UPDATED COMET Solicitation.pdf

This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Contract Operations for Missile Evaluation and Testing (COMET) issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency's Missile and Space Intelligence Center through the Virginia Contracting Activity. The solicitation number is HHM402-26-COMET with a Product Service Code of AC23 (National Defense R&D Services). The RFP was released on March 2, 2026, with proposals due by April 3, 2026. The contracting office is located at 4545 Fowler Road, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898, and the Contracting Officer is Noryem Maldonado.

The contract is structured as a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award under full and open competition. The period of performance consists of a five-year base ordering period with an optional five-year extension period. Individual task orders under the IDIQ may have up to a one-year base period with up to four one-year option periods. MSIC requires contract support for research, development, and sustainment of hardware, systems, and software capabilities; foundational military intelligence enabling all-source analysis and production for the DIA, Department of Defense, and national-level intelligence efforts; and analysis and analytical enabling services support to the Defense Intelligence Enterprise and its mission partners. The place of performance is to be determined.