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DoD Contracts: Accenture Federal Services, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Week of 10-24-22 to 10-28-22

10/24

NAVY

Black Construction-Tutor Perini JV, Harmon, Guam, is awarded a $26,077,777 firm-fixed-price task order (N6274223F9920) under previously awarded multiple-award construction contract (N62742-19-D-1328) for the construction of an adequately sized and configured communications facility that ensures a diverse communications system is available to support theater requirements. The task order contains one option that is being exercised at time of award. Work will be performed in Joint Region Marianas, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, and is expected to be completed by February 2025. Fiscal 2020 military construction (Air Force) funds in the amount of $26,077,777 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

Mare Island Dry Dock LLC, Vallejo, California, is awarded an $11,454,396 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C4008) for a 60-calendar day shipyard availability for a mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187). This contract includes a base period and seven unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative value of this contract to $13,439,269. Work will be performed in Vallejo, California, beginning Feb. 13, 2023, and is expected to be completed by April 13, 2023. Fiscal 2023 working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,454,396 are obligated and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was full and open competition with proposals solicited via the Government Point of Entry website and two proposals received. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, is awarded an $8,356,194 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0051) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0007). This order provides for software product updates and qualification testing for the CV-22 Silent Knight Radar (SKR) Joint Services Vertical Lift Aircraft Experimental (JVX) Avionics System Software (JASS) instrumentation build, the SKR JASS Functional Requirements Document (FRD) 8 port forward, and the SKR JASS FRD 9 port forward in support of the V-22 Joint Program Office. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed in May 2024. Fiscal 2022 procurement Department of Defense (DOD) funds in the amount of $4,492,698; fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (DOD) funds in the amount of $861,485; and fiscal 2021 procurement (DOD) funds in the amount of $3,002,011 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

10/25

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Oakes Farms Food and Distribution Services LLC,* Naples, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $238,500,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fresh fruit and vegetables. This was a competitive acquisition with four responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Alabama, with an Oct. 25, 2027, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Department of Agriculture schools. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2028 defense working capital funds. The contracting agency is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-23-D-P403).

NAVY

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $122,781,126 cost-plus fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-2120 for lead yard support and development studies and design efforts related to Virginia-class submarines. This contract modification includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the modification to $164,071,626. Work will be performed in the continental U.S. and is expected to be completed by August 2025. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation funding in the amount of $10,000,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The statutory authority for this sole source award is in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Raytheon Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $122,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor pre-planned product improvement Increment III effort. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Tucson, Arizona; Anaheim Hills, El Segundo and San Diego, California; Fort Walton Beach, Indialantic and St. Petersburg, Florida; Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Indiana; Andover, Burlington, Cambridge, Marlborough, Tewksbury, Waltham and Woburn, Massachusetts; Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fulton, Maryland; Saginaw, Michigan; Nashua and Pelham, New Hampshire; White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; Lawton, Oklahoma; Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Portsmouth, Rhode Island; El Paso and San Antonio, Texas; and Arlington and Sterling, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2025. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $122,000,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W9124P-19-9-0001).

University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $52,109,492 modification (P00022) to contract W31P4Q-15-D-0062 for information technology and related systems and services. 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 Jan. 31, 2024. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-15-D-0062).

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions LLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was awarded a $33,691,944 firm-fixed-price contract (HT003822C0007), to provide site-specific activities necessary to implement the Electronic Health Record System, MHS (Military Health System) GENESIS. This contract supports successful MHS GENESIS wave implementation at military treatment facilities located outside the continental U.S. This contract was awarded using direct award procedures in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. Work will be performed at various overseas military treatment facilities with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2024. This award will be funded by fiscal 2022 procurement funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Health Agency, Defense Healthcare Management Systems-Contracting Division, Falls Church, Virginia. (Awarded Sept. 30, 2022)

AIR FORCE

Raytheon Intelligence and Space, Dulles, Virginia, has been awarded a $12,120,150 firm-fixed-price with cost-reimbursement contract for non-personal and non-commercial services for operations and maintenance services of the Cobra King radar system. Work will be performed at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida; and various overseas locations on board the U.S. Naval Ship Howard O. Lorenzen, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2023. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, and one offer was received. The Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Patrick SFB, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA7022-23-0016).

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10/26

NAVY

RAM-System GmbH (RAMSYS), Ottobrunn, Germany, is awarded a €277,836,839 and $206,568,496 firm-fixed-price contract for fiscal 2023 procurements for Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2B Guided Missile Round Pack (GMRP) and spare replacement components for RAM Block 2 recertification. This contract is a 100% purchase for the German navy under a cooperative memorandum of understanding (MOU). Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (40%); Ueberlingen, Germany (30%); Ulm, Germany (11%); Schrobenhausen, Germany (7%); Ottobrunn, Germany (7%); and Roethenbach, Germany (5%), and is expected to be completed by March 2029. German MOU funds in the amount of €277,836,839 and $206,568,496 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(4) — international agreement. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-23-C-5403).

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $35,744,707 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-4203 to exercise Option Period Three for the accomplishment of follow-on CG 47 class integrated planning yard services. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and is expected to be completed by December 2023. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations 6.302-1 (a) (2ii) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, was awarded a $19,683,882 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2322 for procurement of long-lead time material for the Large Missile Vertical Launch System launch module fabrication on DDG-1002. Work will be performed in Spring Grove, Illinois (48%); Houston, Texas (25%); Alma, Michigan (20%); and Merrill, Michigan (7%), and is expected to be completed by August 2024. Fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $19,683,882 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair, Bath, Maine, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Oct. 24, 2022)

381 Constructors, Omaha, Nebraska, is awarded a $14,532,579 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N40085-21-C-0077 for P381 Multi-Mission Dry Dock #1 Extension at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine. This award brings the total cumulative contract value to $1,838,390,963. The contract modification is for the provision and operation of a bubble curtain system to protect marine mammals during in-water construction activities. Work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and is expected to be completed by June 2028. Fiscal 2022 military construction (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,870,818 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic, Officer in Charge of Construction Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

IES Downstream LLC, Kapolei, Hawaii, has been awarded a maximum $170,240,000 firm‐fixed‐price contract for services and related contractor‐owned, contractor‐operated fuel storage facilities with capabilities to receive, store, protect and ship two grades of government-owned aviation turbine fuel (JAA/F24 and JP5) and one grade of naval distillate (F76) within the Oahu, Hawaii, area. This was a competitive acquisition with two offers received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Hawaii, with an Oct. 25, 2027, performance completion date. Using customer is Defense Logistics Agency. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (SPE603‐23‐C‐5000).

UPDATE: Hyster-Yale Group Inc., Greenville, North Carolina (SPE8EC-23-D-0001, $255,000,000) has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for material handling equipment, issued against solicitation SPE8EC-21-R-0001 and awarded July 22, 2022. 

AIR FORCE

Accenture Federal Services LLC, McLean, Virginia, has been awarded a $9,691,132 modification (P00006) to previously awarded contract FA820422F0001 for Sentinel Fences Continuous Engineering Services. This modification provides for the exercise of an option for an additional quantity of full time equivalents to support the fences engineering services being produced under the basic contract. Work will be performed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and is expected to be completed by July 27, 2023. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and engineering incremental funds are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity.

10/27

NAVY

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $2,414,000,000 detail, design, and construction modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-2437 in support of one Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose) Replacement (LHA(R)) Flight 1 Ship (LHA 9). Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (72%); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2%); Baltimore, Maryland (2%); Beloit, Wisconsin (2%); Brunswick, Georgia (2%); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1%); Cincinnati, Ohio (1%); Kingsford, Michigan (1%); Hueytown, Alabama (1%); York, Pennsylvania (1%); Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania (1%); and others individually less than 1% each (14%). Work is expected to be completed by September 2029. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $93,000,001 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $3,190,605,290.  If all options are exercised, work will continue through March 2031. This sole source contract modification was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 3204(c)(1), as implemented by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 – only one responsible source. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. 

Pacific Ship Repair and Fabrication Inc.,* Everett, Washington, is awarded a $43,699,417 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded contract N0002418D4413 for complex and non-complex emergent and continuous maintenance and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availabilities on surface ships. Work will be performed in Everett, Washington, and is expected to be completed by May 2023. No funding will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Propulsion Controls Engineering,* Everett, Washington, is awarded a $32,846,262 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded contract N0002418D4416 for non-complex emergent and continuous maintenance and availabilities on surface ships. Work will be performed in Everett, Washington, and is expected to be completed by May 2023. No funding will be obligated at time of award. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Chemring Australia Pty Ltd., Lara, Victoria, Australia, is awarded a $30,601,989 modification (P00004) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N0001921C0081). This modification exercises an option for the manufacture and production of MJU-68/B Flare Infrared Countermeasures in support of the Joint Strike Fighter program (8,655 for the Navy; 792 for the Air Force; 1,392 for the government of Norway; 1,200 for the government of Australia; 528 for the government of Italy; 312 for the government of Japan; 312 for the government of the Netherlands; and 120 for the government of Denmark). Work will be performed in Lara, Victoria, Australia (47%); San Diego, California (28%); Toone, Tennessee (24%); and Braeside, Victoria, Australia (1%), and is expected to be completed in September 2023. Fiscal 2023 procurement of ammunition (Navy and Marine Corps) in the amount of $19,897,845; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) in the amount of $1,820,808; and Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $8,883,336 will be obligated at time of award, of which $1,820,808 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

MNDPI Pacific JV, Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded a $16,960,148 firm-fixed-price task order (N6274223F0301) under previously awarded contract N62742-20-D-0004 for architecture-engineering services to develop the design primarily for the construction of a new concrete fixed single deck submarine repair pier at Polaris Point Submarine Base, Guam. This task order includes one option which, if exercised, would increase the cumulative task order value to $29,796,666. Work will be performed in Piti, Guam, and is expected to be completed by September 2024. Fiscal 2021 and 2022 military construction (Navy) funds will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded an $11,349,469 modification (13) to a firm-fixed-price order (2017) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001916G0001). This modification exercises an option to provide for installation of 25 previously procured A-kits in support of the Increment 3 Block 1 retrofit requirements for the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida, and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,349,469 will be obligated at 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.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $9,630,112 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N0017822C2300 to exercise an option for the accomplishment of enterprise engineering and technical expertise to the Land Based Test and Training Sites. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey, and is expected to be completed by November 2023. Fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $30,597 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Vitol Aviation Co., Houston, Texas, has been awarded an estimated $261,327,102 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for various types of fuel. This was a competitive acquisition with 12 offers received. This is a one-year contract with a 30-day carryover period. Locations of performance are Asia and Middle East regions, with a Dec. 31, 2023, performance completion date. Using customer is Defense Logistics Agency. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (SPE602-23-D-0455).

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10/28

NAVY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $111,107,767 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00017) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0026). This modification adds scope for the development of a Common Reprogramming Tool (CRT) minimum viable product, as well as establishing network connections required to establish the CRT development network and selection of a service-oriented architecture needed to commence development of enhanced reprogramming tools in support of efforts to replace legacy programming tools utilized by reprogramming labs to modernize and revolutionize F-35 reprogramming. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in October 2024. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $4,731,945; fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,655,054; and non-U.S. Department of Defense partner funds in the amount of $1,595,546 will be obligated at the time of award, $8,386,999 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $73,447,380 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00039-16-D-0075) in support of the NATO Improved Link Eleven program. This modification includes requirements to increase Link Level Communication Security 7M encryptor procurement and sustainment, to include warranty provisions and training courses. The new contract total value is $135,769,336. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California. Work is expected to be completed by September 2026. No funds will be placed on contract or obligated at the time of award. Other procurement (Navy) and Foreign Military Sales funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued upon award of the contract modification. This sole source contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1) — only one responsible source, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 6.302-1. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.

DY4 Inc., Ashburn, Virginia, is awarded an $8,777,675 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract procures 600 Versa Module Eurocard Single Board Computers in support of the AN/UPX-24(V) Interrogator Set Technical refreshes that occur when Navy ships are docked and overhauled. Work will be performed in Ashburn, Virginia, and is expected to be completed in December 2024. 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 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N6833523D0002).

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Melbourne, Florida, has been awarded an $87,800,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed price, cost-plus-fixed fee, and cost-reimbursable no fee contract for the support and sustainment of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) weapon system. This contract provides for program management, system engineering, system sustainment, Joint STARS unique asset management, Joint Integrated Maintenance Information System (JIMIS) hardware and software infrastructure sustainment, weapon system interoperability certification, IC system sustainment, flight crew training, mission crew training, mission support training, training sustainment, field service representatives, and cybersecurity. The location of performance is Melbourne, Florida. The work is expected to be complete by Oct. 31, 2023. This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funding in the amount of $10,537,983 is being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8529-23-D-0001). (Awarded Oct. 26, 2022)

The Boeing Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $9,724,331 option exercise modification (P00018) to previously awarded contract FA8823-20-C-0001 for the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) constellation. This contract modification provides for the exercise of WGS systems engineering and sustainment support. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2023. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funding in the amount of $2,431,083 is being obligated at the time of modification award. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $30,385,793. Space Systems Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $33,112,700 firm-fixed-price contract for beach renourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of March 1, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $33,112,700 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, New York, is the contracting activity (W912DS-23-C-0002).

PCC Ventures,* Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $32,432,466 firm-fixed-price contract to repair airfield taxiways and aprons. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2024. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $32,432,466 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Georgia, is the contracting activity (W912HN-23-C-3000).

Corman Kokosing Construction Co., Annapolis, Maryland, was awarded a $12,412,816 modification (P00003) to contract W912BU-21-C-0074 to adjust the cubic-yard quantities of the government conditional surveys. Work will be performed in Chesapeake City, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2023. Fiscal 2022 civil construction funds in the amount of $12,412,816 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of engineers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Native Maine Operations Inc., Westbrook, Maine (SPE300-22-D-S758, $31,835,745); and Hartford Provision Co., South Windsor, Connecticut (SPE300-22-D-P402, $15,974,250), have each been awarded a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under solicitation SPE300-21-R-0004 for fresh fruits and vegetables. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. These are five-year contracts with no option periods. Locations of performance are New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, with an Oct. 23, 2027, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and New Hampshire and Maine schools. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2027 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Lockheed Martin Aculight Corp., Bothell, Washington, was awarded a $12,796,190 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Modular Efficient Laser Technology (MELT) program. MELT seeks to develop a laser tile as the building block for compact, scalable, panelized high-energy laser sources. Work will be performed in Bothell, Washington (81%); Moorestown, New Jersey (17%); and Sunnyvale, California (2%), with an expected completion date of October 2024. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,392,442 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition under broad agency announcement HR001122S0017 and nine offers were received. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR0011-23-C-0003).

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