ETS - Engineering Support

PR No: 81-0602-26 RFQ No: N00173-26-Q-xxxx Attachment No: 01 Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Avenue SW Washington DC, 20375-5329 Performance Work Statement For Design, Development, Implementation, and Maintenance of Equipment Advanced Operations Section, NRL Code 8124 9 January 2026 -- 1 of 13 -- PR Number: 81-0602-26 RFP Number: N00173-26-Q-xxxx Attachment Number: 01 Mod. No. Description of Changes Requested By Approved By Date None Initial Version Julie Thrift (COR) Cedric Welch (TPOC) 9 January 2026 -- 2 of 13 -- PR Number: 81-0602-26 RFP Number: N00173-26-Q-xxxx Attachment Number: 01 PERFORMANCE OF WORK STATEMENT (PWS) 1.0 BACKGROUND The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Code 8124, Advanced Operations Section, Pomonkey Research and Development (R&D) Facility is a unique field laboratory located 25 miles south of the NRL main facility. Specifically, six miles south of the intersection of Maryland Route 224 and Bumpy Oak Road, on Bumpy Oak Road in Charles County, near LaPlata Maryland. The site occupies approximately 134 acres and is owned by the NRL. Site assets include a full motion 30-meter parabolic antenna, the largest high-speed tracking antenna in the Continental United States (CONUS). This system is suitable for low Earth orbit as well as deep space mission requirements. Other precision tracking antennas are available, both full and limited motion, with apertures ranging from 1 to 18 Meters. As a result of special designs, the NRL Code 8124 Pomonkey facility can support operations over a wide band of frequencies ranging from 100 to beyond 31000 MHz. In addition to its primary location in La Plata MD, NRL Code 8124 also owns and operates several parabolic antenna systems at an Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) location. To confirm, there is one NRL Code 8124 facility located CONUS and one NRL Code 8124 facility located OCONUS. The purpose of this Performance Work Statement (PWS) is to define the technical engineering services to support the requirements of the NRL Code 8124 at both its Pomonkey and OCONUS facilities. The requirements placed on both R&D locations to execute new tasking and to increase the signal acquisition capability necessitate the frequent addition or modification of special R&D equipment. The contractor shall provide technical engineering services to support the design, development, implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the NRL Code 8124, Advance Operations Section, R&D equipment for operational readiness, as set forth in this PWS. The Space Systems Development Department is the space and ground support systems R&D organization of NRL’s Naval Center for Space Technology. The development responsibilities of NRL Code 8124 extend across the entire space/airborne/ground spectrum of hardware, software, and advanced technologies, including digital processing and control, analog systems, power, communications, payload command and telemetry, radio frequency, optical, payload, and electromechanical systems, as well as systems engineering. 2.0 REQUIREMENTS The contractor will be responsible for execution of the requirements detailed in this Section. All requirements must be accomplished in a manner that meets all specifications, schedules, and budgetary controls provided to the contractor by NRL Code 8124 personnel via the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). The contractor shall furnish all hardware development support as well as necessary hardware modifications. The contractor shall provide support in the execution of hardware modifications. The contractor shall assess, improve, perform preventative maintenance tasks and procedures on the antenna systems and related support equipment at the Pomonkey and OCONUS facilities, as well as troubleshoot and correct -- 3 of 13 -- PR Number: 81-0602-26 RFP Number: N00173-26-Q-xxxx Attachment Number: 01 any problems that arise with these systems and support equipment. The contractor shall recommend additional material, equipment, and improvements to the existing systems; which may be required to facilitate 24-hour continuous operations. Updates to any system shall be completely documented including any changes to current equipment inventory list. The contractor shall provide technical engineering support for the operational requirements for projects which utilize NRL Code 8124 antenna assets. Antenna assets include, but are not limited to, 3-meter, 7.5-meter, 9-meter, and 30-meter Full Motion Large Aperture (FMLA) parabolic tracking antennas permanently located at the Pomonkey facility. Three transportable systems with antennas ranging in size from 1-meter to 3-meters and equipment vans associated with the transportable systems must be fully supported as well. In addition, multiple antenna systems controlled by NRL Code 8124 are located at the Section’s only OCONUS location, which includes both full and limited motion parabolic apertures that range from 3.8-meter to 18-meter. All of these systems must have, at a minimum, bi-annual preventative maintenance performed, which will include an operational capability test on each system. These requirements may at times include repair of special one-of-a-kind electronic systems designed by government scientists. The contractor shall perform the following tasks, outlined in Sections 2.1 through 2.4. In order to meet the mission requirements, the contractor shall maintain a machine shop at both the Pomonkey and OCONUS facilities, with capabilities for precision metal working, to facilitate quick response for emergency repairs and modifications. The machine shop shall be equipped with the machinery necessary to address all aspects of tasking defined in this PWS. Machinery required includes, but is not limited to: (1) lathe, (2) milling machine, (3) drill press, (4) planar, (5) shaper, and (6) grinder. In addition, this capability must be available 24-hrs per day with a two-hour response time outside of normal working hours. At the OCONUS faci…