Strategic Alliance: Six Firms Awarded $99M Contract for Aerospace Manufacturing Innovation
Starrag USA, Hebron, Kentucky; Gage Machine Tool Inc., Lenexa, Kansas; Chaparral Machinery, Grand Prairie, Texas; Machine Tool Specialists, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Tuckahoe Trading Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania; and Additive Innovators, New Iberia, Louisiana, have been awarded a firm-fixed-price, blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with a $99,000,000 ceiling for the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) equipment and Flexible Manufacturing System. This contract provides for purchasing approximately two flexible manufacturing systems (incrementally) and approximately 17 pieces of CNC equipment to support the manufacturing, maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aerospace structural components and turbine engine related parts for the C-17, F-16, E-3, B-52, B-1B, KC-135, and KC-46. Work will be performed at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and is expected to be completed by July 28, 2030. This contract had nine sole source contract line-item numbers for the original equipment manufacturer, Starrag, and 42 competitive acquisitions for all other BPA holders and seven offers were received. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8132-24-A-0002).