Tuesday, February 14, 2012

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated February 14, 2012

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 14, 2012

Asian Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 14, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 14, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  February  14, 2012 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $111,397,676 predominantly firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of 4,844 joint direct attack munitions.  The location of the performance is St. Charles, Mo.  Work is expected to be completed by May 2014.  AAC/EBDK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8681-12-C-0160, P00002).

            Vision Systems International, L.L.C., San Jose, Calif., is being awarded a $19,803,958 firm-fixed-price contract for night vision cueing and display standard field night vision devices for the Air Force and Navy.  Work is expected to be completed by September 2013.  AAC/WWSK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8607-11-C-2795, P00002).

NAVY
            General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $39,879,448 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple award contract to provide technology insertion, software and systems engineering, modeling and simulation, testing, and integrated logistics in support of communications, information technology, and other command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) efforts.  This is one of two multiple award contracts:  both awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period.  This three-year contract includes two, one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the potential value of this contract to $68,088,406.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (85 percent), and Fairfax, Va. (15 percent), and is expected to be completed Feb. 13, 2015.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via Request for Proposal N66001-11-R-0026 published on the Federal Business Opportunities website, and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received.  Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-12-D-0060).

            Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., is being awarded a $34,989,671 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple award contract to provide technology insertion, software and systems engineering, modeling and simulation, testing, and integrated logistics in support of communications, information technology, and other command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) efforts.  This is one of two multiple award contracts:  both awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period.  This three-year contract includes two, one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the potential value of this contract to $59,770,489.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (85 percent), and McLean, Va. (15 percent), and is expected to be completed Feb. 13, 2015.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via Request for Proposal N66001-11-R-0026 published on the Federal Business Opportunities website, and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received.  Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-12-D-0061).

            Raytheon Co., Marlborough, Mass., is being awarded a $19,861,994 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee development, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, time-and-material contract (N00039-04-C-0012) for in-scope enhanced polar satellite pre-planned product improvements for the Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT).  The NMT is the next generation of military satellite communications terminal to be deployed onboard submarines, ships and shore installations that provide maritime communications using the military strategic and tactical relay, advanced extremely high frequency, defense satellite communications system and wideband global satellite communications families of satellites.  This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $979,752,906.  This contract combines purchases for the Navy (94 percent); and, under the Foreign Military Sales Program, the governments of Canada (3.5 percent), the United Kingdom (1.7 percent), and the Netherlands (0.8 percent).  Work will be performed in Largo, Fla. (83 percent), and Marlborough, Mass. (17 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2014.  If all options are exercised, work could continue until December 2015.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The original contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily’s Federal Business Opportunities website, and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif. is the contracting activity.

            J.F. Taylor Corp., Lexington Park, Md., is being awarded a $9,043,754 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursement contract to provide systems engineering, specialized testing and evaluation for communication, navigation, and identification systems to be developed in support of the Mission Systems Evaluation Division (AIR 5.1) of the Naval Air Systems Command.  In addition, this contract will provide system integration and ongoing lifecycle support, as well as commercial air services for systems currently under development.  Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in October 2012.  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.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($8,618,698; 95.3 percent); the U.S. Air Force ($217,050; 2.4 percent); and, under the Foreign Military Sales Program, the government of Taiwan ($208,006; 2.3 percent).  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-12-C-0033)

            Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $7,627,133 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5124) for technical support, engineering support, operations, and maintenance of New Jersey Aegis sites supporting Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), Aegis Foreign Military Sales (FMS), and Navy Aegis efforts.  This contract modification will provide continuing technical engineering support, logistics, configuration management, quality assurance, operation and maintenance for Aegis program support sites.  These facilities incorporate highly integrated, classified, real-time networks that connect numerous contractor and United States government facilities required to build, integrate, and deliver computer code for Navy, BMD, and FMS efforts.  This contract includes purchases for the government of Japan (46 percent) and Spain (17 percent) under the FMS Program.  Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be complete by September 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
            Fort Defiance Industries, Inc.*, Loudon, Tenn., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity type contract with a maximum $9,000,000 for water recovery system, water heater, potable water pump, electrical panels, and portable water softener.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  There were 455 solicitations with four responses.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 14, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM2DH-12-D-8205).
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*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No. 106-12 February 14, 2012
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