Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Missile Defense Agency - Multiple Authority Announcement
Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
AI summaryThe Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has set up a Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA), a single umbrella notice for non-traditional buys such as BAAs, CSOs, OTAs and CRADAs. It targets disruptive technology and rapid capability development from non-traditional sources. Individual solicitations will be released under it, and full details are in the attachments. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 21, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Jul 31, 2025. The notice was amended Oct 21, 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 Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has set up a Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA), a single umbrella notice for non-traditional buys such as BAAs, CSOs, OTAs and CRADAs. It targets disruptive technology and rapid capability development from non-traditional sources. Individual solicitations will be released under it, and full details are in the attachments.
Things to watch
- Worth checking: Details only in attachments. The notice text is a general announcement; requirements, eligibility and how to respond are in attachments you must read first.
- Minor: Umbrella announcement, no specific work yet. You would need to wait for or find a specific solicitation under it before you can bid.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Disruptive technologies and rapid capability development from non-traditional sources
- Responses to individual solicitations released under this announcement (e.g. HQ0860-25-S-C001 and HQ0860-25-S-C002)
- Contract type
- Multiple authorities: BAA, CSO, OTA, Procurement for Experimental Purpose (PEP), CRADA
- Place of performance
- USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- MDA Multiple Authority Announcement HQ0860-25-S-0001
- Offers due
- Listed as End of Mar 26, 2030 (12:00 AM Mar 27 EDT) in the SAM fields (from the version posted Jul 31, 2025; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- Questions go to MDA-MAA@mail.mil
- Follow the MAA on SAM.gov to be notified when a solicitation is released
Not in the notice text
- Evaluation method and factors
- Submission method and format
- Contract values and periods of performance
- Eligibility requirements (e.g. non-traditional contractor status)
- Details of the individual solicitations C001 and C002
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
Notice details
- Posted
- Mar 27, 2025
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Huntsville, AL
- 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
12 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0011SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Aug 24, 2026 · Amendment 0010SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Aug 6, 2026 · Amendment 0009SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Aug 6, 2026 · Amendment 0008SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Jun 23, 2026 · Amendment 0007SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Mar 2, 2026 · Amendment 0006SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Sep 19, 2025 · Amendment 0005SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Aug 21, 2025 · Amendment 0004SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Jul 31, 2025 · Amendment 0003SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- May 9, 2025 · Amendment 0002SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Apr 4, 2025 · Amendment 0001SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Mar 27, 2025 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)SAM.gov date Mar 26, 2030
- Related notices
Other notices that name this solicitation, or that this one names.
- Missile Defense Agency - Advanced Capability Concepts · HQ0860-25-S-C001Posted later Oct 5, 2026 · Due May 8, 2030
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
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- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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