Cortex CRT system

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Interchangeable Parts
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
ZODIAC DATA SYSTEMS
Les Ulis
5, Avenue des Andes
CS 90101
France
91978
Nature of Requirements: 
1.	Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) 

An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community
that a department or agency intends to award a contract for
goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier,
thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in
bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no
supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the
requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date
stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed
with the award to the pre-identified supplier. 

2.	Definition of the requirement 
The Canadian Space Agency requires to purchase four (4) systems
TT&C 'Command, Ranging and Telemetry' CORTEX CRT processor that
is manufactured by Zodiac Data Systems located in Paris, France. 
The CORTEX CRT systems will be integrated within the Canadian
government TT&C's (Tracking, Telemetry and Command) for the
current satellite missions operation and also for the
simulation, LEOP (Launch and Early Orbit Phase), commissioning
and routine phases of the Canadian Space Agency future missions
currently in development. 


















3.	Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities
(Minimum Essential Requirements) 
Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement
of capabilities that its system  meets the following
requirements:
TT&C Frontend processor Requirements
Downlink Telemetry Requirements
Intermediate Frequency (I.F.) Range	60 to 80 MHz
I.F. Input level range	-20 to -100 dBm
I.F. input stages	3 -Real-Time Telemetry -Simulated Telemetry
Loopback -Telecommand Loopback or echo
I.F. input ports	2 per input stage -Nominal: Long loop
-Secondary: Short loop
Input Interface connector	BNC
Input Interface impedance	50 Ohm
Input Interface VSWR	 £ 1.3
Isolation between channels	> 80 dB
AGC range	-20 to -90 dBm
AGC time constant	0.1, 1, 10, 100 ms
Acquisition range	±300 kHz
Acquisition Threshold	EB/No  £ 2 dB
Spectrum Analysis 	Simultaneous spectrum analysis and
demodulation on 2 I.F. Input stages
Output Interfaces	-Ethernet TCP/IP -TTL Serial Data/Clock 
Protocols	-TCP/IP CCSDS VCs decommutation, minimum of possible 3
connections -TCP/IP CCSDS Service Link extension (RAF, RCF,
ROCF), minimum of possible 3 connections -Raw Telemetry (Serial
output Data/Clock TTL)
Telemetry Storage	Hard disk, minimum of 500 GB for 14 days local
storage
- Frame time-tagging	Yes, ms accuracy
-Frame check & Decoder status	-Frame synchronization -CRC
-Reed-Solomon


High Bandwidth Telemetry Direct PCM Tracking and demodulation
Demodulation scheme	-QPSK/PCM                         -BPSK/PCM 
                    -PM/PCM
Unbalanced QPSK	Up to 15 dB unbalance
I/Q Interleave	Yes
I.F. level measurement accuracy	   £ 2 dB
I.F. level measurement output	Real-Time TCP/IP
Diversity combining	Post-detection combining (3dB gain with
equal-strength signals, without spectrum analysis)
Bit rate	20 Kbps to 20 Mbps
BER Degradation	  £ 1 dB vs theory
Convolutional Decoding	Yes (CCSDS Viterbi K=7,R=½, Soft decision)
Eb/No measurement	Yes (0.5 dB accuracy)
Acquisition threshold	Eb/No £ 0 dB
QPSK ambiguities solving and Frame synchronization	-Frame
synchronizer (Synchronization word (CCSDS) detection phase)
-Direct -Single Viterbi decoding
Frame filtering	Yes (32 bits mask)
Frame synchronization strategy	States Machine: -SEARCH phase
-CHECK phase -LOCK phase -FLYWHEEL phase
Descrambling	Yes (CCSDS)
Frame Error Control	CRC (CCSDS)
FEC	Yes (CCSDS E=16, Reed-Solomon 255,223)
PCM Code	-NRZ-L/M/S -BP-L/M/S
External input TTL Serial Data/Clock 	-Frame Synchronizer
-Viterbi decoder
Matched filter	Root Raised Cosine
Roll-off factor	0.35
Doppler measurement	Cumulated phase variations
Doppler measurement sampling	1 s
Doppler measurement range	± 200 KHz
Doppler measurement rate	Max 1.5 KHz/s
Doppler measurement output	Real-Time TCP/IP

High Bandwidth Telemetry with subcarrier Tracking and
demodulation

Demodulation scheme	-PM/BPSK/PCM -FM/PCM
Subcarrier	16 kHz to 1024 MHz
I.F. level measurement accuracy	    £ 2 dB
I.F. level measurement output	Real-Time TCP/IP
Diversity combining	Post-detection combining (3dB gain with
equal-strength signals, without spectrum analysis)
Bit rate 	500 bps to 512 Kbps
BER Degradation	   £ 1 dB vs. theory
Convolutional Decoding	Yes (CCSDS Viterbi K=7,R=½, Soft decision)
Eb/No measurement	Yes (0.5 dB accuracy)
Frame synchronization	Yes (CCSDS)
Frame filtering	Yes (32 bits mask)
Frame synchronization strategy	States Machine: -SEARCH phase
-CHECK phase -LOCK phase -FLYWHEEL phase
Descrambling	Yes (CCSDS)
Frame Error Control	CRC (CCSDS)
FEC	Yes (CCSDS E=16, Reed-Solomon 255,223)
PCM Code	-NRZ-L/M/S -BP-L/M/S
External input TTL Serial Data/Clock 	-Frame Synchronizer
(Synchronization word (CCSDS) detection phase) -Viterbi decoder
Doppler measurement	Yes (Cumulated phase variations) 
- sampling	1 s
- range	± 200 KHz
- rate	Max 1.5 KHz/s
- output	Real-Time TCP/IP




Uplink Telecommand Requirements

Intermediate Frequency (I.F.)	68 to 72 MHz
I.F. output stage	1
I.F. output port ports	2 per input stage -Nominal: Long loop
-Secondary: Short loop
I.F. output level Nominal	0 to -50 dBm
I.F. output level Secondary	-20 to -70 dBm
I.F. Unmodulated Carrier Spurious	   £ 60 dBc @ 0 dBm
I.F. Carrier frequency stability	As per external 10Mhz reference
Input
I.F. phase noise	0.2 deg
Output Interface connector	BNC
Output Interface impedance	50 Ohm
Output Interface VSWR	  £ 1.3
Carrier Sweep	
-range	± 100 kHz
-rate	± 100 kHz/s
-offset	± 150 kHz
Modulations	-PM/PCM -PM/BPSK/PCM -FM/PCM
Modulation index	0.9 to 1.25 rad
PCM modulation filtering	Root Raised Cosine
Modulating signal	Internal, external PCM data streams
Input Interface	Ethernet TCP/IP, Serial Data Clock, BNC
Protocols	-TCP/IP CCSDS Service Link extension (F-CLTU), Limited
to 1 client connection -TCP/IP CCSDS COP-1, Limited to 1 client
connection -Raw Telecommand, Serial Input Data/Clock TTL
Modulated Telecommand Storage	Hard disk, using High Bandwidth
Telemetry with Sub-carrier demodulation Input in Short Loopback
Noise Generator	C/No: 100 to 15 dB.Hz
Extra note	Telecommand and Telemetry Simulation uplink must be
capable of functioning simultaneously data flow test purpose


Uplink Telemetry Simulation Requirements (simultaneous with
Uplink Telecommand Requirements)
Intermediate Frequency (I.F.)	68 to 72 MHz
I.F. output stage	1
I.F. output port ports	2 per input stage -Nominal: Long loop
-Secondary: Short loop
I.F. output level Nominal	0 to -50 dBm
I.F. output level Secondary	-20 to -70 dBm
I.F. Unmodulated Carrier Spurious	   £  60 dBc @ 0 dBm
I.F. Carrier frequency stability	As per external 10Mhz reference
Input
I.F. phase noise	0.2 deg
Output Interface connector	BNC
Output Interface impedance	50 Ohm
Output Interface VSWR	   £ 1.3
Modulations	- Modulation as per High Bandwidth Telemetry Direct
PCM and High Bandwidth Telemetry with Sub-carrier requirements
using I.F. output stage #2 or #3
Telemetry replay	-Recorded Telemetry Replay
Simulated TM source	-Pseudo Random sequence (PN11) -Remote
TCP-IP server
Bit error rate measurement	Yes
Noise Generator	C/No: 100 to 15 dB.Hz
Extra note	Telecommand and Telemetry Simulation uplink must be
capable of functioning simultaneously data flow test purpose


Satellite Ranging
Tone Plan	ESA code standard Programmable frequencies and tones
sequence
Tone frequency	2 Hz to 500 kHz
Number of tones	1 major tone 6 minor tones
Distance measurement resolution	1 ns




Time, Frequency and Power Requirements
Time Code Decoding	IRIG-B
External Clock	10 Mhz
1 PPS	Yes (TTL)
Leap second & leap year management	Yes
Time tagging accuracy	± 10 us
Nominal Supply Voltage	120V/60Hz


4.	Applicability of the trade agreement(s) to the procurement 
This procurement is not subject to the trade agreements.

5.	Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier 
The CORTEX CRT systems has been chosen by the Canadian Space
Agency due to the fact that it is directly integrated with
existing environment of other CORTEX CRT systems. 
The Canadian Space Agency's has qualified these CORTEX CRT
systems for operations with the following Canadian satellite
missions: SCISAT-l, NEOSSAT and M3MSAT. 
Moreover, the Canadian Space Agency's has qualified and
interfaced the CORTEX CRT systems with international partner
such the German Space Agency (DLR) and the French Centre
national d'Études Spatiales (CNES) for TT&C support for
TerraSar-X, Tandem-X, TET-1, PAZ, Pleiades1A/1B and VEGA
missions.
In addition to this, other organisations such as NASA (ASF),
DLR, CNES, SSC, KSAT and TELESAT also use the CORTEX CRT system
for satellite control and the compatibility of the
communications between diverse Space Agency partners is
necessary. 

6. Government Contracts Regulations Exception(s) 
The following exception(s) to the Government Contracts
Regulations is (are) invoked for this procurement under
subsection  6(d) - "only one person is capable of performing the
work").

7. Period of the proposed contract or delivery date 
The system must be delivered on or before March 31, 2015.

8. Cost estimate of the proposed contract
The estimated value of the contract, including option(s), is
$506, 940 EURO

9. Name and address of the pre-identified supplier 
	ZODIAC DATA SYSTEMS
	Les Ulis
	5, Avenue des Andes, 
	CS 90101
	91978 COURTABOEUF CEDEX 
	France
10.	Suppliers' right to submit a statement of capabilities 
Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available
to provide the goods, services or construction services
described in the ACAN may submit a statement of capabilities in
writing to the contact person identified in this notice on or
before the closing date of this notice. The statement of
capabilities must clearly demonstrate how the supplier meets the
advertised requirements.

11. Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities 
The closing date and time for accepting statements of
capabilities is October 6, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. EDT).

12.	Inquiries and submission of statements of capabilities 
Inquiries and statements of capabilities are to be directed to:
Annie Blanchet 
Telephone: 514-496-3519
Facsimile: 514-496-3822
E-mail:annie.blanchet@tpsgc.gc.ca


Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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with one firm only as identified above. Should you have any
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procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.