DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 26, 2010
Source: U.S. DoD issued May 26, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - May 27, 2010:
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued May 26, 
2010 are undermentioned;
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
~Science Application International Corp., Fairfield, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $50,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operations of supplies. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. This contract is exercising the fifth option-year period. The date of performance completion is May 30 2011. The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM500-04-D-BP06).
~Northrop Grumman Corp., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $11,220,000 firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract for aircraft rudders in support of the F-18 aircraft. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There was one proposal originally solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is July 31, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00383-06-G-032D-THCU).
NAVY
~Mandex, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va. (N65236-10-D-6831), and
~Systems Applications & Solutions, LLC*, Charleston, S.C. (N65236-10-D-6832), are each being awarded a $9,555,712 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity performance-based multiple-award contract for integrated electronic security systems support services. Services that may be ordered under these contracts include the overall sustainment, integration and upgrades of existing systems, including any system that automates what would alternatively require manpower to accomplish; security systems; surveillance systems; automated fuel systems; and similar systems. These contracts include a one-year base period and four one-year option periods making the total potential period of performance five years. The total aggregate value of all task orders awarded over the life of these two contracts combined will be approximately $47,680,000, covering a maximum of approximately 500,000 staff hours over the five-year period of performance. Each contractor will be awarded $12,500 at the time of award. These two contractors may compete for the task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C. (25 percent), Norfolk, Va. (20 percent), and other government installations (55 percent), and is expected to be completed May 2011. If all options are exercised, work could continue until May 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The multiple award contracts were competitively procured under a 100-percent small business set-aside via the the Federal Business Opportunities and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command E-commerce Web sites, with four offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic is the contracting activity.
~Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5432) to establish contract line item ceiling worth $36,666,667 (cost-plus-fixed fee) for May 2010 through December 2010 for Evolved Sea Sparrow missile production support and technical engineering. 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. Work is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $936,401 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
~L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded an $18,074,568 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-04-D-0131) to provide for additional logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate and depot-level maintenance of 13 T39N and 6 T-39G aircraft located at the Naval Air Station (NAS), Pensacola, Fla. In addition, this modification provides for aircraft intermediate maintenance services in support of Chief of Naval Air Training aircraft and transient aircraft at NAS Pensacola, Fla., and NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. The estimated level of effort for this modification is 72,657 man-hours. Work will be performed in Pensacola, Fla. (75 percent), and Corpus Christi, Texas (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 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.
~Hourigan Construction Corp., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $10,898,000 firm-fixed-price contract for developing design documents and construction to repair airfield pavements to runway 5L/23R at Naval Air Station Oceana. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2013. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Web site, with three proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-10-C-3007).
~Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $7,196,706 delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-08-G-0012) for non-recurring engineering associated with the upgrade of the fiscal 2010 AN/AAQ-24(V)25 missile warning sensors and processor software, including the production, test and delivery of additional features. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill, and is expected to be completed in May 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.
~EDO Communications and Countermeasures Systems, Thousand Oaks, Calif., is being awarded a $6,871,194 cost-plus-fixed fee contract under basic ordering agreement N00164-10-G-WQ22 for depot repair support for the Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (CREW) vehicle receiver jammer systems that are fielded in theater. The CREW vehicle receiver jammer systems are used to counter the continuous and evolving improvised explosive device threat as it becomes known in theater. Work will be performed in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and is expected to be completed in September 2014. Initial funding in the amount of $250,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity.
~Clayton International, Inc.*, Peachtree City, Ga., is being awarded a $6,332,010 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-10-D-0013) to perform inspections, repairs and related services in support of H-3 helicopters for the governments of Egypt, Peru and Argentina. Work will be performed in Peachtree City, Ga., and is expected to be completed in December 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Egypt ($2,849,405; 45 percent), Peru ($2,216,203; 35 percent), and Argentina ($1,266,402; 20 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
AIR FORCE
~ITT Corp., Systems Division, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., was awarded a $7,642,042 contract which will provide integration services to support the launch and range systems wing spacelift range systems contract to install additional hardware to an existing string of telemetry equipment at the Oak Mountain B Site at the Western Range in Vandenberg, Calif. The entire amount has been obligated. SMC/LRSW/PK, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-01-C-0001).
*Small business
Source: DTN News / Boeing
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