INTERNATIONAL MORTUARY SHIPPING, LLC

International Mortuary Shipping LLC, Spartanburg, South Carolina, is awarded a firm-fixed-price requirements contract to provide mortuary services for active duty deceased military personnel and support to the Navy Casualty Division of the Mortuary Affairs Branch, Navy Personnel Command. The contract contains a five-year ordering period, with an estimated value of $17,220,129, and an option for a six-month ordering period pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-8, which, if exercised, will bring the total estimated value of the contract to $19,112,394. Ordering under the contract is anticipated to begin on Aug. 20, 2023, and end on Aug. 19, 2028. If the option is exercised, ordering will end on Feb. 19, 2029. Initial funding will be fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) appropriations that will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Subsequent task orders under the contract will be funded with appropriate fiscal year operations and maintenance (Navy) funds. The places of performance for this contract will be at multiple locations within the contiguous U.S. and outside the contiguous U.S., and will be defined upon awarded task orders. The requirement was solicited as a small business set-aside, competitive procurement, with four offers received. This announcement does not involve a foreign military sale. Naval Supply Systems Command, Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Contracting Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity