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Contract Award: The Boeing Co. (St. Louis, Missouri) – $70,704,608

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $70,704,608 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable contract to provide integrated logistics support for the government of Kuwait in support of preparing Kuwait pilots for delivery of the Kuwait F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. The support will include general logistics support; logistics program management; logistics support to aircraft during pilot training within the continental U.S. (CONUS); maintenance of aircraft, aircraft armament equipment, F414 engines, and Sniper pods; logistics representative support within the CONUS, as well as both within the CONUS and outside the CONUS ferry support; packaging, handling, storage, and transportation; and program security tasks.  Work will be performed in New Orleans, Louisiana (90%); St. Louis, Missouri (8%); various locations within the CONUS (1%); and various locations outside the CONUS (1%), and is expected to be completed in September 2026.  Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $70,704,608 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code Section 2304(f)(2)(E).  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001923C0008).



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