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Contract Award: Thales Defense & Security Inc. (Clarksburg, Maryland) – $31,000,000

Thales Defense & Security Inc., Clarksburg, Maryland, has been awarded a maximum $31,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for MH60 airborne low frequency sonar systems. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 20304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a three-year base contract with one two-year option period. Locations of performance are Maryland and France, with a March 30, 2024 performance completion date. The using customer is Defense Logistics Agency. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2021 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Virginia (SPE4AX-21-D-0016). 



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