Award notice, first published as presolicitation
ASDE3 Down Converter Modules
6973GH-25-R-00067
Federal Aviation Administration, 6973GH Franchise Acquisition SVCS. Other Electronic Component Manufacturing.
Awarded
$455,376.00 on the award notice, April 1, 2025, contract 6973GH-25-C-00102
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a contract to Kratos Microwave, Inc., San Jose, CA, for acquisition of equipment for down converter modules to support the Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-3) radar system. The ASDE-3 system provides critical surface surveillance capability to major airports across the NAS. It uses enhanced processing software and safety logic to alert controllers and prevent runway incursions at large congested airports.
The contract was awarded as a one-time, fixed price contract. The assets acquired on this contract are wholly manufactured and repaired by the OEM Kratos Microwave. Kratos owns the rights to all proprietary information necessary to conduct manufacture, repair, and test of these assets. As such, Kratos is the only qualified and authorized manufacturing source capable of meeting the FAA requirement for serviceable assets used for repair of the ASDE-3 surveillance systems.
A market survey (6973GH-25-MS-10960) was posted to the SAM.gov web site on December 5, 2024. Results of the market survey supported the single source decision. Additionally, a Notice of Intent to Single Source (6973GH-25-R-00067) was posted to the SAM.gov web site on January 13, 2025. Contract 6973GH-25-C-00102 was awarded on April 1, 2025 to Kratos Microwave, Inc. for a total value of $455,376.00. This announcement is for information purposes only, not a request for proposals.
Point of Contact: Connie Houpt, connie.m.houpt@faa.gov.
The contract, on USAspending
Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.
- Recipient
- Kratos Microwave, Inc.
- UEI
- PL89EHJU9KE4
- CAGE
- 66087
- Vendor location
- San Jose, CA
- Contract
- 6973GH25C00102, definitive contract
- Obligated
- $455,376.00
- Actions
- 3 between April 1, 2025 and January 27, 2026
- Competition
- Not Competed, 1 offer received
- Set-aside reported
- No Set Aside Used.
- Described as
- Assets in Support of the NAS
- Match
- award number 6973GH25C00102 equals the contract number; same awarding office 6973GH (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
Points of contact
- Connie Houptconnie.m.houpt@faa.gov
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