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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 3, 2011

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(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - August 3, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 3, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, was awarded a $313,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the Logistics Civilian Augmentation Program base life support services in Iraq in support of the Department of State. Work will be performed in Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. Three bids were solicited, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-07-D-0009).

ECC International, L.L.C., Burlingame, Calif., was awarded an $82,952,183 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction of buildings, parking, utilities and other infrastructure for Afghanistan National Army personnel. Work will be performed in Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2013. The bid was solicited through a full-and-open competition, with six bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kandahar, Afghanistan, is the contracting activity (W5J9LE-11-C-0043).

Navistar Defense, L.L.C., Lisle, Ill., was awarded an $82,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to provide for a general transport truck and spare parts, and a recovery truck and spare parts. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 1, 2011. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-G097).

Tamsah Marker, J.V., L.L.C., Bellefontaine, Ohio, was awarded an $11,601,100 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction services to build a training and administrative complex, a warehouse and parking for both facilities. Work will be performed in Springfield, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. There were 19 bids solicited, with 19 bids received . The National Guard Bureau, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (W91364-11-C-0004).

Zodiac of North America, Stevensville, Md., was awarded a $10,927,184 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the procurement of a minimum of 20 seven-person inflatable landing crafts, with a maximum quantity ceiling set at 888. Work will be performed in Stevensville, Md., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 1, 2014. Four bids were solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-D-0154).

OptiMetrics, Inc., Abingdon, Md., was awarded a $9,996,657 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the development and implementation of advanced models, simulation and analytical tools to increase the capacity of decontamination services. Work will be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and Abingdon, Md., with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-11-D-0068).

Raytheon Co., Andover, Mass., was awarded an $8,390,376 firm-fixed-price cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the procurement of PATRIOT missile M818E3A fuzes and upgrade of M818E2 fuzes to M818E3A fuze configuration for the country of Japan. Work will be performed in Lowell, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0224).

NAVY

Pacific Tech - Sauer, J.V.*, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $14,996,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of a single-bay hangar that will provide space for one B-52 aircraft and related weapons loading training functions at Barksdale Air Force Base. The proposed new construction will consist of a hangar bay and an administrative and shop area. The administrative area includes an auditorium. The new hangar shall have a reinforced concrete foundation, with a structure of steel columns and joists, an insulated metal exterior, and a standing seam metal roof. Work will be performed in Shreveport, La., and is expected to be completed by January 2013. 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 18 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-11-C-1757).

Omniphase Research Laboratories, Inc.*, Newport Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $10,367,845 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for production, evaluation and repair of MK-666 continuous wave illuminator noise test sets; a component of the MK-99 fire control system. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (76 percent), and the governments of Australia and Spain (24 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Newport Beach, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. Omniphase Research Laboratories, Inc., is the only certified source having the specific design and manufacturing processes used for the production and repair of the MK-666 continuous wave illuminator noise test sets. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-11-D-GR72).

Waterman Steamship Corp., Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a one-year $10,008,967 firm-fixed-price contract for the worldwide charter of one United States-flagged, Ice-class, self-sustaining cargo ship. The cargo ship will be employed in worldwide cargo delivery to support the Department of Defense. This contract includes three 12-month option periods and one 11-month option period, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative firm-fixed-value of this contract to $49,953,037. Work will be performed at sea worldwide, including a delivery each year to Antarctica for the National Science Foundation, and a delivery each year to Greenland for the Department of Defense. Work is expected to be completed December 2012, and if all option periods are exercised, by November 2016. Contract funds are subject to availability of fiscal 2012 funding, and funds will expire at the end of that fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via solicitations posted to Military Sealift Command, Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with more than 50 companies solicited and six offers received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-11-C-5503).

ControlPoint Surveying, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a maximum amount $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineer services contract for architect-engineering services for topographic, hydrographic, cadastral, and pavement condition surveys with associated note reduction and plotting results including finished mapping at various locations in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). No task orders are being issued at this time. 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 the Far East (15 percent). The term of contract is not to exceed 36 months, with an expected completion date of July 2014. This contract contains two one-year options, which, if exercised, will not change the cumulative value of the contract. 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 17 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-11-D-0010).

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Says Japan Defence Paper 'Irresponsible'

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / BEIJING, China - August 4, 2011: China has hit out at rival Japan over a defence paper that criticised Beijing's military build-up, branding the accusations "irresponsible".

Japan voiced concern in its annual defence report, released this week, over China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, and what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said his country's drive to modernise its forces was "entirely for safeguarding its national sovereignty" and was "not targeting any other country".

"The Japanese 2011 defence white paper made irresponsible comments on China's national defence construction. China expresses its strong dissatisfaction," he said in a statement published late Wednesday.
"China's development is offering significant opportunities to all countries -- including Japan -- and China has not, and never will be a threat to any other country."

China's defence ministry also expressed "strong opposition" to the paper, saying it played up the "China threat theory" and had ulterior motives, the official Xinhua news agency said.

China broke off all high-level contact with Tokyo last September after Japan detained a Chinese fishing boat captain whose vessel collided with Japanese coast guard patrol ships in waters claimed by both sides.

The row between Asia's two biggest economies was their worst in years and undermined painstaking recent efforts to improve relations marked by decades of mistrust stemming from Japan's 1930s invasion of China.
The Chinese skipper was released after more than two weeks and the two countries, which have deep trade ties, have been trying to mend fences.

Japan's defence report used a Japanese word that can be translated as "overbearing" or as "assertive" to describe China's stance over its "conflicting interests with neighbouring countries, including Japan".

The paper also said China's defence spending was not transparent, saying that the budget publicly announced by China "is widely seen as only part of what Beijing actually spends for military purposes."

"Opaqueness in its defence policies and military movements are concerns for the region, including Japan, and for the international community, and we need to carefully analyse them," it said.

Earlier this year, China announced military spending would rise 12.7 percent to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion) in 2011 after funding slowed last year.

Beijing has repeatedly sought to alleviate fears over its pursuit of sophisticated missiles, satellites, cyber-weapons and fighter jets, stressing that the nation's defence policy is "defensive in nature."

It has invested heavily in developing its first stealth fighter jet, revealed in January, as well as an aircraft carrier and anti-ballistic missile capable of piercing the defences of even the most sturdy US naval ships.

However, China has become increasingly assertive in its claims over the East China Sea and South China Sea, most of which it views as its maritime territory, but where several other Asian nations have competing claims.

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