Solicitation
Request for Proposal (RFP) - Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (RMWT) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Entry Points (GEPs)
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe Space Development Agency (SDA) of the Air Force wants proposals for the Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (RMWT) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Entry Points (GEPs) effort (solicitation FA240126R0003). The winner builds, installs, integrates and tests ground entry point sites (shelters, antennas, optical terminals and networking) at multiple, globally dispersed locations, under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a first task order. It is open to all businesses, and the key documents are Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) available only on request. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 27, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 5, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Space Development Agency (SDA) of the Air Force wants proposals for the Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (RMWT) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground Entry Points (GEPs) effort (solicitation FA240126R0003). The winner builds, installs, integrates and tests ground entry point sites (shelters, antennas, optical terminals and networking) at multiple, globally dispersed locations, under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a first task order. It is open to all businesses, and the key documents are Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) available only on request.
Who can bid
- Approval as an authorized offeror to receive CUI documents, the Q&A and the bidders' library
- A signed non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for some interface and engineering documents
How to submit: As set out in Attachment 7, Section L Proposal Instructions. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
- Serious: Key documents are CUI, by request only. The statements of work, technical requirements document and DD Form 254 (the contract's security classification specification) are released only to vetted firms on request.
- Serious: Classified documents need a JWICS email. Classified reference documents go to a JWICS email address, which most small businesses don't have without cleared facilities.
- Worth checking: Large global ground-segment build. The scope covers site civils, hardware, integration and test at many locations worldwide, which takes large staffing, supply chains and facilities.
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- Minor: Response due date extended to November 23, 2026. The October 13, 2026 update moved the response due date to November 23, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern, and updated attachments citing the old date are still forthcoming.
- Minor: Subject to availability of funds. The Government may make no award at all depending on proposal quality and its continuing need.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Ground entry point site civil work at multiple, globally dispersed locations
- Procure, install, integrate, test and verify site communications shelters, antennas and antenna electronics
- Optical terminals and optical electronics
- Site networking equipment and software
- Test hardware, training and onsite test support
- Work under a base IDIQ statement of work (SOW) plus Task Order 1
- Contract type
- Indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: a contract that sets terms, with work ordered later through task orders), with Task Order 1
- Place of performance
- Multiple, globally dispersed locations (SAM.gov lists Washington, DC, USA)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern Time (from the version posted Oct 27, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- As set out in Attachment 7, Section L Proposal Instructions
What to include when you submit
- Follow Attachment 7, Section L Proposal Instructions, for proposal content and submission
- Use the templates in the package: past performance questionnaire (7a), small business participation document (7b), unpriced basis of estimate templates for the IDIQ base and Task Order 1 (7c, 7c.1), price template (7d), personnel and facilities template (7e)
- Request CUI or classified documents by email to ussf.pentagon.sda.mbx.fa240126r-006@mail.mil with the subject line "RMWT LEO GEPS Solicitation Content Request"
- Include company name, CAGE code, city and state, email address and a Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS) email (for classified documents) in that request
- Send all questions in writing only to the official inbox; no phone calls or one-on-one meetings
- Do not send classified information to the official inbox
Not in the notice text
- The statements of work, technical requirements, model contracts, Section L instructions and Section M evaluation factors are in the RFP attachments, several of them CUI and available only on request.
- The evaluation method and factors are in Attachment 8 (Section M), not the notice text.
- The contract ceiling, ordering period and Task Order 1 length aren't stated.
- Security clearance and facility clearance levels are in the DD254 (CUI), not the notice text.
- The exact GEP site locations and any host-country requirements aren't stated.
- Answers in Q&A versions 1 and 2 are restricted to authorized offerors.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: As set out in Attachment 7, Section L Proposal Instructions. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- FA2401 Space Development Agency SDA, Chantilly, VA
- Product/service code
- AC13 · National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense – Military; Experimental Development
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541715)
- Versions
6 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2026 · Amendment 0005 (this version)Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Nov 23, 2026
- Oct 13, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 23, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 29, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 2, 2026
- Sep 25, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 2, 2026
- Sep 18, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 2, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Terms on this notice: Solicitation
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