N00024-20-R-5525 - Nulka Mk234 Payload Production and Modification
ID: N00024-20-R-5525Type: Justification
AwardedSep 30, 2021
Award #:N00024-21-C-5525
Overview

Buyer

DEPT OF DEFENSEDEPT OF THE NAVYNAVSEA HQWASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC, 20376-5000, USA

PSC

ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES, COUNTER-COUNTERMEASURES AND QUICK REACTION CAPABILITY EQUIPMENT (5865)

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https://sam.gov/opp/8c29d4dbda104efcb55550320173344e/view
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    Description

    The Department of Defense, through the Naval Sea Systems Command, is seeking to procure the MK 234 Nulka Advanced Decoy Architecture Program (ADAP) series payloads from L3Harris, Clifton, New Jersey. This procurement involves a firm-fixed price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-reimbursable contract valued at $33,568,100, with options that could increase the total contract value to $124,003,133. The MK 234 Nulka payloads are critical for electronic countermeasures and are essential to meet Navy requirements without unacceptable delays, as L3Harris is the only responsible source capable of producing these specialized systems. Interested parties can reach out to Brittany Burton at brittany.m.burton4.civ@us.navy.mil or Holly Danner at holly.r.danner.civ@us.navy.mil for further information.

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