Wednesday, December 11, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 11, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 11, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-024-13 December 11, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 11, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 11, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Equilon Enterprises doing business as Shell Oil Products, Houston, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $1,359,019,230 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0463). 
ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., has been awarded a maximum $872,570,007 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Virginia, Texas, and Louisiana with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0480).
 Valero Marketing and Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $769,729,995 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0474).
 Placid Refining Company LLC*, Port Allen, La., has been awarded a maximum $320,296,759 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Louisiana with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0477).
 Phillips 66 Co., Bartlesville, Okla., has been awarded a maximum $292,016,625 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Oklahoma and Colorado with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0465).
 Equilon Enterprises doing business as Shell Oil Products, Houston, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $281,774,306 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Texas and Alabama with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0464).
 Husky Marketing and Supply Co., Dublin, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $194,906,385 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Ohio with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0479).
 Calumet Shreveport Fuels LLC, Indianapolis, Ind., has been awarded a maximum $189,694,644 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Indiana and Louisiana with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0476).
 Wynnewood Energy Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., has been awarded a maximum $179,238,610 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Oklahoma with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0469).
 Alon USA LP., Dallas, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $159,634,730 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0471).
 Petromax LLC.*, Pasadena, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $154,116,245 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0475).
 Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co., San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $89,568,843 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Texas, North Dakota, and Minnesota with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0470).
 Hunt Refining Co., Tuscaloosa, Ala., has been awarded a maximum $65,314,925 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Location of performance is Alabama with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0468).
 Wyoming Refining Company, Rapid City, S.D., has been awarded a maximum $59,814,800 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are South Dakota and Wyoming with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0481).
 Irving Oil Terminals, Portsmouth, N.H., has been awarded a maximum $42,164,940 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are New Hampshire and Maine with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0467).
 Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.*, Titusville, N.J., has been awarded a maximum $41,402,283 modification (P00008) exercising the second one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D0-127-D-0001) with seven one-year option periods for various pharmaceutical products.  This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  Location of performance is New Jersey with a Dec. 15, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 warstopper funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Epic Aviation LLC*, Salem, Ore., has been awarded a maximum $9,011,683 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aviation turbine fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition, and 26 offers were received.  Locations of performance are Oregon and Minnesota with an April 30, 2015 performance completion date.  This contract has a delivery period of 14 months with a 30-day carryover.  Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0473). 
NAVY
 Interstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim, Calif., was awarded a $47,401,675 cost-plus-incentive fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort, completion type contract for specialized technical support for flight test instrumentation systems in support of Trident II flight tests.  This contract provides for, but is not limited to, engineering services for flight test mission support requirements for strategic systems programs, to include flight test operations and data acquisition, operations and maintenance, systems engineering, post-mission processing and analysis, instrumentation refreshes, and strategic weapons system training program support.  Work will be performed in Anaheim, Calif. (55.5 percent); Cape Canaveral, Fla. (25 percent); Newark, Calif. (3.2 percent); Bremerton, Wash. (3 percent); Kings Bay, Ga. (3 percent); Norfolk, Va. (3 percent); Washington, D.C. (3 percent); Silverdale, Wash. (2 percent); Austin, Texas (1.3 percent); San Jose, Calif. (less than 1 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (less than 1 percent); Sunnyvale, Calif. (less than 1 percent); and El Segundo, Calif. (less than 1 percent); with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2016.  The maximum dollar value, including the base period and two option years, is $177,254,512.  Fiscal 2012 weapons procurement, Air Force contract funds in the amount of $292,528; fiscal 2013 weapons procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $1,465,757; fiscal 2014 weapons procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $1,982,000; fiscal 2013 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $1,015,335; fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $3,212,000;  fiscal 2014 research, development, test & evaluation, Navy contract funds in the amount of $802,415; Fiscal year 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount of $13,216,055; and United Kingdom contract funds in the amount of $2,624,809.  Contract funds in the amount of $292,528 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was a sole-source acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (5).  The Department of the Navy, Strategic Systems Programs Office, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-14-C-0006).  (Awarded Dec. 9, 2013)
EMCOR Government Services, Inc., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $30,755,772 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract to exercise option three for regional base operating support services at Naval Support Activity Washington, Naval Support Activity Bethesda, Naval Support Activity South Potomac, and Quantico Marine Corp Base.  The National Capitol Region Base Operating Support Services including, but not limited to, repair and maintenance of property, facilities, and assets.  The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $198,088,060.  Work will be performed in the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. (40 percent); Bethesda, Md. (40 percent); Anacostia, Washington, D.C. (eight percent); Arlington, Va. (six percent); Quantico, Va. (five percent); and Dahlgren, Va. (one percent), and work is expected to be completed December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy; fiscal 2014 working capital funds, Defense; fiscal 2014 health program, Defense; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Marine Corps; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Defense contract funds in the amount of $23,586,019 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-07-D-0374). 
AIR FORCE
 EDO Corp., Defense Systems Division, Amityville, N.Y., has been awarded an estimated $10,206,061 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity requirements contract for depot level repair efforts of ALQ-161 radio frequency surveillance/electronic countermeasure (RFS/ECM) system components.  Contractor will acquire depot level repair on a combination of line replaceable and shop replaceable units consisting of 235 national stock numbers in support of ALQ-161A RFS/ECM used on the B-1 aircraft.  Work will be performed at Amityville, N.Y., and is expected to be complete by Dec. 5, 2014.  This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition.  No fiscal 2012 consolidated sustainment activity group supply division funds from working capital funds will be obligated at time of award.  Air Force Sustainment Center/PZABB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity.  (FA8522-14-D-0002) 
Northrop Grumman Technical Services Inc., Hill Air Force Base, Utah, has been awarded a $7,697,898 modification (P03927) for an existing contract (F42610-98-C-0001) for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Remote Visual Assessment (RVA) Wing III Retrofit program.  The contract modification is to provide interim contractor support (ICS) maintenance.  This will include all ICS support at the missile alert facility such as Launch Control Center RVA feeds, closed circuit television system, flight security controller functions and all supporting equipment.  This will include all ICS support at the Launch Facility and all supporting equipment.  Work will be performed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Minot AFB, N.D., and F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2014.  Fiscal 2013 missile procurement funds in the amount of $7,697,898 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center/PZBE, Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
 Circle City Telcom Inc.*, Ala., was awarded a $7,870,392 firm-fixed-price contract to complete the installation, and testing of upgrades to the information technology infrastructure at Fort Rucker, Ala.  The work will complete the installation, and secure and test upgrades to Fort Rucker's installation information infrastructure.  It will install the remaining outside plant core and fiber optic cable, inside plant fiber optic cable terminations, complete site preparation for two communication shelters, and core data node installations.  It will also complete data network fielding at the remaining end-user locations, and the cutover and migration of data users to the new installation information infrastructure modernization network.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $7,870,392 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 11, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received.  Work will be performed at Fort Rucker, Ala.  Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-14-C-0063).
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*Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No. CR-024-13 December 11, 2013
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DTN News - SOUTH AFRICA: Barack Obama’s Selfie With Danish Prime Minister Leaves Twitter a-Tweet About Michelle Obama ‘Soap Opera’

DTN News - SOUTH AFRICA: Barack Obama’s Selfie With Danish Prime Minister Leaves Twitter a-Tweet About Michelle Obama ‘Soap Opera’
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources National Post
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 10, 2013: While world leaders gathered in celebration of the life of South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, social media seemed more interested in a selfie and a soap opera in the stands.


President Barack Obama jokes with Danish prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, left, as first lady Michelle Obama looks on at right during the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013.

U.S. President Barack Obama managed to upstage his own universally praised speech about Mandela Tuesday not once, but twice, with pictures taken in the stands at FNB stadium.

First there was a picture of Obama shaking hands with Cuba President Raul Castro. Then was the superpower selfie taken by Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt with a smiling Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron.

While some on social media said it was inappropriate to take such as picture at a memorial, many others focused on U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, who was sitting to the right of the president, wearing a grim look on her face.




While she appears to be facing the centre of the stadium, headlines and tweets were focused on her unimpressed look in comparison to the smiling world leaders next to her.

Comic Rob Delaney called the photo gallery the “funniest 3-panel comic in history.”





The later photo shows the Obamas have switched seats, with the first lady sitting next to the Danish prime minister and the president looking ahead sombrely. The president got up to leave and when he did, Michelle Obama could be seen chatting with Thorning-Schmidt.

A headline at Gawker blared “Obama in the Doghouse After Taking Too-Friendly Selfie with Danish PM” and linked to the photo gallery. Buzzfeed asked “Is this the most important selfie of 2013?”

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US-Russian Helicopter Deal Under Fire

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US-Russian Helicopter Deal Under Fire
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources Defense News
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 10, 2013: The US government is under fire for allegedly misleading the Congress into buying Russian transport helicopters for US troops in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon ordered 63 Russian Mi-17 rotorcrafts worth $1 billion over the past two years.

According to the Associated Press, senior Pentagon officials have repeatedly assured members of Congress that the Department of Defense had made the right call, citing a top-secret 2010 study that named the Mi-17 as the superior choice.

The report also states the Boeing Chinook was found to be “the most cost-effective single platform type fleet for the Afghan Air Force over a twenty-year” period.

The 2010 study "specifically analyzed the opportunity for DOD to provide a U.S. alternative to the Mi-17 for Afghanistan," the report said, adding the Boeing helicopter is larger than its Russian counterpart, carries up to a 26,000 pound payload, which is twice as much as the Mi-17, and can operate at nearly the same high altitude.

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