FA865021C1959
Definitive Contract
Overview
Government Description
RESILIENT AND AGILE MISSION SYSTEMS
Alternate Description
Resilient Agile Mission Systems (RAMS)
Awarding / Funding Agency
PSC
Place of Performance
Boulder, CO 80301 United States
Pricing
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Set Aside
None
Extent Competed
Full And Open Competition
Est. Average FTE
100
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Subcontracting Plan This Definitive Contract has an Individual Subcontract Plan. The Department of Defense has an overall small business subcontracting goal of 30%
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems was awarded
Definitive Contract FA865021C1959 (FA8650-21-C-1959)
for Resilient And Agile Mission Systems
worth up to $91,020,870
by Air Force Research Laboratory
in April 2021.
The contract
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded
through solicitation Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare (EW) System Technologies (TEMPEST)
full & open
with
NAICS 541715 and
PSC AC13
via direct negotiation acquisition procedures with 2 bids received.
As of today, the Definitive Contract has a total reported backlog of $72,339,059 and funded backlog of $72,339,059.
DOD Announcements
Apr 2021:
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Beavercreek, Ohio, has been awarded a $91,020,870 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare (EW) System Technologies (TEMPEST) Resilient and Agile Mission Systems (RAMS). This contract provides for the leveraging of current advances in open system architecture standards and approaches, commercial high-speed networking technologies, heterogeneous processing, precision timing, cybersecurity and cyber-resiliency, modeling and simulation, and advanced computing paradigms such as cloud infrastructure to enable advanced mission system capability. Work will be performed in Beavercreek, Ohio; and Boulder Colorado, and is expected to be completed April 5, 2026. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-21-C-1959).
Status
(Open)
Last Modified 3/26/25
Period of Performance
4/23/21
Start Date
4/26/26
Current End Date
4/26/26
Potential End Date
Obligations and Backlog
$18.7M
Total Obligated
$91.0M
Current Award
$91.0M
Potential Award
$72.3M
Funded Backlog
$72.3M
Total Backlog
Award Hierarchy
Definitive Contract
FA865021C1959
Subcontracts
Activity Timeline
Subcontract Awards
Disclosed subcontracts for FA865021C1959
Opportunity Lifecycle
Procurement history for FA865021C1959
Transaction History
Modifications to FA865021C1959
People
Suggested agency contacts for FA865021C1959
Competition
Number of Bidders
2
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal/Quote
Evaluated Preference
None
Performance Based Acquisition
Yes
Commercial Item Acquisition
Commercial Item Procedures Not Used
Simplified Procedures for Commercial Items
No
Other Categorizations
Subcontracting Plan
Individual Subcontract Plan
Cost Accounting Standards
Yes
Business Size Determination
Large Business
Defense Program
None
DoD Claimant Code
Electronics And Communication Equipment
IT Commercial Item Category
Not Applicable
Awardee UEI
C8ZLJ61YJ528
Awardee CAGE
13993
Agency Detail
Awarding Office
FA8650 FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL
Funding Office
F4FBBG
Created By
usercw@sa5700.fa8650
Last Modified By
kimberly.licence@dcma.mil
Approved By
usercw@sa5700.fa8650
Legislative
Legislative Mandates
None Applicable
Performance District
CO-02
Senators
Michael Bennet
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
Representative
Joe Neguse
Budget Funding
| Federal Account | Budget Subfunction | Object Class | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide (097-0400) | Department of Defense-Military | Research and development contracts (25.5) | $360,000 | 100% |
Modified: 3/26/25