Monday, May 20, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 20, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 20, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  346-13 May 20, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 20, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  May 20, 2013  are undermentioned;

 CONTRACTS
 ARMY
            Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $122,198,956 for dredging services along the Miami Harbor.  Work will be performed in Miami, Fla.  A combination of fiscal 2013 Operation and Maintenance funds and fiscal 2013 other Procurement funds will be obligated on this award.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (W912EP-13-C-0015). 

            Parsons-Versar Joint Venture, Washington, D.C., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, foreign-military-sales contract with a maximum value of $90,000,000 for construction services in support of the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.  Specific performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-13-D-0001). 

            Lockheed Martin Services, Gaithersburg, Md., (W912DY-10-D-0048); ABM Government Services LLC, Hopkinsville, Ky., (W912DY-10-D-0049); LB&B Associates Inc., Columbia, Md., (W912DY-10-D-0050); J&J Maintenance Inc., Austin, Texas, (W912DY-10-D-0051); and EMCOR Government Services Inc., Arlington, Va., (W912DY-10-D-0052); were awarded a $48,200,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, task-order contract to raise the cost ceiling of the initial contract that will be split among the vendor pool.  Performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity. 

            TRAX International Corp., Las Vegas, Nev., was awarded a $27,999,999 modification (P00101), to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (W9124R-09-C-0003), for a three-month extension of test support services at Army Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.  The total cumulative face value of this contract is $525,002,992.  Work will be performed in Yuma, Ariz., and Fort Greely, Alaska.  Fiscal 2013 Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation funds are being obligated on this award.  The Army Contracting Command, Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., is the contracting activity. 

            Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises, San Diego, Calif., (W912PP-13-D-0010); Ayuda Partners JV LLC, Broomfield, Colo., (W912PP-13-D-0011); Ahtna Engineering Services LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, (W912PP-13-D-0012); BERS-Weston Services JV LLC, Golden, Colo., (W912PP-13-D-0013); JC Palomar Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., (W912PP-13-D-0014); and North Wind Services LLC, Idaho Falls, Idaho, (W912PP-13-D-0015); were awarded a firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, task-order contract with a maximum value of $25,000,000 for environmental remediation services.  Work will take place within the Army Corps of Engineer’s South-Pacific Division area of responsibility.  Type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 30 bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque, N.M., is the contracting activity. 

            Sterling Medical Associates Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $14,335,637 for healthcare services at Army and Air Force facilities located in Europe.  Specific performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 10 bids received.  The Army Medical Command, Landstuhl, Germany, is the contracting activity (W9114F-13-D-0002). 

            Dell Federal Systems L.P., Round Rock, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price with maximum value of $12,480,000 for the procurement of a maximum of 13,000 printers using computer hardware enterprise software and solutions.  Work will be performed in Chester, Va.  Fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance funds are being obligated on this award.  Eight bids were solicited, with four bids received.  The Army Contracting Command, Fort Lee, Va., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0002). 

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Missile and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a maximum value of $8,168,508 for the procurement of Affordable Phased Array Sensor Systems for air and ground based systems across multiple frequencies.  Performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-13-D-0035). 

            Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Wash., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $6,578,500 for flood control and emergency repair services along the Delaware coast.  Work will be performed in Indian River Inlet North Shore, Del.  Fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with six bids received.  The Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Penn., is the contracting activity (W912BU-13-C-0017).

NAVY
            Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded an $113,723,443 advance acquisition contract with fixed-price line items for long lead materials and related support for the Full Rate Production of five E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Lot 2 aircraft.  Work will be performed in Syracuse, N.Y. (36.9 percent); Bethpage, N.Y. (15.6 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (7.8 percent); Chicago, Ill. (7.4 percent); Menlo Park, Calif. (7.1 percent); Indianapolis, Ind. (6.8 percent); Cleveland, Ohio (3.3 percent); Aire-Sur-L’Adour, France (2.6 percent); Owego, NY (2.4 percent); Torrance, Calif. (2.1 percent); Edgewood , N.Y. (1.7 percent); Falls Church, Va. (1.4 percent); and various locations throughout the United States (4.9 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2014.  Fiscal 2013 Aircraft Procurement Navy funds in the amount of $113,723,443 are being 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 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting (N00019-13-C-9999). 

            Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $111,512,730 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-only, firm-fixed-price contract for the development, integration and production of AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare Systems.  The AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 is a Surface Ship Undersea Warfare combat system with the capabilities to search, detect, classify, localize and track undersea contacts, and to engage and evade submarines, mine-like small objects and torpedo threats.  The contract is for development, integration and production of future Advanced Capability Build and Technical Insertion baselines of the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 USW Systems.  This contract is for the government of Japan (100 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program.  Work will be performed in Lemont Furnace, Pa. (37 percent); Syracuse, N.Y. (24 percent); Manassas, Va. (17 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (9 percent); Oswego, N.Y. (5 percent); Hauppauge, N.Y. (5 percent) and Tewksbury, Mass. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by May 2014.  FMS funding in the amount of $350,000 will be obligated at time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities, with one offer received.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-13-C-5225). 

            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $52,893,115 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0019) for the procurement of aircraft armament equipment for F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft, including jumper bundles, pylon, and bomb racks.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in May 2016.  Fiscal 2012 Aircraft Procurement Navy contract funds in the amount of $52,893,115 are being obligated on this 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. 

            Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Columbia, Md., is being awarded a not to exceed $14,240,320 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price provisions for continuation of technical and analytical support services for the Office of Compliance and Assessment.  Services shall include conducting Command Cyber Readiness Inspections, Cyber Security Inspections, and command assessments/trainings in support of Fleet Cyber Command’s Cyber Security Inspection Certification Program and verification, validation, and reporting effort foroversight of Navy Marine Corps Intranet/Next Generation Enterprise Network.  This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $25,896,361.  Work will be performed in Suffolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by June 23, 2014.  If all options are exercised, work will continue through June 23, 2106.  Fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance, Navy funding will be obligated against individual task orders as they are issued.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The requirement was issued under full and open competition, with six proposals received in response to this solicitation.  NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N00189-13-D-0029). 

            Flir Systems Inc., Billerica, Mass., is being awarded a $10,090,426 firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for SEE SPOT III+ Systems, test, teardown and evaluation, repairs, spares and data.  The SEE SPOT III+ is a device that provides the user with the ability to view the Special Operations Force Laser Acquisition Markers invisible laser spot in the target scene field view.  This contract supports a purchase for the government of Hungary (75 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program.  Work will be performed in Billerica, Mass., and is expected to be completed by May 2018.  FMS funding in the amount of $75,371 will be obligated at time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  This contract was issued on a sole-source basis in accordance with 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), as set forth is FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(ii), only one or limited responsible sources and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-13-D-JQ15).  

            L-3 Global Communications Solutions, Victor, N.Y., is being awarded an $8,093,065 firm-fixed-price General Services Administration delivery order to acquire Hawkeye III Lite tri-band antennas and Hawkeye diplexer kits for the Deployable Joint Command and Control Rapid Response kits and Sensitive Compartmented Information kits for the expeditionary command and control suite.  This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $10,530,855.  Work will be performed in Panama City, Fla., and is expected to complete by September 2013.  Fiscal 2013 Procurement, Marine Corps funding in the amount of $8,093,065 will be obligated at time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  Reference FAR 6.302-1.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61331-13-F-7501). 

            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $7,668,220 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (0085) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) for supplies and services to support Follow-On Test and Evaluation of an F/A-18E E66 Loads aircraft.  Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. (78 percent); St. Louis, Mo. (21 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (.5 percent); and Bethpage, N.Y. (.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2014.  Fiscal 2013 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds in the amount of $7,668,220 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. 

            Metron, Inc.,* Reston, Va.,is being awarded a $7,287,619 cost-plus-fixed-feecontract for research and development of a large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) to include in-lab integration and testing of autonomy and mission planning software with bench test hardware selected for deployment on the LDUUV.  This one-year contract includes two, one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the potential, cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $18,317,018.  Work will be performed in Reston, Va., (80 percent), and Alameda, Calif.(20 percent), and work is expected to be completed March 26, 2014.  If options are exercised work will continue through March 2016.  Fiscal 2013 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds in the amount of $7,287,619 will be placed on contract and obligated at the time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via a broad agency announcement (N66001-12-X-0039) published on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with seven offers received.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-13-C-2005). 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
            Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., has been awarded a maximum $7,465,899 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized, sole-source contract.  This contract is for various radio spare parts and support equipment.  Location of performance is Massachusetts with a June 30, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military service is Navy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Navy Working Capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; (SPRMM1-13-G-1104-1003). 

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Moorestown, N.J., was awarded a sole-source, cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-award-fee contract modification (HQ0276) under contract HQ0276-10-C-0001.  The value of this contract modification is $29,726,627, increasing the total contract value from $1,409,840,268 to $1,439,566,895.  Under this modification, the contractor shall provide system engineering and program management services in accordance with established Aegis system engineering practices for the post certification support of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense baselines 4.0.X, 5.0 and 5.0 capability upgrade. The work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2014. Fiscal year 2013 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds will be used to incrementally fund this initial effort. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Missile Defense Agency, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity. 

AIR FORCE
AMENDED
            The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity with provision to issue firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders, multiple-award contract announced on Apr. 12, 2013 for advisory and assistance services in support of the Air Force civil engineer mission is amended to add the following company as an awardee:  Clean Energy Engineering, LLC, Denver, Colo.  An amount of $3,000 will be obligated on task order 0001. 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA8903-13-D-0007). 

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*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No.  346-13 May 20, 2013
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DTN News - AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI IN INDIA: Karzai Seeks Indian Military Aid Amid Pakistan Row

DTN News - AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI IN INDIA: Karzai Seeks Indian Military Aid Amid Pakistan Row
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Kay Johnson | Associated Press – Sun, May 19, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 20, 2013: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.

The comments follow a weekend report by the Times of India that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." The Press Trust of India later quoted a spokesman for New Delhi's Foreign Ministry as saying the country is ready to meet any such request.
"Yes, we will ask for assistance for the strengthening of our security forces," Karzai spokesman Aimal Faizi said in a briefing ahead of the trip. He did not comment on the Indian reports.
Karzai's visit could irk Pakistan, especially if any arms deal materializes. Pakistan considers Afghanistan its own backyard and suspects rival India of seeking greater influence there as a strategy to hem in the country from both sides. Pakistan and India have fought three wars since they were divided into two countries when they gained independence from Britain in 1947.
Afghanistan and India signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2011 that has included Indian military training of Afghan security forces. Faizi indicated in Saturday's briefing that Karzai would seek to expand that cooperation. "Whatever our Afghan security forces would need for assistance and help, India would help us," he said.
Afghan analyst Wadir Safi, a political science professor at Kabul University, says the timing of Karzai's India trip is likely related to recent border skirmishes with Pakistan.
Each side has been accusing the other of firing across the mountainous border region for months, including a skirmish earlier this month that killed an Afghan border policeman. Both countries have also accused each other of providing shelter for insurgents fighting on the other side of the border.
Afghan accusations that Pakistan is allegedly trying to torpedo efforts to start peace talks with the Taliban have also contributed to deteriorating relations. Pakistan is considered crucial to nudging Taliban leaders, many of which are in hiding in Pakistan, to the table — a key goal of the United States and its allies ahead of the final pullout of foreign combat forces by the end of next year.
Karzai has long been deeply suspicious of the motives of Pakistan's government and military, which backed the Taliban regime before it was toppled in the 2001 U.S.-led intervention and has since seemed unable or unwilling to go after militant leaders taking refuge inside its borders. The killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan only strengthened Afghan wariness of his neighbor.
Any increased military cooperation with India would likely only contribute to tensions, Safi warned. Afghanistan had been a proxy battleground for Pakistan and India during the war between the Pakistani-backed Taliban regime and the India-supported Northern Alliance.
Another Afghan analyst, Hamidullah Farooqi, said he thinks the reports of India supplying weapons are simply brinkmanship and, at most, India might agree to help Afghanistan upgrade old Soviet-era weaponry.
"An arms deal with India would not be helpful for regional stability or for the balance that Afghanistan needs between India and Pakistan," Farooqi said. "This is just a political game. I don't think there will be an arms deal."
Aside from regional strategic rivalries, Karzai is expected to discuss economic issues and will visit an engineering university where he will receive an honorary degree, Faizi said.
India has invested more than $2 billion in Afghan infrastructure, including highways and hospitals and rural electricity projects. New Delhi is hoping to gain some influence in the country after 2014, when Afghan forces become responsible for the entire country's security.
Karzai, who earned his college degree in India, has visited New Delhi more than a half dozen times in the past few years, most recently in November 2012.

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