DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 27, 2014

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 27, 2014
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-206-14 October 27, 2014
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 27, 2014: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued October 27, 2014 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
 

AIR FORCE
 

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $486,506,664 modification to exercise an option year (P00566) to previously awarded contract FA8611-08-C-2897 for F-22 sustainment activities. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2015. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2897).
 

Exbon Development, Inc., Garden Grove, California, has been awarded a $45,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements contract for Edwards Air Force Base, California. Contractor will provide maintenance, repair, renovation/alteration, and minor construction of real property. It also contains a scope of a broad range of construction disciplines, including but not limited to: roofing, paving, utilities, HVAC, design, carpentry, excavating, electrical, steam fitting, plumbing, sheet metal, painting, demolition, concrete masonry, and welding. Work will be performed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Palmdale, California, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2019. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, with 18 offers received. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity (FA9301-15-D-0011).
 

Stellar Science Ltd. Co., Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been awarded a $7,429,454 cost-plus fixed-fee contract for research and development on the Directed Energy High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute. Contractor will develop a capability to perform end-to-end simulations of all directed energy weapon (DEW) systems by integrating laser source, target effects, ancillary system components, and propagation simulations along with directed energy (DE) platform system, engagement, and mission level models. In addition, the work to be performed will include basic research and development of underlying DE technologies and integration of simulations for improving DEW system component performance. Work will be performed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 24, 2018. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, with two offers received. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,958,828 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the contracting activity (FA9451-15-C-0028).
 

ARMY
 

AAI Corp. Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded an $82,215,853 modification (P00020) to foreign military sales, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract W58RGZ-14-C-0001 to acquire Shadow Unmanned Aircraft systems performance-based logistics and sustainment/operations. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) and other procurement funds in the amount of $15,599,124 were obligated at the time of the award. After award of this modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $215,842,143. Estimated completion date is Oct. 31, 2015. Work will be performed at Hunt Valley, Maryland (50 percent); Afghanistan (30 percent); Australia (5 percent); and Iraq 15 percent). Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 

Science Applications International Corporation,* Fairfield, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $20,500,000 modification (P0001) for additional delivery orders to be made to the maintenance, repair, and operations prime vendor, bridge contract SPE8E3-14-D-0908. The revised total being awarded, based on this modification, is $30,500,000. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This is a sole-source acquisition. Location of performance is New Jersey, with a Dec. 17, 2014, performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 

NAVY
 

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $19,024,373 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-5402) to exercise options for fiscal 2015 Standard Missile (SM) depot and intermediate level maintenance; all-up-round recertifications and special maintenance tasks; and foreign military sales SM-2 repairs and maintenance. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (74 percent), and the governments of Australia (19 percent), and Taiwan (7 percent) under the foreign military sales program. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (91 percent); Camden, Arkansas (8 percent); and Andover, Massachusetts (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2015. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) and foreign military sales funding in the amount of $6,691,800 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $4,956,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
 

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