$43.2M Contract Awarded to Mikel Inc. for Submarine Navigation Tech Development and Production
Mikel Inc.,* Middletown, Rhode Island, is awarded a $43,152,747 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost only indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity type contract for continued Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III development, upgrade, production, and delivery of the Submerged Acoustic Navigation System. This contract includes an ordering period of five years. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (92%); and the government of Japan (8%), under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Fall River, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed in April 2030. Fiscal 2025 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $669,282 (6%); fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $314,080 (3%); and fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $149,849 (1%), will be obligated on the first task order upon award of the basic contract and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is a SBIR Phase III sole source contract related to SBIR Topic N05-149, Combat Systems of the Future, and was not competitively procured on the SAM.gov website, in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(5), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-5, authorized or required by statute. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, is the contracting activity (N66604-25-D-K500).
