SDA Tranche 0 Transport Layer

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is responsible for orchestrating the DoD's future threat-driven space architecture and accelerating the development and fielding of new military space capabilities necessary to ensure our technological and military advantage in space for national defense. To achieve this mission, SDA will unify and integrate next-generation space capabilities to deliver the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA), a resilient military sensing and data transport capability via a proliferated space architecture primarily in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

The Transport Layer will serve as the backbone of the architecture by providing assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to a full range of warfighter applications. The design, build, launch, and test of the Transport Layer Tranche 0, or the warfighter immersion tranche, will be delivered in the 4th Quarter of Government Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.

The Government intends to procure the SDA Transport Layer Tranche 0 in accordance with FAR Part 15. All pertinent information will be posted on Beta.SAM.

Estimated Acquisition Timeline:

Draft RFP Posted March 26, 2020 (Notice ID SDA-SN-20-0008)

Industry Day (Virtual) April 2, 2020

Final RFP Posted Est May 1, 2020

Proposals Due Est May 30, 2020

Award Est August 15, 2020

The above acquisition strategy is for informational purposes only and subject to change.

Questions regarding this requirement shall ONLY be submitted to osd.pentagon.ousd-r-e.mbx.sda-rfp-20-0001@mail.mil. No phone calls or one-on-one meeting requests will be accepted on a case-by-case basis.