FY28 IWS6 ACNS Follow-on Production Contract (C)
Forecast Recompete Updated
- Agency
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Navy NAVSEA Headquarters
Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of Defense
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $50,000,000 to $100,000,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Incumbent contract
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- N0002423C5232 Federal contract award held by The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. Ended Oct 31, 2026 · Value with all options $61,030,283
- Previous solicitation
- Automated Celestial Navigation System (ACNS) Pre-Solicitation · N0002422R5232 · Posted Dec 15, 2021
- Anticipated award
- Acquisition strategy
- Follow-on to Existing Contract
- NAICS code
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Washington Navy Yard, DC
- Forecast number
- N00024-27-RFPREQ-IWS-6.0-0002
Forecast details come from the Navy's Long Range Acquisition Estimates. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is conducting a recompete for follow-on production of the Automated Celestial Navigation System (ACNS), with solicitation estimated for release on July 1, 2027 and award targeted for July 1, 2028. The contract will cover manufacture, assembly, testing, and repair of ACNS units under a firm fixed-price definitive contract structure. Personnel and facility security clearances at the Secret level are required.
The estimated award value ranges from $50 million to $100 million. Work is performed at Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. The procurement falls under NAICS 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) and is classified as a competitive new contract under the Navy's competitive procurement authority.
The recompeted award is contract N00024-23C5232, a $61.03 million firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. on September 26, 2023 under sole-source justification. Draper's original contract, with ultimate completion October 31, 2026, covers the same scope of ACNS manufacture, assembly, testing, and repair, with performance at Draper's Cambridge, Massachusetts facility. Draper's subcontractor team includes Excell Solutions, Inc., Emcore Space & Navigation LLC, Star Engineering Inc., Moog Inc., Gooch & Housego (Keene) LLC (doing business as Stingray Optics), Leading Edge Composites, Inc., Milpower Source, Inc., R&D Machine, LLC, Newark Corporation, and Emcore Corporation.
Forecast text
Follow-on production contract for the Automated Celestial Navigation System (ACNS) currently being procured under N00024-23-C-5232.
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