ARETE ASSOCIATES - INTEGRATION SERVICES SUPPORTING INCREMENTAL UPGRADES, BLOCK UPGRADES, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MK 18 FAMILY OF SYSTEMS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES (UUVS), ADDITIONAL UUVS, AND REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES
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INTEGRATION SERVICES SUPPORTING INCREMENTAL UPGRADES, BLOCK UPGRADES, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MK 18 FAMILY OF SYSTEMS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES (UUVS), ADDITIONAL UUVS, AND REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES
Context & Analysis
On Oct 20, 2025, Department of Defense obligated $41,620,236.37 to ARETE ASSOCIATES for integration services supporting incremental upgrades, block upgrades, and future generations of mk 18 family of systems unmanned underwater vehicles (uuvs), additional uuvs, and remotely operated vehi…. The award is classified under NAICS 541715 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) and issued as a cost plus fixed fee contract. Competition extent: not available for competition with 1 offer received. The procurement used a NO SET ASIDE USED. set-aside. Performance is located in TUCSON, AZ. This award is one of several similar procurements from Department of Defense under NAICS 541715 — related awards are listed below.
Market context
- Recompete outlook
- Ended Jun 30, 2026 (4 months ago). Recompete signal as of Oct 18, 2026: 57/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
- Competition
- Not competed. 94% of 453 awards in this market (Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years) were competed; median 999 offers.
- Award size
- At $41.6M, this award is larger than three in four of the 3172 priced Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years (median $882K).
- Incumbent at this agency
- ARETE ASSOCIATES has 3 other awards from Department of Defense, totalling $3.4M, in 2025.
- Largest vendors in this market
By obligations, Department of Defense awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years.
- FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC — 2 awards, $27.8B
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP — 9 awards, $21.0B
- THE MITRE CORPORATION — 12 awards, $5.3B
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION — 3 awards, $4.8B
Computed from USAspending award data on Oct 18, 2026.
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