In-Service Engineering and Life Cycle Support for C5I Elements

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) term contract on 2 April 2024. The procurement provides in-service engineering and life cycle support services for the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in support of the Digital Engineering Department of NSWC PHD.General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc. (GDMS) is responsible for providing overall in-service engineering and life cycle support for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems and Intelligence (C5I) systems critical engineering; design; integration; test and evaluation software development, testing, and load; system upgrade/replacement planning onboard and at sites; logistics product development and distribution; configuration management of the systems and logistics products; as well as training systems. These activities will be executed in support of the shipboard LCS C5I equipment, components, software, training and support equipment.This contract was not awarded competitively (Approved J&A for Use of Other than Full and Open Competition; Statutory Authority: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1). Rational justifying use of the cited Statutory Authority is in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), when the services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of services will satisfy agency requirements. Redacted J&A for use of other than Full and Open competition was posted to SAM.GDMS, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was awarded a $33,689,682 CPFF term contract for design agent services and lifecycle sustainment services in support of the Independence Variant Littoral Combat Ship. If all options are exercise, the total contract value will be worth