DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 17, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 17, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  518-13 July 17, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 17, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  July 17, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

Missile Defense Agency

            Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Mass. is being awarded a sole-source, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to HQ0147-12-C-0005 under a foreign military sales (FMS) case to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to provide software updates, contractor logistic support, radar repair and return and technical services on the AN/TPY-2 radars being delivered as part of a whole FMS case as an element of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.  The value of this effort is $83,785,417.  Work will be performed in Woburn, Mass., White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and UAE.  The period of performance is through Sept. 30, 2018.  UAE FMS funds in the amount of $83,785,417 will be used to fund this effort.  The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (HQ0147). 

Air Force

            Boeing Co., McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., has been awarded a not-to-exceed amount of $75,598,874 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursable contract (FA3002-13-D-0012) for courseware development as well as initial and differences training necessary to transition from other F-15 variants to the unique, non-commercial F-15SA weapon system for the Royal Saudi Air Force.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and King Khalid Air Base, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  This is a sole-source acquisition.  Fiscal 2011 international funding will be used in this multiyear (100 percent), FMS contract, and FMS customer is The Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron.  Work is expected to be completed by July 19, 2019.  Air Education and Training Command Contracting Squadron/LGCI (International Contracting Flight), Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity.  

            Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $13,569,781 firm-fixed-price contract Option III (FA8105-09-C-0004).  Rockwell Collins Inc., shall produce 19 low rate initial production modification kits for the KC-135 CNS/ATM Block 45 upgrade.  Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed by May 30, 2014.  Option III is 100 percent funded with fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement funds.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WKKPA, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity. 

Navy

            Tetra Tech Inc., Arlington, Va. (N62470-D-13-8016); GMI-AECOM Joint Venture, Plano, Texas (N62470-D-13-8017); CH2M Hill Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. (N62470-D-13-8018), are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for various tasks to accomplish natural resource services and compliance and related environmental planning services in support of the U.S. Navy.  The maximum dollar value for all three contracts combined is $75,000,000.  These three contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract.  No task orders are being issued at this time.  Work will be performed at various Navy, Marine Corps and other sites primarily within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic area of responsibility, but also worldwide.  The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of July 2018.  Fiscal 2013 Naval Environmental Protection Support Service contract funds in the amount of $15,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity. 

            BOSH Global Services*, Newport News, Va. (N65236-13-D-5840); Imagine One StraCon Venture LLC*, Fort Worth, Texas (N65236-13-D-5841); ISHPI Information Technologies Inc.*, Mount Pleasant, S.C. (N65236-13-D-5842); Sentek Global*, San Diego, Calif. (N65236-13-D-5843); Skylla Engineering Ltd.*, Humble, Texas (N65236-13-D-5844); and Chugach Federal Solution Inc.*, Anchorage, Alaska (N65236-13-D-5858) are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, with provisions for fixed-price-incentive (firm target) and firm-fixed-price task orders, performance based multiple award contract.  The contracts are for the procurement of decision superiority services including the entire spectrum of non-inherently governmental services and solutions (equipment and services) associated with the full system lifecycle support including research, development, test, evaluation, production and fielding of sustainable, secure, survivable, and interoperable command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, information operations, enterprise information services and space capabilities.  The combined cumulative, estimated value of the base year is $19,752,906.  These contracts include options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of these multiple award contracts to an estimated $98,764,531.  Work will be performed worldwide as task orders are issued, and is expected to be completed by July 2014.  If all options are exercised, work could continue until July 2018.  SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic Navy Working Capital funds in the amount of $10,000 will be obligated at the time of award as the minimum guarantee and will be split among the six awardees; these funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract action establishes a potential ceiling value, in which funds are obligated on individual task orders for efforts that fall within the core competency areas. The multiple award contracts were competitively procured by full and open competition after exclusion of sources (8(a) set-aside) via the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center e-Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 13 offers received.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity. 

            Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $19,070,236 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-5403) for Standard Missile engineering and technical services for the U.S. Navy, other government agencies and foreign military sales.  This contract will provide engineering and technical services for Standard Missile 2, 3 and 6.  These services include research and development efforts; design, systems, and production engineering; technical services; evaluation services; component improvement services; and production proofing services for missile producibility, missile production, and shipboard integration for fiscal years 2013-2017.  This contract includes foreign military sales to Japan (28 percent), Australia (24 percent), Korea (21.5 percent), Germany (8.3 percent), Netherlands (8.3 percent), Taiwan (7 percent), Canada (1.7 percent), and Spain (1.2 percent).  Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (86.8 percent); Andover, Mass. (9.4 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (1.7 percent); Arlington, Va. (1.1 percent); Camden, Ark. (0.7 percent); and White Sands, N.M. (0.3 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2014.  Fiscal 2013 research, development, test & evaluation, Department of Defense, foreign military sales, fiscal 2013 research, development, test & evaluation, Navy, fiscal 2012 other procurement, Navy funding in the amount of $18,474,253 will be obligated at the time of the award.  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. 

            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $17,001,833 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (#2049) against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for phase I of the next generation jammer (NGJ) pod hardware integration in support of the EA-18G aircraft.  The phase I hardware integration will ensure the development, preparation and delivery of the aircraft modification design is suitable for the technology development stage of the NGJ pod program.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in October 2014.  Fiscal 2013 research, development, test & evaluation, Navy contract funds in the amount of $10,000,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. 

            General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $15,691,247 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of time critical parts for incorporation into the T-408-GE-400 gas turbine engine in support of the CH-53K helicopter program.  Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass., and is expected to be completed in December 2016.  Fiscal 2013 research, development, test & evaluation, Navy contract funds in the amount of $15,691,247 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-2-1(a)(1).  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-13-C-0132). 

            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $8,110,882 firm-fixed-price delivery order (#0141) against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for the procurement of 84 engineering change proposal 6282 AYC 1439 A1 retrofit kits in support of the F/A-18 E/F aircraft.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (80 percent), and St. Charles, Mo. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2016.  Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement Navy contract funds in the amount of $8,110,882 are being obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

U.S. Special Operations Command

              Northrop Grumman Technical Services Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $12,915,678 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide exercise and training support to command staff, battle staff, and Theater Special Operations Commands.  The majority of the work will be accomplished at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., (80 percent), the remainder of the work will be performed at various exercise locations throughout the United States and overseas locations.  The term of the contract is not to exceed 12 months with an expected completion date of June 2014.  Fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance funds are being used.  This contract was competed sole source, with only one proposal solicited and received.  Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (H92222-13-C-0045). 

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*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No.  518-13 July 17, 2013
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