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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 25, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 25, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - July 25, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued July 25, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Graybar Electric Co., Inc., St. Louis, Mo., was issued a modification exercising the sixth option year on the current contract SPM500-04-D-BP11/P00029. Award is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $660,000,000 for the maintenance, repair, and operations prime vendor for zone one of the South Central region. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The date of performance completion is July 28, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

SupplyCore, Inc., Rockford, Ill., was issued a modification exercising the sixth option year on the current contract SPM500-04-D-BP10/P00023. Award is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $320,000,000 for the maintenance, repair, and operations supplies for the North Central region. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The date of performance completion is July 28, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, N.J., was issued a modification exercising the sixth option year on the current contract SPM500-04-D-BP12/P00025. Award is a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $40,000,000 for the maintenance, repair, and operation supplies and related services for zone two of the South Central region of the United States. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The date of performance completion is July 28, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $549,999,711 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-10-C-0015) for long lead materials and components associated with the manufacture and delivery of 19 lot eight UH-1Y build new aircraft; eight AH-1Z remanufactured aircraft; and six lot eight AH-1Z build new aircraft. This modification is the production definitization of the AAC to include negotiated lot eight aircraft pricing. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 percent), and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2014. 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.

SES-Tech Atlantic*, Norfolk, Va. (N40085-11-D-0043); H&S Environmental*, Westborough, Mass. (N40085-11-D-0044); and Osage of Virginia*, Norfolk, Va. (N40085-11-D-0045), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award remedial action operation, long term management, environmental multiple award contract for environmental projects within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic Hampton Roads area of responsibility. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and two option years, for all three contracts combined is $65,000,000. SES-Tech Atlantic is being awarded task order 0001 at $426,954 for the remediation of the entry road to Oceana Salvage Yard Virginia Beach, Va. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by February 2012. All work on this contract will be performed in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. The term of the contract is not to exceed 36 months, with an expected completion date of July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $436,954 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. These three contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $21,012,546 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee contract (N00019-09-C-0022) to provide additional funding for long lead materials in support of low rate initial production of seven lot two P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle, Wash. (63.80 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y. (11.69 percent); Baltimore, Md. (10.98 percent); North Amityville, N.Y. (8.24 percent); and McKinney, Texas (5.29 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 System Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Maritime Systems and Sensors, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $15,439,238 cost-plus-incentive-fee letter modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-6294) to design and manufacture hardware for the Acoustic Rapid Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) system improvement and integration program. A-RCI is a sonar system that integrates and improves towed array, hull array, sphere array, and other ship sensor processing, through rapid insertion of commercial off the shelf based hardware and software. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla. (70 percent), and Manassas, Va. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Healthcare Services of North America, J.V., Petal, Miss. (W91YTZ-11-D0015); Magnum Opus Technologies, San Antonio, Texas (W91YTZ-11-D0016); and Nurse Etc Staffing, Universal City, Texas (W91YTZ-11-D0017), were awarded a $492,000,000 firm-fixed-price multiple-award-task-order contract between three contractors. The award will provide for the personal and non-personal service for medical specialties to include physician, nursing and ancillary services. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of July 17, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 40 bids received. The Healthcare Acquisition Activity, Frederick, Md., is the contracting activity.

AM General, L.L.C., South Bend, Ind., was awarded a $195,156,024 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to provide 808 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles of various models and 744 armored troop enclosures in support of foreign military sales to Afghanistan. Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 29, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZ V-10-C-0405).

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $189,211,400 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to provide 16 AH-64D Apache aircraft and related support. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0161).

Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., was awarded a $78,670,000 firm-fixed-price, labor-hours and time-and-materials hybrid contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will provide for the coordinating, integrating, conducting and executing experiments in support of the Maneuver Battle Lab mission. Work will be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the contracting activity (W91247-11-D-0010).

Raytheon Co., Fullerton, Calif., was awarded a $70,520,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the engineering and integration, logistical and field support, and post deployment software service support for the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System. Work will be performed in Fullerton, Calif., and Forest, Miss., with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-DC604).

Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded a $30,463,852 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the production of 185 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles and one armor B-kit. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of April 31, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0159).

Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., was awarded a $29,348,146 firm-fixed-price level-of-effort contract. The award will provide for the procurement services to install underbody installation kits on Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles in Afghanistan. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of July 19, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-A-0003).

JLG Industries, Inc., McConnellsburg, Pa., was awarded a $24,500,473 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 144 All-Terrain Lifter Army Systems. Work will be performed in McConnellsburg, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 29, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-A001).

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., was awarded a $19,176,464 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of design, development and qualification testing and analyses to upgrade the current single channel 250-C30R/3 engine full authority digital electronic control systems to a dual channel configuration. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 9, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-D-0072).

Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., was awarded a $17,805,402 firm-fixed-price level-of-effort contract. The award will provide for the task order services that will augment and sustain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, and provides the joint logistics integrator capability for integrated logistics, engineering and fielding services. Work will be performed in McLean, Va., and Kuwait, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 18, 2011. Ten bids were solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-A-0003).

Sauer, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., was awarded a $13,388,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for design and construction of two single-story and one new two-story rigid steel frame, block and brick facility additions on Fort Bragg, N.C. Work will be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of March 19, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 16 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-11-C-0010).

EADS North American Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded a $10,166,300 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to provide logistic support coverage for the UH-72A aircraft. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-C-0194).

JCB, Inc., Pooler, Ga., was awarded a $9,924,733 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 40 High Mobility Engineering Excavator-I with A-kits. Work will be performed in Pooler, Ga., with an estimated completion date of April 15, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received. The U.S. Army TACOM-LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-D-0414).

AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded a $9,566,728 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to provide engineering services in support of the Shadow 200 unmanned aircraft systems. Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2013. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-11-C-0103).

G2 Construction, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska, was awarded a $9,486,739 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the construction of a railhead operations facility at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Work will be performed in Anchorage, Alaska, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 1, 2012. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with six bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, is the contracting activity (W911KB-11-C-0024).

Mobile Concepts by Scotty, Inc., Mount Pleasant, Pa., was awarded a $9,450,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 55 Tactical Operations Center trailer for the National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams. Work will be performed in Mount Pleasant, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 14, 2012. Eight bids were solicited, with 10 bids received. The National Guard Bureau, Operational Contracting, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (W9133L-11-F-0104).

SRC, Inc., North Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded a $9,000,970 firm-fixed-price cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the omni-directional weapon location radar prototype that is a 360-degree counter-fire prototype that offers full hemispherical coverage. Work will be performed in North Syracuse, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-11-C-H263).

North Wind Services, L.L.C., Idaho Falls, Idaho, was awarded an $8,365,931 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the remediation and removal of contaminated soil and miscellaneous surface debris in support of the Big Mountain RRS support. Work will be performed in Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, with an estimated completion date of June 20, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Joint Base Elmendorf and Richardson, Alaska, is the contracting activity (W911KB-11-C-0014).

Action Manufacturing Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., was awarded an $8,263,688 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the facilities, personnel and equipment for the manufacture of M739A1 point detonating/delay fuzes. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa., and Atglen, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 3, 2013. Seven bids were solicited, with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-C-2003).

Science Applications International Corp., San Antonio, Texas, was awarded an $8,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the environmental support to military, civil and federal agencies. Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala., with an estimated completion date of July 27, 2016. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with seven bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-11-D-0040)

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