Wednesday, December 18, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 18, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 18, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-031-13 December 18, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 18, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 18, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
Meridian Medical Technologies, Columbia, Md., has been awarded a maximum $123,191,610 modification (P00013) exercising the third one-year option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2DP-11-D-0002) with four one-year option periods for nerve agent antidotes in auto-injectors and services related to basic maintenance and surge readiness.  This is a firm-fixed-price contract. Locations of performance are Maryland and Missouri with a Dec. 31, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2011 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital and warstopper funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
NAVY
 
DZSP 21 LLC, Philadelphia, Pa., is being awarded $85,998,135 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N40192-13-C-3001) to exercise the fifth award option period for base operation support services at Joint Region Marianas.  The work to be performed provides for general management and administration services; command and staff (public affairs office); public safety; port operations; ordnance; material management; galley; facilities management and engineering services; sustainment, restoration and modernization; facilities services; utilities (electrical, wastewater, steam and demineralized water, and potable water); base support vehicles and equipment; and environmental. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $799,295,163.  Work will be performed at various installations in the U.S. Territory of Guam, and work is expected to be completed December 2014.  Fiscal 2014 Navy working capital funds; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy; fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance, Air Force; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Army Reserve; fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Defense agencies; and fiscal 2014 Defense Commissary Agency account contract funds in the amount of $32,853,236 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Marianas, Guam, is the contracting activity.
 
Turner Construction Co., Washington, D.C., is being awarded a $41,407,500 firm-fixed-price contract for the Medical Clinic Replacement at Naval Support Activity Annapolis.  The work to be performed provides for the construction of a multi-story, free standing health clinic on the North Severn side of the United States Naval Academy.  This new clinic will be a replacement facility for the current health clinic.  The new health clinic encompasses primary care, orthopedics, physical therapy, dental, optometry and mental health as well as ancillaries, support and administrative space.  The facility also has an emergency response support mission.  Supporting facilities construction will include all site utilities, site preparation, site improvements, environmental mitigation, paving (parking and roadways), and access roads.  Work will be performed in Annapolis, Md., and is expected to be completed by January 2016. Fiscal 2013 military construction, defense medical contract funds in the amount of $41,407,500 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with eight proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-14-C-0154).
 
S. S. Dannaway and Associates Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a maximum $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services for fire protection and related services at various locations under the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR).  The work to be performed provides for services that include design and engineering services for preparation of technical reports including conducting engineering investigations and concept studies; preliminary and final design plans and specifications; construction estimates; operations and maintenance manuals; record drawings; shop drawing reviews; technical review of design plans and specification prepared by A-E firms and government forces; water flow testing; final acceptance testing of all types of installed fire protection systems and other consulting requiring immediate action.  Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Pacific AOR including, but not limited to Hawaii (55 percent), Guam (30 percent), and Far East (15 percent).  The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of December 2018.  Fiscal 2013 military construction, Navy contract funds in the amount of $10,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with seven proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-14-D-0001).
 
ARMY
 
Military Hardware*, Wilmington, N.C., was awarded a $51,952,200 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for improved modular tactical holsters with a minimum order of 100 units and a maximum of 300,000 units.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with 25 received.  Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-14-D-0002).
 
Atlantic Diving Supply*, Virginia, Beach, Va., was awarded a $24,288,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for improved modular tactical holsters.  The contract minimum is 100 units and the contract maximum is not to exceed 300,000 units.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with 25 received.  Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-14-D-0001).
 
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded an $18,556,810 modification (P00009) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0030 for an undefined contract action for six additional months of contractor logistics support for the Bell 407, Huey, Jet Ranger, and OH-58A&C helicopters in Al Taji, Iraq, in accordance with foreign military sales case IQ-B-UDZ.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $9,092,838 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Aug. 8, 2014.  One bid was solicited with one received.  Work will be performed in Iraq and Piney Flats, Tenn.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.
 
American Southwest Electronic*, Las Vegas, Nev., was awarded a $13,087,038 firm-fixed-price contract for the West Bank Mississippi River Levee, Mississippi River and Tributaries Project, Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, Pointe Coupee Seepage Control, New Roads Relief Wells, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $13,087,038 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 19, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with nine received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, La. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-14-C-0015).
 
Structural Assoc. Inc.*, East Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded an $11,163,100 firm-fixed-price contract to design and-build a soldier specialty care clinic at Fort Drum, New York.  Fiscal 2014 military construction funds in the amount of $11,163,100 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec.17, 2015.  Thirty bids were solicited with six received.  Work will be performed at Fort Drum, N.Y.  Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-14-C-0003).
 
Reema Consulting Services, Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded a $9,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract for operations support services for program management soldier weapons, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.  These services will be for the following:  senior and junior operations specialist, computer graphics specialist, public affairs specialist, technical editor specialist and information technology specialist.  Funding and location will be determined with each order.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 17, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with seven received.  Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-14-D-0008).
 
Oracle America, Reston, Va., was awarded a $7,043,216 modification (P00054) to contract N00024-01-C-6110 for Oracle PeopleSoft licenses and maintenance services.  Fiscal 2014 research, development, testing and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,297,739 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Dec. 20, 2014.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received.  Work will be performed in Reston, Va.  Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity.
 
AIR FORCE
 
Rockwell Collins Inc., Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $46,654,122 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for B-2 Common Very Low Frequency Receiver Increment 1 Engineering Manufacturing Development (EMD) Effort.  The EMD phase includes the modification, qualification, and testing of the system which consists primarily of an existing terminal/receiver design, an antenna, a Human Machine Interface display, power supply, and other ancillary equipment to enable receipt and display of emergency action messages, including a mission planning ground station.  Work will be performed at Richardson, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 28, 2018.  This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition.  Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $4,184,895 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWZK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity  (FA8616-14-C-6061).
 
The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., has been awarded a $12,322,017 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00063) on an existing contract (FA8819-08-C-0006) for the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 System.  The contract modification is for uninterrupted satellite operations, maintenance, and anomaly resolution of the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 System.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $4,895,000 are being obligated at the time of award.  Work will be performed at El Segundo, Calif.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Shriever Air Force Base, Colo.; and Boulder, Colo.; and is expected to be complete by June 20, 2015.  Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Superiority Systems Directorate, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity.
 
Exelis Inc., Herndon, Va., has been awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00011) for a ceiling increase to an existing contract (FA8750-09-D-0002).  The total cumulative face value of the contract is $59,900,000.  The contract modification is to maintain support and prevent loss of support for the 120 operationally deployed systems and continue basic development to address operational gaps.  The principle purpose is for the research and development, integration, testing, deployment, enhancement, and maintenance of Information Support Server Environment Cross-Domain Sharing capabilities throughout the Air Force, the DoD Intelligence Information Systems community.  Work will be performed at Herndon, Va., and is expected to be completed by June 14, 2016.  This is a ceiling increase modification and no funding will be obligated at time of award.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKE, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity
 
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., NGIS, Herndon, Va., has been awarded an $8,424,108 modification (P00012) for an existing cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (FA8750-13-C-0120) for software enhancement/testing/integration/maintenance.  The contract modification is to provide a full spectrum of technical support to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center to maintain, enhance and operate the current infrastructure and applications and incorporate new capabilities required to meet future mission requirements.  This is accomplished by performing operations and maintenance, and intelligence production support to operate, maintain, modernize, extend the capabilities of, and utilize NASIC's current functional capabilities to include the Automated Virtual Information Production Support System.  Work will be performed at Fairborn, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 17, 2014.  Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $5,079,000 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKE, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity.
 
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*Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources 
U.S. DoD issued No. CR-031-13 December 18, 2013
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DTN News - BRAZIL DEFENSE NEWS: Brazil Chooses Swedish Fighter Jet In $4.5B Deal

DTN News - BRAZIL DEFENSE NEWS: Brazil Chooses Swedish Fighter Jet In $4.5B Deal
International Business Times
Reuters
theaviationist.com/2013/12/18/gripen-has-won-in-brazil/
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources By Bradley Brooks - AP
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 18, 2013: RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government said Wednesday that Sweden's Saab won a long-delayed fighter jet contract initially worth $4.5 billion that will supply at least 36 planes to Latin America's biggest nation.

The decision comes as Brazil seeks to ramp up its defense capabilities to patrol a porous land border that's more than 9,300 miles (15,000 kilometers) long, much of it covered by jungle, over which arms and drugs easily flow. Brazil is also seeking better protection for massive offshore oil fields that it has discovered in recent years.

Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim said that the choice after some 15 years of debate was made after "careful study and consideration, taking into account performance, transfer of technology and cost, not just of acquisition but of maintenance. The choice was made on the best balance of these three factors."

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote on Twitter that the decision was "a tribute to Swedish technology and competitiveness."

The decision to buy the Swedish jet over Boeing's F-18 Super Hornet or France's Dassault Rafale came as a surprise to many. The French jet had been favored by former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, while current leader Dilma Rousseff had been said to favor the Boeing bid.

Some analysts said the Boeing jet was hurt by the fallout over revelations six months ago that the U.S. National Security Agency carried out a massive espionage program that directly targeted Rousseff's own communications.

That led to Rousseff canceling a planned state visit to Washington in October.

"Dilma had been favoring the Boeing plane and a lot of people thought she would announce her decision during her state visit to Washington," said David Fleischer, a political scientist at the University of Brasilia. "Boeing was very close but then the NSA booted them out of the air."

Others, however, contend the Swedish jet, which was favored by Brazil's Air Force, according to an internal assessment leaked to the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper in 2010, was always going to win the competition and that the decision had little to do with the NSA spy revelations.

Alexandre Barros, a political risk consultant with the Brasilia-based firm Early Warning, said many in the government had long opposed Boeing because the company's bid was less flexible in terms of technology transfers than the two European plane makers and also because they were wary of becoming indebted to Washington.

"The Americans tend to think that if you buy arms from them you are automatically their allies," said Barros. "Brazil doesn't want that kind of link."

He said that Brazilian officials long prized their autonomy from the U.S., and as the main power in South America they don't want to be in the position of being perceived as having to support American policies on the continent, particularly in Colombia and Venezuela. Part of the draw of Saab's bid was that Sweden doesn't have any political clout in the region.

Regardless of the main reasons, Brazil's military hopes the government making the decision after some 15 years of debate will lead to advances in its defense capabilities.

Brazil in the mid-1980s had the largest defense industry in the developing world. It became the world's eighth-largest arms exporter amid strong demand for its armored personnel carriers, reconnaissance and anti-aircraft vehicles, troop carriers and rocket launchers.

However, the industry went into a tailspin when the Cold War ended and demand for weapons declined. In 1990, Brazil's two largest arms manufacturers, Engesa and Avibras, sought protection from creditors for debts of about $200 million.

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Associated Press writers Jenny Barchfield in Rio, Karl Ritter in Stockholm and Stan Lehman in Sao Paulo contributed to this report.

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