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USSOCOM Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle Award To Battelle Under Protest

Pat Host

Thursday, August 4th, 2016

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USSOCOM Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle Award To Battelle Under Protest

Battelle's lineup of non-standard commercial vehicles (NSCV) for Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Photo: Battelle.

A protest was filed earlier this week over a U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) contract award to Battelle in July for the Non Standard Commercial Vehicle (NSCV) program.The seven-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ), firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is worth an estimated $170 million with a two-year option. The contract covers procurement, fielding, initial spares and new equipment training for up to an estimated 511 vehicles, including 375 armored variants and another 136 non-armored variants. Battelle is under a stop work…

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