# Award of SES contract

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa850924r0023

- Solicitation number: FA850924R0023
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to The Corporation of Mercer University for $25,000,000.00
- Department: Department of the Air Force
- Agency: Department of the Air Force
- Contracting office: FA8509 AFLCMC Wiuka (FA8509)
- NAICS: 541330 Engineering Services
- Product or service code: 1510 Aircraft, Fixed Wing
- Place of performance: Warner Robins, Georgia
- County: Houston County (FIPS 13153). https://abierto.us/counties/houston-county-ga-13153
- City: Warner Robins. https://abierto.us/cities/warner-robins-ga-1380508
- First posted: May 31, 2024
- Last posted: September 3, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/14d49597757b494f8792d01ec671dfba/view

## Description

This is a notice of intent that the Warner Robins Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (WR-AFLCMC), Robins AFB GA, anticipates issuing a 5 year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Cost-Reimbursement, No-Fee contract with a basic year plus four-one-year- option periods for Engineering Services, Material, Travel, and Data.

This requirement is for support of all SOF/PR C-130 aircraft with a focus on cyber support, analysis of modifications, repair, design and analysis, reverse engineering of components, testing through laboratory and field methods, continued development, and support of Mechanical Equipment and Subsystems Integrity Program (MECSIP) and Avionics Integrity Program (AVIP) through the use of reliability assessment teams, analyses and quick-turn prototyping aimed at increasing aircraft reliability, and availability, sustainability, and maintainability across the fleet.

MERC is the only vendor (institution) with the technical expertise and CAD software tools needed to sustain the testing and evaluation required to maintain FEM in support of sustainment of SOF aircraft. This software was developed by MERC at their expense to generate and/or validate complex finite element models. Please see attached snopsis for additional information.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: The Corporation of Mercer University (UEI CHM5ZAJTSS99)
- Contract: FA850924F0024 under FA850924D0005, delivery order
- Obligated: $2,398,278.96
- Competition: Not Competed
- Link: solicitation number FA850924R0023 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8509 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA850924F0024_9700_FA850924D0005_9700/

- Recipient: The Corporation of Mercer University (UEI CHM5ZAJTSS99)
- Contract: FA850924F0026 under FA850924D0005, delivery order
- Obligated: $1,314,721.04, current value $1,999,208
- Competition: Not Competed
- Link: solicitation number FA850924R0023 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8509 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA850924F0026_9700_FA850924D0005_9700/

- Recipient: The Corporation of Mercer University (UEI CHM5ZAJTSS99)
- Contract: FA850924D0005
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number FA850924D0005 equals the contract number; same awarding office FA8509 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_FA850924D0005_9700/


## Publications

- May 31, 2024: Presolicitation, due June 17, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice f20dd263b64545e3a71dbb8c42934f7f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f20dd263b64545e3a71dbb8c42934f7f/view
- September 3, 2024: Award notice. Notice 14d49597757b494f8792d01ec671dfba. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/14d49597757b494f8792d01ec671dfba/view

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