Navy Contracts – December 18, 2014

Insitu, Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded a $41,076,746 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of three low rate initial production RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems. This award provides for the procurement of the air vehicles, ground control stations, launch and recovery equipment, initial spares, and system engineering and program management. Work will be performed in Bingen, Washington, and is expected to be completed in January 2016. Fiscal 2014 procurement funds (Marine Corps) in the amount of $38,309,942 and fiscal 2015 research and development funds (Marine Corps) in the amount of $2,766,804 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR.6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-15-C-0033).

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded a $36,490,246 option under a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2109) for engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies. The contract provides for R&D studies to support the manufacturability, maintainability, producibility, reliability, manning, survivability, hull integrity, performance, structural, weight/margin, stability, arrangements, machinery systems, acoustics, hydrodynamics, ship control, logistics, human factors, materials, weapons handling and stowage, submarine safety, and affordability of submarines. The program also supports near term insertion of Virginia-class technology; identification of Ohio-class replacement technology options; future submarine concepts; and core technologies. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed by October 2015. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $500,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity. BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is being awarded a $28,434,872 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Integrated Communication and Information Systems Division. Services provided will support the design, integration, testing, installation, training, and certification of: shipboard command, control, communications, computers, & intelligence (C4I) electronic communication systems; like systems at shore sites associated with the deployment of fleet support to surface ships; and mobile and airborne C4I electronic communication systems designed to interface with the C4I electronic architecture of surface ships. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $3,700,000 will be obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an unrestricted request for proposals, with one offer received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-15-C-0008).

Organizational Strategies, Inc.,* McLean, Virginia, is being awarded a $7,531,203 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for work associated with a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research effort under Topic N98-057, entitled “Advanced Training Technology Delivery System.” Work will be performed in Jacksonville, North Carolina (92 percent), and Lexington Park, Maryland (8 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2017. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,463,715 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-5. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N68335-15-C-0077).

*Small Business