A -- RANGE FLIGHT SAFETY ANALYSIS

Notice Date

October 16, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commander, ATTN SMDC-CM-AP, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801

ZIP Code

35807-3801

Solicitation Number

DASG60-XXX

Response Due

November 1, 2001

Point of Contact

Carmen Correa, (256) 955-1605, FAX (256) 955-4240

E-Mail Address

US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy (carmen.correa@smdc.army.mil)

Description

The United States Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA)/Reagan Test Site (RTS) is seeking industry capabilities for independent missile flight safety analysis. USAKA/RTS is located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) approximately 2,100 miles west-southw est of the Hawaiian Islands and west of the international dateline. USAKA/RTS is home for 2500 U.S. Government civilian, military and contractor personnel who perform various roles in support of the missions of USAKA/RTS. USAKA/RTS provides substandard un accompanied housing and limited family housing, limited dental and medical facilities, schools (pre-school 12), dining facilities, department and grocery stores with limited choices, recreational activities and most of the amenities of a small town of com parable size. Primary mode of transportation is by bicycle with no privately owned motor vehicles allowed. Responsibilities may include any or all of the following efforts: Analyze hazards to life and property associated with missile defense flight tests ; evaluate or define flight safety systems including flight termination systems and flight safety software routines; evaluate sensors for providing flight safety data; adapt/develop software to assess flight termination actions involving endo and exo-atmos pheric collisions/intercepts to define debris characteristics and risk to earth surface areas and volumes above the earths surface; determine ground hazard areas and impact and kill probability contours for hypervelocity collisions and for flight terminat ion debris; evaluate sheltering and personnel protection during missile launches into and from USAKA/RTS or sites remote from USAKA/RTS; develop, evaluate, or certify compatible flight safety computer programs for real time presentation and control of miss iles, using minimum computer space and time, to insure protection of designated areas; test and evaluate flight safety systems to ascertain that performance meets requirements and supports range safety criteria; evaluate systems to provide state vectors fo r test missiles, considering data accuracy, filtering, smoothing, dynamic responsiveness, and other related factors; and evaluate the RF links between command destruct transmitters and missile receivers, tracking radars, Global Positioning System receivers /translators, missile telemetry transmitters, and safety data acquisition systems for nominal and non-nominal trajectories; monitor and evaluate the design, development and qualification testing of FTS components; real-time operational mission support as command safety office flight termination system officer (FTSO). Performance of the critical life safety analysis must be done using certified and validated tools that meet current USAKA/RTS Command Safety Office criteria. SEI CMM level 3 certification as a minimum is required. All efforts must be supportable with no impact to current USAKA/RTS mission schedules that currently reflect a minimum of two missions per quarter. A Top Secret facility clearance will be required for this effort. It is anticipat ed that foreign participation will not be allowed at the prime or subcontractor level. This effort is anticipated to be set aside for small business. Interested parties are requested to submit to the contract specialist a capability statement that includ es: 1) name of firm, type of firm (Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business or Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business), mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, facsimile number, point of contact; 2) sta tement of experience/qualifications including description of projects completed similar to the work outlined above. The North American Industrial Classification Systems (NAICS) is 541710 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. Responses s hall indicate the size of the firm under NAICS code assigned for this effort. E-mail response is acceptable and should be submitted to Mrs. Carmen Correa, e-ma il: carmen.correa@smdc.army.mil, within 15 days after publication of this notice. The address for any written inquires/responses is U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, ATTN: SMDC-CM-CN/Carmen Correa, PO Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801. This Sources Sought is for information and planning only and is not to be construed as commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information submitted. The incumbent contractor is Tybrin Corporation, 1030 Titan Court, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547. NO TELEPHONE inquiries will be accepted. See Note 25

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry (http://acquisition.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011018/ASOL016.HTM (D-289 SN5107T8)