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Contract Award: Sechan Electronics Inc. (Lititz, Pennsylvania) – $10,895,364

Sechan Electronics Inc., Lititz, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $10,895,364 firm-fixed-price contract N00024-23-C-5535 for the production of the Nulka MK 53 Decoy Launch System and MK 54 Decoy Launch Message Convertor subassembly. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $85,233,713. Work will be performed in Lititz, Pennsylvania (79%); and Upper Marlboro, Maryland (21%), and is expected to be completed by October 2025. If all options are exercised, work will continue through November 2029. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,947,183 (55%); fiscal 2022 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,894,230 (27%); fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,182,481 (10%); and fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $871,470 (8%), will be obligated at the time of award, of which $871,470 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the sam.gov website, with one offer received. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.



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