SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- The Missile Downlink System (MDS) operation and maintenance, Range Advanced Encryption System (AES) Decryptor (RAD) and flight lethality payload development and analysis for Aegis BMD flight missions and related activities
- Notice Date
- 1/7/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Missile Defense Agency - MDA-DACG
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- HQ0276-15-R-0002
- Archive Date
- 2/5/2015
- Point of Contact
- Terrence J. McGraw, Phone: 5406636574, Vanessa Knight, Phone: 5406636933
- E-Mail Address
-
Terrence.McGraw@mda.mil, vanessa.knight@mda.mil
(Terrence.McGraw@mda.mil, vanessa.knight@mda.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Description This is a request for information (RFI) from the Missile Defense Agency Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program office (MDA/AB). MDA/AB is conducting market research to identify potential small business sources with the technical capability and necessary resources to provide research, analysis, characterization and/or modeling of weapon system effectiveness, weapons performance, weapons systems effectiveness, signatures, lethality, target vulnerability, flight test support and kill assessment on ballistic missile threats including payload response in support of the Aegis BMD Test and Evaluation program. 2. Background Physical Sciences, Inc. (PSI) has been providing these engineering and analytical services to MDA/AB since 2010. Over the past three (3) years, the incumbent contractor has provided labor resources equivalent to approximately two (2) Full-Time-Equivalents per year. PSI has developed proprietary software and algorithms for modeling and simulation for pre- and post-mission assessments, to characterize debris fields and measuring lethality and weapon system effectiveness. These technical services have been provided by PSI in support of current and future Aegis BMD Weapon Systems, including the missile and its components and sub-components, the ship based Weapon System and associated sub-systems including but not limited to the tactical Missile Downlink System (MDS), the MDS Testbed and the MDS Kill Assessment Module (MKAM). 3. Requirements 3.1 Aegis BMD and Standard Missile (SM) 3.1.1 The contractor shall provide Aegis BMD and SM scientific and Flight Test Standard Missile (FTM) support including but not limited to pre-mission predictions and post-mission analyses of weapon system performance. The performance analyses may include but not be limited to system performance in the areas of lethal object discrimination, countermeasures and counter-countermeasure performance, target-object-map performance, aim point selection, hit point determination, direct hit and/or warhead target response/lethality, weapon system effectiveness, kill assessment, post engagement debris field object characterization, debris and electro-optical (EO)/radio frequency (RF) characterizations, debris parameter estimation, rarified atmospheric interactions, and multi-sensor fusion. 3.1.2 Provide research, analysis and/or characterization modeling of previously obtained test data (such as sled track, gas gun and other test range data) to provide scaling to compare to Aegis BMD FTMs where analyses shall address and scale atmospheric parameters including intercept altitude effects to scale and assess test data to exo-atmospheric conditions for SM FTM. 3.1.3 Provide research, analysis and/or characterization modeling supporting the development and testing of the current and future Aegis BMD baseline systems including the missile and its components and sub-components, the ship based Weapon System and associated sub-systems including but not limited to the tactical MDS, the MDS Testbed and the MKAM using PSI-Hit/Point (H/P), PSI Radar Simulation (PRSIM) and other modeling tools for an overall kill assessment functionality assessment including but not limited to algorithms for the determination of which debris object is the surviving lethal object with the post engagement debris field. 3.1.4 Technical and programmatic support for the Aegis BMD Weapon System Effectiveness (WSE) Working Group, Aegis BMD Instrumentation Working Group (IWG), Range Safety Working Group and various Aegis BMD Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), including but not limited to, Engage, Kill Assessment and Radar and also sub-IPTs such as the Signal Processing and Equipment and performance of other WSE and lethality-related analyses. 3.1.5 Provide research, analysis, characterization and/or modeling of the vulnerability of target structures, systems and components to non-nuclear damage mechanisms including but not limited to algorithms for the determination of which debris object is the surviving lethal object with the post engagement debris field. Target descriptions provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories shall require access to Restricted Data (RD) and Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information (CNWDI). 3.1.6 Provide research, analysis, characterization and/or modeling of the damage effects of weapon fragmentation and/or kill enhancement device concepts against air or surface targets. 3.1.7 Provide research, analysis and/or characterization modeling in advanced computer techniques for hardware and/or software, such as the patented method: "reconfigure-able environmentally adaptive computing" to assist in the modeling and/or analysis of weapon systems including but not limited to EO and RF sensor functioning, target discrimination and recognition and near real time determination of engagement parameters including but not limited to closing velocity, strike angle, target projected length and true length estimated utilizing strike angle determination, sensor fusion, image enhancement, damage mechanism deployment and/or target response. 3.1.8 Provide research, analysis, measurements, characterization and/or modeling of the weapons effects and signatures for missile threats engaged by current and future Aegis BMD baseline systems including payload response and typing including but not limited to the analysis of the potential performance of remote sensors. May include use of patented technologies. 3.1.9 Provide research, development, instrumentation, analysis, documentation and/or experimentation of hardware and/or software for the purpose of weapon performance assessment and with associated characterization and signature evaluations. 3.1.10 Provide research, analysis and/or characterization modeling in other general areas of target vulnerability, damage mechanism lethality and endgame effectiveness modeling. 3.2 Kill Assessment (KA)/Verification and Validation (V&V) 3.2.1 Conduct scientific and flight test mission support for KA/V&V including but not limited to EO (visible to infra-red) and RF algorithm specification/specification changes and functionality assessments and refinement, documentation, V&V activities based on FTM data and synthesized data, to pre-mission predictions and post-mission analyses. 3.2.2 Provide research, analysis and/or characterization modeling of previously obtained test data (such as FTM, sled track, gas gun and other test range data) to provide scaling for KA algorithm assessments and V&V activities to compare to Aegis BMD FTM and threat engagement analyses where there is the need to scale KA feature values due to atmospheric effects and threat engagements as well as other RF and EO Aegis BMD parameters including but not limited to radar band, pulse parameters, burst parameters, method of integration, signal processing algorithms and active/passive EO band(s) of center wavelength, bandwidth, integration time, framing rate, receiver optical parameters. 3.2.3 Provide research, analysis and/or characterization modeling supporting the development and testing of KA functions for the current and future Aegis BMD Systems including the missile and its components and sub-components, the ship based current and future Weapon System and associated sub-systems including but not limited to the tactical MDS, the MDS Testbed and the MKAM using modeling tools. 3.2.4 Provide technical and programmatic KA support for the Aegis BMD WSE Working Group, Aegis BMD IWG, various Aegis BMD IPTs including but not limited to Engage, KA and Radar and also sub-IPTs such as the Signal Processing and Equipment and performance of other WSE and lethality and KA related analyses. 3.2.5 Provide research, analysis, characterization and/or modeling for KA of target structures, systems and components to non-nuclear damage mechanisms for the complete range of outcomes including but not limited to positive kill, probable kill, probable no kill and algorithms for the determination of which debris object is the surviving lethal object with the post engagement debris field. Target descriptions provided by the DOE National Laboratories shall require access to RD and CNWDI. 3.2.6 Provide research, analysis, characterization and/or modeling of KA associated with weapon fragmentation and/or kill enhancement device concepts against air or surface targets and other modeling tools. 3.2.7 Provide research, analysis and/or characterization modeling in advanced computer techniques (hardware and/or software) to assist in the modeling and/or analysis of the KA functions and methods within current and future weapon systems. 3.2.8 Provide research, analysis, measurements, characterization and/or modeling of the weapons effects for KA activities of missile threats including payload response and typing. 3.2.9 Provide research, development, instrumentation, analysis, documentation and/or experimentation of hardware and/or software for the purpose of KA. 3.2.10 Provide research, analysis and/or characterization modeling in other general areas of KA and endgame effectiveness modeling. 3.3 Submit Monthly Progress, Status and Management and financial reports as required in the Contract Data Requirements List. 3.4 Submit Trip and Test reports as required in the Contract Data Requirements List. 3.5 Submit Presentation Material and Design Review Data Package as required in the Contract Data Requirements List. 4. Requested Information Respondents who believe they can meet the requirements and information requested in this RFI should submit a package no later than January 21, 2015 at 3:00 PM EST to include a White Paper in pdf electronic format not to exceed 10 pages (8.5 inch x 11 inch) using Times New Roman 12 point font, with one inch margins on top and bottom. The package should include the following information. 1. Company Name, Point of Contact, Address, Telephone and Fax Numbers, Email Address. The response should also specify in what category or categories of small business, if any, the firm is qualified to bid. 2. Other DoD programs and customers supported. 3. Projects or work performed that is similar to the aforementioned statement of work (SOW). 4. A description of respondent's capabilities and resources to conduct the above Draft SOW Requirements plus any additional documentation that you believe would be beneficial to support this effort. 5. How the respondent intends to satisfy the SOW requirements. Submissions must be clearly marked with the following caption: For Official Use Only, Releasable to Government Agencies for Evaluation Purposes Only. The response should be properly packaged, labeled, handled and submitted in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual and mailed to the following address: Missile Defense Agency Attn: Terrence McGraw 17211 Avenue D. Suite 160 Dahlgren, VA 22448 Terrence.McGraw@MDA.mil (540) 663-6574
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Various testing locations, United States
- Record
- SN03610939-W 20150109/150107234816-bcf633967c220816dfc9d53cdeea5ad8 (fbodaily.com)
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