NAVAIR Kits, Recovery, Augmentation, Components and Engines (KRACEn)

The Naval Air Systems Command awarded a $6.106 billion Master IDIQ for contractor logistics support, kits, recovery, augmentation, components, and engines (KRACEn) on May 1, 2020, with ordering authority extending through April 30, 2030. This is a multiple-award vehicle set aside for total small business at the vehicle level, though task orders themselves show a mixed set-aside distribution.

The vehicle remains active with nearly four years of ordering authority remaining. Sixty task orders have been awarded since inception, with the most recent award in November 2025, though the annual ordering pace has slowed considerably—averaging 3.2 orders per year over the last five years, with only one order placed in 2025 year-to-date. The vehicle has obligated $242.4 million against a combined task-order potential value of $460.5 million, representing 53 percent utilization of contracted capacity.

Work centers on less-than-full-aircraft maintenance and support: kits and modification services, aircraft recovery operations, labor augmentation for organizational through depot-level maintenance, component repair and overhaul, engine overhaul and repair, landing-gear and propeller maintenance, corrosion control and aircraft washing, support-equipment maintenance, and contractor logistics support at satellite sites. Recent task orders demonstrate active ordering for F/A-18 maintenance labor (a $201.2 million ceiling order), CH-53K contractor maintenance support ($40.6 million potential), corrosion maintenance, MQ-9 Reaper unmanned systems support, engine repair, and T-34 maintenance.

Competition concentrates heavily at the top: Avmac LLC dominates with five orders valued at $270.8 million combined potential—roughly 59 percent of all contracted value. Science and Engineering Services, LLC holds three orders worth $45.3 million. The remaining 38 awardees share the balance, with a long tail of small business firms holding one or two orders each. The customer base is narrow: Naval Air Systems Command places 56 of 60 orders worth $373.9 million combined potential, while Naval Air Warfare Center accounts for the remaining four orders valued at $86.6 million.

Task-order economics range from post-award conference orders of $1,000 to major maintenance contracts exceeding $200 million. The largest active order is an F/A-18 labor contract with a $201.2 million ceiling and $95.3 million obligated; a CH-53K maintenance order carries a $40.6 million ceiling. Firm fixed-price contracts dominate the vehicle, with at least one cost-plus fixed-fee award evident in the portfolio. Task-order durations typically extend 3 to 5 years from award. About 20 percent of orders carry total small-business set-aside designations; the remainder compete unrestricted, despite the vehicle's overall small-business set-aside structure.

The KRACEn MAC is designed to address the need for a full range of Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) requirements by providing rapid, flexible, ready, deployable Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the CONUS (OCONUS) capabilities and solutions for manned and unmanned aviation systems with the flexibility for all contract types and pricing at the task order (TO) level.