The Department of the Navy Naval Observatory awarded an indefinite delivery contract to Computational Physics, Inc. to provide professional scientific support services. The Naval Observatory, a component of the Department of Defense responsible for advancing astronomy and precision timekeeping, issued the contract as a total small business set-aside. Over its potential five-year period of performance from September 2020 to September 2025, the contract vehicle enables the issuance of delivery orders and task assignments for services such as engineering, scientific analysis, and instrumentation support. Task orders awarded to date under the contract call for the prime contractor to provide computational physics, scientific modeling, data analysis, and technical advisory services to the Naval Observatory's research and development programs in areas like astrometry, celestial mechanics, and earth orientation science. The work is performed across multiple locations, including the Naval Observatory facilities in Potomac, Maryland and Washington, D.C. The total current value awarded is approximately $19 million.
The original solicitation indicated the Naval Observatory's intent to acquire short-term technical support enhancing its operations, research, and development activities. The procurement was designed as a total small business set-aside using FAR Part 15 for negotiation of a single-award, firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract over a five-year ordering period. Offerors were required to submit both price and non-price proposals for evaluation, with non-price factors weighted as more important than price. The scope of the indefinite delivery contract encompasses specialized engineering, scientific, and instrumentation expertise to support the agency's advancement of astronomy and timekeeping in service of the Navy and Department of Defense.
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