Unmanned Aircraft Traffic Management Service Provision (UTM SP) Showcase Opportunity Tender

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Country: Rwanda

Summary: Unmanned Aircraft Traffic Management Service Provision (UTM SP) Showcase Opportunity

Deadline: 09 Jan 2020

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 38672283

Document Ref. No.: 1265854

Financier: World Bank (WB)

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Tender Value: Refer Document

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Expression of Interest are invited for Unmanned Aircraft Traffic Management Service Provision (UTM SP) Showcase Opportunity.

The World Bank together with Government of Rwanda at the African Drone Forum (ADF) seek UTM Service Providers (UTM SPs) to exhibit their technology to key players in the emerging drone ecosystems throughout Africa, includes local and global drone companies, government officials, civil aviation regulators, and academia. The objective is to facilitate discussions between Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs) and Industry and allow demonstrations of service provision using drone data from the Lake Kivu Challenge (LKC) Flying Competitions.

As the number or complexity of drone flights increases, several conditions will be necessary to foster safe, secure, efficient, affordable, respectful and resilient operations, in either segregated airspace or through integration with conventional (manned) aircraft.

The envisaged scope of the showcase opportunities at the ADF is that UTM SP companies will be granted access to one day of live drone data (either by a feed, setting up your own tracking receivers, or receiving a feed from the UTM SP umbrella) to demonstrate their full or partial UTM services. The extent of participation will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

These services can include some or all of the following (from the draft EASA opinion on U-Space Regulation, RMT.0230: high level regulatory framework for the U-Space):

E-identification service;
Geo-awareness service;
Flight authorization service;
Traffic information service;
Tracking service;
Weather information service; and
Conformance monitoring service.

Lake Kivu Challenge Flying Competitions
During the ADF-LKC flying competitions, two DronePorts will be located 17.6 kms apart (direct line) with inbound and outbound racetrack BVLOS routes between the two. Rural Asset Mapping data flights will operate at various locations either over Lake Kivu (where several vessels ply, especially fishing dinghies) or Bugarura Island (with some sensitive infrastructure, power lines, dense ferry routes to the mainland, and a very high population density). A restricted (segregated) airspace contains the DronePorts, BVLOS routes and Rural Asset Mapping areas. Conventionally piloted (manned) aircraft will overfly the northern DronePort and may be equipped with either Mode C or Mode S transponders. GSM coverage exists throughout the restricted airspace, and the 4G LTE is Band 20. 240V uninterruptable power will be provided. Internet will be available through a modem. A broad range of drones, autopilots and ground control stations will be utilized.


WHEN & WHERE
Following the completion of the EOI stage, a shortlist of eligible companies will have the opportunity to showcase their technologies at the African Drone Forums Expo on February 5-7, 2020 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Important note: UTM SP companies will be responsible for covering all travel costs, expo fee, and transportation of equipment. ADF will provide access to local drone data and facilitate demonstration times between UTM SPs and CAAs.

The ADF Expo ticket cost 2, 500 USD for companies, 1, 500 USD for startups and includes one expo booth and two regular tickets. Any additional participants will need to purchase regular tickets. Visit www.africandroneforum.org for information adn register on: https://www.cvent.com/events/african-drone-forum/event-summary-b8d06af6ce234a48ab20f8f2b2ef327c.aspx

Other Considerations:

Minimum UTM requirements:
- live drone tracking through Remote Identification (Remote ID) via either direct broadcast or network publishing to allow integrating a range of Remote ID options such as:
o ADS-B; using uAvionics Ping 1090i and pingStations;
o Low-Power Direct RF, Unlicensed Integrated C2;
o Networked Cellular; using devices such as the Unifly BLIP;

Optional features:

- Integration of ATM radar data or Mode A/C/S transporter;
- Remote ID via satellite;
- Low-Power Direct RF [p. 10, FAA UAS ID ARC];
- Dynamic geo-fencing;
- Separation service: strategic and tactical conflict and collision avoidance;
- Weather service integration;
- Flight planning.


UTM Service Provision for the Lake Kivu Challenge (LKC) Flying Competitions
Separate from this UTM showcase EOI, an umbrella UTM Service Provider has been chosen by the ADF Organizing Committee to provide an overarching UTM throughout the flying competitions for the Lake Kivu Challenge. This is a safety requirement.


Expressions of interest can also be registered through:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftk6zrqHh7QGoj7bxlinCGcSHkmg67mtwxDfqOk7HIpqvsWQ/viewform

The following are considered by the ADF as future focus areas:
Deciding when various levels of UTM will be required, for example, the technical infrastructure system and human interface components in response to increasing complexity or demand for services, and this may include registration, flight plan approval, flight consent (clearance) from ATC, multi surveillance tracking and display. An additional question is which stakeholders should have interactions with the data?

Another issue becoming a major hurdle in providing drone services supported by UTM is the set-up and ongoing cost of the technical infrastructure system and human interface components, especially essential real-time positioning (surveillance) of both conventional (manned) and unmanned aircraft, displayed to the UTM operator in a manner that the performance of the communications/navigation/surveillance is provided, assurance that agreed routes are being followed, and that all expected flights are known. Finally, that tracking of lost link, flyaway or manned aircraft errors can be conducted as a contingency or emergency response.

In many locations, there is no ATC radar surveillance. Also, some aircraft will be non-cooperative (no identification, no communications). Detect and Avoid/ Sense and Avoid technologies are still under development. Even when conventional (manned) aircraft in the area have cooperative surveillance (Mode C or S transponder) their position wont necessarily be picked up by ADS-B receivers. This interaction needs to be safely managed; especially with consideration of saturation of the 1090 Mhz network. Alternatives exist (FLARM, licensed mobile spectrum: LTE, 3G/4G, SAT-COM) yet these are generally uncertified, their performance is variable, and coverage is often non-existent. Multilateration (timing of received messages differentials compared to distances from the antenna to the aircraft through trigonometry, to verify that the claimed position is close to the position from which the message was broadcast) is beneficial as this can remove errors in navigation and surveillance single source systems and detect hacking/spoofing.

Cost-benefit: during VLOS and BVLOS flight trials in September 2018, unmanned platforms were fitted with ADS-B (uAvionix ping 1090i) and tracked through both the autopilot/GCS and ADS-B receivers. A $150 bamboo drone was equipped with a GSM tracking transmitter to highlight the present cost of identification and tracking. Sophisticated, SWaP real-time identification and flight information transmitters for UA are understandably expensive; however, a more cost beneficial system is essential.


FUNDING SOURCE

The World Bank Group intends to agree the assignment / services described below under the Enabling cargo drones in Africa: Accelerating Technology Deployment through Enabling Regulatory Environment and Unmanned Traffic Management Systems



INDIVIDUAL / FIRM PROFILE
The consultant will be a firm.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group now invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications.

Interested firms are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through World Bank Group eConsultant2 (https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org/wbgec/index.html)

NOTES
Following this invitation for Expression of Interest, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.

Only those firms which have been shortlisted will receive notification. No debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.


Qualification Criteria

· 1. An outline of the companys core business and experience in providing UTM services including expertise in deploying open source tools and prior experience or efforts with providing the UTM services.

· 2. Summarize the proposed approach for carrying out the showcase including which services will be provided.

· 3. Provide information on key staff and contact persons to support the expo

Documents

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