CONTRACTS
NAVY
Northrop Grumman Corp., Integrated Systems, Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $94,629,000 modification to definitize a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-10-C-0044) to a fixed-price. In addition, this modification provides for the manufacture and delivery of four low rate initial production Lot 4 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Work will be performed in Syracuse, N.Y. (46.8 percent); Bethpage, N.Y. (13.5 percent); El Segundo, Calif.(2.6 percent); Potez, France (2.4 percent); Edgewood, N.Y. (1.9 percent); Menlo Park, Calif. (1.6 percent); Woodland Hills, Calif. (1.4 percent); Owego, N.Y. (1.2 percent); St. Augustine, Fla. (1.2 percent); Marlborough, Mass. (1.1 percent); Brooklyn Heights, Ohio (1 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y. (.6 percent); and various locations within the United States (24.7 percent). Work is expected to be completed by December 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-10-C-0044).
ARMY
Chugach Federal Solutions, Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded on March 31 a $41,974,155 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the installation support services for Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Work will be performed in Redstone Arsenal, Ala., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9124P-11-C-0010).
AgustaWestland, Inc., Reston, Va., was awarded on April 1 a $37,656,065 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of AW139 helicopters, spare engine, spare parts, tools and ground support equipment, search and rescue equipment, crewmember personal equipment, medical equipment kits, transportation and pilot and maintenance training. Work will be performed in Reston, Va., and Egypt, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-11-C-0091).
Science and Technology Corp., Hampton, Va., was awarded on April 11 a $29,000,000 time-and-materials contract. The award will provide for the data collection services for U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center. Work will be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2011. The bid was solicited through the Internet with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-05-D-0007).
Navistar Defense, LLC, Warrenville, Ill., was awarded on April 1 an $18,493,192 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 42 general transport trucks, 34 lubricant trucks, and 25 water tanker trucks. Work will be performed in West Point, Miss., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 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).
CACI-WGI, Chantilly, Va., was awarded on April 11 a $17,035,534 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification to exercise the surge option for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization Special Operations Forces Support Team supplemental. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va.; Afghanistan; Iraq; and Pakistan, with an estimated completion date of July 14, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet with two bids received. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-08-D-0027).
Science and Engineering Services, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on April 1 a $13,795,306 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification for the aircraft overhaul of five MI-17 aircraft variant models. Work will be performed in St. Petersburg, Russia, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-D-0130).
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded on April 1 a $9,850,460 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the dredging in support of the Panama City Beach Renourishment Project. Work will be performed in Panama City Beach, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 1, 2011. Four bids were solicited with three bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W912EP-11-D-0004).
BAE Systems Land & Armaments, L.P., Ground Systems Division, York, Penn., was awarded on April 11 an $8,005,627 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the settlement of all costs associated with engineering changes impacting the six program of record engineer variant vehicles detailed in a previous version of this contract. Work will be performed in York, Penn., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 18, 2015. The bid was solicited through the Internet with four bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-0041).
Radiance Technologies, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on April 1 a $7,233,348 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the Weapon Watch - Gunfire Detection System for AH-64D Apache Ground Fire Acquisition Systems. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (W911W6-10-D-0013).
L-3, Garland, Texas, was awarded on April 1 a $6,974,660 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 2,588 Enhanced Third Generation Image Intensification Ground Night Vision Imaging Systems. Work will be performed in Garland, Texas, with an estimated completion date of May 22, 2014. Two bids were solicited with two bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-11-D-0083).
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
iGov Technologies, McLean, Va., received a $20,000,000 ceiling increase for the U.S. Special Operations Command tactical local area network contract providing system acquisition, design, integration, production, and delivery in support of special operations forces mission requirements. The new contract maximum is $470,000,000. The period of performance was increased by six months with three one-month option periods to allow the government time to complete the recompetition action. U.S. Special Operations Command is the contracting activity (H92222-08-D-0017).
More than 300 types of weaponry are being showcased by Russia at the Latin America Aero and Defense 2011 (LAAD-2011) arms show in Rio de Janeiro on April 12-15.Russia hopes to make $9.5 bln in 2011 arms sales (Update 1)
The White House and congressional leaders agreed to a $670.8 billion Defense Department appropriations bill for 2011 that is $18.1 billion below the Pentagon's original request for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. The base budget proposed for the Pentagon is $513 billion while funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan remain at $157.8 billion, the amount requested by the Obama administration, according to budget details released by the Senate.
