DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 21, 2010

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 21, 2010 Source: U.S. DoD issued May 21, 2010 (NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - May 22, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued May 21, 2010 are undermentioned; CONTRACTS AIR FORCE ~Alion Science and Technology Corp., Chicago, Ill. (FA1500-10-D-0001); ~Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, N.M. (FA1500-10-D0002); ~Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio (FA1500-10-D0003); ~Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Va. (FA1500-10-D0004); ~ITT Corp., Advanced Engineering & Sciences Division, Herndon, Va. (FA1500-10-D0005); ~L-3 Communications Corp., Camden, N.J. (FA1500-10-D0006); ~MacAulay-Brown, Inc., Dayton, Ohio (FA1500-10-D0007); ~Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif. (FA1500-10-D0008); and ~Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama (FA1500-10-D0009) were awarded a $2,000,000,000 contract which will provide research, development, test and evaluation services, as well as advisory and assistance services, related to research and development efforts for technical area tasks within software, information technology networks, information assurance, information sharing, knowledge management, and modeling and simulation focus areas. At this time, no money has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity. ~Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $325,485,969 contract which will provide for the development, integration and delivery of 35 mid-life upgrade kits for the Foreign Military Sales Pakistan Block 15 F-16A/B aircraft, and 18 retrofit kits for the Block 52 F-16C/D aircraft. At this time, $121,209,418 has been obligated. 312 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8615-07-C-6032). DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ~BAE Systems, Specialty Group., Jessup, Pa., is being awarded a maximum $131,430,290 firm-fixed-price contract for modular lightweight load-carrying equipment items. Other locations of performance are Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Arizona, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico. Using service is Army. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. This contract is exercising the second option year period. The date of performance completion is October 2011. The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM1C1-08-D-1080). ~CFM International, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a maximum $6,058,200 firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract for turbine nozzle support. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2010. The Defense Logistics Agency, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8104-08-G-0002-UNY1). ~US Foodservice Lexington, Lexington, S.C., is being awarded a maximum $4,500,000 firm-fixed-price, prime-vendor contract for food and beverage support. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Bamberg Job Corp, Bamberg, S.C. The original proposal was Web solicited with four responses. The date of performance completion is June 19, 2011. The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM300-08-D-3057). MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY ~International Business Machines (IBM) Corp., U.S. Federal/Global Government Industry Division, Bethesda, Md., is being competitively awarded a cost-plus-award-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H95001-10-D-0002) with a price ceiling of $50,000,000. IBM will develop a decision support system of people, business processes, workflows, system automation, decision models, dashboards, and displays with governance and standards to support Missile Defense Agency leadership in synchronizing and integrating ballistic missile defense system baselines for rapid development of decision options and trade-offs for program management. Work will be peformed in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Huntsville, Ala., and will take place from July 1, 2010 through June 20, 2015. Fiscal 2010 research, development, test and evaluation funds, in the amount of $9,105,559, will be used for the initial task order. This contract was competitively procured with six proposals received. Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity. NAVY ~Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $10,838,944 contract modification to increase the ceiling amount to previously awarded contract N00024-07-C-5454 for the rebaselining of the system design and development of the Block 2 upgrade to the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) guided missile weapon system. The RAM guided missile weapon system is co-developed and co-produced under a NATO cooperative program between the governments of the U.S. and Germany, and designed to provide anti-ship missile defense for multiple ship platforms. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by December 2011. The Naval Sea System Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. ~General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington, Vt., is being awarded a $9,831,278 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of 30 M61A2 20mm lightweight gatling gun systems for the F/A-18E/F aircraft. Work will be performed in Burlington, Vt. (50 percent), and Saco, Maine (50 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-10-C-0024).