MDA IT Operations & Engineering Solutions (MIOES)

• Agency: Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency
• Status: Pre-RFP
• Solicitation Dates: 
  • Draft RFP: August 22, 2024
  • Industry Day: October 15, 2024
  • Final RFP: March 3, 2025
• Period of Performance: 5-year base period plus three 1-year option periods (total 8 years) 
• Award Date: August 2026 (estimated)
• Competition Type: Unrestricted/full and open
• NAICS: 541715, 1,000 employees size standard
• Subcontracting Goals: No recommended subcontracting goals
• Number of Awards: 1
• Contract Value: $4.6B
• Proposal Due Date: TBD

The MIOES contract supports the Missile Defense Agency's global IT and engineering needs across four primary technical areas (TAs):

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TA 1 Enterprise/RDT&E IM - Global Communications & RDT&E/Enterprise Information Management (IM) Solutions & Integrated Architectures: This area focuses on the development, operation, and maintenance of a global RDT&E/enterprise IT ecosystem, providing MDA with secure environments for development, testing, digital engineering, and modeling. Key tasks include managing communications networks, enterprise services, developing system architectures, mission assurance, and cybersecurity solutions. The goal is to ensure reliable, integrated, and secure communication and information management across the entire MDA enterprise.'

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TA 2 Mission IM - Missile Defense System Mission & Event Operations: IM Architectures & Solutions: TA 2 covers the design, development, integration, operation, and sustainment of secure and reliable IM architectures and IT infrastructure supporting MDA's mission systems. It ensures continuous operational readiness and support for critical mission functions, including command and control, training, and operational test assets. This area emphasizes maintaining mission assurance, operational resilience, and cybersecurity across various mission enclaves and facilities.

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TA 3 MDIOC Facility Operations - MDIOC Operations, Sustainment, Restoration & Modernization: This technical area involves the operation, maintenance, restoration, and modernization of the Missile Defense Integration & Operations Center (MDIOC) facilities. Key responsibilities include maintaining a reliable infrastructure that supports mission-critical activities, implementing safety and environmental standards, and executing preventative maintenance. It also includes facility engineering to sustain and enhance MDIOC’s infrastructure to support evolving mission requirements.

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TA 4 MDIOC Integration - MDIOC Planning and Integration: TA 4 focuses on ensuring that MIOES activities are aligned and integrated with MDIOC standards and processes. This includes planning and integration efforts to ensure that operational and test events are not disrupted by MIOES activities, maintaining the facility’s technical baseline, and implementing mission assurance and configuration management practices. This area aims to safeguard mission and test assets through rigorous planning, configuration protections, and operational assessments to support seamless integration within MDIOC.

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These technical areas collectively ensure that the MDA's IT and operational infrastructure is robust, secure, and capable of supporting its global missile defense mission.

Submitting a successful proposal for the MIOES IDIQ contract requires meticulous attention to detail and thorough preparation. It is anticipated that proposals will be required in nine volumes:

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• Volume 1: Contract Documentation
• Volume 2: General Information
• Volume 3: Technical 
  • Tab A – Technical Subfactor 1 (TS1): Scenario 1 Cybersecurity
  • Tab B – Technical Subfactor 2 (TS2): Scenario 2 Agile Adoption
  • Tab C – Technical Subfactor 3 (TS3): Scenario 3 Cloud Adoption
  • Tab D – Technical Subfactor 4 (TS4): Scenario 4 Missile Defense Space Enterprise Architecture (MDSEA)
  • Tab E – Technical Subfactor 5 (TS5): Scenario 5 Enterprise Monitoring
  • Tab F – Technical Subfactor 6 (TS6): Scenario 6 CERT Response
  • Tab G – Technical Subfactor 7 (TS7): Scenario 7 Digital Transformation
  • Tab H – Technical Subfactor 8 (TS8): Scenario 8 Network Connectivity
  • Tab I – Technical Subfactor 9 (TS9): Scenario 9 Delivery of Real-Time Data
  • Tab J – Technical Subfactor 10 (TS10): Scenario 10 Efficient Information Systems Operations
  • Tab K – Technical Subfactor 11 (TS11): Scenario 11 End User Services
  • Tab L – Technical Subfactor 12 (TS12): Scenario 12 Engineering Review Board
  • Tab M – Technical Subfactor 13 (TS13): Scenario 13 Event Protection, Monitoring and Reporting
  • Tab N – Technical Subfactor 14 (TS14): Scenario 14 MDIOC Facility Operations
  • Tab O – Technical Subfactor 15 (TS15): BOE Cybersecurity Task Order
  • Tab P – Technical Subfactor 16 (TS16): BOE MDIOC Facility Sustainment & Operations
• Volume 4: Management and Leadership
  • Tab A – ML Subfactor 1 (MLS1): Program Integration and Enterprise Planning 
  • Tab B – ML Subfactor 2 (MLS2): Management and Organizational Structure 
  • Tab C – ML Subfactor 3 (MLS3): Teaming and Subcontracting Approach
  • Tab D – ML Subfactor 4 (MLS4): Cost Control
• Volume 5: Small Business
• Volume 6: Information Management and Control Plan (ICMP)
• Volume 7: Facility
• Volume 8: Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Management Plan
• Volume 9: Cost and Price

The MIOES contract uses a best-value trade-off evaluation approach, which means that the government will consider both cost and non-cost factors to determine which proposal offers the most advantageous solution. Proposals will be evaluated on several factors, and only the most highly rated proposals will be included in the competitive range.

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Factor 1: Technical

This factor assesses the technical approach and understanding of the requirements. It includes multiple subfactors, such as cybersecurity, agile adoption, cloud adoption, and others related to the specific technical needs of the MIOES contract. Each subfactor is rated based on the approach's strengths, weaknesses, and overall risk.

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Factor 2: Management and Leadership (ML)

This factor evaluates the offeror's management and leadership approach, including program integration, organizational structure, teaming and subcontracting, and cost control. Like the technical factor, the ML factor is evaluated on both its strengths and associated risks.

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Factor 3: Small Business Participation

Evaluated on an acceptable or unacceptable basis, this factor reviews the offeror's small business participation and commitment plan, ensuring compliance with the solicitation’s requirements for small business utilization.

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Factor 4: Information Management and Control Plan (IMCP)

This factor checks the adequacy of the IMCP, focusing on security requirements, information safeguarding, and compliance with federal regulations. It is also rated as acceptable or unacceptable.

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Factor 5: Facility Clearance

The evaluation of facility clearance is based on the offeror’s current status or plan to meet clearance requirements. Proposals are rated as acceptable or unacceptable depending on whether they meet the specified clearance conditions.

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Factor 6: Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Management Plan

This factor assesses the offeror’s approach to managing potential conflicts of interest, ensuring compliance and safeguarding sensitive information. It is also evaluated on an acceptable or unacceptable basis.

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Factor 7: Cost and Price

Although not rated with color or adjectival ratings, cost and price are evaluated for reasonableness and realism. The evaluation includes reviewing proposed costs against government estimates and considering the probable costs of the proposed approaches.

The evaluation process includes both qualitative assessments and quantitative scoring, aiming to identify the proposal that offers the best overall value to the government, considering both performance potential and cost-effectiveness.

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