Notice of Intent: Radar Test Contract (RTC) Bridge Extension

Title: Radar Test Contract (RTC)

Notice Type: Notice of Intent

PSC: AC13 National Defense R&D Services; DoD - Military (Experimental Development)

NAICS: 541330

Place of Performance: Huntsville, Alabama

Reference Number: MDA24SNSPN07

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Approved for Public Release 24-MDA-11894 (11 Sep 24)

Description:

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a sole source contract(s) under statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 3204 (b)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. An acquisition strategy has been approved to solicit and negotiate with only one source, the Raytheon Company, 225 Presidential Way, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801-1060, in support of planning, execution, and analysis for Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP) defined test events consisting of Missile Defense System (MDS) flight test and ground test requirements for the RTC Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite Quantity. This contracting action is meant to bridge requirements as documented by Justification and Approval (J&A) 24-0031.

Ground Sensors Engineering has a requirement to support the MDS testing efforts which include development for the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control Model 2 (AN/TPY-2) radars, the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX), Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWR), and COBRA DANE (CD) radar, and the integration of Open Systems Architecture Sensor Model (OSM)/Open Systems Architecture Signal Injector (OSI) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) effort into respective test events.

The highly specialized services required to meet the Agency’s testing needs for the Radars include the execution of MDS test related activities that include planning, executing, and analyzing AN/TPY-2, SBX, UEWR & CD MDS flight tests and ground tests [including MDA Benchmark (BM) integration testing], and element tests for each test event defined in the MDS IMTP. The RTC effort also includes the sustainment of sensor models to support IMTP events and stakeholder requirements. The Contractor is required to provide Program Management [Business Operations, Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Contract Management, Security, Program Operations, Risk, Developmental Labs Maintenance and Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance] to enable planning, controlling, directing, monitoring, reporting and managing timelines in a manner consistent with and supportive of Government and Industry standards.

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Any information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for enhancing competition in a future competitive procurements. All respondents must be registered in the System for Award Management via https://www.sam.gov.

The Government will not pay for information submitted. Questions may be directed to Ms. Khaliah Burns; Procuring Contracting Officer; Khaliah.burns@mda.mil. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.

Contracting Office Address:

Huntsville, Alabama 35807

Primary Point of Contact:

Khaliah Burns

Contracting Officer, Khaliah.burns@mda.mil