Advanced vibration and impact testing for aircrew resilience (AVITAR)
Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- FA238425CB051
- Awardee
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DCS Corporation UEI FJS8P9C6B368
- Awarding agency
-
Air Force
Department of Defense
- Obligated
- $1,442,729
Award facts
- Opportunity
-
- CHEERS MAA Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas, 10 U. S. C. 4023 - Procurement for Experimental Purposes (ARA) Solicitation · FA238424S2335 · Posted Aug 1, 2024
- Contract value 10% obligated
- $14,999,680.83 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 37% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition · 1 offer Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Cost Plus Fixed Fee
- Place of performance
- Franconia, VA 22310, USA
- Legislative mandates
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- Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) FAR subpart 22.18
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | $47,600 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $325,687 | |
| Funding Only Action | -$232,895 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $1,302,336 |
About this award
The Air Force awarded a $14,999,680.83 ceiling definitive contract to DCS Corporation on September 25, 2025, for Advanced Vibration and Impact Testing for Aircrew Resilience (AVITAR), a cost-plus-fixed-fee effort under no set-aside. Place of performance is Franconia, Virginia 22310, and the period of performance runs through ultimate completion on September 22, 2028.
The originating solicitation is Air Force Research Laboratory solicitation FA238424S2335, posted August 1, 2024, under the CHEERS (Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining) program. It seeks experimental research across all technical areas, procured under 10 U.S.C. 4023, Procurement for Experimental Purposes, which limits acquisitions to development, procurement, or integration of items, prototypes, or auxiliary services necessary for experimentation, technical evaluation, assessment of operational utility, or maintaining residual operational capability. Offerors must address experimental utility, quantity limits strictly necessary for testing and operational assessment, and government retention of residual operational capability if initial testing succeeds.
The process is two-step: selected white-paper offerors are invited to submit technical and cost proposals in a follow-on Request for Proposals. White papers, limited to 5 pages, are due September 30, 2027. The government anticipates multiple awards with a combined ceiling not to exceed $499.87 million, subject to government funding and offeror capabilities, and may award zero to multiple contracts. The solicitation carries NAICS 541715 and PSC AJ13. Offerors must comply with NIST SP 800-171 SPRS verification and task-specific CMMC requirements, and must reference the revised CHEERS Industry Guide (Revision September 2026) posted on the parent MAA announcement.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract FA238425CB051?
FA238425CB051 was awarded to DCS Corporation by Air Force (Department of Defense) on September 25, 2025.
How much is contract FA238425CB051 worth?
The government has obligated $1,442,729 on FA238425CB051. Its current value, with exercised options, is $14,999,681.
Was contract FA238425CB051 competed?
The extent of competition for FA238425CB051 was full and open competition. The government received 1 offer.
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