CONTRACTS
ARMY
BAE Systems, US Combat Systems, York, Penn., was awarded on April 21 a $53,309,854 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 3,034 Bradley Advanced Survivability Kits III to outfit the Bradley Fighting Vehicles to the BUSK III configuration. Work will be performed in York, Penn., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-D-0005).
EOIR Technologies, Inc., Fredericksburg, Va., was awarded on April 21 a $46,412,849 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to continue operations and maintenance of four Constant Hawk air platforms in Afghanistan. Work performance location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 21, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-10-D-A804).
Smith’s Detection, Edgewood, Md., was awarded on April 21 a $28,981,197 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 4,801 joint chemical agent detectors with warranties, and 4,901 communication adapter kits. Work will be performed in Edgewood, Md., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-07-C-0080).
Jacobs Technology, Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn., was awarded on April 21 a $16,620,528 time-and-material contract. The award will provide for the engineering and support services to the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center. Work will be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-08-D-0001).
Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc., Detroit, Mich., was awarded on April 21 a $12,964,259 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design and construction of barracks, admin space, training classrooms, and other utility infrastructure in Afghanistan. Work will be performed in Kabul Province, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 4, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet with five bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-11-C-4011).
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded on April 22 an $8,330,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award will provide for the incremental funding for the system development and demonstration contract extension. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0069).
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded on April 21 an $8,255,265 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the Block LA-2 M982 Excalibur Unitary 155mm precision engagement projectile for Canada. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz.; McAlester, Okla.; Farmington, N.M.; Niceville, Fla.; Healdsburg, Calif.; Anniston, Ala.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Anaheim, Calif.; Williamsport, Penn.; Joplin, Mo.; Lowell, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Kariskoga, Sweden; and the United Kingdom, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2013. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-07-C-0100).
NAVY
Zenetex, LLC*, Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $16,279,888 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for logistics and technical services in support of the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRC East), Cherry Point, N.C., and will include planning, analysis, development, training, support equipment management, facilities, and execution. Work is anticipated to be performed at the FRC East, Cherry Point, N.C., and is expected to be completed in April 2016. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals, with three offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-11-D-0039).
General Dynamics, Ordnance and Tactical Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla., is being awarded a $14,253,258 firm-fixed-price delivery order, modification to previously awarded contract (M67854-05-D-6014) for the Production Lot 4 procurement of 24 prime movers and 12 M327 rifled towed mortars; together with their corresponding basic issue item kits, additional authorization list hardware, and initial mortar spares. These items are individual components of the Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS). The EFSS provides all-weather, ground-based, close supporting, accurate, immediately responsive, and lethal indirect fires. The EFSS is defined as a launcher, mobility platform (prime mover), ammunition (not included in this order), ammunition supply vehicle, and technical fire direction equipment necessary for orienting the weapon on to an azimuth of fire and accurately computing firing data. Work will be performed in St. Aubin, France (74 percent); Forest, Va. (14 percent); and Robbins, N.C. (12 percent). Work is expected to be completed by June 30, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, Annapolis, Md., is being awarded a $9,361,056 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to procure technical and engineering services in support of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems and Navy Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems programs. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Md. (80 percent), and St. Inigoes, Md. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-11-C-0034).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
SRCTec, Inc., North Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded an undefinitized bridge contract with a maximum $14,141,500 to provide spare parts for the Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar System. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The date of performance completion is March 23, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime at Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Md., is the contracting activity (SPRBL1-11-C-0009).
*Small business
On March 24, 2011, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Ashton Carter directed the F-35 JSF contracting officer to issue an order to the FET to stop work on the F136 development contract. The stop work order ended the expenditure of $1 million per day on an extra engine that the DoD has assessed as unneeded and wasteful. The stop work order was put in place pending final resolution of the extra engine’s future in Congressional action on the fiscal 2011 budget.
People are scared. An understatement, no doubt, but my friends — both foreign and Syrian — are worried about the developments. Almost all of my foreign friends are leaving and many have moved departing flights up in light of the recent events. Most Syrians don’t have this option and are weighing their options should sustained protests move to inner Damascus. Everyone is thinking along their sect even if they aren’t open about it. Much of the violence is attributed by Syrians to these mysterious “armed gangs.” Many are still placing hope in “Habibna” (literally “Our Love,” a nickname for the president) to bring about enough reforms to placate the demonstrators. A point that I was forced to make over and over is that a lot of the people protesting are doing so because someone they knew was killed and not because they were anti-government, although they are now. Privately, my Syrian friends admitted that Bashar [al Assad, the Syrian president] needs to make some major, major concessions quickly or risk continued protests and bloodshed of which would be attributed to him and not merely “the regime.”
