Thursday, October 07, 2010

DTN News: Afghan War Enters Its 10th Year With Key Players Hedging Their Bets, Uncertain Over US Plans

DTN News: Afghan War Enters Its 10th Year With Key Players Hedging Their Bets, Uncertain Over US Plans
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources including reported by Deb Riechmann (AP)
(NSI News Source Info) KABUL, Afghanistan - October 8, 2010: It's make-or-break time in Afghanistan.

The war enters its 10th year Thursday, and this is no ordinary anniversary.

With extra American troops now in place, this is the critical juncture to deter

mine if President Barack Obama's revised war stategy will work and reverse Taliban momentum.

Key players are hedging their bets, uncertain whether the Obama admini

stration is prepared to stay for the long haul, move quickly to exit an increasingly unpopular conflict, or something in between.

Fearing that his Western allies may in the end abandon him, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has started to prepare his nation for a withdrawal of international forces by shoring up relations with neighboring Pakistan and reaching out to insurgents interested in reconciliation.

Pakistan, America's nominal ally, says it's fighting insurgents. But it still tolerates al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban militants hiding out on its soil — out of reach of U.S.-led NATO ground forces.

Public support for the war is slipping in the United States and Western Europe. Already, the Netherlands has pulled out its troops, the first NATO country to do so. The Canadians leave next.

Patience is running out here as well. Afghans are tired of the violence, increasingly resentful of foreign forces. Many wonder why their quality of life has not markedly improved when their nation has been awash in billions of dollars of foreign aid.

"NATO is here and they say they are fighting terrorism, and this is the 10th year and there is no result yet," Karzai said in an emotional speech last week. "Our sons cannot go to school because of bombs and suicide attacks."

All this is very different from the near universal international support the Bush administration enjoyed when it launched attacks on Oct. 7, 2001. The war was aimed at toppling the Taliban from power because they harbored Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders responsible for the stunning strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon less than a month earlier.

The hardline Islamic regime, which repressed women, banned music and held public executions for disloyal actions, collapsed within two months.

But looking back at the first years of the war, the effort was underfunded from the start. When the Bush administration's attention shifted to Iraq in 2003, the Taliban began to regroup. After several years of relative calm and safety, the situation in Afghanistan began to deteriorate around 2006. The Taliban have steadily gained strength since then. And bin Laden remains alive.

Obama ramped up the war this year, sending tens of thousands more troops. Casualties are running at their highest levels since 2001, when the Taliban were overthrown without a single American combat death. The U.S. death toll in July was 66, setting a monthly record; to date, about 2,000 NATO troops have died in the conflict, including more than 1,220 American service men and women.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in June that the U.S. and its NATO partners have to show progress before the end of this year or face a decline in public support for the war.

There's plenty of frustration at the White House and in the U.S. Congress too. In August, when Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Kabul, he bluntly stated that if the Karzai government didn't clean up corruption, it was going to be hard "to look American families in the eye and say, `Hey that's something worth dying for.'"

On the battlefield, NATO's top commander, Gen. David Petraeus, is banking on his plan to protect heavily populated areas, rout the Taliban from their strongholds and rush in better governance and development aid to win the Afghans' loyalty away from the Taliban.

In February, NATO launched an offensive in Helmand province, the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. Nearly eight months after U.S. forces mounted a high-profile assault that ended Taliban control of the rural town of Marjah, U.S. Marines there are still clearing it. There are signs that governance is improving, though troops still face daily gunbattles and an entrenched insurgency that shows no signs of easing soon.

Afghan and international forces now are ramping up security in neighboring Kandahar province where the Taliban insurgency was born. Fighting in and around the nation's largest city in the south has been intense as coalition forces push into areas long held by insurgents. Failure in Kandahar would be a major setback for the NATO force.

"We're still fighting the fight," U.S. Army Capt. Nick Stout, a company commander with the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, said in Senjeray, capital of Zhari district northeast of Kandahar city.

"It kind of begs the question: What is it? What's the answer?" he said at a joint U.S.-Afghan outpost near Kandahar.

"America alone is not the answer to stopping" the insurgency, said the 27-year-old Stout, who wasn't old enough to order a drink in his home of Lake Orion, Mich., when the war began.

Commanders like Stout believe the war will be won only if Afghan civilians start supporting the troops. And, they say, the only way that will happen is if the forces can provide enough security to allow people to break free of the fear and intimidation of Taliban threats. In some places, residents don't even want to be seen talking to U.S. forces for fear of Taliban reprisals.

Ready to refute pundits who say the war is lost, U.S. Adm. James Stavridis, the supreme NATO commander in Europe, has compiled a list of nearly 50 examples that the coalition is making progress. He shared them in a five-page letter Oct. 1 to defense chiefs in NATO nations.

In a 90-day period ending in early September, he wrote, Special Operations Forces conducted 3,302 operations, resulting in 251 enemy leaders killed or captured; ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient in homemade bombs, is being seized in record amounts around the country; schools and the district police station have reopened in Marjah and insurgents there are suffering from low morale and shortages in food and weapons; and the Afghan security forces will expand to 260,000 by the end of the year — 5,000 higher than the target.

"Afghanistan remains a tough fight, but at least three-quarters of the country — starting with bustling Kabul, extending into most of the north and west and including parts of the east — is either in reasonably promising shape or improving," said Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank who just returned from a trip to Afghanistan. "We should remain hopeful for now. The current strategy could well produce significant and convincing progress within a few months."

Karzai still backs coalition efforts but has also used back channels to reach out to Taliban leaders who seem amenable to finding a political resolution to the war. Karzai appointed nearly 70 people last week to a High Peace Council, which will guide efforts to reach out to insurgents.

Pakistan also wants to maintain relations with some factions of the Taliban, which it believes will be a powerful player in Afghanistan when the Americans go home.

And there's strong suspicion in the region that U.S. troops will go home sooner rather than later — largely because of Obama's decision to set July 2011 as his goal for starting a drawdown of U.S. forces.

Obama and Petraeus have repeatedly claimed that the U.S. is not planning a mass exodus in July 2011. Petraeus says all the extra U.S. troops and civilians needed to reverse the Taliban's momentum have just arrived — and only now can Obama's revised war strategy begin to work.

But as the war drags on, the U.S. has lowered its sites and goals. Fewer people these days are talking about establishing Western-style democracy in Afghanistan. Instead, the focus is on finding some way to force out al-Qaida — even if that involves a deal with Taliban members.

Stephen Biddle at the Council on Foreign Relations says the Obama administration must clarify what the end game will look like.

"Without clear limits on acceptable outcomes, the U.S. and NATO military campaign will be rudderless, as will any negotiation strategy for a settlement with the Taliban," Biddle said.

He predicts success in Afghanistan will mean "arriving at an intermediate end state — somewhere between ideal and intolerable."

Hovering like a shadow over the discussion is Afghanistan's bloody history.

The Soviet Union invaded and occupied Afghanistan in 1979 but was forced to withdraw nine years later by anti-communist mujahedeen forces, who were supplied and trained by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and others. These U.S.-backed rebels took power in 1992 when the pro-Moscow government collapsed.

They quickly turned their guns on each other and a violent civil war ensued. The Taliban took advantage of the power vacuum and within two years had seized Kabul.

*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News, contact: dtnnews@ymail.com Disclaimer statement Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information supplied herein, DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Unless otherwise indicated, opinions expressed herein are those of the author of the page and do not necessarily represent the corporate views of DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

DTN News: Russia's Sukhoi Begins Su-33 Flanker-D Trials

DTN News: Russia's Sukhoi Begins Su-33 Flanker-D Trials
Source: DTN News / Ria Novosti
(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - October 6, 2010: Russia's Sukhoi aircraft holding revealed on Tuesday it has begun ground and flight trials of the modernized fourth generation Su-33 naval fighter.
The Su-33 Flanker-D is a carrier-based warplane, originally known as the Su-27K Flanker, which first rolled off the production line in the late 1980s.
Modernization works and trials are being carried out in the Russian Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a statement from Sukhoi said

Saturday, October 02, 2010

DTN News: Washington Pins Hopes On India Fighter Deal

DTN News: Washington Pins Hopes On India Fighter Deal
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources including By Edward Luce in Washington and James Lamont in New Delhi - FT.com
(NSI News Source Info) HONG KONG - October 3, 2010: The US administration is stepping up pressure on India to buy US military hardware five weeks ahead of Barack Obama’s first state visit to India.

Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, and Robert Gates, the defence secretary, have pressed AK Antony, the Indian defence minister who is on a two-day visit to Washington, to opt for US bids to supply more than 100 multi-combat fighter aircraft to India. The project – worth up to $11bn – is the world’s largest pending military hardware deal.

“We think we have the finest military hardware in the world, and if India is upgrading its defence capabilities, they should buy American,” PJ Crowley, a state department spokesman, said following Mr Antony’s meeting with Mrs Clinton. “Our understanding is that some of those decisions are coming up fairly soon.”Lockheed Martin and Boeing are among six foreign companies that India is evaluating, and winning the work would create or save thousands of US jobs.

The selection of one of the US fighter jet bids would help cement a growing alignment of two of the world’s largest democracies, a political bond that Mr Obama will stress heavily on his visit.

US officials say privately it would also take the sting out of the recent Indian nuclear liability law, which would make suppliers, as well as operators, liable for any accidents at Indian civil nuclear plants.

One of the main selling points of the controversial 2008 US-India civil nuclear agreement, concluded by George W. Bush’s administration but upheld by Mr Obama, was that it would create a huge flow of business for US companies in India’s planned civil nuclear expansion. The deal gave India access to civil nuclear technology and material without requiring it to renounce its nuclear weapons or join the non-proliferation treaty. But the passage last month of India’s nuclear liability law, which US companies describe as draconian, has put paid to such hopes.

Washington’s hopes of achieving a big commercial “deliverable” from next month’s presidential visit are now pinned on the fighter jet deal. There is also hope that India might conclude a deal to buy 10 C-17 transport aircraft from Boeing in time for the state visit as part of a package worth as much as $3.5bn.

Indian defence analysts say the world’s largest democracy faces a choice of turning more to the US for sophisticated defence equipment or maintaining supplies from Russia, its traditional defence partner, whose maintenance and spare-parts support has weakened since the collapse of the Soviet Union. New C-17s would replace an ageing fleet of Russian Ilyushins. Likewise, any new fighters would replace Sukhoi and Mig jets.

New Delhi, however, wants the US to ease technology controls on its defence exports to give it access to more advanced technology. It also seeks assurances from Washington that US military support for arch-rival Pakistan in the fight against Islamist militants cannot be used against India.

“There is a great deal of focus in Washington on achieving commercial results to announce during the Obama visit,” said Tezi Schaffer, a south Asia expert at the Center for International Strategic Studies in Washington. “But the more important aspect to the trip may be in the quieter conversations about strengthening the India-US strategic relationship.”

US officials have been struggling to come up with initiatives that would cement ties with India in the knowledge that nothing could emulate the drama of the Bush administration’s nuclear agreement, which brought India’s nuclear programme out of international isolation. US officials are also aware of lingering Indian sensitivities about the Obama administration’s initial overtures to China at a time of growing friction between Delhi and Beijing.

Mr Antony, the latest of many senior Indian officials to visit Washington, reiterated demands for the US to drop Indian companies from its “entity list” requiring approval to import US technology.

The US could also back India’s aspirations to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council. However, there are divisions within the administration on how far Washington should go.

“There is a camp within the administration, particularly at the state department, that understands India’s huge geostrategic importance to America, and there is a camp that is much more sceptical and wants first to see the pay-off to the nuclear deal,” said a senior India lobbyist.

*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News, contact: dtnnews@ymail.com Disclaimer statement Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information supplied herein, DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Unless otherwise indicated, opinions expressed herein are those of the author of the page and do not necessarily represent the corporate views of DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News.

Friday, October 01, 2010

DTN News: Hong Kong TODAY - October 1, 2010 - Celebrations In The Former British Colony

DTN News: Hong Kong TODAY - October 1, 2010 - Celebrations In The Former British Colony *Fireworks light up the sky over Victoria Harbour to celebrate China's National Day in Hong Kong on October 1, 2010. China marked the 61st anniversary of communist rule
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News
(NSI News Source Info) HONG KONG - October 2, 2010: Yesterday, Friday October 1st was an official holiday link and related to Mainland China. There was fireworks for celebration from 9 pm to 9.40 ...pm at water front. This city of Hong Kong is full of life with tourist and public on the... street and shops and eateries/restaurants open till late over midnight, police are respected for keeping - law and order and taxi drivers are extremely polite. What more can one expect from a small beautiful city/state/province....known as Hong Kong. Hong Kong is part and parcel of China, since it was reverted to them since 1997 and China being a Socialist state promised British government/Hong Kong's public/the world at large that they will maintain British tradition democratically elect legislative system for the next 50 years from 1997. China tweets Hong Kong and treats it as S.A.R (Special Administrative Region) with due respect for the former British colony. Today, Hong Kong is a vibrant city with so much energy and a business plus financial centre with law and order is due to China non-interfering policy in Hong Kong. The real credit of Hong Kong's prosperity goes to CHINA. I forsee by 2025, China is going to be a superpower almost equal or overtaking U.S.A. in all factors including industry, productivity and financially. I may get carried away, but the aforementioned are a common man's view in most parts of the globe, China has taken over the world economically by invading world markets with their merchandize. In the interim, I rest my case and say GOOD NIGHT to all my dear friends from Hong Kong.

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 1, 2010

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated October 1, 2010 Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 895-10 October 1, 2010 (NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - October 1, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued October 1,
2010 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $102,738,108 modification under contract (N00024-10-C-2102) for engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics support, database management, research and development, modernization, trade, and industrial support for Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia, and Ohio class submarines, special mission submersible interfaces, submarine support facilities, as well as foreign military sales programs. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $29,794,051 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $46,749,505 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4415) for the USS San Jacinto (CG 56), fiscal 2010 extended selected restricted availability (ESRA). An ESRA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update, improve, and extend the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $21,664,596 expired at the end of fiscal 2010. Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Portsmouth, Va., is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $33,657,696 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2307) to exercise an option for the accomplishment of lead yard class services for the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class destroyer program. This work will provide technical assistance to the follow yard in the interpretation and application of the detailed design developed by Bath Iron Works, the lead yard contractor. DDG 51 class services include liaison for follow ship construction, general class services, class logistic services, class design agent services and class change design services for follow ships. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $10,078,346 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Universal Propulsion Co., Fairfield, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $19,067,230 ceiling priced order under a previously awarded contract for manufacture of digital recovery sequencer kits, power modules, and electronic modules for the cartridge actuated device/propellant actuated device joint program office. Work will be performed in Fairfield, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This announcement combines efforts for the Air Force (63.5 percent); and under the Foreign Military Sales program, the governments of Korea (6 percent), Saudi Arabia (6 percent), Turkey (5 percent), Singapore (4 percent), Portugal (3 percent), Chile (2 percent), Jordan (2 percent), United Arab Emirates (1.5 percent), Belgium (1 percent), Bahrain (1 percent), Germany (1 percent), Pakistan (1 percent), Poland (1 percent), Thailand (1 percent), and Taiwan (1 percent). This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-10-C-K149).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $14,400,000 undefinitized contract action modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-09-C-0010) for sustainment support and system engineering sustainment activities necessary to meet the requirements and delivery schedule of efforts associated with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air system low rate initial production Lot IV procurement. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in November 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Systems Planning & Analysis, Inc., Alexandria, Va., is being awarded a $12,424,811 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide technical services, program support, assessments and special studies and systems engineering in support of Trident II submarine launched ballistic missile program; arms control program; D5 life extension; renewal of the strategic weapons system; subsystem and components for special projects involving new nuclear and conventional strike technologies and deterrence concepts; the Ohio Class SSBN replacement platform; the joint U.S./U.K. common missile compartment program; and the Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) shipboard integration program. In addition, will provide self-assessment support, program management and technical propulsion support, flight test Instrumentation support, and SSP cooperative programs support. This contract contains options which, if exercised, will bring the contract value to $23,792,750. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and is expected to be completed September 2011 and will continue through September 2012 with options exercised. This contract was not competitively procured. Contract funds in the amount of $8,287,753 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-11-C-0017).

IAP-Hill, LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded $10,774,604 for indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order #0002 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price award fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity regional base operating support services contract (N69450-10-D-5073) for service calls at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport, and the surrounding Southeast region. Service calls consist of repairs of base facilities, utilities, transportation, and fire alarm systems. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One proposal was received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.

Black Construction/Mace International, JV, Barrigada, Guam, was awarded on Sept 30 an $8,970,000 firm-fixed-price contract for repair shoreline revetment. The work to be performed provides for the repair of existing revetment and restores portions of the shoreline to protect threatened infrastructure along the approximately 700 feet of shoreline. Repair will include replacing the existing rubble-mound revetment with an engineered revetment consisting of Class A armor stones; Class B underlayer stones and geotextile fabric; and stabilizing portions of existing shoreline corridor with soil backfilling and re-vegetation. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territories. Work is expected to be completed by October 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was negotiated as sole-source procurement in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, “only one responsible source”. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Far East, Yokosuka, Japan, is the contracting activity (N40084-10-C-0087).

Niking Corp.*, Wahiawa, Hawaii, was awarded $6,129,835 on Sept. 30 for firm-fixed-price task order #0021 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62478-08-D-4010) for construction of a 400-yard long extension to the existing 600-yard long rifle range at Puuloa Training Facility, Ewa Beach. The construction includes installation of two 925-foot long side containment structures. The project will provide a raised earth firing line with 12 firing lanes at the 700, 800, 900, and 1,000 yard firing lines. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Equilon Enterprises, dba Shell Oil Co./Mobile, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $80,811,696 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0499).

Chevron Global Aviation, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $43,197,568 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are Utah and California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0493).

Sinclair Oil Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a maximum $12,644,634 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 31, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0498). Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a maximum $5,681,331 firm-fixed-price contract for aircraft rescue fire fighting vehicles. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally three proposals solicited with three responses. The date of performance completion is June 28, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM500-01-D-0066-0064).

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to the Boeing Co., Huntsville, Ala., under contract HQ0147-09-C-0008. The not-to-exceed price of the award is $27,891,199. Under this modification, Boeing will continue the Sea-based X-band Radar development and sensors test and evaluation efforts. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala. The period of performance is from October 2010 through July 2011. This procurement will be funded with both fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 research, development, test and evaluation funds.

AIR FORCE

Holzman Moss Botino Architecture, New York, N.Y., was awarded a $10,000,000 contract which will provide architecture and engineering services to support the U.S. Air Force Academy and authorized Department of Defense users within 75 miles. At this time, $300,517 has been obligated. 10 CONS/LGCA, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA7000-10-D-0016).

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 29, 2010

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 29, 2010 Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 885-10 September 29, 2010 (NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - September 29, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued September 29, 2010 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

The Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., was awarded a sole-source $11,900,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract over an eight-year period. The contract provides for the acquisition and sustainment activities needed to support B-52 weapon system modernization. At this time, no funds have been obligated. ASC/WWVK, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. Individual delivery orders will be issued through three contracting activities (FA8628-10-D-1000).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Battle Management and Engagement Systems Decision Support and Targeting, Hollywood, Md., was awarded a $99,000,000 contract which will procure weapons planning software. At this time, $1,000,000 has been obligated. AAC/EBSK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8677-10-D-0006).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $69,947,488 contract which will provide 2008 initial spares parts for initial lay-in of spare parts for Global Hawk Systems sustainment. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. ASC/WIGK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-08-G-3005; Delivery Order 0012).

Kaman Precision Products, Inc., Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $35,985,342 contract modification which will procure joint programmable fuze systems for four Foreign Military Sales countries at a total quantity of 10,518 units. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. AAC/EBDK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8626-98-C-00006-PO0135).

United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney, was awarded a $33,103,757 contract modification which is an increase in the undefinitized contract action for the acquisition of three additional priority initial spare F-199-PW-100 engines for a total of 25 engines. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. ASC/WWUK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2896; PO0041).

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $24,184,817 contract which will provide fully integrated Navy regional and installation training and readiness assessments, analysis, recommended programs, and training for the integration of CNIC N7 efforts for shore installation CBRN/WMD, force protection, emergency management, fire and emergency services and critical infrastructure programs. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-00-D-3180; Delivery Order 683).

Alion Science and Technology Corp., Chicago, Ill., was awarded a $23,828,077 contract modification which will provide key system engineering capabilities technology and system designs for ground combat vehicle (GCV) programs needed to support the tank automotive research, development and engineering center, various GCV-related program executive offices and the warfighter. At this time, $2,180,050 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-99-D-0301; Delivery Order 198).

Booze Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded an $18,599,749 contract which will provide development of health readiness, force health protection, and health systems requirements for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. At this time, $4,816,820 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380; Delivery Order 388).

SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., was awarded a $16,523,218 contract which will develop and demonstrate new technology that provides the ability to quickly produce actual intelligence from unanticipated, multiple, varied data sets required research advanced in the areas of alignment of data models and advanced analytic algorithms. At this time, $2,811,917 has been obligated. AFRL/PKDA/ Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-10-C-7061).

Alion Science and Technology Corp., Chicago, Ill., was awarded a $16,444,201 contract modification which will provide engineering, scientific, and technology expertise to conduct research and development and prototyping of numerous ground sensor initiatives to support the warfighter. At this time, $3,750,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-99-D-0301; Delivery Order 194).

The Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a $15,692,832 contract modification to the C-17 Globemaster III sustainment partnership contract to retrofit aircraft with large aircraft infrared countermeasures, a mission critical laser-based countermeasures system required to defend mobility air forces aircraft against lethal heat seeking missiles. At this time, $30,805,888 has been obligated. 516 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8614-04-C-2004; PO0257).

Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Piscataway, N.J., was awarded a $13,406,918 contract which will develop and demonstrate new technology that provides the ability to quickly produce actual intelligence from unanticipated, multiple, varied data sets required research advanced in the areas of alignment of data models and advanced analytic algorithms. At this time, $2,614,021 has been obligated. AFRL/PKDA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-10-C-7058).

NAVY

Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $164,321,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of Pier 5 ship repair replacement at Naval Support Activity Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for construction of a new ship repair Pier 5 to include salt water pump station building, restroom, heavy weather mooring and portal crane rail track, replacement of existing bulkhead with a new low-level relieving platform, demolition of existing Piers 4 and 5; Berths 25 and 31; Buildings 225, 250, 830, 1486 and 1570; and associated site preparation consisting of dredging existing Pier 3 to Pier 6. The contract is incrementally funded with the first increment of $111,000,000 being allocated at the time of award. The second increment will be funded in fiscal 2011 at $53,321,000. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Va., and is expected to be completed by November 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with five proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-10-C-3006).

The Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an $118,944,070 firm-fixed-price requirements contract modification to previously awarded contract (N00383-06-D-003F) for logistics support for components of the H-53 helicopter. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and work is expected to be completed by September 2015. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively awarded. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $65,800,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-09-C-0010) to provide aircraft sustainment spares and consumables for the following subsystems: active interceptor system, canopy actuator, electrical power management system, hydraulics and utility actuation, landing gear, power and thermal management system, electro-optical targeting system, integrated core processor, communications, navigation and identification, electronic warfare / countermeasures, and electro-optical distributed aperture system sensor. These spares are necessary to meet the requirements and delivery schedule of the Low Rate Initial Production IV contract. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in December 2012. This modification combines purchases for the Navy ($13,160,000; 20 percent) and the Marine Corps ($52,640,000; 80 percent). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

EJB Facilities Services, Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $63,840,672 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N44255-05-D-5103) to exercise Option Year 5 for base operating services at various installations in the Commander Navy Region (CNR) Northwest, West Sound area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, all management and administration, public safety, supply, housing, facilities support (excluding grounds and janitorial services), utilities, base support vehicles and equipment, and environmental services to provide base operations and support services. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $353,595,372. Work will be performed at various installations in the CNR Northwest AOR including the Washington counties of Kitsap (80 percent), Jefferson (15 percent), and Pierce (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, Wash., is the contracting activity.

Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded a $63,500,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced, cost-reimbursable indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-06-D-0017) to exercise an option for contractor logistics support services for the T-34, T-44 and T-6 aircraft. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field, Fla. (43 percent); NAS Corpus Christi, Texas (29 percent); NAS Pensacola, Fla. (10 percent); NAS Oceana, Va. (2 percent); NAS Lemoore, Calif. (1 percent); Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif. (1 percent); Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. (.79 percent); Naval Air Facility, El Centro, Calif. (.1 percent); and Redstone Army Airfield, Huntsville, Ala. (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed in March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $59,200,086 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-03-C-0057) for Mode 5 and Mode S identification friend or foe interrogation upgrade efforts in support of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye system development and demonstration. Efforts will include design, implementation, test and evaluation, verification, documentation, acceptance, and certification. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y. (63 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y. (35 percent); and Rolling Meadows, Ill (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed in December 2013. Contract funds will not 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 a $48,409,117 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project under topic SB072-019, entitled “Wide Area Video Image Storage Techniques.” This contract provides for the design development, production, fielding, operation, and sustainment of a reliable wide area persistent surveillance system (Kestrel) for deployment on aerostats and airships operating at altitudes between 1,000 and 5,000 feet for the Army. The contractor will provide one engineering development unit and 13 production copies along with one prototype Kestrel Lite, as well as deployed operations and maintenance support for 12 months. Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va. (66 percent); Goleta, Calif. (15 percent); various locations outside continental United States (14 percent); and Huntington Beach, Calif. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SBIR topic SB 072-019; two Phase II proposals were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-10-C-0497).

BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $46,077,060 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4308) for USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) fiscal 2010 extended dry-docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA). An EDSRA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship’s military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $36,755,861 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Portsmouth, Va., is the contracting activity.

Kollsman, Inc., Merrimack, N.H., is being awarded a $45,478,845 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for procurement of night targeting system upgrades and associated line items for the for the AH-1W Cobra helicopter. The electro-optics system provides infrared and range finding capability to augment existing optical and radar sensors for the purpose of detecting and identifying asymmetric threats. Work will be performed in Merrimack, N. H., and is expected to be completed in September 2015. Contract funds in the amount of $2,389,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-10-D-JQ24).

Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded $40,800,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #JN01 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00189-08-D-Z003) to provide Option Period 2 of most efficient organization subcontract support for non-guard services in support of Commander Naval Installations Command. Support services functions include armory support services, pass and identification office support services, ready-for-issue range support services and vehicle inspection support services. The task order is incrementally funded with the first increment of $3,400,000 being allocated at the time of award. The second increment will be funded in fiscal 2011 at $37,400,000. Work will be performed in eight geographical regions covering 72 sites throughout the continental United States (89 percent), Hawaii (7 percent), and Guam (4 percent). Work is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $40,706,200 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-4013) for the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) fiscal 2010 dry-docking phased maintenance availability (DPMA) for LHA/LHD class ships home ported in San Diego, Calif. A DPMA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $40,706,200 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

CACI Technologies, Inc., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $37,735,120 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for professional support services in support of Program Executive Office Littoral Mine Warfare. These services include support services in the areas of: program analysis, development, control, monitoring support, administration, communication, human resources, business, finance and cost estimating; technical and engineering support, information technology, and life cycle support at the Washington Navy Yard office. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $72,350,480. Work will be performed Washington, D.C. (86 percent); San Diego, Calif. (9 percent); Indian Head, Md. (3 percent); and Norfolk, Va. (2 percent). Work is expected to be complete by August 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $8,953,174 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-10-C-6309).

Raytheon, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $35,200,000 modification to contract (N00024-07-C-5437) for engineering and technical services in support of the MK15 Phalanx close-in-weapon system. The MK15 Phalanx close-in weapon system is an automatic terminal defense weapon system designed to detect, track, engage, and destroy anti-ship missile threats penetrating other defense envelopes. The system is currently installed on approximately 187 Navy ships and is in use in over 20 foreign militaries. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by December 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $8,379,133 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Chugach Industries*, Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded $30,884,964 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, estimated indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N44255-05-D-7100) to exercise option five for base operating support services at various installations in the Commander Navy Region (CNR) Northwest, North Sound area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, all management and administration, public safety, supply, housing, facilities support (excluding grounds and janitorial services), utilities, base support vehicles and equipment, and environmental services to provide base operations and support services. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $176,755,162. Work will be performed at various installations in the CNR Northwest AOR including the Washington counties of Island (91 percent) and Snohomish (9 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, Wash., is the contracting activity.

IAP-Hill, LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $25,582,286 firm-fixed-price, estimated indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with award fee provisions for base operating support services at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Jacksonville, and Blount Island Command Jacksonville. The work to be performed provides for regional base operating support services including, but not limited to, the following functions: port operations, base support vehicles and equipment, elevator maintenance, equipment maintenance, utilities, environmental, transportation, bachelor housing, fire alarms, wastewater, steam, and facility management. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and one six-month option period, is $51,654,212. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is a sole-source procurement with one offer solicited. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-10-D-5073).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $24,999,900 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0027) for non-recurring efforts associated with drawing modifications and incorporation of open corrective actions required to produce production-ready documentation in support of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft production. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y. (67 percent), and St. Augustine, Fla. (33 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthcium Heights, Md., is being awarded $18,946,306 for cost-plus-fixed-fee task order #0002 under previously awarded contract (N0014-10-R-0005) for the integrated topside program. Northrop Grumman will design/architect an integrated electronics warfare information operations and line of sight communications multifunction system with 360 degrees of coverage in azimuth for naval surface platforms and subsequently fabricate, integrate, test and demonstrate a single quadrant advanced development model variant of the system to support the technology development phase of a Navy acquisition program. This contract contains options which, if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value to $109,385,584. The amount incrementally funded at this time is $200,000. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Md. (87.69 percent); Van Nuys, Calif. (8.6 percent); Folsom, Calif. (2.48 percent); and Chandler, Ariz. (1.23 percent). Work is expected to be completed July 2011. The contract will continue through July 2015 if all options are exercised. Contract funds will not expire at end of current fiscal year. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.

Professional Contract Services, Inc., Austin, Texas, is being awarded an $18,016,270 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, estimated indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N40085-10-D-3017) to exercise Option 1 for base operating support services at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, all management, supervision, tools, materials, supplies, labor, and transportation services necessary to perform hospital and clinic housekeeping services; heating ventilating, air conditioning maintenance and repair; water treatment services; automated grease digest systems maintenance; automatic door maintenance and repair; emergency generator maintenance and repair; entrance gates and roving guard services; hospital cart washer repairs; building re-lamping services; hospital medical gas system maintenance and repairs; and hospital firestop inspection and repair. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $26,614,568. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Va., and outlying clinics in the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. Work is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

Consigli Construction Co., Inc., Milford, Maine, is being awarded $16,921,279 for firm-fixed-price task order #0006 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-08-D-2112) for design and construction of a waterfront support facility at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of a two-story steel framed addition on the east side of the existing high bay of Building 174. The work also includes renovation of a portion of the high bay which will support waterfront repair operations for naval nuclear submarines in dry dock. The task order also contains six unexercised options which, if exercised, would increase cumulative task order value to $17,953,191. Work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and is expected to be completed by September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

Manson-Nan Hawaii, JV, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded $15,850,032 for firm-fixed-price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62478-09-D-4016) for the design and construction of a new production services support facility to support the C920 production shops and C250 engineering in performing critical maintenance on surface ships and submarines at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of a new facility, which will include work/production support areas, administration areas, briefing room, storage, staging areas, break/lunch room, restrooms, a satellite tool shop and an information technology help desk. The task order also contains one unexercised option which, if exercised, would increase cumulative task order value to $17,088,092. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by June 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

VSD, LLC, Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $15,050,000 undefinitized contract action for the acquisition of four simulators and associated training for Iraqi Naval Forces in support of Iraq’s 60 meter offshore support vessel hull production. Work will be performed in Morgan City, La., and is expected to be completed in October 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $15,050,000 will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61339-10-C-0047).

Surefire, LLC, Fountain Valley, Calif., is being awarded a $14,887,500 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a Visible Bright Light III (VBL-III) in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command weapons accessories program. The Visible Bright Light III is being procured to provide an improved illumination capability for the small arms in use by the special operations forces. Work will be performed in Fountain Valley, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Contract funds in the amount of $3,970 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-10-D-JN16).

L-3 Services, Inc., Unidyne Division, Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $14,499,337 firm-fixed-price contract for the landing craft air cushion (LCAC) service life extension program (SLEP) for LCAC 63, 72 and 74. The purpose of the LCAC SLEP is to extend the service life of a LCAC for another decade, increasing its life expectancy to 30 years, by sustaining and enhancing craft capability, replacing obsolete electronics, repairing corrosion damage, increasing survivability and establishing a common configuration baseline. The LCAC SLEP scope of effort includes repair and upgrade of the buoyancy box, gas turbine engine replacement, installation of a new skirt, and accomplishment of selected craft alterations and repair work. It also includes the installation of an integrated command, control, communications, computers and navigation equipment package. This contract includes provisions for over and above work, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $17,549,614. Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with five proposals solicited and two offers received. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N55236-10-C-0012).

Allen Engineering Contractor, Inc.*, San Bernardino, Calif., is being awarded $14,075,225 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-09-D-1654) for design and construction of a wheeled vehicle maintenance sunshade facility at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. The facility consists of maintenance sunshades, organizational parking, and open storage lay-down areas. The task order also contains a planned modification which, if issued, would increase the cumulative task order value to $14,316,225. Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Seven proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Company Integrated System, Tewksbury Mass., is being awarded a $13,142,533 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order #0002 under previously awarded contract (N0014-10-R-0005) for the integrated topside program. Raytheon will design/architect an integrated electronics warfare information operations and line of sight communications multifunction system with 360 degrees of coverage in azimuth for naval surface platforms and subsequently fabricate, integrate, test and demonstrate a single quadrant advanced development model variant of the system to support the technology development phase of a Navy acquisition program. This contract contains options which, if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value to $108,563,015. Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Mass. (95.6 percent); Fairfax, Va. (3.41percent); and Fairfax, Va. (0.99 percent). Work is expected to be completed September 2011. The contract will continue through September 2015 if all options are exercised. Contract funds will not expire at end of current fiscal year. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.

Undersea Sensor Systems, Inc., Columbia City, Ind., is being awarded a $12,316,461 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for research and development and production engineering services in support of Sonobuoy technology upgrades. Work will be performed in Columbia City, Ind., and is expected to be completed in September 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-10-D-0025).

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington, Vt., is being awarded an $11,570,655 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of Aegis gun and guided missile directors, MK82 Mod 0, and Aegis director controllers, MK 200 Mod 0. The MK 82 director serves to position the fire control system antenna to a commended and stabilized position in space for the purpose of illuminating the target. The director controller MK 200 houses the solid-state servo-amplifiers that provide the servo drive signals that position the director to the desired target position. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $29,573,068. Work will be performed in Burlington, Vt., and is expected to be completed by July 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-10-C-5141).

I.E. Pacific, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $11,520,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0005 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-9-D-1657) for design and construction of a tracked vehicle maintenance shop at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. The task order also contains a planned modification which, if issued, would increase the cumulative task order value to $12,138,000. Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Seven proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Insight Technology, Londonderry, N.H., is being awarded a $10,856,625 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a Visible Bright Light III (VBL-III) in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command weapons accessories program. The Visible Bright Light III is being procured to provide an improved illumination capability for the small arms in use by U.S. Special Operations Command forces. Work will be performed in Londonderry, N.H., and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Contract funds in the amount of $42,760 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-10-D-JN15).

I.E. Pacific, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $10,170,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-09-D-1657) for design and construction of an armory/missile equipment maintenance shop at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. The facility consists of an armory and attached missile equipment maintenance shop with a roof mounted photovoltaic system as well as an operational trainer facility. The task order also contains a planned modification which, if issued, would increase the cumulative task order value to $12,481,000. Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded $10,007,147 for cost-plus-award-fee task order #0035 under a previously awarded contract (M67004-09-D-0020) for prepositioning and Marine Corps logistics support services for Navy support element, Blount Island Command. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. U.S. Marine Corps, Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.

The Hana Group, Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $9,787,936 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, estimated indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N62478-07-D-2311) to exercise Option 3 for regional security services at Commander Naval Region Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam; Naval Magazine Lualualei; and Naval Communications Telecommunications Area Master Station Wahiawa. The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, entry control point (ECP) services such as identification checks and emergency ECP closures. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $46,728,172. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

Rolls-Royce Naval Marine, Inc., Walpole, Mass., is being awarded a $9,786,048 cost-plus fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical services on the Rolls-Royce gas turbine engine product improvement program. This contract is being awarded to research potential improvements to Rolls Royce gas turbine engines. Delivery Order 0001 will be issued on the same day of contract award with initial contract funding in the amount of $800,000. Work will be performed in Walpole, Mass. (70 percent), and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Contract funds in the amount of $800,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Ship Systems Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-09-D-0016).

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded $9,445,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40080-10-D-0494) for construction of the South Mainside electrical substation at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The work to be performed provides for a new substation to meet the medium voltage power requirements at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The substation is needed to increase the electrical system capacity to prevent an overload of the existing electrical service, which is operating near capacity. The new substation will be interconnected with the existing Butler Stadium substation via underground cabling. The project will include environmental mitigation. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and is expected to be completed by April 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Solpac Construction, Inc., dba Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $9,124,770 for firm-fixed-price task order #0015 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8615) for construction of a Marine meteorology center at the Naval Post Graduate School Monterey. The work to be performed provides for construction of a multi-story structure, housing of office space and two laboratories. The task order also contains four unexercised options and one planned modification which, if exercised, would increase the cumulative task order value to $11,090,610. Work will be performed in Monterey, Calif., and is expected to be completed by April 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems, Louisville, Ky., is being awarded a $7,841,301 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering services and supplies to convert and upgrade one MK 45 Mod 4 gun mount for the future guided missile destroyer DDG 113. Work will be performed in Louisville, Ky. (80 percent), and Minneapolis, Minn. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed by February 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $282,340 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00024-07-G-5438).

Pacific West Builders*, National City, Calif., is being awarded $7,223,135 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40192-10-D-2810) for the construction of a new military working dog facility to replace the existing facility located at Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam. The new military working dog facility will provide 10 kennels to accommodate military working dogs, their handlers and associated support facilities including an outdoor obedience course, exercise and break area. The project will also provide site components and associated site improvements to support the new facility. Work will be performed in Santa Rita, Guam, and is expected to be completed by September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Marianas, Guam, is the contracting activity.

Atlantic Contingency Constructors, LLC, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $6,786,996 firm-fixed-price modification to increase the maximum dollar value on a task order of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N62470-06-D-6007) for the development of a comprehensive interior design package for the Naval Systems Management Activity warehouse facility at Naval Support Activity Washington. After award of this modification, the total cumulative task order value will be $91,213,641. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, Covington, La., is being awarded a $6,664,592 firm-fixed-price contract for an 11-month time charter of offshore supply vessel HOS Innovator. The ship’s primary mission will be to provide submarine rescue diving and recompression system support services, in support of Commander, Submarine Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. This contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $38,016,726. Work will be performed in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to be completed by November 2011. If all options are exercised, the contract will continue to November 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Military Sealift Command and 1102 contracting websites, with four offers received. Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting authority (N00033-10-C-2000).

L3/EOTech, Ann Arbor, Mich., is being awarded a $6,597,900 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for an Enhanced Combat Optical Sight-Heavy (ECOS-H) in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command weapons accessories program. The ECOS-H is being procured to provide day targeting capabilities against man- and vehicle-sized targets and to incorporate a large eye relief to enable the operator to maintain operational awareness. Work will be performed in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Contract funds in the amount of $306,860 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven offers received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-10-D-JN72).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Columbia, Md., is being awarded a $5,702,891 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion type research and development contract. The contractor will perform advanced research efforts associated with development of advances for multi-ban synthetic aperture radar systems for advanced radar research which will provide the tools to investigate innovative techniques for integration of system for advanced radar research data with additional sensor channels; real time high speed data processing analysis and display; optimal combined processing of multi-and and multi-channel data; and supporting research and development of sensor tools to study ocean properties. This contract contains options which, if exercised, would bring the contract value to $9,944,176. Work will be performed in Columbia, Md., and is expected to be completed December 2011. If all options are exercised, the period of performance will be 51 months. Contract funds in the amount of $1,100,000 will expire at end of current fiscal year. The contract was procured under Naval Research Laboratory Broad Agency Announcement N00173-01, Topic 74-09-01. The Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00173-10-C-6028).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Valero Marketing and Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $93,508,080 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is California. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency. The original proposal was Web-solicited with 13 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-D-0504).

ARMY

EADS North America Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $67,163,000 firm-fixed-price contract. T his modification is for the procurement of 16 security and support (S&S) mission equipment package (MEP) retrofit and 202 S&S MEP retrofit production cut-in for the S&S ballation MEP’s Army’s light utility helicopter contract for the Army National Guard. Work is to be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion day of Aug. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-BH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-C-0194).

Shaka, Inc., Jeannette, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $48,568,752 firm-fixed-price contract for “Bluestone Dam Safety Assurance, Phase 3, Penstock Scour Protection, Hinton, WV.” Work is to be performed in Hinton, W.Va, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 21, 2014. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, Huntington, W.Va., is the contracting activity (W912370-10-C-0012).

Venegas Engineering Management & Construction, El Paso, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 23 a $23,069,995 firm-fixed-price contract. This construction project, entitled “Lordsburg Border Patrol Station,” consists of construction of a new border patrol station for approximately 375 agents in Lordsburg, N.M. Work is to be performed in Lordsburg, N.M., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 1, 2012. Two hundred and eighteen bids were solicited with 19 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, CESPA-CT, Albuquerque, N.M., is the contracting activity (W912PP-10-C-0028).

Navistar Defense, LLC, Warrenville, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $22,592,488 firm-fixed-price, three-year requirements contract. This contract is for 57 fuel truck and 113 water trucks. Work is to be performed in Jacksonville, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. TACOM, CCTA-CCTA-ADB-A, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-G089).

Hardwire, LLC, Pocomoke City, Md., was awarded on Sept. 22 an $18,930,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for materials prototypes and material science research. Work is to be performed in Pocomoke City, Md., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2015. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Research Development & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-10-C-0089).

GM GDLS Defense Group, LLC, JV, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 22 an $18,251,273 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The purpose of this Modification EB to Delivery Order 0019 on contract W56HZV-07-D-M112 is to procure pipeline spares, authorized stock list (ASL) packages, and flyway ASL packages for Stryker vehicles. Work is to be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich. (62 percent), and London, Canada (38 percent), with an estimated completion date of March 15, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM Contracting Center, CCTA-IL, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).

Bethel Services, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded on Sept. 23 a $17,968,000 firm-fixed-price contract for a new 75,000 square foot readiness center for the California Army National Guard at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, Calif., project #060115. Work is to be performed in Los Alamitos, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 1, 2012. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website with two bids received. USPFO for CA, National Guard Bureau, San Luis Obispo, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912LA-10-C-0009).

Korte Construction Co., dba The Korte Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $17,616,458 firm-fixed-price contract for the design-build solider family care center addition and behavioral health clinic. Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 16, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 12 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-10-C-0075).

BAE Systems, Sealy, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 22 a $16,352,655 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is to exercise 44 of 67 available options for high mobility artillery rocket systems launchers chassis with increased crew protection cabs and applique armor. Work is to be performed in Sealy, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-C-0460).

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $14,250,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination capability standup and demonstration. Work is to be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (70 percent); Denver, Colo. (11 percent); Middletown, Del. (7 percent); Grand Rapids, Mich. (7 percent); and Kansas City, Mo. (5 percent), with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Contracting Center, Aviation Applied Technology Directorate Contracting Office, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (W911W6-07-D-0002).

North American Aerodynamics, Inc., Roxboro, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $13,969,477 firm-fixed-price contract for 4,125 G-12 cargo parachutes. Work is to be performed in Roxboro, N.C., with an estimated completion date of April 27, 2013. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. RDECOM Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, CCRD-NA-SU, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W58P05-10-C-0009).

Balfour Beatty Construction, Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $13,744,600 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct 525 battlefield surveillance brigade, tactical equipment maintenance facility. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011. Five bids were solicited with five bids received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-D-0022).

Fluor Intercontinental, Inc., Greenville, S.C., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2010 a $13,476,646 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, incidental, incidental engineering, transportation, and management necessary for the maintenance, repair, and minor construction of buildings and structures and related systems and equipment in accordance with the requirements specified. Work is to be performed in Greenville, S.C., with an estimated completion date of March 21, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. HQ Centcom Contracting Command, Baghdad, Iraq, is the contracting activity (W912ER-04-D-0004).

Nickerson & O’Day, Inc., Brewer, Maine, was awarded on Sept. 21 a $13,210,052 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of Regional Training Institute Phase II, for the Maine Army National Guard, located in Bangor, Maine. Work is to be performed in Bangor, Maine, with an estimated completion date of July 12, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. National Guard Bureau, Augusta, Maine, is the contracting activity (W912JD-10-C-0002).

Texas Aerospace Services Ltd., LLP, Abilene, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 22 a $12,016,795 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a five-year maintenance and overhaul indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the overhaul of the UH-60 servo, yaw trim. Delivery Order 0001 will be awarded simultaneously with the basic for a total dollar value of $1,137,950. Work is to be performed in Abilene, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2015. Three bids were solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, CCAM-AL-M, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-10-D-0189).

Anderson Drace, JV, Gulfport, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $11,778,660 firm-fixed-price contract for the design/construction of a central demilitarization process center at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant McAlester. Work is to be performed in McAlester, Okla., with an estimated completion date of May 18, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 12 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-10-C-2007).

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Dallas, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 22 a $11,600,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for the PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 missile segment enhancement program is a preplanned product improvement of the existing PAC-3 production interceptor. Work is to be performed in Dallas, Texas (95.74 percent), Camden, Ariz. (0.25 percent), and Ocala, Fla. (4.01 percent), with an estimated completion date of Feb. 29, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (DAAH01-03-C-0164).

Pioneer Aerospace Corp., South Windsor, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $11,187,569 firm-fixed-price contract for 3,125 G-12 cargo parachutes. Work is to be performed in Columbia, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 12, 2013. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. Research Development & Engineering Command Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, CCRD-NA-SU, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W58P05-10-C-0007).

Vet Industrial, Inc., Bremerton, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $10,946,800 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of approximately 40,877 square foot company operations facilities for two companies with associated hardstand. Work will include the demolition of Buildings 03469 and 03470 and two TCOF modular buildings. Work is to be performed in McChord, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 18 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-10-C-0033).

Mills Manufacturing Corp., Asheville, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $10,915,581 firm-fixed-price contract for 2,750 G-12 cargo parachutes. Work is to be performed Asheville, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 12, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. Research Development & Engineering Command Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, CCRD-NA-SU, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W58P05-10-C-0008).

Montana Construction, Inc., Lodi, N.J., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $10,172,200 firm-fixed-price contract for “Green Brook Flood Damage Reduction Project-Segment B-1, Sebring Mills Road Bridge Reconstruction, Floodwall, Levee and Pump Station, Middlesex and Green Brook, N.J.” Work is to be performed in Middlesex, N.J. (50 percent), and Green Brook, N.J. (50 percent), with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2013. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. Corps of Engineers, New York District, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-10-C-0025).

Korte Construction Co., dba The Korte Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $9,511,700 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of the cadet fitness center addition, Project Number XQPZ30-4004, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. Work is to be performed in Colorado Springs, Colo., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 21, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 13 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-10-C-0076).

CKY, Inc., New Orleans, La., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $9,367,470 construction contract. This contract is to construct “Levee Enlargement and Berms on the West Bank Mississippi River Levees ion Bayou Vidal-Elkridge, Lo. Item 420-R.” Work is to be performed in Elkridge, La., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 29, 2011. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website with 14 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg Contracting Office, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912EE-10-C-0036).

AAI, Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $8,525,662 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This effort is to modify contract to add ACEII boxes as over-and-above work to the contract, to increase funds and exercise options for three reset units under the Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system performance based logistics contract. Work is to be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, CCAM-AR-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-10-C-0006).

GMA Cover Corp., Port Huron, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $8,269,195 firm-fixed-price contract for 2,500 G-12 cargo parachutes. Work is to be performed in Port Huron, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 13, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. Research Development & Engineering Command Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, CCRD-NA-SU, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W58P05-10-C-0006).

Arma Global Corp., Tampa, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $7,824,553 firm-fixed-price contract. The requirement is a firm-fixed-price contract to provide network engineering, information assurance, and database services to support multiple U.S. Special Operations Command special access program local area networks/wide area networks in accordance with Department of Defense requirements. The contractor is the sole-source who can meet the government’s requirements. A formal justification and approval was reviewed, signed and approved Aug. 4, 2010. Work is to be performed in Tampa, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 22, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. P EO Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity (W904TE-10-C-0813).

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems-Scranton Operations, Scranton, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $7,746,459 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide the facilities, personnel and equipment for the manufacture of the 155mmm M795 metal parts with flexible rotating band covers. Work is to be performed in Scranton, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, CCJM-CA, Combat Ammo Center, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-08-C-0244).

L.D. Docsa Associate, Kalamazoo, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $7,218,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is to design/build new 32,721 gross square foot Fort Custer training center field maintenance shop. Comprised of administrative offices, break room, men’s and women’s latrine rooms, mechanical and electrical rooms supply room tool work bays additional support spaces. Work is to be performed in Augusta, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2011. Nine bids were solicited with five bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO Lansing, Mich. is the contracting activity (W912JB-09-D-2014).

Green Jacket-DC Building Systems, JV, LLC, Watertown, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $6,948,193 firm-fixed-price contract for the design/build of warfighters and family support center, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. Work is to be performed in Burlington County, N.J., with an estimated completion date of March 25, 2012. Four bids were solicited with three bids received. Corps of Engineer, CENAN-CT, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-09-D-0006).

Cubic Applications, Inc., Lacey, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $6,728,018 firm-fixed-price contract. The U.S. Army National Simulation Center requires contractor support to successfully develop the live, virtual, constructive and gaming training aids, devices, simulations and stimulators and the live, virtual, constructive & gaming-integrated training environment in support of Army training strategies. Work is to be performed in Leavenworth, Kan., with an estimated completion date of April 27, 2011. One sole-source bid was solicited with one bid received. Mission & Installation Contracting Command, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (W911S0-10-C-0009).

Weibel Equipment, Inc., Lansdowne, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $6,667,017 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The requirement is to manufacture and deliver 1,955 muzzle velocity sensor systems in support of the M119A3 Howitzer, the M777A2 LW155 Howitzer and the lightweight 155 mm Howitzer. Work is to be performed in Landsdown, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 23, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-10-D-0506).

Sauer, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $6,661,700 firm-fixed-price contract. This project include two one-story and a new two-story rigid steel frame, block and brick 33,723 square foot facility additions for high priority support sections. Included are site improvements, utilities generator and switchgear upgrade, mechanical and architectural features, force protection, intrusion detection generator and switchgear upgrade, mechanical and architectural features, force protection, intrusion detection systems, fire detection/protection systems, communications, public address systems, audio-visual, classrooms, conference room, latrines, parachute heavy drop area, showers, offices, vehicle bay, storage, parking and erosion control measures. Project will also include renovation of 56,285 square foot of existing space for mission support elements. Heating and air conditioning for the projects will be determined by an analysis conducted by the architect/engineer during the design phase. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of March 29, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 16 bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-10-C-0063).

AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $6,435,000 firm-fixed-price contract for 11,000 FK5 improved door hinge kits. Work is to be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM, Warren, AMTSA-AQ-ATBA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-C-01-S001).

Fulcra Worldwide, LLC, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 22 a $5,692,940 single award, firm-fixed-price contract. This contract was rapid reaction support service. This service provides television and newsprint messages that help to encourage democracy in Iraq and bolster the feeling of national pride among the Iraqi people during the critical time. Work is to be performed in Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 22, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-10-D-0119).

Downey Contracting, LLC, Oklahoma City, Okla., was awarded on Sept. 24 a $5,598,314 firm-fixed-price. The work includes the design and construction of two reinforced concrete pads, footings, and foundations for two AJF 32 T-9 noise suppression systems. The work consists of designing and constructing reinforced footings and slabs capable of supporting T-9 style engine testing facilities, a 20,000 gallon jet engine fuel storage and delivery system, utilities, access driveways, a small office/restroom/break facility, and a tornado shelter. Work is to be performed at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 28, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-D-0148).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, is being awarded a $25,446,843 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (HR0011-09-C-0016). The goal of the Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) system is to produce a guided, actively controlled 50-caliber sniper rifle system with significantly improved range and accuracy over the current systems. This modification awards Phase II of the effort, in which Teledyne will continue execution of the technology development assessment plan, and conduct detailed design, fabrication, and live fire test of the EXACTO prototype system. Work will be performed in Thousand Oaks, Calif. (25.2 percent); Plymouth, Minn. (23.8 percent); Merrimack, N.H. (15.7 percent); Cambridge, Mass. (13.6 percent); San Diego, Calif. (10.3 percent); Phoenix, Ariz. (7.9 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (3.2 percent); and Livermore, Calif. (0.3 percent). The work is expected to be completed by Sept. 24, 2012. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity.

The University of Notre Dame is being awarded a $9,796,469 cost reimbursement contract (HR0011-10-C-0161). This work is for the NV Logic program, which will enable a completely new computing paradigm, based on nano-magnetic devices that will achieve 100 times better computing performance relative to that attainable with current technology. Work will be performed in Notre Dame, Ind. (37 percent); Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (21 percent); Berkeley, Calif. (30 percent); and Munich, Germany (13 percent). The work is expected to be completed March 2015. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity.

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