Contract: Superior Forge, $476.9M

Superior Forge and Steel Corp., Lima, Ohio, has been awarded a $476,935,075 ceiling indefinite/delivery indefinite-quantity contract for BLU-137/B penetrator warhead production. This contract provides for the production of the BLU-137/B penetrator warhead bodies with a guaranteed production of 300 bodies during the first year with a possibility of up to 3,500 bodies in the subsequent four years. Work will be performed in Lima, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Falconer, N.Y., and is expected to be completed by May 3, 2020. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition. Fiscal 2018 production funds in the amount of $16,720,435 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8681-18-D-0018). (Source: DoD, 06/27/18)