3 June Amended NOTICE TO INDUSTRY - CANCELLATION Subject: Cancellation of Missile Defense Agency (MDA) IT Operations and Engineering Solutions (MIOES) Request for Proposal (RFP) Date: June 3, 2025 This notice informs all interested parties that the MDA has canceled the planned release of the MIOES RFP. This decision follows a reassessment of the procurement landscape and acquisition strategy. While the previous notice indicated a strategic pause, after further consideration, the Agency has determined that cancellation is the most appropriate course of action at this time. The Agency understands the importance of this requirement and appreciates the interest and efforts invested by industry to date. THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER UPDATES REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC MIOES RFP. MDA is in the process of determining which elements of the existing scope will be necessary moving forward, as well as the revised acquisition strategy for those requirements. No decisions have been made to date, however, interested parties should continue to monitor SAM.gov and other Government points of entry for potential future opportunities that may arise from the MIOES scope. Thank you for your understanding and continued interest. 9 April Amended NOTICE TO INDUSTRY Subject: Strategic Pause of Missile Defense Agency (MDA) IT Operations and Engineering Solutions (MIOES) Request for Proposal (RFP) Date: April 9, 2025 This notice informs all interested parties that the MDA is placing the release of the MIOES RFP on hold until further notice. The Agency is currently reassessing the procurement landscape in light of the recent Executive Order, 'Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement' that may impact the acquisition strategy for this requirement. This reassessment is necessary to ensure alignment with the latest Federal guidance and to optimize the acquisition approach for the benefit of both the government and industry partners. The Agency understands the importance of this requirement and appreciates the interest and efforts invested by industry to date. We are committed to providing an update on the status of this procurement as soon as practicable. Further information and any revised acquisition schedule will be disseminated via SAM.gov. We encourage interested parties to periodically check SAM.gov for updates. Thank you for your understanding and continued interest. 23 January 2025 Amended The purpose of this amendement is to communicate the following: 1. The new anticipated Final RFP release date is May 2, 2025. 2. Please see the attachment titled "MIOES TO Phase-in Schedule (Preliminary)". This is intended to aid in the initial preparation of the transition (Phase-in) task order proposal. The final RFP will contain information that will take precedence if there is any variance. 20 December 2024 Amended Request for Information Please see the attachments "MIOES CLIN Structure RFI 12.20.2024" and "MIOES_IRES PWS -- Enterprise IT (12.20 RFI)" Responses are due to
[email protected] by 12:00PM CT on January 9, 2025. 23 October 2024 Amended The Draft RFP for MIOES and been posted via two separate posts on PIEE that feed into SAM.gov. HQ085725R0002 = MIOES Draft RFP https://sam.gov/opp/813d8d5b615346278f514804bf0b32ea/view HQ085725R000X = MIOES Partial Bidders' Library Non-CUI https://sam.gov/opp/afb902f079aa4f51b49c7fbe47ba0c10/view We will continue to update the Bidders' Library and will make the restricted CUI version available by request closer to or along with the Final RFP. 21 October 2024 Amended Due to the delayed release of the Draft RFP (now anticipated for October 23, 2024), we are extending the one-on-one questions/discussion topics submission due date to 1300 MST on October 25, 2024. Revised versions to previous questions/discussion topics submissions are also welcome. We know this isn't much time to prepare, so we will do our best to answer questions not submitted prior to the one-on-ones during the sessions, follow-up with a written response or entertain follow-on virtual discussions by request. Note: This update is applicable only to those companies that submitted their one-on-one participant list prior to the deadline of October 18, 2024. The schedule is full and no additional and/or late submissions will be accepted. 11 October 2024 Amended The schedule for the MIOES Virtual Industry Brief (Microsoft Teams) scheduled for October 15, 2024 is provided in the attachment titled MIOES Virtual Industry Brief Schedule. 27 September 2024 Amended Update: 1. There will be no more MIOES Monthly Exhange with Industry meetings and the series has been canceled in Microsoft Teams. 2. The Virtual Industry Briefings (Microsoft Teams) scheduled for October 15, 2024 will provide a comprehensive and up to date review of the topics that have been covered each month. Please see the revised attachment titled MIOES Industry Day Overview and Instructions, dated September 27, 2024 for updated information and a link to join the meeting. 3. A new Microsoft Excel version of the MDIOC Tour Request Form, dated September 27, 2024 has also been posted for use. Please submit IAW the MIOES Industry Day Overview and Instructions, dated September 27, 2024. 4. The next draft RFP release date has moved from: September 30, 2024 to: on or around October 18, 2024. 4 September 2024 Amended Please see the following information and clarifications. The Government is still reviewing the questions from DRFP increment 2 and plans on releasing the Q&As along with the consolidated DRFP in the late Sep/ early Oct timeframe. In the August 2, 2024 DRFP Increment 2 release, the Government included a "Note to Offeror" beginning on line 631, page 17 of MIOES Section L DRFP Inc2 Rev1. The "Note" stated the following: "The Government is willing to perform an initial review and assessment of a potential Offeror’s Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) disclosure, in accordance with Section L, Volume 2, General Information, paragraph G, in advance of the release of the final Request for Proposal (RFP). Each Offeror shall submit, for itself, partners, and subcontractors, an OCI Analysis Disclosure Form, as provided in attachment L-3. A final OCI Management Plan will still be required for the final RFP submission. All documentation shall be sent to the following email address:
[email protected]" The Government would like to make the following clarifying statements: 1. Reviewing for potential OCIs under FAR 9.5 (OCI Disclosures in accordance with Section L, Volume 2, General Information, paragraph G) and the OCI Management Plan evaluation factor (Section L, Volume 8 - OCI Management Plan) are two separate steps. The initial review is of OCI Disclosures only. 2. Offerors are still required to submit OCI Disclosure Forms with their proposal regardless of whether they requested an initial review or not. This pre-read does not replace OCI analysis required of the proposed awardee prior to award. 3. The initial review is not a requirement. Any discussion/feedback provided by the Government is non-binding and offered for informational/planning purposes only. A formal written response will not be provided. 4. A final OCI determination will be made once a proposed awardee is identified and will be part of the responsibility determination. 5. The last day to submit is November 1, 2024. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Small Business goals for MIOES are as follows and will be included in the RFP. Small Business = 40% Small Disadvantaged Business = 6% Women-Owned Small Business = 6% HUBZone Small Business = 2% Veteran-Owned Small Business = 11% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business = 10% 22 August 2024 Amended The third increment of the DRAFT RFP for the MIOES requirement is attached to this posting and available for industry review. The Government requests your questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions as a result, no later than September 5, 2024. Responses received as a result of this posting will be reviewed and used for informational purposes only to further refine the MIOES FINAL RFP. Schedule update: 30 September 2024 -- Release Consolidated Draft RFP 15 October 2024 -- Virtual Industry Briefings (via MS Teams) 29 October 2024 -- MDIOC Tours 30/31 October 2024 -- One-on-One Discussions 18 November 2024 -- DRFP responses due 3 March 2025 -- Release Final RFP Increment #3 consists of the following documents: *** MIOES Cybersecurity PWS DRFP Inc3 *** MIOES Facility Operations and Sustainment PWS DRFP Inc3 *** MDA 5013.06 - Source Selection Procedures *** MIOES DRFP Inc1 CONSOLIDATED QandAs *** Attachment L-5 MIOES Question Matrix DRFP Inc3 *** MIOES Industry Day Overview and Instructions *** MIOES MDIOC Tour Request *** MIOES 1-on-1 Participant List and Topics *** MIOES DRFP Exhibit C CDRL Instructions *** MIOES DRAFT CLIN Stucture DRFP Inc3 **********NOTE: Please use the question and answer (Q&A) template titled "Attachment L-5 MIOES Question Matrix DRFP Inc3" attached to this release to submit your questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions regarding these documents. The Government has no obligation because of this posting. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor SAM.gov periodically for updates to this procurement. The Government will not accept or review any response other than those submitted on the form provided. Any other documentation (e.g., white papers, product/service brochures, etc.) in response to this posting will be disregarded. Please submit responses to
[email protected] in additon to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer identified below as POCs, no later than 12:00 PM Central on September 5, 2024. Questions or comments will not be addressed by telephone. The Government is not required to respond to or post all Q&As. The Government will post Q&As on SAM.gov that are determined to be beneficial for all of industry to see. Additional Information: Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not reimburse any contractor for any information or administrative costs incurred in the response to this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice--all costs associated with responding to this synopsis will be borne solely by the interested party. Not responding to this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP or other solicitation, if any is issued. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice and request for comment. TELEPHONE RESPONSES AND INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. 2 August 2024 Amended Corrected the following sentence beginning on line 71 of MIOES Section L DRFP Inc2: From: "Competition shall be limited to competitive Small Business interests under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541715, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology; Exception 3 “Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles, Their Propulsion Units and Propulsion Parts”, Size Standard: 1,300 employees )." To: "Competition shall be full and open under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541715, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology; Exception 3 “Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles, Their Propulsion Units and Propulsion Parts”, Size Standard: 1,300 employees )." 2 August 2024 Amended The second increment of the DRAFT RFP for the MIOES requirement is attached to this posting and available for industry review. The Government requests your questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions as a result, no later than August 20, 2024. Responses received as a result of this posting will be reviewed and used for informational purposes only to further refine the MIOES FINAL RFP. For planning purposes, increment #3 is anticipated to be released in August/Septemeber 2024, with a final consolidated DRAFT RFP anticipated to be released in September 2024. FINAL RFP release is anticipated 2QTRFY25. Award is anticipated 4QTRFY26. Increment #2 consists of the following documents: *** MIOES LCAT Table DRFP Inc2 *** MIOES Section L DRFP Inc2 *** MIOES Section M DRFP Inc2 *** Attachment L-3 OCI Analysis Disclosure Form DRFP Inc2 *** Attachment L-5 MIOES Question Matrix DRFP Inc2 *** Attachment L-6 MIOES Evaluation Scenarios DRFP Inc2 **********NOTE: Please use the question and answer (Q&A) template titled "Attachment L-5 MIOES Question Matrix DRFP Inc2" attached to this release to submit your questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions regarding these documents. There are also questions or "Notes to Industry" within these documents asking for feedback on specific sections. Please reference and describe any 'attachments or supplemental documentation' in the Attachment L-5 MIOES Question Matrix DRFP Inc2 template in response to the “Notes to Industry” embedded within the documents. Please provide responses in MS Word format and limit to 2 pages per "Note". All other questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions shall be submitted in the Attachment L-5 MIOES Question Matrix DRFP Inc2 template. The Government has no obligation because of this posting. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor SAM.gov periodically for updates to this procurement. The Government will not accept or review any response other than those submitted on the form provided. Any other documentation (e.g., white papers, product/service brochures, etc.) in response to this posting will be disregarded. Please submit responses to
[email protected] in additon to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer identified below as POCs, no later than 12:00 PM Central on August 20, 2024. Questions or comments will not be addressed by telephone. The Government is not required to respond to or post all Q&As. The Government will post Q&As on SAM.gov that are determined to be beneficial for all of industry to see. Additional Information: Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not reimburse any contractor for any information or administrative costs incurred in the response to this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice--all costs associated with responding to this synopsis will be borne solely by the interested party. Not responding to this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP or other solicitation, if any is issued. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice and request for comment. TELEPHONE RESPONSES AND INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. Addtional notes: 1. Responses to increment one questions are still in process and will be posted in August. 2. NAICS clarification: The approved NAICS for MIOES is 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), Exception 3: Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles, Their Propulsion Units and Propulsion Parts with a size standard of 1,300 Employees. 24 June 2024 Amended Adding the following revisons to the 14 June Amendment: Made the following changes to the of 'MIOES Basic IDIQ PWS 14 June Draft RFP' document: 1. Corrected spelling of 'Technology' on title page 2. Updated date on title page and file name from June 14, 2024 to June 24, 2024 3. Updated attachment reference in Section 4.10 to 'Attachment 3' 4. Updated Section 10.1.3, added 'performance measurements' for clarification in response to industry feedback 5. Updated Section 10.1.5 'Note to Industry' to correct section reference number from '10.1.6' to '10.1.5' and added 'objective standards that may be used to measure performance' in response to industry feedback. 6. Updated Section 10.1.8 'Note to Industry' and added 'objective standards that may be used to measure performance' in response to industry feedback. 7. Updated Section 10.1.9 'Note to Industry' and added 'objective standards that may be used to measure performance' in response to industry feedback. ***Note: Document titled 'MIOES Basic IDIQ PWS 24 June DRAFT RFP' has been uploaded is the only document that has been revised. All documents released in the original 14 June release remain unchanged. 20 June 2024 Amended Adding the following revisons to the 14 June Amendment: 1. Change the response date from: July 7, 2024 to: July 8, 2024 2. Add
[email protected] as a response recipient email address 3. Add the following instruction: "Please reference and describe any 'attachments or supplemental documentation' in the QA_DRFP_Inc1_MIOES template in response to the “Notes to Industry” embedded within the PWS documents. Please provide responses in MS Word format and limit to 2 pages per "Note"". All other questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions shall be submitted in the QA_DRFP_Inc1_MIOES template. 14 June 2024 Amended The first increment of the DRAFT RFP for the MIOES requirement is attached to this posting and available for industry review. The Government requests your questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions as a result, no later than July 8, 2024. Responses received as a result of this posting will be reviewed and used for informational purposes only to further refine the MIOES FINAL RFP. For planning purposes, increment #2 is anticipated to be released in July 2024 and increment #3 in August 2024, with a final consolidated DRAFT RFP anticipated to be released in October 2024. FINAL RFP release is anticipated 3QTRFY25. Award is anticipated 4QTRFY26. Increment #1 consists of the following documents: ***MIOES Basic IDIQ PWS 14 June DRAFT RFP ***MIOES Phase-In (Transition) Task Order PWS 14 June DRAFT RFP *** MIOES Acquisition Strategy Summary - 14 June DRAFT RFP ***QA_DRFP_Inc1_MIOES **********NOTE: Please use the question and answer (Q&A) template titled "QA_DRFP_Inc1_MIOES" attached to this release to submit your questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions regarding these documents. There are also questions or "Notes to Industry" within these documents asking for feedback on specific sections. Please reference and describe any 'attachments or supplemental documentation' in the QA_DRFP_Inc1_MIOES template in response to the “Notes to Industry” embedded within the PWS documents. Please provide responses in MS Word format and limit to 2 pages per "Note"". All other questions, concerns, comments, and/or suggestions shall be submitted in the QA_DRFP_Inc1_MIOES template. The Government has no obligation because of this posting. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor SAM.gov periodically for updates to this procurement. The Government will not accept or review any response other than those submitted on the form provided. Any other documentation (e.g., white papers, product/service brochures, etc.) in response to this posting will be disregarded. Please submit responses to
[email protected] in additon to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer identified below as POCs, no later than 12:00 PM Central on July 8, 2024. Questions or comments will not be addressed by telephone. The Government is not required to respond to or post all Q&As. The Government will post Q&As on SAM.gov that are determined to be beneficial for all of industry to see. Additional Information: Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not reimburse any contractor for any information or administrative costs incurred in the response to this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice--all costs associated with responding to this synopsis will be borne solely by the interested party. Not responding to this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice does not preclude participation in any future RFP or other solicitation, if any is issued. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this synopsis/pre-solicitation notice and request for comment. TELEPHONE RESPONSES AND INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. 12 June 2024 Amended 1. Changing the name of the requirement from: MDA Integration & Operations for Enterprise Solutions (MIOES) to: MDA IT Operations & Engineering Solutions (MIOES). 2. Posting May and June MIOES Monthly Exchanges with Industry slides tiltled "MIOES Industry Monthly Chargeback Showback - May" and "MIOES Industry Monthly CSSP - June" 9 April 2024 Amended Posting current IRES PWSs (not MIOES) and slides from the February and April MIOES Monthly Exchanges with Industry meetings (No slides were presented at the March meeting). The scope from the following IRES task orders will be included in the MIOES contract and it is expected that at approximately 80% of the scope will be similar under MIOES: 1500, 3100, 4100, 5900, 7300, 8004, 8600, 8900. The scope for task order 8002, under the MIOES contract, will only include scope for the MDIOC Systems Engineering and Integration requirements. All internal Program Integration currently identified under the IRES contract will continue to be a separate MIOES task order or become part of each individual task order under the MIOES contract. The basic scope for IRES task orders 8003 and 8700 will be similar. However, the requirements will be split into multiple task orders and the objectives and outcomes will look different. It is also expected that all common core IT requirements currently under IRES task order 8003 will transition to DISA over the life of the MIOES contract. It is expected the common core requirements will be identified in a MIOES task order when the contract begins but will transition incrementally over a period of time. This is a DoD mandate. MDA is currently in the planning phases of the migration with DISA. Note: The above information is subject to change. 1 November 2023 Amended OCI Guidance Attached with this amendment 6 September 2023 Amended Monthly exchanges with industry On the first Wednesday of every month the MIOES acquisition team will meet with industry for roughly one hour to discuss updates on the acquisition. Some of these meetings will include technical SMEs to discuss some of the technical requirements of the program. In order to receive a link to attend these meetings, please email
[email protected] 5 April 2023 Amended Updated the list of industry POCs Added IRES Attachment J-01, Enclosure 1, HLO Capabilities. Industry said the embedded file at the end of J-01 could not be opened. Please remember, the High Level Objectives (HLO) were specifically organized for IRES and may not be indicative of how MIOES will be organized. 3 January 2023 Amended Amended to update the list of industry POCs for additions 10 November 2022 Amended Amended to update the list of industry POCs for errors and omissions. The Government is posting a listing of the companies and POCs from our recent market research industry day. We hope this helps companies interact and develop working relationships as we engage in the acquisition strategy. Additionally, a common theme during our discussions with industry was to provide as much information early in the process. With that in mind, we are providing the conformed solicitation from the current IRES contract. This was previously available on SAM.gov under solicitation H95001-15-R-0001 in 2016 but the documents were controlled. This release will include the full conformed (amendment 8) solicitation with the exception of the bidders library and property list, both are severely outdated. If you are seeking additional documents from the original solicitation or any of the 7 amendments, please contact
[email protected]. Obviously, the IRES solicitation was posted after MDA developed an acquisition strategy and the documents reflect that strategy. MDA has not determined an acquisition strategy for the MIOES effort and we are diligently reviewing all of the submitted capability statements. The scope of MIOES may be similar, but not identical to the IRES scope. Please do not infer the release of the IRES solicitation is indicative of the Government's intended acquisition strategy nor exact scope.