Gibbs & Cox Inc., Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $29,561,327 cost-plus-award-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for supporting surface combatant ship design and engineering efforts for the Navy’s Future Surface Combatant Force, primarily in support of the DDG(X) program, as well as other emerging ship concepts, and to conduct feasibility studies as part of supporting the broader Navy fleet. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $318,742,913. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia (50%); and Washington, D.C. (50%), and is expected to be completed by February 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through February 2027. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,335,263 will be obligated at time of award, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.sam.gov website, with one offer received. The Naval Sea Systems Command (HQ), Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-22-C-2313).