SOURCES SOUGHT FOR ALLEN BRADLEY PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER (PCL)

The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Hawaii (NAVFAC Hawaii) is conducting market research to determine the availability of qualified sources capable of providing a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Input/Output (I/O) Module and programming software that meet or exceed the technical capability, cybersecurity posture, and seamless network integration performance of the Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley ControlLogix 5580 (1756-L83E) PLC, Allen-Bradley Flex 5000 IO module (5094-), and Studio 5000 programming software suite. This market research will establish if or equal products can satisfy the mission-critical compatibility, cybersecurity standardization, and failover redundancy requirements of the existing SCADA system, or if a sole-source procurement under FAR 6.302-1 is required. The alternate product/service must meet the following requirements/specifications: 1. The existing PLCs installed throughout portions of the SCADA system are reaching mature lifecycle status. As part of the long term SCADA modernization effort, selection of a compatible new PLC platform is required. The proposed products shall be compatible with the cybersecurity and standardization requirements for the existing SCADA system. Proposed products must have regular firmware updates and security advisories. The proposed products shall be able to integrate and communicate with existing Allen-Bradley PLCs, RUGID PLCs, HSQ front end and I/O modules on the existing SCADA system without additional hardware or software added to the existing PLCs and I/O modules. The system shall also provide a fully redundant supervisory control system to maintain continuous operation during a controller failure. The system must maintain coordinated controller logic, process data, and distributed I/O status during failover. The existing legacy panels shall also be integrated directly into the new supervisory architecture over the existing EtherNet/IP network via radio and fiber optic connections. 2. Hardware: All process related functions, calculations, timers, and numeric manipulations must be accomplished in the PLC hardware and not in the HMI. 3. The PLC system must be microprocessor-based, capable of receiving binary and analog inputs and, through programming via the manufacturer s standard development software, must be able to control binary and analog output functions, perform data handling operations, and communicate with external devices. The PLCs must meet the requirements of Class A computing devices, comply with 47 CFR 15, and withstand conducted susceptibility tests as outlined in NEMA ICS 1, NEMA ICS 2, NEMA ICS 3, and IEEE C37.90.1. The PLC hardware must function properly at operating temperatures between 32 and 122 degrees F at 5 to 95 percent relative humidity non-condensing. The hardware must tolerate storage temperatures between minus 40 and plus 140 degrees F at 5 to 95 percent relative humidity non-condensing. 4. Modular PLC: The PLC must be based on a modular, field-expandable design allowing the system to be tailored to the process control application. The system must be expandable through the use of additional hardware and user software. As a minimum, the main PLC chassis must include a mounting backplane, a power supply module, a central processing unit (CPU) module, communications module, and input/output (I/O) module. The modules must be grouped together in mounting racks or cabinets. The backplanes and terminal bases must provide the communications mechanism to fully integrate the individual modules located within the rack. Modules other than I/O modules must plug directly into the backplane. Wire connectors between modules are strictly prohibited except for expansion of the system to include multiple backplanes. The rack size must be able to hold equipment necessary while performing required control functions. The system configuration must support Removal and Insertion Under Power (RIUP), allowing for the removal and/or installation…