N0001416D5003

Mar 2016: The Center for Naval Analyses Corp. (CNA), Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded a $104,700,857 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the OPNAV (N81B), Assessment Division to provide the Department of Navy (DON) with an independent, authoritative source of applied research and analyses that is focused upon the major present and future needs and issues of the Navy and Marine Corps.  CNA will also maintain programs to assign professional staff members to various senior DON officials and to field locations in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint command activities.  This contract includes options, which if exercised, will bring the contract value to $557,693,720.   Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, and work is expected to be completed March 31, 2017.  If all options are exercised, work will continued through March 31, 2021.  No funds will be obligated at the time of award.  Research, development, test and evaluation funds will be obligated to fund individual task orders as they are issued.  This contract was procured sole-source justification and approval numbers 14-15, approved by Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research Development and Acquisition) on Aug. 26, 2015, under request for proposal N00014-15-R-0007.  One proposal was received in response to the solicitation.  The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00014-16-D-5003).