# Research and Development (R&D) of the U.S. Navy’s NEPTUNE Capability

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0017325d2403

- Solicitation number: N0017325D2403
- Notice type: Award notice
- Status: Awarded to University Corporation for Atmospheric Research for $23,535,959.00
- Department: Department of the Navy
- Agency: Department of the Navy
- Contracting office: Naval Research Laboratory (N00173)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC33 National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Experimental Development
- Place of performance: Boulder, Colorado
- County: Boulder County (FIPS 08013). https://abierto.us/counties/boulder-county-co-08013
- City: Boulder. https://abierto.us/cities/boulder-co-0807850
- First posted: May 2, 2025
- Last posted: May 2, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9c55a71bf37a4bb0948d092521f6a908/view

## Description

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is being awarded a $23,535,959 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the ability to issue cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) task orders for the Research and Development (R&D) of the Navy’s Next-Generation Navy Environmental Prediction System Utilizing a Nonhydrostatic Engine (NEPTUNE). In accordance with 10 U.S.C.

2304(c)(3)(B), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3, this contract was not competitively procured: Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental, or Research Capability; or Expert Services. This IDIQ includes a five-year ordering period. A $11,832,439 CPFF task order was issued concurrently. This task order has a base year and two option periods.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UEI YEZEE8W5JKA3)
- Contract: N0017325D2403
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number N0017325D2403 equals the contract number; same awarding office N00173 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_N0017325D2403_9700/


## Publications

- May 2, 2025: Award notice. Notice 9c55a71bf37a4bb0948d092521f6a908. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9c55a71bf37a4bb0948d092521f6a908/view

## Points of contact

- Elizabeth Maranto, elizabeth.m.maranto.civ@us.navy.mil
- Sonya Diaz De Leon, sonya.a.diazdeleon.civ@us.navy.mil

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