DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 21, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 21, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  600-13 August 21, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 21, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  August 21, 2013  are undermentioned;

Contracts

Air Force

            The Air Force is exercising an option with Computer Sciences Corp., Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., for $81,671,340 (estimate) cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract.  The Eastern Range Technical Services will provide operations, maintenance and sustainment of critical range and launch processing systems that support the launch processing mission of the 45th Space Wing and its launch customers at Cape Canaveral Air Station.  Work will be performed at Patrick Air Force Base (AFB), Fla., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014.  No funds are being obligated at time of award.  45 Contracting Squadron/LGCZR, Patrick AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity. (FA2521-07-C-0011)

            L-3 Communications Corp., Link Simulation and Training, Arlington, Texas, has been awarded an $18,510,814 modification (P00081) on a firm-fixed-price contract (FA8621-09-C-6292) for M6.2+ Operational Flight Program for the F-16 Mission Training Center.  The total cumulative value of the contract is $316,498,529.  Work will be performed at Arlington, Texas, and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2016.  Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $6,900,000 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WNSK, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

            Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), McLean, Va., and Signal Innovations Group (SIG) Inc., Durham, N.C. are being awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts for object physics for exploitation and recognition (OPERA) to obtain the capability to isolate and model physical mechanisms responsible for exploitation performance earlier in the exploitation development process.  Work will be performed at McLean, Va., and Durham, N.C., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 21, 2020.  This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and multiple offers were solicited through a BAA Call; four contractors submitted a total of five offers (one company submitted offers for both topics); however two contracts have been awarded.  The OPERA Program "Overall Ceiling", for the two separate contracts is $16,168,000; The Topic 1 (SAIC) contract (FA8650-13-D-1622) price ceiling is $9,274,000 and the Topic 2 (SIG) contract (FA8650-13-D-1623) price ceiling is $5,894,000.  Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $50,000 for task order 0001 for SAIC and funds in the amount of $675,000 for task order 0001 for SIG will be obligated.  These are not multiyear funds.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RQKSR, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity. 

Defense Logistics Agency

           Phoenix Textile Corp.**, O’Fallon, Miss., has been awarded a maximum $80,730,677 modification (P00006) exercising the second option-year period of a one-year base contract (SPM2D0-11-D-0008) with seven one-year option periods for various medical and surgical products.  The contract is a fixed-price with an economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract.  Location of performance is Missouri, with an Aug. 24, 2014 performance completion date.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 warstopper funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

            DRS Tactical Systems Inc., Melbourne, Fla., has been awarded a maximum $61,568,105 for support of Force Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program.  The contract is a five-year, firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract.  Location of performance is Florida, with an Aug. 20, 2018 performance completion date.  Using service is Army.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2018 Army working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., SPRBL1-13-D-0024.

Navy

            Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $27,599,424 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-12-C-0117) to exercise an option for additional operations and maintenance services in support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator Unmanned Aircraft System.  Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70 percent), and outside continental United States (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2014.  Fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $27,599,424 will be obligated at the time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

            Logos Technologies Inc.*, Arlington, Va., is being awarded an $8,000,994 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N68335-12-C-0192) to exercise an option for field service representatives, operators, and analysts required to support Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems Kestrel systems deployed outside of the continental United States for the U.S. Army.  Work will be performed in Afghanistan (90 percent), and Fairfax, Va. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2014.  Fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance, Army contract funds in the amount of $8,000,994 are being obligated on this award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J.,is the contracting activity.

            Central Texas College, Killeen, Texas, is being awarded $7,689,190 for modification #P00005 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00189-09-D-Z059) for Navy’s Center for Personal and Professional Development Navy College Program for Afloat College Education instructor led services.  Work will be performed on Navy ships worldwide (84 percent); Norfolk, Va. (8 percent); San Diego, Calif. (8 percent), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014.  Funding for this contract will be done on individual task orders using fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy funds, which will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was awarded on a competitive basis using Navy Electronic Commerce On-line, with one offer received in response to the solicitation.  The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Philadelphia Office, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

            Correction:  No. 582-13, Aug. 14, 2013:  Contract awarded to Whitesell-Green Inc.*, Pensacola, Fla., for $15,949,000, is revised to show the corrected contract number as N69450-13-C-1257.

Army

           BAE Systems Land and Armaments, L.P., York, Penn., was awarded a firm-fixed price, no option, multi-year, contract with a cumulative maximum value of $149,882,446 for forty-nine M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System (HERCULES) and three sets of spare parts.  Performance location will be York, Penn., and funding will be from fiscal 2013 other funding. This contract was a competitive acquisition with one offer received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Tank and Automotive, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-13-C-0358).

           General Electric Aviation, Lynn, Mass., was awarded a firm-fixed price, no option , non-multi-year contract with a cumulative maximum value of $57,498,658 for seventy-two each of production T700-GE-701D engines with extended warranties and four each spares and support for the Unites States Army for the Government of the Republic of Korea.  Performance location will be Lynn, Mass., and funding will be from fiscal 2013 other funding. This contract is an approved Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea. This contract was a competitive acquisition with three bids solicited and three received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Redstone Arsenal (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (SPRTA1-12-G-0006).

           Patriot Construction, LLC.,  Dunkirk, Md., (W91278-13-D-0040); and Willis-McKenneys, 8(a) Joint Venture, Atlanta, Ga., (W91278-13-D-0041) were awarded a firm-fixed price, no option, multi-year contract with a cumulative maximum value of $25,000,000 to provide mechanical systems repair for DoD Army medical facilities in the Southeastern United States to include repair and replacement of mechanical systems such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, ductwork, exhaust systems and other related systems. Performance location will vary by task order and funding will be incremental and determined by each order.  This contract was a competitive acquisition with two offers received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Mobile District, Mobile, AL is the contracting activity. 

           Coordinated Defense Supply Systems, Inc.*, Clinton Township, Mich., was awarded a firm-fixed price, no option, non-multi-year contract with a cumulative maximum value of $6,785,518 to provide 6,211 each tan, cover kits for medium tactical vehicles. Performance location will be Clinton Township, Mich., and funding will be $2,400,223 from fiscal 2011 other procurement, Army funds and $4,385,295 from fiscal 2012 other funding. This contract was a competitive acquisition with four offers received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Tank and Automotive, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-13-C-0326).

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*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No.  600-13 August 21, 2013
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