Seemann: $74M SBIR marine pact

Seemann Composites of Gulfport, Miss., is awarded a $74,370,830 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-type, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for out-of-autoclave composite fabrication practices and procedures for large-scale, marine composite structures based on fundamental processes developed under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This contract will extend the fundamental understanding gained within the prior Phase I/Phase II/Phase III SBIR initiatives through further development, design integration and testing of engineering solutions to address hybrid material and composite laminate fabrication of marine/Navy-relevant components. Work will be performed in Gulfport, Mississippi (89 percent) and Horsham, Pa. (11 percent). The contract is expected to completed by September 2021. FY 2018 Navy research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $9,385,609 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was procured using other-than-full-and-open competition under the statutory authority of 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(5) (authorized or required by statute). Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock Division of West Bethesda, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 03/29/19)