US SPAWAR Orders up to $52.6M in Portable SATCOM Terminals

FA150T, Baghdad
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The US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in Charleston, SC has issued an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract for portable satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals. Man-portable SATCOM terminals are used regularly by Special Forces, and larger vehicle-portable systems are also seeing increased use as part of military command elements – vid the SWE-DISH FA150T fly-away system pictured here.

These contracts include a one-year base period and 4 one-year option periods, making the total potential period of performance 5 years. When combined, the aggregate value of all delivery orders awarded over the life of these eight contracts will be approximately $52.6 million. Work is expected to be completed July 2007, and if all options are exercised, ordering could continue until July 2011. The multiple award contracts were competitively procured by a small business set aside procurement via the SPAWAR business opportunity page, e-commerce central web site, and federal business opportunities site, with 9 offers received. The 8 winning contractors may compete for the delivery orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract; and each contractor will be awarded a minimum guarantee per lot awarded to the offeror. The winners are all small-business qualifiers, and include:

• Arrowhead Global Solutions, Inc., Falls Church, VA (N65236-06-D-8142)
• Global Communications Solutions, Inc., Victor, NY (N65236-06-D-8143)
• Globecomm Systems, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (N65236-06-D-8144)
• Limco-Airepair, Inc., Tulsa, OK (N65236-06-D-8149)
• SWE-DISH Satellite Systems, Reston, VA (N65236-06-D-8145)
• Tampa Microwave Lab, Inc., Tampa, FL (N65236-06-D-8146)
• Telecommunication Systems, Inc., Annapolis, MD (N65236-06-D-8147)
• United Electronics Corp., Fort Lauderdale, FL (N65236-06-D-8148)