USCG VTS Alaska & Rescue 21 Alaska VHF Communication System Organizational Maintenance - Follow on

The purpose of this contract is to obtain performance based organizational level sustainment support services to include preventive as well as corrective maintenance for the following two U.S. Coast Guard Systems: 1. The Rescue 21 Alaska Very High Frequency (VHF) Communication and Search and Rescue system (R21-AK), which includes the CG Digital Selective Calling system (DSC-AK), the CG Alaska Microwave Network system, and various subsystems providing facilities and remote site power. Contractor will be required to meet and maintain the Coast Guard's R21-AK operational availability requirement of 98% measured monthly by Sector. The R21 AK system consists of operator control workstations, servers and terminal equipment, network equipment including microwave radios and routers, as well as remote unmanned independently powered VHF radio broadcast equipment that are located at government owned or leased locations throughout Alaska, including Southeast, Gulf of Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, the Bering Strait, and Prudhoe Bay regions. The R21-AK systems are located at 2 Coast Guard Sectors, 6 Coast Guard stations or units, and 55 remote locations. Remote locations may only be accessible via vessel or helicopter. Support of remote unmanned independently powered VHF radio broadcast sites and the CG Alaska Microwave Network system includes O-level facility maintenance on towers, equipment huts and structures, solar power systems, propane/thermoelectric/diesel power generation systems, 24VDC/48VDC battery banks and AC/DC charging systems, ancillary heating and ventilation equipment, and C5I systems maintenance as well as annual refueling of remote sites in Alaska. 2. The CG Vessel Traffic Service (VTS-AK) which monitors and controls all vessel traffic in the ports and waterways of Prince William Sound. VTS-AK is composed of the Vessel Traffic Center in Valdez Alaska and six remote sites (Point Pigot, Cape Hinchinbrook, Naked Island, Potato Point, Valdez Spit Site and Reef Island). This system consists of electronic sensor equipment (radars, Automatic Identification System (AIS), weather monitoring stations, closed circuit TV cameras and VHF radios) at remote sites linked back to the Vessel Traffic Center (VTC) via microwave radios or commercial telephone lines where available. Contractor will be required to meet and maintain the Coast Guard's VTS-AK operational availability requirement of 95% measured monthly.