Contract: Atmospheric Science, $7M

Atmospheric Science Technology LLC, Norman, Okla., is being awarded a $7,096,760 firm-fixed-price contract, resulting from solicitation N00189-18-R-0004, that will provide weather observing and forecasting services as required by the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The contract will include a 12-month base period which includes a contingency option valued at $17,838, four one-year options, and an option for an additional six-month period should it be deemed necessary pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-8 with a total value, inclusive of all options, of $39,256.700. Work will be performed in Whidbey Island, Wash. (6.37 percent); Virginia Beach, Va. (5.96 percent); Norfolk, Va. (5.95 percent); Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (5.73 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (5.62 percent); North Island, Calif. (4.84 percent); Point Mugu, Calif. (4.81 percent); Key West, Fla. (4.62 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (4.47 percent); Patuxent River, Md. (4.34 percent); New Orleans, La. (4.30 percent); Pensacola, Fla. (4.24 percent); Fallon, Nev. (3.93 percent); Corpus Christi, Texas (3.68 percent); North Whiting Field, Fla. (3.62 percent); El Centro, Calif. (3.47 percent); Kingsville, Texas (3.46 percent); Lemoore, Calif. (3.29 percent); San Clemente Island, Calif. (3.22 percent); South Whiting Field, Fla. (3.06 percent); Meridian, Miss. (3.02 percent); Mayport, Fla. (3.00 percent); San Nicholas Island, Calif. (2.65 percent); and San Diego, Calif. (2.35 percent). The contract period of performance will begin Sept. 2018 and work is expected to be completed by September 2019; if all options are exercised, work will continue through February 2024. Fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,859,673 will be obligated at time of award and funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via a solicitation posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website as an 8(a) small business set-aside requirement, with three offers received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Contracting Department, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N00189-18-C-0024). (Source: DoD, 03/22/18)