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Contract Award: Simmonds Precision Products Inc. (Vergennes, Vermont) – $14,642,715

Simmonds Precision Products Inc., Vergennes, Vermont, is awarded a $14,642,715 firm-fixed-price contract for the production and delivery of 217 Midwing Avionics Obsolescence Vibration Structural Life and Engine Diagnostics (VSLED) weapons replaceable assemblies to replace the unsupportable 901-305-900-103 VSLED in support V-22, MV-22 and CV-22 aircraft retrofit efforts for the Marine Corp and Air Force. Work will be performed Vergennes, Vermont, and is expected to be completed in September 2027. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $11,591,940; and fiscal 2022 procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $3,032,775 will be obligated at the time of award, $3,023,775 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1). Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001924C0028).



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