AIR FORCE
Raytheon Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Connecticut (FA2391-23-D-0007); and the Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri (FA2391-23-D-0002), have been awarded a shared $400,000,000 ceiling, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity for research and development for the Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research program. This contract has multiple awardees to be awarded at different dates. The primary objective of the program is to conduct research toward the development, demonstration, integration, and transition of new aerospace vehicle technologies, designs, and integrated systems that will provide advanced capabilities to the Department of the Air Force. Work will be performed at each contractor facility, unless otherwise indicated in each task order, and is expected to be complete by April 5, 2030. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and 15 offers were received. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $200,064 will be distributed among each contractor at time the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $35,516,247 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00049) to contract FA8823-21C-0001 for Space Based Infrared System contractor logistics support, product support, and integration contract evaluation. Work will be performed in Colorado at Peterson and Buckley Space Force Bases, Greeley Air National Guard Station, and Boulder, and is expected to be completed Nov. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $10,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award. Space Systems Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.
Enlighten IT Consulting LLC, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, has been awarded a $13,292,362 firm-fixed-price modification (P00016) to the Enterprise Logging Ingest and Cyber Situational Awareness Refinery contract (FA8307-21-C-0006) for expansion of Enterprise Logging Extreme Lower Echelon Analytic Platform Tactical development for the Air Force community. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $97,557,065. Work will be performed primarily at the contractor facility in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, and is expected to be completed March 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 other procurement funds in the amount of $2,964,267 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Joint-Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is the contracting activity.
Sonalysts, Waterford, Connecticut, has been awarded a $7,907,089 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (P00081) to the previously awarded Standard Space Trainer Contract (FA8806-19-C-0002) for support and delivery, network, infrastructure, hardware, and architecture solutions. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $131,675,165. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 funds in the amount of $1,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
Ensign Bickford Aerospace & Defense, Simsbury, Connecticut, was awarded a $108,500,781 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of explosives. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 16, 2028. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-23-D-0004).
BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc., Radford, Virginia, was awarded a $46,425,270 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to address workplace safety issues, including process safety actions, equipment replacement, equipment enhancement, process improvements, environmental improvements and infrastructure improvements at Radford Army Ammunition Plant. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Radford, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2026. Fiscal 2023 procurement of ammunition, Army funds in the amount of $46,425,270 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-23-F-0173).
General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $27,100,000 firm-fixed-price contract. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-23-C-0049).
SOL Engineering Services LLC,* Vicksburg, Mississippi, was awarded a $24,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide subject matter expertise to the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 4, 2028. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the contracting activity (W912HZ-23-D-0004).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a maximum $96,000,000 modification (P00166) exercising the five-year option period of a five-year base contract (SPRPA1-14-D-002U) with one five-year option period for the F/A-18 depot option program. This is a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The ordering period end date is April 9, 2028. Using military service is Navy. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2028 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
NAVY
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $18,754,263 modification (P00064) to a previously awarded, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N0001918C1048). This modification adds scope to provide depot tooling and test equipment in support of establishing the initial depot repair of radio frequency support electronics and multi-function antenna components, to include data processor, array assembly, and antenna control module for the F-35 aircraft for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in January 2026. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,377,132; and fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $9,377,131 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Viasat Inc., Carlsbad, California, is awarded a $12,242,291.00 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide software maintenance and technical support for the Viasat LinkWay and Enhanced Broadband Efficient Modem waveforms and associated hardware platforms. This contract will provide support for the Very Small Aperture Terminal Small/Medium/Large, Master Reference Terminal, Hub Modem Package, and Marine Corps Wideband Satellite Communications family of systems. Work will be performed in Carlsbad, California, and is expected to be completed by March 2028. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four additional ordering periods, is $12,242,291. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. Fiscal 2023 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $4,134,166; and fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $1,539,460 for a total of $5,673,626 will be obligated on the first delivery order immediately following contract award. This contract was a sole source acquisition pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a) and 10 U.S. Code § 3204(a)(1). The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-23-D-2031).
Hexagon US Federal Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, is awarded an $8,114,227 firm-fixed-price contract for sustainment of the Consolidated Emergency Response System (CERS). This contract provides for hardware, software, and services to sustain and maintain CERS at Marine Corps installations. Work will be performed at Cherry Point, North Carolina (7.6%); Quantico, Virginia (7.6%); Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan (7.6%); Beaufort, South Carolina (7.6%); Parris Island, South Carolina (7.6%); Albany, Georgia (7.6%); Camp Pendleton, California (7.6%); Barstow, California (7.6%); 29 Palms, California (7.6%); Miramar, Florida (7.6%); Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (7.6%); Yuma, Arizona (7.6%); and Iwakuni, Japan (8.8%), with an expected completion date of March 31, 2027. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and three option years, is $34,732,868. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $8,114,227 are obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $8,114,227 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole source acquisition in accordance with Federal Regulation Acquisition 6.302-1. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-23-C-4902).
CORRECTION: The $34,997,838 modification announced April 3, 2023, for Professional Contract Services Inc., Austin, Texas, to contract N40085-20-D-0040 for the exercise of Option Number Three for base operating support services at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia, and its outlying support sites, was actually awarded March 31, 2023.
*Small business