DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 15, 2013

Defense War News Updates: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 15, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  149-13 March 15, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 15, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  March 15, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

            Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., (FA8810-13-C-0002) is being awarded a $105,868,182 cost-plus incentive-fee and fixed-price incentive-firm contract for contractor logistics support, legacy sustainment and combined task force support for the Space Based Infrared Systems.  The location of the performance is Colorado Springs, Colo.  Work is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2016.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013.  The contracting activity is SMC/ISK, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif.  

            The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., (FA8681-13-D-0102) is being awarded a $99,900,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and indefinite- quantity/indefinite-delivery contract for production assets, spares, repairs and sustainment for the joint direct attack munitions system.  The location of the performance is St. Louis, Mo.  Work is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2016.  Type of appropriation is foreign military sales funding.  The contracting activity is AFLCMC/EBDK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.  Contract involves foreign military sales. 

            Vital Link Inc., Sealy, Texas, (FA8519-13-D-0001) is being awarded a $73,540,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for repair, refurbishment and relocation of the fleet of T-9, T-10/T-11 and T-12 Noise Suppression Facilities.  The locations of the performance are Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; Eglin AFB, Fla.; Ellsworth AFB, S.D.; Tinker AFB, Okla.; Hill AFB, Utah; Kadena Air Base, Japan; Kirtland AFB, N.M.; Lackland AFB, Texas; Kunsan AB, Korea; Langley AFB, Va.; Luke AFB, Ariz.; Moody AFB, Ga.; Buckley AFB, Colo.; Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; Minot AFB, N.D.; Nellis AFB, Nev.; Osan AB, Korea; McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Bureau, Tenn.; Barksdale AFB. La.; Royal Air Force Lakenhealth, United Kingdom; Bradley Field ANGB, Conn.; McGuire AFB, N.J.; McConnell AFB, Kan.; Offutt AFB, N.E.; Robins AFB, Ga.; Scott AFB, Ill.; Whiteman AFB, Mo.;  Spangdahlem AB, Germany; Andrews AFB. Md.; Shaw AFB, S.C.; Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.; Tyndall AFB, Fla.; Homestead AFB, Fla.; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; Eielsen AFB, Alaska; Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Holloman AFB, N.M.; Laughlin AFB, Texas; Randolph AFB, Texas; Sheppard AFB, Texas; Vance AFB, Okla.; Columbus AFB, Miss.; Ramstein AB, Germany; Aviano AB, Italy; Springfield, Ill.; Sandston, Va.; Klamath, Ore.; St. Louis, Mo.; Columbia, S.C.; Burlington, Vt.; Belle Chasse, La.; Cape Cod, Maine; Hartford, Conn.; Westfield, Maine; Detroit, Mich.; Boise, Idaho; Springfield, Ohio; Swanton, Ohio; Sioux City, Iowa; Sioux Falls, S.D.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Madison, Wis.; Tucson, Ariz.; Tulsa, Okla.; Fort Worth, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Montgomery, Ala.; Duluth, Minn.; Houston, Texas; Fresno, Calif.; Fort Smith, Ariz.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Fargo, N.D.; Terre Haute, Ind.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Pleasantville, N.J. and Great Falls, Mont.  Work is expected to be completed by March 14, 2014.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through 2014 depot purchase equipment maintenance funds.  The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WNKBBA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.   

            InDyne Inc., Reston, Va., (F04684-03-C-0050, P00440) is being awarded a $34,107,547.11 contract modification for range operations, communications and information services.  The locations of the performance are Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.; Pilliar Point, Calif.; Anderson Peak, Calif. and Santa Barbara, Calif.  Work is expected to be completed by Sep. 30, 2013.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013.  The contracting activity is 30 CONS/LGCZG, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.  

            Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nev., (FA8750-13-C-0021) is being awarded a $10,064,926 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for interface to operational systems for the functional development model.  The location of the performance is Sparks, Nev.  Work is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2015.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012.  The contracting activity is AFRL/RIKF, Rome, N.Y.   

NAVY

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $32,820,176 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2300) to exercise options for class service efforts and special studies, analyses and reviews for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.  Lockheed Martin will assess engineering and production challenges and evaluate the cost and schedule risks from affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs.  Work will be performed in Hampton, Va. (32 percent); Marinette, Wis. (27 percent); Moorestown, N.J. (22 percent), and Washington, D.C. (19 percent), and is expected to be complete by March 2014.  Fiscal 2012 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy funding in the amount of $32,820,176 will be obligated at time of award.  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. 

            Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $28,557,888 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-6311) to provide engineering and production planning services for mission packages that will deploy from and integrate with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).  The Navy’s plan is to use continuous evaluation of system maturity through a disciplined system engineering framework to improve mission capability in identified mission areas. LCSs Mission Packages will be optimized for flexibility in the littorals.  Mission package capabilities are currently focused on primary mission areas of mine warfare emphasizing mine countermeasures, littoral anti-submarine warfare, and littoral surface warfare operations, including prosecution of small boats.  The LCSs Mission Packages are developed and acquired separately from the LCSs seaframe.   Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Va. (32 percent); Huntsville, Ala. (25 percent); Bethpage, N.Y. (21 percent); Manchester, N.H. (11 percent); Silver Creek, N.Y. (10 percent); Hollywood, Md. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2014.  Fiscal 2012 Operations & Maintenance, Navy funding in the amount of $28,557,888 will be obligated at time of award.  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. 

            Austal USA LLC., Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $19,987,274 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for class service efforts and special studies, analyses and reviews for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.  Austal USA LLC., will assess engineering and production challenges and evaluate the cost and schedule risks from affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs.  Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala. (72 percent) and Pittsfield, Mass. (28 percent), and is expected to complete by March 2014.  Fiscal 2012 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy funding in the amount of $19,987,274 will be obligated at time of award.  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.

            L-3 Communications Corp., Londonderry, N.H., is being awarded a $12,449,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for spare parts for AN/PVS-15, AN/PVS-18 and AN/PVS-31 night vision goggles.  Work will be performed in Londonderry, N.H., and is expected to be completed by March 2018.  Fiscal 2013 Procurement, Defense Activity funding in the amount of $365,668 will be obligated at time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract is being awarded sole source in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented in FAR 6.302-1.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-13-D-JQ04).

            3 Phoenix Inc.*, Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $6,886,142 modification to previously awarded SBIR Phase III contract (N63394-10-C-1200) for additional engineering and system integration support for the AN/SPS-74 periscope detection radars system program.  This effort includes equipment, engineering services, and field services in support of in-service engineering requirements as well as material and services required for equipment changes, repair, and spare and repair parts.  The contractor will provide drawings, software engineering, and documentation development in support of the AN/SPS-74 periscope detection radars system.  Work will be performed in Wake Forest, N.C., and is expected to be completed by March 2015.  Fiscal 2012 Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation funding in the amount of $6,886,142 will be obligated at time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, Calif. is the contracting activity. 

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

            Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.Jersey is being awarded a sole source, cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to exercise an option to, under contract # HQ0276-10-C-0001.  The value of this contract modification is $24,023,258, increasing the total contract value from $1,316,430,438 to $1,340,453,696.  Under this modification, the contractor will support advanced concepts initiatives by the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program Office to identify technology for introduction into present and future Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Baselines/Spirals.  The work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey.   The performance period is from the date of award through December 31, 2013.  Fiscal 2013 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds will be used to incrementally fund this initial effort.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This is not a Foreign Military Sales acquisition.  Missile Defense Agency, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (HQ0276). 

ARMY

            Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., was awarded a $23,180,449 cost-plus-fixed-fee incrementally-funded contract.  This increment is worth $2,092,939.  This is a modification of an existing contract to continue services in support of the U.S. Air Force simulation, training and experimentation program.  Work will be performed in Fairfax, with an estimated completion date of March 26, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (W900KK-07-D-0715). 

            CAE USA Inc., Tampa, Fla., was awarded an $18,193,388 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of a training facility at Al Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait.  This contract is in support of foreign military sales.  Work will be performed in Kuwait, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 8, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-13-C-0016). 

            Inuit Services Inc., Nome, Ark., was awarded an $18,183,760 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the base operations support services for Fort McCoy, Wis.  Work will be performed in Fort McCoy, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2015.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with six bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Fort McCoy, Wis., is the contracting activity (W911SA-13-D-0005). 

            Advanced Electronics Co., Ltd., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was awarded a $12,656,358 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of Panther radios.  This contract is in support of foreign military sales.  Work will be performed in Saudi Arabia, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-13-C-0142). 

            IAP World Services, Cape Canaveral, Fla., was awarded a $7,929,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  This is a modification of an existing contract to continue caretaker services at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-11-C-3027). 

            The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $7,226,490 firm-fixed-price contract.  This is a modification of an existing contract to exercise the option for Apache Block III contractor logistics support.  Work will be performed in Mesa, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 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).

            Northrop Grumman Information Technology Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded a $5,428,394 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  This is a modification of an existing contract to continue the production and support services of the lower tactical Internet data products.  Work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 12, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-07-D-0005). 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Colonial Energy Inc., Fairfax, Va., was awarded contract SPE600-13-D-7529.  The award is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment for a maximum $15,813,276 for direct supply pipeline quality natural gas.  Location of performance is Virginia with a March 31, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Navy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2015 Navy funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.

            Integrys Energy Services, De Pere, Wis., was awarded contract SPE600-13-D-7523.  The award is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment for a maximum $14,907,210 for direct supply pipeline quality natural gas to the northeast region.  Location of performance is Wisconsin with a March 31, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2015 Service funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va. 

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

            Lockheed Martin Corp., Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded an $11,037,154 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (HR0011-13-C-0038). The statement of work for this effort is classified.  Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J. (100 percent).  The work is expected to be completed by March 14, 2016.  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity. 

            Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., is being awarded an $8,086,263 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (HR0011-13-C-0040).  The statement of work for this effort is classified.  Work will be performed in McLean, Va. (100 percent).  The work is expected to be completed by March 14, 2016.  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity. 

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