Award Notice for NAVAIR Additive Manufacturing Capability SPE4A2-26-F-1878
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AI-generated · Mar 31, 2026Acquisition provides an end-to-end NAVAIR additive manufacturing capability from GE (Colibrium Additive) to supply three M Line laser powder bed fusion systems and one M2 Series 5 LPBF system, plus licensed material data sets and data rights to enable manufacturing of NAVAIR components. It includes five Material Property Data Programs to generate physical and mechanical property data for specific machine/material combinations, including material characterization, parameter development, consolidated material/process specifications, and design allowables; and a Thin Wall Fatigue characterization study to determine fatigue life for a significantly reduced as-printed wall thickness. The arrangement includes licensed manufacturing process instructions and required specifications to support additively manufactured airworthy components.
The vendor will manage supply chain and logistics, forecast production requirements, address long-lead-time parts and potential diminishing manufacturing sources, and ship serviceable assets, with the potential to supply component parts in the future. It also requires a training plan to educate manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, design engineers, materials engineers, and machine operators to repeatedly produce airworthy aviation components across various material/process combos. This is a sole-source award under FAR 6.302-1(a)(1).
Classification Code: 9999 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS NAICS Code: 333248 All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Title: NAVAIR Additive Manufacturing Capability Solicitation: SPE4AX26RAMP1 Contract Award Date: March 27, 2026 Description(s): A firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded to General Electric Company doing business as Colibrium Additive (CAGE 89WB2), supporting the Navy with (3) M Line laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and (1) M2 Series 5 LBPF additive machines and multiple material data sets to include all Data Rights Assertions and Specifically Negotiated License rights. In addition to the machines, this effort also is procuring material characterization/data curves (via license), manufacturing process instructions (via license), and specifications (some licensed) to additively manufacture NAVAIR components. This effort includes (5) Material Property Data Programs (MPDP) which are the generation of physical and mechanical property data for a specific machine and material combination and include material characterization, development of parameter, consolidated material and process specifications, and establishing design allowables for the properties tested. This effort also included (1) Thin Wall Fatigue characterization to determine the fatigue life of an as-printed wall thickness that is significantly reduced from the baseline test bar size. The vendor is also responsible for supply chain management, logistics planning, forecasting production requirements, long lead time parts procurement, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortage issues, shipping serviceable assets, and the potential to provide procurement/manufacture of component parts in the future. Vendor is also responsible for execution of a training plan to train manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, design engineers, material engineers, and machine operators to be able to repeatedly produce airworthy aviation components in various material-process combinations. All contract items were solicited on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(1). This order was issued against contract SPE4AX-23-D-9421 IAW FAR 6.302-1. Contract Delivery Order Number: SPE4A2-26-F-1878 Contract Award Dollar Amount: $30,985,445.90 Contractor Awarded Name: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY DBA COLIBRIUM ADDITIVE CAGE: 89WB2 Contractor Awarded Address: 8556 Trade Center Dr Suite 100 West Chester OH 45011-9399
From Award Notice posted on Mar 30, 2026Classification Code: 9999 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS NAICS Code: 333248 All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Title: NAVAIR Additive Manufacturing Capability Solicitation: SPE4AX26RAMP1 Contract Award Date: March 27, 2026 Description(s): A firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded to General Electric Company doing business as Colibrium Additive (CAGE 89WB2), supporting the Navy with (3) M Line laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and (1) M2 Series 5 LBPF additive machines and multiple material data sets to include all Data Rights Assertions and Specifically Negotiated License rights. In addition to the machines, this effort also is procuring material characterization/data curves (via license), manufacturing process instructions (via license), and specifications (some licensed) to additively manufacture NAVAIR components. This effort includes (6) Material Property Data Programs (MPDP) which are the generation of physical and mechanical property data for a specific machine and material combination and include material characterization, development of parameter, consolidated material and process specifications, and establishing design allowables for the properties tested. This effort also included (1) Thin Wall Fatigue characterization to determine the fatigue life of an as-printed wall thickness that is significantly reduced from the baseline test bar size. The vendor is also responsible for supply chain management, logistics planning, forecasting production requirements, long lead time parts procurement, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortage issues, shipping serviceable assets, and the potential to provide procurement/manufacture of component parts in the future. Vendor is also responsible for execution of a training plan to train manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, design engineers, material engineers, and machine operators to be able to repeatedly produce airworthy aviation components in various material-process combinations. All contract items were solicited on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(1). This order was issued against contract SPE4AX-23-D-9421 IAW FAR 6.302-1. Contract Delivery Order Number: SPE4A2-26-F-1878 Contract Award Dollar Amount: $30,985,445.90 Contractor Awarded Name: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY DBA COLIBRIUM ADDITIVE CAGE: 89WB2 Contractor Awarded Address: 8556 Trade Center Dr Suite 100 West Chester OH 45011-9399
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Posted: Mar 30, 2026
Classification Code: 9999 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS NAICS Code: 333248 All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Title: NAVAIR Additive Manufacturing Capability Solicitation: SPE4AX26RAMP1 Contract Award Date: March 27, 2026 Description(s): A firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded to General Elect...
Posted: Apr 02, 2026
Classification Code: 9999 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS NAICS Code: 333248 All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Title: NAVAIR Additive Manufacturing Capability Solicitation: SPE4AX26RAMP1 Contract Award Date: March 27, 2026 Description(s): A firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded to General Elect...
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| Company Name | UEI | CAGE Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Electric Company | LGXXE8T6ECL8 | 89WB2 | West Chester, OH |
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