Contract Award: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (San Diego, California) – $42,781,241

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, was awarded a $42,781,241 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-only and firm-fixed price contract for engineering and sustainment support, other direct costs, and provisioned item order in support of Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare Increment One Block One Systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $123,232,184. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (37%); Air Force (60%); and the government of Australia (3%), under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be complete by February 2024. If all options are exercised, work will continue through January 2028. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $1,389,375 (30%); fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $835,205 (18%); fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,718,924 (36%); fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $600,000 (13%); and FMS (Australia) funds in the amount of $141,934 (3.0%), will be obligated at time of award, of which $1,989,375 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via sam.gov, with one offer received. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-24-C-6400). (Awarded Jan. 31, 2024)