Joint mobile infrared countermeasures test system

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), White Sands Missile Range, NM intends to procure, on a sole-source basis with SciTec, Inc., 100 Wall Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-1523 to provide ongoing support for the Joint Mobile Infrared Countermeasures Test System (JMITS) which was initially developed under Army contract W9124Q-04-C-0225 with a subsequent follow-on Army contract W9124Q-09-D-0800. SciTec was the original developer of the JMITS system. As a result of this development, SciTec possesses a unique knowledge of the design and operation of the JMITS system that no other known source possesses. Major components within the JMITS system that are of unique SciTec design are the UV and infrared (IR) emitters, the jam beam laser radiometers, the down-range UV and IR radiometers and the data acquisition units. Additionally, the real-time operating software that controls the JMITS system is of SciTec design. The software represents on the order of 1 million lines of code to include embedded machine code; code developed using higher level languages and programming environments such as C++, MatLab and TENA. Communication between the different hardware components and control computers is accomplished over a proprietary high speed serial communications link, standard ETHERNET and WiFi links. Many of the non-real time code elements within the JMITS library contain unique algorithms and techniques needed to process and format the data that is shared among the JMITS components in the process of generating a missile warning system (MWS) signature and analyzing the data produced in a test run. Re-engineering this code could result in unreliable JMITS performance, and could invalidate the system as an operational test (OT) resource.

Work to be performed on the JMITS system will include maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and producing duplicate systems/components that must maintain commonality, interoperability, configuration control, validation, and uniform methodologies, procedures and processes within the overall JMITS architecture.

The following items represent SciTec unique capabilities that were a direct result of the JMITS development.

1. Unique optical and electro-mechanical designs in UV and IR emitters.

2. Proprietary emitter and radiometer operating/control firmware.

3. Proprietary and specialized real-time operating and control software.

The following represents specialized knowledge critical to JMITS operations available from SciTec.

1. UV and IR missile simulation development.

2. UV and IR radiometry related to missile signatures.

3. Jam laser radiometry and signal processing.

4. Extensive MWS testing, missile signature collection and associated data processing and analysis.

5. Missile flight and signature models; atmospheric and range corrections to missile signatures.

The JMITS currently represents a unique resource providing support that is critical to ongoing service and non-DoD aircraft survivability enhancement test programs. The JMITS is specifically called out as a critical test resource in the Test and Master Plan (TEMP) for several programs and is slated for testing with many DoD programs. Many of these programs have time sensitive, schedule driven events that require a very high reliability and availability rate from JMITS. Accordingly, the government must have the capability for quick turn-around for maintenance support. The government must also perform continuing upgrades and improvements to JMITS in order to respond to evolving system under tests (SUT) capabilities and test requirements.

A hybrid cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) with firm fixed price (FFP) provisions award is anticipated. The government intends to issue only this single notice under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a) (2)(iii), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This is not a request for proposals and no solicitation will be forth coming. Comments must be directed towards Timothy A. Byrnes at timothy.a.byrnes@us.army.mil or by phone at 575-678-5413. Any comments must be received no later than 4:00 pm MDT on 8 July 2011.