Contract Award: Oceanit Laboratories Inc.  Honolulu Hawaii (is awarded a cost-reimbursement contract for Lightweight Anti-Corrosion Nanotechnology Coating/Technology Enhancement (LANCE) III. The total cumulative value of this contract, including a 36-month base period with no option periods) – $8,761,528.

Oceanit Laboratories Inc.,*  Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded a cost-reimbursement contract for Lightweight Anti-Corrosion Nanotechnology Coating/Technology Enhancement (LANCE) III. The total cumulative value of this contract, including a 36-month base period with no option periods, is $8,761,528. The work to be performed will focus on improving fleet readiness through adoption and development of new and updated novel nanomaterial surface treatments. It aims to build on and continue previous research proof-of-concepts and simulated deployments from past LANCE programs, while further investigating how coatings and surface treatments can be deployed for future naval operational needs. Work will be performed in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed in July 2027. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,761,528 are obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under long range broad agency announcement (BAA) N0001424SB001 entitled "Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology," posted on Oct. 2, 2023. Since proposals are received throughout the year under the Long-Range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N0001424C1326).