Navy starts work to recompete $12.6B logistics vehicle
A C-12 Huron airplane parked at Cairns Army Airfield in January. This plane is one of several to be supported under this contract. Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse / 374th Airlift Wing
By
Ross Wilkers
A new sources sought notice lays out the Navy's vision for the next iteration of its so-called CMMARS contract that primarily focuses on aircraft.
The Navy has started work on the recompete of a potential $12.6 billion contract vehicle awarded in 2019 for maintenance and logistics services on aircraft and other systems.
No intended ceiling value was disclosed in a sources sought notice posted Monday, but this upcoming successor to the so-called CMMARS contract will have a potential 10-year ordering duration with a five-year base and a single five-year option.
The request for information lists roughly a dozen platforms or systems to be supported under the next iteration of the Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew, and Related Services contract. The projected award dates for those task orders are staggered between 2027 and 2030.
CMMARS is one of the Navy's go-to vehicles for acquiring contractor logistics services to include maintenance, modification, aircrew and related services for aviation platforms and associated equipment. Navy organizations also use the contract to fulfill heavy depot maintenance requirements and workloads.
Approximately $3 billion in task order obligations have flowed through the current CMMARS contract to represent 24% of the shared ceiling, according to GovTribe data. V2X, Amentum and M1 Support Services are the top three recipients and have collectively been obligated 96% of the spend to-date.
V2X inherited its place on the contract via the merger in 2022 with Vertex Aerospace, which was an original awardee. Amentum joined the program through its acquisition in 2020 of DynCorp International, also an original awardee.
Responses to the RFI are due by May 30. Navy leaders encourage both large and small businesses to respond.