DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 26, 2010
Source: U.S. DoD issued March 26, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - March 27, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued March
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CONTRACTS
ARMY
~AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on March 22 a $317,961,404 firm-fixed-price contract to add 2,122 high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles to contract. Work is to be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM Warren, AMSTA-AQ-ATCA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-01-C-S001).
~Hellfire Systems, LLC, Orlando, Fla., was awarded on March 24 a $268,750,936 firm-fixed-price contract for fiscal 2010 option exercise for a total quantity of 3,955 HELLFIRE II missiles. Work is to be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-08-C-0361).
~EG&G Defense Materials, Inc., Tooele, Utah., was awarded on March 23 a $181,291,800 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Phase 2 chemical agent munitions disposal systems (CAMDS) closure, CAMDS & Deseret Chemical Depot secondary waste and GA/Lewisite Disposal. Work is to be performed in Tooele, Utah, with an estimated completion date of July 30, 2015. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting CMD-Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DACA97-89-C-0076).
~Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on March 22 a $41,941,800 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 1,080 rocket propelled grenade protection kits. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012. Five bids were solicited with five bids received. TACOM, AMSCC-ASCA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0111).
~Walbridge, Detroit, Mich., was awarded on March 23 a $40,686,943 firm-fixed-price contract. This project consists of the design and construction of three tactical equipment maintenance facilities (TEMFS) for a sustainment bridge, Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System battery and Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery at Fort Bliss, Texas. The project construction shall be on three nearby but separate sites on Fort Bliss. Each TEMFS will provide facilities for the purpose of maintaining and repairing tactical organizational equipment and vehicles, a complex with repair and maintenance bays, equipment and parts storage, administrative offices, secure vaults, oil storage buildings, hazardous material storage, and other supporting facilities such as organizational storage buildings. Work is to be performed in Fort Bliss, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited via World Wide Web with four bids received.
~Alliance Construction Solutions of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyo., was awarded on March 22 an $8,636,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a training support center at Fort Carson, Colo. Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 1, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 20 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, N.E., is the contracting activity (W9128F-10-C-0013).
~Raytheon Systems Co., McKinney, Texas, was awarded on March 22 a $7,906,132 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 26 improved target acquisition sub-systems. Work is to be performed by Oct. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command Aviation & Missile Command Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-06-C-0490).
~Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC, West Palm Beach, Fla., was awarded on March 19 a $6,763,839 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that will revolutionize the underlying technologies for unmanned sensor systems. This effort seeks to emulate the mammalian visual pathway by implementing advanced models and algorithmic emulations of the entire visual pathway from retina to the visual cortex. Work is to be performed in West Palm Beach, Fla. (35.8 percent); LaJolla, Calif. (13.2 percent); Berkeley, Calif. (11.5 percent); Berkeley, Calif. (10.2 percent); Cambridge, Mass. (12.1 percent); Santa Clara, Calif. (7.4 percent); Stanford, Calif. (2.9 percent); and Bedford, Mass. (6.9 percent), with an estimated completion date of Sept. 18, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 14 bids received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-10-C-0032).
NAVY
~VT Halter Marine, Inc, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $165,361,305 not-to-exceed firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2212) for the detail, design, and construction of the fourth Egyptian navy Fast Missile Craft under the Foreign Military Sales program. The effort will also include technical manuals, crew familiarization training, and technical and supply support. The efforts required include all hardware, software, licensing, design engineering, production engineering, manufacturing, test engineering, technical documentation, training, spares procurement, and program management through delivery. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss. (57 percent); Manassas, Va. (12 percent); Wyndmoor, Pa. (12 percent); Linthicum, Md. (9 percent); and other locations (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
~Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $101,636,713 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-07-C-0093) for the procurement of 313 full rate production Lot 6 (FRP-6) AGM-154C-1 Unitary Joint Stand-Off Weapon missiles, including associated support equipment. In addition, this modification provides for one AGM-154C-1 for performance characterization test. Work will be performed in Dallas, Texas (44 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (24 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (22 percent); and McAllester, Okla. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.
~Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded a $59,662,245 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0096) for the procurement of 18 full-rate production Lot VIII AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar helicopter dipping sonar systems and two sonar transmitter/receiver weapon replaceable assemblies for the MH-60R program. Work will be performed in Brest, France (72 percent); Portsmouth, R.I. (26 percent); and Gaithersburg, Md. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
~Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., dba Goodrich Fuel and Utility Systems, Vergennes, Vt., is being awarded a $13,642,763 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0298) to exercise an option for the procurement of various integrated mechanical diagnostics system kits and delta parts in support of MH-60R/S helicopters. Work will be performed in Vergennes, Vt., and is expected to be completed in October 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
~Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., is being awarded a $9,089,490 firm-fixed-price not-to-exceed delivery order #0002 to basic ordering agreement N00024-06-G-5109 for the procurement of stable master oscillator ordinance alteration kits for CG 55, 60, 62, and DDG 53 ship sets. Work under the not-to-exceed delivery order will be performed in Sudbury, Mass. (55.5 percent); Andover, Mass. (28.9 percent); and Norfolk, Va. (15.6 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This not-to-exceed basic ordering agreement delivery order 0002 was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.
~Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an $8,418,042 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) to exercise an option for the VH-3D executive helicopter special progressive aircraft rework induction. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in June 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $8,418,042 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
~Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $6,965,693 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5431) for funding for savings on value engineering change proposals for warhead fairing, dual band antenna, telemetric data transmitting set, rear receiver, Unit 10 front microwave receiver, power converter, two-piece Marmon clamp, and control section component parts of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile.. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (45 percent), Camden, Ark. (2 percent), Andover, Mass. (10 percent), Australia (11 percent), Canada (7 percent), Denmark (1 percent), Greece (1 percent), Germany (8 percent), The Netherlands (6 percent), Norway (5 percent), Spain (3 percent), and Turkey (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
~Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $6,291,556 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for AEGIS engineering and technical services. This procurement shall furnish engineering, technical, computer programming, materials management, and specified logistics services necessary to support AEGIS Combat System; major weapon systems programs; and test and evaluation and post event analysis. Support services shall be required at shore sites, land based test facilities, shipyards, and aboard ships in port and at sea for the United States, allied nations, and Foreign Military Sales customers. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $9,980,755. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (84 percent) and the governments of Australia (6 percent), Japan (5 percent), and Spain (5 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Port Hueneme, Calif. (65 percent), San Diego, Calif. (15 percent), Dahlgren, Va. (10 percent), and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $1,384,142 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity (N63394-10-C-1201).
~Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $5,944,064 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option for the procurement of 124 ARC-210 RT-1824(C)/ARC receiver transmitters for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in December 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
~ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a maximum $13,373,066 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation fuel. Other location of performance is in Louisiana. Using services are Foreign Military Sales for Israel. The original proposal was Web solicited with three responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is April 30, 2010. The Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0480).
~Mansfield Oil Co.*, Gainsville, Ga., is being awarded a minimum $5,990,062 fixed-price with economic price adjustment for fuel. Other locations of performance include California, Utah and Arizona. Using services are Army and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was Web solicited with forty-eight responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2012. The Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-4517).
~Falcon Fuels, Inc.*, Paramount, Calif., is being awarded a minimum $5,695,980 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are throughout California. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was Web solicited with forty-eight responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2012. The Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-4513).
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Source: STRATFOR
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 27, 2010:
A South Korean presidential spokesman said North Korea did not cause the sinking of the South Korean vessel Cho An. Even though lack of subsequent military conflict shows that the incident has now become a political event, the maritime boundary of the Korean Peninsula should be watched closely in the coming days to see how the incident fits within Pyongyang’s attempts to hold its own as it approaches the resumption of international negotiations and an important leadership transition.
A South Korean ship has been sunk in the vicinity of the maritime border with North Korea. While details are sketchy, initial reports suggest that some South Korean naval ships had been involved in combat with an unidentified ship in the area immediately preceding the incident. Other reports suggest that the ship was struck by a torpedo. Yet another indicates a stern explosion.
Tensions between the two Koreas have always been at least moderately high, but previous governments in the South have tended to seek a rapprochement. That warming has cooled significantly in recent months; one result has been occasional naval skirmishes.
There are three issues to keep in mind when evaluating the potential for an inter-Korean conflict. First, the South Korean army, air force and navy are far better equipped and run than the North’s, despite the North’s numerical superiority when it comes to men in uniform. Stratfor has little doubt that the South could ultimately prevail in a military conflict.
But – and this is the second issue – it would come at a massive cost. The North maintains many thousands of artillery emplacements within range of Seoul. So while the South’s military is superior by most measures, the North could quite easily decimate the South’s capital and largest city. Roughly one in four South Koreans live in Seoul.
Third, the South Koreans are not alone. Despite recent shifts in American military posture, the United States still maintains 25,000 troops in South Korea – so an inter-Korean conflict immediately escalates to a global issue.
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News, contact: dtnnews@ymail.com
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