Naval Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a single-award indefinite-delivery contract to Salient Crgt, Inc. on January 17, 2023, with a ceiling of $99,188,616.57 and an ultimate completion date of January 16, 2028. The contract carries no set-aside designation and provides cost-plus-fixed-fee labor and engineering services supporting naval communications infrastructure modernization.
Place of performance is Fairfax, Virginia, with subordinate work at Naval Radio Transmitter Facilities globally positioned across Niscemi and Aguada, Australia, and other international sites.
The originating solicitation, posted as a pre-solicitation notice in July 2020, sought engineering, maintenance, and repair services for twelve Fixed Very Low Frequency/Low Frequency transmitters and antenna systems located at ten globally positioned sites, with power ratings from 50 kilowatts to 2 megawatts. The contract anticipated rapid-response support to equipment failure reports to ensure uninterrupted critical radio broadcast communications between submarine fleet assets.
Task orders issued under this IDIQ include fixed very low frequency and low frequency transmitter and antenna system modernization engineering ($8,975,558.43, awarded May 19, 2023); variable tuner installation ($32,377,198.26, awarded September 30, 2024); transmitter site fabrication and installation in Australia ($4,891,192, awarded September 23, 2024); FSBS transmitter site installation at Naval Radio Transmitter Facilities Niscemi and Aguada ($6,703,069, awarded April 3, 2024); FSBS transmitter control console and antenna matching subsystem procurement and engineering design ($11,746,450.85, awarded October 31, 2025); and FSBS AN/FRT-3 auto tuner platform engineering design, procurement, installation, and maintenance ($5,082,350.48, awarded September 26, 2025). Salient Crgt engages subcontractors including Mcnaughton-Mckay Southeast, Inc., Digital Consultants, LLC (SBA 8(a)-certified), and a multi-vendor technical support team.