Reynolds Providing Explosives R&D, Testing and Fabrication for the Navy

Reynolds System Inc., Middletown, California, is awarded a $9,834,034 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for explosive manufacturing support for the Department of Defense. The company will provide: research and development; test and evaluation; and hardware fabrication and production of initiators, detonators, deflagrating components, explosive transfer components, multipoint firing systems, firing system assemblies, firesets, low inductance circuits, specialized connectors, switches, transformers, and capacitors. Work will be performed in Middletown, California, and is expected to be completed by April 2022. Fiscal year 2017 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $52,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was solicited on a sole-source basis, as only one responsible supplier satisfied agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity.