DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated November 5, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated November 5, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. 773-13 November 5, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - November 5, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  November 5, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS 

NAVY

Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp., San Francisco, Calif., is being awarded a $7,069,265,220 modification to previouslyawarded contract (N00024-08-C-2103) for naval nuclear propulsion work at the Bettis & Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories. Work will be performed in Schenectady, N.Y. (58 percent), Pittsburgh, Pa. (32 percent), and Idaho Falls, Idaho (10 percent). Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy and fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $82,893,000 will be obligated at time of award. If fully funded, contract funds in the amount of $484,680,000 will expire at the end of the fiscal year. No completion date or additional information is provided on naval nuclear propulsion program contracts. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

DRS C3 & Aviation Co., Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded a $50,892,583 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-11-C-0011) to exercise an option for logistics services in support of the E-6B Mercury program, including the procurement and repair of operational, depot and Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures spares and associated shipping and data. Work will be performed at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Okla. (70 percent); Offutt AFB, Neb. (10 percent); Travis AFB, Calif. (10 percent); and Patuxent River, Md. (10 percent); and is expected to be completed in November 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $13,325,899 will be obligated at 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.

LPI Technical Services*, Chesapeake, Va. (N50054-14-D-1401); East Coast Repair & Fabrication LLC*, Norfolk, Va. (N50054-14-D-1402); Q.E.D. Systems Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va. (N50054-14-D-1403); Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc.*, Portsmouth, Va. (N50054-14-D-1404); and Tecnico Corp.*, Chesapeake, Va. (N50054-14-D-1405), are each being awarded a $34,000,000 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for depot-level repairs to U.S. Navy ships and submarines. This contract will cover a full range of depot level repairs and alterations, troubleshooting, maintenance, installation and removal of main and auxiliary, hull, mechanical and electrical equipment and systems onboard U.S. Navy or other military vessels including submarines. Work will be primarily performed in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and is expected to be completed by November 2014. Each contractor will receive $68,000 at time of award. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $340,000 will be obligated at the time of 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 eight offers received. The Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity. 

Phoenix Air Group Inc., Cartersville, Ga., is being awarded a $23,153,136 firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursable indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for contractor owned and operated aircraft for fleet training in support of the commander, Naval Air Forces, various Department of Defense (DoD) and non-DoD agencies, and foreign military sales customers, including fleet integrated training contracted air services and electronic warfare aircraft for training. These aircraft will be utilized for training shipboard, and aircraft weapon system operators and aircrew, tactics and procedures to counter potential enemy electronic warfare threats. Work will be performed in Cartersville, Ga., (40 percent) and various locations inside and outside the United States (60 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2018. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $2,524,948 are being obligated on this award, all 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). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-14-D-0005).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $18,533,888 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0096) to exercise an option to build, install and test modifications to the Multi-Role Tactical Common Data Link Ku Line-of-Sight and Ka satellite communications systems for incorporation into the E6-B aircraft. In addition, this modification provides systems integration laboratory and aircraft development and operational test support. Work will be performed in Greenville, Texas, (50 percent), Patuxent River, Md. (35 percent), and San Diego, Calif. (15 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2015. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $18,533,888 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.

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $13,740,115 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. This effort will procure 270 station control units, 13 aerial refueling stores (ARS) air probes, 13 ARS fuel probes, 26 ARS suspension lugs, 168 chaff dispenser cover, 26 ALE-50 dispenser, 26 ALE-50 protector, 26 ALE-50 chassis, 26 ALE-67 mounting bases, 26 mounting retainers, and 12 centerline feed-thru plates. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in August 2015. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $13,740,115 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.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, N.Y., is being awarded $10,458,900 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 4092 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for non-recurring engineering efforts for development and testing of the system configuration 15 series modifications to the MH-60R VHF Omni-directional Range/Instrument Landing System, crash data recorder, and ABS-B Out for the Government of Australia under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in February 2016. FMS funds in the amount of $10,458,900 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.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded an $8,339,331 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (PZ0001) to a previously awarded un-priced letter contract (N00030-13-C-0100) for new procurement of Trident II (D5) missile production, D5 life extension development and production, and D5 deployed systems support. This modification includes unexercised option items, which if exercised, will bring the contract value to $803,235,443. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif. (34.31 percent); Brigham City, Utah (21.55 percent); St. Mary's, Ga. (9.49 percent); Cape Canaveral, Fla. (5.59 percent); Silverdale, Wash. (5.25 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (3.23 percent); Kingsport, Tenn. (2.81 percent); Gainesville, Va. (2.09 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (1.84 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (1.74 percent); Lancaster, Pa. (1.67 percent); Inglewood, Calif. (1.57 percent); Camarillo, Calif. (0.75 percent); Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (0.62 percent); Oakridge, Tenn. (0.57 percent); Arlington, Wash. (0.5 percent); St. Charles, Mo. (0.36 percent); Joplin, Mo. (0.36 percent); Defew, N.Y. (0.34 percent); Hollister, Calif. (0.33 percent); Diamond Springs, Calif. (0.33 percent); Santa Ana, Calif. (0.28 percent); Miamisburg, Ohio (0.27 percent); Bethel, Conn. (0.24 percent); Orlando, Fla. (0.24 percent); Colorado Springs, Colo. (0.22 percent); Torrance, Calif. (0.20 percent); Wenatchee, Wash. (0.19 percent); Santa Clara, Calif. (0.14 percent); Englewood, Colo. (0.14 percent); San Diego, Calif. (0.12 percent); San Jose, Calif. (0.12 percent); Santa Cruz, Calif. (0.12 percent); Simi Valley, Calif. (0.11 percent); Simsbury, Conn. (0.10 percent); and other various locations of less than 0.10 percent each (2.21 percent), and work is expected to be completed December 2014. If options are exercised, all work will continue to November 2018. No funds are being obligated on this award. Subject to availability of funds, fiscal 2014 weapons procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $673,355,582; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $60,783,102; fiscal 2014 United Kingdom contract funds in the amount of $35,699,318; fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $23,070,034; and fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $6,491,243 will be used. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $60,783,102 will expire at the end of the fiscal year. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. 

AIR FORCE

 Federal Networked Systems LLC., Ashburn, Va., (FA8732-14-D-0001); Dell Federal Systems L.P., Round Rock, Texas (FA8732-14-D-0002); Harris IT Services Corp., Dulles,Va. (FA8732-14-D-0003); Sterling Computers Corp., Norfolk Neb., (FA8732-14-D-0004); Force 3 Inc., Denver, Colo. (FA8732-14-D-0005); PCMall Inc., Chantilly, Va., (FA8732-14-D-0006); Insight Public Sector Inc., Chantilly Va., (FA8732-14-D-0007); Presidio Networked Solutions Inc., Greenbelt Md., (FA8732-14-D-0008);and FCN Inc., Rockville Md., (FA8732-14-D-0009) have all been awarded a firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a maximum potential value of $6,900,000,000 for Network Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) Netcentric Products. This contract vehicle is mandatory for the purchase of Netcentric products for Air Force customers. This contract vehicle will provide for commercially available off-the-shelf products to support the Internet Protocol Network and will include the following categories of Netcentric products and associated support worldwide: networking equipment, servers/storage, peripherals, multimedia, software (not included on other enterprise licenses), and identity management/biometric hardware and associated software. Because this is an ID/IQ, the location of performance is not known at this time and will be cited on individual delivery orders. Generally, work will be performed at Air Force facilities. The period of performance is six years. The ordering period is a three year basic period with three one-year option periods. This was a competitive acquisition. Offers were originally solicited electronically through Federal Business Oppotunities and 26 offers were received. An obligation of $2,500 will be issued to each of the awardees utilizing fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance funds. This is not a multiyear contract. The Air Force originally awarded eight ID/IQ contracts under NETCENTS-2 Netcentric products on April 19, 2013, and awarded eight additional contracts on Aug. 26, 2013. The Air Force received nine protests as a result of the August 26, 2013, awards. On Sept. 30, 2013, the Air Force advised the General Accountability Office that in response to the protests, the Air Force would take corrective action by awarding a contract to all offerors in the competitive range. The contract awards to the contractors listed above completes that action. This makes a total of 25 contract awards. The contract ceiling for NETCENTS-2 Netcentric products is the same at $6,900,000,000 for each of the 25 contracts. NETCENTS-2 Netcentric products is one of a set of five categories of contract capabilities spanning Netcentric products, network operations and infrastructure solutions, applications services, enterprise integration and service management, and information technology professional services all included under the broader NETCENTS-2 program. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HICK, Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, Ala., is the contracting activity. 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

 Raytheon Company Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., has been awarded a maximum $42,765,853 firm-fixed-price contract against a basic ordering agreement for various radio parts and equipment. This contract is a sole source acquisition. Location of performance is California with a March 2016 performance completion date. Using military services are Navy and the Government of Australia. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2016 Navy working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPRPA1-11-G-003X-5004). 

ARMY 

URS Group Inc., Mobile, Ala. was awarded a $13,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract for architect-engineering services for the Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, to support the Air Force KC-46C aircraft beddown in the continental United States. Estimated completion date is Nov. 14, 2018. Work location and funding will be determined with each order. Bids were solicited via the internet with 57 received. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting agency (W91278-14-D-003). 

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Eyes Government Support For Military Aircraft Exports

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Japan Eyes Government Support For Military Aircraft Exports

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Tim Kelly - Reuters
(NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala, India - November 5, 2013: Japan is considering providing low-interest loans from a state-run bank to support exports of aircraft designed for military use, the first time such sales are being considered since the end of World War Two, according to officials with knowledge of the still-developing policy.

The step would mark an extension of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to bolster the self-reliance of Japan's military and could open an overseas market worth tens of billions of dollars in coming years for the country's defence contractors.

It would also mark a sharp reversal of the near-total ban on exports of military equipment, a development that could strain ties with China as a more assertive Japan seeks a market for military technology in Asia and beyond.

Japan's post-war constitution, written by the U.S.-led occupation forces, renounced war and a standing army. Major military equipment makers moved into other fields and the current ban did not formally take effect until the fast-growth era of the 1960s and the evolution of Japan's Self Defense Forces put the issue on the agenda.

Two of the initial test cases for Japan's policy shift are likely to be the C-2 military transporter, built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and ShinMaywa Industries' US-2 amphibious plane, according to three officials involved.

Both companies are looking to export civilian versions of the aircraft, which would allow them to avoid the ban. Both companies have also made inquiries about the Abe government's willingness to provide financing to help close sales against established aircraft makers.

In one partial precedent, Japan has extended overseas development assistance (ODA) to the Philippines and Indonesia to help those governments buy Japanese-built ships for coastal patrols.

But the rules of Japan's $17-billion annual ODA programme forbid military support. 

Japan's government approved the aid after winning assurances that the boats would be used only to counter piracy and terrorism and after winning an endorsement from the United States, Japan's main ally.

A more likely option for aircraft exports, according to the three officials involved in the discussions, would be low-interest loans from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), a state-operated lender headed by former Toyota Motor Corp chief Hiroshi Okuda, to the buyers.

The bank is funded largely by borrowing from the nation's Foreign Exchange Fund Special Account, the pool of money available for intervention in currency markets.

A spokesman for JBIC said the bank does not discuss any loan applications as a matter of policy.

Masanobu Oogaki, a project manager at Kawasaki's aerospace division helping oversee the C-2 project, said officials led by the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry had discussed seeking JBIC loans for the military transporter once the company had a potential overseas buyer.

JBIC typically charges interest of just over 1 percent on a loan of less than five years. The bank has recently been recruited to help Japanese companies win contracts for big infrastructure projects. Most of its lending is linked to securing overseas oil and gas reserves for Japan.

INDIA WEIGHS HISTORIC PURCHASE
ShinMaywa's US-2, used for search and rescue, may be the first Japanese military-designed plane to win an overseas order. Negotiations with India's military for what would be the first sale are already underway, both sides say.

The plane, which could be outfitted for firefighting or as a kind of amphibious hospital, costs an estimated $110 million per unit.

An official at India's Defence Ministry who asked not to be named confirmed that India has shown an interest in buying the US-2 but said no decision had been made.

"Our policymakers are yet to take a decision as they are still assessing how far it would be relevant to Indian conditions," the official said.

ShinMaywa, which sees Canada's Bombardier Inc. as its main competitor, estimates that there could be a global market of about 100 amphibious planes for which it could compete.

Kawasaki's Oogaki, said his company believes it can compete for as many as 300 orders over the next decade or so with potential customers in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

The chief competitor to Kawasaki's twin turbofan C-2 is the A400M military transport built by Europe's Airbus. Similar in size and capability, the Airbus cargo plane has racked up 170 orders in Europe at a price tag starting at around $160 million.

So far, Japan's defense ministry has ordered three C-2s at just over $200 million each in the most recent budget.

By opening export markets for military equipment makers, the per unit cost of such equipment could fall because of the volume of production, making it cheaper for Japan's own military as well, a security panel that drafted recommendations for Abe said last month.

The C-2 represents a major upgrade in the ability of Japan's military to shift equipment and troops to far-flung locations.

Compared to its predecessor, the C-1, which is currently in service, the new plane can lift nearly four times as much cargo - enough to carry a mid-size helicopter, as depicted in sales brochures drawn up by Kawasaki.

While the C-1 struggles to reach Japan's outlying islands, the C-2 could carry a load from Tokyo to Kabul, for example.

Abe plans to release a review of Japan's military policy by the end of the year that is expected to include a commitment to open up military exports and arms development programs.

Mitsubishi Heavy is currently in talks over joining the Lockheed Martin Corp led F-35 fighter jet programme as a supplier after Japan placed an order for the aircraft.

In the meantime, Kawasaki, a major wartime maker of fighters and bombers that has became better known for its motorcycles in recent decades, plans to have the C-2 ready for service with Japan's military by 2015.

The company has a team of around 10 people marketing the C-2, which will be sold as the YCX overseas, Oogaki said.

Investors have anticipated a boon to heavy equipment makers from a pivot in security policy under Abe and the sector has outperformed in a rising market. Shares of Kawasaki are up 122 percent over the past year, while ShinMaywa is up 78 percent. Mitsubishi Heavy has gained 90 percent. Over the same period, the benchmark Topix index has gained 58 percent.

Related Images - JASDF C-1 Military Transport & ShinMaywa US-2  

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