ATTDP-Sources Sought.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE / INTENT TO LIMITED SOURCE

Title: Advanced Technology Test & Development Program (ATTDP) Agency: Army Contracting Command-Redstone (ACC-RSA) in support of the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) NAICS Code: 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) Size Standard: 1,000 employees

DISCLAIMERS

The primary purpose of this notice is for information and planning purposes. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue a RFP in the future. Solicitations are not available at this time, and requests for solicitations will not receive a response. This is a government market research effort in accordance with FAR Part 10 ("Market Research") and FAR Part 15 ("Contracting by Negotiation").

This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service, nor does it restrict the Government's ultimate acquisition approach. All information submitted is strictly voluntary. The Government will not pay for information requested or compensate any respondent for costs incurred in responding to this notice. Any information provided by the Government is preliminary and subject to change. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor SAM.gov for additional information.

Respondents shall not submit classified or proprietary information. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any improperly identified classified or proprietary information.

1. OVERVIEW AND ACQUISITION STRATEGY

This combined Sources Sought/Intent to Limited Source notice is issued for the purpose of conducting market research to determine if there are potential sources with advanced technology test and research and development capabilities to perform requirements associated with the Advanced Technology Test and Development Program (ATTDP).

This effort is currently being performed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) under base contract W9113M-22-D-0061 (task orders W9113M-22-F-0513, W9113M-22-F- 0514, and W9113M-23-F-0001). It is anticipated that ACC-RSA will issue a limited source award to UAH under the authority of 10 U.S.C.3204 (a)(3) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3(b)(2).

• Anticipated Award: Five-year base effort.

• Estimated Value: Approximately $95 million

• Place of Performance: Huntsville, Alabama area (Redstone Arsenal Government facility and/or a contractor facility).

After a review of the responses, the U.S. Government will determine whether to proceed with the best acquisition strategy to meet its needs.

2. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORT & PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The primary objective of the effort is to provide the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Technical Center (TC) with specialized technical expertise and assistance to advance its core mission areas: Directed Energy (DE), space operations, cyberspace, hypersonics, and integrated air and missile defense. To facilitate this ongoing research and development (R&D), the contractor is responsible for developing, maintaining, and managing specialized laboratory spaces, which currently includes seven existing facilities located throughout the Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal area. These laboratories will support crucial component and subcomponent R&D for strategic and tactical weapon systems.

Furthermore, the contractor will provide dedicated technical mentoring and assistance to the USASMDC intern incubator program.

A significant portion of the effort requires comprehensive testing, evaluation, and threat assessment to ensure the survivability of strategic, theater, and tactical missile defense assets.

The contractor will execute high-velocity impact experiments, analyze impact observables, and assess how flow environments affect interceptor sensor accuracy. To support penetration aids technology programs, the contractor must evaluate innovative discrimination concepts, replica decoys, and other penetration aids using surrogate sub-scale models in dynamic test scenarios that replicate actual operational altitude regimes. Additionally, the contractor will develop and maintain a robust radar and optical target signature database for selected models, while also performing targeted experiments to assess counter-IED, counter-UAS, radar, and small satellite technologies.

Beyond physical testing, the effort demands extensive engineering management research, modeling, software development, and specialized DE research. The contractor will build and validate models covering aerospace environments, dynamic and structural component analysis, systems-level rocket propulsion, and solid propellant combustion. This work also encompasses the development of large-scale data management tools, computer hardware and software research, weapon system evaluation, and advanced cyber-threat and counter-threat development.

Finally, the contractor will conduct foundational and applied R&D for Directed Energy systems, specifically focusing on High Energy Lasers (HEL), High Power Microwave (HPM), laser beam control, and Radio Frequency (RF) technologies at the subsystem and component levels to enhance overall DE and RF weapon system capabilities.

3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The single contractor must be able to perform tasks supporting the following laboratories and R&D domains as specified in the Draft PWS:

A. Aerophysics Research Facility (ARF) – Government Owned

• Fabrication & Testing: Design and fabricate projectiles, targets, and test articles for light gas gun systems and launchers (e.g., warhead fragments, sub-scale re-entry vehicles, threat missiles, hit-to-kill vehicles, tactical armor penetrators).

• Instrumentation & Data Collection: Instrument sub-scale vehicles and targets to obtain data on performance, vulnerability, lethality criteria, and damage assessment. Data parameters include target damage, timing, pressure, acceleration, temperature, debris distribution, and impact radiate spectral emission signatures.

• Sensors: Utilize and develop sensors including shadowgraphs, flash X-rays, high-speed cameras, spectrographs, Doppler radars, and ballistic pendulums.

• Facility Operations: Modify test chambers, conduct data archiving, perform software accreditation, and provide comprehensive engineering management and operations support.

• Experimentation: Conduct hypervelocity impact tests, assess aero-thermal and aero-optical effects, and evaluate innovative discrimination concepts using replica decoys, penetration aids, and other test articles of interest to the missile defense community.

• Miscellaneous Manufacturing: Provide manufacturing and machining support to ARF projects as well as various SMDC Tech Center projects. Support is to include manual and Computer numerical control (CNC)machining, welding and fabrication, as well as woodworking.

B. Directed Energy (DE) and High Energy Laser (HEL) Research

Assess R&D, experimentation, and evaluation of HEL/DE components at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Optics Building (OPB) and the Systems Management and Production (SMAP) Center. HEL/DE being performed at UAH facility may be transitioned to a contractor facility. Focus areas include:

• Component & Subsystem Evaluation: Test next-generation DE concepts; utilize modeling and simulation (M&S); control operational security (OPSEC) -compliant lab space.

• Optics & Solid Optics: Develop optical surface quality measurements; conduct M&S of optical designs (e.g., polymeric gradient index lenses); perform cane draw processes; and test optical material properties.

• Metrology & High-Power Coatings: Establish figure, roughness, and coating measurement standards. Create lab configurations to measure reflectivity, transmissivity, damage threshold, and phase shift.

• Laser Sources & Direct Diode: Design laser material interaction experiments; develop coherent and spectral beam combining techniques to improve single-mode emitter power and efficiency.

• Ultra Short Pulsed Laser (USPL): Research USPL generation, amplification schemes, and target interactions. Develop testbeds to optimize filament propagation and measure plasma density.

• Advanced Adaptive Optics (AO): Design AO technologies to compensate for high-turbulence atmospheric conditions using innovative wavefront sensors (beyond Shack- Hartmann algorithms).

• Beam Control & Fiber Amplifiers: Develop advanced beam control components;

optimize single-mode, kilowatt-class fiber amplifier laser components using nonlinear suppression methods.

• Atmospheric Propagation (AP): Develop sensors and models to predict HEL weapon system performance under varying meteorological conditions.

C. Quantum Enhanced Science and Technologies Laboratory (QuEST) – Government Owned Perform experiments, analysis, and modeling and simulation (M&S) quantum optics, quantum mechanics, quantum sensing, solid-state physics, AMO physics, RF circuits, superconducting materials, and nonlinear optics.

D. Concepts Analysis Laboratory (CAL) – Government Owned

• Provide technical and engineering management support for prototype design, space/missile/ unmanned aerial system (UAS)defense, data processing, radar, communications, additive manufacturing, AI/ML/NN, distributed apertures, hypersonics, and small-satellite technologies.

E. Cybersecurity Laboratory

• Utilize SMEs to conduct applied research focusing on vulnerabilities, mitigations, best practices, and new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

• Provide technical briefings to USASMDC to improve cyber awareness and system design.

F. High Powered Microwave (HPM) Laboratory

• Design and fabricate HPM test articles and system emulators.

• Modify/construct anechoic test chambers and instrument targets to assess vulnerability and system effectiveness against HPM engagement scenarios.

• Develop new TTPs and provide technical briefings to improve HPM lethality and survivability.

G. Radio Frequency (RF) Laboratory

• Perform RF system experiments, design test articles, and evaluate RF radiation interactions with materials.

• Construct anechoic chambers and utilize dynamic test scenarios with replica decoys to evaluate innovative RF concepts.

• Provide subject matter expert (SME)-led research on RF vulnerabilities, mitigations, and new TTPs.

4. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

As noted above, respondents shall not submit proprietary information. The U.S. Government will not disclose outside of Government channels information identified by a respondent as “Confidential.” If a respondent submits such information, then the respondent shall be responsible for clearly marking each sheet containing such information and segregating such information to the maximum extent practical from other portions of the response. The U.S.

Government will not accept company literature or marketing materials in response to this special notice.

If your firm elects to submit a capabilities statement, please ensure it meets the following criteria:

• Length: No more than 12 pages.

• Content: Must explicitly demonstrate the vendor's capability to perform the technical requirements described above and in the Draft SOW

• Business Size: Please specify your socio-economic status under NAICS 541715 (Small Business, 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, WOSB, EDWOSB, etc.).

• Suspense Date: Submissions must be received no later than May 30th, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (Central Time).

Please submit responses via email to BOTH points of contact listed below.

5. POINTS OF CONTACT

Primary Point of Contact:

Bunnie Martinez, Contract Specialist Email: bunnie.k.martinez.civ@army.mil

Secondary Point of Contact:

Sharon D. Bryson, Contracting Officer Email: sharon.d.bryson.civ@army.mil https://www.google.com/url?q=mailto%3Abunnie.k.martinez.civ%40army.mil https://www.google.com/url?q=mailto%3Asharon.d.bryson.civ%40army.mil