US Marine Corps Orders MRAP Vehicles from BAE Systems

Released on Thursday, June 28, 2007

BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP. Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded $212,423,188 for firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0003 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5025) for the purchase of 271 Mine Resistant and Ambush Protected (MRAP) Category (CAT) I vehicles, 16 MRAP CAT II Ambulances Variant, and 154 MRAP CAT I U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Variant, and Sustainment Integrated Logistics Support (ILS). The Sustainment ILS will consist of 90 day consumables, forward deployment blocks, maintenance workshop blocks, field service representatives, and operator and maintenance training. Work will be performed in York, Pa., and is expected to be completed by July 2008. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Correction: The BAE Systems Land & Armaments, York, Pa., contract warded June 28, 2007, should have read that the award was for $213,887,918. The vehicle breakdown should have read: 255 Mine Resistant and Ambush Protected (MRAP) Category (CAT) I vehicles; 170 MRAP CAT I U.S. Special Operations Command Variant; and 16 CAT II Ambulance Variant vehicles.