On Target

The Missile Defense Agency has pushed back the due date of the final request for proposals for a new class of intercontinental ballistic missile targets to March, according to a Federal Business Opportunities notice published this morning:

The Missile Defense Agency received numerous inputs and feedback from Industry since the release of the Draft RFP and Industry Day. To ensure all industry feedback is reviewed and considered for incorporation into the final solicitation documents, the release of the FINAL RFP will be early March 2011.

The original due date was last month.

According to the original FedBizOpps notice:

Under FEDBIZOPPS announcement HQ0147-09-R-0011, released on July 2, 2009, the Government announced intent to award competitive, fixed priced and cost-reimbursement contract(s) to continue support of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Element and System Flight Tests, to include Short Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM), Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM), Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), and Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target systems. This pre-solicitation notice specifically addresses MDA’s ICBM Target Class requirements. ICBM requirements include development and manufacturing of ICBMs, integrated logistics support to include inventory storage and maintenance, pre and post mission analysis, launch preparation and execution, and engineering services to include Ballistic Missile Defense System modeling and simulation support. The requirement is for targets under a contract including cost-reimbursement and fixed priced contract line items.