Lockheed to Provide Data Processing Technology for Submarines
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Manassas, Virginia, is being awarded a $15,995,389 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for technical engineering, life-cycle support and repair services of Ohio-class submarine data processing subsystem (DPS) equipment and related systems. The DPS is a mission critical legacy subsystem comprised of the DPS UYK-43 hardware computer and its associated software. This effort requires the ability to analyze legacy DPS UYK-43 hardware and software problems, maintain and refurbish legacy DPS UYK-43 hardware computers and DPS UYK-43 software. Work will be performed in Newport, Rhode Island, and is expected to be completed by April 2020. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $230,000 will be obligated at time of award, and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1); only one responsible source and no other supplies will satisfy agency requirements (FAR 6.302-1). The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, is the contracting activity (N66604-15-D-0132).