BLUF: GSA's Federal Acquisition Service awarded Sigma Defense Systems a $52.1 million task order to upgrade its Stingray III full-motion-video system.

The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service has issued a delivery order worth $52,110,369 to Sigma Defense Systems LLC of Warner Robins, Georgia, for what federal contract records describe as "Stingray III TO81 FMV system updates." The order, numbered 47QFLA24F0096, was signed July 3, 2024, and was issued as a task order under GSA's existing single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract 47QFLA19D0010. Funding for the order is provided by the Department of the Air Force.

Why it matters: The order was awarded through full and open competition after exclusion of sources, per the contract record, rather than as a sole-source or set-aside action. It runs against a GSA Federal Acquisition Service IDIQ vehicle, which lets the agency issue follow-on task orders for an established program without a fresh full solicitation each time. "FMV" refers to full-motion video, the real-time video feeds that unmanned aircraft and other sensors relay to military command centers.

By the numbers:

• Obligated value: $52,110,369.03; total potential value including options: $62,021,452.94
• Period of performance: July 3, 2024, through July 26, 2027, with a potential end date of July 2, 2029
• Award/task order: 47QFLA24F0096, under parent IDIQ 47QFLA19D0010
• Product/service code 5895 (Miscellaneous Communication Equipment); NAICS 334290 (Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing)
• Set-aside: none listed; extent competed is full and open competition after exclusion of sources

The contract lists Alamogordo, New Mexico, as the place of performance. Sigma Defense Systems, headquartered in Warner Robins, Georgia, is a defense contractor whose Stingray product line the company markets as a tactical relay system providing secure, real-time full-motion-video and sensor-data connectivity between unmanned aircraft, ground sensors and command-and-control networks.

The award description identifies the work as "Stingray III," indicating it builds on earlier versions of the same system previously fielded under the same GSA contract vehicle.

Source: USAspending.gov