Contract: Crane Electronics, $9M

Crane Electronics Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is awarded a $9,093,558 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the upgrade of ALQ-218 Weapons Replaceable Assembly 9 power supply Navy assets. This contract covers purchases for the Navy (96%) and the government of Australia (4%) under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Fort Walton Beach and is expected to be completed by July 2027. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $710,064; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,926,668; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $340,956; and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $288,588 from the Royal Australian Air Force will be obligated at time of award. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N0016422DWS59). (Source: DoD, 07/19/22)