The Army has opened the window for industry to start working on and submitting their bids for the recompete of part of a contract vehicle used to acquire broad research-and-development services.

Proposals for the Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration II Domain 1 contract are due to the Army by Oct. 15.

A maximum of five companies will be selected for an award on this vehicle focused on space and missile defense R&D work, the Army said in a Wednesday notice to release the final solicitation.

D3I2 Domain 1 will have a $2.57 billion ceiling over up to 10 years and is the unrestricted track of this program alongside Domain 2, the potential $2.05 billion portion reserved for small businesses. Bids for Domain 2 were due on March 4.

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