Navy Exploring Re-Opening Contract To Support Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Last week the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) issued a Request For Information (RFI) notice that said it is exploring possibly reopening a multiple award contract (MAC) to provide payloads, sensors, and other support for unmanned surface vehicles.
In February 2020, the Navy previously awarded 40 vendors in the Independent Delivery-Independent Quantity Multiple Award Contract (IDIQ-MAC) marketplace for procurement of supplies and services to support the Navy’s USV Family of Systems (FoS).
According to the latest Nov. 21 notice, the Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants’ Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406) and NAVSEA Contracts Department (SEA 02) previously said it intended “to periodically evaluate the need to offer on-ramps for additional industry partners over the USV FoS IDIQ-MAC’s Period of Performance (five-year base period, with an additional five-year ordering period option).”