Notice of Sole Source Award and Redacted J&A: JBTDS
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The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground, in coordination with the Capability Program Executive for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Sensors, has awarded a sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems, Inc. for the Full Rate Production of the Joint Biological Tactical Detection System. This 36-month contract enables sustained manufacturing, quality assurance, testing, configuration management, logistics support, and delivery of the production-representative Technical Data Package for the JBTDS, a lightweight, man-portable system designed to rapidly detect, collect, identify, and warn of airborne biological warfare agents in tactical environments. The system’s modular architecture, composed of a Detector/Collector, Identifier, and Data Station, supports flexible, mission-specific deployment across all military services and is the only militarized, tactical biological surveillance system meeting the validated joint requirement for interoperability, mobility, and sustainability under modern force constraints. This award follows the successful Engineering and Manufacturing Development and Low-Rate Initial Production phases under a prior contract and is critical to transitioning the JBTDS from initial production to full operational capability. The contract was awarded non-competitively under FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(A), as Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems, Inc. is the sole entity capable of fulfilling all technical, logistical, and production requirements due to its proprietary expertise and prior system development. The award is managed by the Edgewood Division of ACC-APG with performance expected across North Carolina, and the redacted Justification and Approval document will be publicly available on SAM.gov in compliance with regulatory requirements.
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$48,811,629NAICS
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NC, 28273, USASet-Aside
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Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Edgewood Division, along with Capability Program Executive for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Sensors (CPE-CBRND) has awarded a sole-source, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems, Inc. (CSES) for the Full Rate Production (FRP) of the Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS). The contract has a 36-month ordering period.
The JBTDS provides the Joint Forces with a mission-critical capability for sustained operations in a CBRN environment as well as force protection in peacetime and contingency operations. JBTDS is the only militarized, tactical, lightweight biological surveillance system designed specifically for rapid detection, collection, identification and warning of Biological Warfare agents. The system fills a validated Joint Requirement for tactical level biological detection interoperable across Services, highly mobile and sustainable under the constraints of modern force structure. The JBTDS system is a lightweight, man-portable, battery- operable system designed to provide detection, collection and identification of airborne biological warfare agents. The system’s modular architecture Detector/ Collector (D/C), Identifier and Data Station (DS) enable flexible, task-organized deployment across multiple mission sets. The FRP scope encompasses production, quality assurance, testing, configuration management, logistics support and delivery of the production-representative Technical Data Package (TDP).
This action represents the logical follow-on to contract W911QY-15-C-0035, under which CSES executed the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) and Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phases. The FRP contract is required to ensure transition from LRIP to sustained production and fielding.
Sole Source Justification (Non-Competitive Award): In accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(A) (Only One Responsible Source: follow-on production of a major system/highly specialized equipment), this action was not awarded competitively. CSES is the only source capable of executing all components of the contract.
The redacted Justification and Approval (J&A) will be posted to SAM.gov in accordance with RFO requirements.
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