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Contract Award: Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems Inc. (Braintree, Massachusetts) – $23,880,845

Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems Inc., Braintree, Massachusetts, was awarded a $23,880,845 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N63394-19-C-0007 for technical and field engineering efforts in support of the Next Generation Surface Search Radar. This contract modification is being awarded under the statutory authority of 15 U.S. Code 638(r)(4). The work will be performed in Chantilly, Virginia (55%); Wake Forest, North Carolina (35%); and Braintree, Massachusetts (10%), and is expected to be completed by May 2024. Fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,915,970 (91%); and fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $303,537 (9%) will be obligated at time of award, and funds in the amount of $303,537 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded May 19, 2023)



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