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Contract Award: General Electric Co. GE Edison Works (Cincinnati, Ohio) – $1,579,662,187

General Electric Co., GE Edison Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a $1,579,662,187 firm-fixed-price contract including all options for the F-15EX Lots 2+ propulsion system procurement. This contract provides for 29 F110-GE-129 engines (installs and spares) for the F-15EX fleet. The contract also provides seven option lots for a most probable quantity of 329 total engines if all options are exercised. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio; and San Antonio, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2031. This award is the result of a competitive source selection in which two offers were received. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $136,564,318 will be obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8626-22-C-0002). There is known congressional interest pertaining to this acquisition.



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