N6449816D0013

Sep 2016: Rolls Royce Marine North America (RRMNA), Walpole, Massachusetts, is being awarded an $11,448,116 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the engineering services related to the Product Improvement Program (PIP) for a period of performance of five years. The PIP is necessary to maintain adequate and effective operational readiness, safety, and mission effectiveness of RRMNA systems.  New technologies and system designs are developed which will accomplish one or more of the following objectives: resolve service-revealed deficiencies; reduce maintenance costs; improve engine reliability/maintainability; and, improve system efficiency and performance.  Major functions that Rolls Royce shall perform include investigative engineering, product improvements, support of government testing, PIP review, and fleet and depot support.  Work will be performed at repair depots in California, Texas, Canada, and Washington, District of Columbia, as required, and is expected to be completed by September 2021. Travel may also be required to other Navy facilities located in or out of the continental U.S.  Fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $100,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Additional fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $181,336 will subsequently be added to the contract before the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N64498-16-D-0013).