Contract: Arete Associates, $14M

Areté Associates, Northridge, Calif., was awarded a $14,081,626 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for sustainment and hurricane destruction potential correction of deficiencies for the AN/DVS-1 Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) Block I System. This delivery order is for a twelve-month period. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (50%); and Valparaiso, Fla. (50%), and is expected to be completed by September 2023. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $8,822,668 (62%); and fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance funds (Navy) in the amount of $2,535,228 (18%) will be obligated at time of award, of which, funds in the amount of $2,535,227 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This delivery order was not competitively procured in accordance with the basic contract (N61331-21-D-0006) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-(5) — continuation of work performed under prior Phase III Small Business Innovative Research Program authorized under 15 U.S. Code § 638(r)(4) and 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(5). The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla. is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 21, 2022) (Source: DoD, 09/22/22)