The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Defense Science is extending for two months its task order with Corporate Allocation Services Inc. (CAS), for technical and analytics support services associated with the 1958 United States-United Kingdom Mutual Defense Agreement, according to a Sept. 9 limited sources justification notice.
Under the mutual defense agreement, the U.S. and U.K. exchange nuclear technology, materials, and sensitive data to enhance both countries’ nuclear weapons design and development. The agreement is considered key in the development of the U.K. Trident system, the country’s nuclear deterrent, and was renewed in 2014 for another decade.
CAS received the current task order in August 2013 with a ceiling of $417,460.27 and Sept. 11, 2016, expiration. The modification extends the period of performance to Nov. 11 and is valued at an additional $27,841.53. CAS will continue to offer advisory services involving technical programmatic activities under the defense agreement and the sharing of restricted information through the Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group (JAIEG).
The notice said NNSA’s Office of Defense Science needs continuous support of this kind, namely for the roughly 600 JAIEG meetings conducted per year and other classified technical records management activities. It added that the government will compete a follow-on requirement for technical support services and expects to issue an award by Nov. 11.
