Vencore Services Helping to Advance Nuclear Detonation Detection Technologies for the Air Force

Vencore Services and Solutions Inc., Herndon, Virginia; and Melbourne, Florida, has been awarded a $49,800,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee with firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursable indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for expert scientific and analytics support. This contract provides for the advancement of detection and analysis methods, techniques, tools and systems. The contract supports the research and development of future systems and other advanced detection technologies to meet operational mission requirements for nuclear detonation monitoring of treaties and other directed technology applications. The contractor support shall provide highly-specialized scientific, engineering, and analytical services to both the atmosphere, space and the subsurface nuclear detonation detection missions. Work will be performed at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; and Melbourne, Florida. Work is expected to be completed by August 20, 2024. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and two offers received. Fiscal year 2018 research and development funding in the amount of $636,674 are being obligated at the time of award. Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Detachment 2, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.