Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Mentor Protégé Program (MPP) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

<<See Attachments for Full Text Announcement. White Papers will be accepted from January 24, 2022 through December 29, 2023.>>

SECTION I: ANNOUNCEMENT OVERVIEW

Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency, Office of Small Business Programs

Broad Agency Announcement Title: Mentor Protégé Program

Broad Agency Announcement Type: Two-Step Open Broad Agency Announcement

Broad Agency Announcement Number: HQ0860-22-S-0001

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Instrument Type: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Procurement Contract

SECTION II: ANNOUNCEMENT DESCRIPTION

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has established the following Mentor Protégé Program (MPP) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to solicit eligible mentor and protégé firms for participation in the Department of Defense (DoD) MPP in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 219.71, Pilot Mentor-Protégé Program and DFARS Appendix I, Policy and Procedures for the DoD Pilot Mentor Protégé Program.

This is a Two-Step Open BAA issued under the provisions of FAR 6.102(d)(2), which provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. The following information is relative to Step-One, submission of white papers.  MDA will contact those offerors whose white papers are selected to proceed to Step-Two, submission of a formal proposal, subject to availability of program funds. Formal proposals are not being accepted at this time. DO NOT submit a formal proposal until requested by the MDA Contracting Office.

SECTION III: ELIGIBLE OFFERORS/APPLICANTS

Eligible mentors and protégés are defined in DFARS Appendix I-102. An entity seeking to participate as a mentor must apply to the cognizant Component Director, SBP, to establish its initial eligibility as a mentor.

SECTION IV: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

A. Program Overview

The DoD Mentor Protégé Program provides incentives to major DoD contractors, (mentor firms) to furnish eligible small business concerns (protégé firms) with assistance designed to: 1) Enhance the capabilities of eligible protégé firms to perform as subcontractors and suppliers under DoD contracts and other contracts and subcontracts; 2) Increase the participation of protégé firms as subcontractors and suppliers under DoD contracts, other Federal Government contracts, and commercial contracts; and 3) Foster the establishment of long-term business relationships between protégé firms and their mentor firms.  Under the Program, eligible companies approved as mentor firms will enter into mentor-protégé agreements with eligible protégé firms to provide appropriate engineering/technical and business development assistance to enhance the capabilities of the protégé firms to perform as subcontractors and suppliers.

B. Goals and Objectives

MDA seeks to leverage the MPP to shape and expand the small business industrial base in support of the DoD/MDA mission. MDA is seeking mentor protégé agreements that align with the Agency’s current focus areas:

• Hypersonic Ballistic Tracking Space System (HBTSS) Competitive Development Path to On-Orbit Demo
• Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) / Cobra Dane (CD) Upgrades and Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) Initial Delivery
• Command and Control, Battle Management, Communication (C2BMC) Spiral Capability Upgrades Improving Integration & Performance
• Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System SLEP and Stockpile Reliability Program (SRP)
• GMD Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) Competitive Technical Development
• Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System (Afloat & Ashore) & Missile Upgrades
• Aegis Hypersonic Defense Regional Glide Phase Interceptor Demo
• Aegis Ashore Poland Completion Activities to Fiscal Year 2022
• Missile Defense for Japan 
• Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) & Patriot Testing and Capability Deployment
• THAAD Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Execution
• Defense of Guam and Cruise Missile Defense – Homeland (CMD-H) Architectures
• Innovation, Science & Technology Collaboration Across Missile Defense System (MDS)

Offerors are encouraged to learn more about MDA at http://www.mda.mil and by reviewing the MDA Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Budget Estimates Overview at https://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/Budget%20Overview%20FY22%20Booklet%20-%20FINAL.pdf.

Mentor assistance is categorized as: 1) Engineering and Technical Assistance (Technology Transfer) and 2) Business Development Assistance. Engineering and Technical Assistance (Technology Transfer) must be a minimum 50% of the total proposed cost.