Areté Associates,* Northridge, California, was awarded a $12,821,457 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for sustainment and engineering services for the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis Block I System. This delivery order is for a twelve-month period. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (50%); and Valparaiso, Florida (50%), and is expected to be completed by September 2024. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds (Navy) in the amount of $1,113,628 will be obligated at the time of award, of which $1,113,628 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This delivery order was not competitively procured in accordance with the basic contract (N61331-21-D-0006) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(c) (5) — continuation of work performed under prior Phase III Small Business Innovative Research Program authorized under 15 U.S. Code 638(r)(4) and 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(5). The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Florida, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 26. 2023)