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Original titleNotice of Award for Last Time Buy (LTB) 7 Procurement 1 for End-of-Life Parts
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AI summary of the notice
The Dept of the Navy awarded a contract to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION for USD 6,058,729. This procurement provides hardware for the MQ-4C Triton UAS to address Diminishing Manufacturing Sources for the Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD, has awarded a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Delivery Order, N00019-25-G-0003 N00019-26-F-1006, to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, San Diego, CA, on a sole source basis. This delivery order procured hardware with known Life of Time Buy (LTB) dates to address Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) within the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for the Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
This delivery order was awarded on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) and FAR 6.103-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements". NGSC is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer, and integrator of the MQ-4C Triton UAS and is the only responsible source possessing the engineering data; technical skills; and requisite knowledge of the design, fabrication, performance, and operational characteristics of the MQ-4C UAS required to perform the necessary follow-on production efforts within the required timeframes and without substantial duplication of costs.
Awardee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
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