The Department of the Air Force awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company on September 29, 2017 with a potential value of $33,065,478.00. Under the contract, Ensign-Bickford produces MK 179 MOD 0 and MK 180 MOD 0 demolition charges for use by the Air Force and Army through September 2022. Ensign-Bickford is a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries and performs the work out of its Simsbury, Connecticut facility.
Between 2017-2022, the Air Force, Army, and Air Force Space and Missile Defense Command issued eight firm fixed-price delivery orders against the contract valued between $874,336-$8,532,390. The orders procured MK 179 MOD 0 and MK 180 MOD 0 production units to support munitions requirements. As inferred from program descriptions, the MK 179 MOD 0 likely refers to a proximity fuze modification while the MK 180 MOD 0 is understood to be an air-dropped bomb. No set-asides were applied.
The indefinite delivery contract and associated delivery orders allow Ensign-Bickford to provide specialized ordnance products in support of standard munitions and weapons systems programs across the Defense Department. The award utilizes the flexibility of an IDC vehicle to efficiently source critical energetic materials and demolition charges for Air Force and Army force modernization and readiness initiatives through the end of the base period of performance.
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