Notice of Intent: Radar Test Contract (RTC) Bridge Extension
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- MDA26SNSPN02
- Agency
-
Missile Defense Agency
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541330 Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), a component of the Department of Defense, published this Special Notice on January 13, 2026, announcing its intent to solicit and award a sole source contract extension for radar testing services. The notice indicates that MDA plans to extend bridge contract requirements under the Radar Test Contract (RTC) Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite Quantity vehicle through a negotiated procurement with a single source. The contracting action references statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. 3204(b)(B) and FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), which permits sole source acquisition when only one responsible source can satisfy agency requirements. The place of performance is designated as Huntsville, Alabama, and the procurement falls under NAICS code 541330 (Engineering Services) with PSC AC13 (National Defense R&D Services). This is a Notice of Intent rather than a formal solicitation, allowing interested parties to review MDA's acquisition strategy prior to formal competition.
The primary objective of this contract extension is to support the Missile Defense System's testing operations, encompassing planning, execution, and analysis activities defined within the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP). MDA intends to award the contract to Raytheon Company, 225 Presidential Way, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801-1060, based on their specialized capabilities in radar testing and integration. The scope includes flight test and ground test support for multiple radar platforms including the AN/TPY-2, Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX), Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWR), and COBRA DANE radar systems, along with integration of Open Systems Architecture modeling and simulation efforts. The due date for submissions is January 28, 2026, and only Raytheon Company is eligible to participate in this sole source procurement. The contract extension is justified under Bridge J&A No. 24-0031, reflecting MDA's determination that Raytheon possesses the unique technical expertise required to meet specialized missile defense testing requirements.
Notice text
Title: Radar Test Contract (RTC)
Notice Type: Notice of Intent
PSC: AC13 National Defense R&D Services; DoD - Military (Experimental Development)
NAICS: 541330
Place of Performance: Huntsville, Alabama
Reference Number: MDA26SNSPN02
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Approved for Public Release 26-MDA-12282 (13 Jan 26)
Description:
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a sole source contract(s) under statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 3204 (b)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. An acquisition strategy has been approved to solicit and negotiate with only one source, the Raytheon Company, 225 Presidential Way, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801-1060, in support of planning, execution, and analysis for Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP) defined test events consisting of Missile Defense System (MDS) flight test and ground test requirements for the RTC Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite Quantity. This contracting action is meant to extend the bridge requirements as documented by Justification and Approval (J&A) Bridge J&A No: 24-0031, Amendment: REQTB2600040.
Theater-Based Defense Test has a requirement to support the MDS testing efforts which include development for the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control Model 2 (AN/TPY-2) radars, the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX), Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWR), and COBRA DANE (CD) radar, and the integration of Open Systems Architecture Sensor Model (OSM)/Open Systems Architecture Signal Injector (OSI) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) effort into respective test events.
The highly specialized services required to meet the Agency’s testing needs for the Radars include the execution of MDS test related activities that include planning, executing, and analyzing AN/TPY-2, SBX, UEWR & CD MDS flight tests and ground tests [including MDA Benchmark (BM) integration testing], and element tests for each test event defined in the MDS IMTP. The RTC effort also includes the sustainment of sensor models to support IMTP events and stakeholder requirements. The Contractor is required to provide Program Management [Business Operations, Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Contract Management, Security, Program Operations, Risk, Developmental Labs Maintenance and Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance] to enable planning, controlling, directing, monitoring, reporting and managing timelines in a manner consistent with and supportive of Government and Industry standards.
This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Any information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for enhancing competition in a future competitive procurements. All respondents must be registered in the System for Award Management via https://www.sam.gov.
The Government will not pay for information submitted. Questions may be directed to Ms. Khaliah Burns; Procuring Contracting Officer; Khaliah.burns@mda.mil. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.
Contracting Office Address:
Huntsville, Alabama 35807
Primary Point of Contact:
Khaliah Burns
Contracting Officer, khaliah.l.burns.civ@mail.mil
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