Dayton-area firms ready to compete for new $900M Wright-Patt contract

Aerial view of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Area B where major parts of the Air Force Research Lab are located. A congressional committee tasked with cutting as much as $1.5 trillion out of the federal budget within the next 10 years may have to target defense spending.

Credit: Ty Greenlees

Credit: Ty Greenlees

Aerial view of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Area B where major parts of the Air Force Research Lab are located. A congressional committee tasked with cutting as much as $1.5 trillion out of the federal budget within the next 10 years may have to target defense spending.
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July 31, 2023
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Nine Dayton-area firms are ready to compete for work under a new wide-ranging research contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with a value of up to $900 million.

Mile Two LLC, the University of Dayton Research Institute and Applied Research Associates, of Dayton; ARCTOS, Vana Solutions and BTAS Inc., of Beavercreek; Cryptic Vector, of Liberty Township, were named to the contract, as were Riverside Research, of Arlington, Va., which also has offices in Beavercreek; and Sierra Nevada Corp., of Englewood, Colo., which has a maintenance and repair operations hangar at Dayton International Airport.

The local companies were among more than 20 awarded a $900 million ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for “yielding cost-effective warfighting capabilities,” the Department of Defense said late Friday.

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An indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is a type of contract that provides for an indefinite quantity of supplies or services during a fixed period.

“These contracts provide for the development of innovative approaches that bring multi-domain systems capabilities, the characterization of new technologies and systems through studies, recurrent demonstration, and rapid development to enable rapid prototyping, and test and capability transition,” the DOD said.

Future work under this multiple-award contract will be completed via the Fair Opportunity process, the DOD said. The process is meant to streamline hiring.

The locations of performance are to be determined at the contract direct order level and are expected to be completed by July 28, 2033.

The DOD said 70 offers were received for this contract.

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