Marine Mammal Detection System

This contract is being issued as a response off of Broad Agency Announcement N68335-10-R-0009.
The contractor will be performing research, development, testing, and demonstration of a prototype airborne Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) system optimized for marine mammal detection, classification, and localization. The overall goal is to improve survey tools to help environmental planners perform Marine Species Mitigation (MSM) processes in support of the US Navy training and testing operations.
This acquisition is for a Cost Plus Fixed-Fee contract. A Cost Plus Fixed-Fee Contract is the most appropriate contracting vehicle because this is a type of a cost reimbursement contract that provides for payment to the contractor of a negotiated fee (profit) that is fixed at the inception of the contract, per FAR 16.306(a). Additionally, the fixed fee does not vary with actual cost but may be adjusted as a result of changes in the work to be performed under the contract, in which this flexibility is desirable for this effort. A Cost Plus Fixed-Fee contract is ideal as it allows for efforts that might otherwise present too great a risk to contractors, but gives the contractor less incentive to control costs than a fixed price contract.. Awarded Vendors: Integrated Systems Solutions, Inc.. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $23,659,547. Contract Award Date: 2010-09-23.