Sources Sought Synopsis for a CMWS, AN/AAR-57, and ATIRCM System, AN/ALQ-212, spares, and engineering and technical services to include contractor logistic support programs.

FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Sources Sought Synopsis

Sources Sought. This is a sources sought synopsis only. The purpose of this sources sought synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources. The information submitted in response to this sources sought notice is for planning purposes only. This notice shall not be construed as a request for proposal or quotation and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.

The Communications Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC)/Program Manager, Aircraft Survivability Equipment (PM ASE) is seeking sources and information for a Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), AN/AAR-57, and an Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure (ATIRCM) System, AN/ALQ-212, spares, and engineering and technical services to include contractor logistic support programs. The CERDEC/PM ASE is anticipating a limited CMWS systems/spares production program of up to 301 CMWS systems and engineering support services for both CMWS & ATIRCM over the next 12-18 months, with a sustained production rate of at least 50 CMWS a month. ATIRCM services will be required upon the receipt of valid services requirements. The CMWS systems shall be installed on rotary and fixed-wing aircraft to detect the launch and flight of Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs) and provide audible and visual warnings to the aircrew.

The CMWS must be integrated to meet the flight and operational environment requirements of the DOD's rotary wing aircraft such as UH/MH-60. CH/MH-47 & AH-64A/D. No changes to existing configurations will be permitted. System integrity shall be maintained. The CMWS must be integrated to meet the flight and operational environment requirements of fixed-wing aircraft, such as RC-12, C-12 & UC-35. The CMWS includes the Improved Countermeasure Dispenser (ICMD) that activates expendables to provide the missile countermeasures. The ICMD shall have the capability to monitor munitions firings upon a system or manual cue. The ICMD is capable of being loaded with, and dispensing three or more types of expendables, such as flares, chaff and smoke/aerosols. The CMWS shall be composed of the following components; an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) supporting up to 6 Electro Optical Missile Sensors (EOMS) and up to 4 ICMDs where an ICMD is defined as 1 sequencer and 2 smart dispenser payload modules. The ATIRCM shall be used in-conjunction with CMWS, and consist of (2) IR-Jam Heads, (2) MBL IR-Jam Lasers (2) Optical Couplers and (2) Jam Head Control Units used on the CH-47D/F aircraft.

The CMWS shall maintain established interfaces with the UH/MH/HH-60, CH/MH-47, AH-64, RC/UC/C-12 and UC-35 aircrafts and do not require unique configurations, or software loads, for installation on aircraft of the same type. The systems must be fully compatible and interoperable with existing systems without any changes to system configurations. Interested sources must be able to provide Form, Fit and Functional equivalent Shop Replaceable Units (SRU) spares for the AN/AAR-57's already fielded to the DOD. The engineering service is anticipated to include, engineering study and analysis, advanced IR missile jam code development, system software development and sustainment, logistics, system integration and installation, and testing support services. The effort is envisioned to provide support for all CMWS systems already fielded as well as CMWS systems that will be produced within the follow-on production contract. The interested source shall support a Contractor Logistic Support effort involving Field Service Representation, Engineering support, Documentation and Training support, Deployment support, Depot Repair and Maintenance of the AN/ALQ-212(V), and the AN/AAR-57(V) during the same time period of the spares production contract, potentially supporting a total of approximately 2400 CMWS and 83 ATIRCM in the field concurrently.

The Government does not possess a verified and validated Technical Data Package for the AN/AAR-57 or the AN/ALQ-212, suitable for competition at this time. Any interested sources shall be required to provide written details of their experience with the similar systems technology, details of complex equivalent production capabilities meeting that of the anticipated quantities.


POC

John Reilly
ATIRCM/CMWS Team Lead
US Army CERDEC, I2W Directorate
Ft. Monmouth, NJ 07703

Phone: 732-427-2917