Contract Award: Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Co. (Simsbury, Connecticut) – $30,132,310

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Co., Simsbury, Connecticut, is awarded a $30,132,310 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00174-21-D-0009 for engineering, technical, administrative and programmatic management support for total life cycle management of the various aircrew escape systems managed under the joint program office for the Cartridge Actuated Device/Propellant Actuated Device Tri-Service Charter. Work will be performed in Simsbury, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed by September 2025. Fiscal 2021 Navy working capital funding of $500 will be obligated on the first task order at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured and in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) — only limited responsible number of responsible sources will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity.