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Description See attachment for complete RFI document. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This RFI is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the United States (U.S.) Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the responding party’s expense. At this time, proprietary information is not being requested, and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this RFI. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. Background: The San Francisco Bay is the largest and most diverse harbor on the Pacific coast of the United States. Comprised of 21 federal anchorages, 9 ports, and numerous marinas and refineries, the Sector San Francisco Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) oversees an area in which approximately 150,000 vessel transits occur each year. The San Francisco VTS area is divided into two sectors: Offshore and Inshore. The Offshore sector includes the navigable waters of the Pacific Ocean within a 38 nautical mile radius of Mt. Tamalpais, excluding the Offshore Precautionary Area. The Inshore Sector includes all waterways and tributaries between the Offshore Precautionary Area and the inland ports of Stockton, West Sacramento, and Redwood City. In the San Pablo Bay, the VTS area is south of Petaluma River Entrance Channel Day Beacon 19 and 20. In the Mare Island Strait, the VTS area is south of the Mare Island Causeway bridge. The below figure displays the ports in the San Francisco VTS area, as well as the boundary lines. Purpose: The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is seeking information from potential offerors who are interested in and are able to improve coastal maritime domain awareness for USCG Sector San Francisco (SSF) by conducting a technical assessment of SSF Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) technologies and operations and then provide a technical demo for government/ industry partners encompassing every Port within the SSF VTS Area demonstrating the offeror’s turnkey transformation of VTS operations and technology and the rough order of magnitude (ROM) costs to include replacement and sustainment. The offerors must be willing to provide the following with zero cost to the U.S. Government: Provide evidence as a current Industrial member to the I