Rescue 21 Coastal Sustainment
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 70Z04426DCMPL0001
- Agency
-
Coast Guard
Department of Homeland Security
- Awarded
- to General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 70Z04426DCMPL0001-70Z04426FCMPL0013 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 517810 All Other Telecommunications
- Place of performance
- Scottsdale, Arizona 85257, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard awarded a five-year, $339 million sole-source IDIQ to General Dynamics Mission Systems for operations, maintenance, and sustainment engineering of the Rescue 21 Coastal system, with the award made on July 31, 2026.
The contract employs a hybrid pricing structure combining Firm-Fixed-Price and Time-and-Materials task orders. GDMS, located in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the sole contractor capable of maintaining the R21-C system due to exclusive access to proprietary data and software. The R21-C system provides command, control, and direction-finding communications supporting search and rescue operations across 32 USCG sectors throughout the continental U.S. and territories. The award was made without full and open competition under 10 U.S.C. 3204. The prior sole-source contract with GDMS was awarded March 31, 2021, with its ordering period ending March 31, 2026. A Sources Sought Notice posted May 6, 2024 confirmed no other vendors possess requisite proprietary software access. An independent study determined that developing an alternative system would require a minimum of seven years. The Coast Guard plans to introduce a next-generation Coastal Sentinel system as a competitive replacement, with option periods up to five years included in this contract that are not required to be exercised.
Notice text
See attached J&A.
Awarded contract 70Z04426DCMPL0001 to General Dynamics Mission Systems for 339000000.00 on 2026-07-31.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| USCG JA for Rescue 21 Coastal Sustainment Final signed_PDF_Redacted.pdf |
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