Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Modeling & Simulation Support
Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency (MDA) · MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
THAADMS-26-0001
Notice type
Sources Sought
NAICS
541330
Product service code
J014
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Posted
2026-10-16
Response deadline
Nov 15, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Redstone Arsenal, AL
Contracting contact
jonathan.w.dickens.civ@army.mil
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This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued by the Department of the Army, on behalf of Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Fires. PAE Fires is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to identify qualified, experienced, and interested sources capable of providing specialized engineering, modeling, simulation, and software support for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Project Office. The contractor shall provide support for development, integration, and testing of the THAAD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) products. The contractor shall deliver software products, including incremental development releases, Engineering Releases and Final Releases. The contractor shall deliver updated software documentation, including appropriately red-lined documents. The contractor shall support integration of software into the THAAD M&S products, to include on-site support as needed. The contractor shall support the resolution of related observations made by the THAAD M&S products during all phases of development and integration, as well as on-going system testing. Note that this is not a request for quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This RFI seeks industry comments to assist the Government in locating potential sources with the ability to satisfy its requirement. Please provide the following Point of Contact Information: Company: Address: Point of Contact: Phone Number: Fax Numbers: Email Address: DUNS Number: CAGE Code: Business Size and Classification (Large Business, Small Business, 8(a), Woman-Owned/Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Veteran-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned): Potential sources are invited to submit a Capabilities Statement up to five (5) pages per each of the four (4) major tasks, as described above, to the "RFI: THAAD Modeling and Simulation Support". All responses should be submitted via e-mail address to jonathan.w.dickens.civ@army.mil and sean.c.allan.civ@mail.mil. Only attach MS Word/Excel compatible files or Adobe Acrobat PDF files in electronic correspondence. PM THAAD will not acknowledge receipt of responses to this RFI. Telephonic inquiries will not be considered.
Contact
Point of contact
Jon Dickens
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
jonathan.w.dickens.civ@army.mil
Secondary
sean.c.allan.civ@army.mil
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