Aircraft Instrumentation Engineering and Technical Support Services Follow-On (C)

Past Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$100,000,000 to $250,000,000
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Forecast facts

Incumbent contract
Previous solicitation
Industry Questions & Pre-Solicitation Conference Brief N00421-17-R-0071 · Posted Mar 20, 2018
Anticipated award
Through
Acquisition strategy
Follow-on to Existing Contract
NAICS code
541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Place of performance
Pax River, MD
Forecast number
N00421-24-RFPREQ-52900MA-0019

Forecast details come from the Navy's Long Range Acquisition Estimates. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.

About this forecast

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River is recompeting a contract for aircraft instrumentation engineering and technical support services, with solicitation release estimated for October 2026 and award targeted for July 2026. The contractor will provide technical and engineering support to the Prototyping, Instrumentation, Experimentation Department and Aircraft Instrumentation Division, focused on test and evaluation, instrumentation installation, and staffing critical technical shops and instrumentation teams to meet flight test schedules and milestones for Program Managers Air. The work encompasses a consistent workload of test programs, modification efforts, and instrumentation activities supporting the division's core mission.

The estimated award value ranges from $100 million to $250 million under a Total Small Business set-aside, with a period of performance of 59 months. Performance location is 47123 Buse Road, Suite 540, Patuxent River, Maryland 20670. The contract will use cost-reimbursement pricing and requires Secret-level facility and personnel clearances.

The recompeted award is Contract N0042119C0023, held by Systems Application & Technologies Inc. since September 18, 2019, with a ceiling value of $95,165,046.28 and dollars obligated of $88,219,441. The incumbent provided technical support services for the Air Vehicle Modification and Instrumentation test and evaluation program, with ultimate completion scheduled for July 31, 2026, and performed work across a multi-vendor subcontracting team including Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments, Lyme Computer Systems, Astro Machine Works, and Safran Defense & Space.

Forecast text

New services contract to provide technical and engineering support for the Prototyping, Instrumentation, Experimentation (PIE) Dept and the Aircraft Instrumentation Division. The contractor shall provide technical support services to support the Aircraft Instrumentation Division’s (AID) Test and Evaluation and Instrumentation efforts that are outlined in the statement of work. The primary focus of this statement of work is the provision of technical services to meet the staffing demands of AID’s technical shops and instrumentation installation teams. AID has a fairly consistent workload of test programs, modification efforts, and instrumentation work that demands a standing support team of engineers and technicians in order to meet critical flight test schedules and test milestones for the Program Managers Air (PMAs) that make up the core of the workload demand.

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