Navy Carderock Ship Motion Forecasting

Navy requires Ship Motion Forecasting support for the Environmental and Ship Motion Forecasting System.

Solicitation Summary

The Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division has a continuing requirement for Environmental and Ship Motion Forecasting (ESMF) System.

Solicitation in a Nutshell

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Agency Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
Solicitation Number N00167C0231ESMF2026
Status Pre-RFP
Solicitation Date 06/2026 (Estimate)
Award Date 12/2026 (Estimate)
Contract Ceiling Value $50,000,000
Competition Type Undetermined
Type of Award  IDIQ – Agency Specific
Primary Requirement  Research & Development
Duration  12 month(s) base plus 4 x 12 month(s) option(s)
Contract Type  Firm Fixed Price,Cost Plus Fixed Fee,Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity
No. of Expected Awards N/A
NAICS Code(s):
541715

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Size Standard: 1000 Employees except 1500 Employees for Aircraft, Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts, 1250 Employees for Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment and 1300 Employees for Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles, Their Propulsion Units and Propulsion Parts
Place of Performance:
  • Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Opportunity Website: https://sam.gov/opp/22045dc81d424d7793ac844b26faf7b4/view

Background

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), in cooperation with the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Program Executive Office Ships (PEO Ships), and with the Military Sealift Command (MSC), established a Navy program to develop an ESMF system. The ESMF system would provide an operational capability that could measure, predict, and display environmental and ship motion parameters needed for ship operators to safely conduct seabasing operations at sea. The ESMF system threshold requirements were to demonstrate accurate ship motion and wave forecasting for time scales of interest (~5 minutes) in up to sea state 5 and ship speeds of up to 10 knots. The initial research and development (R&D) effort, which concluded in 2017, demonstrated utility for the seabasing application and showed promise for other at-sea operational applications. The secondary R&D effort began in 2018 and will be completed in 2021.

Requirements

This contract consists of three tasks that are not taking place in a sequential order and can occur concurrently.

  • Start-Up Task:
    • Contractor shall learn the ESMF system architecture to be able to analyze and understand the source code developed by the incumbent to be able to develop it further. The contractor shall configure the existing land-based UOES replica at their facility. Once the source code has been reviewed, the contractor shall test the source code, generate new test data files for test cases, and be able to validate the data from a previous at-sea test event.
  • Task 1:
    • This task is system support. The contractor shall provide engineering support to design, fabricate, install, and sustain any existing and new UOES versions of the ESMF system onboard ESDs and EPFs. The engineering support will also include providing ESMF system support for test events and fleet experimentations. The contractor shall be able to support any test event and fleet experimentations at sea by providing engineering support to design, fabricate, install, and sustain the FAK version of the ESMF system on either MSC, U.S. Navy ships, and other DoD ships/vessels of opportunity that becomes present.
  • Task 2:
    • This tasks will consist of the contractor providing proof of concepts and new applications of where the ESMF system can be applied. The contractor shall provide proof of concepts for integrating the ESMF radar system into both SPQ-9B and Next Generation Surface Search Radar. The contractor shall also provide application concepts of the ESMF system installed onboard DDG-51 class, Guided Missile Cruiser (CG)-47 class, or DDG-1000 class vessels.
  • Task 3:
    • During this task, the contractor shall improve hardware and software designs of both the UOES and FAK versions of the ESMF system in order to enhance radar processing schemes for wave measurements and forecasting for a range of environments and ship configurations. The contractor shall perform tests of the improved hardware or software at the contractor’s facility. The contractor shall develop documentation to capture any new designs and or changes to the hardware and software of the ESMF system.

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