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**UPDATE **Special Notice "Response to RFI and Summary of Key Changes" Defense Intelligence Agency Missile and Space Intelligence Center Industry Engagement Technical Exchange Meeting
- Agency
- DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (DIA)
- Location
- Redstone Arsenal, AL
- Amount
- Amount not listed
- Posted
- Aug 29, 2025
- Set-aside
- None (open competition)
- NAICS code
- 541715 - Scientific Research and Development Services (general category) look up NAICS codes
- PSC code
- AC23
Timeline
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Posted
Aug 29, 2025
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Status
Open now
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What this contract is for
- Agency
- DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (DIA)
- Location
- Redstone Arsenal, AL
- NAICS
- 541715 - Scientific Research and Development Services (general category)
- Scope
- Federal
The Virginia Contracting Activity (VaCA) intends to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Contract Operations for Missile Evaluation and Testing (COMET) tentatively scheduled for September 2025.
The following details are provided as required by FAR 5.207: 1.
Requirements Name: Contract Operations for Missile Evaluation and Testing (COMET) 2.
Proposed Solicitation Number: HHM402-25-COMET (TBD) 3.
Product Service Code (PSC): AC23 National Defense R&D Services; Atomic energy defense activities; Experimental Development 4.
Planned Solicitation Release Date: TBD 2025 5.
Planned Solicitation Response Closing Date: TBD 2025 6.
Contracting Office Address: 4545 Fowler Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 7.
Contracting Office Zip Code: 35898 8.
Contracting Officer: Noryem Maldonado 9.
Description: Missile and Space Intelligence Center requires contract support for research, development, and sustainment of new and existing, hardware, systems, and software capabilities, and foundational military intelligence (FMI) enabling all-source analysis and production for the DIA, Department of Defense (DoD), and national level intelligence efforts.
MSIC also requires contract support to provide the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE) and its mission partners analysis and analytical enabling services support.
The planned period of performance (PoP) for the anticipated Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will be a five (5) year base ordering period with a five (5) year option ordering period.
Supporting task orders may have up to a one (1) year base period and up to four (4) option periods (no option period will exceed one (1) year in duration).
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Place of Contract Performance: TBD 2.
Set-Aside Status: Multiple Award IDIQ contract Full and Open Competition.
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