Small Biz Set-Aside

By John Liang / July 5, 2011 at 3:25 PM

The Missile Defense Agency has sent out a feeler to gauge small businesses' interest in working on a set-aside contract for MDA's Upgraded Early Warning Radar effort. According to a June 30 Federal Business Opportunities notice:

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought is to aid the government in determining if there is sufficient small business industrial expertise and interest to proceed with a small business set-aside, competitive procurement for the desired capability described below. Only small businesses should reply to this announcement.

This RFI/Sources Sought defines the tasks and scope for the UEWR & CD BIT which shall be acquired through a developmental Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to plan, execute, and analyze UEWR & CD BMDS flight tests, UEWR & CD BMDS ground tests (including MDA integration testing with the Single Stimulation Framework and at each participating radar site as necessary), and element stand-alone ground tests.

This RFI/Sources Sought includes developmental efforts for test provisioning, operation and non-COTS maintenance for the hardware-in-loop (HWIL) representations for each UEWR & CD sensor along with laboratory facilities that shall be required to execute Pre-Mission Testing/System Pre-Mission Testing (PMT/SPMT) for flight tests, BMDS ground testing, and element ground testing.

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