Request for Information - Sources Sought Synopsis - - Amendment 1

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) / SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES TECHNICIAN SUPPORT SERVICES

W911QX27RA003

Amendment 0001 - The purpose of this amendment is to notify industry that the following information has been amended. (The changes are indicated in red text.)

Past experience/performance

Technical Capability Briefs

Period of Performance

Due date for Questions

The closing date will remain the same as 24 November 2026 by 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).

• I. Disclaimer. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. In accordance with (IAW) FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with the preparation or submission of the information requested. All costs associated with responding to the RFI will be solely at the responding party's expense. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this RFI. This RFI does not constitute a solicitation for proposal or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this contemplated effort. The information provided may be used by the Services in developing an acquisition strategy, a statement of work (SOW), statement of objectives (SOO), or performance work statement (PWS). Some information resulting from this RFI may eventually be included in one or more RFPs, which will be released to industry. Proprietary information should be marked. Any subsequent actions resulting from the evaluation of the information provided in response to the RFI may be synopsized at a future date. If synopsized, information detailing the specific requirements of this procurement will be included. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at http://www.SAM.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential respondents to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

• II. Overview. The Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) has a continuing need to conduct programs and experiments in support of basic research, applied research, and analyses, as related to weapons, munitions, materials, manufacturing processes, vehicle technology, human engineering, and the survivability/lethality of Army personnel and materiel. It is necessary to obtain a wide variety of technical data on both new concepts and improvements to existing systems and new and existing technologies. It is also necessary to efficiently obtain critical technical data in support of efforts to solve identified problems with fielded systems. Additionally, data is required to support ARL’s mission of advancing and validating predictive capabilities in support of both survivability/lethality analyses and physics‐based weapons performance simulations. To obtain this data, ARL is required to conduct both traditional standard tests and state‐of‐the‐art non‐standard experiments, as well as develop new techniques for analyzing and measuring critical data. Techniques vary in scale from laboratory microscopy at the molecular dimensions level to field experiments on full‐up combat and tactical systems. Experimental programs and support requirements may extend for years in duration or may only last for days or weeks.