NSC Symphony Baseband Upgrade

This action seeks to provide a SYNOPSIS OF CONTRACT AWARD and to provide the REDACTED JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL (and applicable AMENDMENT) to the original Notice of Intent that was posted for Solicitation number: N65236_SNOTE_000C9A2A (N65236-16-R-0020) for the NSC Symphony Baseband Upgrades requirement. This synopsis is to announce award of a contract in accordance with FAR subpart 5.3. On 21 December 2017, SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic, P.O. Box 190022, North Charleston SC 29419-9022, awarded a sole source award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed price, performance-based contract to provide SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic upgrade integration support of the L-3 proprietary Symphony products and systems to support National Security Cutters (NSC), Fast Response Cutters (FRC), and Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Platforms. An award was made as follows: N65236-18-D-8007 to L-3 Communications Corp., doing business as Communications System - East Division Camden, 1 Federal St., Camden, NJ, 08103-1088 with a total estimated of: $15,636.609 over a five (5) year ordering period with a six (6) month option period, that if exercised at $1,490,768, will result in an overall ceiling amount of $17,127,377. Work is expected to be completed by June 2023; if all options are exercised, work will be completed by December 2023. The award was made in response to a sole source solicitation N65236-16-R-0020 (reference posting solicitation # N65236_SNOTE_000C9A2A). Work will be performed primarily in Camden, NJ with additional performance locations to include: Alameda, CA, Charleston, SC, and Petaluma, CA, in response to awarded task orders and cannot be reasonably estimated at the time of contract award. The point of contact for this announcement is Elisha Kidwell who can be reached at 843-218-3392 or by e-mail at [email protected].