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The Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) is the world’s largest instrumented testing and training missile range, located on the far Hawaiian islands of Kaua’i and Ni’hau. The Barking Sands shore facility used to belong to Kekaha Sugar Company. It became Mana Airport during World War 2, and was renamed Bonham Air Force Base in 1954. The Navy has owned it since 1964, and is currently using PMRF to launch ballistic missile targets for the naval AEGIS BMD/ SM-3 missile combination, and the Army’s THAAD missile system. It will have an Aegis Ashore complex that will be used for testing purposes, but could also serve operationally, and has also been a deployment site for THAAD in response to threatening North Korean tests that posed a risk to Hawaii.
PMRF’s size and scope make it a valuable resource beyond the US Navy, and that role will grow as global interest in naval ballistic missile defense grows. Contracts include:
Contracts & Key Events
Sept 23/12: Small business qualifier Manu Kai, LLC in Honolulu, Hawaii received a $74.7 million contract modification, exercising the 4th option period for PMRF range operations support and base operations support services. The basic contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with 4 offers received. The Fleet Logistics Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii manages the contract (N00604-09-D-0001, PO 0028).
Sept 28/11: Small business qualifier Manu Kai, LLC in Honolulu, Hawaii receives a $72.6 million contract modification, exercising the 3rd option for range operations support and base operations support services at the Pacific Missile Range Facility until September 2012. The basic contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with 4 offers received. The Fleet Logistics Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii manages the contract (N00604-09-0001).
Sept 28/10: Small business qualifier Manu Kai, LLC in Honolulu, Hawaii received a $70.8 million modification, exercising an option for range operations support and base operations support services at the Pacific Missile Range Facility until September 2011. The basic contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with 4 offers received. The Fleet Logistics Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii manages the contract (N00604-09-D-0001, PO 0016).
Sept 30/09: Small business qualifier Manu Kai, LLC in Honolulu, Hawaii received a $69 million modification to a cost-plus-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract, exercising an option for range operations support and base operations support services at the Pacific Missile Range Facility until September 2010. The basic contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with 4 offers received. The Fleet Logistics Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii manages the contract (N00604-09-D-0001, PO 0013).