NAIS Acquisition Strategy
The Nationwide Automatic Identification System will be implemented in three increments, as follows:
- Increment 1 - Receive Only in Critical Ports and Coastal Areas
- Increment 2 - Coastal Transmit and Receive Nationwide
- Increment 3 - Long Range Receive Nationwide
Implementing NAIS in three increments will help to address technical, logistical and budgetary risks that would be more difficult to manage in a single step approach. This strategy will allow the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to demonstrate progress in complying with the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 more quickly than would otherwise be possible. In particular, the strategy for implementing Increment 1 will provide port security stakeholders with improved resource allocation, decision making and enhanced port security two to four years sooner.
The capability increments have been structured in consideration of DHS mission priorities, maturity of AIS technology, and engineering and support feasibility.
Increment 1
As of September 2008, Increment 1 provides the shore-based capability to receive AIS messages within the Nation’s 58 major ports and 16 most critical coastal areas by using existing government infrastructure and meeting cost and performance requirements.
The NAIS Project Office partnered with the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Sea Logistics Center (NAVSEALOGCEN) and a number of Coast Guard Centers of Excellence, including the Operations Systems Center, Research and Development Center, Navigation Center, Command and Control Engineering Center, and Telecommunications and Information System Command to develop and implement the first increment of NAIS. The NAIS Project Office leveraged existing contracts through the partnered commands to install and support the system capability. A contract was awarded by the NAIS Project Office to Shine Micro, Inc. of Port Ludlow, WA on 22 Sep 2006 for the supply of AIS receivers to be installed under NAIS Increment 1. Increment 1 Achieved Full Operating Capability (FIOC) in September 2008.
Increment 2
Increment 2 will build on the Rescue 21 modernization project, providing shore-based receive coverage out to 50 nm and transmit capability out to 24 nm along the entire coastline of the U.S., U.S. territories and along designated inland waterways.
I-2 will be procured in a two-phased approach. The first procurement will be a full and open competition and will be awarded to a single contractor, selected under best-value consideration, to design, develop, integrate, test and implement the core NAIS capability to provide AIS coverage in three USCG Sectors that include Delaware Bay (Philadelphia, PA.), Hampton Roads, VA. And, Mobile, ALA. The second procurement is expected to be a multiple-award contract for remote site work and installations to establish nationwide AIS coverage.
Increment 3 Planning
Increment 3 will extend the receive coverage to 2,000 nm from the baseline. Increment 3 capability is envisioned to be provided by a combination of satellite communication services and Very High Frequency (VHF) services using offshore platforms and data buoys. Satellite communication services would provide coverage over the farthest reaches of the long range coverage area. Increment 3 is currently envisioned to be a separate procurement action(s) from Increments 1 and 2.
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