SAM #JA-26-RTP-0338

Award for University of Alaska Fairbanks GDNP University Affiliated Research Center Renewal

This award notice announces a major contract renewal for the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to operate a specialized research center supporting U.S. defense and intelligence needs. - Awarded by U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) for NORAD-USNORTHCOM - Five-year, $499 million contract to UAF (CAGE: 3R2B4) for the Geophysical Detection of Nuclear Proliferation (GDNP) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) - Sole-source, non-competitive award due to UAF's unique Arctic-hardened sensor arrays, space-launch infrastructure, and high-latitude geophysical data repository - Contract type: Hybrid Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery, Single Award Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) - Funding: Operation and Maintenance (O&M) and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funds, provided incrementally - Scope: Research, development, testing, and engineering for nuclear treaty verification, geophysical measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT), geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), and applied geophysical research in Arctic/global environments - No specific commercial products or OEMs are listed; the contract is for specialized research services - Periodic five-year portfolio reviews to potentially divest mature work to competitive sources

Description

Award of a $499,000,000, non-competitive, five-year (5-year base period with no options), hybrid Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) (Completion) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery, Single Award (SA) Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, CAGE: 3R2B4, 3295 College Rd., Fairbanks, AK 99709-3705 to renew the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). This contract will be incrementally funded using appropriate Fiscal Year (FY) Operation and Maintenance (O&M) and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funds.

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