COMET DRAFT Solicitation Part 2.pdf

The document is a Draft Solicitation for the Contract Operations for Missile and Space Intelligence Center (COMET), a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract issued by the Virginia Contracting Activity (VaCA) for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The solicitation seeks contract support for research, development, and sustainment of hardware, systems, software capabilities, and foundational military intelligence to enable all-source analysis and production for the DIA, Department of Defense, and national-level intelligence efforts.

Key details include a planned five-year base ordering period with a five-year option period, with individual task orders potentially having a one-year base period and up to four one-year option periods. The solicitation is currently in draft form, with a tentative release date of December 2025 and a proposed solicitation number of HHM402-25-R-0025. The contract will be full and open competition, with a Product Service Code of AC23 for National Defense R&D Services. The Question and Answer period for this draft solicitation is open until December 3, 2025, and the government emphasizes that this is not a formal Request for Proposals and potential offerors are not obligated to respond.