Navy to consolidate aviation contracts

The Navy is moving ahead with plans to consolidate up to 15 aircraft maintenance and logistics services contracts, over a seven-year period, which could be worth as much as $12.6B. The Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew, and Related Services (CMMARS) would provide depot maintenance, support services for operations, and modification of aircraft subsystems, weapons, and aircraft components. Potential contractors have until May 9 to submit questions in response to the Navy’s updated draft Request For Proposal (RFP) released April 26. The Navy is planning a pre-solicitation conference May 15-17 in Maryland. The Navy has not indicated when it was going to release a final RFP, although Bloomberg Government expects it to be by July. Awards are planned for March 2019. The would-be consolidated contracts include aircraft maintenance work that has generated $3.1B in orders since FY 2011, according to Bloomberg Government. The top contractors on the previous contracts included L3 Technologies Inc., which has generated $1.2B through work on four contracts; DynCorp International, which has generated $945M on three contracts; and General Dynamics, which has generated $443M on one contract. Nearly 75 percent of obligations have been performed in three states: Mississippi ($1.8B); Maryland ($568M); and Georgia ($434M). The remaining $1.1B has been performed in 14 other states, including Northwest Florida. (Source: Bloomberg Government 05/0/18) Gulf Coast Note: L3 Technologies of Madison, Miss., has held aircraft maintenance contracts at NAS Meridian, Miss., and NAS Pensacola and Whiting Field, Fla.