Contract Award: Leidos Inc. (San Diego, California) – $10,624,107

Leidos Inc., San Diego, California, was awarded a $10,624,107 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N66001-23-C-4512 for Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems that will develop, integrate, fabricate, and test and delivery prototype wearable, washable garments that incorporate active smart textiles components. Work will be performed in San Diego, California; Bloomfield, Connecticut; Lexington, Massachusetts; and Charleston, South Carolina, and is expected to be completed January 2025. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to an estimated $22,733,749 with work continuing to January 2027. Funding provided at time of award is fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy). This requirement was solicited via Broad Agency Announcement N66001-22-4705 using full and open competition via the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command E-Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 18 timely offers received. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.