STS Government Solutions has booked a $99 million contract for F-16 integration support involving foreign military sales to Belgium and Portugal. The five-year engineering, technical, logistics, manpower support and technical data services contract is expected to be completed by May 3, 2030, according to a Department of Defense announcement Thursday.
Belgium maintains an operational inventory of 54 F-16 aircraft, while Portugal operates a total of 27 F-16s.
STS Government Solutions’ work performance on the small business set-aside contract will be at the F-16 Systems Program Office at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
Obligated Funding Sources
Funding obligated at the time of award includes aircraft procurement allocations amounting to about $5.2 million for fiscal year 2023 and approximately $2.6 million for FY 2024. Other allocations will be drawn from FY 2024 research, development, test and evaluation funds amounting to $704,702; FY 2025 operation and maintenance funds of about $9.2 million; FY 2025 aircraft procurement funds of approximately $3.7 million; and FY 2025 R&D, test and evaluation funds of $367,629; and FY 2025 FMS of $499,679.
The Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, F-16 Branch, Hill AFB, Utah, initiated the contracting activity for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
HubZone-Certified Enterprise
Based in San Antonio, Texas, STS Government is an SBA 8(a) small business certified by the Small Business Administration. The company earned a HUBZone enterprise certification in January.
The HubZone program was created to tap historically underutilized small businesses, with the goal of awarding a minimum 3 percent of the budget for federal contracts to its accredited companies. In September 2024, the General Services Administration listed 113 HUBZone small businesses eligible for contracts across seven domains, including technical and engineering services.
Another 8(a)-certified small business company, STS Systems Defense, secured a $100 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in January 2024 to help the U.S. Air Force maintain and sustain its F-16 multi-role fighting aircraft fleet.
