The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base awarded Howell Instruments, Inc. an indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $8,034,280.15 to provide environmental control test sets. Under this contract, Howell Instruments has received multiple delivery orders from 2020 through 2023 totaling over $10 million to deliver environmental control test sets and associated services from its location in Fort Worth, Texas. The test sets support the testing and evaluation of aircraft systems to ensure performance under diverse environmental conditions, in support of the Air Force Materiel Command's mission to oversee sustainment of Air Force weapon systems. The original pre-solicitation notice indicated the agency's intent to award an IDC to Howell Instruments as the proprietary data holder for the test sets, which are used to evaluate environmental control systems on all blocks of the F-16 aircraft and are not commercial items. Howell Instruments has received various firm fixed price delivery orders under this IDC ranging from $144,000 to $2.9 million for environmental control test sets with periods of performance from 4 to 15 months. The orders were awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base and performed in Fort Worth, Texas without any set aside designations. The test sets support testing and evaluation programs to ensure Air Force aircraft and systems can withstand environmental conditions in operational environments.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00003 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 6/27/23 | |
| P00001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 8/19/20 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $0 | 7/10/20 |
Name | Description | Awardee | Potential Value (Click to sort descending) | Award Date (Click to sort descending) | Completion Date (Click to sort descending) | Updated At (Click to sort descending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delivery Order FA853320D0006-FA853323F0150 | Howell Instruments, Inc. | $148.3k | 8/31/23 | 4/30/24 | 8/31/23 | |
Delivery Order FA853320D0006-FA853322F0031 | Howell Instruments, Inc. | $144.0k | 2/9/22 | 9/30/22 | 2/9/22 | |
Delivery Order FA853320D0006-FA853320F0118 | Howell Instruments, Inc. | $2.3m | 9/1/20 | 5/17/21 | 3/16/21 | |
Delivery Order FA853320D0006-FA853425F0015 | Howell Instruments, Inc. | $3.3m | 12/12/24 | 7/3/25 | 1/14/25 | |
Delivery Order FA853320D0006-FA853321F0105 | Howell Instruments, Inc. | $288.0k | 7/8/21 | 1/31/22 | 7/8/21 |
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | Federal Agency | Type | Posted Date (Click to sort descending) |
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Envirornmental Control Test Set | FA8533-20-R-0014 | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center Robins Air Force Base | Pre-Solicitation 1/3 | 4/2/20, 12:28 PM | |
Envirornmental Control Test Set | FA8533-20-R-0014 | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center Robins Air Force Base | Solicitation 2/3 | 4/17/20, 7:47 AM | |
Envirornmental Control Test Set | FA8533-20-D-0006 | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center Robins Air Force Base | Award Notice 3/3 | 7/10/20, 2:58 PM |