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Contract Award: The MITRE Corp. (Bedford, Massachusetts) – $221,946,690,

The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $221,946,690, cost-reimbursement ceiling increase modification (P00053) to previously awarded contract FA8702-19-C-0001 for support to the Air Force from MITRE as the administrator of the National Security Engineering Center Federally Funded Research and Development Center. This modification provides for additional ceiling required for an anticipated increased quantity of congressionally appropriated staff years of technical effort under the basic contract. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $5,152,085,914 from $4,930,139,224. Work will be performed in Bedford, Massachusetts; McLean, Virginia; and various locations throughout the continental U.S. and outside the continental U.S., and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2028. This contract involves Foreign Military Sales to various countries under the basic contract. No funding will be obligated at time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity.



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