Sea Range Safety Surveillance Services
Sources Sought from the Department of the Navy. Due Oct 29, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC-7), 11 days left.
| Solicitation number | N6893627R5001 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Navy |
| Office | Naval Air Warfare Center |
| Notice type | Sources Sought |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Engineering Services (541330) |
| Product or service code | AC33 |
| Posted | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Oct 29, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC-7) (11 days left) |
Official notice and attachments
Description
1) INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE: NAWCWD is seeking technically competent sources for engineering services in support of Test and Evaluation (T&E) and systems engineering activities related to Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) and Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) programs at Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). The purpose of this sources sought is to determine what companies are capable of providing the required services in a competitive procurement and to gain market knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications relative to the North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code 541330 for Engineering Services which has a corresponding size standard of $47 million.
Responses to this sources sought synopsis will be utilized by the Government to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement and make appropriate determinations about potential sources. No solicitation is currently available and as such this is not a request for proposal and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. A decision to set aside all or part of this requirement is dependent upon a review of the information submitted in response to this sources sought.
After review of responses to this sources sought, a synopsis and/or solicitation announcement may be published. (2) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This requirement is for engineering services to be provided in support of Test and Evaluation (T&E) and systems engineering activities primarily related to Aegis-Based Defense, formerly Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) and Sea-Based Weapon Systems.
Engineering service are provided to other entities, including (but not limited to) Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), various Hypersonic programs, and Allied Foreign Military Sales (FMS) partners. Aegis-Based Defense is one weapon system in the layered defense provided for the United States and its deployed forces, friends and allies against ballistic missiles of all ranges in all phases of flight.
This defense is provided through an integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), developed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). MDA is responsible for fulfilling the goals set out in the National Missile Defense Act of 1999 in deploying “as soon as is technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack”.
In support of this goal, the Aegis-Based Defense program needs to collect high fidelity system under test and auxiliary sensor data in order to evaluate the results of the flight test and to determine if the system(s) met the mission objectives. Additionally, auxiliary sensor data is highly valuable in providing forensics for any anomalies that may have occurred during these events.
Pre-/post-mission data analyses of this auxiliary sensor data is critical these flight test scenarios. This is a follow-on contract to N6893622D0024. The existing contract is Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Level of Effort (LOE), and was awarded to Raytheon (RTX) on a sole source basis.
The new contract will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP). (3) REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: The MDA / Aegis-Based Defense program requires high fidelity pre-mission planning, real-time mission conduct and execution support, post-mission data analysis, and reporting of test results of high profile flight test events. Support shall be provided to various flight test events and systems engineering activities.
This includes mission planning, test planning, generating test procedures, real-time mission conduct, data collection, real-time range safety mission support, mission data analyses and reporting, operations research support, and technical management support. Aegis-Based Defense requires support for test planning, test conduct, data reduction/analysis, and reporting of auxiliary sensor data during flight test events.
This includes in-depth pre-mission analysis, which provides inputs to instrumentation, sensor data collection CONOPS, and sensor configurations to maximize valuable data collection. Recommendations for test support positions (TSPs) to auxiliary sensors will aid in maximizing valuable data collected. Inputs to test plans as well as mission requirements are needed to ensure mission test objectives are met.
This includes auxiliary tracking and data collection objectives based on mission priorities and overall test objectives. Understanding test objectives will translate directly into what instrumentation should be used and how they should be configured. This includes inputs to all test participants (sea-based, ground-based, airborne, and space-based).
Real-time mission conduct support assists auxiliary sensor participants to make adjustments to configurations, tracking objectives, and/or tracking CONOPS based on changes to mission scenarios. This support can ensure successful data collection during live missile and test vehicle launches. Mission conduct and execution support includes providing sensor and analysis support to assist range safety.
Complex analyses and reporting of test results is needed to evaluate weapons and weapon systems to ensure mission test objectives have been met. This includes ingesting, reducing, processing, and analyzing all auxiliary data (optical, radar, telemetry) and data formats. Analyses and test results should be shared with the government and test community to ensure proper communication and collaboration.
(4) PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: This effort will primarily be performed at PMRF at Barking Sands, Kauai, HI. Support will also be conducted at the following national test ranges and locations: Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (JBPHH) on Oahu, HI; Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) Point Mugu Sear Range (PMSR) at Point Mugu, CA; Vandenberg Space Force Base (SFB) in CA; Reagan Test Site (RTS) on Kwajalein Atoll; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) in AK; Cape Canaveral
The description continues in the official notice.
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