Contract Award: Hodges Transportation Inc. (Silver Springs, Nevada) – $13,578,400

Hodges Transportation Inc.,* Silver Springs, Nevada, is awarded a $13,578,400 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Next Generation Medium Tactical Truck Technology Demonstrator. The work to be performed provides for the consideration of advanced technologies in the areas of propulsion, suspension and modularity. Work will be performed in Silver Springs, Nevada, and is expected to be completed in December 2025. The total cumulative value, including a 24-month base period with no option periods, is $13,578,400. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,478,845 are obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under N00014-23-S-B001 entitled “Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology.” Since proposals are received throughout the year under the Long-Range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00014-24-C-1316).