Notice of Intent to Sole Source: NDSA

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.101 requiring dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This is a NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT and is not a request for competitive quotes/proposals. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is prescribed by FAR 6.302-3(b)(2)(ii). The Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to issue a five-year; cost reimbursable; sole source award contract to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement demonstrating the ability to provide the requested services, which shall be considered by the agency before the intended award date. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. The Government shall not reimburse interested sources for any information provided. No requests for capability briefings will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested vendors must respond to this notice on or before August 25, 2021 at 12:00PM Eastern Time by sending an email to Jimmy Ober at [email protected]. APL will encompass their unique capability of supporting the development of complex technical programs, from concept to operational deployment, to include a key characteristic of APL's strategic relationship with the Department of Defense (DoD) quick response capability. APL shall provide space science applications, mission and systems engineering, analysis, design and development efforts. The objective is to focus on critical DoD capability areas including but not limited to: missile, radar, sonar, space, undersea warfare, command control and communication (C3), anti-air warfare, strike warfare, information warfare, complex combat systems, and homeland protection. Areas of specific interest to the SDA for which JHU/APL may be tasked to provide support include: Development, including prototyping, design, creation, and/or assessment of advanced concepts, technologies and architectures Engineering, modeling, simulation and/or evaluation tool development and testing Developmental and/or Mission-related Testing, including planning test operations and developing test architectures, assets, instrumentation and/or evaluation methodologies for demonstrations, exercises and/or field experiments Tactical systems and operations Data analytics, fusion, Cloud Computing and “Big Data Management” ISR asset application, management and/or data application Satellite ground systems design and development, autonomous operations and constellation management Terrestrial and/or orbital network design, management, routing and/or scheduling Precision Tracking, Location, Navigation, Remote Sensing, Communication, Characterization of the Space Environment, Space Domain Awareness, Accurate Discrimination, and Targeting of Threat Objects, Threat Detection and Mission Planning Information operations and cyber security Performance Assessments Verifying, validating, developing, and/or applying simulation, models, and operations analysis techniques