 12. The page limitation is 15 pages, single-spaced. Responses containing only company brochures, catalogs, or other types of generic information will not be considered. Respondents must clearly mark any proprietary or sensitive information should with appropriate restrictive language. 1. A brief description of the company’s business size, location, and business status, i.e. large, small, women-owned, etc. 2. The FAA’s acquisitions are subject to the requirements of both the Buy America Act and the FAA Buy American Preference. Describe how the product your company provides meets or does not meet the conditions of these Acts. If a waiver is required, provide justification. 3. Recommendation and justification for an alternate NAICS code, if applicable. 4. Describe your company’s recent experience with Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs) and the FAA software certification process. Identify the FAA certification authorities and projects. Identify DERs on staff or use them as outside resources. If outsourced, provide the names of the DERs involved in the certification of your projects and the projects they supported. 5. Describe your company’s recent experience and/or current production of RTCA DO-178B Software Level (SL) A or B equipment. Describe your company’s recent experience in designing, specifying, and manufacturing circuit boards. (A) Identify if this is an in-house capability or if you outsource. (B) Identify previous projects where you have manufactured custom circuit boards and designs. 6. Within the last (5) years, describe your company’s experiences with certified Operating Systems similar to Wind River VxWorks Certified Edition Operating System (OS). Also, identify specific products and certification dates as applicable. 7. Describe your company’s recent experience with field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or similar, and RTCA DO-254 certification. (A) Identify FAA certification authorities and projects. (B) Identify the certification Level achieved. 8. Identify the installation and certification of the OS and identify the SL required for developing the board support package. 9. As identified in Section 3, the anticipated delivery schedule is projected as 6 pre-production units in Q2 fiscal year (FY) 2024, followed by 37 production units in early FY 2025 and 72 production units in FY 2026. Discuss your company’s approach towards achieving the FAA’s envisioned schedule for the availability of pre-production and production units, and identify any concerns or considerations. 10. Describe the verification and certification approach for the complete Safety Computer (hardware, firmware, interfaces, and software) architecture. Identify the FAA’s anticipated role where applicable. 11. Describe potential risks and areas of specific concern with potential mitigation, where applicable. 12. Describe how your company’s supply chain process will fulfill the requirements necessary for the anticipated Safety Computer procurement and delivery schedule. 7. Delivery of Submittals Written Capability Statements must be received no later than 5:00 PM EST 08 29, 2022. Responses should be submitted to Haben Woldemichael, Contracting Officer, Haben.Woldemichael.@faa.gov and Michael Jones, Contract Specialist, Michael.E.Jones01@faa.gov via email in Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) only and reference WAAS/SC DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND SUPPORT. Telephone calls or paper submissions will not be accepted. Responses will not be returned. Any proprietary or confidential information contained in the submissions must be appropriately marked. All questions must be submitted no later than 5:00 PM EST, 07 29, 2022 to Haben Woldemichael, Contracting Officer, Haben.Woldemichael@faa.gov and Michael Jones Contract Specialist, Michael.E.Jones01@faa.gov. 8. Appendix A: Safety Computer Product Description (Attached) Verocel Safety Computer Model: VWSC-1000 The WAAS SC consists of a 3U, air-cooled, 19-inch rack mount chassis with VMEbus backplane to accommodate two SVME-183-08C4 single board computers (SBCs) and the single CCA-609-0800 Hardware Comparator module. The SVME-183-08C4 SBCs are equipped with the Mode 10 IPM mezzanine modules to provide additional required I/O to the SVME-183-08C4 SBCs. The CCA-609-0800 Hardware Comparator module is equipped with a reprogrammable Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) that will contain Verocel’s safety certifiable programmable logic implementing the required Hardware Comparator functionality. Safety Processor (SP) There are two (2) identical Safety Processors in the WAAS SC. The SP is a Curtiss-Wright SVME-183- 08C4 COTS Single Board Computer (SBC) with a TPMC-375 Programmable Serial Interface controller. • The SBC supports the following major features One PowerPC 7448 Central Processing Unit (CPU), operating at 1.2 GHz, enhanced with AltiVec technology (disabled) 133 MHz CPU bus 2 Gbyte of DDR SDRAM with Error Correcting Code (ECC) 256 Mbytes of 32-bit wide direct memory-mapped Flash memory 128 Kbytes of AutoStore NVRAM Two 64-bit PMC sites on independent PCI buses supporting 5V and 3.3V PMC modules Two EIA-232 asynchronous serial ports (16C550 compatible) VMEbus IEEE STD1014-1987 compatible. (Interface provided by the Tundra Universe II VME64 master/slave interface with VME DMA. Includes support for VME64x geographic addressing.) XC6SLX45 Xlink FPGA programmed for Comparator function Wind River VxWorks V6.6.3.1 DO-178C Assurance Level B Certified Operating System The WAAS SC infrastructure software provides the necessary target resources to host either the WMS or GUS applications. The infrastructure software is comprised of the Wind River VxWorks Cert Real Time Operating System (RTOS), the Wind River Cert Network Stack (CNS), and the Board Support Package (BSP) for the SVME-183 SBC. Cert Network Stack The Wind River Cert Network Stack 2.1.1.1, which has been verified in conjunction with VxWorks Cert 6.6.3.1, will be used. Like the RTOS, a complete RTCA/DO-178B Level A certification data package is available and will be used. The as-tested binary image of the CNS will be linked with the RTOS and BSP to form the complete infrastructure software. The CNS will not be re-compiled so that the existing requirements-based functional testing and structural coverage remain valid. However, as part of the WAAS SC integration activity, the requirements-based functional tests will be re-run. Board Support Package - Curtiss-Wright (CW-183) Board Support Package The existing Wind River certification data package for the SVME-183 BSP was developed to be compliant with RTCA/DO-178B Level A objectives and will be used as the initial baseline for the WAAS SC. The BSP will be updated as necessary for I/O drivers, interface to the HC, and Built-in Test capabilities. The certification data package will be updated accordingly. The resulting BSP package will be compliant with RTCA/DO-178B Level B objectives. Hardware Comparator A custom VMEbus based module is used to perform the Safety Computer’s hardware comparator function. This card is characterized as a 6U VMEbus A32:D32 slave module with interrupter capability. The VMEbus slave module has responded to the VMEbus cycle initiated by either SVME-183-08C4 installed in the Safety Computer backplane. The hardware comparator is certified to RTCA DO-254, AL B certification level. Support for reprogrammable FPGA to accommodate HC and VMEbus interface logic Opto-isolators for external contact closure type status inputs RS-485 ports to interface to GUS L1 and L5 Signal Generators RS-232 port to interface to WMS Correction Processor Buffering for control/status TTL level discrete VMEbus A32:D32 slave interface VMEbus Interrupter supporting 7 levels of interrupt capability I/O via 160 pin P2 connector SC External Interfaces Listed below are the SC external interfaces on the backplane I/O which connect internally into either Safety processor (SVME-183-08C4) or the Hardware Comparator (CCA-609-0800). Depending on the SC configuration, for the WMS or GUS, then it may interface with the corrections processor, Safety LAN Switch, GPS clock, radio frequency, frequency reference or L1/L5 Signal Generator. (5) RS-232 connectors (4) RJ-45 Ethernet connectors (2) RS-485 connectors (1) DE9F & (1) DB25M connectors & (1) (BNC) Female connector