Contract Award: Assurance Technology Corp. (Carlisle, Massachusetts) – $244,000,000

Assurance Technology Corp., Carlisle, Massachusetts, was awarded a $244,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for space to ground research under the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Focused Radio Frequency Optimized Signal Transference program for space systems development. The contract does not include options and has a cumulative value of $244,000,000. A $28,688,837 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order was issued concurrently. The task order includes options and has a cumulative value of $87,750,152. Work for the initial task order will be performed at the U.S. NRL, Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by September 2028. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) in the amount of $10,264,259 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured as a total small business set aside with one offer received via Contract Opportunities on SAM.gov. The U.S. NRL, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N0017325D7000, N0017325F7002).