Mentor Protégé Program Broad Agency Announcement
- Client
- Department of Defense
- RFP Number
- —
- Posted
- —
- Category
- US Federal
- Budget
- —
- NAICS
- 541715
- Set-aside
- Small Business Programs MPP intermediary, Move America, Inc.See attachment for full details on this announcement.
- Contact
- MDA
- [email protected]
Description
AI GeneratedThe Missile Defense Agency (MDA) seeks eligible mentor and protégé firms for participation in the Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program. This is a two-step open Broad Agency Announcement for competitive selection of research proposals. Currently, MDA requests the submission of white papers. Firms whose white papers are selected will be contacted to proceed to Step Two, the submission of a formal proposal, contingent on fund availability. Formal proposals are not accepted at this time.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from MDA Mentor Protege Program Broad Agency Announcement_HQ0858-25-S-0001.docx. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The Missile Defense Agency is soliciting eligible mentor and protégé firms to participate in the Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program. This Broad Agency Announcement is a Two-Step process beginning with white paper submissions to enhance small business capabilities in support of MDA mission focus areas. Eligible mentors and protégés defined under DFARS Appendix I-102 may apply.
- Issued by
- Missile Defense Agency, Office of Small Business Programs
- Announcement Effective Period
- August 30, 2025 – August 30, 2028
- White Paper Submission Open Period
- August 30, 2025 through August 30, 2028
- How to submit
- Electronic via email
- Submission details
- Submit to designated email addresses in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Email size limit is 10MB. Executive Summary limited to 10 pages; total white paper limited to 15 pages.
- Contract term
- One 12-month base period of performance with two 12-month severable option periods.
- Estimated value
- Maximum regulatory amount of $1,000,000 per government fiscal year; average reimbursable contract per fiscal year is $500,000 - $750,000.
- Funding
- DoD Office of Small Business Programs Mentor-Protégé Program Intermediary Cooperative Agreement
How proposals are evaluated
| Pass/Fail Criteria: Qualified Mentor/Protégé, Min 50% Tech Transfer Cost, Acceptable Letter of Support, Acceptable Quad Chart | |
| Technical Merit | |
| Importance to Agency Programs | |
| Cost/Price |
Scope of work
- Engineering and Technical Assistance (Technology Transfer)
- Business Development Assistance
- Hypersonic Ballistic Tracking Space System Competitive Development Path to On-Orbit Demo Quantum Science
- Upgraded Early Warning Radar / Cobra Dane Upgrades and Long Range Discrimination Radar Initial Delivery
- Command and Control, Battle Management, Communication Spiral Capability Upgrades
- Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System Service Life Extension Program and Stockpile Reliability Program
- GMD Next Generation Interceptor Competitive Technical Development
- Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapon System and Missile Upgrades
Minimum qualifications
- Eligible mentors and protégés as defined in DFARS Appendix I-102
- Approved mentor firm status under DoD Mentor-Protégé Program or anticipated application schedule
- Adequate accounting system for determining costs applicable to subaward
- Active registration in System for Award Management (SAM)
- Current Basic NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment posted in SPRS (not more than 3 years old)
Documents to include with the bid
- Cover Page
- Executive Summary
- Statement of Mentor and Protégé Firm Eligibility
- Signed Letter of Support on MDA letterhead
- Program Quad Chart
- Rough Order of Magnitude (Tables 1-2)
- DFARS 252.227-7017 Assertion Table
- MDA Form DA-78-F2 OCI Analysis/Disclosure Form (required for Step-Two)
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- HQ0858-25-S-0001
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Aug 30, 2028, 1:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Aug 26, 2025
- NAICS
- 541715 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product/service code
- AC13
- Place of performance
- Redstone Arsenal, AL
- Contracting contact
- MDA
[email protected]
Read the official notice 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. NOTE: The MPP was made permanent under the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 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 funds. Formal proposals are not being accepted at this time. DO NOT submit a formal proposal until requested by the DoD Office of Small Business Programs MPP intermediary, Move America, Inc. See attachment for full details on this announcement.
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)). This is not this requirement's award history.
Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 541715, since Oct 1, 2023
28,732 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$7.1B
- 2. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$5.8B
- 3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$5.7B
- 4. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$4.0B
- 5. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$3.3B
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.
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