Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Advance Weapon Elevator (AWE) Technology Insertion to Support Production of Shipbuilding at Newport News, VA
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- NB483000-24-02832
- Agency
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Commerce
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 1333ND24CNB480041 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- PSC
- R799 Support- Management: Other
- Place of performance
- Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has issued a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice for the acquisition of prototype steel fabrication technologies and associated engineering services. The purpose is to develop a replicable prototype and process for integrating Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) trunk outfitting and grooming capabilities into U.S. Navy shipbuilding production at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. NIST cited statutory authority to noncompetitively award this contract to the GENEDGE Alliance MEP Center, the only eligible source located in Virginia. The estimated cost of the acquisition is $1,800,000, and the contract was awarded to an unknown vendor on September 4, 2024.
Notice text
The NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) requires a series of prototype steel fabrication technologies and associated engineering services for application and insertion of the acquired technologies into U.S. Navy shipbuilding production at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. The application of the subject advanced manufacturing technology and associated engineering services will produce a replicable prototype and process for Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) trunk outfitting and grooming for insertion in the U.S. shipbuilding sector. The NIST MEP requires the prototype AWE work platforms and digital twin simulation model of AWE construction, the engineering services required to integrate the acquired technologies into the Navy aircraft carrier production facilities at Newport News Shipbuilding, and the documentation of the processes to acquire the prototype technologies and perform the engineering services required to insert the technologies into aircraft carrier production.
Awarded contract 1333ND24CNB480041 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2024-09-04.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Revised - NB483000-24-02832 JOFOC signed.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Advance Weapon Elevator (AWE) Technology Insertion to Support Production of Shipbuilding at Newport News, VA | Special Notice |
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