Notice of Intent to Award Modification of the Concept Definition and Program Planning (CDPP) contract(s)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to award a sole source contract modification to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMCO) of Sunnyvale, California, Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) Tucson, Arizona, and The Boeing Company of Huntsville, Alabama for the modification of the Concept Definition and Program Planning (CDPP) contract. These three companies have been the prime contractors for the CDPP contracts. The contract modification will increase the scope of the CDPP contract to include technology and concepts for kill vehicles (KVs) and component or subsystem technology applicability to the Ground Based Interceptor (GBI). MDA will use the following contracts to execute these modifications, Contract HQ0147-11-C-0009 (RMS), HQ0147-11-C-0008 (Boeing) and HQ0147-11-C-0007 (LM). Based on the responses to the request for information (RFI) # HQ0147-13-DV-RFI1, MDA determined this expertise cannot be obtained by any other contractor. The anticipated period of performance for this contract action is approximately November 2013 through April 2014. The proposed contract action for Unitary KV concept development for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with the three prime contractors under the authority of 10 USC 2304(c) (1) as implemented in FAR 6.302-1. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact the three prime contractors directly.