# Antarctic Science and Engineering Support Contract Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/49100425r0006 - Solicitation number: 49100425R0006 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation) - Status: Awarded to KBR Services, LLC for $8,000,000,000.00 - Department: National Science Foundation - Contracting office: Div of Acq and Cooperative Support (491004) - NAICS: 561210 Facilities Support Services - Product or service code: M1HA Operation Of Government-Owned Contractor-Operated (Goco) R&D Facilities - Place of performance: USAP Facilities, N/A, ATA - First posted: March 6, 2025 - Last posted: June 2, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/622fc3b2a7fd4e61b3582ca3955630a0/view ## Description KBR Services, LLC is awarded an IDIQ contract with a hybrid contract type structure. Task Orders issued under this IDIQ may be Firm Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, or Cost-Plus-Award-Fee. Task Order contract type will be determined by the Contracting Officer. The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) proposes to purchase a host of services which sustain life and scientific operations in the Antarctic region under a single award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. NSF manages the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) on behalf of the Nation per Presidential Memorandum 6646, “United States Antarctic Policy and Programs”. The USAP supports all U.S. scientific research and related logistics in Antarctica and aboard USAP vessels that operate along the continental margin and in the Southern Ocean. Work in Antarctica is carried out in partnership with grantee institutions, other Federal agencies, the military, other National Antarctic Programs, and private industry. Logistic services, communication services, program management, facility maintenance, infrastructure development, and science instrumentation support are all services captured as part of the requirement. The requirement directly supports the US research facilities in Antarctica. Services are highly complex, consisting of maintaining life-supporting logistics, communications, and infrastructure in one of the most remote parts of the world, all while ensuring successful execution of science. Failure to effectively perform certain elements of the requirement results in risk to human health. Support of infrastructure requirements may result in significant re-work costs if errors are made, or site conditions change. The need for the contract to accommodate a requirement which by its nature changes year to year means that performance uncertainties are constant. Factors such as these result in a very high level of financial responsibility for the contractor, necessitating some form of mitigation via other-than-fixed-price. The requirement is considered to have too many uncertainties, which complicates the ability for fixed-price contracts to capture the requirement’s risk without offering an excessively high fixed-price. While some of the ASESC services could be considered commercial in a normal environment, the austere performance conditions, among the most austere and difficult on the planet, and complex nature of the requirement demands the use of terms and conditions which are not similar to those offered to the general public. Commercial services that are performed in the United States as part of this effort are so integrally related to the international services that it is not feasible to separate the requirements. As such, the services required for ASESC are not commercial in nature. Award is the result of a competitive procurement. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: KBR Services, LLC (UEI YSQMHRS4HSC5) - Contract: 49100426D0002 - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 4 offers received - Link: award number 49100426D0002 equals the contract number; same awarding office 491004 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_49100426D0002_4900/ ## Publications - March 6, 2025: Presolicitation. Notice beb0317f8b4f45f9b7fedd060cc50fe4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/beb0317f8b4f45f9b7fedd060cc50fe4/view - May 9, 2025: Solicitation, due May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 3b7e31d0411f48f78faf9a766c9f2d5c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3b7e31d0411f48f78faf9a766c9f2d5c/view - May 12, 2025: Solicitation, due May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice fd60a370e213403781f8a3c608cf8084. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fd60a370e213403781f8a3c608cf8084/view - May 15, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice b5f713e560f8459e87784d03cd42d40f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b5f713e560f8459e87784d03cd42d40f/view - May 23, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 57a2acb9db59458a861322e58dea3b4d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/57a2acb9db59458a861322e58dea3b4d/view - May 29, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 8b7f1d6c5c4d45f79adbdcb0d871a7b0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8b7f1d6c5c4d45f79adbdcb0d871a7b0/view - June 17, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 27423693195d426abed713c26e4d4f88. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/27423693195d426abed713c26e4d4f88/view - July 9, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 5aa6fba4c33d48e2acc3b3daa58409e0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5aa6fba4c33d48e2acc3b3daa58409e0/view - July 10, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 3d7e1ba035c64298bd1ee35d6df7dd9a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3d7e1ba035c64298bd1ee35d6df7dd9a/view - July 16, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 901808d02ee343c196e9cbe5aab8ccbd. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/901808d02ee343c196e9cbe5aab8ccbd/view - July 24, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 419558a76dd146e3ae0f0a2c6047fde4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/419558a76dd146e3ae0f0a2c6047fde4/view - July 24, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 9c0c6df3fd6a4525b7e9a57378063a2c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9c0c6df3fd6a4525b7e9a57378063a2c/view - July 28, 2025: Solicitation, due May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 6a5591bd664745e69389302a1a4e00ec. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6a5591bd664745e69389302a1a4e00ec/view - June 2, 2026: Award notice. Notice 622fc3b2a7fd4e61b3582ca3955630a0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/622fc3b2a7fd4e61b3582ca3955630a0/view ## Points of contact - DACS USAP Recompete, recompete.usap@nsf.gov - Jennifer Shymansky, jshymans@nsf.gov, 7032924963 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/49100425r0006.