Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE)

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Lakehurst, New Jersey established this Master IDIQ on March 20, 2019 for machining, inspection, assembly, testing, preservation, and delivery of Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment and Support Equipment components. Ordering closed February 28, 2024; the vehicle is no longer active for new task orders.

Activity under the vehicle was front-loaded and minimal. Six task orders were awarded between March 2019 and February 2021, with five awards in the first year and one in 2021; no awards have been issued since. Combined potential value across all task orders totals $1.2 million, which is fully obligated. The ordering period consumed five years with only modest utilization.

Merrill Technologies Group, LLC dominates the vehicle, holding five of six task orders and the full $1.2 million in combined potential value. Precision Custom Components, LLC received a single order valued at $500. All task orders are unrestricted and firm fixed price. Awarded work spans specific machining and assembly tasks: inboard cover machining with plating support, blanking plate machining, lever rotator delivery, spacer and cover cap matched sets, and raw materials supplier lists. Representative task-order values range from $500 to roughly $514,000, with durations spanning two to nine months.

All demand flows from the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center; no other federal agencies placed orders. The vehicle served a narrow, specialized need for aircraft catapult and arresting-gear component production and may have been intended to support specific platform sustainment or modernization initiatives rather than continuous production.

The vehicle's closure to new orders two years ago and the absence of recent awards suggest that immediate demand for this specialized equipment has been satisfied. Firms seeking entry would need to wait for a successor IDIQ or compete for direct awards to the Naval Air Warfare Center outside this vehicle.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, NJ has awarded a Master IDIQ for the machining, inspection, assembly, testing, preservation and delivery of various Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) and Support Equipment (SE) components.