Contract Award: Culmen International LLC (Alexandria, Virginia) – $39,957,443

Culmen International LLC,* Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded an estimated $39,957,443 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price ordering provisions to provide bio surveillance and epidemiology research support services required to support the ongoing development, performance, and management of research across the Indo-Pacific region and in collaboration with host-country partners in support of Naval Medical Research Unit Indo-Pacific. The contract will include a five-year ordering period with an additional six-month ordering period pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.217-8 which, if exercised, will bring the total estimated value of the contract to $44,328,172. Work will begin September 2024 and be completed by September 2029; if the option is exercised, work will be completed by March 2030. Work will be performed in multiple geographic regions. The predominance of performance will occur in various locations within the and outside the contiguous U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region (97%); and Alexandria, Virginia (3%). More specifics on locations of work cannot be determined at this time. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) (RDT&E) funds in the contract's minimum amount of $1,000 will be obligated at time of award and funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Subsequent task orders will be funded with appropriate fiscal year operations and maintenance (Navy) or RDT&E (Navy) funds. The requirement was competitively procured under a small business set-aside pursuant to FAR 16.504 with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Contracting Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery/Financial Management and Comptroller Directorate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00189-24-D-Z020). (Awarded Aug. 5, 2024)