The federal contract IDV awarded by the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) to General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. is a Basic Ordering Agreement under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. This single-award contract aims to procure services and materials necessary to conduct research on a "Commercial Off the Shelf Approach to Information Security" as described in SBIR topic N98-115. The $9,193,156.19 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a period of performance through August 2025 and does not utilize a set-aside. Major subcontractors include Quality Support, Inc., a veteran-owned small business, and Altron, Inc., a woman-owned small business, providing engineering services in support of the research and development efforts.
This award appears to be part of the Navy's broader SBIR and undersea warfare technology development initiatives, with the prime contractor and subcontractors leveraging their specialized expertise in electronic systems, software, and naval applications to support the research objectives. The Basic Ordering Agreement structure provides flexibility for the agency to issue additional task orders against this IDV to advance the development of commercial off-the-shelf information security solutions for defense applications.
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