Creating arrays for strategic electro-optical, proliferated & exquisite (CASTLE)

Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action

Contract number
FA945324CX008
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$21,066,666

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 80% obligated
$26,473,207.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 50% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Contracting staff
Funding agency
Space and Missile Systems Center Air Force Space Command, Department of Defense
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 3 offers Two Step
Pricing
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of performance
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, USA
Legislative mandates

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope A00001 · Property transfer $0
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00011 $0
Funding Only Action P00010 $820,000
Funding Only Action P00009 $859,000
Funding Only Action P00008 $111,784
Funding Only Action P00007 $200,000
Funding Only Action P00006 $150,000
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00005 $0
Funding Only Action P00004 $1,382,225
Funding Only Action P00003 $2,084,576
Funding Only Action P00002 $9,560,000
Other Administrative Action P00001 · Space technology advanced research - fast-tracking innovative software and hardware (STAR-FISH) advanced research announcement (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, call… $0
Original award $5,899,081
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About this award

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a $26.47 million ceiling to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC for Creating Arrays for Strategic Electro-Optical, Proliferated & Exquisite (CASTLE) and property transfer on March 26, 2024. No set-aside was used. Place of performance is Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, and ultimate completion is June 22, 2029. The awardee is a large business without SBA set-aside certifications.

The originating pre-solicitation, posted April 21, 2021 by the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate with responses due May 20, 2021, sought concepts for autonomous small satellite inspection operations, broadband RF payloads, smallsat logistics, exoatmospheric situational awareness systems, and secure modular flight software architectures. It cites NAICS 336413, 541712, and 541330 and PSC codes C399, D302, and R425.

Subcontract records under this award, all referencing the STAR-FISH Advanced Research Announcement (FA9453-21-S-0001, Call 010), range from May 31, 2024 to August 21, 2025. The largest named item is Ametek Precitech, Inc.'s Planoform 650 Ultra with fly cutter at $618,000, followed by Plasma-Therm LLC's Plasma Therm Endeavor DC sputtering system for wafer manufacturing. Several other equipment, materials, and fabrication suppliers account for the remaining subcontract records.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
PVA Tepla America, LLC SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $129,000
Plasma-Therm LLC SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $1,100,000
Riber Inc. SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $2,309,000
Heidelberg Instruments Inc. SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $781,700
Zygo Corporation SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $220,169
Cryoworks, Inc. SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $254,646
Modutek Corp. SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $242,852
Set North America, LLC SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $1,888,678
J.a. Woollam Co., Inc. SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $107,500
Modutek Corp. SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $519,752
Ametek Precitech, Inc. SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $644,450
Keyence Corporation Of America SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH) ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) # FA9453-21-S-0001, CALL… $223,346
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Quick answers

Who was awarded contract FA945324CX008?

FA945324CX008 was awarded to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC by Defense Contract Management Agency (Department of Defense) on March 26, 2024.

How much is contract FA945324CX008 worth?

The government has obligated $21,066,666 on FA945324CX008. Its current value, with exercised options, is $26,473,207.

Which agency awarded contract FA945324CX008?

Defense Contract Management Agency (Department of Defense) awarded FA945324CX008, with funding from Space and Missile Systems Center (Air Force Space Command).

Was contract FA945324CX008 competed?

The extent of competition for FA945324CX008 was full and open competition. The government received 3 offers.

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