Peraton Inc., Herndon, Virginia, is awarded an $8,905,246 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to support the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Ocean Sciences Division by performing research and development that will ensure operational access to critical oceanographic capabilities through the utilization of the marine environment and fundamental understanding of natural marine and geophysical phenomena. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative contract value of this contract to $45,694,847. Work will be performed at the NRL detachment at John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, and is expected to be completed by June, 2024. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds (Navy); and fiscal 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,235,601 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance funds (Navy) in the amount of $757,121 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with one offer received via Contract Opportunities on SAM.gov. The NRL, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00173-23-C-2015).