ATC Scientific and Engineering Requirement Solicitation

Performance Work Statement (PWS) Scientific and Engineering Support 05/05/2026 Vision Statement The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) is engaged in providing testing services to the Department of Defense (DOD) as well as other Government Agencies, foreign Governments, academia, and the private sector. These services require state-of-the-art test facilities, test capabilities, and test instrumentation. This scientific and engineering technical services support contract will ensure ATC remains a premier test center by supporting the development and procurement of cutting-edge instrumentation systems and test facilities. 1. Introduction This is a single award IDIQ with task orders being awarded on a T&M, FFP and COST no fee basis. The intention of this contract is to augment ATC’s in-house scientific and engineering capabilities for special projects and to facilitate procurement of COTS instrumentation and fabrication of custom printed circuit boards (PCBs), cabling, and mechanical enclosures used in our custom instrumentation. Custom hardware fabrication is typically done in prototype quantities of less than 20 units but may also include small-scale production runs of approximately 50-100 units. The contract’s ceiling exists as a contingency to cover unpredictable requirements for custom instrumentation production runs. Because future funding levels are dependent on many conditions outside of our control, exact efforts are difficult to predict. It is most likely this contract will result in less than $1M per year, likely split 90-10 between procurement and labor. On top of that we currently are predicting possibly two custom instrumentation procurement “build tasks” at some time in the period of performance, but that is not guaranteed. 1.1 Mission Background Major test mission areas at ATC include Automotive, Firepower, Survivability/Lethality, and Warfighter. Test items associated with these mission areas may consist of traditional and autonomous combat, tactical, and commercial vehicles; surface and submersible vessels; aircraft; small caliber to large caliber weapons; mines, rockets, missiles, and explosives; soldier and support equipment; unexploded ordnance and explosives detection technologies; communications equipment; and range sustainment technologies. In support of this mission, ATC has a team of Government engineers charged with maintaining the state-of-the-art test capabilities to meet upcoming test requirements. This in-house development team frequently develops custom hardware/software instrumentation capabilities to meet evolving requirements. -- 1 of 21 -- The objective of this contract is to help develop and enhance instrumentation designs, fabricate low quantities of prototypes and repair parts, develop custom data analysis and visualization software, improve instrumentation user manuals, and design and install custom test facilities. A quick response to these requirements is often required. 2. Scope Most engineering work tasked to the Contractor will be done at the Contractor’s facility. Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools and materials necessary to perform the tasks assigned including development, fabrication, configuration, production, and testing of the instrumentation systems as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), except for those items specified as Government Furnished Property (GFP) and services. 2.1 Scope/Types of services to be performed: 2.1.1 Electronic/Mechanical Instrumentation Systems and Test Equipment a) Procure Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products. b) Design custom equipment based on specifications. c) Fabricate or procure custom PCBs, Mechanical Assemblies, Cables, etc. d) “Build to Print” custom instrumentation based on TDP provided by the Government e) Design and fabricate packaging for electronic systems in harsh environments accounting for concerns such as temperature, shock and vibration, electromagnetic interference etc. 2.1.2 Software a) Procure Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products. b) Design write/deliver source code, executables and libraries c) VHDL / Verilog designs for FPGA-based data collection systems d) “On-site” or remote software developers may be required to augment ATC staff for data to day development of special projects. 2.1.3 Systems Engineering a) COTS Integration where several commercial systems are integrated into a solution. b) Custom Design test equipment based on specifications provided in task. c) Perform research, analysis of alternatives, and concept design for innovations and provide documentation on results. d) Create documentation for new designs and update/create documentation for existing systems. 2.1.4 Testing Facilities a) Provide Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Sensors and data collection systems b) Design and/or develop unique fixed and mobile test capabilities c) Coordinate as necessary with third party government contractors to provide maintenance and upgrades to existing facilities. d) Install test instrumentation and infrastructure at test site All work products developed under this contract are the property of the Government. All documents, drawings, models, software source code created in the completion of a task will be -- 2 of 21 -- provided to the government as part of a Technical Data Package (TDP). Typical formats used are Altium for PCB design, SolidWorks for mechanical design. Software will typically be written for Windows 11, embedded Linux, or Enterprise Linux, with languages such as C++, Python3, JavaScript, MATLAB, SQL, and LabVIEW. Additional required data formats or technologies may be specified in individual tasks. 3. General Requirements This section describes the general requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort. The Contractor shall comply with all Federal, State and Local laws and regulations including export co…