Department of Defense Contract Review: March 6-17

This series from the Huntsville Business Journal covers Department of Defense (DoD) contracts awarded to Huntsville-Madison County and Alabama businesses. Every two weeks, the Huntsville Business Journal provides you with an update to the various military contracts that local and state businesses are awarded. This entry covers contracts listed on the Department of Defense daily postings from Monday, March 6th – Friday, March 17th.

For this time period, there were seven contracts listed on the Department of Defense daily postings for Huntsville and Alabama based companies totaling around $469,748,280.

The businesses listed below may or may not be located in Huntsville but work directly with their contracting activity located in Rocket City, hence their inclusion in the article.

• Army:

System Studies & Simulation Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded an $81,465,200 hybrid (firm-fixed-price and time-and-materials) contract for technical engineering support. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received.

Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of March 15, 2028. Fiscal 2021 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $6,553,332 were obligated at the time of the award.

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-23-F-B003).

Integrated Solutions for Systems Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $9,489,613 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for basic and applied scientific research for development and demonstration of plug-and-play open architectures for positioning, navigation and timing.

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 7, 2026. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W911QX-23-D-0005).

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $164,300,383 modification (P00017) to contract W58RGZ-22-C-0010 to exercise an option for UH-60M aircraft. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2027.

Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement, Army funds in the amount of $164,300,383 were obligated at the time of the award. 

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $31,389,031 modification (P00011) to contract W31P4Q-20-D-0019 for Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Plug & Fight A-Kit. 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 15, 2024. 

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

• Navy:

Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded a $9,104,053 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-6402 to procure MK11 Shallow Water Combat Submersibles rotatable frames and enclosures.

Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and is expected to be completed by September 2024. Fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) in the amount of $9,104,053 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. were awarded a combined $75,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract for the fabrication and delivery of prototypes and equipment in support of solid-state high energy laser (HEL) weapon systems.

Each awardee was awarded $500 (minimum contract guarantee per awardee) at contract award on March 15. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana; San Diego, California; Huntsville, Alabama; Murrieta, California; Bothell, Washington; Longmont, Colorado; and Englewood, Colorado. The location percentages are currently unknown and will be determined at the delivery order level.

Work is expected to be completed by March 2028. A combined total of $3,500 in fiscal 2023 research and development (Navy) funds will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. All other funding will be made available at the delivery order level as contracting actions occur. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website, SAM.gov, with seven complete offers received. 

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity.