Frontier Electronic Systems Gains $9.9M Deal to Support Australia’s AN/SPQ-15 System Under FMS Program

Frontier Electronic Systems Corp., Stillwater, Oklahoma, is awarded a $9,871,875 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0017825D4502), containing cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price line items for hardware and support for the AN/SPQ-15(V) system equipment and contractor support to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity and coalition partners. Work will be performed in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and is expected to be completed by February 2030. This contract is for the government of Australia under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Fiscal 2025 FMS Australia funds in the amount of $500 (minimum contract guarantee) will be obligated at time of award. All other funding will be made available at the delivery order level as contracting actions occur. This contract was not competitively procured in the Federal Business Opportunities. This contract is a sole source, In accordance with Title 10 of the U.S. Code, section 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1), as implemented by paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 authorizes the use of other than full and open competition when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources when “supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a follow-on contract for the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in (A) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition; or (B) Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements”. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N0017825D4502).