Contract Award: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Boulder, Colorado (N66001-22-D-0057) – $99,630,284

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Boulder, Colorado (N66001-22-D-0057), is awarded a $99,630,284 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Relay Ground Station Asia (RGS-A). The RGS-A will enable the Space System Command (SSC) Next Generation Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Ground System to operate the Legacy SBIRS Geosynchronous (GEO) space vehicles. This effort requires the design, procurement, development, integration, and testing of advanced technology RGS-A hardware and software capabilities to provide uplink and downlink capability to the Legacy SBIRS GEO, Defense Support Program (DSP), Next Gen GEO, and Next Generation Polar space vehicles. Work will be performed in Boulder, Colorado (60%); and Guam (40%). The period of performance of the base award is from April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2027. Fiscal 2022 funds will be obligated as task orders are issued using research, development, test and evaluation (Space Force) funds. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This requirement was competitively procured using full and open competition via a request for proposal (N66001-22-R-0024) published on the beta.sam.gov website and the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command e-Commerce Central website. Two timely offers were received. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity. NIWC Pacific awarded the contract on behalf of its organizational partner, U.S. Space Force.