DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 27, 2015

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 27, 2015
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-164-15 August 27, 2015
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 27, 2015: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 27, 2015 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is being awarded a $1,489,387,310 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-14-C-0067) for the manufacture and delivery of nine Navy full-rate production (FRP) Lot II P-8A aircraft, and four Royal Australian Air Force FRP Lot II P-8A aircraft.  In addition, this modification provides for the procurement of long-lead parts associated with the manufacture of 20 P-8A FRP Lot III aircraft for the Navy (16) and the government of Australia (4).  This modification also provides for FRP Lot II segregable efforts including unknown obsolescence, class I change assessment, obsolescence monitoring, integrated baseline/program management reviews, two advance airborne sensor A-kits, and life-of-type buy items associated with the electronic support measure.  Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington (80 percent); Baltimore, Maryland (3 percent); Greenlawn, New York (2.8 percent); Cambridge, United Kingdom (1.7 percent); North Amityville, New York (1.1 percent); Rockford, Illinois (0.9 percent); Rancho Santa Margarita, California (0.7 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (0.6 percent); and various other locations within the continental U.S. (9.2 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2018.   Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,057,056,575, and cooperative partner funds in the amount of $2,400,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($1,057,056,575; 71 percent) and the government of Australia ($432,330,735; 29 percent) under a cooperative agreement.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $89,265,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-12-C-0070).  This modification provides for the system development and demonstration Phase I Increment 2, for the first aircraft arrival and initial operations in support of the F-35A conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) air system for the government of Israel under the Foreign Military Sales program.  This modification includes the development and demonstration, integration and sustainment planning for the Israel F-35A CTOL Air System.  Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas (67 percent); Redondo Beach, California (12 percent); Orlando, Florida (10 percent); Samlesbury, United Kingdom (7); and Newtown, Pennsylvania (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2020.  Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $10,000,000 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Marvin Engineering Inc., Inglewood, California, is being awarded $16,319,520 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0014 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0009) for the procurement of 420 LAU-127 guided missile launchers to enable the F/A-18 aircraft to carry and launch AIM-120 and AIM-9X missiles.  Work will be performed in Inglewood, California, and is expected to be completed in May 2020.  Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $16,319,520 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Virginia, is being awarded an $11,838,878 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract for MH-60 weapon systems support and sustainment.  The MH-60 weapon systems consist of the MH-60R and the MH-60S helicopters.  The MH-60R is the Navy’s primary anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare platform and the most advanced maritime multi-mission helicopter in operation and deployed globally. The MH-60S is the Navy's maritime workhorse, performing missions from vertical replenishment to Medevac.  The anticipated contract will support MH60R and MH60S helicopter production efforts.  This contract combines purchases for the Navy (92 percent) and the governments of Denmark (2 percent), Australia (2 percent), Saudi Arabia (2 percent), and Brazil (2 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program.  Work will be performed in Crane, Indiana (75 percent); Indianapolis, Indiana (25 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2017.  Fiscal 2014 procurement aircraft (Navy) funds in the amount of $376,491 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with the statutory authority of 10 U.S. Code 2304(c) (1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-15-C-JN32).

Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $8,810,938 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0042 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for interim contractor services in support of the RQ-21 Blackjack program.  Services include logistics, training and field service representative support.  Work will be performed at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina (60 percent); and Bingen, Washington (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2016.  Fiscal 2015 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $4,596,890 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Virginia, is being awarded an $8,330,800 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-15-C-5103 to exercise option year two for engineering support services in support of Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS).  This contract will provide engineering support services, specifically engineering analysis and expertise in support of the portfolio of programs which include Aegis, Aegis fleet readiness, DDG 1000, enterprise configuration management, future combat systems, training systems, systems engineering and information assurance.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. government (81 percent), and the governments of Japan (8 percent), Australia (5 percent), Korea (3 percent), Spain (2 percent), and Norway (1 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program.  Work will be performed in Washington, District of Columbia (85 percent); Dahlgren, Virginia (4 percent); Norfolk, Virginia (2 percent); Bath, Maine (1 percent); Mayport, Florida (1 percent); Moyock, North Carolina (1 percent); Moorestown, New Jersey (1 percent); New York, New York (1 percent); Honolulu, Hawaii (1 percent); Reno, Nevada (1 percent); San Diego, California (1 percent); and Yokosuka, Japan (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2015.  Fiscal 2015 ship construction (Navy); fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy); fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy); fiscal 2015 other procurement (Navy); and foreign military sales funding in the amount of $8,330,800 will be obligated at time of award. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $2,212,363 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Akima Construction Services LLC,* Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded a $46,000,000 modification (P00004) to contract W91ZLK-13-D-0026 for construction at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2016.  Funding will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Banneker Ventures LLC,* Baltimore, Maryland, was awarded a $46,000,000 modification (P00005) to contract W91ZLK-13-D-0027 for construction at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2016.  Funding will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Bering Straits Technical Services LLC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, was awarded a $41,550,745 modification (P00006) to contract W91ZLK-13-D-0028 for construction at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2016.  Funding will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Patriot Construction LLC, Dunkirk, Maryland, was awarded a $36,340,000 modification (P00004) to contract W91ZLK-13-D-0029 for construction at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2016.  Funding will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Wycliffe Enterprises Inc., Frederick, Maryland, was awarded a $36,340,000 modification (P00006) to contract W91ZLK-13-D-0030 for construction at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2016.  Funding will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

GP Strategies, Columbia, Maryland, was awarded a $29,627,843 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life cycle logistics support and chemical demilitarization training facility operation and maintenance.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 23, 2015.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-15-D-0087).

Thalle Construction Co. Inc., Hillsborough, North Carolina, was awarded a $27,591,875 firm-fixed-price contract with options for excavation, construction, and reclamation work for the Ft. Worth Central City project.  Work will be performed in Ft. Worth, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2016.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with two received.  Fiscal 2014 and 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $27,591,875 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-15-C-0030).

BAE Systems Land & Armament LP, York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $21,284,990 cost-plus-fixed-fee, multi-year contract for contact maintenance, technical inspections and functional testing and maintenance of Army Prepositioned Stock and Theater Sustainment Stock Bradley tracked vehicles. Work will be performed in Kuwait with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2017.  One bid was solicited with one received.  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $14,492,384 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-15-C-0063).

Archer Western Federal JV, Chicago, Illinois, was awarded a $17,724,389 firm-fixed-price contract with options for unmanned aircraft systems hanger construction, Ft. Campbell, Tennessee, with an estimated completion date of May 2, 2017.  Bids were solicited via the internet with two received.  Fiscal 2015 military construction funds in the amount of $17,724,389 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-15-C-0024).

Joyner-Keeny PLLC,* Rocky Mount, North Carolina (W91278-15-D-0069); Woolpert Inc., Dayton, Ohio (W91278-15-D-0070); Maptech Inc., Jackson, Mississippi (W91278-15-D-0071); and Cardno Inc., Clearwater, Florida (W91278-15-D-0075), were awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract for surveying and mapping in the Mobile District and the South Atlantic Division, Army Corps of Engineers construction program. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 26, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with 23 received.  Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Marton Technologies Inc.,* Newport News, Virginia, was awarded a $9,336,607 modification (0001) to contract W52P1J-14-G-0021 for logistics support, Ft. Riley, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 28, 2020.  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $65,356 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

Lakeview Center Inc., Pensacola, Florida, was awarded a $7,737,646 firm-fixed-price contract with options for dining facility attendants and contingency cook support at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received.  Funding will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, is the contracting activity (W911S8-15-D-0005).

Magellan Behavioral Health, Columbia, Maryland, was awarded a $7,737,646 modification (P00017) to contract W81XWH-11-C-0542 for 24/7 operation of the Outreach Call Center for the Defense Centers of Excellence for Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Maryland Heights, Missouri, with  an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2016 .  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $ 7,373,889 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Frederick, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics Land Systems Customer Service and Support, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $7,184,510 cost-plus-fixed-fee, multi-year contract for maintenance, technical inspections, and testing of the Army Prepositioned Stock and Theater Sustainment Stock Abrams tracked vehicles. Work will be performed in Kuwait with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2017.  One bid was solicited with one received.  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) in the amount of $3,750,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-15-C-0062).

UPDATE:  Systems Technologies Inc., West Long Branch, New Jersey (W52P1J-15-D-0048); and SavantageSolutions, Rockville, Maryland (W52P1J-15-D-0083), have been added as awardees to a previously announced (March 21, 2014) maximum $461,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, task order contract for program management support services for the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems headquarters, directorates, project/product offices and related organizations. These contractors are being added to the previously awarded suite of contracts due to reopening and corrective action. Funding and performance locations will be determined with each order. The estimated completion date is Aug. 24, 2020. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 22 received. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Ship Supply of Florida Inc.,* Miami, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $19,896,283 modification (P00002) for a four-year base contract (SP0600-15-D-0379) adding additional points of delivery for marine gas oil. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract. Locations of performance are Florida, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, New York and Virginia, with an April 30, 2019, performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2016 through fiscal 2019 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

AIR FORCE

nLogic LLC, has been awarded a $16,104,764 production contract for control and reporting center operation modules and associated support. The location of performance is Huntsville, Alabama, and is expected to be complete by Aug. 27, 2019.  This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and five offers were received. 2015 Air Force other procurement funds in the amount of $16,104,764 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8730-15-C-0036).

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $10,071,486 cost-plus-award-fee modification (P00097) to the previously awarded contract FA8810-08-C-0002 for the Neptune Common Ground Architecture Implementation Phase II change. Contractor will extend the Naval Research Laboratory's Neptune Common Ground Architecture capabilities for surveillance tasking and refactoring of space-based infra-red systems mission management functions to provide planning data for external use and real-time schedule management. Work will be performed at Sunnyvale, California, and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2018.  Fiscal 2015 Air Force and Department of Defense research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $3,280,525 are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.

L-3 Communications Mission Integration Division, Greenville, Texas, has been awarded a $8,207,261 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for enhanced electronic intelligence exploitation processor software, hardware, and reports; Nyquist folding receiver software and reports; and Timberline II software, hardware and reports. Contractor will research, develop, and demonstrate enabling technologies and algorithms for real-time and near-real time automatic detection and measurement, processing, and exploitation of radio frequency emissions in support of electronic intelligence. Work will be performed at Greenville, Texas, and is expected to be complete by Aug. 27, 2020.  This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and six offers were received. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $213,256 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-15-C-0064).

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 26, 2015

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 26, 2015
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-163-15 August 26, 2015
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 26, 2015: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 26, 2015 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

America's Staffing Partner Inc.,* Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (W81XWH-15-D-0024); Health Facility Solutions Co.,* San Antonio, Texas (W81XWH-15-D-0027); Laredo Technical Services,* San Antonio, Texas (W81XWH-15-D-0029); ASR International Corp.,* Hauppauge, New York (W81XWH-15-D-0045); Global Engineering Solutions Inc.,* Bethesda, Maryland (W81XWH-15-D-0048); and Stratitia Inc.,* McLean, Virginia (W81XWH-15-D-0049), were awarded a $40,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract with options for technical and administrative services.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of Aug. 25, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with 11 received. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Frederick, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

ORBIS Sibro Inc.,* Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, was awarded an $18,930,590 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with options for scientific and engineering support to develop instrumentation systems and test facilities.  Work will be performed in Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 25, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with five received.  Funding will be determined with each order.  Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91CRB-15-D-0031).

Mobley Contractors Inc.,* Morrilton, Arkansas, was awarded a $15,374,855 firm-fixed-price contract for Bayou Meto Basin Canal 1000 Phase 2 construction, McRae, Arkansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 3, 2017.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received.  Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $ 15,374,855 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis, Tennessee, is the contracting activity (W912EQ-15-C-0008).

NAVY

Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded a $30,530,718 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-2128) for the continued procurement of integrated tube and hull E-fixtures in support of the Ohio Replacement Program common missile compartment.  This contract will combine purchases for the Navy (50 percent) and the government of the United Kingdom (50 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program.  Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut, and is scheduled to be completed by February 2017.  Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding and foreign military sales funding in the amount of $13,738,824 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, Groton, Connecticut, is the contracting activity. 

Teradyne Inc., North Reading, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $25,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of testers, spares, instrument calibration, software, cables, and engineering, technical, and factory support services.  The testers are in support of Strategic Systems Programs missile, guidance, fire control, and navigation systems module test requirements for the D5 Life Extension (D5LE) Program.  There are three different configurations for the testers: Superset Configuration Tester, Flight Configuration -001 Tester, and Flight Configuration -002 Tester. The contract includes several different types of spares, software, and cables that replace parts within the current testers.  Work will be performed at North Reading, Massachusetts (70 percent), and various government test sites as needed (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2019. Fiscal 2015 weapons procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $102,014 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), only one source.  This is a follow-on contract and Teradyne is the original source of the hardware and software associated with the highly specialized testers.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-15-D-GP99).

Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, is being awarded $9,579,515 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 2099 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0006) for the procurement of 209 LAU 118/A aircraft-guided missile launchers in support of F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G aircraft.  Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed in June 2018.  Fiscal 2013, 2014, and 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,579,515 are being obligated on this award, $4,629,335 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Stemnion Inc.,* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $9,051,277 cost-reimbursement (no fee) contract modification to previously awarded contract N62645-13-C-4014.  Stemnion Inc. is being awarded additional tasks to provide research and development services in support the Naval Medical Research Center’s cellular combat wound initiative within the current statement of work.  This requirement was sole-sourced, under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 and 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as Stemnion was deemed the only contractor able to perform services within the scope of the original contract.  Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2017.  Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $9,051,277 will be obligated at the time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Aurora Flight Sciences Corp.,* Manassas, Virginia, has been awarded a $15,350,660 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00003) to exercise the Phase II Option of previously awarded HR0011-15-C-0027 for the Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. Phase II will focus on refinement of the overall ALIAS system, risk reduction, demonstration of rapid installation time, and more in-flight demonstrations. Additionally, subsystems will be refined, and the system will be demonstrated on a third aircraft, a UH-60 rotorcraft. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $21,387,083 from $6,036,423. Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia (67 percent); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (32 percent); and Durham, North Carolina (1 percent), with an expected completion date of December 2016. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $10,725,928 are being obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, California, have been awarded an $8,796,481 modification (P00007) to exercise the second option of previously awarded cooperative agreement HR0011-12-2-0016. The second option serves as Phase 3 of the Power Efficiency Revolution For Embedded Computing Technologies (PERFECT) program. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the cooperative agreement to $15,649,709 from $6,853,228. Work will be performed in Berkeley, California, with an expected completion date of February 2018. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,100,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Georgia, has been awarded a $9,100,899 modification (P00338) to previously awarded FA8625-11-C-6597 for HC/MC-130J unique spares. Contractor will provide mission specific unique spares for the HC/MC-130J program. Work will be performed at Marietta, Georgia, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2017. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $9,100,899 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 25, 2015

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 25, 2015
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-162-15 August 25, 2015
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 25, 2015: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 25, 2015 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $581,113,421 modification to definitize a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-13-C-0023) for the manufacture and delivery of 15 Lot 12 UH-1Y, 19 Lot 12 AH-1Z, one Lot 13 UH-1Y and 21 auxiliary fuel kits for the Marine Corps and government of Pakistan.  The aircraft contract line items on this modification are fixed-price-incentive and the auxiliary fuel kit contract line items are firm-fixed-price.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 percent); and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2018.  Fiscal 2014 and 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $581,113,421 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($523,193,712; 90 percent) and the government of Pakistan ($57,919,709; 10 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $42,823,800 firm-fixed-price contract for the upgrade of the fire suppression and ventilation systems at Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility at the Naval Fleet Logistics Center, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.  The work to be performed provides for a wet pipe water fire sprinkler system in the upper access tunnel and automatic aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) water fire suppression system in the lower tunnel.  Provide a new 250,000-gallon water storage tank, two fire pumps, fire pump building, hydrants, and fire protection water supply lines.  Provide collection pits with sump pumps and an exterior 153,000-gallon retention tank for disposal of AFFF and fuel.  Repair existing and provide additional oil tight doors along the tunnel.  Provide new emergency voice and fire alarm system throughout the tunnel complex.  Upgrade ventilation systems to explosion proof fixtures.  Integrate ventilation system with existing emergency system controls.  Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by September 2017.  Fiscal 2015 military construction (Defense) contract funds in the amount of $42,823,800 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 two proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-15-C-1308).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, is being awarded $9,180,108 for modification P00160 under a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (M67854-07-C-2072) in support of the ground/air task-oriented radar (G/ATOR) program managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems, Quantico, Virginia.  This modification incorporates Phase II of the gallium nitride transition of the G/ATOR low-rate initial production systems.  Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2016.  Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $1,148,800 will be obligated at the time of award.  No contracts funds will expire the end of the current fiscal year.  This modification is awarded against a sole-source contract in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1).   The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded an $8,318,697 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-03-C-2101 for the already accomplished procurement and manufacturing of onboard repair parts for Virginia-class submarines.  The contractor manufactured and procured onboard repair parts to be loaded onto the Virginia-class submarines upon delivery.  This contract is for the definitization of a previously authorized unpriced task order.  The work was performed in Groton, Connecticut (73 percent); and Quonset Point, Rhode Island (27 percent), and was completed in March 2010.  No funding is being obligated at time of award.  The Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, Groton, Connecticut, is the contracting activity.

Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded an $8,190,684 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-03-C-2101 for the already accomplished procurement and manufacturing of onboard repair parts for Virginia-class submarines.  This contract is for the definitization of a previously authorized unpriced task order.  The contractor manufactured and procured onboard repair parts to be loaded onto the Virginia-class submarines upon delivery.  The work was performed in Groton, Connecticut (73 percent); and Quonset Point, Rhode Island (27 percent), and was completed in May 2012.  No funding is being obligated at time of award.  The Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, Groton, Connecticut, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded an $114,669,605 firm-fixed-price contract with options for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) low-rate initial production and full-rate production.  Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 24, 2024.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received.  Fiscal 2015 research, development, test, evaluation, and other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $114,669,605 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-15-C-0095).

Augustine Consulting Inc., Monterey, California, was awarded a $9,790,387 cost-plus-fixed-fee, incrementally-funded contract with options for Nett Warrior software development, production and sustainment. Work will be performed in Eatontown, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 24, 2018.  One bid was solicited with one received.  Fiscal 2013-2015 research, development, testing and evaluation and other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $6,551,905 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91CRB-15-C-0025).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $9,081,459 modification (P00009) to foreign military sales (Taiwan) contract W31P4Q-13-C-0100 for field support to the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile.  Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2016.  Fiscal 2013 other procurement funds in the amount of $9,081,459 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

North American Manufacturing,* Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a maximum $38,259,964 modification (P0002) exercising the first one-year option period of a two-year base contract (SPM8ED-13-D-0001) with three one-year option periods for military cots. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Pennsylvania, with a Sept. 26, 2016, performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2015 through fiscal 2016 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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