Contract Award: MRL Materials Resources LLC (Beavercreek, Ohio) – $72,000,000

MRL Materials Resources LLC, Beavercreek, Ohio, has been awarded a $72,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the research and development and assessment of new alloys and metallic materials-processing technologies for aerospace applications. Work will be performed at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 17, 2028. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and three offers were received. Fiscal 2021 research and development funds in the amount of $242,239 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-21-D-5270).