MDA Mentor Protege Program Broad Agency Announcement

Missile Defense Agency
Mentor Protégé Program
Broad Agency Announcement

Broad Agency Announcement No. HQ0858-25-S-0001
Effective from August 30, 2025 – August 30, 2028

2190750-508000

Missile Defense Agency
Office of Small Business Programs
5222 Martin Road
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u SECTION I: ANNOUNCEMENT OVERVIEW PAGEREF _Toc141202483 \h 3

SECTION II: ANNOUNCEMENT DESCRIPTION PAGEREF _Toc141202484 \h 3

SECTION III: ELIGIBLE OFFERORS/APPLICANTS PAGEREF _Toc141202485 \h 3

SECTION IV: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PAGEREF _Toc141202486 \h 3

SECTION V: GENERAL INFORMATION PAGEREF _Toc141202487 \h 4

SECTION VI: WHITE PAPER SUBMISSION PAGEREF _Toc141202488 \h 8

SECTION VII: WHITE PAPER EVALUATION PAGEREF _Toc141202489 \h 10

SECTION VIII: NOTIFICATION PAGEREF _Toc141202490 \h 12

SECTION IX: ATTACHMENTS PAGEREF _Toc141202491 \h 12

SECTION I: ANNOUNCEMENT OVERVIEW

Agency Name: Missile Defense Agency, Office of Small Business Programs

Broad Agency Announcement Title: Mentor Protégé Program

Broad Agency Announcement Type: Two-Step Open Broad Agency Announcement

Broad Agency Announcement Number: HQ0858-25-S-0001

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Instrument Type: Subaward under DoD Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) Mentor-Protégé Program Intermediary Cooperative Agreement

SECTION II: ANNOUNCEMENT DESCRIPTION

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has established the following Mentor Protégé Program (MPP) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to solicit eligible mentor and protégé firms for participation in the Department of Defense (DoD) MPP in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 219.71, Pilot Mentor-Protégé Program and DFARS Appendix I, Policy and Procedures for the DoD Pilot Mentor Protégé Program. NOTE: The MPP was made permanent under the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

The MDA MPP Contracting team will no longer handle the execution of the Mentor Protégé contracts. The MDA will utilize the DoD OSBP Mentor Protégé Program Intermediary (MPP-I) Cooperative Agreement with Move America, Inc. The purpose of the DoD MPP-I Cooperative Agreement is for the MPP-I, Move America, Inc., to establish sub-awards to approved DoD mentor-protégé firms and administer reimbursement in support of the respective approved mentor-protégé agreements. The MDA will continue to evaluate white papers to determine awards. The Army Contracting Command (ACC)/Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) Grants Officer will administer the DoD OSBP MPP-I Cooperative Agreement.