This federal contract award is for the ASSEMBLY, IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) delivered by L3 Technologies, Inc. Communication Systems-West Division, doing business as Communication Systems-West, to the Defense Logistics Agency Document Services. The contract is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a potential value of $179,116.00 and a completion date of February 10, 2020.
The original solicitation was not set aside for any type of small business. It involved the purchase of NSN 7H-6680-01-6078-031, a technical data package version 001 part numbered 60084975+000, with a quantity of 4 each to be delivered to the DLA Distribution Center in Tracy, California. The approved source for this part is L3 Technologies, and the government determined it was uneconomical to obtain data rights or reverse engineer the part from additional sources.
L3 Technologies is a major defense contractor that provides a range of communication systems, equipment, and components to the U.S. Department of Defense and allied nations. For this contract, L3 subcontracted the inertial navigation system measurement unit to LKD Aerospace, LLC, a small business global distributor, manufacturer, and MRO provider of aerospace components. This subcontract supports the overall system integration and delivery requirements of the prime contract.