DEFENSE CONTRACTS VALUED AT $7.5 MILLION AND ABOVE
AIR FORCE
Nodak Electric & Construction Inc., Wasilla, Alaska (FA5000-23-D-0004); Frawner Corp., Anchorage, Alaska (FA5000-23-D-0005); SD Construction LLC, Palmer, Alaska (FA5000-23-D-0006); Kuchar Construction LLC, Eagle River, Alaska (FA5000-23-D-0007); and Orion Construction, Wasilla, Alaska (FA5000-23-D-0008), were awarded a $150,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a mini-multiple award construction contract. These contracts provide for minor construction, facility repair and alteration, and real property repair and alteration projects. Work will be performed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 5, 2028. These contracts were a competitive acquisition and 15 offers were received. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $13,384 are being obligated at time of award. The 673rd Contracting Squadron, JBER, Alaska, is the contracting activity.
NAVY
Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded a $91,535,551 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) and firm-fixed-price type modification to definitize previously awarded letter contract N00024-22-C-2463 for the detail design and construction of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700 class craft, and options for nine additional craft and associated support efforts. This modification includes options for construction of additional LCU 1700 class craft, which may be subject to future competition in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. Therefore, the dollar values associated with the contract options are considered competition sensitive information and will not be made public at this time. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama (72%); Harahan, Louisiana (5%); Shoreline, Washington (4%); Semmes, Alabama (3%); Peoria, Illinois (2%); Houma, Louisiana (2%); Mandeville, Louisiana (2%), and other locations below 1% (collectively totaling 10%). Work is expected to be completed by July 2026. If all options are exercised, work will continue through July 2029. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy (SCN) funding in the amount of $37,410,147 (41%); and fiscal 2022 SCN funding in the amount of $54,125,404 (59%), will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Oasis Systems LLC, Burlington, Massachusetts, was awarded a $19,144,708 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (N00024-23-F-6311) under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00024-20-D-6337) for Sea Hunter and Seahawk operations and sustainment. This award includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this delivery order to $37,435,818. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (90%); Ventura, California (5%); Rockville, Maryland (2%); Burlington, Massachusetts (1%); and various locations across the U.S., each less than 1% (2%). Work is expected to be completed by August 2024. If all options are exercised, work will continue through August 2026. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $635,875 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This delivery order was competitively procured via the Unmanned Surface Vehicle Family of Systems multiple award contract, with four offers received in response to this solicitation. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 1, 2023)
Mnemonics Inc.,* Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $13,397,500 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the production and delivery of a maximum of 600 Radio Frequency Blanking units (RFBU) for production and 100 RFBU for retrofitting existing RFBUs with new precision timing cards in support of the Growler capability modifications, and Block III upgrades for the EA-18G Growler and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Florida, and is expected to be completed in March 2030. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001923D0021).
Integral Aerospace LLC, doing business as PCX Aerosystems, Santa Ana, California, is awarded an $11,254,020 firm-fixed-price contract for the production and delivery of 60 480-gallon external fuel tanks for the F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Santa Fe Springs, California (18%); Corona, California (14%); Chatsworth, California (10%); Schaumburg, Illinois (5%); Long Beach, California (4%); Monterey Park, California (2%); South Gate, California (2%); Gardena, California (1%); San Fernando, California (1%); Santa Clarita, California (1%); as well as in Anaheim, California (12%); Fort Worth, Texas (6%); Brea, California (5%); Santa Ana, California (5%); Goleta, California (2%); Naples, Florida (2%); Huntington Beach, California (1%); Anoka, Minnesota (1%); Kiryat Gat, Israel (1%); and various locations within the continental U.S.(7%), and is expected to be completed in July 2024. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,254,020 will be obligated at the time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1). Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001923C0027).
Lockheed Martin Space, Titusville, Florida, was awarded a fixed-price-incentive-fee, unpriced letter contract (N0003023C0100), with a not to exceed amount of $9,736,000, for long lead material and the labor, planning, and scheduling necessary to support the fiscal 2024 Trident II (D5) missile production schedule. This contract award also benefits a foreign military sale to the United Kingdom. All work will be performed in Titusville, Florida, and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2028. Fiscal 2023 Weapons Procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $9,736,000 will be obligated on this award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is being awarded to Lockheed Martin Space on a sole source basis under 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management website, with one proposal received. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 5, 2023)
UPDATE: Contract announcements for General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD BIW), Bath, Maine (N00024-23-C-2305) on Aug. 1, 2023; and Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII Ingalls), Pascagoula, Mississippi (N00024-23-C-2307) on Aug. 11, 2023, for DDG 51 class ship construction did not include funding amounts. The two firms were awarded fixed-price incentive (firm target) multiyear contracts for construction of 10 DDG 51 class ships totaling $14,580,817,751. GD BIW was awarded three DDG 51 class ships – one each in fiscal 2023, 2024, and 2026. HII Ingalls was awarded seven ships – two in fiscal 2023, one in 2024, two in 2025, one in 2026, and one in 2027. These contracts include options for engineering change proposals, design budgeting requirements, post-delivery availabilities on the awarded firm multiyear ships and options for construction of additional DDG 51 class ships.
ARMY
BL Harbert International LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, was awarded a $61,088,450 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a training complex. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed at Fort Novosel, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 21, 2026. Fiscal 2023 civil operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $61,088,450 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama is the contracting activity (W91278-23-C-0019).
VRC Metal Systems LLC, Box Elder, South Dakota, was awarded a $50,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to apply high deposition rate additive manufacturing to a wide range of applications. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 6, 2028. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W911QX-23-D-0006).
Andro Computational Solutions LLC,* Rome, New York, was awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and build an electronic signal-detection unit. Bids were solicited via the internet with 26 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 24, 2026. Army Small Business Innovation Research Catalyst Program is the contracting activity (W51701-23-D-0003).
Compound Eye Inc.,* Redwood City, California, was awarded a $15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Visual Inertial Distributed Aperture System. Bids were solicited via the internet with 26 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 04, 2026. U.S. Army Small Business Innovation Research Catalyst Program is the contracting activity (W51701-23-D-0001). (Awarded Sept. 5, 2023)
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tennessee, was awarded an $8,029,900 firm-fixed-price contract to furnish a hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Houma, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 25, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,029,900 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-23-C-0045).
ACME General Corp., Morgantown, West Virginia, was awarded a $7,692,330 firm-fixed-price contract for generating future armaments and systems. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Morgantown, West Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 5, 2028. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $7,692,330 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-23-C-0039).
*Small business
