This is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection and Quarantine agency to Smiths Detection Inc., a subsidiary of the UK-based Smiths Group PLC, for preventative X-ray machine maintenance services in Hawaii. The $2,531,596.45 contract has a period of performance through July 27, 2025. There was no set-aside designation for this award.
The original solicitation was a pre-solicitation notice seeking contractors with classified manufacturing capabilities to produce small caliber ammunition cartridges and components ranging from 5.56mm up to .50 caliber at the SECRET classification level. However, this specific contract award is unrelated to that solicitation and is focused on X-ray machine maintenance services for the Plant Protection and Quarantine agency, which is a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Smiths Detection Inc. and its parent company, Smiths Group PLC, have a history of winning federal contracts to provide security screening and detection equipment and services to various government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, and Customs and Border Protection.