Acquisition of a Secure Voice Communication System (VCS) and appertaining sustainment

1) General description of the Contract: This contract award notice concerns DALO´s award of an Acquisition Contract, with a Sustainment Framework Agreement, for a VCS, including sustainment, i.e. development, implementation, maintenance and support during its life time (20 years). In order to facilitate both the acquisition and the sustainment, the procurement includes two main contractual agreements: an Acquisition Contract and a Sustainment Framework Agreement (together the “Contract”). These two agreements are mutually dependent and shall be seen together as a whole regulating the contractual relations between SAAB Danmark A/S and DALO. 2) The Acquisition Contract: The VCS facilitate voice communication between ground operational centers and other ground based operational entities as well as communication to and from aircrafts and vessels. The VCS will be used intensively and on a continuous basis (24/7/365) by the Danish Defence, including and foremost the Royal Danish Navy in relation to maritime surface surveillance and the Royal Danish Air Force for air surveillance, air battle management and Command and Control. Consequently, it is of utmost importance that the VCS and its functionalities operate with a high level of availability. Furthermore, in order for the VCS to efficiently contribute to the missions and operations within the span of tasks under the Danish Defence, the VCS have the following functionalities and characteristics: The VCS shall be scalable in terms of the number of centers, users and radios, the types of radios and services. The VCS is to be installed in Denmark on approx. 40 remote radio sites and 5 operational centers, one Test and School System, and one Reference System for reproduction of problems and test of software updates. Each radio site may have different types of radios allocated including HF, VHF, UHF and TETRA radios. Furthermore, the VCS shall integrate a voice recording system and a Cisco Call Manager based IP-telephone system operated by the Danish Defence (GFE). The VCS shall be security accredited to the classification level NATO SECRET and the Danish classification level HEMMELIGT. It is noted that NATO SECRET and HEMMELIGT is two individual accreditation approvals. The VCS’ primary function is to interconnect radios, telephone systems, intercom and public announcement systems. Besides the VCS’ primary function, the VCS shall be able to separate voice communication in minimum two security domains up to and including the classification levels NATO SECRET and HEMMELIGT. The VCS shall have a dedicated management system. VCS system components shall be capable of being used in all locations with an available IP infrastructure, including satellite links with high latency. The VCS shall be based on End-to-End IP architecture. TEMPEST modified equipment in the VCS shall be compliant to NATO SDIP-27. The VCS will be using DALO’s own government furnished equipment (GFE), including IP-WAN, cryptographic devices and Voice Recorders and shall be designed to integrate a wide range of different types of radios. TEMPEST modified equipment is also required at selected locations of the VCS. As part of the Contract, SAAB Danmark A/S shall deliver system documentation and technical maintenance documentation for the VCS. Furthermore, SAAB Danmark A/S shall deliver initial training and education for all kinds of users, including operators, system administrators and super-users. 3) The Sustainment Framework Agreement: During the expected lifetime of the VCS, DALO shall be able to acquire development and repair services and maintenance, including the possibility to acquire spare parts as well as off site and on site technical support. As part of these deliverables, SAAB Danmark A/S shall ensure that the system documentation and the technical maintenance documentation are kept updated continuously. On request, DALO shall be able to acquire training and education for all kinds of users, including operators, system administrators and super-users, remote radio site technicians as well as tailor made courses. Furthermore, SAAB Danmark A/S shall host a Reference system at a location in Denmark.