Monday, February 03, 2014

DTN News: U.S. To Provide A C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft To Airlift Rwandan Soldiers To Central African Republic

DTN News: U.S. To Provide A C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft To Airlift Rwandan Soldiers To Central African Republic
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 3, 2014: Rwandan soldiers wait in line to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 19, 2014. 


U.S. forces were dispatched to provide airlift assistance to multinational troops in support of an African Union effort to quell violence in the Central African Republic. 
(DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane, U.S. Air Force/Released)

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DTN News: U.S. Army At 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany

DTN News: U.S. Army At 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 3, 2014:  U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Sellers, assigned to the 615th Military Police Company, 18th MP Brigade, fires his M4 carbine during weapons qualification at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 16, 2014. 


(DoD photo by Markus Rauchenberger, U.S. Army/Released)

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 3, 2014

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 3, 2014
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-021-14 February 3, 2014
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 3, 2014: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued February 3, 2014 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
 
NAVY
 
Armag Corp., Bardstown, Ky., is being awarded a $49,971,770 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for pre-engineered/pre-fabricated deployable standard steel armories, forward operating base armories, portable steel storage magazines, earth covered magazines, watertight magazines and associated optional features.  These items serve as stand-alone high security storage facilities for conventional small arms, ammunition and explosives.  It is anticipated that the arms, ammunition and explosives programs of various government activities will be supported through this contract.  The contract also includes on-site installation support.  Work will be performed in Bardstown, Ky., and is expected to be completed by January 2019.  Fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance Army Reserve funding in the amount of $54,236 will be obligated at time of award, and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-14-D-GQ35).
 
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $42,179,054 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, pylons, and bomb racks.  Work will be performed in Meza, Ariz. (71 percent) and St. Louis, Mo. (29 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2018.  Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $42,179,054 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.
 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
Sklar Instruments Corp.*, West Chester, Pa., has been awarded a maximum $41,426,795 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for various medical and surgical components including dental equipment and supplies.  This contract is a competitive acquisition and four offers were received.  Location of performance is Pennsylvania with a Feb. 2, 2015 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 warstopper funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.; (SPE2D0-14-D-0002).
 
Avfuel Corp.*, Ann Arbor, Mich., has been awarded a maximum $12,058,113 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for into-plane fuel.  This contract is a competitive acquisition and two offers were received.  Locations of performance are Michigan and Idaho with a March 31, 2018 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 2018 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.; (SP0600-14-D-0060).
 
O.E.S., Inc.,* Wainwright, Alaska, has been awarded a maximum $8,566,833 modification (P00032) exercising the third option year on a one-year base contract (SP3300-10-C-0037) with four one-year option periods for facility maintenance and repair for warehouse and distribution support services.  This is a fixed-price, incentive-firm-target contract with cost-reimbursement and labor-hour line items.  Locations of performance are Alaska and California with a Jan. 31, 2016 performance completion date.  Using military service is federal civilian agency.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, New Cumberland, Pa.
 
ARMY
 
Cray Inc.*, Seattle, Wash., was awarded a $21,800,000 modification (P0001) to contract W912DY-13-G-0022 to acquire balanced, commercially available, production-grade high performance computing systems to conduct complex, large-scale scientific calculations at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory DoD Supercomputing Resource Center.  Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $21,800,000 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is July 28, 2018.  Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson, Air Force Base, Ohio.  Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity.
 
Cray Inc.*, Seattle, Wash. was awarded a $21,800,000 modification (P0002) to contract W912DY-13-G-0022 to acquire balanced, commercially available, production-grade high performance computing systems to conduct complex, large-scale scientific calculations at U.S. Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Center John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.  Fiscal 2013 other procurement, Army funds in the amount of $21,800,000 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is July 28, 2018.  Work will be performed at the Stennis Space Center, Miss..  Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity.
 
AIR FORCE
 
Lockheed Martin Corp., Newtown, Pa., has been awarded a $14,430,612 fixed-price-incentive-firm modification (P00006) for an existing contract (FA8807-13-C-0002) for GPS III long lead material for space vehicles 07 and 08.  The contract modification provides for the acquisition of long lead material under the basic contract.  Work will be performed predominantly in Clifton, N.J., and is expected to be completed by June 2015.  Fiscal 2013 missile procurement funds in the amount of $14,430,612 are being obligated at time of award.  The Space and Missile Systems Center Global Positioning Systems Directorate, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity.  
 
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