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Pentagon to Host Premiere of HBO Documentary WARTORN 1861-2010
The Department of Defense announced today that the premiere of the HBO documentary WARTORN 1861-2010 will take place on Thursday, Oct. 28 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Pentagon Auditorium.
WARTORN 1861-2010 brings urgent attention to the invisible wounds of war. The documentary chronicles the lingering effects of combat stress and post-traumatic stress on military personnel and their families throughout American history, from the Civil War through today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Emmy Award winning actor James Gandolfini, is the executive producer of the documentary, and the HBO award-winning production team also includes: Jon Alpert, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Matthew O'Neill, and co-produced by Lori Shinseki.
Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., Army Chief of Staff, and Richard Plepler, co-president of HBO, will open the program with welcoming remarks.
The screening will be followed by a short panel discussion that includes Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Army Vice Chief of Staff; Dr. Katie Chard, director, PTSD and Anxiety Disorders of the Cincinnati Veteran's Affair Medical Center; Gregory T. Goldstein, program manager, Marine Corps Combat and Operational Stress Control; retired Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Harbin; and Capt. Paul W. "Buddy" Bucha, Medal of Honor recipient. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Doug Wilson and Veteran's Affairs Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Tammy Duckworth will moderate the panel discussion.
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Thomas A. Moffitt, 21, of Wichita, Kan., died Oct. 24 at Sarobi District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents with small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Former al-Qaida Fighter Pleads Guilty to Murder
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2010 - A former al-Qaida fighter in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to multiple charges for his role in a battle with coalition troops in Afghanistan in 2002, military officials announced.
Omar Khadr pleaded guilty yesterday in a military commission at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to murder, attempted murder, providing material support to terrorism, conspiracy, and spying in violation of the laws of war. A hearing to determine his sentence begins today.
Khadr, represented by two U.S. military attorneys at no cost to him, admitted in open court to throwing a grenade on July 27, 2002, that killed Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher J. Speer following a four-hour firefight between al-Qaida and U.S. forces. Khadr also admitted that in the months prior to the firefight, he converted land mines to improvised explosive devices and helped plant ten of them with the intent of killing U.S. forces.
Khadr agreed to waive his right to trial and plead guilty in exchange for a limitation on his sentence. Under the Military Commissions Act of 2009, a panel of military officers, or "members" of the commission, will determine the sentence. The commission's convening authority may accept the sentence or reduce it.
The commission's presiding military judge, Army Col. Patrick Parrish, questioned Khadr as to whether he understood the charges against him, his rights, and if his plea was voluntary. Parrish said he was satisfied that Khadr understood and that his plea was legitimate.
Navy Demonstration Highlights Bio-Fuels Capability
By Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Jamieson
Navy Public Affairs Support Element East
NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, Va., Oct. 25, 2010 - The U.S. Navy last week conducted a demonstration here featuring an experimental riverine command boat which uses an alternative fuel blend of 50 percent algae-based and 50 percent NATO F-76 fuel oil.
The demonstration is part of an initiative to support Navy Secretary Ray Mabus' efforts to reduce the fleet's reliance on fossil fuels and is part of a series of progressively complex tests and evaluations scheduled through 2012.
Rear Adm. Philip Cullom, Chief of Naval Operations' director of energy and environmental readiness, which leads the Navy's Task Force Energy, said the demonstration was a historic step on the road toward energy independence for the Navy.
"What you've seen today is a mean, green riverine machine," Cullom said. "This demonstration is a great example of the fleet answering the Secretary of the Navy's call. He told us a year ago that by 2020 half of our platforms at sea would be operating on an alternative fuel other than petroleum. We made an important step toward that goal today."
The initiative toward a Navy running on alternative fuels is multi-purpose, the admiral said.
"Our primary mission for Navy energy reform is to increase warfighting capability, both strategically and tactically," Cullom said. "From a strategic perspective, we are reducing reliance on fossil fuels from unstable locations. Tactically, efficient use of energy resources extends our combat range and use of non-petroleum fuels assures multiple supplies are available."
Sailors assigned to Riverine Group 1 here conducted the demonstration,
performing maneuvers meant to simulate actions taken during offensive
operations.
Rear Adm. Michael P. Tillotson, commander of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command,
said the most impressive aspect of the demonstration was that there was no
functional impact on how the boat performed.
"The coxswain of the boat told me he couldn't tell a difference between the
bio-fuel mix and the normal fuel," Tillotson said. "I think that is a testament
to how practical and beneficial this fuel can be for our people, our Navy and
our country."
Cullom said the bio-fuels program will benefit servicemembers by increasing efficiency and extending the ranges they can travel without refueling.
"This program is going to benefit our people," he said. "If this extends the range of a pilot, say, one more pass around a carrier, it could mean the difference in allowing that pilot to get home to his or her family safely."
The testing and demonstration of alternative fuels for ships is led by Naval Sea Systems Command's advanced fuels program office. The office, working in coordination with the Task Force Energy Maritime Working Group, supports the Secretary of the Navy's efforts to reduce total energy consumption on naval ships.
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DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Joshua J. Cullins, 28, of Simi Valley, Calif., died Oct. 19 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Soldier Missing in Action from WWII Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Staff Sgt. John R. Simonetti, 26, of Jackson Heights, N.Y., will be buried on Oct. 25 in Arlington National Cemetery. Following the Normandy invasion, allied troops began the deadly task of engaging regrouped German forces in the pastures, hedgerows and villages of France. On June 16, 1944, Simonetti was among the advancing infantrymen of the 9th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division. The soldiers were met with heavy automatic weapons and mortar fire and were forced to stop and take cover before they reached the French town of St. Germain-d'Elle. During the battle, the Americans sustained heavy losses, including Simonetti. Two members of his unit later gave conflicting information on the location and disposition of his remains. In the first account, the witness stated his body could not be recovered due to enemy activity, and the second said his body was evacuated to the battalion aid station. Two post-war investigations failed to recover his remains and he was declared non-recoverable by a military review board in 1950.
In May 2009, a French construction crew uncovered human remains and military equipment-including Simonetti's identifications tags-when excavating a site in St. Germain-d'Elle. French police turned over the remains and artifacts to U.S. officials for analysis.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command used dental comparisons in the identification of his remains.
At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 74,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
DCS Corp.*, Alexandria, Va., is being awarded an estimated $200,419,995 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide weapons and systems integration support services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division's integrated product teams and their associated weapons, including the F/A-18, EA-18G, AV-8B, H-1, Joint Strike Fighter, and unmanned aerial systems. The estimated level of effort is 2,754,100 man-hours. Work will be performed in China Lake, Calif. (90 percent), and Pt. Mugu, Calif. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2015. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; two offers were received. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-11-D-0001).
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $62,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee not-to-exceed modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2222) for advance procurement of long lead time materials in support of Landing Platform Dock 27. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss., and is expected to be completed by August 2014. 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.
The DLT Solutions, Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $6,720,947 firm-fixed-price contract for database software licenses and technical support for the Office of Naval Intelligence. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by October 2011. Contract funds will expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with five proposals solicited and three offers received. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-11-F-QA48).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Quality Distributors*, Tamuning, Guam, is being awarded a maximum $60,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity, total set-aside contract for full line food distribution for Guam area of responsibility. There are no other locations of performance . Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, federal civilian agencies, Guam public school system, and child development center. The original proposal was solicited on the Web with two responses. The date of performance completion is Oct. 23, 2012. The \ Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM300-08-D-3210).
*Small business
Update: Navy -- Harkins Builders, Inc., Marriottsville, Md., is being awarded a $41,610,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of student quarters and student dining facility at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The new multi-story student dining facility will provide a dining facility and media center for students attending The Basic School. Contract also provides a new student officer quarters facility. The facility is a new multi-story building to support billeting for 250 Marine officers undergoing initial training at The Basic School. The contract contains two planned modifications which, if exercised, would increase the cumulative contract value to $47,201,589. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 32 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-11-C-0002).
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Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Missing Vietnam War Soldiers Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Army Staff Sgt. Robert S. Griffith, of Hapeville, Ga., will be buried on Oct. 23 in Fairburn, Ga. The group remains of the other two soldiers which could not be individually identified -- Army Staff Sgt. Melvin C. Dye, of Carleton, Mich., and Sgt. 1st Class Douglas J. Glover, of Cortland, N.Y., will be buried at a later date. The men were aboard a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter on Feb. 19, 1968, when it was shot down by enemy fire in Laos. They were involved in an attempt to extract a long-range reconnaissance patrol in the mountains of Attapu Province. Three other American service members survived the crash and were rescued, but three Vietnamese Montagnards did not survive.
Several hours after the crash, a team was dispatched to survey the location and reported seeing remains of at least five people. Enemy activity prevented remains recovery at that time. The following month a second team was sent to the crash site but found no remains.
In 1995, a joint U.S.-Lao People's Democratic Republic team traveled to the recorded grid coordinates for the crash site but found no evidence of a helicopter crash. The team then surveyed a second location in the area where they found helicopter wreckage and human remains. In 2006, a follow-on team was not able to resurvey the same site due to severe overgrowth and time constraints. Another team excavated the location in late 2007 recovering human remains, wreckage and military-related equipment.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command used dental x-rays in the identification of Griffith's remains.
Since late 1973, the remains of 938 Americans killed in the Vietnam War have been account
Missing WWII Airman Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Arthur F. Parkhurst, of Evansville, Ind., will be buried on Oct. 16 in Dayton, Ohio. On March 12, 1945, Parkhurst and five other crew members aboard a C-47A Skytrain departed Tanauan Airfield on Leyte, Philippines, on a resupply mission to guerilla troops. Once cleared for takeoff there was no further communication between the aircrew and airfield operators. When the aircraft failed to return, a thorough search of an area ten miles on either side of the intended route was initiated. No evidence of the aircraft was found and the six men were presumed killed in action, their remains determined non-recoverable.
In 1989, a Philippine national police officer contacted U.S. officials regarding a possible World War II-era aircraft crash near Leyte. Human remains, aircraft parts and artifacts -- including an identification tag belonging to Parkhurst -- were turned over to the local police, then to U.S. officials.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command used dental comparisons and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA -- which matched that of Parkhurst's brother and sister -- in the identification of his remains.
At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 72,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
Air Force Announces C-27J Aircraft Basing Proposal
The Department of the Air Force announced today Great Falls International Airport, Mont.,as the preferred alternative to be the seventh C-27J operational location for bedding down four aircraft.
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz announced in July 2010 two candidate bases that included Boise Air Terminal Air Guard Station (AGS), Idaho, and Great Falls International Airport. Site survey teams evaluated the two candidate sites for feasibility, timing, cost and planning purposes to meet initial operational capability requirements.
The C-27J is a twin turboprop engine aircraft designed to meet the Air Force requirement for a rugged, medium size airland transport. The C-27J gives U.S. military troops a unique, short-take-off-and-landing capability, providing access to airstrips otherwise unreachable by fixed-wing aircraft.
The first six operational bases announced in July 2008 were Martin State AGS, Baltimore, Md.; W.K. Kellogg Airport, Battle Creek, Mich.; Bradley International Airport AGS, Bradley, Conn.; Hector Field AGS, Fargo, N.D.; Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Mansfield, Ohio; and Key Field AGS, Meridian, Miss.
The final basing decision for the seventh operational base is pending completion of environmental impact analysis, expected by May 2011. A final announcement is expected in June 2011 with aircraft delivery expected in mid-2014.
CONTRACTS
ARMY
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $389,608,417 firm-fixed-price contract. The action is for the purchase of 1,054 new palletized load systems trucks M983A2 LETs, existing subject contract. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0024).
Brantley Construction Co., LLC, Charleston, S.C. (W912HN-I0-D-0066); Leebcor Services, LLC, Williamsburg, Va. (W912HN-I0-D-0067); Team Construction, LLC, Jacksonville, N.C. (W912HN-I0-D-0068); Triune-Beck, JV, Atlanta, Ga. (W912HN-I0-D-0069); and Tyler Construction Group, Inc., Columbia, S.C. (W912HN-I0-D-0070), was awarded on Sept. 30 a $100,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award task order contract for general construction, design build/design bid build construction, within Georgia and the South Atlantic division (Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi). Work is to be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2015. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 48 bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity.
GM GDLS Defense Group, LLC, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $73,452,747 firm-fixed-price contract action. Will call-up an additional quantity of 45 Stryker vehicles. Work is to be performed in London, Canada (50 percent), and Anniston, Ala. (50 percent), with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM, CCTA-AIP, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07 -D-M112).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $48,758,105 firm-fixed-price contract for Army/Marine Corps and foreign military sales requirements for fiscal 2009 Javelin hardware production requirement. Work is to be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (50 percent), and Orlando, Fla. (50 percent), with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone, Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0376).
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $43,526,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose of this contract modification is to exercise the option for two CH-47F new Chinook cargo helicopters,. Work is to be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, CCAM-CH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0098).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $42,721,848 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for an award of Army/Marine Corps requirements for life cycle contractor support services for Javelin hardware returned from the field for maintenance. Work is to be performed in Los Angeles, Calif. (40 percent), and Orlando, Fla. (60 percent), with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2015. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P40-07-C-0154).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $37,822,935 firm-fixed-price contract. This procurement is for the exercise of an option to purchase two UH-60M aircraft and one HH-60M aircraft for the Army. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2012. One sole-source bid was solicited. U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).
GM GDLS Defense Group, LLC, JV, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Oct. 7 a $36,432,850 cost-plus-fixed-fee/firm-fixed-price contractor service to support performance specification changes to the Stryker infantry carrier vehicle. These performance specification changes will result in the design, integration, production and procurement of necessary components to support the Stryker rear view sensor kits to support vehicles in theater. Work is to be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich. (5 percent), and London, Canada (95 percent), with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Tank Automotive & Armament Command, AMSCC-TAC-AI, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07 -D-M112).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $34,587,928 firm-fixed-price contract. This procurement is for the exercise of an option to purchase three UH-60M aircraft for the Department of State. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2012. One sole-source bid was solicited with one sole-source bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).
BAE EI & S, Austin, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 29 a $34,359,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This modification is for a quantity of 5,286 rear view sensor systems for legacy Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. Work is to be performed in Austin, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM Contracting Center Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-C-0263).
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Corp., Herndon, Va., was awarded on Oct. 12 a $30,488,235 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides counter-rocket, artillery and mortar command and control sense and warn, training, and contractor support for Foreign Military Sales Australia Case AT-B-UDU. Work is to be performed in Fort Sill, Okla. (1 percent), Huntsville, Ala. (91 percent), and Herndon, Va. (8 percent), with an estimated completion date of Oct. 7, 2013. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0004).
ECCl International, LLC, Burlingame, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $29,186,338 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a requirement for Special Operations Force Joint Operation Center Compound, Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of April 18, 2012. One hundred thirty-two bids were solicited with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-I0-C-0054).
CH2M Hill Constructors, Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $28,547,893 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for Kandahar Package 10-1; includes Expeditionary Fighter Shelter, aviation operations and maintenance, intelligence surveillance reconnaissance apron expansion, close air support apron expansion (option item not exercised at this time), and arm and dearm pad at Kandahar Airbase, Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. Thirty-nine bids were solicited with eight bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-10-C-0050).
CCI Solutions, LLC, Augusta, Maine, was awarded on Sept. 30 a $27,524,345 firm-fixed-price. This contract is to design and build a new administration building for two border patrol stations at Beecher Falls, Vt., and Swanton, Vt. Work is to be performed in Beecher Falls, Vt. (49 percent), and Swanton, Vt. (51 percent), with an estimated completion date of Nov. 18, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is the contracting activity (W912WJ-10-C-0030).
ABS Development Corp., New York, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $26,956,562 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the design/build construction of various facilities at the port of Haifa for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Work is to be performed in Haifa, Israel, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2016. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District, is the contracting activity (W912GB-10-C-0047).
DATA Tactics, Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $24,817,327 cost-plus-fixed-fee-contract. This contract is to research and demonstrate a comprehensive cloud-based architecture to support the extraction and mining of objects, events, and relationships from multiple intelligence sources including full motion video, audio, imagery, financial, signals intelligence, and all source reporting. Work is to be performed in McLean, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 22 bids received. CECOM Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-10-C-A628).
Contrack International, Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $21,192,005 firm-fixed-price construction contract. This contract is for "P-928 Waterfront Development Program., Phase II, U.S. Naval Support Activity." Work is to be performed in Manama, Bahrain, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2012. Thirty-two bids were solicited with 11 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-10-C-0065).
Rehabilitation Services, Oklahoma Department, Oklahoma City, Okla., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $19,549,317 firm-fixed-price contract for unrestricted direct negotiations with the Oklahoma State Licensing Agency/Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services. Work is to be performed in Fort Sill, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2013. Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Sill, Okla., is the contracting activity (W9124J-09-D-0003).
Northrop Grumman System Corp., Technical Services, Inc., Sierra Vista, Garden Canon, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $17,998,259 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This is a cost engineering change proposal. The PMVAS office has mandated that the Hunter MQ-58 unmanned aircraft system be compliant with all interoperability profiles, including overarching interoperability profiles, the payload product dissemination lOP, and common data link lOP. That Hunter interoperability will also be compliant with information assurance of the Hunter MQ-5B USA system. This ECP allows the modifications necessary to comply with the mandated request. Work is to be performed in Sierra Vista, Garden Canon, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. AMCOM Contracting Center, CCAM-AR-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0025).
ECCI-C METAG, JV, Burlingame, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $17,994,338 firm-fixed-price contract of Shindand Package M11; includes strategic airlift apron and passenger and cargo terminal at Shindand Air Field, Shindand, Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Shindand Air Field, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. Forty-six bids were solicited with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-10-C-0062).
Northrop Grumman Mission System, Herndon, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $17,624,890 cost-plus-incentive-fee. This contract is to provide for counter-rocket, artillery and mortar protection of forward operating bases in Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Bagram, Afghanistan (80 percent), and Huntsville, Ala. (20 percent), with an estimated completion date of Dec. 9, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-1Q-C-0096).
CACI-ISS, Inc., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $16,422,826 GSA task order contract. The contractor shall provide operation and maintainability of the AOC C2 desktops and related continuity of operations. Work is to be performed in Chantilly, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2015. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website with two bids received. National Capital Region Contracting Office, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0020-F711).
ACE Maintenance and Services, Inc., Austin, Texas, was awarded on Oct. 1 a $16,166,717 firm-fixed-price hospital housekeeping services for five medical treatment facilities in the southern region for the period Oct. 1, 2010, through Sep. 30, 2011. This is a bridge contract pending award of the long term requirement by Center for Healthcare Contracting. Work is to be performed in Fort McPherson, Ga. (3 percent), Fort Gordon, Ga. (42 percent), Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (4 percent), Fort Jackson, S.C. (18 percent), and Fort Campbell, Ky. (33 percent), with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Healthcare Acquisition Contracting, Southern Region Contracting Office, Fort Gordon, Ga., is the contracting activity ( W91YTV-10-C-0009)
Korte Construction Co., dba The Korte Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $15,312,983 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct troop and family medical clinic. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of April 27, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 34 bid received. Savannah District Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-10-C-0069).
Colonna's Shipyard, Inc., Norfolk, Va., was awarded on Sept. 27 a $15,195,754 firm-fixed-price contract to provide programmed dry-docking, cleaning, painting, repairs and service life extension program modifications to the Army Vessel LSV-4, stationed at Fort Eustis, Va. Work is to be performed in Norfolk, Va., with an estimated completion date of March 28, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. Mission and Installation Contracting Command Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (W911S0-10-D-0003).
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Oct. 7 a $10,242,120 firm-fixed-price contract. This action is for the purchase of 7,000 command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance kits. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0024).
SERCO, Inc., Reston, Va., was awarded on Sept. 28 a $14,949,608 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide Army OneSource outreach services to soldiers and their families. Work is to be performed in Reston, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, National Capital Region Contracting Center, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-l0-F-0069).
Computer Science Corp., Falls Church, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $14,410,587 time-and-material contract for services for enterprise resource planning for Army program manager of Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program. Work is to be performed in Alexandria, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, National Capital Region Contracting Center (NCRCC), Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-10-C-0076).
TEPA EC, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $14,109,310 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of "Brigade Complex (L), Phase 1 B, COF PN65362." Work is to be performed in Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of March 23, 2012. Four bids were solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0022).
Align Staffing, Greenbelt, Md., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $13,391,922 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide respite care services for the Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command, in support of the Exceptional Family Member Program within the continental United States. Work is to be performed in multiple U.S. cities with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2012. Eight bids were solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-10-C-0077).
Bristol Design Build Services, LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded on Sept. 30 a $13,375,242 firm-fixed-price construction contract to design and construct a BioMass boiler and associated facilities. Work is to be performed in Chillicothe, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of March 13, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District/Contracting Division, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0074).
R4, Inc., Eatontown, N.J., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $12,129,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide contractor logistic support on various improvised explosive device defeat/protect force equipment at approximately 60 locations in and outside the contiguous United States in support of the warfighter. Work is to be performed in Eatontown, N.J., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM TCC-CCTA-ASA-B, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-IO-C-0506).
GM GDLS Defense Group, LLC, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $12,013,973 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the action; revises the specification of 26 Stryker vehicles from a reconnaissance vehicle variant to an infantry carrier vehicle variant. Work is to be performed in London, Canada (75 percent), and Sterling Heights, Mich. (25 percent), with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM, CCTA-AIP, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $11,999,984 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The purpose of this delivery order is to perform 57,700 hours of engineering services support of CH-47F Chinook helicopter non-recurring engineering to include integration of engineering change proposals, product improvement, and other modifications to the CH-47F cargo helicopter. Work is to be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. U.S. Army Contracting Command, CCAM-CH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-04-G-0023)
Raytheon Co., IDS, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $11,963,111 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) plug and fight (P&F) A-kit design definition to develop an integrated set of components/platform end item preliminary engineering change proposals for the development of IAMD P&F A-kits that integrate the government furnished equipment IAMD B-kits. Work is to be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. AMCOM Contracting Center, Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-l0-C-0167).
Clement Group, LLC, Montgomery, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $11,405,417 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for brigade complex headquarters/sensitive compartmental information facilities, "(L) Phase 1 B, PN 65362," Fort Carson, Colo. Construct one standard design Brigade headquarters building with sensitive compartmental information facilities. Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 20, 2012. Four bids were solicited with two bids received. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0029).
Chugach World Services, Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded on Sept. 30 a $11,369,663 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the repair and renovation of Building 1000 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Work is to be performed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 25, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-l0-C-0098).
Solis Constructors, Inc., Austin, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 29 a $11,240,200 firm-fixed-price contract. The proposed project is "10 construct Moore Memorial USARCI AMSA, Bryan, Texas." The project consists of construction of a new, approximately 150-member Armed Forces Reserve Center. Primary facilities include an approximately 42,000 square foot Armed Forces Reserve Center and a 6,600 square foot area maintenance support activity, with an unheated storage building and organizational parking. Supporting facilities include land clearing, paving, fencing, general site improvements, and extension of utilities to serve the project. Force protection, AT, measures incorporated into design includes maximum standoff distance from roads, parking areas, and vehicle unloading areas. Work is to be performed in Bryan, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2012. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website with eight bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W9I2QR-10-C-0096).
RLB Contracting, Inc., Port Lavaca, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 29 a $10,956,900 firm-fixed-price contract. This work "consists of Multiple Placement Area Repair Including West Bay Mooring Basin Beneficial Use Site, Lake #1, Lake #2, and Dredging, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Texas, Causeway to Bastrop in Galveston and Brazoria Counties, Texas." Work is to be performed in Galveston County, Texas (80 percent), and Brazoria, Texas (20 percent), with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2011. Twenty-seven bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-l0-C-0036).
Benchmark International, Inc., Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $10,988,740 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide force management support services for the U.S. Army Force Management Support Agency within the continental United States. Work is to be performed in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. (25 percent), Fort Belvoir, Va. (50 percent), and Fort Lee, Va. (25 percent), with an estimated completion date of Sept. 24, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. Army Contracting Command, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-l0-C-0l02).
Duininck, Inc., Roanoke, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30 a $9,840,649 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is for the fiscal 2010 multiple airfield projects at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. The base bid is for the mill and overlay of outside runway 17L/35R. Option one is "Repair C- 17 Parking - Spots 1 thru 8." Option two is assault landing zone lighting. Option three is to re-grade low lying areas, BASH. Option four is to replace airfield signs. Work is to be performed in Altus, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-10-C-2003).
Brassfield & Gorrie, Birmingham, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $9,742,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct a soldier family care clinic. Work is to be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated completion date of March 22, 2012. Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-10-C-0068).
GM GDLS Defense Group, LLC, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $9,483,927 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract action cuts the modified hull design, double-V hull, into the production of an additional 45 Stryker vehicles. The double-V hull is an integrated solution that provides improved protection levels to support operations in the Operation Enduring Freedom area of responsibility. Work is to be performed in London, Canada (50 percent), and Anniston, Ala. (50 percent), with an estimated completion date of February 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM, CCTA-AIP, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).
GM GDLS Defense Group, LLC, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $9,312,751 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract action revises the specification of 17 Stryker vehicles from a reconnaissance vehicle variant to an infantry carrier vehicle variant. Work is to be performed in London, Canada (75 percent), and Sterling Heights, Mich. (25 percent), with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM, CCTA-AIP, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).
Steel Style, Inc., Newburgh, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $8,951,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of the finale engineering design and construction services for one inland waters non-self propelled welded steel crane barge conforming to commercial standards. From the final design package, the contractor will construct, test and deliver the ready and mission capable barge intended to serve the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District in Memphis, Tenn., in support of its river bank revetment mission on the Mississippi River system. Work is to be performed in Newburgh, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2012. Seventeen bids were solicited with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912BU-10-C-0051).
Beckering Advisoring, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $8,851,090 firm-fixed-price contract. The scope of the work encompasses two buildings and site work at the buildings. Buildings 6922 and 6923 require extensive renovation to the existing structure and large additions to be built. Building 6923's existing industrial configured structure is 22,200 square foot of structural steel and masonry construction with metal panel fascia and encompassing an ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer flat roof system. The electrical, mechanical and communications systems will be completely removed and upgraded. Some interior spaces will be reconfigured for administrative functions by removing walls and building new. The new construction portion of the building will be approximately 15,800 square feet. Work is to be performed in Battle Creek, Mich., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with nine bids received. National Guard Bureau, Lansing, Mich., is the contracting activity (W912JB-10-C-2002).
Robert A. Bothman, Inc., San Jose, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $8,373,362 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction for a one megawatt solar power field to support a micro grid. Power connections and meter to reroute excess energy back to the main grid. Work is to be performed in Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 10, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 14 bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Sacramento, Calif., is the contracting activity (W91238-10-C-0041).
IBM Corp., Bethesda, Md., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $8,059,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Army career tracker; consolidates training, education and assignment source data housed in numerous and disparate Army systems into an easy-to-use interface for target end user. Work is to be performed in Fort Monroe, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2012. Sixteen bids were solicited with one bid received. Mission and Installation Contracting Command Center, Fort Eustis, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0010).
Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation, dba Phoenix Services, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $7,491,341 firm-fixed-price contract. Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation is being awarded a contract for a base period with four option years to provide custodial services for buildings on Redstone Arsenal. Work is to be performed in Redstone Arsenal, Ala., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2015. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9124P-10-D-0022).
Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, Mass., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $7,643,963 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for rapidly deployable tunnel activity detection system. Work is to be performed in Cambridge, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2013. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, ERDC Contracting Office, Vicksburg, Mass., is the contracting activity (W912HZ-10-C-0120).
General Dynamics C4 Systems, Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $7,362,225 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the efforts related to the Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer (IEWTPT) program. IEWTPT is a specialized, multi-modal system that stimulates a variety of operational systems to provide intelligence training. Work is to be performed in Orlando, Fla. (93 percent), and Huntsville, Ala. (7 percent), with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2015. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Program Executive Office, STRI, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (W900KK-I0-C-0031).
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo., was awarded on Oct. 1 a $7,255,311 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the restructure of Phase II of the Individual Protection Ensemble Mannequin System (IPEMS) contract which includes the fabrication, installation, verification, and validation of the IPEMS. This modification separates Phase II in to two sub-phases: Phase IIa and IIb. Phase IIa includes the addition of testing and a final fabrication readiness review. The overall period of performance for Phase II (Phases IIa and llb) will be extended 17 to 26 months. Work is to be performed in Kansas City, Mo. (25 percent), and Dugway Proving Ground, Utah (75 percent), with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2012. U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood Contracting Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-09-C-0006).
BAE Systems, Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Inc., Austin, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30 a $6,961,104 firm-fixed-price contract for 121 Buffalo explosively formed penetrators bar armor kits for the Buffalo mine protected clearance vehicles. Work is to be performed in Austin, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 21, 2010. U.S. Army TACOM, CCTA-ADCS, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-C-0664).
Sarnoff Corp., Princeton, N.J., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $6,894,631 firm-fixed-price contract for purchasing fifty standard ground station maintenance kits in support of the rapid aerostat initial deployment system marked for deployment to Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Princeton, N.J., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 25, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. CECOM Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-10-P-S223).
Lawrence Brunoli, Inc., Farmington, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $6,800,500 firm-fixed-price contract. This small business set-aside contract is to renovate in-patient unit on sixth floor of Building 1 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Haven, Conn. Work is to be performed in West Haven, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. New England Dist, Corps of Engineers, Concord, Mass., is the contracting activity (W912WJ-l0-C-0029).
Caterpillar, Inc., Defense and Federal Products, Mossville, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $6,765,064 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for logistics support for the 924H light loader. Work is to be performed in Montgomery, Ill. (50 percent), and Warren, Mich. (50 percent), with an estimated completion date of Aug. 30, 2015. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website with five bids received. U.S. Army TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-D-L424).
Arinc Engineering Services, Ltd., Annapolis, Md., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $6,722,498 cost-plus-fixed-fee. This action is for an undefinitized contract action for 12 months of aircraft logistics support, hardware/spare parts and services on materials for five Iraqi Bell Jet Ranger helicopters. Work is to be performed in Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 17, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aviation and Missile Command Contracting Center, CCAM-RD-F, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-10-C-0060).
The Ross Group, Tulsa, Okla., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $6,435,800 firm-fixed-price contract for overhead electric conversion and under ground utilities upgrade at Altus Air Force Base. Work is to be performed at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-10-D-2014).
Leebcor Services, LLC, Williamsburg, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $6,330,280 firm-fixed-price contract for the upgrade of marshalling and storage area, Fort Eustis, Va. Project will include two command and control/security buildings. Work is to be performed in Fort Eustis, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-08-D-0077).
BAE Systems, Inc., Anniston, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $6,200,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the overhaul of 20 M113A3 Bradley family of vehicles for the Army National Guard. Work is to be performed in Anniston, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 1, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM, CCTA-AHLA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-G-0003).
Dominion Virginia Power, Portsmouth, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $6,103,530 firm-fixed-price contract for labor for replacement of power generators. Work is to be performed at Fort Belvoir, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2013. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army, Intelligence and Security Command, Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (W911W4-10-F-0316).
Nick Griego & Sons Construction, Inc., Clovis, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $6,196,350 firm-fixed-price contract. T he project is for the construction of the AC-130, which is approximately 242,000 square feet of load out apron to include concrete pad over aggregate base, tie downs, grounding, drainage, associated taxiway access, shoulders, pavement markings and lights. Offers must be in accordance with "Specification Section 32-1311 Concrete Pavement for Airfield and Other Heavy Duty Pavements." Work is to be performed in Curry County, N.M., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2011. Ten bids were solicited with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District-CESPA-CT, Albuquerque, N.M., is the contracting activity (W912PP-10-C-0038).
ITT Corp. Roanoke, Va., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $5,976,432 firm-fixed-price contract for 2,178 Army-Navy/passive vision sight-7 night vision goggles. Work is to be performed in Roanoke, Va., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2011. Two bids were solicited with two bids received. RDECOM Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W9124Q-05-D-0821).
Conrad Industries, Inc., Morgan City, La., was awarded on Sept. 30 a $5,973,596 firm-fixed-price contract to provide necessary marine services to construct, test and deliver two new welded steel deck cargo barges for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, with one evaluated optional barge. Work is to be performed in Morgan City, La., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2011. Four bids were solicited with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912BU-10-C-0052).
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was awarded on Sept. 29 a $5,784,564 firm-fixed-price contract for common avionics architecture systems 750 processors replaced with CMS 7448 processors. Work is to be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (DAAH23-03-D-0015).
Raytheon Co., Andover, Mass, was awarded on Sept. 29 a $5,697,248 firm-fixed-price contract for fiscal 2010 performance based logistics support for the Patriot weapon system. Work is to be performed in Andover, Mass. (53 percent), and El Paso, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-D-0025).
S&B James Construction Management, White City, Ore., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $5,598,894 firm-fixed-price contract to "Replace Security Forces, PN: KJAQ029041 Design and Build of a 14,000 SF security forces facility; new construction." Work is to be performed in Klamath Falls, Ore., with an estimated completion date of April 10, 2012. Nine bids were solicited with three bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO for Oregon, Salem, Ore., is the contracting activity (W912JV-l0-C-0007).
Pyramid Services, Inc., Asheboro, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 29 a $5,000,008 cost-plus-award-fee contract to installation support services in support of the Installation and Management Command, Directorate of Public Works mission at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., for the period Oct. 1, 2010, through March 31, 2011. Work is to be performed in Yuma, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2011. Five bids were solicited with five bids received. Mission and Installation Contracting Command Center, Yuma, Ariz., is the contracting activity (W9124R-06-C-0101).
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, was awarded an $11,524,692 contract which will develop and test critical high definition (HD) and target location accuracy enabling components, including multi-color laser rangefinder designator (MCLRD), HD slip rings, and twist capsules for the multi-spectral targeting system (MTS)-A/B for the Predator and Reaper systems. Included in this cost-plus-fixed-fee effort is completing the testing and documentation necessary to transition the 720p HD MTS-B system to production. Also included in this effort is the further progression to the objective 1080p HD MTS-B development effort and complete a preliminary design review for the MTS-B turret including system engineering, thermal and structural analysis. This development contract also allows Raytheon to support General Atomics' second phase of their MCLRD development and conduct full performance and weapons compatibility testing. At this time, $9,894,677 has been obligated. ASC/WIIK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-06-G-4041; 0012).
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Navy Honors Killed, Injured in USS Cole Attack
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2010 - Navy officials, current and former crew members and families of the fallen gathered today at Norfolk Naval Station, Va., to remember the 17 sailors killed and 39 others wounded in the al-Qaida attack on the USS Cole 10 years ago today.
Suicide bombers launched the surprise Oct. 12, 2000, attack on the Arleigh Burke-class, Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer as it was anchored in Aden, Yemen, for a routine refueling stop. The attackers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship's port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
The attack was the deadliest assault against a U.S. naval vessel since the Iraqis attacked the USS Stark on May 17, 1987.
Retired Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold, the Cole's commander during the attack, recalled the impact of the blast.
"There was a thunderous explosion. You could feel all 505 feet and 8,400 tons of guided missile destroyer violently thrust up and to the right," Lippold said during a recent radio interview. "Lights went out, and within a matter of seconds, I knew we'd been attacked."
During today's ceremonies, Navy Adm. J.C. Harvey Jr., commander of USS Fleet Command, saluted the Cole crewmembers' quick response and valor as they fought to keep the ship afloat and tended to the wounded while defending against a feared follow-on attack.
Harvey said the attack underscores the importance of always being trained and prepared, and he praised the sense of vigilance that has been passed down to subsequent USS Cole crews.
After 14 months of upgrades and repairs following the attack, the USS Cole made an overseas deployment in November 2003. The ship later deployed to the Middle East in June 2006.
The USS Cole, which recently returned to its Norfolk homeport after a deployment that took it through the Gulf of Aden, shows no visible evidence of the deadly attack that occurred a decade ago. But below its decks are regular reminders, including a blackened U.S. flag that survived the attack and 17 gold stars that line the ship's "Hall of Heroes" passageway.
As a ship's bells rang 17 times during today's ceremonies, the names of the fallen 17 sailors were read aloud:
* Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Eugene Clodfelter, 21, a hull maintenance technician from Mechanicsville, Va.;
* Chief Petty Officer Richard Costelow, 35, an electronics technician from Morrisville, Pa.;
*Seaman Lakeina Monique Francis, 19, a mess management specialist from Woodleaf, N.C.;
* Seaman Timothy Lee Gauna, 21, an information systems technician from Rice, Texas;
* Seaman Cherone Louis Gunn, 22, a signalman from Rex, Ga.;
* Seaman James Rodrick McDaniels, 19, of Norfolk, Va.;
* Petty Officer 2nd Class Marc Ian Nieto, 24, an engineman from Fond du Lac, Wis.;
* Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Scott Owens, 24, an electronics warfare technician from Vero Beach, Fla.;
* Seaman Lakiba Nicole Palmer, 22, of San Diego, Calif.;
* Seaman Joshua Langdon Parlett, 19, an engine room fireman from Churchville, Md.;
* Seaman Patrick Howard Roy, 19, a fireman from Cornwall on Hudson, N.Y.;
* Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Shawn Rux, 30, an electronic warfare technician from Portland, N.D.;
* Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronchester Manangan Santiago, 22, a mess management specialist from Kingsville, Texas.;
* Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Lamont Saunders, 32, an operations specialist from Ringgold, Va.;
* Seaman Gary Graham Swenchonis Jr., 26, a fireman from Rockport, Texas;
* Ensign Andrew Triplett, 31, of Macon, Miss.; and
* Seaman Craig Bryan Wibberley, 19, of Williamsport, Md.
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Pentagon to Host Energy Awareness Events
The Department of Defense (DoD) will recognize Energy Awareness Month with events during the week of Oct. 12-15, 2010. The theme for this week is "Empowering Defense through Energy Security.
Events will include energy technology vendor and equipment displays throughout the week in the Pentagon courtyard. On Wednesday, Oct. 13, top-level DoD leadership will engage in panel discussions about energy and its impact on DoD operations in the Pentagon Auditorium. Click here for the
schedule of events.For the Oct. 13 panel discussions, journalists without a Pentagon building pass will need to contact 703-697-5131 for an escort into the building. Journalists will need to enter through the River Entrance only. Plan to arrive no later than 45 minutes prior to the event; have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification.
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2010 - Expressing deep regret over civilian casualties resulting from a NATO air strike yesterday, Pentagon civilian and military leaders said today they support the strategy that puts as much emphasis on protecting the Afghan population as capturing or killing insurgents.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm.
Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pointed to challenges the
military is facing in Marja, Afghanistan, as an indication of the challenges
U.S. and coalition forces face as they help Afghan security forces reverse enemy
momentum there.
Mullen reported steady progress in Marja, while conceding that it's developing
"a bit slower than anticipated." Still, the chairman said, he's encouraged by
the work under way, the focus on protecting the population, and by the bravery
being demonstrated by the Afghan people, their security forces and the coalition
troops. "By all accounts, the Taliban's resistance has been at best,
disjointed," he said.
"But we have experienced difficulties," the chairman acknowledged. "In some
places, the enemy fights harder than expected."
And, enemy-emplaced roadside bombs "although crude, are still deadly," Mullen
pointed out.
The admiral declined to share details about yesterday's air strike incident
while the investigation continues, but he offered condolences to the families of
those killed.
"Yesterday's terrible loss of innocent civilians reminds us of just how fragile
any move we make can ultimately be," Mullen said.
Gates noted that Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO
commander in Afghanistan, has made protecting the civilian population a keystone
of his strategy. "General McChrystal is more on top of the importance of
avoiding civilian casualties, and the strategic consequences of civilian
casualties, than anybody," he said.
Mullen said the U.S. military's emphasis on protecting Afghanistan's civilians
has been reinforced throughout the chain of command. "It is the focus of the
military leadership right down to the unit level," he said. But Mullen also
cited the challenges these troops face in preventing civilian casualties in
light of the "very difficult environment" they are working under, and the
split-second decisions they must make in combat.
"The thing to remember is that we're at war," echoed Gates. "General McChrystal
is doing everything humanly possible to avoid civilian casualties. But it is
also a fact that the Taliban mingle with civilians, [and] they use them for
cover."
This, the secretary said, "obviously complicates any decision process by a
commander on the ground in knowing whether he's dealing with the Taliban or
innocent civilians, or a combination of the two."
Asked if McChrystal's restrictions on the use of air power have gone too far in
tying ground troops' hands as they fight the enemy, Gates deferred to his ground
commander.
"My thought is that I'm not going to try and second-guess Stan McChrystal from
9,000 miles away," Gates said. "He's the commander. I have confidence in his
judgment. I'll leave it to him to make those decisions about the right balance.
Just as he is concerned about civilian casualties, he is also deeply concerned
about the potential for American and coalition casualties."
Mullen reminded reporters of what he called "an essential truth" regarding
warfare.
"War is bloody and uneven. It is messy and ugly and incredibly wasteful," he
said. "But that doesn't mean it is not worth the cost. We must steel ourselves,
no matter how successful we are on a given day, for harder days yet to come."
The chairman warned against overconfidence about progress being made in Marja,
or in Afghanistan overall. One event, he said, can't be viewed as a trend.
"If we have learned nothing else these past eight years, it is that failure
makes itself plainly clear, but success takes longer to see," Mullen said. "We
will see success in Marja, but we must be patient. ... The long view here is the
best view."
It's still too soon, Mullen said, to put a black-or-white label on operations in
Afghanistan overall by saying that the coalition is winning or losing. "I think
we are headed in the right direction, we have the right leadership, the right
strategy, the right resources," he said. "And I think we can succeed."
Gates shared McChrystal's sentiment that the situation in Afghanistan has gone
from "serious and deteriorating" to "serious but no longer deteriorating." He
also expressed optimism about Pakistan's role in the recent captures of several
high-profile insurgent leaders, including Abdul Ghani Baradar.
"What we are seeing is the importance of operations on both sides of the border,
and a manifestation of real progress, on the Pakistani side, of dealing with the
threats that I've talked about," Gates said.
Gates noted that the Pakistani Taliban, Afghan Taliban and al-Qaida all work
together and share in each other's successes.
"So I think that the recent events have been another positive indication of the
Pakistanis' commitment to stabilizing this border area," he said.
Haitian women sit on rubble from a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
U.S. Army soldiers and Haitian service members load medical patients aboard a Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter Jan. 21, 2010
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft drops pallets of water and food over Mirebalais, Haiti, Jan. 21, 2010
The Defense Department announced today that the convening authority for Military Commissions withdrew and dismissed the charges, without prejudice, against the five detainees charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
This action comes in light of the announcement by the attorney general of the United States that the Department of Justice intends to pursue a prosecution of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin al Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, in federal court in the Southern District of New York.
Given the determination that prosecution of these detainees will be pursued in federal court, it was appropriate to withdraw the pending military commission charges and dismiss them without prejudice. This action is a procedural step, which is part of a normal process, when an alternative forum is chosen.
The convening authority took a similar action May 29, 2009, when charges against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani were withdrawn and dismissed without prejudice after a decision was made to pursue prosecution of Ghailani in federal court.
By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2010 - With the number of U.S. forces in Haiti expected to rise to more than 18,000 in coming days, a top military reserve official yesterday reflected on reservists' role in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation.
Badly needed C-130 Hercules aircraft belonging to
the Air National Guard were among the first planes to fly U.S. humanitarian
assistance missions to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince in the wake of the
magnitude 7 quake, said Dennis M. McCarthy, assistant secretary of defense for
reserve affairs.
"The most immediate response was Air National Guard personnel and aircraft who
were already on duty in support of [U.S. Southern Command] in a standing
commitment," McCarthy said in an interview with the Pentagon Channel. "They were
able to respond within hours of the beginning of the Southcom response, and were
among the first people into Port-au-Prince."
Some estimate the quake killed between 100,000 to 200,000 people, and the Red
Cross estimates some 3 million people have been affected. As of yesterday, the
United States had delivered 1.4 million bottles of water, 700,000 meals and
22,000 pounds of medical equipment, which are being disbursed from some 100
distribution sites.
Soon after the dust settled in Haiti, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates
recommended that President Barack Obama exercise what's known as the
Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up Authority. The order provides the
president a means to activate, without a declaration of national emergency,
certain members of the selected reserve to meet additional requirements if they
arise.
On Jan. 16, Obama signed the order, which then permitted the Defense Department
to activate reserve-component servicemembers such as reserve medical personnel,
to backfill for those deployed aboard the USNS Comfort, and authorized the and
Homeland Security Department to activate a Coast Guard unit for port security.
The prerogative largely hasn't been invoked to tap additional forces for Haiti
operations, McCarthy said, but it does provide the department added flexibility.
"Frankly, it hasn't been used very much yet," he said, "but it is an authority
available to the secretary should he need it later on."
While the bulk of the reserve contribution has come in the form of C-130s, C-17
Globemaster III transport aircraft and helicopters, the reserve components also
have contributed to the medical side of the U.S. relief effort.
Medical response is another way the reserve component is contributing. The
hospital ship USNS Comfort, for example, has many naval reserve personnel aboard
on its humanitarian deployment to Haiti -- "again, supplementing the active
component response, not replacing it," McCarthy said.
Though reserve elements don't bring to the mission any capabilities that aren't
already present in their active-duty counterparts, McCarthy said, military
reserves "thicken" the assets that exist.
"The reserve component is an essential complementary aspect of this
all-volunteer force that we're fortunate to have in the United States," he said.
By Judith Snyderman
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2010 - U.S. military officials are working across organizational boundaries in a concerted effort to keep supplies and people flowing into Haiti's main airport, Air Force officers said yesterday.
"Port-au-Prince is the center of gravity for the
relief effort currently in Haiti," said Lt. Col. Brad Graff of the 601st Air and
Space Operations Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., during a "DoDLive"
bloggers roundtable. "If something happens to that airfield, we are in trouble
to get supplies there until the sea pods are open."
Graff said he's aware of frustration expressed by relief groups requesting
flight landing slots, but he noted the Port-au-Prince airport is running "24/7"
and is averaging 140 flights a day.
"We've tripled the flow through that field, so your chances of getting in are
better now than ever," he said. "You just do need to follow the procedures that
are in place."
Graff said the procedures aren't meant to limit the airfield. "We like to think
of ourselves as facilitators that are allowing people to get in there in a
more-timely manner," he said.
Air Force Col. John Romero, chief of the air mobility division for the 612th Air
and Space Operations Center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., also
participated in the discussion. He explained that the command structure brings
the full breadth of U.S. military expertise to the table to keep operations in
Haiti running quickly and safely.
Due to the emergency, Romero said, his organization -- which usually supports
U.S Southern Command, is supported by the 601st, which normally handles U.S.
Northern Command's area. U.S. Southern Command is in charge of the Defense
Department's Haiti mission.
"We are working in concert with the 601st air operations center, who really has
the role of the Haiti flight operations coordination center," Romero said. "They
are really the individual entity that is managing the slot times into
Port-au-Prince airport."
Air Force Maj. David Smith, who reports to Graff, added that the 601st flight
operations coordination center was set up from lessons learned in the aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Smith said having a single point of coordination
is a strategy that proved effective during recent relief efforts for Hurricanes
Gustav and Ike.
During those hurricane missions, the 612th established liaisons with the Federal
Aviation Administration. Romero said he has brought those relationships to bear
in support of the Haiti mission to ensure safety at the Port-au-Prince airport.
Romero said the 612th is controlling U.S. military aircraft carrying military
supplies and personnel into Haiti, and that those missions follow the same
procedures as everyone else to request time slots for landing, with no special
priorities.
Options for bringing relief to Haiti are expanding, Romero said. Canada is
operating a small Haitian airstrip at Jacmel, and officials of the U.S. Air
Force's Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., coordinated two
successful air deliveries yesterday.
"They did a fantastic job; on time, on target - 40 bundles for each aircraft at
two different locations, delivering humanitarian relief supplies to the people
there in Haiti of water and meals," he said.
Graff has reached out to Haiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic. "They have
been more than helpful in opening up other areas that we can now flow relief
supplies into," he said. Dominican Republic officials are expected to allow use
of San Isidro Airport outside Santo Domingo and Maria Montez airport in Barahona.
"We are doing the best we can, working with the individuals on the ground, to
make sure that the right priorities are identified and that we can flow those
priorities [into Haiti]," he said. "But I want everyone to know we want to do
that safely."
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 21, 2010 - The USNS Comfort lived up to its name today as the medics and crew of the hospital ship continued to provide medical aid to the residents of this devastated land.
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In short, it was a very busy day as the medics tended to some of the most
challenging cases caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Jan. 12. By
mid-afternoon today, more than 160 Haitian patients were admitted to the
floating hospital.
Surgeries were performed almost around the clock. There were nine yesterday --
the first day -- with the last finished at 4:30 this morning. The operating
room personnel began work again two hours later.
The intensive care units and wards were beginning to fill to capacity of 1,000
beds. "We have never had that number on the ship, but we can do it," Navy Dr.
(Capt.) Jim Ware, the medical group commander, said.
More medical professionals are arriving, and all are highly motivated. "We had
critical care nurses show up today, and after they signed in, they put their
scrubs on and went to work," said Command Master Chief Chip Collins, the
Comfort's top enlisted sailor. "They said, 'I can put my stuff away later.
Where do you need me?'"
And the help is needed. On the main deck, litter bearers bring patients to the
casualty receiving area after they are unloaded from helicopters on the flight
deck. The elevator door opens and litter bearers come onto the red deck of the
receiving area.
"Six," says Navy Lt. Cmdr. Dan D'Aurora, who "owns" the area. D'Aurora is a
nurse and a force of nature. All of the medical personnel in CASREC have their
names and ranks printed on surgical tape on their shirts or scrubs. D'Aurora's
shirt has another across the back with the word, "Bulldog."
The litter bearers bring the litter to Bay 6 where they are met by doctors,
nurses and corpsmen who transfer the patient from the litter to the bed. "Get
the bed the same height," says a nurse as corpsmen crank the bed up to
transfer the patient. "On three. One, two, three – lift!"
Some patients have breathing tubes and a corpsman presses a bladder to ensure
air gets in the patient's lungs. Other corpsmen and nurses hook the patient to
monitors.
The doctor looks at the patient and any records. All check over the patient to
ensure some injury hasn't been overlooked. If X-rays are ordered, a technician
brings a portable machine over and the lifting – or turning -- process begins
again.
Treatment takes many forms. One doctor performed a spinal tap on a young
Haitian boy. Another read an X-ray and sent the patient immediately to the
operating room. Still another looked to see that the broken leg was set
correctly, then sent the patient directly to one of the wards.
Sailors who serve as translators are an integral part of the team. Most were
born in Haiti and emigrated to the United States with their families. They are
the conduit that doctors and nurses use to communicate with the Haitian
patients.
"They have been nothing short of fantastic," D'Aurora said. "When we were here
last year for [Exercise] Continuing Promise, we didn't have the patients
because we couldn't communicate. We learned."
While there are some cries of pain, the patients are pretty stoic. "Again, it
helps there's someone there who speaks their language," D'Aurora said.
There are a number of bays in CASREC, and several times today, they were all
filled. The process works quickly and smoothly and is getting smoother as the
medics gain experience.
"This isn't 'ER,'" said Navy Dr. (Cmdr.) Tim Donahue, the chief of surgery.
"People work quietly and quickly. This is real life. Not TV."
The medics sometimes move quickly. "Running man!" yells one corpsman as a
nurse comes into CASREC at a full sprint with needed equipment.
The patients come in all shapes, sizes and ages. A baby was born on the
Comfort today. Both mother and daughter are doing well.
In another bay, Charlene, who is five, hugs a teddy bear she received when she
got to the ship. She has a bandage on her left foot, but medics are concerned
about her sight. Navy Dr. (Capt.) Terence McGee places eye drops in to dilate
her pupils. She is a brave young lady as the doctor looks in her eyes. When he
finishes the examination, she begins to cry so he picks her up. He asks if she
has an escort – her mom or dad – and is told no.
"Five years old and alone," he says, and continues to rock her back and forth.
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Two medical
professionals aboard the USNS Comfort hospital ship treat a Haitian woman in
the casualty receiving portion of the ship, Jan. 21, 2010, off the coast of
Haiti. DoD photo by Jim Garamone |
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Doctors discuss patient
care aboard the USNS Comfort hospital ship, Jan. 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince,
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Aaron J. Taylor, 27, of Bovey, Minn., died Oct. 9 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Alfonso Ochoa Jr., 20, of Armona, Calif., died Oct. 10 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.
By Christie Vanover
Special to American Forces Press Service
CHIEVRRES, Belgium, Dec. 3, 2009 - It was the early days of the Battle of the Bulge. Germans were advancing into Belgium, and the supplies they needed to strengthen their force were close at hand, until the bravery of a lone rifle company helped to halt their advance.
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It was Dec. 18, 1944, in the Belgian town of
Stavelot. "The U.S. Army evacuated the city, and the 5th Battalion was the
only one between this treasure and the Germans," recalled Robert Lemaire, a
Belgian soldier who was assigned to the company.
The day prior, German Col. Joachim Peiper and his 1st SS Panzer Regiment were
quickly moving through Belgian villages, destined to reach the Meuse River and
Allied supply ports in Antwerp. His army plowed through towns like Honsfeld
and Büllingen, capturing and killing unarmed Americans.
While the SS Regiment faced casualties and lost tanks and vehicles along the
way, Peiper moved them on toward Stavelot. His tanks crossed the only bridge
leading into the village and launched a morning attack, capturing the city.
Lemaire, who was guarding the American fuel depots while his company was
attached to the 1st U.S. Army, recalled that Peiper executed 132 civilians in
Stavelot, including numerous children.
Americans repositioned their forces to set up a perimeter defense. However,
Lemaire's company was left behind along the Malmedy road.
"In a hurry, packed in a truck," he recalled, "we left our billets in
direction of the depot. As we came closer, our lieutenant asked for 10
volunteers."
Lemaire was among the first to jump off the truck, along with Sgts. Harpigny,
Magain, Vermeulen, Cpl. Suinen and fellow Pvts. Robert Delbois, Robert Tille,
Alfred Cantigneau, Elomir Cambier, Jean Lesire, Paul Wantiez and F. Ingels.
Their mission: to set fire to the fuel depot to prevent the SS from retrieving
the supplies needed to rejuvenate their offensive.
"The lieutenant ordered us to set fire to the three first piles," Lemaire
recalled. "As the first attempt to shoot tracer bullets with a Bren gun
failed, we then pierced jerry cans with our bayonets and spread fuel on the
three first piles, as well as, a trail of fuel on the road ahead of the piles.
We set the fire with matches."
Within moments, the entire depot was engulfed in a trail of flames, stretching
seven miles long. "It was impossible for the armored tanks to go through this
wall of fire," said Lemaire.
According to the Office of the Chief of Military History, as the gasoline
roadblock was still enflamed, the Americans launched a full-fledged ground and
air assault against the Panzer unit, reclaiming the town.
Engineers had destroyed the Amblève Bridge that would have allowed the Germans
to retreat to their fuel depots to the east, and Lemaire and his company had
destroyed the fuel supplies in Stavelot, preventing Peiper from advancing much
further.
"We began to realize that we had insufficient gasoline to cross the bridge
west of Stoumont," Peiper said in January 1945, as reported by the Office of
the Chief of Military History. The German powerhouse of heavy vehicles became
meager road debris inefficient against the Allied forces. On Christmas Eve,
the regiment was forced to abandon its vehicles and continue the battle on
foot.
At the time, Lemaire didn't realize the impact that striking a match would
have on defeating the Germans. "We just did our job," he said. It was a job
that he had waited four years to accomplish.
Lemaire and a fellow soldier, Marcel D'Haese, began fighting the Germans in
1940. The Belgian Army had surrendered that year, and the Germans put out an
order that all young men were to report to Germany as laborers. Therefore,
D'Haese said the Belgians made the choice to start a resistance.
"At the beginning of the war, I received an obligation to go to Germany," said
Lemaire, "so I became a resistance fighter."
"The resistance was really active in Belgium," said D'Haese. "We were doing
sabotage to the Germans, like cutting the communications lines." But despite
their heroic actions to defend their nation and "four dark years of
underground fight and suffering", D'Haese said, "We waited and we prayed for
the Americans."
"Americans brought power, engines and weapons. They were like God to us. They
were the only ones that could help to liberate us," he said.
After the Allies jumped into Normandy and later liberated Belgium, the Belgian
government called for volunteers. D'Haese said 53,000 men answered that call
and joined the newly formed Belgian army.
D'Haese and Lemaire joined the 5th Belgian Fusiliers Battalion, which was made
up of six companies from the Mons, Tournai and Charleroi regions. D'Haese, who
is now 84, was assigned to the Headquarters Company and Lemaire, who is now
86, the 3rd Company.
The unit was officially activated on Oct. 7, 1944, and the volunteers, who had
already been defending their country unofficially, enlisted on Oct. 9.
After two months of training in Charleroi, they joined the First U.S. Army and
deployed to the Ardennes where the battalion was divided amongst the American
forces. The battalion had 800 men dispersed over 30 miles, according to
D'Haese.
"They call us war volunteers. Indeed, we are freedom volunteers," stressed
D'Haese. "We were sick about war. We helped the Americans to finish it. We
were ready to do anything we could for the Americans."
"If the U.S. did not liberate Belgium, the Germans would still be here," he
added.
The 5th Fusilier partnered with the 1st U.S. Army until June 1, 1945.
Throughout the war, five members of the battalion were killed, and 80 more
injured.
The unit and its actions were recognized by Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
the supreme commander, on July 13, 1945, in a memo that stated: "This
battalion contributed materially to the successful operations of the unit with
which it served. The high Esprit de Corps and great determination displayed by
the officers and men of the Fifth Belgian Fusilier Battalion enabled it to
carry through to a successful conclusion each and every assigned mission,
thereby contributing immeasurably to the glorious victory of the Allied
Nations. The outstanding achievements of this battalion bring credit not only
to itself but also to the Belgian Army."
Since that time, many other Americans have recognized the accomplishments of
the 5th Fusilier, including U.S. presidents, senators, ambassadors, generals
and the U.S. Army Garrison Benelux.
The unit established the 5th Fusilier War Veterans Association in 1945, and
D'Haese has served as the chairman since 1980.
"I accepted the role as chairman for six months, and I'm still here," he
laughed.
The veterans join the U.S. Army Garrison Benelux color guard on a regular
basis to commemorate the American-Belgian partnership that was formed 65 years
ago, but that partnership is slowly fading.
"We have 40 to 50 members left in the battalion," said D'Haese, "but less than
10 are able to participate in ceremonies."
In May, a small group remembered the anniversary of Victory in Europe Day in
Mons.
On Dec. 12, a few make the annual trip to Bastogne to pay tribute again to the
cold, smog-filled days of December 1944 and the allegiance with the Americans
that brought liberty to their nation.
"God bless the USA and Belgium," said D'Haese.
(Christie Vanover works for U.S. Army Garrison Benelux.)
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Frans
Marique, a 5th Belgian Fusiliers Battalion veteran, carries his battalion
colors alongside U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Edwards to honor Victory in Europe
Day in Mons, Belgium, in 2008. U.S. Army photo by Christie Vanover |
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Robert
Lemaire was one of the few Belgian soldiers who fought in the Battle of the
Bulge. The Belgian army surrendered to the Germans in 1940, but was
re-activated in 1944. Lemaire joined the 5th Belgian Fusiliers Battalion,
which was made up of six companies from the Mons, Tournai and Charleroi
regions. Courtesy photo |
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Marcel
D'Haese was one of the few Belgian soldiers who fought in the Battle of the
Bulge. The Belgian army surrendered to the Germans in 1940, but was
re-activated in 1944. D'Haese joined the 5th Belgian Fusiliers Battalion,
which was made up of six companies from the Mons, Tournai and Charleroi
regions. Courtesy photo |
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2009 - July 2011 is not a withdrawal date, but a specific target date for beginning to transition security responsibility to Afghan forces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on several morning talk shows today.
"We've been given very clear direction from the
president to start the transfer of responsibility for security to the Afghan
security force," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said on "American Morning" on CNN. "July
of 2011 is a time where we can start to transition, ... but it's not a hard
deadline to leave."
Only time will tell how many Afghan forces will be ready to accept security
responsibility, Mullen said. "There's ... a sense of urgency that the Afghan
security forces become engaged heavily in training, in taking the lead," he
added.
About 60,000 of the 96,000 soldiers in the Afghan National Army are operating in
the field in partnership with U.S. military units, Mullen said on CBS' "The
Early Show," though not many are yet in the lead in operations. "There are very
few," he acknowledged, "but not unlike Iraq, that's the challenge. We've got to
work with them."
To help to accomplish this task and bolster other U.S. efforts in Afghanistan,
the president has authorized the deployment of an additional 30,000 troops. The
vast majority of them will arrive in country by mid-summer, Mullen said.
Training Afghan security forces is certainly a top priority, he added, but it's
just one piece of the strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan. A government
that represents all of its people also is crucial, he noted.
The question asked on NBC's "Today Show" was whether Afghan President Hamid
Karzai is capable of reaching out to the different groups in Afghanistan and
decentralizing the government.
"I think he knows his people very well," Mullen said. "I think he can reach out
... he's very clearly a critical partner in all this.
"He's appointed some good ministers," he added. "We're anxious to make sure that
those appointments – or reappointments – are solid, that he does the same thing
with provincial governors, and that, in fact, the governance aspect in
Afghanistan is not just centralized in Kabul, but good governance gets generated
right down through the local level as well."
In addition, the United States is interested in having members of the Taliban
who would prefer to be part of the solution rather than the problem talk with
high-level U.S. officials, Mullen said.
"That's very much part of the strategy," he said. "We're hopeful that that would
be part of the strategic shift, if you will, embedded in this new strategy."
The reconciliation and reintegration of Taliban would happen only under very
specific conditions, the chairman said. They must "actually put down their
weapons ... [and] no longer engage in the kind of insurgency that we're seeing
regularly," he explained.
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2009 - Pentagon officials are working to halt spiraling costs in the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft program, while ensuring competition for a new refueling tanker remains fair to all contenders, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said here yesterday.
Lynn told the Aerospace and Defense Conference
he's concerned about both "cost and schedule challenges" associated with the
next-generation fighter aircraft that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates calls
"the heart of the future of our tactical combat aviation."
"We don't like some of the trends we see, and we are determined not to accept
those trends," Lynn told the audience of aerospace executives.
Defense Department officials are reviewing the program and exploring ways to get
the contractor, Lockheed Martin Corp., to share in the cost of scheduling
delays, he said. Meanwhile, they're revising and restructuring the program to
make sure it delivers on schedule.
The big question, Lynn told the group, is: "Can we make the test program more
robust and more redundant so to ensure the development comes in a timely way?"
Asked about the contentious aerial tanker competition, Lynn said Pentagon
officials are striving "to play it right down the middle" to ensure it doesn't
favor either Northrop Grumman Corp. or Boeing Co.
"We want a fair competition; we want a balanced competition," Lynn said. "We
think that is what will give the best value to the taxpayer."
The issue involves a contract for 179 aerial refuelers estimated at about $35
billion. The new tankers will replace the aging KC-135R Stratotanker fleet.
Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday he wants both
contractors vying to build the tanker to remain in the competition. "We believe
that both of the principal competitors are highly qualified, and we would like
to see competition continue in the process," Gates said.
Northrop-Grumman has threatened to withdraw from the competition if the bidding
terms aren't changed, complaining that they favor Boeing. Boeing, on the other
hand, contested the initial contract award to a Northrop Grumman/EADS/Airbus
consortium in February 2008. The Government Accountability Office reviewed the
protest and recommended that the Air Force rebid the contract due to
irregularities in the contracting process.
Lynn said yesterday he's not surprised that both contenders, in comments about
the new draft request for proposal, "argued for changes that would stress some
of the benefits of their individual aircraft."
"We are going to have to play this down the middle, take fair account of any
comments that are made by both sides, and move through this," he said. "We very
much want to have competition, ... and we can't favor one side over the other."
Lynn said he expects the department to issue a final request for proposals in
January.
The Air Force will be the source selection authority for the new tanker, Gates
announced during the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference in
September. Defense Department officials are working closely with the Air Force
to design the strategy leading up to the selection, Lynn told reporters during a
late November Pentagon news conference.
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2009 - The Afghanistan strategy review included many options, but President Barack Obama deemed the increase of 30,000 U.S. troops to institute counterinsurgency operations to be the best one.
The president said the national security
leadership team discussed the concerns that many people have about U.S.
involvement in Afghanistan. He addressed them in his speech tonight at the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
Obama said there are many who say that the war in Afghanistan is like the U.S.
war in Vietnam.
"They argue that it cannot be stabilized, and we are better off cutting our
losses and rapidly withdrawing," he said. "Yet this argument depends upon a
false reading of history."
Unlike Vietnam, a broad coalition supports the effort in Afghanistan, the
president said. The Taliban is an extremist group, not a popular front like the
Viet Cong.
"And most importantly, unlike Vietnam, the American people were viciously
attacked from Afghanistan, and remain a target for those same extremists who are
plotting along its border," Obama said. "To abandon this area now – and to rely
only on efforts against al-Qaida from a distance – would significantly hamper
our ability to keep the pressure on al-Qaida, and create an unacceptable risk of
additional attacks on our homeland and our allies."
Other people say that the 68,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan are enough.
"This would simply maintain a status quo in which we muddle through, and permit
a slow deterioration of conditions there," the president said. "It would
ultimately prove more costly and prolong our stay in Afghanistan, because we
would never be able to generate the conditions needed to train Afghan security
forces and give them the space to take over."
Still others criticize the strategy for identifying a timeframe for transition
to Afghan responsibility. They say there should be a "more dramatic and
open-ended escalation of our war effort – one that would commit us to a
nation-building project of up to a decade," Obama said. "I reject this course
because it sets goals that are beyond what can be achieved at a reasonable cost,
and what we need to achieve to secure our interests."
No timeframe also means no urgency, the president said. "It must be clear that
Afghans will have to take responsibility for their security, and that America
has no interest in fighting an endless war in Afghanistan," he said.
The cost of the effort in Afghanistan will still be high.
"All told, by the time I took office the cost of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan approached a trillion dollars," Obama said. "Going forward, I am
committed to addressing these costs openly and honestly. Our new approach in
Afghanistan is likely to cost us roughly $30 billion for the military this year,
and I will work closely with Congress to address these costs as we work to bring
down our deficit."
Succeeding in Afghanistan will not be easy, the president said, but it can be
done.
"The struggle against violent extremism will not be finished quickly, and it
extends well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan," he said. "It will be an enduring
test of our free society, and our leadership in the world. And unlike the great
power conflicts and clear lines of division that defined the 20th century, our
effort will involve disorderly regions, failed states and diffuse enemies."
But the United States can do this if Americans stick together and respond to our
highest aspirations. "We must draw on the strength of our values – for the
challenges that we face may have changed, but the things that we believe in must
not," the president said.
Since World War II, American servicemembers have spilled their blood in many
countries. The Marshall Plan helped rebuild Europe, and America has joined with
allies to create an architecture of institutions – from the United Nations to
NATO to the World Bank – that provide for the common security and prosperity of
human beings, Obama said.
"We have not always been thanked for these efforts, and we have at times made
mistakes," he said. "But more than any other nation, the United States of
America has underwritten global security for over six decades – a time that, for
all its problems, has seen walls come down, markets open, billions lifted from
poverty, unparalleled scientific progress, and advancing frontiers of human
liberty."
This is because the United States has not sought world domination.
"Our union was founded in resistance to oppression," he said. "We do not seek to
occupy other nations. We will not claim another nation's resources or target
other peoples because their faith or ethnicity is different from ours. What we
have fought for – and what we continue to fight for – is a better future for our
children and grandchildren, and we believe that their lives will be better if
other peoples' children and grandchildren can live in freedom and access
opportunity."
The president told the Corps of Cadets that Americans of today are "heirs to a
noble struggle for freedom," and that freedom is again challenged.
America is a vast and diverse place, Obama said, and Americans can disagree.
"But I also know that we, as a country, cannot sustain our leadership nor
navigate the momentous challenges of our time if we allow ourselves to be split
asunder by the same rancor and cynicism and partisanship that has in recent
times poisoned our national discourse," he said.
The war began with horrific acts of murder, and those united Americans to defend
the country and U.S. values.
"I refuse to accept the notion that we cannot summon that unity again," the
president said. "I believe with every fiber of my being that we – as Americans –
can still come together behind a common purpose. For our values are not simply
words written into parchment – they are a creed that calls us together, and that
has carried us through the darkest of storms as one nation, one people."
He said America is passing through a time of great trial. "And the message that
we send in the midst of these storms must be clear: that our cause is just, our
resolve unwavering," he said. "We will go forward with the confidence that right
makes might, and with the commitment to forge an America that is safer, a world
that is more secure, and a future that represents not the deepest of fears but
the highest of hopes."
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2009 - It is in America's vital national interests to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said tonight during a speech at West Point, N.Y.
Obama said that this surge of U.S. forces into
Afghanistan will begin to ebb in July 2011 – when U.S. and NATO forces and
allies begin turning over security responsibility to Afghan security forces.
"I make this decision because I am convinced that our security is at stake in
Afghanistan and Pakistan," he said to the Corps of Cadets at the U.S. Military
Academy. "This is the epicenter of violent extremism practiced by al-Qaida. It
is from here that we were attacked on 9/11, and it is from here that new attacks
are being plotted as I speak."
The United States must rise to the challenge of al-Qaida and the Taliban. The
extremists still operate in the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and
still threaten America and its allies.
"This danger will only grow if the region slides backwards and al-Qaida can
operate with impunity," the president said.
The United States and its international allies must keep pressure on the terror
group, and that also will mean increasing the stability and capacity of partners
in the region.
The 30,000 servicemembers and their equipment will flow in to Afghanistan in the
first half of 2010, Obama said. White House officials speaking on background
earlier today said this will entail at least two or three Army brigade combat
teams, and many soldiers and Marines to train the Afghan security forces. Air
Force and Navy personnel also will be called on to support this effort.
A military counterinsurgency effort aimed at protecting the Afghan people is
only one part of the strategy, the president said. The second is a civilian
surge that reinforces positive actions, and the third is an effective
partnership with Pakistan.
The military strategy is aimed at reversing the Taliban's momentum and will
increase Afghanistan's security capabilities over the next 18 months, Obama
said. The strategy has at its core disrupting, dismantling and defeating al-Qaida
and its extremist allies as the president announced in March.
The 30,000 additional troops will target the insurgency and secure key
population centers. "They will increase our ability to train competent Afghan
security forces, and to partner with them so that more Afghans can get into the
fight," Obama said. "And they will help create the conditions for the United
States to transfer responsibility to the Afghans."
The president also will ask for international military contributions. Some
nations – Britain and Australia for example – already have provided additional
troops, and he expects more nations will come forward soon.
"Our friends have fought and bled and died alongside us in Afghanistan," the
president said. "Now, we must come together to end this war successfully. For
what's at stake is not simply a test of NATO's credibility – what's at stake is
the security of our allies, and the common security of the world."
Obama used the experiences in Iraq as a yardstick. Just as in Iraq, additional
forces will provide the time and security needed to train local forces, thus
accelerating a handover of security responsibility to Afghan forces beginning in
July 2011.
"Just as we have done in Iraq, we will execute this transition responsibly,
taking into account conditions on the ground," he said.
The civilian strategy will entail working with allies, international agencies
and the Afghan people "to pursue a more effective civilian strategy, so that the
government can take advantage of improved security,' he said.
Aid to Afghanistan must be based on performance, the president said. "The days
of providing a blank check are over," he said.
Obama said Afghan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration speech sent the right
message. The United States will support Afghan ministries, governors and local
leaders that combat corruption and deliver for the people, he added.
"We expect those who are ineffective or corrupt to be held accountable," he
said. "And we will also focus our assistance in areas – such as agriculture –
that can make an immediate impact in the lives of the Afghan people."
Obama stressed that the United States is not interested in occupying Afghanistan
or subjugating its people.
"We will seek a partnership with Afghanistan grounded in mutual respect – to
isolate those who destroy; to strengthen those who build; to hasten the day when
our troops will leave; and to forge a lasting friendship in which America is
your partner, and never your patron," he said.
Obama stressed that the United States will not run out on Pakistan.
"We are in Afghanistan to prevent a cancer from once again spreading through
that country," he said. "But this same cancer has also taken root in the border
region of Pakistan. That is why we need a strategy that works on both sides of
the border."
The Pakistani people were shocked by Taliban offensives that took them within 60
miles of the capital of Islamabad this year. They realize the extremists are a
grave danger to the country and are addressing it. Obama praised the Pakistani
military for its recent offensives in South Waziristan and Swat.
"Moving forward, we are committed to a partnership with Pakistan that is built
on a foundation of mutual interests, mutual respect and mutual trust," Obama
said. "We will strengthen Pakistan's capacity to target those groups that
threaten our countries, and have made it clear that we cannot tolerate a safe
haven for terrorists whose location is known, and whose intentions are clear."
The United States also will provide resources to support Pakistan's democracy
and development.
"And going forward, the Pakistani people must know: America will remain a strong
supporter of Pakistan's security and prosperity long after the guns have fallen
silent, so that the great potential of its people can be unleashed," the
president said.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2009 - The remains of a U.S. paratrooper reported missing since early this month in western Afghanistan was recovered yesterday, military officials said.
The body of Army Sgt. Brandon Islip was recovered
from the Bala Murgahab River in Badghis province after a local Afghan resident
provided information on his whereabouts, officials said.
Islip, a paratrooper with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, went missing with
another paratrooper Nov. 4 after being swept away by a fast-moving current while
on an airdrop re-supply mission in western Afghanistan.
The recovery comes weeks after British divers found the body of Islip's fellow
soldier, Spc. Benjamin Sherman, who was posthumously promoted to the rank of
sergeant.
"The recovery of Sergeant Islip and Sergeant Sherman would not have been
possible without the untiring support and efforts of our fellow international
forces, the Afghan national security forces and the local people of Bala Murghab,"
said Col. Brian M. Drinkwine, commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, to which
the two soldiers were assigned.
A memorial service for the two paratroopers will be held in Afghanistan in the
coming days, officials said.
In other operations around the country, Afghan and international forces detained
several suspected militants yesterday in Wardak province while pursuing a
militant Taliban commander involved in weapons trafficking.
In a separate operation yesterday, an international security force killed an
enemy militant and detained several others in Kandahar province while pursuing a
Taliban district commander. The commander has ties to local senior militant
leaders and weapons traffickers and is responsible for local attacks involving
small arms and improvised explosive devices, or IEDs.
On Nov. 28, an international force detained several suspected militants in Logar
province while pursuing a Taliban roadside bomber involved in several attacks in
the area.
Elsewhere in the country Nov. 28, 12 inmates broke out of a prison in Farah
province by digging a tunnel from their cell to the outside. Officials captured
a 13th prisoner as he tried to escape, officials said.
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 - A program to develop a new family of light tactical vehicles for Army, Marine Corps and special operations forces is moving ahead at full steam, almost halfway through its technology development phase.
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The joint light tactical vehicle is an Army,
Marine Corps and U.S. Special Operations Command program to replace the Humvee
with a family of higher-performing, more survivable vehicles able to carry
greater payloads, said Kevin Fahey, Army program executive officer for combat
support and combat service support during a recent interview.
The goal, he explained, is to fill a critical capabilities gap while developing
a family of vehicles capable of performing multiple missions and sharing common
components.
The Army, lead agent for the program, announced just over a year ago that it had
awarded three contracts valued at about $166 million for the program's 27-month
technology development phase. The three contractors are BAE Systems Land and
Armaments, Ground Systems Division; General Tactical Vehicles, a joint venture
between General Dynamics Land Systems and AM Genera; and Lockheed Martin Systems
Integration.
During this phase, each of the three competing contractors is developing
prototype vehicles in three different payloads configured for specific
operational missions, Fahey said.
Category A is intended for general-purpose mobility and would carry the lightest
payload, about 3,500 pounds. Category B models would transport infantry troops
or weapons, serve as platforms for command-and-control and reconnaissance
missions and carry payloads in the 4,000-to-4,500-pound range. Category C models
would serve as shelter carriers, prime movers and ambulances, and would carry
payloads just over 5,000 pounds.
The vehicles are being designed with an "open architecture" concept to
accommodate extra armor, sensors, radios or other equipment, as required,
without sacrificing power or payload, Fahey said. In addition, the vehicles will
have a digital architecture incorporated into their design to support current
networking requirements, as well as on-board diagnostics so they're easier to
maintain.
As a unique twist to past development programs, the contractors are developing
prototype companion trailers along with the tactical vehicles, with both meeting
the same standards. "In the past, we rarely developed a trailer with its
vehicle," Fahey said. "So the focus of this program is to demonstrate the
maturity of the technology in an integrated platform."
By the year's end, the three contractors are expected to provide the vehicles
and associated equipment for performance and reliability testing. Joint
warfighters will provide their personal assessments.
The trick, Fahey said, is to avoid the pitfall of adding new requirements along
the way that's plagued many past development programs.
"Our system very much opens the door up to, 'Wouldn't this widget be neat?" he
said. "This is the phase where we need to prove that the technology is mature
and can be integrated. ... We continue to emphasize to them that it has to be
integratable, because when we make a decision at the end of this phase, we are
going to execute."
When that decision is made, Fahey said, he feels confident it will be based on
proven performance that demonstrates it can meet delivery goals. A production
decision is expected by the end of 2014, with full-rate fielding to begin in
2016.
Fahey emphasized the benefit of designing the next-generation light tactical
vehicles from the ground up for their specific use rather than simply being
adapted to meet operational requirements.
The military's fleet of Humvees, estimated at about 160,000, was developed in
the 1970s and delivered in the early 1980s with a focus on Cold War threats
rather than on today's needs, he noted.
When the vehicles proved vulnerable to roadside bombs in Iraq and, increasingly,
in Afghanistan, the military responded by adding heavy armor plating. The
typical Humvee was designed to weigh a maximum of about 12,000 pounds, but now
weighs closer to 18,000 pounds.
"It's way overweight, so it is underpowered, and mobility is lacking," Fahey
said. "Another problem is [that] they don't have the payload they used to."
Mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, in contrast, were purchased
essentially as quickly as they were built to meet a wartime requirement quickly.
"With the MRAP, the thought was, 'I need a more survivable truck that is
available today to save soldiers' and Marines' lives," Fahey said. "We made the
requirement meet what was available."
Fahey is quick to note that there's really little about the MRAP that's "light,"
but he recognizes that MRAPs are being used in the combat zones for missions
typically conducted by light tactical vehicle crews.
Fahey welcomes the deliberate process and long-term focus being dedicated to the
joint light tactical vehicle's development.
"Unlike MRAP, which we basically bought off the shelf and tested as we fielded
it, we are designing [the joint light tactical vehicle] from the start with a
focus on reliability and maintainability and commonality," he said.
Although the Army is leading the program, it's done "a fantastic job of
integrating Marine Corps management" into the effort, said Bill Taylor,
executive officer for the Marine Corps' land systems programs.
The biggest challenge in a joint program, Fahey said, is agreeing to a common
set of requirements. The Marine Corps puts the highest emphasis on making the
vehicles lightweight to meet its mobility requirements. The Army tends to focus
more on troop protection.
"But I think we can come to that balance because of the way the program is
structured," Fahey said. "After all, the bottom line is we all are in the same
fight."
The program has received a lot of international attention, too. Australia and
India both signed agreements to provide development support and share the
associated costs, and other countries have expressed interest in participating
as well.
"Everyone is interested," Flahey said. "When you go around the world, everybody
has this capability gap that we are focused on: the light tactical vehicle that
brings a balance of performance and protection."
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 - Retired Army Col. Lewis L. Millett, who earned the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading what reportedly was the last major American bayonet charge, died Nov 14.
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Millett, 88, died in Loma Linda, Calif., after
serving for more than 15 years as the honorary colonel of the 27th Infantry
Regiment Association.
Millet received the Medal of Honor for his actions Feb. 7, 1951. He led the 25th
Infantry Division's Company E, 27th Infantry, in a bayonet charge up Hill 180
near Soam-Ni, Korea. A captain at the time, Millet was leading his company in an
attack against a strongly held position when he noticed that a platoon was
pinned down by small-arms, automatic, and antitank fire.
Millett placed himself at the head of two other platoons, ordered fixed
bayonets, and led an assault up the fire-swept hill. In the fierce charge,
Millett bayoneted two enemy soldiers and continued on, throwing grenades,
clubbing and bayoneting the enemy, while urging his men forward by shouting
encouragement, according to his Medal of Honor citation.
"Despite vicious opposing fire, the whirlwind hand-to-hand assault carried to
the crest of the hill," the citation states. "His dauntless leadership and
personal courage so inspired his men that they stormed into the hostile position
and used their bayonets with such lethal effect that the enemy fled in wild
disorder."
Millett was wounded by grenade fragments during the attack, but he refused
evacuation until the objective was firmly secured. He recovered, and attended
Ranger School after the war.
In the 1960s, he ran the 101st Airborne Division Recondo School for
reconnaissance and commando training at Fort Campbell, Ky. He then served in a
number of special operations advisory assignments in Southeast Asia during the
Vietnam War. He founded the Royal Thai Army Ranger School with help of the 46th
Special Forces Company. This unit reportedly is the only one in the U.S. Army to
simultaneously be designated as both Ranger and Special Forces.
Millet retired from the Army in 1973.
"I was very saddened to hear Colonel Millett passed away," said Army Maj. Gen.
Robert L. Caslen Jr., the current commanding general of the 25th Infantry
Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. "He was a rare breed -- a true patriot
who never stopped serving his country. He was a role model for thousands of
soldiers, and he will be missed."
Millet was born in Maine and first enlisted in 1940 in the Army Air Corps and
served as a gunner. Soon after, when it appeared that the United States would
not enter World War II, he left and joined the Canadian army.
In 1942, while Millet was serving in London, the United States entered the war.
Millet turned himself in to the U.S. Embassy there and eventually was assigned
to the 1st Armored Division. As an antitank gunner in Tunisia, Millet earned the
Silver Star after he jumped into a burning halftrack filled with ammunition,
drove it away from allied soldiers and jumped to safety just before the vehicle
exploded. He later shot down a German fighter plane with a vehicle-mounted
machine gun.
As a sergeant serving in Italy during the war, his desertion to join the
Canadian forces caught up to him. He was court-martialed, fined $52 and denied
leave. A few weeks later, he was awarded a battlefield commission. After the
war, he joined the 103rd Infantry of the Maine National Guard, and he attended
college until he was called back to active duty in 1949.
In addition to the Medal of Honor, Millett earned the Distinguished Service
Cross, the Silver Star, two Legions of Merit and four Purple Hearts during his
35-year military career. After his retirement, he remained active in both
national and local veterans groups from his Idyllwild, Calif., home.
His son, Army Staff Sgt John Morton Millett, was a member of the 101st Airborne
Division returning from duty in the Sinai on Dec. 12, 1985, when a charter plane
crashed upon takeoff after stopping at Gander, Newfoundland. He was one of 256
soldiers killed in the crash.
On Feb. 7, 1994, Millet was honored with a ceremony on Hill 180, now located on
Osan Air Base, South Korea. The ceremony became an annual one, and the road
running up the hill was named "Millet Road."
In June 2000, Millet returned to Seoul, South Korea, and served as keynote
speaker at the Army's 225th Birthday Ball at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. All eight of
the then-living Korean War Medal of Honor recipients attended the event.
This year, Millet served as the grand marshal of a Salute to Veterans parade
April 21 in Riverside, Calif. He died Nov. 14 at the Veterans Affairs Medical
Center in Loma Linda, of congestive heart failure.
A memorial service for Millet is scheduled for 10 a.m. Dec. 5 at the National
Medal of Honor Memorial at Riverside National Cemetery in California.
By Andrew Evans
American Forces Press Service
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 11, 2009 - The mournful and all too familiar scene of a bugler playing Taps occurred again here Tuesday as the Fort Hood community paid its respects to fallen warriors struck down last week allegedly at the hands of a lone gunman, who also happened to wear an Army uniform.
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"No words can ever express our sadness," Lt.
Gen. Robert Cone, III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general said before
President Barack Obama took the stage.
"We can never accept the loss of soldiers at home," Cone added. "Our Army
family shares in the loss of your loved ones."
The general also praised the courage of the soldiers who disregarded their own safety to render aid to others at the scene.
Prior to his public address, the president
spoke with many of the survivors and the families of the fallen. Speaking to
an estimated 15,000 people at the memorial, Obama vowed that justice will be
done in the attack that left 13 dead and 43 wounded.
"No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts," Obama said, noting that
Soldiers who responded to the attack "remind us of who we are as Americans."
Although the president told the families that "no words can fill the void that
has been left," he added, "your loved ones endure through the life of our
nation.
"Their life's work is our security and the freedom that we too often take for granted. Every evening that the sun sets on a tranquil town; every dawn that a flag is unfurled; every moment that an American enjoys life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – that is their legacy," the president said.
The Fort Hood community has suffered 545
soldiers killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Cone said, "but never did
we expect to pay such a high price at home."
The Army Chief of Staff, Gen. George Casey, added, "Grieve with us. Don't
grieve for us.
"Those who have fallen did so in the service of their country," he said. "They freely answered the call to serve, and they gave their lives for something that they loved and believed in."
The fallen came from 11 different states and from all walks of life to answer the call of service, Cone said, emphasizing their diversity. The deadly incident will motivate Soldiers to renew their resolve and commitment of the military and to win the nation's wars, the general said.
"May our continued service be a tribute to
them," Cone said.
Like generations before them, President Obama said this generation of
servicemembers has paid the price for freedom.
"Their life's work is our security and the freedom that we too often take for granted. Every evening that the sun sets on a tranquil town; every dawn that a flag is unfurled; every moment that an American enjoys life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – that is their legacy."
At the conclusion of the memorial ceremony,
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama laid a presidential coin before each of
the 13 battlefield crosses – the helmet, boots and rifle representing each of
those killed – before family members and comrades filed past.
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President
Barack Obama speaks during the memorial ceremony at Fort Hood for victims of
last week's shooting incident Nov. 10, 2009. Held outside the U.S. Army's
III Corps headquarters, an estimated 15,000 soldiers, civilians and their
families attended the memorial. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason R. Krawczyk
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A woman
breaks down crying during a memorial ceremony honoring 13 Fort Hood shooting
victims outside the III Corps headquarters building Nov. 10. An estimated
15,000 attended the memorial. U.S. Army photo by Andrew Evans |
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A 1st
Cavalry Division bugler plays 'Taps' at the conclusion of a memorial
ceremony honoring 13 Fort Hood shooting victims Nov. 10, 2009, outside of
the III Corps headquarters building. More than 15,000 family members, guests
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The family
of Spc. Kham S. Xiong, one of 13 slain at Fort Hood Nov. 5, make their way
past the battlefield crosses of the fallen following a memorial ceremony
Nov. 10, 2009. More than 15,000 attended the memorial outside the III Corps
headquarters building, including the families of the fallen who met with
President Barack Obama prior to the event. U.S. Army photo by Andrew Evans
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Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., was awarded a $6,000,000 contract which will provide for C-32A and C-40B on-board communications equipment. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 655 AESS/SYKA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-D-0013).
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $329,400,000 modification to the previously awarded Joint Strike Fighter air system low rate initial production Lot III cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0028) for special tooling and special test equipment. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in November 2011. 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.
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $133,347,704 modification (#P00003) under previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-09-C-0008) for the Trident II (D5) guidance system tactical engineering support and guidance applications program. Specific tasks include tactical engineering support, MK6 field support services, engineering support to develop a strategic guidance application program, develop a GPS receiver design approach, provide support for the Extended Navy Test Bed (ENTB) and ENTB derivative reentry body experiments, and assess maintaining the accuracy of the existing reentry systems. The modification increases the total contract value to $290,690,456. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Mass. (73 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (21 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (4 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (1 percent); and Andover, Mass. (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $86,512,731 will expire at the end of current fiscal year. Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $109,691,035 modification (#P00009) under previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-08-C-0010) for the Trident II (D5) guidance system repair, and MK6LE. Specific tasks include guidance system repair and the delivery of MK6LE pre-production units to support three planned proofing test missile flights. The modification increases the total contract value to $547,578,527. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Mass. (82 percent), and Pittsfield, Mass. (18 percent), and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of current fiscal year. Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $36,253,351 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2205) to exercise an option for life cycle engineering and support services for LPD 17 class integrated shipboard electronic systems. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (95 percent); Chula Vista, Calif. (3 percent); and Norfolk, Va. (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $478,276 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $28,096,373 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0088) for engineering and integrated logistics services in support of the F/A-18E/F F414-GE-400. Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass. (78 percent); Evendale, Ohio (13 percent); Lemoore, Calif. (5 percent); and Jacksonville, Fla. (4 percent). Work is expected to be completed in December 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $1,039,505 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin, Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $15,250,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for technical and engineering support and related operation and maintenance for the Navy's Combat Systems Engineering Development Site, and technical engineering support for the SPY-1A test lab and Naval Systems Computing Center. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $243,182 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-10-C-5124).
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $12,465,000 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-04-C-3146) for non-recurring engineering in support of the P-8A initial operation test and evaluation. Specific efforts include the modification of courseware and training devices and transition and integration of organic maintenance. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (60 percent), and Seattle, Wash. (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $1,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River Md., is the contracting activity.
Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $9,875,760 time-and-materials contract to provide support for the care, maintenance and operation of marine mammals that serve in the Navy's Marine Mammal Systems and associated fleet mine countermeasures and force protection systems. This one-year contract includes four one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to a potential $49,721,193. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (96 percent), and Kings Bay, Georgia (4 percent), and is expected to be completed Dec. 3, 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $4,391,950 will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with one offer received. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-10-C-0070).
Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nev., is being awarded a $7,384,860 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-6306) to exercise an option for spares and consumables for 1,300 production systems, four field service representatives, and 350 training surrogates for 1,300 dismounted joint counter radio-controlled improvised explosive device electronic warfare systems. Dismounted Joint Counter Radio Electronic Warfare (JCREW) systems are electronic jammers designed to prevent the initiation of radio-controlled improvised explosive devices. This contract is for the procurement and support of JCREW systems to be used by forces in each of the military services of the Central Command area of responsibility. Work will be performed in Sparks, Nev. (90 percent), and Rancho Cordova, Calif. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2010. 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.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $7,212,000 firm-fixed-price order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-05-G-0026) in support of Navy F-18 aircraft. This order provides for the production and delivery of 14 multipurpose display indicators (MDI); seven horizontal situation displays (HSD); seven AFC-430 install kits (kits to install MDIs and HSDs); 12 AFC-493 install kits (kits to install ejection seats); and seven AYC-1363 install kits (kits to prepare canopy for the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System). Work will be performed in Toronto, Canada (57 percent); St. Louis, Mo. (22 percent); various locations throughout the continental United States (9 percent); Halifax, Canada (4 percent); Grand Rapids, Mich. (2 percent); Sylmar, Calif. (1 percent); Tempe, Ariz. (1 percent); Mesa, Ariz. (1 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (1 percent); O'Fallon, Mo. (1 percent); and Butler, N.J. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2012. 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.
G2 Software Systems, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $6,855,868 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide support in the areas of veterinary care, scientific research and animal management of marine mammals involved in the Navy's Marine Mammal Program. This one-year contract includes four one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to a potential $36,269,609. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (96 percent), and Kings Bay, Ga. (4 percent), and is expected to be completed Dec. 3, 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $3,047,052 will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with one offer received. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-10-C-0066).
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a $5,900,000 ceiling-priced order (#0031) contract for the repair of left hand and right hand blades for the V-22 aircraft. Work will be performed in Ft. Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively awarded. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity (N00383-05-G-048N).
AIR FORCE
Composite Engineering, Incorporated of Sacramento, California was awarded a $29,342,315 contract which will provide Lot 7 option to procure a quantity of 36 additional BQM-167As, also known as the Air Force Subscale Aerial Target. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 691 ARSS/PK, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida is the contracting activity. (FA8678-10-C-0051)
IAP Worldwide Services, Incorporated of Cape Canaveral, Florida was awarded a $7,117,529 contract which will provide for Public Works services at Fort Dix New Jersey for 1 October 2009 through 31 March 2010. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 87 CONS, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey is the contracting activity. (W911S1-05-C-0001)
ARMY
Tug Hill Construction, Inc., Watertown, N.Y., was awarded on Nov. 25, 2009, a $15,919,840 firm-fixed-price contract for raising trail profiles to improve drainage conditions and placement of compacted base course and gravel surface course materials, resulting in a 28-foot wide roadway with adequate shoulders and associated drainage structures for track and wheeled vehicles for approximately 35 miles. Work is to be performed in Fort Bliss, Texas, with an estimated completion date of April 2011. Bids were solicited on the Federal Business Opportunities website with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-09-D-0006).
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Baltimore, Md., was awarded on Nov. 25, 2009, a $15,793,363 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of the General Instruction Building, Vehicle Maintenance Instruction Facility, Project No. 65438, Fort Benning, Ga. This project includes site design and construction to the five-foot line, facility design and construction of associated site work, complete outside the five-foot-line. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2011. Four bids solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W912HN-07-D-0055).
Weston Solutions, Inc., Houston, Texas, was awarded on Nov. 25, 2009, a $14,681,612 firm-fixed-price contract for the removal/replacement and off-site disposal of damaged sections of articulating concrete block revetments at Placement Areas 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43, Rollover Pass to Bolivar Emergent and containment levee placement areas. Work is to be performed in Chamber County, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 3, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity.
Caterpillar, Inc., Defense and Federal Products., Mossville, Ill., was awarded on Nov. 23, 2009, a $6,980,798 firm-fixed-price contract for interim contractor logistics support for 51 armored 966H heavy loaders. Work is to be performed in Peoria, Ill., with an estimated completion date of December 2010. Bids were solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website with five bids received. U.S. Army TACOM-Warren, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-DL424).
A/B Electrical & General Contracting Services, Inc., Detroit, Mich., was awarded on Nov. 23, 2009, a $6,673,400 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of commercial vehicle access control points. Work is to be performed in Warren, Mich., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-10-C-0002).
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., was awarded on Nov. 30, 2009, a $8,261,800 firm-fixed-price contract to analyze, test, repair and overhaul 50 each T63-A-720, gas turbine engines applicable to the OH-58 Kiowa helicopter. Work is to be performed in Neosha, Mo. (50 percent), and Oakland, Calif. (50 percent), with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, CCAM-AL-M, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-D-0207).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Valley Apparel LLC, Knoxville, Tenn.*, is being awarded a maximum $8,002,706 firm-fixed-price, total set-aside contract for Navy task force uniforms. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. The original proposal was web solicited with five responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the second option year period. The date of performance completion is Dec. 4, 2010. The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM1C1-08-D-1029).
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a letter contract with a not-to-exceed amount of $170,700,000 for long lead time material in support of the construction of DDG 113 under the DDG 51 Class destroyer program. This contract provides propulsion gas turbines, generators, controllable pitch propeller and other components to support construction of DDG 113. Work is anticipated to be performed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana., Mississippi, New York, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Work is expected to be completed by January 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-10-C-2308).
Deloitte Consulting LLP, Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $28,163,676 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract (N00421-03-D-0014) to execute an award term for continued E-2/C-2 planning, program and financial services in support of the Navy and the government of Egypt under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in December 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Systems Engineering Associates Corp.*, Middletown, R.I., is being awarded a $24,394,707 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering services in support of the Undersea Warfare Combat Systems Department. Efforts will include applying the extensible markup language test data analysis tool technology to legacy C5I and weapon systems. The work under the contract will also include studies, research, development, analysis for system integration, customizing prototype to specific platform needs, test and evaluation, production buys, support, and training. Work will be performed in Middletown, R.I. (65 percent), and various government sites (35 percent). Work is expected to be completed by December 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, R.I., is the contracting activity (N66604-10-D-0205).
Science Applications International Corporation, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a cost plus fixed-fee type contract with a Not-to-Exceed amount of $11,500,000 for non-personal professional engineering, technical and management support services in support of the Joint Technology Assessment Activity component of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane. Work will be performed in Crane, Ind. (50 precent); Sullivan, Ind. (10 precent); Butlerville, Ind. (10 precent); Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (10 precent); Yuma, Ariz. (10 precent); and Mercury, Nev. (10 precent), and is expected to be completed by November 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-10-C-JR01).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $9,518,720 order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-05-G-0026) for the necessary personnel, material and support to repair or replace damaged components of Kuwait F/A-18 aircraft tail number 421 for the government of Kuwait under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, and is expected to be completed in December 2012. 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.
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $5,954,085 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0083) to exercise an option for maintenance, logistics and engineering supplies and services for F100-PW-220/220E augmented turbofan engines, modules and serviceable parts for F-16A and F-16B aircraft based at Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, Fallon, Nev. Work will be performed in San Antonio, Texas, and is expected to be completed in November 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $5,954,085 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
EG&G Technical Services, Inc., Dumfries, Va., is being awarded $5,743,621 for task order #0087 under previously awarded contract (M67854-02-A-9011) This task order is issued for Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle support services. Technical support under this effort includes the support services to advance the use of technology to improve system performance and operations, achieve design-to-unit production cost objectives, and to define mature production and manufacturing processes. Work will be performed in Woodbridge, Va., and is expected to be completed in December 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a $1,722,906,899 contract which provides F117-PW-100 installation of engines, spare engines and associated data for the C-17 aircraft. A total of up to 208 engines may be acquired under this contract. At this time, no money has been obligated. 577 AESG/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8626-07-D-2073).
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded a $57,300,000 contract which provides non-personal services to support the operations and sustainment of Milstar and the Defense Satellite Communications System for the next eight months. At this time, $28,650,000 has been obligated. HQ MCSW/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8808-10-C-0002).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded a $39,500,000 contract which provides contractor sustainment for the AEHF satellite ground segment from Dec. 1, 2009, to Sep. 30, 2010. At this time, $39,500,000 has been obligated. MCSW/PKA, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0002, P00399).
The Boeing Co., Seattle, was awarded a $28,000,000 contract which provides for one Boeing 737 C-40B aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. AESS/SYKA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8625-10-C-6599).
United Launch Services, LLC, Centennial, Colo., was awarded a $16,024,713 contract which provides the final close out of the Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) III Delta II contract and transfer of required MLV III assets to a NASA contract. At this time, $16,024,713 has been obligated. LRS/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-93-C-0004, P00386).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, was awarded a $10,640,071 contract which provides an earned award fee based on the contractor's performance for engineering, manufacturing and development activities in support of the Global Hawk Program. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 303 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-C-4600, P00338).
GCC/Thomco, LLC, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and CCI Group, LLC, Shalimar, Fla., were each awarded a $10,000,000 contract which provides acquisition of base engineering requirements, maintenance, repair and minor construction efforts. At this time, no money has been obligated. 96 CONS/PKAC, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA2823-10-D-0001, FA2823-10-D-0002).
NAVY
Lockheed Martin, Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $24,306,180 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-5103) to exercise an option for fiscal 2010 Aegis Platform Systems Engineering Agent activities and Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability Build engineering. The Platform Systems Engineering Agent manages the in-service combat systems configurations, as well as the integration of new or upgraded capability into the CG57 class of ships and the DDG 51 class of ships. Aegis Modernization will provide upgrades to Aegis cruisers and Aegis destroyers and will be applicable to all Aegis ships with a computer program that is backfit compatible to Baseline 2 cruisers. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2009. 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.
Raytheon Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., is being awarded a $12,738,186 delivery order against a previously issued basic order agreement (N00019-05-G-0008) for the procurement of 30 electronic modules for the Royal Australian Air Force AF/A-18F aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Fort Wayne and is expected to be completed in August 2013. 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.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Capps Shoe Co.*, Lynchburg, Va, is being awarded a maximum $5,652,220 firm-fixed-price, partial set-aside contract for men's dress shoes. Other location of performance is Gretna, Va. Using services are Army and Marine Corps. The original proposal was web solicited with four responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the third of four one-year option periods. The date of performance completion is Dec. 3, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (SPM1C1-07-D-0023).
Wolverine World Wide, Rockford, Mich., is being awarded a maximum $5,329,730 firm-fixed-price, partial set-aside contract for men's dress shoes. Other locations of performance are Jonesboro, Ariz.; Big Rapids, Mich.; and Cedar Springs, Mich. Using services are Army and Marine Corps. The original proposal was web solicited with four responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the third of four one-year option periods. The date of performance completion is Dec. 3, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (SPM1C1-07-D-0022).
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $105,417,721 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee multi-year contract (N00019-07-C-0001) for efforts associated with the Block C upgrade of 91 MV-22 and 21 CV-22 aircraft. In addition, this modification provides for the engine air particle separator upgrade and installation of a shaft driven compressor inlet barrier filter. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa. (90 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (5 percent); and Amarillo, Texas (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in October 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $5,533,237 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., Kent, Wash., is being awarded a $64,612,516 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0080) for the procurement of one C-40A Clipper aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Renton, Wash. (88 percent), and Wichita, Kan. (12 percent). Work is expected to be completed in October 2011. 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.
Lockheed Martin, Maritime Systems & Sensors, Mitchel Field, N.Y., is being awarded a $62,932,901 cost-plus incentive fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide the FY10 and FY11 United States and United Kingdom TRIDENT II (D5) navigation subsystem engineering support services requirements. Specific efforts include United States and United Kingdom fleet support, strategic weapon system shipboard integration support and trainer, United States and United Kingdom trainer systems support, sea based strategic deterrent support, engineering refueling overhaul support, and navigation subsystem studies. This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $141,389,203. Work will be performed in Mitchel Field, N.Y. (95.4 percent); Oldsmar, Fla. (3.6 percent); Baltimore, Md. (.4 percent); Moorestown, N.J. (.4 percent); Eagan, Minn. (.1 percent) and Manassas, Va. (.1 percent). Work is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2011 . With options exercised the completion date will be Sept. 30, 2013 . The contract was not competitively procured. Contract funds in the amount of $30,135,013 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-10-C-0002).
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $34,302,846 delivery order on a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0001) for the full recertification of up to 172 All-Up-Round (AUR) Tomahawk missiles for the Navy (162) and the government of the United Kingdom (10). In addition, this order provides for fixed support for encanisterization/decanisterization of MK-14 AUR missiles. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (80 percent) and Camden, Ark. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $32,302,846 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($32,340,646; 94.3 percent) and the United Kingdom ($1,962,200; 5.7 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being issued a $26,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for fiscal year 2010 repair of E/A-18G aircraft components. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y. (90.34 percent), and St. Louis, Mo. (9.66 percent). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2010 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.
Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $19,223,702 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee task order #0020 against a previously issued indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67004-09-D-0020) to obligate funding. Work will be performed at various locations within Kuwait and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds of $19,223,702 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps, Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded an $18,045,324 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus incentive fee/award fee contract (N00019-08-C-0033) to exercise an option for special tooling and special test equipment for Navy and Air Force Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (70 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (19 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (11 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($13,340,870; 73.9 percent) and the U.S. Air Force ($4,707,454; 26.1 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $12,860,585 a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for fiscal year 2010 repair of the F/A-18 AN/APG-79 (AESA) radar. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif. (92.5 percent); and St. Louis, Mo. (7.5 percent); and work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2010 . Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.
Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $12,325,371 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee task order #0021 against a previously issued indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67004-09-D-0020) to obligate funding. Work will be performed at various locations within Iraq, and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds of $12,325,371 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. U.S. Marine Corps, Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Bell Helicopter Textron, Hurst, Texas, is being issued $9,769,650 for ceiling priced order #0030 under previously awarded contract (N00383-05-G-048N) to repair various components for the V-22 aircraft. Work will be performed in Ft. Worth, Texas, and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2010 . One company was solicited for this non-competitive requirement and one offer was received in response to the solicitation. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., is being awarded $8,987,591 for ceiling priced delivery order #0027 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00383-05-G-049N) for repair of various components for the V-22 aircraft. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2010 . Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.
Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $8,741,602 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee task order #0022 against a previously issued indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67004-09-D-0020) to obligate funding. Work will be performed at various locations within Afghanistan, and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds of $8,741,602 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. U.S. Marine Corps, Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronic Systems, Defensive Systems Div., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $7,526,205 delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-08-G-0012) to perform upgrades to the V-22 Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system, including modifications to the Direct Infrared Countermeasure, the missile warning sensor and processor, and equipment. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill., and is expected to be completed in September 2012. 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.
Raytheon Co., Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded a $5,777,994 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order # D001 under previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00024-07-G-5433) for Canadian uplink on behalf of Foreign Military Sales customer, Canada. The primary goal of this is to upgrade the Canadian Mk-48 guided missile vertical launching system to include the uplink capability for engaging targets with Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile. This will include both hardware and software upgrades. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, R.I. (85 percent); and Sudbury, Mass. (15 percent);, and is expected to be completed by July 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a maximum $25,730,506 firm-fixed-price, sole source contract for procurement of two line items in support of F/A-18 flight surfaces systems. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00383-06-D-004H-THAK).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a maximum $15,500,000 firm-fixed-price, sole source contract for procurement of twenty line items in support of the F/A-18 AESA APG73 radar system. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00383-06-D-001J-TH07).
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services, Santa Maria, Calif., was awarded a $23,700,000 contract which will extend range standardization and Automation IIA support to complete the mission flight control center. At this time, $15,224,822 has been obligated. SMC/LRSW/PK of El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-95-C-0029, P00311).
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
DTS Aviation Services, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $13,893,827 contract which will provide aircraft backshop maintenance, munitions and equipment support services for the Air Armament Center and for their command and control, communications, computers and intelligence systems testing for a 12 month period. At this time, $11,517,159 has been obligated. 96 CONS/PKB, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (F08651-02-C-0085, P00066).
Sierra Nevada Corp., Centennial, Colo., was awarded a $9,103,824 contract which will provide aircraft weapon integration. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. AAC/PKES, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA9200-10-C-0069).
Duncan Aviation, Inc., Lincoln, Neb., was awarded a $5,549,950 contract which will provide three Gulfstream engines to support the Egyptian government fleet. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-07-C-0005, P00035).
NAVY
Propulsion Controls Engineering, San Diego, Calif. (N55236-10-D-0008), and Valley Power Systems, Inc., San Diego, Calif. (N55236-10-D-0009), are being awarded a combined $19,500,000 multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the maintenance and Class "B" overhauls on Detroit brand diesel engines on small boats and crafts for the Navy. The engines to be overhauled are from the small boats and crafts of Assault Craft Unit One, whose mission is to operate, maintain and provide assault craft as required by the amphibious task force commander for waterborne ship to shore movement during and after an amphibious assault. Class "B" overhauls restore the engines to its original design and technical specifications. Work is to be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by November 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $25,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Propulsion Controls Engineering, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $11,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the maintenance and Class "B" overhauls on Cummins brand diesel engines on small boats and crafts for the Navy. The engines to be overhauled are from the small boats and crafts of Assault Craft Unit One, whose mission is to operate, maintain and provide assault craft as required by the amphibious task force commander for waterborne ship to shore movement during and after an amphibious assault. Class "B" overhauls restore the engines to its original design and technical specifications. Work is to be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by November 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with three offers received. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N55236-10-D-0007).
ARMY
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded on Nov. 18, 2009, a $15,855,517 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is a Change Order Modification to fund re-wing engineering change Proposal for the Shadow unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The Shadow UAS provides flexible and responsive near real-time reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition, battle damage assessment, and battle management support to Army ground maneuver commanders. Work is to be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, CCAM-AR-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0023).
Reams Enterprises, Inc., East Point, Ga., was awarded on Nov. 17, 2009, a $15,532,835 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the base facility maintenance services. The service procured will be to support Fort McPherson Garrison located at Fort McPherson, Ga., with facility services through base realignment and closure. Work is to be performed in Fort McPherson, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2014. Bids were solicited using the Army Single Face to Industry web site with three bids received. Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Center McPherson, Fort McPherson, Ga., is the contracting activity (W911SE-10-C-0001).
Cox Construction Co., Vista, Calif., was awarded on Nov. 17, 2009, a $13,416,600 firm-fixed-price contract. The project is to construct a general instruction building at the Presidio of Monterey. The building includes classroom, offices, storage, test control area, conference room, multi-purpose training areas, cultural rooms and curriculum resource areas. Work is to be performed in Presidio of Monterey, Calif., with an estimated completion date of May 26, 2009. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 15 bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Sacramento, Calif., is the contracting activity (W91238-10-C-0005).
Mustang Technology Group, Allen, Texas, was awarded on Nov. 18, 2009, a $8,189,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The object of this effort is to provide 25 CROSSHAIRS systems for integration into Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles and to begin integration of the CROSSHAIRS system, equipped with the Iron Curtain Active Protection System, onto an MRAP platform for testing evaluation. Work is to be performed in Allen, Texas, (83.47 percent) and Herndon, Va. (16.53 percent), with an estimated completion date of July 12, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-10-C-0026).
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Inc., Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded on Nov. 18, 2009, a $5,559,750 firm-fixed-price contract for the maintenance dredging, Wilmington Harbor Outer Ocean Bar, Brunswick County, North Carolina. Work is to be performed in Brunswick County, N.C., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Wilmington Office, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-10-C-0004).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Bay Area Diablo Petroleum Co., Concord, Calif.*, is being awarded a minimum $5,362,113 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are in California and Utah. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was web solicited with 48 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of pe
Ashland, Inc., Dublin, Ohio, is being awarded a maximum $8,128,810 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for fuel system inhibitors. Other location of performance is in Louisiana. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. There were originally 20 proposal solicitations with two responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Jan. 30, 2011. The Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SPO600-10-D-0750).
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Corp., of Marietta, Ga., was awarded a $827,400,000 contract which will provide for the advance procurement funding for three FY10 Air Force C-130J aircraft, four FY10 HC-130J aircraft, and four FY10 MC-130J aircraft. This option is being established for acquisition of one HC-130J aircraft to be bully funded with FY10 funds. At this time, $8,274,000 has been obligated. 657 AESS/SYKA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8625-06-C-6456, P00087).
Wintec, Arrowmaker, Inc., of Fort Washington, Md., was awarded a $85,000,000 contract which will provide advisory and assistance services to Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command. At this time, $3,000 (per awardees) will be obligated on initial task orders upon contract meeting minimum requirements. HQ AFSOC/A7KZ, Hurlburt Field, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA0021-10-D-0001; FA0021-10-D-0002; FA0021-10-D-0003).
TRICARE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY (TMA)
International SOS Assistance, Inc., Trevose, Pa., is being awarded a fixed price requirements contract to provide health care support services to the Department of Defense TRICARE Overseas Program. The total potential contract value, including the approximately 10-month base period and five (5) one-year option periods for health care delivery, plus a transition-out period, is estimated at $269,052,427. The contractor will support the Chief, TRICARE Overseas Program Branch, TRICARE area office directors, and military treatment facility (MTF) commanders in operating an integrated health care delivery system which combines the resources of the military's direct medical care system with the contractor's health care support services. Among other features, the new contract includes the establishment of host nation provider networks around MTFs. This contract was competitively procured via the TRICARE Management Activity e-solicitation Web site with three offers received. The TRICARE Management Activity, Aurora, Colo., is the contracting activity. The contract number is H94002-10-D-0001.
ARMY
Raytheon Co., Andover, Mass., was awarded on Oct. 15, 2009 a $77,859,999 firm-fixed-price contract for Taiwan PATRION hardware upgrade program. Work is to be performed in Andover, Mass., (85 percent), and Burlington, Mass., (15 percent), with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2015. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-G-0001).
KBE Ventures A Joint Venture of KBE Bldg Corp & Derita Construction Co., Farmington, Conn., was awarded on Oct. 15, 2009 a $51,464,506 firm-fixed-price construction contract for the design and construction of an Armed Forces Reserve Center at Middletown, Conn. Work is to be performed in Middletown, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2011. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with 14 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-10-C-0004).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Propper International, Inc., Mayaguez, Puerto Rico is being awarded a maximum $22,031,932 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery contract for improved load bearing equipment system and components. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Marine Corps. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the third option period. The date of performance completion is October 20, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM1C1-05-D-0012).
SNC Telecommunication, LLC, Comerio, Puerto Rico* is being awarded a maximum $15,376,000 firm fixed price, total set aside contract for duffel bags. Other location of performance is Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the first option year period. The date of performance completion is Sept. 28, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-09-D-0014).
NAVY
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $7,674,946 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5454) to increase the ceiling amount for the additional guidance section design verification testing to the System Design and Development of the Block 2 upgrade to the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Weapon System. The RAM Guided Missile Weapon System is co-developed and co-produced under a NATO cooperative program between the United States and Federal Republic of Germany. RAM is a missile system designed to provide anti-ship missile defense for multiple ship platforms. This ceiling increase is for additional guidance section design verification testing to ensure the Software interfaces with the Hardware guidance section of the missile. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea System Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Lapoint-Blasé Industries, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri was awarded a $34,649,163 contract which will provide approximately 54 worldwide deployable portable Doppler radars to provide responsive, reliable, and accurate weather information to standard weather systems. At this time, $1,797,550 has been obligated. 651 ESS/PK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts is the contracting activity (FA8723-10-D-0001).
MacAulay-Brown, Inc., of Dayton, Ohio was awarded a $24,354,000 contract which will provide for characterization, archival, and distribution of data for image exploitation system. At this time, $67,862 has been obligated. AFRL/PKSR, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8650-10-D-1751, Task Oder: 0001).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of McLean, Va., was awarded a $10,951,533 contract which will provide systems engineering and integration support to the military satellite communications wing, space and terminal engineering office through Oct. 21, 2010. At this time, $663,946 has been obligated. SMC/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8808-08-F-0003,P00022).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
AM General LLC, Mishawaka, Ind., is being awarded a maximum $26,234,409 firm fixed price, sole source contract for the integrated logistics partnership contract in support of HMMWV requirements. Other locations of performance are Chambersburg, Penn., and Texarkana, Texas. Using service is Army. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This requirements type contract is for one base year and four possible one-year options periods. The date of performance completion is Jan. 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Columbus, Columbus, Ohio (SPM7LX-09-D-9001).
ARMY
King Fisher Marine Service, LP., Port Lavaca, Texas, was awarded on Oct. 14, 2009 a $10,487,500 firm-fixed-price contract. The work consist of maintenance dredging consisting of 5,600,000 cubic yards of the mud flats to Port Isabel and channel to Port Mansfield, restoration and incidental reconstruction or maintenance of existing submerged levees at placement area nos. 7,220 and 221A and of levee at placement area nos. 222 and 226. Work is to be performed in Kennedy, Willacy and Cameroon Countries, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Mar. 15, 2010. Five bids solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-10-C-0001).
Lockheed Martin Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors, Niagara Falls, N.Y., was awarded on Oct. 13, 2009 a $6,180,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of a full tensor gravity gradiometer. Work is to be performed in Niagara Falls, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of July, 15, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Reston, Va., is the contracting activity (HM1582-10-C-0001).
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Pond-TranSystems LLC, Norcross, Ga., is being awarded a maximum $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect/engineering contract for preparation of design-build request for proposals and 100 percent design services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for architectural programming, geotechnical investigation, surveying, cost estimating and DD 1391 preparation. Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR including, but not limited to, Ga., (20 percent), S.C., (20 percent), Texas, (15 percent), La., (15 percent), Miss., (15 percent), and Ala., (15 percent), and is expected to be completed by Oct. 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website with 12 proposals received. The Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-10-D-0001).
Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., Greenville, S.C., is being awarded a $6,770,916 cost-plus fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity multiple award contract (N00019-05-D-0013) for the procurement of lower wing Zone 5 material structures replacement for two P-3C aircraft. Work will be performed in Greenville, S.C., and is expected to be completed in June 2010. 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.
AIR FORCE
ACE Engineering, Co., of La Verne, Calif., was awarded a $49,000,000 contract which will provide for multiple paving projects at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, and Tonapah Test Range in Nevada. At this time, $100,000 has been obligated. 99 CONS/LGCA, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada is the contracting activity (FA4861-09-D-A010).
Boeing Launch Services of Huntington Beach, Calif., was awarded a $21,849,961 contract which will provide engineering development models for a family of advanced beyond-line-of sight terminals to allow for operational testing with production representative terminals. At this time, $1,310,821has been obligated. 653 ESW/PK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-02-C-0048, P00171).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Sysco Nashville, LLC, Nashville, Tenn., is being awarded a maximum $17,546,917 fixed price with economic price adjustment, prime vendor contract for food and beverage support. Other locations of performance are the same. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally Web solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the first option year period. The date of performance completion is Apr. 13, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM300-08-D-3227).
CONTRACTS
ARMY
Airborne Systems North America, Santa Ana, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $13,996,042 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contracts. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Santa Ana, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-10-D-0003).
Aerostar International, Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $12,243,600 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contracts. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Huron, S.D., (95 percent) and Madison, S.D., (5 percent), with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-09-D-0036).
Leo A. Daly/ RLF, Inc., Omaha, Neb., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $9,052,788 firm-fixed-price contract for the architect-engineering services in support of the Fort Riley, Kansas hospital replacement project. Work is to be performed in Fort Riley, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 14 bids received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, CECT-NWK-M, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-09-C-4003).
BAE Systems, Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $8,746,475 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contract. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Phoenix, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-10-D-0001).
The Nutmeg Companies, Inc., Norwich, Conn., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $6,490,520 firm-fixed-price contract for the restoration of the existing Esek Hopkins Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Cranston, R.I., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 1, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-10-C-0002).
NAVY
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $43,727,922 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-4005) to exercise an option CLIN 0005 for non-nuclear maintenance and repair support at the Naval Submarine Support Facility, Naval Submarine Base, New London, Conn. Under the terms of the contract, Electric Boat will continue to provide services required to support planned and emergent non-nuclear maintenance and repair for operational nuclear submarines, floating dry-docks, support & service craft and other platforms and equipment. Work will be performed in New London, Conn., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $10,391,980 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $18,084,018 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2103) for reactor plant planning yard services for nuclear-powered submarines and support yard services for the Navy's moored training ships. The contractor will furnish, fabricate, or acquire such materials, supplies and services as may be necessary to perform the functions of the planning yard for reactor plants and associated portions of the propulsion plants for nuclear powered submarines. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., (95 percent), Charleston, S.C., (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $18,084,018 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News Va., is being awarded a $5,967,938 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2104) for planning and design yard functions for standard navy valves in support of nuclear powered submarines. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $5,967,938 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Weinbrenner Shoe Co., Merrill, Wis.*, is being awarded a maximum $9,166,331 firm fixed price indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for hot weather boots. Other locations of performance are Marshfield and Saint Nazianz, Wis. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. This proposal was originally Web solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the second option year period. The date of performance completion is October 13, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-08-D-1040).
Correction:
Defense Supply Associates, Inc., Fort Atkinson, Wis.*, is being awarded a maximum $18,874,930 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for HMMWV starters. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Mar. 8, 2015. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-10-D-0003).
President Pays Respects to Fort Hood Victims, Families
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009 - President Barack
Obama today traveled to Fort Hood, Texas, where he comforted survivors and
families during a memorial service honoring the 13 people who had perished
during the Nov. 5 shootings there.
"For those families who have lost a loved one, no words can fill the void that
has been left," Obama said.
Nonetheless, he said, the memory of the 12 fallen soldiers and one Fort Hood
civilian employee who died "will be honored in the places they lived and by the
people they touched."
Neither the United States nor its values could endure without the efforts of its
military members, to include the service of the 10 men and three women who had
died as a result of the Fort Hood shootings, Obama said.
"And, that is why we pay tribute to their stories," Obama said, citing the tale
of fallen soldier Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman, 55, of Havre De Grace, Md. Warman
was assigned to the 1908th Medical Company, Independence, Mo.
Warman "was the daughter and granddaughter of Army veterans," Obama said. "She
was a single mom who put herself through college and graduate school, and served
as a nurse practitioner while raising her two daughters." Warman, he said, also
left behind a loving husband.
The other soldiers and one civilian employee killed in the shootings are:
-- Maj. Libardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodbridge, Va., assigned to the 467th Medical
Detachment, Madison, Wis.;
-- Capt. John P. Gaffaney, 54, of San Diego, assigned to the 1908th Medical
Company, Independence, Mo.;
-- Capt. Russell Seager, 41, of Racine, Wis., assigned to the 467th Medical
Company, Madison;
-- Staff Sgt. Justin Decrow, 32, of Plymouth, Ind., assigned to the 16th Signal
Company at Fort Hood;
-- Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wis.. assigned to the 467th Medical Company;
-- Spc. Jason Hunt, 22, of Tillman, Okla., assigned to the 1st Brigade at Fort
Hood;
-- Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, of Mountain City, Tenn., assigned to the 16th
Signal Company at Fort Hood;
-- Pfc. Aaron Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah, assigned to the 510th Engineer
Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, at Fort Hood;
-- Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22, of Bolinbrook, Ill., assigned to the 510th Engineer
Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, at Fort Hood;
-- Spc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn., assigned to the 510th Engineer
Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, at Fort Hood;
-- Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago, assigned to the 15th Combat Support
Battalion at Fort Hood; and
-- Michael Cahill of Cameron, Texas, a Fort Hood civilian employee.
The suspected gunman, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, also allegedly wounded 38
other people during the rampage. Hasan, who was wounded by Fort Hood civilian
security officers Sgt. Kimberly Munley and Senior Sgt. Mark Todd, is in
intensive care at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Munley was injured
during an exchange of gunfire with the suspect; Todd was unharmed.
Obama, who met privately with family members of victims during his visit at Fort
Hood, cited the shootings as a senseless tragedy and he promised that justice
would be served.
"It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy," Obama
said. "But, this much we do know – no faith justifies these murderous and craven
acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor."
America is experiencing trying times, Obama said,
noting the U.S. military continues to combat extremists in Afghanistan, as
efforts also continue to bring the war in Iraq to a successful end.
And, as the United States faces challenges abroad, "the stories of those at Fort
Hood reaffirm the core values that we are fighting for, and the strength that we
must draw upon," Obama said, citing the service of the fallen and the documented
acts of valor of Fort Hood personnel who rushed in to protect and treat the
wounded amid the gunfire.
"We are a nation that endures because of the
courage of those who defend it," Obama said. "We saw that valor in those who
braved bullets here at Fort Hood, just as surely as we see it in those who
signed up knowing they would serve in harm's way."
The president was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama, Defense Secretary
Robert M. Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, Army Secretary
John M. McHugh, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. and other
officials.
The Fort Hood shootings "will impact the families, the Fort Hood community and
the Army for a long time to come," Casey said during his remarks.
Yet, the tragedy also featured "the courageous actions of the first responders,
the caregivers, the selflessness of fellow soldiers who risked their lives to
help one another, the calm leadership of the command and the overwhelming
outpouring of support from the community," Casey said.
"These responses in the aftermath of tragedy have been uplifting, if not
heroic," Casey said, noting such acts reflect the values and determination of
U.S. soldiers and Army civilians that serve in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere
in the world.
U.S. soldiers' "willingness to sacrifice to preserve our way of life and to
build a better future for others is a great strength of this nation," Casey
said. Their service and the service of the 13 people honored at Fort Hood, he
said, "epitomize the best of America."
Fort Hood and its civilian neighbors stepped up to meet the challenge of the
Nov. 5 shootings, said Army Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone, commander of 3rd Corps and
Fort Hood.
"In times like these our Army family and surrounding community pulled together
in selfless service," Cone said, noting that the giving of blood and provision
of medical care to help the wounded were among the "countless instances" of
civilian support and concern following the shootings.
"Nothing can erase our grief over the loss of the loved ones we honor here
today," Cone said. "But, our commitment to our country, our Army and our
families will help us move forward together."
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Executive Order Seeks More Veterans in Government
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009 - President Barack Obama signed an executive order yesterday aimed at hiring more veterans to work in the federal government.
A governmentwide Council on Veterans' Employment
will be chaired by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Veterans Affairs Secretary
Eric Shinseki.
The order calls on each federal agency to establish a veterans employment
program office designed to help veterans get through the maze of paperwork as
they apply for positions in the federal work force and mandates that agencies
train personnel specialists on veteran employment policies.
It calls on agencies to work with the Defense Department and VA to develop and
apply technologies designed to help disabled veterans.
A smaller steering committee that includes the defense, VA and labor secretaries
and the director of the Office of Personnel Management also was created by the
order. The smaller committee will focus on the kinds of employment opportunities
available to veterans and the assistance that they need to transition from the
military to federal civilian jobs.
Marilee Fitzgerald, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for civilian
personnel policy, said the executive order is intended to promote and showcase
opportunities for veterans. "The idea is to generate attention to the skills and
capabilities that our men and women in the military possess across the federal
government," she said.
The Defense Department has 750 career fields and employs about 350,000 veterans.
"We're very fortunate in the Defense Department to understand how good our
veterans are and how they train, what they do, and other federal agencies
don't," Fitzgerald said in an interview. "The idea is to ensure we can leverage
and coordinate our efforts across the federal entity to ensure they become as
acquainted with our veterans as the Department of Defense."
The directors of the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management
and Budget have placed special emphasis on improving the hiring process
governmentwide, Fitzgerald said, and the veterans initiative will benefit from
that. The federal hiring process will be streamlined to make it easier for
people to apply for federal jobs, she explained.
Noel Koch, deputy undersecretary of defense for wounded warrior care and
transition policy, said the executive order will make it easier for disabled
veterans to gain federal employment. Medical advances have changed just what a
disability is in the United States today, he noted.
"We have double amputees jumping out of airplanes, and they still are able to
serve in the military," Koch said. "We have a different idea about what is fit
to fight than we used to have."
The problems come with traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress
disorder. "There is still a stigma associated with that, no matter what we try
to do to erase that," he said. "They don't want this on their record. Many of
our people want to go into law enforcement, for example. If you've got this on
your record, there is a prejudice against people who have this disorder from
carrying weapons. These are just some of the obstacles these people face."
The president's order will go a long way toward solving many of these problems,
Koch said, noting that the Defense Department and the VA hire many veterans.
"Department of Homeland Security could and should [hire veterans]," he said.
"Where the real issue comes is with the domestic agencies – Department of
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Education and so on. There, the
numbers [of veterans hired] are much lower, and we have to correct that."
Fort Hood Officials Release Names of Casualties
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2009 - Officials at Fort Hood, Texas, released the names of the 12 soldiers and one civilian employee killed in the Nov. 5 shooting incident on the post.
Dead are:
-- Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman, 55, of Havre De Grace, Md. She was assigned to
the 1908th Medical Company, Independence, Mo.
-- Maj. Libardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodbridge, Va. He was assigned to the 467th
Medical Detachment, Madison, Wis.
-- Capt. John P. Gaffaney, 54, of San Diego. He was assigned to the 1908th
Medical Company, Independence, Mo.
-- Capt. Russell Seager, 41, of Racine, Wis. He was assigned to the 467th
Medical Company, Madison, Wis.
-- Staff Sgt. Justin Decrow, 32, of Plymouth, Ind. He was assigned to the 16th
Signal Company at Fort Hood.
-- Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wis. She was assigned to the 467th Medical
Company, Madison, Wis.
-- Spc. Jason Hunt, 22, of Tillman, Okla. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade at
Fort Hood.
-- Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, of Mountain City, Tenn. He was assigned to the
16th Signal Company at Fort Hood.
-- Pfc. Aaron Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah. He was assigned to the 510th
Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, at Fort Hood.
-- Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22, of Bolinbrook, Ill. He was assigned to the 510th
Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, at Fort Hood.
-- Spc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn. He was assigned to the 510th Engineer
Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, at Fort Hood.
-- Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago. She was assigned to the 15th Combat
Support Battalion at Fort Hood.
-- Michael Cahill of Cameron, Texas, a Fort Hood civilian employee.
USS New York Receives Official Commission
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2009 - A new Navy ship named in honor of the courage displayed by New York City's residents during and after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks received its official commission today.
The USS New York recalls "the searing memories of
Sept. 11" as well as "the bravery of the rescuers, the resolve of the survivors,
the compassion of this city and the patriotism of this great country," Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said during the ship's commissioning ceremony at
New York City harbor. Clinton was a member of the U.S. Senate representing New
York state during 9/11.
Part of the bow, or front, of the new ship, Clinton said, is constructed of 7.5
tons of melted-down steel taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center's
twin towers that were destroyed during the terrorist attacks.
The motto of the USS New York, Clinton said, is "Strength Forged through
Sacrifice: Never Forget."
No one "will ever forget the image of twisted girders and shattered beams
looming above the smoldering pile" of wreckage, Clinton said.
The USS New York is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. It was
christened March 1 in a New Orleans' shipyard by Dotty England, the ship's
sponsor and wife of former Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England.
The USS New York and its crew, Clinton said, will join in the fight against
terrorism and extremism and also perform humanitarian missions worldwide.
The new ship's first commander is Navy Cmdr. F. Curtis Jones, a native of
Binghamton, N.Y. The vessel has a crew of more than 350 sailors and can
transport a landing force of 800 Marines and their equipment.
Clinton was accompanied at the ceremony by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus; Navy Adm.
Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations; Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T.
Conway; and other senior officials.
Mabus hailed the USS New York as "a visible testament to our resilience, to the
character of this city, to the strength of this country."
The 9/11 attacks, Mabus said, failed to destroy neither America's spirit nor its
resolve to defeat worldwide extremism.
"And, that's what this ship represents," he said.
Mabus saluted the men and women who comprise the New York's crew.
"The nation and our Navy are incredibly proud of you and all that you have done
to prepare the New York for her operational life," Mabus said of the ship's
crew. "You have begun to shape the spirit and the soul of this ship, just as
surely as the builders laid the keel, placed the engines, [and] installed the
weapons."
The New York and her sailors and Marines are now "ready to sail in harm's way,
on any point on any of the world's oceans, to prevent conflict, when possible,
and to win decisively, when necessary," Roughead said.
The U.S. flag that waves above the New York's decks, Roughead said, serves "as a
symbol and a message of freedom, of commitment and of resolve."
As the New York embarks on her maiden voyage, Conway said, the warship "will
carry the spirit, the determination, and the defiance that has always been
America."
And, though terrorists attacked the American homeland eight years ago, they
"will not change who we are or what we believe," Conway vowed.
Soldiers, Families Gather for Twilight Vigil
American Forces Press Service
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 7, 2009 - Grieving soldiers and family members gathered for a twilight vigil last night in remembrance of comrades and loved ones who were killed or wounded in the Nov. 5 shooting attack here.
Substituting chemical lights for candles, the soldiers paid tribute to their fallen comrades and to those who remain hospitalized.
Army Maj. Gen. Charles A. Anderson, commander of First Army Division West, expressed his condolences at the solemn event at the North Fort Hood training complex. With anecdotal stories of past tragedies and the heroism and perseverance of the American soldier, Anderson drew parallels between the "Greatest Generation" and the service men and women of today.
Anderson highlighted acts of heroism that emerged from the violence, and commended the acts of Milledgeville, Ga., native Army Pfc. James Armstrong, who helped get people out of harm's way despite having been shot twice.
Armstrong, a mental health specialist with the 1908th Medical Detachment, Combat Stress Control, was training and processing here for deployment with his unit.
On crutches and in bandages, Armstrong and his wife, Roxanne, were in attendance for the vigil.
Obama Praises Fort Hood Responders in Weekly Address
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2009 - President Barack Obama expressed his sorrow over the tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas, and praised the soldiers and civilians who responded to aid the wounded in his weekly address to the nation today.
Here is the president's address:
"I'd like to speak with you for a few minutes today about the tragedy that took
place at Ft. Hood. This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army
psychiatrist walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, and began
shooting his fellow soldiers.
"It is an act of violence that would have been heartbreaking had it occurred
anyplace in America. It is a crime that would have horrified us had its victims
been Americans of any background. But it's all the more heartbreaking and all
the more despicable because of the place where it occurred and the patriots who
were its victims.
"The SRP is where our men and women in uniform go before getting deployed. It's
where they get their teeth checked and their medical records updated and make
sure everything is in order before getting shipped out. It was in this place, on
a base where our soldiers ought to feel most safe, where those brave Americans
who are preparing to risk their lives in defense of our nation, lost their lives
in a crime against our nation.
"Soldiers stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world called and
emailed loved ones at Ft. Hood, all expressing the same stunned reaction: I'm
supposed to be the one in harm's way, not you.
"Thursday's shooting was one of the most devastating ever committed on an
American military base. And yet, even as we saw the worst of human nature on
full display, we also saw the best of America. We saw soldiers and civilians
alike rushing to aid fallen comrades; tearing off bullet-riddled clothes to
treat the injured; using blouses as tourniquets; taking down the shooter even as
they bore wounds themselves.
"We saw soldiers bringing to bear on our own soil the skills they had been
trained to use abroad; skills that been honed through years of determined effort
for one purpose and one purpose only: to protect and defend the United States of
America.
"We saw the valor, selflessness, and unity of purpose that make our servicemen
and women the finest fighting force on Earth; that make the United States
military the best the world has ever known; and that make all of us proud to be
Americans.
"On Friday, I met with FBI Director Mueller, Defense Secretary Gates, and
representatives of the relevant agencies to discuss their ongoing investigation
into what led to this terrible crime. And I'll continue to be in close contact
with them as new information comes in.
"We cannot fully know what leads a man to do such a thing. But what we do know
is that our thoughts are with every single one of the men and women who were
injured at Ft. Hood. Our thoughts are with all the families who've lost a loved
one in this national tragedy. And our thoughts are with all the Americans who
wear – or who've worn – the proud uniform of the United States of America; our
soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and coast guardsmen, and the military
families who love and support them.
"In tribute to those who fell at Ft. Hood, I've ordered flags flying over the
White House, and other federal buildings to be lowered to half-staff from now
until Veterans Day next Wednesday. Veterans Day is our chance to honor those
Americans who've served on battlefields from Lexington to Antietam, Normandy to
Manila, Inchon to Khe Sanh, Ramadi to Kandahar.
"They are Americans of every race, faith, and station. They are Christians and
Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers. They are descendents of immigrants
and immigrants themselves. They reflect the diversity that makes this America.
But what they share is a patriotism like no other. What they share is a
commitment to country that has been tested and proved worthy. What they share is
the same unflinching courage, unblinking compassion, and uncommon camaraderie
that the soldiers and civilians of Ft. Hood showed America and showed the world.
"These are the men and women we honor today. These are the men and women we'll
honor on Veterans Day. And these are the men and women we shall honor every day,
in times of war and times of peace, so long as our nation endures."
Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 31 on Fort Hood
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2009 - President Barack Obama condemned the fatal shooting rampage today on Fort Hood, Texas, that left 12 soldiers dead and another 31 wounded, and promised full-scale support to get to the bottom of what happened and help the Fort Hood community recover from the tragedy.
More than one gunmen – two being held as suspects
and another believed to be among those killed -- fired shots at about 1:30 p.m.
Central Time at the post's Soldier Readiness Processing Center and Howze
Theater, Fort Hood officials confirmed.
The incident reportedly occurred as soldiers were conducting their final
preparations for deployment.
"These are men and women who have made the selfless and courageous decision to
risk, and at times, give their lives to protect the rest of us on a daily
basis," the president said.
"It's difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas,"
he said. "It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on
American soil."
Obama said he is in close coordination with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates
and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen in monitoring the
situation.
Meanwhile, the White House is working with the Pentagon, FBI and Department of
Homeland Security to ensure Fort Hood is secure.
Obama said his thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and families of the
fallen, and the Fort Hood community.
"We will continue to support the community with the full resources of the
federal government," he said. "We will make sure that we get answers to every
single question about this horrible incident."
Obama said he has no greater honor than serving as commander and chief, but also
recognizes the responsibility that entails in ensuring servicemembers are
properly cared for and that their safety is assured while they are at home.
"So we are going to stay on this," he said. "But I hope in the meantime that all
of you recognize the scope of this tragedy, and keep everybody in their thoughts
and prayers."
Speaking to reporters at Fort Hood, Army Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone, commander of
3rd Corps and Fort Hood, credited quick response by police forces with bringing
down a gunman after he opened fire at the soldier readiness unit.
"There were several eyewitness accounts that there was more than one shooter,"
he said, noting that two additional soldiers had been taken into custody.
"The soldiers and family members are absolutely devastated," he said. "It's a
terrible tragedy," he said, but offered assurances, "We will work through it."
Postal Service Announces Holiday Mailing Guidelines
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Jung
Special to American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Oct. 28, 2009 - U.S. Postal Service officials have announced recommended mailing dates for delivery by Christmas to U.S. servicemembers serving in Afghanistan and other overseas locations.
First-class and priority mail for servicemembers
stationed in Afghanistan should be sent by Dec. 4 for arrival by Christmas. The
deadline for parcel airlift mail is Dec. 1, and space-available mail bound for
Afghanistan should be sent by Nov. 21.
Officials recommend that parcel post mail to all military overseas locations
should be sent by Nov. 13.
A chart with recommended mailing deadlines for all types of mail to various APO
and FPO addresses is available at the Postal Service's Web site at
The Navy announced today the newest Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo/ammunition ship (T-AKE) would be named USNS Medgar Evers. The announcement was made by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus during a Jackson State University speaking engagement in Mississippi.
Continuing the Lewis and Clark-class tradition of honoring legendary pioneers and explorers, the Navy's newest underway replenishment ship recognizes civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925-1963) who forever changed race relations in America. At a time when our country was wrestling to end segregation and racial injustice, Evers led efforts to secure the right to vote for all African Americans and to integrate public facilities, schools, and restaurants. On June 12, 1963, the Mississippi native was assassinated in the driveway of his home. Evers' death prompted President John F. Kennedy to ask the Congress for a comprehensive civil rights bill.
Designated T-AKE 13, Medgar Evers will be the 13th ship of the class, and is being built by General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego. As a combat logistics force ship, Medgar Evers will help the Navy maintain a worldwide forward presence by delivering ammunition, food, fuel, and other dry cargo to U.S. and allied ships at sea.
As part of Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, Medgar Evers will be designated as a United States Naval Ship (USNS) and will be crewed by 124 civil service mariners and 11 Navy sailors. The ship is designed to operate independently for extended periods at sea, can carry a helicopter, is 689 feet in length, has an overall beam of 106 feet, has a navigational draft of 30 feet, displaces approximately 42,000 tons, and is capable of reaching a speed of 20 knots using a single-shaft, diesel-electric propulsion system.
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2009 - President Barack Obama said today he'll accept the Nobel Peace Prize as a "call to action" for the international community to work together to confront common challenges, while also recognizing his responsibility for U.S. security.
"Even as we strive to seek a world in which
conflicts are resolved peacefully and prosperity is widely shared, we have to
confront the world as we know it today," the president said in a brief statement
in the White House Rose Garden.
"I am the commander in chief of a country that's responsible for ending a war
and working in another theater to confront a ruthless adversary that directly
threatens the American people and our allies," he said.
Obama said he was humbled and surprised to learn that he had been named to
receive the Nobel Peace Prize and believes the honor must be shared by all
courageous people around the world who strive for justice and dignity.
He cited examples, including, "the soldier who sacrificed through tour after
tour of duty on behalf of someone half a world away," and "all those men and
women across the world who sacrifice their safety and their freedom, sometimes
their lives, for the cause of freedom."
Obama is slated to reconvene his national security team later today for
continued discussions about the strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Among the
participants will be Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Central Command Commander Army Gen.
David H. Petraeus and, by videoconference, Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the
top U.S. commander in
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2009 - President Barack Obama said today he'll accept the Nobel Peace Prize as a "call to action" for the international community to work together to confront common challenges, while also recognizing his responsibility for U.S. security.
"Even as we strive to seek a world in which
conflicts are resolved peacefully and prosperity is widely shared, we have to
confront the world as we know it today," the president said in a brief statement
in the White House Rose Garden.
"I am the commander in chief of a country that's responsible for ending a war
and working in another theater to confront a ruthless adversary that directly
threatens the American people and our allies," he said.
Obama said he was humbled and surprised to learn that he had been named to
receive the Nobel Peace Prize and believes the honor must be shared by all
courageous people around the world who strive for justice and dignity.
He cited examples, including, "the soldier who sacrificed through tour after
tour of duty on behalf of someone half a world away," and "all those men and
women across the world who sacrifice their safety and their freedom, sometimes
their lives, for the cause of freedom."
Obama is slated to reconvene his national security team later today for
continued discussions about the strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Among the
participants will be Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Central Command Commander Army Gen.
David H. Petraeus and, by videoconference, Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the
top U.S. commander in
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2009 - The price appears to be right for former game show host and naval aviator Bob Barker, who donated $3 million to help build a premiere Defense Department center for wounded warriors suffering traumatic brain injuries.
The donation brings the Intrepid Fallen Heroes
Fund to its $60 million goal to build the National Intrepid Center of
Excellence, Bill White, president of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, announced
yesterday.
The 72,000-square-foot, two-story facility is expected to open next year next to
the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund will pay to build the center and equip it with
the most advanced medical equipment for traumatic brain injury research,
diagnosis and treatment, White said. Once construction is completed, the fund
will turn the center over to the department to operate.
"This amazing gift puts us over the top," White said yesterday in announcing
Barker's donation to the effort. "Thousands of Americans have given to this
important effort, and Bob Barker has today stepped up to the task. We are
immensely grateful for his wonderful generosity and his support for our nation's
servicemen and women."
Richard T. Santulli, chairman of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, called
reaching the financial milestone to begin construction of the center "a great
step forward in our mission." The group raises money to provide financial help
for families of U.S. servicemembers killed in the line of duty, and began
raising funds for the new treatment center in 2007.
Barker, a naval aviator during World War II who's best known as the long-time
host of "The Price is Right" game show until his 2007 retirement, called his
donation a way to give back to those who serve or have served in the military.
"I am very happy to do whatever I can to support the brave men and women who
have given so much in service to our nation," he said. "They have given so much
for us. All Americans owe them a debt of gratitude for their tremendous service
and sacrifice."
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2009 - Withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan before accomplishing the mission there would greatly embolden Islamic radicals worldwide, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
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Afghanistan -- particularly the region that abuts
the Afghan-Pakistan border -- is "the modern epicenter of jihad," Gates said,
noting that area is where the Soviet Union's military forces eventually were
defeated by Afghan insurgents during the 1979-89 Soviet-Afghan War.
Gates joined Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at George Washington
University's Lisner Auditorium this evening, where the two senior Cabinet
officers were interviewed by veteran journalists Frank Sesno, director of the
university's School of Media and Public Affairs directorate, and Christiane
Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent.
Gates said a symbiotic relationship exists among al-Qaida, the Taliban and other
Islamic insurgent groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. Those groups, he
said, would like nothing more than to chase the United States -– another
superpower -- and NATO out of Afghanistan, just as the Soviets were made to
leave in the late 1980s.
"It's a hugely empowering message ... should they be successful," Gates said of
the insurgents' desire to take back Afghanistan.
And if the Taliban regained control of significant portions of Afghanistan,
Gates said, "that would be added space for al-Qaida to strengthen itself" and
embark on expanded recruitment and fund raising activities there.
"The reality is, because of our inability -- and the inability, frankly, of our
allies -- to put enough troops into Afghanistan, the Taliban do have the
momentum right now, it seems," Gates said.
Yet, it's more important, Gates said, not to define the situation in Afghanistan
as to whether or not the United States and its allies are winning or losing.
Such "loaded" words, he said, seem to inflame the domestic debate and can cause
consternation overseas.
It's paramount, Gates said, to establish objectives in Afghanistan and to be
able to answer whether those objectives can be accomplished.
"And the answer is: absolutely," Gates said of his belief that U.S. objectives
in Afghanistan can be met.
Gates praised Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the senior U.S. and NATO troop
commander in Afghanistan, as being "exactly the right" officer to oversee
operations there. Gates said he concurs with McChrystal's assessment that the
situation in Afghanistan is "serious and deteriorating."
President Barack Obama is studying McChrystal's assessment of Afghanistan
operations. The general also provided a report of what he believes is needed --
in terms of troops and other resources -- to succeed in Afghanistan.
McChrystal, who has said he advocates deploying more troops to Afghanistan, has
lately attracted criticism from some quarters because he's been vocal in stating
his views, particularly in a recent speech in London. Gates reiterated his
support for McChrystal, but the secretary also cautioned that it's paramount not
to let the decision-making process about how to proceed in Afghanistan become a
public airing of views before the commander in chief can listen to all of his
advisors.
"I think the important thing is for the president to hear the advice of his
commanders, and to have the advantage of hearing that advice in private," Gates
said.
During the decision-making process prior to the surge of forces in Iraq, Gates
recalled, he structured a process in which senior military commanders "each had
an opportunity to present their views privately" to then-President George W.
Bush.
"I think that's the way the process ought to work" regarding the way ahead in
Afghanistan, Gates said, noting that Obama has made it clear he's ready to spend
whatever time is required to get advice directly from his senior commanders.
"It is very important that we get the most thoughtful, candid advice from
everyone," Clinton said. The president's process for re-examining the strategy
in Afghanistan, she said, is "one of the most open, most thorough that I've read
about."
Gates said McChrystal would implement "as effectively as possible" any decision
the president makes.
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2009 - A soldier stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C., who died Sept. 10, possibly is the first H1N1-related death suffered by the U.S. armed forces, Army officials here said.
Army Spc. Christopher Hogg, 23, of Dayton, Fla.,
died of pneumonia, but autopsy reports released yesterday confirm his death was
the result of complications caused by the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu,
said Karen Soule, a Fort Jackson spokeswoman.
Fort Jackson doesn't yet offer the H1N1 vaccine, but officials there expect the
first supply to arrive this month, she added.
Fort Jackson is taking the issue seriously, Soule said. The base is the largest
Army training facility with more than 10,000 soldiers stationed there at any
given time. An H1N1 epidemic there could compromise the Army's ability to
effectively produce soldiers to support fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, she
explained.
Hoggs was a basic training recruit in his fifth week of training when he was
taken to the hospital Sept. 1 for a fever and respiratory issues. He was set to
graduate Oct. 15
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Co., of Garland, Texas was awarded a $73,900,000 contract which will provide for the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System Block 10.2 which will provide for net-centric enterprise services, open enterprise service-based architecture, web-based and client-based tools supporting worldwide-distributed operations. At this time, no money has been obligated. 950 ELSC/PK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-03-D-0015, P00061).
Northrop Grumman Space Technology of Redondo Beach, Calif., was awarded a $35,383,382 contract which will exercise the option for the defense on-orbit sustainment for both the defense support program and spacecraft bus. At this time, no money has been obligated. SMC/ISKD, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8810-09-C-0001, P00019).
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems of Tewksbury, Mass., was awarded a $11,320,672 contract which will provide for the defense production act/title III program technology investment agreement. At this time, $2,207,500 has been obligated. Det 1 AFRL/PKMD, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-2-5501).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Spacelabs Healthcare, LLC., Issaquah, Wash., is being awarded a maximum $13,460,681 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for patient monitoring systems, subsystems, accessories, consumables and training. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. There were originally seventeen proposals solicited with nine responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 7, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM2D1-09-D-8351).
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., of Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $5,699,898 firm fixed price level of effort contract for an advanced special operation management system in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. The work will be performed in Sierra Vista, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2010. The delivery order number is H92222-09-F-0192.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Space systems Co., of Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded a $21,639,894 contract which will provide for advanced extremely high frequencysatellites which will perform a 50 percent design adequacy assessment for the mission control segment and continue preparation for the preliminary design review as well as study the impacts on strategic command requirements. At this time, $4,000,000 has been obligated. MCSW/PKA, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0002, P00383).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Belleville Shoe, Belleville, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $6,302,400 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for cold wet boots. Other location of performance is Arkansas. Using services are Army, Navy, and Air Force. This proposal was originally Web solicited with four responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the second option year period. The date of performance completion is October 7, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-08-D-1043).
NAVY
Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $5,650,089 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0014) to perform engineering change proposal 6279, which will enhance the AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array radar on 14 F/A-18E, 9 F/A-18F, 22 EA-18G Lot 33 aircraft. Work will be performed in Forest, Miss., (42 percent); El Segundo, Calif., (36.8 percent); and St. Louis, Mo., (21.2 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2011. 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.
Correction: Contract awarded Sept. 30, 2009 , to Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Irvine, Calif., (N62473-09-C-1821) should have stated the amount as $60,720,000.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
IAP–Hill, LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $45,434,676 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract (N62467-00-D-2451) to adjust the IDIQ quantities for regional base operations support services at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport and the surrounding southeast region. The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, scheduled maintenance of base facilities, utilities, environmental, transportation and fire alarm systems located at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport and the surrounding southeast region. The total contract amount after award of this modification will be $480,651,969 ($234,151,921 FFP and $246,500,048 IDIQ). Work will be performed at Jacksonville, Fla., Mayport Fla., and the surrounding Southeast Region, and work is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2010 . Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $14,000,000 modification under a previously awarded contract (M67854-07-C-2072) to increase the estimated cost ceiling for the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system development and demonstration to reflect the anticipated cost overrun for $14,000,000. Work will be preformed in Linthicum Heights, Md., (75 percent) and Syracuse, N.Y., (25 percent), and work is expected to be completed September 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract modification was not competitively procured, as the cost overrun is within scope of the current contract and is entered into pursuant to the changes clause. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va. is the contracting activity.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $13,430,000 ceiling-priced, undefinitized contract action to provide non-recurring engineering for the qualification of the VH-3D executive transport composite main rotor blades under the lift improvement program. The effort will include engineering, test, evaluation, support equipment, logistics and program management required to support the VH-3D operational capability. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in February 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $10,830,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0060).
AIR FORCE
McDonnell Douglas Corp., of Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a $61,100,000 contract which will exercise the Fiscal Year 2010 option for the continued performance of the C-17 Globemaster III sustainment partnership for North Atlantic Treaty Organization Airlift Management Agency aircraft. At this time, $28,812,000 has been obligated. 516 AESG/PKS, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8614-04-C-2004, P00337).
Raytheon Missile Systems Co., of Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $17,471,784 contract to provide 578 propulsion sections to be installed into AIM-120B air vehicles. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 695 ARSS, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting Activity (FA8675-09-C-0052, P00006).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., of Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a $11,510,100 contract to exercise the Fiscal Year 2010 option for the continued performance for the C-17 Globemaster III sustainment partnership for Qatar Emiri Air Force aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 516 AESG/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8614-04-C-2004).
The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Wayne E. Meyer, during a 1 p.m. EDT ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 , at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Pa.
Designated DDG 108, the new destroyer honors the late Navy rear admiral who led the development of Aegis, the first fully integrated combat system built to defend against air, surface and subsurface threats. Meyer was regarded as the father of the Navy's Aegis Weapons System.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations and the first officer to have commanded both an Aegis cruiser and destroyer, will also deliver remarks. Anna Mae Meyer will serve as sponsor of the ship named for her late husband. The ceremony will be highlighted by a time-honored Navy tradition when she gives the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"
Wayne E. Meyer is the 58th of the Arleigh Burke class destroyers and carries the 100th Aegis Combat System built. The ship will be able to conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection. Wayne E. Meyer will be capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously and contains a myriad of offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime warfare in keeping with "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower," the maritime strategy that postures the sea services to apply maritime power to protect U.S. vital interests in an increasingly interconnected and uncertain world.
Cmdr. Nick A. Sarap Jr., born in Richmond, Va., and raised in Zanesville, Ohio, will become the first commanding officer of the ship and lead the crew of 276 officers and enlisted personnel. The 9,200-ton Wayne E. Meyer was built by Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company. The ship is 509 feet in length, has a waterline beam of 59 feet, and a navigational draft of 31 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of eight soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Oct. 3 in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their contingency outpost with small arms, rocket-propelled grenade and indirect fires. They were assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Vernon W. Martin, 25 of Savannah, Ga.
Sgt. Justin T. Gallegos, 27, of Tucson, Ariz.
Sgt. Joshua M. Hardt, 24, of Applegate, Calif.
Sgt. Joshua J. Kirk, 30, of South Portland, Maine.
Sgt. Michael P. Scusa, 22, of Villas, N.J.
Spc. Christopher T. Griffin, 24, of Kincheloe, Mich.
Spc. Stephan L. Mace, 21, of Lovettsville, Va.
Pfc. Kevin C. Thomson, 22, of Reno, Nev.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Thomas D. Rabjohn, 39, of Litchfield Park, Ariz., died Oct. 3 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated during an attempt to disarm it. He was assigned to the 363rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment, Coolidge, Ariz.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Oct. 2 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked their unit using small arms fire.
Killed were:
Sgt. Aaron M. Smith, 25, of Manhattan, Kan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Pfc. Brandon A. Owens, 21, of Memphis, Tenn. He was assigned to the 118th Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Roberto D. Sanchez, 24 of Satellite Beach, Fla., died Oct. 1 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield Ga.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Ryan C. Adams, 26 of Rhinelander, Wisc., died Oct. 2 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle using rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to the 91st Engineer Company (Sapper), Wisconsin Army National Guard, Rhinelander, Wisc.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Russell S. Hercules Jr., 22 of Murfreesboro, Tenn., died Oct. 1 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Sept. 29 in Jolo Island, the Philippines, from the detonation of an improvised-explosive device. The soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Killed were:
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher D. Shaw, 37, of Markham, Ill.
Staff Sgt. Jack M. Martin III, 26, of Bethany, Okla.
The incident is under investigation.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2009 - Grammy Award-winning country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are teaming up with civilian and military medical experts to further medical innovations and quality-of-life research for America's battle-wounded, ill and injured warriors.
The country stars and the Henry M. Jackson
Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine will present "Country
United," a symposium and awards gala here Nov. 6 and 7. TriWest Healthcare
Alliance is sponsoring the two-day event.
"While only 1 percent of the U.S. population volunteers to serve in our armed
forces, it is the responsibility of the remaining 99 percent of us -- as they
protect and defend our freedom with their lives -- to assure they receive the
best possible care," said David J. McIntyre Jr., president and CEO of TriWest
Healthcare Alliance.
The Nov. 6 symposium will bring together leading experts to help expedite
innovations in military medical treatment and research. Military and civilian
researchers and clinicians as well as policymakers will engage in panel
discussions on post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury, military and
civilian efforts in humanitarian aid and disaster response, and joint efforts to
combat global infectious diseases.
The medical experts will include Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Dr. Robert Ursano, founding
director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences; Dr. W. Craig Vanderwagen, former
assistant secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and
Human Services; Dr. James Kelly, director of the National Intrepid Center of
Excellence; and Congressman Joe Wilson, member of the House Armed Services
Committee and Congressional Brain Injury Task Force.
"I can personally attest to the tremendous value and effectiveness of
military-civilian collaborations," Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway personal
transporter, said. Kamen and his company, DEKA, have partnered with military
researchers to create advanced new prosthetics, including a robotic arm.
"By working together, we can create incredible advances in medical technology
that benefit not only our military men and women, but also civilians," he said.
The symposium also will encourage public and private collaborations to
accelerate advances in care for wounded, ill and injured warriors and civilians,
officials said.
Faith Hill will be the luncheon keynote speaker, joined by Army Lt. Col. Gregory
Gadson. Gadson, who lost his legs to a roadside bomb in Baghdad, was credited by
the New York Giants as the inspiration for their victory over the New England
Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
Military and civilian heroes will be recognized the following evening at the
Country United awards gala hosted by Emmy Award-winning NBC and HBO Sports
broadcaster Bob Costas. The gala will include an awards dinner, with a
"Visionary Award" presentation by Kamen, and silent and live auctions,
culminating in performances by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, the Warren Brothers and
friends.
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2009 - President Barack Obama today announced he is restructuring plans for a missile defense system in Europe that provides greater flexibility and promises faster deployment of current technologies.
"This new approach will provide capabilities
sooner, build on proven systems, and offer greater defenses against the threat
of missile attack than the 2007 European missile defense program," Obama said.
The 2007 plan, put in place by the Bush Administration, called for fixed
radars to be positioned in the Czech Republic, and 10 interceptor missiles in
Poland.
U.S defense officials said the system would protect its allies in Europe and
the United States against ballistic missile attacks launched from the Middle
East, specifically Iran.
The new plan is based on recent intelligence reports that reassess Iran's
weapons capabilities to show short-and medium-range ballistic missiles to be
developing more rapidly than projected, and intercontinental ballistic missile
capabilities developing much slower than estimated.
Under the new plan, the United States will begin building the missile defense
system in a phased approach. First, by 2011, it will field its current radars
and interceptors, such as the Navy's Aegis-equipped ships, with the Standard
Missile 3 interceptor. The system has proven its capabilities in the past few
years, specifically when it stopped a crippled reconnaissance satellite over
the Pacific Ocean before it re-entered Earth's atmosphere in February 2008.
This puts in place a defense system in northern and southern Europe that can
protect against the more immediate threats from Iran nearly seven years
earlier than the plan for installing the ground-based interceptors in Poland,
officials said.
The plan is to then build on the system, eventually installing some
ground-based radars and interceptors, enlarging the defense system's range,
and continuing to augment the system with sea-based systems that can position
themselves according to the threat.
"To put it simply, our new missile defense architecture in Europe will provide
stronger, smarter and swifter defenses of American forces and America's
allies," Obama said. "It is more comprehensive than the previous program; it
deploys capabilities that are proven and cost-effective; and it sustains and
builds upon our commitment to protect the U.S. homeland against long-range
ballistic missile threats; and it ensures and enhances the protection of all
our NATO allies."
The new plan alleviates some concerns of Russian leaders, who strongly opposed
the positioning of the ground-based interceptors and radar system so near its
borders.
U.S. officials traveled several times to Moscow to discuss the system's
intention with the Kremlin. The United States offered to allow Russia to have
representatives at each site, if the host nation agreed, to provide technical
monitoring of activities. The United States promised it would not make the
sites operational until the Iranians had tested a missile that could reach
most of Western Europe, including parts of Russia.
Still, defense officials said it is likely Russia will not fully embrace any
U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Europe.
But, Obama said, as long as Iran continues its nuclear weapons program, the
United States will continue to develop its missile defense capabilities in the
region.
"Our clear and consistent focus has been the threat posed by Iran's ballistic
missile program, and that continues to be our focus and the basis of the
program that we're announcing today," the president said. "In confronting that
threat, we welcome Russia's cooperation to bring its missile defense
capabilities into a broader defense of our common strategic interests, even as
... we continue our shared efforts to end Iran's illicit nuclear program."
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Defense in Europe
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The Navy announced today it will down select between the two Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designs in fiscal 2010. The current LCS seaframe construction solicitation will be cancelled and a new solicitation will be issued. At down select, a single prime contractor and shipyard will be awarded a fixed price incentive contract for up to 10 ships with two ships in fiscal 2010 and options through fiscal 2014. This decision was reached after careful review of the fiscal 2010 industry bids, consideration of total program costs, and ongoing discussions with Congress.
"This change to increase competition is required so we can build the LCS at an affordable price," said Ray Mabus, secretary of the Navy. "LCS is vital to our Navy's future. It must succeed."
"Both ships meet our operational requirements and we need LCS now to meet the warfighters' needs," said Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations. "Down selecting now will improve affordability and will allow us to build LCS at a realistic cost and not compromise critical warfighting capabilities."
The Navy cancelled the solicitation to procure up to three LCS Flight 0+ ships in fiscal 2010 due to affordability. Based on proposals received this summer, it was not possible to execute the LCS program under the current acquisition strategy and given the expectation of constrained budgets. The new LCS acquisition strategy improves affordability by competitively awarding a larger number of ships across several years to one source. The Navy will accomplish this goal by issuing a new fixed price incentive solicitation for a down select to one of the two designs beginning in fiscal 2010.
Both industry teams will have the opportunity to submit proposals for the fiscal 2010 ships under the new solicitation. The selected industry team will deliver a quality technical data package, allowing the Navy to open competition for a second source for the selected design beginning in fiscal 2012. The winner of the down select will be awarded a contract for up to 10 ships from fiscal 2010 through fiscal 2014, and also provide combat systems for up to five additional ships provided by a second source. Delivery of LCS 2, along with construction of LCS 3 and LCS 4 will not be affected by the decision. This plan ensures the best value for the Navy, continues to fill critical warfighting gaps, reduces program ownership costs, and meets the spirit and intent of the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act of 2009.
LCS is a fast, agile and modular warship designed to complement the Navy's multi-mission platforms with warfighting capabilities from littoral irregular warfare to mine, anti-submarine and surface warfare. There are two different LCS hull forms: a semi-planing monohull and an aluminum trimaran. The seaframes are designed and built by two industry teams led by Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics. Of the planned 55-ship program, LCS 1 is commissioned, LCS 2 is undergoing sea trials, and construction has started for LCS 3 and LCS 4.
The Navy remains committed to the LCS program and the requirement for 55 of these ships to provide combatant commanders with the capability to defeat anti-access threats in the littorals, including fast surface craft, quiet submarines and various types of mines. The Navy's acquisition strategy will be guided by cost and performance of the respective designs as well as options for sustaining competition throughout the life of the program.
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2009 - President Barack Obama is scheduled tomorrow night to award the Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti at a White House ceremony.
The ceremony will mark Obama's first award of the
nation's highest military honor, and the sixth Medal of Honor awarded since
Sept. 11, 2001.
Obama will present the award posthumously to Monti's family. His parents, Paul
and Janet Monti, are scheduled to accept the award. He also is survived by a
brother, sister and niece.
Monti, of Raynham, Mass., was 30 when he was killed June 21, 2006, in a
firefight in Gowardesh, Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border. He was assigned
to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Squadron, 71st Calvary, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, out of Fort Drum, N.Y.
Monti enlisted in March 1993 and attended basic training and advanced individual
training at Fort Sill, Okla. His military honors include the Bronze Star, Purple
Heart, five Army Commendation Medals, four Army Achievement Medals, three Good
Conduct Medals and three National Defense Service Medals.
He was posthumously promoted to sergeant first class.
The Medal of Honor is awarded to servicemembers who distinguish themselves
conspicuously by gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in
military action against an enemy of the United States.
The award for extraordinary merit has been bestowed on 3,447 men and one woman
since President Abraham Lincoln signed it into law Dec. 21, 1861. Five
servicemembers have received the Medal of Honor -- all posthumously -- for
service since 9/11.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
CSC Applied Technologies, LLC of Fort Worth, Texas was awarded a $70,504,014 contract for base operating support and aircraft maintenance for Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma in support of undergraduate pilot training for its first year option. At this time, no money has been obligated. AETC/CONS/LGCK, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA3002-08-C-0007,P00025).
General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. of Dayton, Ohio was awarded a $49,998,000 contract to perform technical efforts to specialized studies using unique subject matter experts and innovative solutions for the purpose of conducting research and advancing the current state-of-the-art in materials technologies, interactions, or applications in several program areas within the survivability portfolio. At this time, $408,000 has been obligated. Det 1 AFRL/PKMM, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-D-5430).
BAE Systems Technical Services of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was awarded a $39,553,260 contract to manage, operate, maintain, and logistically support the solid state phased array radar system at Beale, Air Force Base, Calif., Thule Air Base, Greenland, Clear Air Force Station, Alaska, and Royal Air Force Flyingdales, United Kingdom. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 21 CONS/LGCZG, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado is the contracting activity (FA2517-06-C-8001, P00165).
ARCTEC, Alaska of Elmendorf, Air Force Base, Alaska was awarded a $35,549,366 contract which will provide for operation and maintenance of the Alaska Radar System consisting of 15 remote radar sites for a twelve-month period. At this time no money has been obligated. 3d CONS, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska is the contracting activity (FA5000-04-C-0011).
Secureboration, Inc. of Melbourne, Fla., was awarded a $32,000,000 contract which will provide transition and development command and control ontology-based semantic interoperability framework technologies to enable the passing of vital pieces of information between operationa systems in a timely manner and to allow for critical linkage of data between the entities that require them as a step in achieving DoD net centric compliance.. At this time $780,000 has been obligated. AFRL/RIKD, Rome, New York is the contracting activity (FA8750-09-D-0195).
Rehabilitation Services of Madison, Miss., was awarded a $19,547,353 contract to provide a full food service contract at Keesler, Air Force Base, Mississippi. At this time $11,581,103 has been obligated. 81 CONS, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi is the contracting activity (FA3010-08-C-0002,P00024).
NAVY
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $35,786,526 cost-plus fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-06-G-0001) to provide Phase 2 non-recurring engineering for the AH-1Z build new helicopter airframe, and to develop an engineering change proposal for incorporation of the T700-401C engine. Work will be performed in Ft. Worth, Texas (50 percent) and Amarillo, Texas (50 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $38,786,526 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
CDM Federal Programs Corp., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a maximum $25,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect/engineering contract for water and wastewater system inspection, testing and analyses. Projects can include inspection, testing, evaluation and analyzing water supply, transmission, treatment, and distribution systems; and wastewater collection and treatment systems; development and implementation of asset management systems for Navy utilities. Work will be performed at various government facilities under the cognizance of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic. The services are required for Department of Defense facilities that receive support services from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic including, but not limited to, the following areas: the continental United States, Alaska, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, on an unrestricted basis with four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N62470-09-D-9037).
Square D Company, Palatine, Ill., is being awarded $23,081,337 for 11 firm-fixed priced task orders under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62583-08-D-0137) for design and installation of electric, gas, steam, and water metering to provide utility and energy monitoring at various locations throughout the Navy Region Southeast. The work to be performed includes the design, procurement, installation, and testing of building level advanced metering solutions in support of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 at the Navy Region Southeast. This will allow the Navy to cost-effectively allocate and manage electricity, natural gas, and water commodities. Work will be performed in Fla. (50 percent), Texas (25 percent), and Miss. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed by September, 2011. Funds are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for the above task orders in response to a single task order solicitation. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity.
CACI Systems, Inc., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $19,706,909 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00421-06-C-0074) to exercise an option for technical support, engineering services and supplies in support of the Special Communications Requirements Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. This modification provides support for various Navy, Army, and Air Force, Special Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance electronic systems. The estimated level of effort for this option is 286,000 man-hours. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Md., (80 percent) and St. Inigoes, Md., (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Milpower Inc., El Cajon, Calif., is being awarded an estimated $17,656,250 multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-priced contract to provide 100W and 200W power amplifiers (PA) for the Digital Modular Radio (DMR) program. SPAWAR is awarding 100W and 200W DMR PA contract on behalf of its organizational partner, the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence Systems. Work will be performed in El Cajon, Calif, and work is expected to be completed September 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with an unlimited number of proposals solicited and two offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-09-D-0135).
Guardian Technology Group, Crawfordsville, Ind. (N00164-09-D-JN14); Northside Machine Company, Dugger, Ind. (N00164-09-D-JN60); MCD Machine Inc., Bloomington, Ind. (N00164-09-D-JN61); C&S Machine, Plainville, Ind. (N00164-09-D-JN62), Precision Laser Services, Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind. (N00164-09-D-JN63); and Colbert Mfg, Co., Inc, Lavergn, Tenn. (N00164-09-D-JN64), are being awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite -quantity multiple award contract with a maximum value of $14,000,000. The aforementioned contract awardees will compete for delivery orders for various types of gun-mount components. MH-60 Sierra, MH-60 Romeo, and V-22 gun mount components along with bore sight kits are being procured to be implemented in various combat situations. The multiple gun mounts will be used to support a wide array of military personnel as well as branches. Work will be performed at the following sites which is dependent upon which contractor receives each competitive order: Crawfordsville, Ind., Dugger, Ind., Bloomington, Ind.; Plainville, Ind., Fort Wayne, Ind., and Lavergn, Tenn., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with 14 proposals being received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity.
PDI-HSW Joint Venture, Seattle, Washington, is being awarded a $13,034,000 firm-fixed price contract for the construction of a central utility plant at the Naval Hospital, Guam. The work includes exterior reinforced concrete walls, windows, roofing, mechanical and electrical systems that is compatible with tropical environmental and seismic conditions. Support facilities include a primary water distribution system, other required installed utility systems and modifications, sidewalks, and related site improvements. Work will be performed in Guam, Marianas Island, and is expected to be completed by February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with five proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-09-C-1308).
Veraxx Engineering Corp.*, Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $12,147,957 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N61339-07-D-0002) for the design, implementation, test, and delivery of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Aviation Training Systems (ATS) aviation distributed virtual training environment. Work will be performed in New River, N.C., (25 percent); Cherry Point, N.C., (20 percent); Miramar, Calif., (15 percent); Camp Pendleton, Calif., (15 percent); Chantilly, Va., (10 percent); Beaufort, S.C., (5 percent); Yuma, Ariz., (5 percent); and Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Talla-Com Tallahassee, Tallahassee Fla., is being awarded an estimated $11,406,250 multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-priced contract, to provide 100W power amplifiers (PA) for the Digital Modular Radio (DMR) program. SPAWAR is awarding 100W DMR PA contract on behalf of its organizational partner, the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence Systems. Work will be performed in Tallahassee Fla., and work is expected to be completed September 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with an unlimited number of proposals solicited and two offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-09-D-0136).
Data Management Services Joint Venture*, Silver Spring, Md., is being awarded a $10,240,174 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N61339-07-D-0014) to provide training to include instructional, management, administrative and technical training services in support of the Center for Security Forces training programs. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., (30 percent); Camp Lejuene, N.C., (20 percent); San Diego, Calif., (14 percent); Brunswick, Mass., (13 percent); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, (6 percent); Lackland, Texas, (6 percent); Gulfport, Miss., (6 percent); Bangor, Wash., (2 percent); Yokosuka, Japan, (2 percent); and Mayport, Fla., (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Omega Aerial Refueling Services, Inc., Alexandria, Va., is being awarded a $6,899,580 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0009) to exercise an option for contractor owned and operated aircraft in support of the Commercial Air Services (CAS) Program. The CAS Program provides aerial refueling tanking for Navy, other Department of Defense and government agencies, and Foreign Military Sales cases aircraft. This option provides for an additional 54,000 flight minutes, which equates to 900 flight hours. Work will be performed at various CONUS locations (45 percent East Coast and 35 percent West Coast); and at various OCONUS locations (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2010. 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.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Sustainable Oils, LLC, Seattle, Wash.*, is being awarded a maximum $6,680,000 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is in Texas. Using service is Air Force. There were originally 211 proposals solicited with seven responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0520).
UOP, LLC – A Honeywell Co., (UOP), Des Plaines, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $6,400,000 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is in Texas. Using service is Air Force. There were originally 211 proposals solicited with seven responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0517).
The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Bryan D. Berky, 25, of Melrose, Fla., died Sept. 12 near Bala Baluk, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from enemy fire while supporting combat operations. He was assigned to the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Sept. 12 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised-explosive device and small arms fire. The soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Nekl B. Allen, 29, of Rochester N.Y.
Spc. Daniel L. Cox, 23, of Parsons, Kan.
CONTRACTS
ARMY
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas was awarded on Sept. 11, 2009, a $111,514,752 firm-fixed-price contract for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Full Rate Production IV- Supplemental Award Quantity 1,152 Rockets. Work is to be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas (20.8 precent), East Camden, Ark., (76.8 precent), and Orlando, Fla., (2.4 precent) with an estimated completion date of Dec. 21, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. USA Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0001).
Royal Bridge Inc, Tarpon Springs, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 11, 2009, a $11,117,500 firm-fixed-price contract for the Recovery Act-rehabilitate and paint tainter Gates, toad suck lock and Man No. 8. Arkansas River. The work consists of rehabilitation and painting of 16 gates and incidental related work. Work is to be performed in Faulkner County, Ark., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Little Rock, Ark., is the contracting activity (W9127S-09-C-0049).
Atlantic Diving Supply Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded on Sept. 11, 2009, a $7,612,982 firm-fixed-price contract for 46,278 pair of United Stated Marine Corp Extreme Cold Mitten Systems (Mitten and Liner) and 46,405 pair of Extreme Cold Weather Mitten Liners. Work is to be performed in Seattle, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 1, 2010. Eight bids solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Contracting Center, Contracting Division Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (GS-07F-5965P).
James Fisher Jr., Excavating, Willows Calif., was awarded on Sept. 11, 2009, a $5,540,854 firm fixed-price contract. The work includes placing quarry stone on the mower slopes, and soil filled quarry stone on the upper slopes of several erosion sites along the banks of the Sacramento and Feather Rivers. In stream wood, fascines, and erosion control seeding will also be installed. For two of these sites, the base work must be installed from the waterside. The options include installation of plantings, plugs, beaver fencing and cages, pole cutting, irrigation and plant maintenance. Work is to be performed Along the Sacramento and Feather River passing through the following counties; Sacramento, Yolo, and Sutter with an estimated completion date of Jan. 1, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Sacramento, Calif., is the contracting activity (W91238-09-C-0019).
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wisc., was awarded on Sept. 11, 2009, a $189,059,738 firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract for the procurement of additional MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (352 ea) including Basic Issue items (35LLO) Authorized Stockage List (14 LO), Prescribed Load List (14 LO) and Battled Damage and Repairs (14 LO). Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wisc., with an estimated completion of May 31, 2012. Five bids solicited with five bids received. TACOM, AMSCC-TAC-ADCA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0111).
The Whiting-Turner Construction, Baltimore, Md., was awarded on Sept. 11, 2009, a $14,339,000 firm-fixed-price contract to construct an Administrative Building, Fort Lee, Va. Work is to be performed in Fort Lee, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2011. Eighty bids solicited with 17 bids received. Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-09-C-0077).
Schutt Industries Inc., Clintonville, Wisc., was awarded on Sept. 11, 2009, a $5,540,068 firm-fixed-price contract to procure a quantity of 732, M1101 Cargo Trailers, for the High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle 9HMMWV. The M1101 is the primary companion trailer for the High Mobility Multipurpose wheeled vehicle and is required to operate with the HMMWV worldwide, on primary and secondary roads as well as cross country. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 15 bids received. U.S. Army, TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-0107).
Lobar, Inc, Dillsburg, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 10, 2009, a $23,870,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construction of Armed Forces Reserve Center, Scranton, Penn. Work is to be performed in Scranton, Penn., with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2011. Forty-six bids were solicited with 13 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0030).
Flir Systems Inc., Wilsonville, Ore., was awarded on Sept. 10, 2009, a $15,389,821 delivery order (GSA). This requirement is for the procurement of the Star Safire II System Support Kits in support of the UH-60 family of aircraft. Work is to be performed in Wilsonville, Ore., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-F-0010).
Heery International, Raleigh, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 10, 2009, a $11,777,057 firm-fixed-price contract for the site preparation and construction of a two-story 55,000 square foot administrative classroom and ready building (Special Operations Forces Expand Training Compound, Fort Bragg, N.C.). The building will include administrative areas, multiple classrooms, work area, latrines, storage areas, and ready state module. Supporting facilities includes access roads, parking, sidewalks, sewer lines, expansions of existing septic, electrical, mechanical, fire protection system, drainage, erosion control measures, security fence, retaining walls, landscaping, and construction of two 75,000 gallon ground tanks. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 11, 2011. Twenty bids solicited with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0050).
Midwest Foundation Corp., Tremont, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 10, 2009, a $8,489,501 firm-fixed-price contract for the Lock Chamber Bulkhead Recesses, Locks 11-13, 20-22 & Peoria Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway. Work is to be performed in Fulton, Ill., (11.0 precent), Canton, Mo., (18.2 precent), Quincy, Ill., (19.1 precent), New London, Mo., (20.2 precent), Peoria, Ill., (6.7 precent), Dubuque, Iowa, (13.7 precent), and Bellevue, Iowa, (11.1 precent) with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on www.fbo.gov with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W912EK-09-C-0098).
CH2M Hill, Inc., Englewood, Col., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $95,000,000 multiple award indefinite delivery/IDIQ with a resulting fixed firm price contract for the architect-engineering services for National Guard (Army and Air) nationwide (52 states and territories). Work is to be performed in the 2nd Congressional District with an estimated completion date of Sept. 8, 2014. Forty six bids solicited with 59 bids received. NGB-PARC-S is the contracting activity (W90FYQ-09-D-0003).
Walsh Construction Co., Chicago, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $64,474,095 firm fixed price contract for the Lockport Lock, Major Rehabilitation Stage 3, Cana Walls. Work is to be performed in Lockport, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2010. Bids solicited from the World Wide Web with five bids received. Corps of Engineers, District, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W912EK-09-C-0097).
Trillacorpe Construction, Bingham, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $19,277,444 construction firm fixed price contract for the Construct Combined Support Maintenance Shop, Phase II, in Columbus, Ohio. Work is to be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of May 30, 2011. Bids solicited from the World Wide Web with seven bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO for Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (W91364-09-C-0008).
Dunlop & Johnston, Inc., Valley City, Ohio, was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $18,996,000 firm fixed price contract for the Construct Regional Training Institute, Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio. Work is to be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2011. Bids solicited from the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO for Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (W91364-09-C-0010).
Marion Trucking & Construction Co., Dunseith, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $13,524,700 firm fixed price best value contract for the Elbowoods Memorial Health Care Facility, Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town, N.D. This contract includes primary health care facility, EMS, and supporting site work infrastructure (utilities, sidewalks, drainage, landscaping, parking, etc.) necessary to provide a complete and usable turnkey facility. The facility shall have a minimum of 15 exam rooms. The scope also includes all loose furniture such as chairs, tables, desk, waiting room furnishings, and specialized medical equipment needed to support clinic operations with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2009. Bids solicited from the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0040).
Chenega Security & Protection Services, LLC, Ashburn, Va., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $10,375,701 cost plus fix priced contract to exercise option period one to provide Security Service for the Forward Based X-Band Transportable (AN/TPY-2) Radar System at the Shariki Communications Site, Aomori Prefecture, Northern Honshu, Japan. Work is to be performed in Shariki Communications Site, Japan, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. Bids solicited from one sole source with one bid received. U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Col., is the contracting activity (W91260-08-C-0006).
Duke Construction Limited Partnership, Morrisville, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $9,798,818 firm fixed price contract for a design and construct a Consolidated Support Facility. Construction of Consolidated Support Center approximately 43,152 square feet to house Mission Support Group, Finance, Contracting, Force Support Squadron, and Legal Staff. Supporting facilities include, but are not limited to, utilities, electrical service, exterior and security lighting, fire protection and alarm system, water, gas, sewer, oil water separators, storm drainage and site improvements. Accessibility for individuals with disabilities will be provided. Antiterrorism/Force Protection measures shall also be included in the facility design in accordance with applicable criteria. Air Conditioning (Estimated 120 Tons). Work is to be performed in Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 16, 2011. Bids solicited from the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0056).
APS Contracting, Inc., Paterson, N.J., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $8,122,000 construction firm fixed contract for the design/build of an Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Fort Totten, Queens, New York, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 1, 2010. Bids solicited from the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0079).
ARES Systems Group LLC, Bassfield, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $7,673,821 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the threat detection alongside or approaching a roadway. Work is to be performed in Bassfield, Miss. (91.4 precent), and OCONUS (8.6 precent) with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2009. Bids were solicited using FedBizOpps with one bid received. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, ERDC Contracting Office, Vicksburg, Ms., is the contracting activity (W912HZ-09-C-0097).
Endicott Construction Corp., Reading Mass., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a construction firm-fixed-price contract to construct National Guard United States Property and Fiscal Office Warehouse. Work is to be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO for Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (W91364-09-C-0009).
Rich Moe / Coakley & Williams JV, Upper Marlboro, Md., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $7,096,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design/build fixed price construction contract to covert and renovate Company Operations Facility Building 249. Work is to be performed in Arlington County, Va., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. Bids were solicited using FedBizOpps with nine bids received. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0061).
Yellowstone Electric Co., Billing, Mont., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $6,882,825 firm-fixed-price contract to design, manufacture, factory test and deliver generator set up power transformers and accessories the Allatoona (Cartersville, Ga.), Walter F. George (Fort Gaines, Ga.), West Point ( West Point, Ga.,) and Philpot (Bassett, Va.,) powerhouses. The West Point, Ga., transformers are optional items which are not being awarded at this time. The value of the optional items is $2,556,823. Work is to be performed in Cartersville, Ga. (29.4 precent), Fort Gaines, Ga. (55.2 precent), Bassett, Va. (15.4 precent) with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited using FedBizOpps with seven bids received. Corp of Engineers, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-09-C-0083).
General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 9, 2009, a $6,100,00 Undefinitize Change Order Modification firm-fixed-price contract for the award undefinitized change order modification for the procurement of 98 each Commanders Remote Operated Weapons Stations version 2 kits (CROWS II). Work is to be performed in Lima, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-06-G-0006).
Kipper Tool Co., Gainesville, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a $30,298,500 firm-fixed-contract for seven each of the Stryker Special Tools Set Systems. Work is to be performed in Gainesville, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2014. Twelve bids were solicited with two bids received. TACOM Rock Island, AMSTA-LC-CTC, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAE20-03-D-0089).
Wade Perrow Construction LLC, Gig Harbor, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a $21,763,392 firm-fixed-price contracts to construct Fort Lewis Readiness Center. Work is to be performed in Tacoma, Wash., with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2011. Bids were solicited using FedBizOpps with 11 bids received. Department of the Army & AF, national Guard Bureau, USPFO for Washington, Contracting Office, Tacoma, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912K3-09-C-0001).
DTC Engineers & Constructors LLC, Hamden, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a $21,269,531 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of an Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Puerto Rico with an estimated completion date of May 21, 2011. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0071).
General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a $18,200,000 Undefinitize Change Order Modification firm-fixed-price contract for the award undefinitized change order modification for the procurement of 370 each Commanders Remote Operated Weapons Stations version 2 kits (CROWS II) for the M1A2 SEPv2 Upgrade Vehicles under this Multi-year contract. Work is to be performed in Lima, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-06-G-0006).
Leetex / Hill & Wilkerson III LLC, Dallas, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a $12,891,910 firm-fixed-price contract for the design/build for an Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) on Lewisville, Texas. This project will provide an approximately 50,000 square feet training building, an approximately 11,000 square feet organizational maintenance shop, approximately 6,000 square feet unit storage building and approximately 17,000 square yards of organizational vehicle parking. Work is to be performed in Lewisville, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited using FedTeds with five bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0061.
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Mclean, Va., was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a time and material contract to provide information technology, consulting, technical analytic, and industrial engineering support for the Army Workload Performance System Program to prospective installation clients at the Army Material Command (AMC), Maintenance and Ammunition installations, and possible at the AMC manufacturing sites (arsenals). Work is to be performed in various Army Installations under the AMC with an estimated completion date of Sept. 8, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command Rock Island Contracting Center Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-08-F-3025).
Speegle Construction Ind., Niceville, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a firm-fixed-price contract for the design/build fiscal year 2009 Air Control operations Training Complex at Tyndall Air Force Base. The work shall consist of design and construct a one story 2,639 SM administrative facility and demolish approximately 3,078 SM of existing facilities. Work is to be performed in Tyndall Air Force base, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 28, 2011. Bids were solicited using FedBizOpps with six bids received. Corps engineers mobile regional contracting center is the contracting activity (W91278-09-C-0081).
Snap-On Industrial, IDSC holdings LLC, Kenosha, Wisc., was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a $6,258,409 firm-fixed-price contract for two each of Bradley Fighting Vehicle Special Tool Set Systems. Work is to be performed in Kenosha, Wisc., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2014. Three bids solicited with two bids received. TACOM-Rock Island, AMSTA-LC-CTC, Rock Island, Ill. is the contracting activity (DAAE20-03-D-0083).
Science Applications International Corp, San Diego, Calif., was awarded Sept. 4, 2009, a $41,561,436.61 firm fixed price (LOE) task order contract to provide Sustainment Services for the Joint Program Office Mine Resistant Ambush Protected. Work is to be performed in Kuwait and Sterling Heights, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 3, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-A-0003).
Southern Dredging Co., Inc., North Charleston, S.C., was awarded on Sept. 8, 2009, a $5,888,114 firm-fixed-price contract. The project consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 910,300 cubic yards of unclassified material from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between Winyah Bay and Ashepoo River-Charleston, Colleton, and Georgetown Counties, South Carolina. Work is to be performed in Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between Winyah Bay and Ashepoo River-Charleston, Colleton, and Georgetown Counties, South Carolina with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army of Engineers/Savannah Regional Contracting Center/Charleston Office, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0043).
M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Sept. 4, 2009, a $35,726,000 firm fixed price contract for Project 64460, which includes the design and construction of maintenance facilities at Fort Benning, Ga. The project includes a tactical equipment maintenance facility (38,730 square feet and 40,000 square feet), a compact item repair shop (11,500 square feet), and organizational vehicle parking. Project 65322 includes design and construction of a tactical equipment maintenance facility (38,397 square feet). Supporting facilities include oil storage building; hazardous material storage; vehicle fueling area; antiterrorism measures; building information system; heating, ventilating and air conditioning system; and energy monitoring and control system. Also included are utilities, security lighting, fencing, sewer, storm drainage, walks, curbs, gutters, and site development. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. Five bids solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-D-0030).
Consigli Construction Co., Inc., Milford, Mass., was awarded on Sept. 4, 2009, a $22,427,920 construction firm fixed price contract for the design and construction of an Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, with an estimated completion date of May 3, 2010. Bids solicited from the FedBizOps Electronic Synopsis with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0077).
Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $9,643,211 firm fixed price incentive (Film Target) with award fee contract for the modification of incorporating in-scope changes to the Pentagon renovation in accordance with the approved design phased construction plan that incorporates approved changes. Work is to be performed in Pentagon, Arlington, Va., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 9, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. Pentagon Renovation & Construction Program Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (MDA-947-01-C-2001).
Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded on Sept. 4, 2009, a $15,767,375.28 firm fixed price five year IDIQ for production contract for lightweight exposure jackets and lightweight exposure trousers in accordance with size tariff for the Marine Corp. Work is to be performed in Virginia Beach, Va., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 20, 2010. Web bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command, Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (GS-07-F-5965P).
Fugro Pelagos, Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 4, 2009, a firm fixed price contract for Architect-Engineer services required for an Indefinite Delivery Contract for Surveying and Mapping Services to support the Mobile District, South Atlantic Division, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Work is to be performed in Mobile, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 3, 2014. FedBizOpps bid solicited with eight bids received. Corps of Engineers-Mobile Regional Contracting Center, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-09-D-0095).
Tri-County Contractors Inc, Jackson, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 4, 2009, a firm-fixed-price contract. This is a firm fixed price contract flood control/Mississippi River & tributaries, yazoo River Basin, Big Sunflower River, Washington County, Miss., Steele Bayou-Item 66B, Channel Relocation, Phase 2. Work is to be performed in Washington County, Miss., with an estimated completion date of July 1, 2010. Bids were solicited using FedBizOpps with three bids received. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, District Contracting Office, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912EE-09-C-0032).
Iris Kim, Inc., Hampton, Va., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $166,090.69 firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract for the procurement of M4/M16 Cleaning Kits in support of Foreign Military Sales. The contract is based on FAR Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items. Work is to be performed in Carson City, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 27, 2014. Bids were solicited from the World Wide Web with two bids received. TACOM-Rock Island, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52H09-09-D-0277).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $73,177,342 firm fixed price contract for the procurement of 6 UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopters unique/aircraft configured for the Brazilian Air Force (BraF), FMS Case BR-B-UUC; and to include publications and aircraft warranty. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, CCAM-BH-A, Red Stone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (DAAH23-02-C-0006).
Lakeshore Group, Inc., Detroit, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $24,183,000 firm fixed price contract for the design and construction of the Army Reserve Equipment Concentration Site, Lakehurst, N.J. Work is to be performed in Lakehurst, N.J., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 26, 2011. Bids solicited on the World Wide Web with ten bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0075).
Consigli Construction Co., Inc., Milford, Mass., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $21,699,911construction firm fixed price contract for the design and construction of an Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, with an estimated completion date of May 3, 2010. Bids solicited from the FedBizOps Electronic Synopsis with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0073).
Five Rivers Services, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, $20,978,988 single award services contract at a firm fixed price with time and materials CLINS for the Information Technology support services for the 1st Signal Center Army Global Network Operation and Security Center. Work is to be performed in Fort Belvoir, Va., and Fort Huachuca, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 27, 2012. Bids solicited from the ASFI and FedBizOpps with fourteen bids received. ACC-ITEC4-w, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., is the contracting activity (W91RUS-09-C-0036).
GSC Construction, Augusta, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $16,078,683 a construction firm fixed price contract for a design-build project for the Trainee Barracks Dining Facility, Ft. Benning, Ga. This project includes providing a complete and functional dining facility with receiving, storage, preparation, serving, queuing, dining, dishwashing, and all support equipment and facilities. Facility shall be similar to a college or university meal plan cafeteria in general function and quality. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 1, 2011. Three Bids solicited with three bids received. Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-08-D-0066).
Richard Y. Johnson & Son, Inc., Lincoln, Del., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $11,414,103 a firm fixed price contract for the construction of a Fitness Center for Dover Air Force Base. Work is to be performed in Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Del., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2011. One hundred and eighty five bids solicited with 10 bids received. Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W912BU-09-C-0043).
AOSENSE, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $11,230,139 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for the High Dynamic Range Atomic Sensors (HiDRA) effort will build on the Precision Inertial Navigation System (PINS) work by demonstrating that atom optic (AO) sensors can outperform existing technologies in the presence of realistic platforms dynamics for a broad range of military applications. The goal of this program is to provide jam-proof, non-emanating inertial navigation with near-GPS accuracies for future military systems. Work is to be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 13, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with more than 25 bids received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-09-C-0116).
Greenleaf Construction Co., Inc, Kansas City, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $9,802,578 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of an Army Reserve Center in St. Louis, Mo. Work is to be performed in Weldon Springs, Mo., with an estimated completion date of March 1, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five bids received. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0066).
J.C. Industries Inc., Jefferson City, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $9,557,770 firm-fixed-price contract for the Construction of Chapel Complex and Religious Education Facility. Work is to be performed in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with nine bids received. Corps of Engineers, District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0038).
HRL Laboratories LLC, Malibu, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2009, a $10,982,174 cost-no-fee contract. This contract is for the SyNAPSE program seeks to break the programmable machine paradigm and define a new path forward for creating useful, intelligent machines. The vision for the anticipated DARPA SyNAPSE program is the enabling of electronic neuromorphic machine technology that is scalable to biological levels. Programmable machines are limited not only by their computational capacity, but also an architecture requiring (human-derived) algorithms to both describe and process information from their environment. In contrast, biological neural systems (e.g., brains) autonomously process information in complex by automatically learning relevant and probabilistically stable features and associations. The key to achieving the vision of the NyNAPSE program will be an unprecedented multidisciplinary approach that can coordinate aggressive technology development activities in the following areas 1) hardware; 2) architecture; 3) simulation; and 4) environment. Work is to be performed in Malibu, Calif., (61.7 precent), San Diego, Calif., (6.3 precent), Portland, Ore., (2.1 precent), Fairfax, Va., (3.2 precent), Atlanta, Ga., (7 precent), Reno, N.V., (1.8 precent), Arlington, Va., (6 precent), Boston, Mass., (6.5 precent), and Irvine, Calif., (3.0%) with an estimated completion date of Feb. 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 13 bids received. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency Contracts Managements Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-09-C-0001).
David Boland Inc., Titusville, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 2, 2009, a $20,410,249 firm-fixed-price contract for the Texas pipeline dredging and construction of New East Jetty. Colorado River and Tributaries Texas, Mouth of Colorado River in Matagorda. Work is to be performed in Matagorda County with an estimated completion date of July 16, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-09-C-0032).
SDVO Constructions, L.P. El Paso, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 2, 2009, a $11,603,500 firm-fixed-price contract to construct the National Guard Readiness Center. Work is to be performed in Phoenix, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2011. Twenty-eight bids solicited with 17 bids received. National Guard Bureau, U.S. Property and Fiscal Office for Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz., is the contracting activity (W912L2-09-C-0003).
Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 2, 2009, a $9,764,389 firm-fixed-price contract for General Transport Truck, spare parts, Petroleum/Oil/Lubricant Truck, and water trucks. Work is to be performed in West Point, Miss., (93.68 precent), and Beloit, Wis., (6.32 precent) with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, AMSCC-TAC-ADBA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-G097).
Sig Sauer, Inc., Exeter, N.H., was awarded on Sept. 1, 2009, a $353,727,780 three year, firm-fixed price contract for Sig Sauer 9MM pistols and contractor furnished spare parts for 9MM pistols models P226 and P228. Work is to be performed in Exeter, N.H., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 25, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Tank- Automotive Armaments Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52H09-09-D-0158).
Orbimage, Inc., Dulles, Va., was awarded on Sept. 1, 2009, a $214,238,640 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract modification is for the continued acquisition of commercial imagery from the ORBIMAGE satellite constellation. The basic contract Service Level Agreement (SLA) will be extended 4-month through Mar. 31, 2010 ($50, 000,000 SLA value, $51,738,640 miscellaneous), followed by one 9-month option (April 2010 – December 2010, $112,500,000). Work is to be performed in Dulles, Va., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA/ACA-C, Bethesda, Md., is the contracting activity (HM1573-04-C-0014).
Garco Construction, Spokane, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 1, 2009, a $20,706,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design/build of an Armed Forces Reserve Center in Vancouver, Wash. Work is to be performed in Vancouver, Wash., with an estimated completion date of June 1, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0070).
Choate Construction Co., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 1, 2009, a $11,446,440 firm-fixed-price contract. The work consists of the following two-step design to build a 56,230 square foot systems, Software Engineering Facility to offset scope shortfalls. Major features include laboratories and engineering work spaces with automated data processing attributes, group, coordination and training spaces, supervisor and support administrative spaces, storage spaces, break rooms, vaults, a hardstand for oversized/overweight system equipment, and an access corridor connecting to System Software Engineering Annex, Phase II (Building 6264). Supporting facilities include utilities, exterior communications, paving, storm damage, sewage lift station with outfall lines, exterior lighting and site improvements and other related site work. The construction of this project will provide Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection and other physical security in compliance with the minimum construction standards. Work is to be performed in Redstone Arsenal, Ala., with an estimated completion date of March 9, 2011. Bids were solicited on FedBizOps with 16 bids received. Corps of Engineers District, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-09-C-0079).
Slone Associates, Inc., Valdosta, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 1, 2009, a $10,637,382 firm-fixed-price contract design and construction of Child Development Center at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Project includes the design and construction of a single story 3510 Square Meter (37,781 Square Foot) Child Development Center in accordance with Unified facilities criteria 4-740-14. This project shall be designed and constructed in accordance with sustainable design principals outlined by the Leadership in Energy and environmental design (LEED) process. It is the goal of this project to accumulate sufficient points for the LEED Silver level of certification. Description of Proposed Construction: Single-story structural steel frame with reinforced concrete foundation and floor slab, structural frame, Concrete Masonry Units walls, brick exterior, finish system accents, standing seam metal roof. Includes; pickup/drop-off area, outdoor pay area, parking, access road, site preparation, and all other support necessary to provide a complete and useful Child Development Center. The project will also demolish building 251, 252 and 253. Facility will comply with Department of Defense force protection requirements per unified facilities criteria. Work is to be performed in Moody Air Force base, Ga., with an estimated completion date March 9, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 16 bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0053).
STG, Reston, Va., was awarded on Sept. 1, 2009, a $8,900,112 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Non Personal Enterprise Information Technology Support Services required for operational test, data collection and experimentation mission and support. Work is to be performed in Alexandria, Va., (47 precent), Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., (12 precent), Fort Hood, Texas, (40 precent), and Fort Still, Okla., (1 percent) with an estimated completion date of August 31, 2014. Seventeen (17) bids solicited with two bids received. ATEC Mission Support Contracting Activity is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0015).
BAE Systems, Ordinance Systems Inc., Kingsport, Tenn., was awarded on Sept. 1, 2009, a $8,157,824 firm-fixed-price contract for the production and supply of 500,480 pounds of CXM-AF-7 explosives, used as an IM fill for the BLU-117 bomb. Work is to be performed in Kingsport, Tenn., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-D-0003).
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., Panama City, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 1, 2009, a $6,639,338 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of the Logistics Storage warehouse at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The work consists of the construction of a pre-engineered warehouse building, parking sunshine, warehouse bay and related site work and utilities. Work is to be performed in Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2010. Sixty (60) bids solicited with 10 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Programs Center, CETAC-CT-M, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0035).
Kipper Tool Co., Gainesville, Ga., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $29,700,000 firm-fixed-price contract for seven each of Stryker Special Tools Set System. Work is to be performed in Gainesville, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2014. Twelve bids solicited with two bids received. TACOM Rock Island, AMSTA-LC-CTC, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAE20-03-D-0089).
Nicholson Construction Co., Cuddy, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $28,227,738 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor will be required to construct a multi-line grout certain at the CUP McCook Reservoir located in Hodgkins, Ill. The requirement consists of outer and inner row of holes with possible center-line holes for closure around the southeast and northeast perimeter of the CUP McCook Reservoir. Work is to be performed in Hodgkins, Ill. with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Ill., is the contracting activity (W912P6-09-C-0024).
Mortenson Construction, Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $22,764,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of 200 room dorms at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. Work is to be performed in Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 9, 2011. U.S. Army Engineer District, Little Rock, Ark., is the contracting activity (W9127S-09-C-6008).
BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LP, Sealy, Texas, was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $13,977,529 firm-fixed-price contract for 64 improved cab protection cab kits, 65 appliqué kits, 59 limp home kits, 5 sets spares for the High Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). Work is to be performed in Sealy, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 9, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, Acquisition Contracting Center, CCAM-TM-B, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0623).
General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $ 12,463,103 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide technical and administrative support services (including organizing/hosting meeting and outreach activities). Work is to be performed in Washington, D.C., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2014. Bids were solicited using FebBizOpps with one bid received. Contracting Center of Excellence, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-09-C-0106).
General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $10,618,207 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide technical (including disclosure/releasable support, security cooperation program policy preparation, technology transfer assessments, and draft disclosure support documentation) and administrative support services (including organizing/hosting meetings). Work is to be performed in Washington, D.C., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2014. Bids were solicited using FebBizOpps with one bid received. Contracting Center of Excellence, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-09-C-0109).
Military Professional Resources Inc., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $9,515,923 Labor Hour contract. The contractor is to provide technical, analytical, and engineering support for the Office, Deputy Chief of Staff for Program Force Development, G-8. Work is to be performed in Washington, D.C., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited using FebBizOpps with two bid received. Contracting Center of Excellence, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-08-F-0129).
SGS, LLC, Oklahoma City, Okla., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $7,165,591 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall design/build to provide a new Radar Approach/Digital Air Surveillance Facility (DASR/RAPCON) at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Work is to be performed in Altus Air Force Base, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 29, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-09-C-2021).
Dutra Dredging Co., San Rafael, Calif., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2009, a $6,309,300 firm-fixed-price contract. The work consist of maintenance dredging of the Federal Channel located at Suisun Bay Channel and New York Slough with disposal at SF-16 as well as optional advanced maintenance dredging of the Federal channel located at Pinole Shoals with disposal at SF-8 or the Hamilton Wetlands restoration Site. Work is to be performed in Suisun Bay Channel, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 21, 2009. Twenty bids solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912P7-09-C-0016).
The Ross Group Construction Corp., Tulsa, Okla., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $36,172,900 firm-fixed-price contract. This construction contract is for the construction if a Digital Multipurpose Range Complex, (DMPRC), at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. The DMPRC includes stationary and moving infantry and armor targets, machine gun bunkers, urban cluster, aggregate course roads, including crossover and service roads, concrete turning pads, range limit markers, camera towers, defilades, ammo loading pads, covered bleachers, one and two story facades and vehicle staging area. An operation and storage building with storm drainage, earthwork, erosion control, clearing and grubbing are also included along with downrange electrical communications. Work is to be performed in El Paso, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. Two bids solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Forth Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-08-D-0008).
CJ Mahan Construction Co., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $28,365,517 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract work consist of the following: the 425 foot long lower guard wall consist of drilled shafts, pre-cast shells over the drilled shafts, pre-cast wall panels, a pre-cast cap beam, infill concrete, a sheet pile cut off wall, and four flow diversion cells. There are 13 each 9-6 diameter concrete reinforced drilled shafts that are advance through approximately 20 feet of river bottom overburden and penetrate approximately 25 feet into bedrock. Each drilled shaft is encased with reinforces pre-cast concrete enclosure. Pre-cast wall panels are attached to the shaft enclosure to create the lock wall face. A pre-cast cap beam is installed to create the top surface off the wall; the cap beam is in filled with concrete. At the downstream end of the wall is a nose cell consisting of a steel shell placed over two of the drilled shafts and in filled with concrete. The flow diversion cells are 30 foot diameter gravel filled and concrete capped sheet pile cells that are installed riverward of the nose pier. The 800 foot long upper guard wall consists of 6 concrete piers, and 6 pre-cast box beam sections as well as a nose cell. Each pier consist of a 2 each 66 diameter concrete reinforced drilled shafts and pre-cast cap beam and a cast in place thrust block. The drilled shafts are advanced through approximately 30 feet of river bottom overburden and penetrate approximately 20 feet into rock. Between each pier, there is a 10 wide by 10 deep by 110 foot long hollow prestressed concrete box beam; there are a total of six box beams included in the contract. Other features of the upper guard wall include a sheet pile cut-off wall and a 50 foot diameter filled nose cell. Concrete for drilled shafts and infill concrete will be Government furnished material. Sheet pile for the cells and the cut-off walls will be Government furnished material. The work includes minimal electrical work comprised of conduit and pull boxes for each of the guard walls. Contracts will include a minimal amount of excavation for the construction of the walls and nose cells. Excavated material will be transported to and disposed of at the Government facility located approximately 7.3 river miles downstream. Work is to be performed with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Pittsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (W911WN-09-C-0012).
Abhe Svoboda, Inc., Prior Lake, Minn., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $11,343,250 firm-fixed-price contract for the Tainter Gate Repair and Repainting at Lake Whitney, Whitney, Texas. Work is to be performed in Clifton, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 10, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-09-C-0057).
Korte Construction Company, St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on August 28, 2009, a $11,188,598 firm fixed price contract for the design and build of a new single-story. Pre-engineered repair facility. This facility will repair a variety of aircraft power components. Work is to be performed in Beale Air Force Base, Calif., with an estimated completion date of June 19, 2011. Unrestricted bid were solicited with 19 bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Sacramento, Calif., is the contracting activity (W91238-09-C-0020)
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Rocket Center, W.V., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $9,739,165 firm-fixed-price contract. This award to the 40 percent contractor MEI to procure the M228 Practice Grenade Fuze used as training rounds to replicate the M67 hand grenade. Work is to be performed in Rocket Center, W.V., with an estimated completion date of Sept 30, 2011. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. Department of the Army, Rock Island Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-C-0045).
Rayhteon Co., Integrated Defense Co., Andover, Mass., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $8,117,303 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the FY09 PATRIOT Engineering Services Contract Option Award for 50,784 man-hours of effort. Work is to be performed in Andover, Mass., (11.12 precent), Huntsville, Ala., (2.89 precent) and Tewksbury, Mass., (85.99 precent) with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q0-09-C-0057).
Tyonel Fabrication Corp., Madison, Ala., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $7,393,190 firm-fixed-price contract for the continuous technology refreshments/product modernization to deliver 246 New and Improved Remote Rockets Assembly Units in Support of the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior Helicopter. Work is to be performed in Madison, Ala., with an estimated completion date of May 12, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, CCAM-AL-A Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-04-D-0061).
Smith Construction Management, LLC, Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $6,357,000 firm-fixed-price contract to construct National Guard Readiness Center. Work is to be performed in Florence, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. Thirty bids solicited with 14 bids received. National Guard Bureau, Phoenix, Ariz., is the contracting activity (W912L2-09-C-0007).
Action Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $6,615,370 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide the facilities, personnel, and equipment to manufacture, inspects, test, and deliver M739A1 Point Detonating (PD)/Delay Fuzes. Work is to be performed in Philadelphia, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2011. Seven bids were solicited with three bids received. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, CCJM-CA, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-C-2003).
L W Matteson, Inc., Burlington, Iowa, was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $5,998,920 firm-fixed-price contract for the Henderson County Drainage District No. 1 Levee Repairs. Work is to be performed in Carman, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 9, 2010. Bids were solicited on www.fbo.gov with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Rock Island District, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W912EK-09-C-0094).
Project Management Solutions Group LLC, St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $5,741,812 firm-fixed-price for the construction of a new Behavioral Medicine Building at VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill. Work is to be performed in Marion, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids solicited. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912P9-09-C-0408).
Martin Electrics Inc., Perry, Fla., was awarded on Aug. 28, 2009, a $5,558,942 firm-fixed-price contract. This award to the 40 percent contractor MEI to procure the M228 Practice Grenade Fuze used as training rounds to replicate the M67 hand grenade. Work is to be performed in Perry, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. Department of the Army, Rock Island Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-C-0046).
James G. Davis Construction Corp.,
Rockville, Md., was awarded on Aug. 27, 2009,
a $20,740,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the consolidated North Facility,
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Campus. Work is to be performed in
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., with an
estimated completion date of Dec. 21, 2010. Eighty-five
bids were solicited with 14 bids received. U.S
Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity
(W912BU-09-C-0039).
Lockheed Martin
Corp., Herndon, Va., was awarded on
Aug. 27, 2009, a $17,822,789 firm-fixed-price contract for the visual
communications Production Services such as photography,
video production, graphic design and printing
press. Work is to be performed in
Bethesda, Md., with an estimated completion date on Jul. 23, 2014.
Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids
received. National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, A/ACH, Bethesda, Md., is the
contracting activity (HM0177-09-C-0013).
I.L. Fleming, Inc.,
Midway, Ga., was awarded on Aug. 27, 2009, a
$16,260,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct Brigade
Headquarters Facility, approximately 55,300 square feet for the Division
Support Brigade. Primary facilities consist of Brigade Headquarters with
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility,
interim facilities for transitional swing space, parking with associated
infrastructure and utilities. Work is to be performed in
Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated
completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. Four bids solicited with
four bids received. U.S Army Engineer District,
Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity
(W912HN-08-D-0042).
Royal Bridge Inc., Tarpon Springs, Fla., was awarded on Aug. 27, 2009, a $11,728,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Recovery Act - Rehabilitate and Paint Tainted Gates, Murray Lock and Dam No. 7, Arkansas River. This work consists of rehabilitation and painting of all 14 gates and incidental related work. Work is to be performed in Murray Lock and Dam No. 7, Arkansas River, Pulaski County, and Little Rock Arkansas with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Little Rock, Ark., is the contracting activity (W9127S-09-C-0040).
Davis Group Construction Inc., Sanford, Fla., was awarded on Aug. 27, 2009, a $7,735,740 firm-fixed-price to design and construct a Co., Operations Facility, approximately 43,000 square feet for the division support brigade. Primary facilities consist of a company operations facility with Intrusion Detection System parking with associated infrastructure and utilities. Work is to be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 26, 2011. Four bids solicited with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0037).
Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc., Walnut Creek, Calif., was
awarded on Aug. 17, 2009, a $20,456,706 firm-fixed-price contract.
This project consists of the following: Facilities Repair/ Renewal
(FRR) effort for Phase II of the Chilled water Distribution System, at Fort
Stewart, Ga. Work is to be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga.,
with an estimated completion date of Apr. 22, 2011. Three
bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army
Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity
(W912DY-08-D-0032).
Korte Construction Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Aug. 26, 2009, a $40,095,664 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a 164,704 square foot facility Multi-Aircraft Hangar at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Work is to be performed in Tinker Air Force Base, Midwest City, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. Bids solicited on World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-09-C-2020).
EOD Technology, Lenoir City, Tenn., was awarded on Aug. 26, 2009, a $27,300,000 firm-fixed- price contract for providing security services throughout Victory Base Complex, Iraq for a four month period of performance. Work is to be performed in Victory Base Complex, Baghdad, Iraq with an estimated completion date of Dec. 25, 2009. One bid solicited with one bid received. Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan, Baghdad, Iraq is the contracting activity (W91GDW-09-C-0001).
The Logistics Co., Inc., Fayetteville, N.C., was awarded on Aug. 26, 2009, a $16,987,129 cost-plus-award fee contract for logistic services at Fort Knox, during the period of Oct. 1, 2009 through Sept. 20, 2010. This is the third option year. Work is to be performed in Fort Knox, Ky., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on World Wide Web with eight bids received. Mission & Installation Contracting Command, Fort Knox, Ky., is the contracting activity (W9124D-06-C-0030).
Bristol Design Build Services, LLC, Inc., Anchorage, Ala., was awarded on Aug. 26, 2009, a $13,499,830 firm-fixed-price award contract for a tactical equipment maintenance facility supporting the 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery (5-5 ADA) battalion at Fort Lewis, Wash. Work is to be performed in Fort Lewis, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0027).
J2 Engineering Inc, Tampa, Fla., was awarded on Aug. 26, 2009, a $6,385,738 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construction of a 2,370 Square Meter, multi-story, concrete block, slab-on grade building, site work, utilities and parking lot. Environmental permitting and endangered species will be required to the contractor. Work is to be performed in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., with an estimated completion date of June 18, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 16 bids received. Corps of Engineers Mobile, Regional Contracting Center, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-09-C-0075).
Spanish Springs Constructions Inc., Sparks, N.V., was awarded on Aug. 26, 2009, a $6,253,444 firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose of this contract is to design and construct Main Gate and Infrastructure at Creech, Air Force Base, Nevada. Work is to be performed in Indian Springs, Nevada, with an estimated completion date of June 11, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, Calif., Is the contracting activity (W912PL-09-C-0020).
Shaw Environment al Inc., Houston, Texas, was awarded on Aug. 26, 2009, a $599,950 firm-fixed-price contract for Environmental Remediation Services for six Installation Restoration Program Sites and five military Munitions Response Sites at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, Okla. Work is to be performed in McAlester, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 1, 2014. Three bids solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer, District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-04-D-2024).
Graham Construction Services Inc., Eagan, Minn., was awarded on Aug. 25, 2009, a $18,860,497 firm-fixed-price contract for (firm-fixed-price best value) recovery-QJVF072003-Minot Dormitory (168 RM), Minot Air Force Base, N.D.. Work is to be performed in Minot AFB, N.D., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 1, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0037),
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 25, 2009, a $17,828,572 firm-fixed-price contract for the CH-47G Recap, Lot 7, six each CH-47G Recap Aircraft. Work is to be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of May 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aviation & Missile Command Contracting Center, CCAM-CH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-04-G-0023).
R.C. Construction Co., Inc., Greenwood, Miss., was awarded on Aug. 25, 2009, a $10,226,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and build a Central Vehicle Was Facility (CVWF) at Fort Benning, Ga. The project includes a wash facility consisting of wash lanes, pump, houses, water recycle and distribution system, combination control booth/latrine building (1,1013 square feet), heavy vehicle bath, vehicle final was area, vehicle staging are hardstand, grit and oil chambers, filter area with service roadway, detention pond, tank road to the facility, and tactical vehicle hardstand. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 15, 2011. Six bids solicited with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-D-0011).
Joseph J. Henderson & Son Inc., Gurnee, Ill. was awarded on Aug. 24, 2009, a $21,178,700 firm-fixed-price contract to replace family housing phase 7D at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Work is to be performed in Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., with an estimated completion date of July 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-09-C-0009).
M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Aug. 21, 2009, a $20,957,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct a consolidated Brigade and Battalion Headquarters with classroom totaling 147,000 square feet in support of Solders assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga. Project includes all infrastructure and utilities. Work is to be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 20, 2011. Four bids solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0035).
Circle, Incorporated, Belle Chasse, La., was awarded on Aug. 21, 2009, a $12,309,991 firm-fixed-price contract for WBV-18-2 Highway 90 to Lake Cataoutche Pumping Station, Levee Baseline Sta. 160+23, Phase II, First Lift, Levee Enlargement, Jefferson Parish, La. Work is to be performed in Jefferson Parish, La., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 24, 2011. Bids were solicited via FedTeds with 13 bids received. USA Corps of Engineer, District New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-C-0105).
Boeing S&IS Mission Systems, Springfield, Va., was awarded on Aug. 21, 2009, a $6,675,906 firm-fixed-price contract for the Global Geospatial Intelligence date products in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Work is to be performed in Springfield, Va. (35 precent), Rockville, Md. (3 precent), Bowie, Md. (2 precent), Albuquerque, N.M. (10 precent), Huntsville, Ala. (21 precent), Springfield, Mo. (4 precent), Tampa, Fla. (5 precent), and Chantilly, Va. (20 precent) with an estimated completion date of Aug. 20, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. NGA, St. Louis, Mo., is the contracting activity (NMA302-03-D-0005).
BAE Systems National Security Solutions Inc, San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Aug. 21, 2009 a $ 5,663,717 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of High Resolution Terrain Elevation Data (HRTe) Level 3 data product. Work is to be performed Pittsburg, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 13, 2013. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eighteen (18) bids received. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, St. Louis, Mo., is the contracting activity (NMA302-03-D-0004).
AIR FORCE
Rome Research Corp., of Rome, N.Y., was awarded a $46,000,000 contract for research and development, testing and evaluation expertise to operate the far field antenna test ranges, anechoic chambers, other laboratory facilities for the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate and conduct exercises and training missions on Air Force fielded technologies in combat. At this time, $196,762 has been obligated. AFRL/RIKD, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity (FA8750-09-D-0032).
UES, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, was awarded a $44,500,000 contract to provide development of materials and processing methodologies that are vital to create advanced materials and devices for future Air Force Systems. At this time, $161,979 has been obligated. Det 1 AFRL/PKMN, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-D05037).
ACTA Services Corporation of Torrance, Calif., was awarded a $36,096,013 contract to provide safety engineering analysis service in support of the 30th Space Wing Safety office. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 30 CONS/LGCZG, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA4610-09-C-0006).
Northrop Grumman Defense Mission Systems, Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $35,529,915 contract to provide the rapid fielding and support of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node System. At this time no money has been obligated. 653d ELSG/PK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8726-09-C-0010,P00003).
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was awarded a $33,532,755 contract for the KC-135 Communication, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Program. At this time $6,572,653 has been obligated. 827 ASG CONS, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8105-09-C-0004).
Wyle Laboratories, Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $28,985,479 contract to research, develop, and deliver logistics system strategy analyses and recommendations, program risk mitigation strategies, analysis, and recommendation, architecture analysis, requirement specifications, design documents, and technical reports for the Aviation Readiness and Resource Analysis Program Life Cycle requirement. At this time $28,985,479 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-04005).
Wyle Laboratories, Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $24,154,583 contract to research, test, develop, and deliver analysis, targeting enhancements and modifications, system assessments, cost analysis and research recommendation for the special capabilities office. At this time $118,175 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4005, 0119).
Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, N.M., was awarded a $9,499,586 contract to provide robotics research in support of integrated base defense operations at the Joint Training and Experimentation Center. At this time, $2,184,166 has been obligated. 325 CONS/LGCB, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FAFA4819-09-C-0043).
BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services of Rockville, Md., was awarded a $8,807,135 contract to provide non-personal services to operate, maintain, and support the ground-based electro-based electro-optical deep space sensor system at the 21st Space Wing. At this time, no money has been obligated. 21 CONS/LGCZB, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA2517-09-C-8001, P00008).
Wyle Laboratories, Inc., of Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $8,695,646 contract for the Reliability Information Analysis Center to research, test, develop, and deliver an integrated master plan, integrated master schedule, system safety program plan, system safety hazard analysis, test procedures, and test plans for the modernization Program and Munitions Lift Trailers. At this time, $474,947 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4005, DO 0120).
BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services of Rockville, Md., was awarded a $7,543,573 contract for the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System which will provide non-personal services to operate, maintain, and support the system at Cavalier Air Force Station, N.D. At this time no money has been obligated. 21 CONS, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA2517-09-C-8000, P00012).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded $7,363,599 contract for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Program and technical analysis. At this time $80,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0323).
Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $6,491,386 contract which will provide storage for the third Wideband Global Satellite. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. SMC/MCSW/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04601-00-C-0011, P00190).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded a $6,127,442 contract to provide development of training material for increment seven, train the trainer for subject matter experts at Fort Gordon, and training to the international partners for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite program. At this time, $324,048 has been obligated. SMC/PKA, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C0002, P00353).
United Technologies Corp., of East Hartford, Conn., was awarded a $5,993,788 contract to provide nozzle modules for F119 Combined Test Force Engines. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 478 AESG/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2896,P00010).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $19,322,045 contract which will provide Space and Missile Systems Center with responsive technology research, development, test and evaluation technical analysis. At this time, $80,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0323).
NAVY
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors (LM MS2), Syracuse, N.Y., is being awarded a $15,200,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of five TB-29A Thin Line Towed Arrays (TLTA). The TB-29A TLTA is a passive underwater acoustic sensor utilizing a thin line towed body. The TB-29A TLTA consists of a Tow Cable Assembly (TCA) and a Towed Array Assembly (TAA). The TB-29A TLTA is deployed and operated underwater from a submarine to passively detect acoustic energy. This contract contains options, which, if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value of the contract to $29,900,000. Work will be performed in Syracuse, N.Y., (62 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah, (15 percent); Millersville, Md., (15 percent); Mauldin, S.C., (4 percent), and Cambridge, Mass, (4 percent), and is expected to be complete by January 2011. This contract was competitively awarded based upon a limited competition with one offer received. 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 (N00024-09-C-6238).
Sauer, Incorporated, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded $7,311,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N69450-09-D-1274) for construction of a child development center at Naval Station Mayport. The work to be performed provides for the construction of a one story child development center with outside spaces to include storage, shade structure, play ground and equipment, fencing for controlled areas, paving, and site improvements. The project will also demolish one building. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by May 2011. Funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $7,190,354 cost plus incentive fee contract for follow-on to Phase III Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), Topics N93-078 (Utilization of High Resolution Color Displays), N98-072 (Combat Systems Software Migration to Open Systems), N98-127 (Next Generation Combat System Display Concepts), N99-133 (JAVA Applications for Naval Combat Systems) and N99-157 (Development of Low Cost COTS technology for Total Ship Monitoring (TSMS). General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems shall continue these SBIR efforts to continue development and production of multiple upgrades to the hardware and software products for the Multipurpose Processor and TSMS systems that will be integrated into the Acoustic Rapid Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Insertion System. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $45,961,330. Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va., and is expected to be completed by February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-6206).
Syska Hennessy Group Construction, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $5,896,578 for firm-fixed price task order #0029 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N68711-05-D-4014) for Photovoltaic Systems, Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, Calif. The work to be performed provides for the design and installation of Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects P0878, P0879, and P0861 at Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, Calif. Additionally, the project requires the contractor to provide design, construction, testing, and utility interconnection for these systems. Work will be performed in China Lake, Calif., and is expected to be completed by October 2010. Funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
C.E. Niehoff & Co.*, Evanston, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $8,814,874 firm fixed price, sole source contract for Generator Alternator. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 11, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Warren (DSCC-ZG), Warren, Mich. (SPRDL1-09-D-0057).
Beaver Aerospace & Defense, Inc.*, Livonia, Mich., is being awarded a maximum $8,665,252 firm fixed price contract for parts. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally three proposals solicited with one response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 14, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Warren (DSCC-ZG), Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-C-0063).
*Small Business
Sgt. Tyler A. Juden, 23, of Winfield, Kan., died Sept. 12 in Turan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fires. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class Duane A. Thornsbury, 30, of Bridgeport, W. Va., died Sept.12 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
1st Lt. Tyler E. Parten, 24, of Arkansas, died Sept. 10 in Konar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Christopher S. Fowlkes, 20, of Gaffney, S.C., died Sept. 10 from wounds sustained Sept. 3 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Boeing Global Services and Support, San Antonio, Texas was awarded a $150,285,090 contract for Programmed Depot Maintenance, Unprogrammed Depot Level Maintenance, and modifications installations on C/KC-135 series aircraft. At this time, no money has been obligated. 827 ASG, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8105-05-D-0004, P00028).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $31,088,237 contract for T-38 aircraft wing assemblies. At this time, $23,316,176 has been obligated. 448 SCMG/PKAB, Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (FA8218-07-C-0009, P00007).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Eagan Minn., was awarded a $28,123,449 contract for Command and Control System to be installed at Ali Air Base, Iraq. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 350ESG/PK, Hanscom, Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8706-09-C-0004).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $25,075,697 contract to provide Technical Area Task to provide National Security Agency with analysis for unique, innovative Information Assurance solutions to enhance the security protections for information technology infrastructure. At this time, $5,051,208 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-98-D-4002, DO 0383).
Logos Technologies, Inc. of Arlington, Va., was awarded a $20,272,807 contract to provide research, design and development of advanced tools, methodologies and capabilities to support current and future computer network defense and exploitation challenges. At this time, $200,000 has been obligated. AFRL/RIKD, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity (FA8750-09-C-0215).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $19,322,045 contract which will provide defense against attacks on networks and intelligence information systems. At this time, $3,593,682 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-98-D-4002, DO:0384).
Pratt and Whitney Military Aftermarket Services, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a $15,276,926 contract to provide overhaul of core modules, applicable to F-100/229, F15 & F16 aircraft. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 448SCMB/PKBB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8104-04-D-0004-0146).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $13,516,202 contract to provide encryption, access control, authentication and intrusion detection mechanisms that enhance secure information sharing capabilities between the National Security Agency and its Intelligence Community customers. At this time, $59,829 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-98-D-4002; DO:0385).
Alion Science and Technology Corp., of Chicago, Ill., was awarded a $9,301,885 contract to provide research conducted to promote the development of reusable tools and data to enable the integration of modeling and simulation capabilities. At this time $853,140 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (N61339-03-D-0300, DO:0230).
ITT Corp., Clifton, N.J., has been awarded a $8,406,806 contract to provide AN/ALQ-172 Software Block Cycle Support & Enhancement Maintenance Test Set. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8523-09-G-0001,0001).
NAVY
Straub Construction, Inc., Fallbrook, Calif., is being awarded $16,684,867 for firm-fixed price task order #0006 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8616) for the design and construction of Human Resource Service Center (HRSC) at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Calif. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of a new multi-story consolidated administration facility that will provide administrative space, legal services spaces, waiting areas, file storage, lounges, computer network room, conference and training rooms. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif, and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Hi-Shear Technology Corp.*, Torrance, Calif., is being awarded a $13,451,525 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the MK 58 Mod 1 Acoustic Firing Device. Work will be performed in Torrance, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $256,875 of the contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with two proposals solicited and two offers were received via FedBizOpps and the NSWC Crane Web site. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-09-D-JM27).
Shiel Sexton Co., Inc., Charlotte, N.C., is being awarded a $13,413,540 firm-fixed-price construction contract for the design and construction of two Child Development Centers at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The work to be performed provides for the construction of two reinforced buildings. Construction will include kitchen and laundry areas, classrooms, offices, toilets, storage spaces, and dedicated Navy Marine Corps Intranet telecommunication rooms. Built-in equipment includes miscellaneous playground equipment and a fire pump. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Web site, with 41 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-3222).
Energy Matter Conversion Corp., (EMC2)*, Santa Fe, N.M., is being awarded a $7,855,504 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research, analysis, development, and testing in support of the Plan Plasma Fusion (Polywell) Project. Efforts under this Recovery Act award will validate the basic physics of the plasma fusion (polywell) concept, as well as provide the Navy with data for potential applications of polywell fusion. Work will be performed in Santa Fe, N.M., and is expected to be completed in April 2011. 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. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-C-0125).
BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $7,382,503 modification (P00008) under previously awarded firm-fixed-price with cost-reimbursable line items contract (N00604-08-C-0002) to exercise option two for operation and maintenance support for facilities operating under Naval Computer & Telecommunications Area Master Station Hawaii. Work will be performed in Hawaii, and work is to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities Web site, with three offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
Central Texas College, Killeen, Texas, is being awarded $7,176,381 for indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract to provide instructor led courses for Sailors assigned to sea-duty. This contract consists of one base year and four one-year options which, if exercised, bring the total estimated value of the contract to $39,500,614. Work will be performed onboard various Navy ships (50 percent); Pensacola and Mayport, Fla., (15 percent); San Diego, Calif., (15 percent); Norfolk, Va., (5 percent); Groton, Conn., (5 percent); Bremerton, Wash., (5 percent); and Yokosuka, Japan, (5 percent), and work is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Navy Electronic Commerce Online, with one offer received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia is the contracting activity (N00189-09-D-Z059).
Chugach Government Services Inc.*, Anchorage Alaska, is being awarded $7,164,754 for firm-fixed-price task order #0016 under a multiple award service contract, for the demolition of buildings and structures to facilitate environmental restoration at Naval Security Group Activity Skaggs Island, Sonoma, Calif. Upon completion of work, the facility will be turned over to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for wildlife conservation. Work will be performed at Sonoma, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-08-D-0507).
ENVIRO AgScience, Inc.*, Columbia, S.C., is being awarded a $6,543,200 firm-fixed price contract for construction of an addition to the existing fitness center at Shaw Air Force Base. Work will be performed in Sumter, S.C., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively negotiated via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Web site, with eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-1768).
Detyens Shipyards, Inc., Charleston, S.C., is being awarded a $6,235,225 firm-fixed-price contract for a 56-calendar-day regular overhaul shipyard availability of Military Sealift Fleet Support Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn. The ship's primary mission is to provide fuel to U.S. Navy ships at sea and jet fuel to aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. This shipyard availability is primarily for ship maintenance and overhaul, including preservation of ballast tanks, preservation of tank deck overhead, preservation of potable water tanks and main engine turbo charger overhaul. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $7,284,625. Work will be performed in Charleston, S.C., and is expected to be completed by December 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured, with three offers received. The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Fleet Support Command, a field activity of Military Sealift Command, is the contracting authority (N40442-09-C-1031).
Cherokee General*, Federal Way, Wash., is being awarded $5,724,265 for firm-fixed price task order #0008 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N44255-08-D-3016) to repair the Reserve Training Building at Naval Operational Support Center, Portland, Ore. The work to be performed provides for all labor, materials, equipment, and associated costs to modernize, refurbish, and upgrade the center. Work will be performed in Portland, Ore., and is expected to be completed by November 2010. American Recovery and Reinvestment Acts funds are provided. Contract funds will not expire at the end of this fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, Wash., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Burlington Apparel Fabrics, Greensboro, N.C., is being awarded a maximum $29,755,200 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for army service uniforms. Other locations of performance are in Raeford and Cordova, N.C. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally Web solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the first option year. The date of performance completion is Aug. 23, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-09-D-0045).
Skytronics Incorporated*, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $6,322,715 firm fixed price contract for actuates A/C stabilizer trim mechanism. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is the Air Force. There was one proposal originally solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 10, 2013. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Okla., (SPRTA1-09-D-0055).
Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $9,765,873 firm fixed price, sole source contract for axle assembly. Other locations of performance are Michigan, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and France. Using service is the Army. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is January 7, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Warren (DSCC-ZG), Mich., (SPRDL1-09-C-0132).
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
L-3 Communications Geneva Aerospace of Carrollton, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $250,000,000, one year with four option year periods, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the Expeditionary Unmanned Aircraft System in support of U.S. Special Operations Command Program Executive Office - Fixed Wing. The contract minimum is $5,000,000 which will be met at contract award with issuance of the first delivery order for $6,612,100. The work will be performed primarily in Carrollton, and is for one year from the date of contract award. This contract was awarded through full and open competition. The contract number is H92222-09-D-0051.
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2009 - The National
Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., unveiled the latest revisions to
its Global War on Terror exhibit today, commemorating the eighth anniversary
of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The exhibit opening followed a wreath-laying ceremony and moment of silence at
9:37 a.m., marking the exact time American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the
Pentagon, killing 189 people.
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More than 200 visitors attended the ceremony in
remembrance of all 2,993 Americans killed in the attacks at the Pentagon, the
World Trade Center in Manhattan, and when a hijacked jetliner crashed over
Pennsylvania.
"None of us will forget where we were that day," Gwenn Adams, a spokeswoman
for the museum said in a telephone interview today. "We continue to reflect on
that and not let the lives that were lost be lost in vain."
Artifacts from the World Trade Center and the Pentagon crash site -- an analog
clock from the Pentagon stopped at 9:37 a.m., a Pentagon appointment book
opened to Sept. 11, 2001, and personal belongings recovered from unidentified
victims in the Ground Zero debris -- help visitors remember why troops are
still fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, she said.
Other artifacts, such as the Marine Corps flag that remained standing in the
Marine Corps commandant's office during the Pentagon attack and a New York
City firefighter's uniform and recovery tools from 9/11, serve as a reminder
of the poise and selfless service Americans showed on that historic day, she
added.
"The Marine Corps flag never fell, it never wavered, and it stayed upright
during the attack on the Pentagon," said Adams, a retired Marine combat
correspondent. "That says so much for me about Marines and Americans, in
general."
William Dunleavy, a former Marine and New York City firefighter donated the
uniform he wore and some of the equipment he used to recover victims at Ground
Zero. The patriotism of Dunleavy and other first responders has been followed
by eight years of fighting and sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than
5,000 military members have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan sparked
by 9/11.
"Those events on 9/11 continue to affect us on a daily basis," Adams said.
"Not only did it solidify the patriotism of Americans, but it led to this
global war on terrorism, where again, our men and women are in a situation
where they're giving everything to service to our country."
The exhibit is part of the museum's Global War on Terror exhibit and will be
on display for about six months. After that time, the museum will continue its
regular updates of photographs, paintings and artifacts of the Marine Corps'
efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Special Report: Remembering Sept.
11, 2009
National Museum of
the Marine Corps
By Elaine Wilson
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2009 - The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have become this generation's Pearl Harbor – both were tragedies that shook our nation to its core. It's become common to ask, "Where were you that day?" and I've never seen anyone lacking in a response.
The haunting images of that day – grieving
family members, soot-covered rescue workers, caved-in buildings, crashed
aircraft -- are etched in my memory forever.
Eight years ago, I was a few months pregnant with my daughter and had decided
to separate from the Air Force after four years of service. My airman husband
and I were concerned about the dual-military impact on our future family. So,
while using up my left-over leave, I started a new job as a writer for the San
Antonio district court in early September 2001.
I have to admit, I was pretty miserable on the job. I was writing brochures
and fact sheets rather than the feature stories highlighting servicemembers
that I loved to do. But my bosses and co-workers were kind and I tried to
adjust to a civilian lifestyle.
On Sept. 11, I was sitting at my desk fiddling with a brochure when my husband
called. He was at home that day after having his vision corrected and was
trying, against doctor's orders and with blurry vision, to see the news about
a plane crashing into the World Trade Center. Like most people, I figured it
was a pilot of a small plane and the resultant damage would be minimal. Of
course, as the events unfolded, we discovered it to be a horrific terrorist
attack that resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people.
My bosses evacuated the building. I remember driving through San Antonio
crying over the losses and not wanting to go home – I wanted to help. At that
moment I knew I had chosen the wrong path.
The next day, I walked into my supervisor's office and quit. I told him I
couldn't stay and do nothing; I had to reenlist if the Air Force would take me
back. If not, I'd find another service that would take me. The response was
shocking. My boss offered me complete support, thanked me for my dedication
and service and asked me to stay in touch. I was floored by that unselfish
support, but have since seen it repeated countless times toward military
members.
That same day, I walked into my Air Force office and asked for my job back.
Turns out, since I was technically still on leave, I wasn't officially
separated yet. I put on my uniform and reported for duty the next day.
I never looked back and served for four more years in the active duty before
becoming a Defense Department civilian.
It's been nearly a decade, but I'll never forget how Sept. 11 shook me to my
core and changed my course forever. I can't even begin to imagine how much it
changed the lives of the people who were in the Twin Towers or in the
Pentagon, along with their families' lives.
A few years ago, I had the privilege of meeting Brian Birdwell, a former Army
lieutenant colonel who had been severely burned in the Pentagon attack. He had
been just 20 feet away from the impact point, and was burned on more than 60
percent of his body.
He was in San Antonio, not to seek care, but to offer comfort and hope to
patients recovering in the amputee-care center and burn unit at Brooke Army
Medical Center.
I was amazed that someone who had suffered so much could be so selfless, and,
in meeting him, I felt connected to the tragedy in some small way.
Birdwell was one of many who were able to turn such a horrific event into
something meaningful and positive.
The attacks changed the fabric of this nation, but for the better. We
strengthened our resolve to preserve America's hard-earned freedoms, and our
determination to help people of other nations find theirs.
I hope none of us ever forgets where we were that day, never forget the pain
and anguish, the loss of precious lives. The memory is too important for our
nation and for the troops who continue to combat terrorism and selflessly
serve today.
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an explosive device Sept. 8 in Baji, Iraq. They were assigned to the 545th Military Police Company, Arctic Military Police Battalion, U.S. Army, Alaska, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Shannon M. Smith, 31, of Marion, Ohio.
Pfc. Thomas F. Lyons, 20, of Fernley, Nev.
Pfc. Zachary T. Myers, 21, of Delaware, Ohio.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Argon ST, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $49,694,736 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research, development, and analysis, to produce a Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system architecture in support of electro-optical, radio frequency, acoustic sensors, and special sensor systems for U.S. Navy aircraft and unmanned air vehicles. Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va. (80 percent) and Ventura, Calif. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Broad Agency Announcement, with six offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-09-C-0140).
Raytheon Company, Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $22,500,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5346) for continuing software development and additional design verification effort for the Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program. The purpose of this effort is to allow Raytheon to continuously provide Mission Systems Equipment (MSE) software development for the Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J. (64 percent), Tewksbury Mass. (20 percent), Baltimore, Md. (10 percent) and Dahlgren, Va. (6 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract fund will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $17,530,000 order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0014) for the procurement of 30 Acoustic Receiver Tech Refresh Retrofit Kits for the AN/USQ-78(V) P-3C Update III Program. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va., and is expected to be completed in December 2011. 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.
TJC Engineering, Inc.*, Louisville, Ky., is being awarded a $13,613,542 firm-fixed-price construction contract for repair and alterations to Buildings 3755 and 3740 at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas. The work to be performed provides for design-build repair and alterations to Building 3755 converting it from a Bachelor Enlisted Quarters to Transient Quarters. The project will demolish the interior of the building and construct new one-bedroom units. The work also includes a new HVAC system, upgrade of the electrical system and fire protection system to comply with current codes. The repairs and alterations to Building 3755 will allow the transient personnel housed in Building 3730 to move to Building 3755. Building 3730 will become excess and will be demolished under this project. Exterior repairs to Building 3740 will include exterior window replacement and roof replacement. Work will be performed in Kingsville, Texas, and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with three proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-0769).
Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded an $11,105,000 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-09-D-0020) to procure three C-130J AE2100D3 turboprop engines for the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Cherry Point, N.C., and is expected to be completed in May 2012. 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.
Parsons, Washington D.C., is being awarded a $6,000,000 firm-fixed price contract modification to increase the maximum dollar value of the base period of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for professional facilities planning services and engineering services for various projects throughout the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Area of Responsibility. After award of this modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $7,500,000. Work will be performed in the NAVFAC Southeast Area of Responsibility, and is expected to be completed by July 2014. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-D-0089).
GE Aviation, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $5,822,639 indefinite-quantity performance based logistics contract for support of stores management system used on the F/A-18 and AV-8B aircraft. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla., and work is expected to be completed by September 2015. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured, with one firm solicited and one offer received. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity (N00383-99-D-009D).
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Sunnyvale, California was awarded a $22,000,000 contract for advance procurement of long-lead parts for Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite Vehicle 4. At this time, $11,000,000 has been obligated. SMC, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity. (F04701-02-C-0002, P00379).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $19,323,571 contract for Human Systems Integration Impacts on Survivability and Vulnerability. At this time, $80,207 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity. (SP0700-03-D-1380, Delivery Order: 0328).
The Boeing Company of St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $9,999,873 contract for facilitating the transition of the technology developed under the Non-Autoclave Manufacturing Technology Program. At this time $7,999,877 has been obligated. AFRT/PKDA, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity. (FA8650-07-2-7716, P00004).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
C.F. Roark Welding & Engineering Company, Brownsburg, Ind.* is being awarded a maximum $17,270,806 firm fixed price, total set aside contract for aircraft exhaust duct. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is the Air Force. There were originally four proposals solicited with two responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is July 31, 2013. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR-ZBAB), Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, Okla. (SPRTA1-09-C-0169).
* Small Business
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Petty Officer 3rd Class James R. Layton, 22, of Riverbank, Calif., died Sept. 8 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations. He was assigned to an embedded training team with Combined Security Tranisiton Command in Afghanistan.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Intelligent Software Solutions, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded a $300,000,000 contract software research and development for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Rome, N.Y. At this time, $5,000,000 has been obligated. AFRL is the contracting activity. (FA8750-09-D-0022)
Defense Support Services, LLC of Mount Laurel, N.J., was awarded an $86.4 million contract for Acquisition of Aircraft Maintenance Support Services for Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. At this time, $16,940,675.96 has been obligated. AETC CONS/LGCK, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity. (FA3002-09-C-0019)
Lockheed Martin Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a modified contract for $77,654.436 for procurement of Multi-Year F-22 Pilot Training Devices in four simulated cockpit configurations. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 478 AESG/PK, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (FA8611-06-C-2899)
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $27,951,923 contract to ensure the National Security Agency's, Information Assurance policies are up-to-date and enforced within the agency and that certification and accreditation requirements are met and the compliance guidance is implemented and reported. At this time, $7,193,027 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity. (SP0700-98-D-4002, D.O. 0382)
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $19,323,252 contract to provide Human Systems Integration Impacts on Survivability/Vulnerability. At this time $1,901,904 has been obligated. 55CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity. (SP0700-03-D-1380; D.O. 0324)
NAVY
Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp., Farmingdale, N.Y., is being awarded a $47,501,027 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Electric Valve Operator (EVO) Assemblies and associated technical data. The performance specification under this contract provides the requirements for a new EVO Assembly design in order to replace existing EVO units and manifold bonnet assemblies used for JP-5 tank manifolds. Work will be performed in Farmingdale, N.Y. (100 percent) and is expected to be completed by September 2014. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities Web site, with one offer received. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Philadelphia, Pa. is the contracting activity (N65540-09-D-0023).
PAE Government Services, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded a not to exceed $10,000,000 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N33191-07-D-1503) to exercise Option 2 for a Job Order Contract at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. The work to be performed provides for all managerial, supervision, labor, engineering services, tools, materials, equipment and transportation necessary to accomplish a broad range of design/build, repair, renovation and minor construction work on real property. After exercise of this option, the total cumulative contract value will not exceed $30,000,000. Work will be performed in Djibouti, Africa, and expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe Africa and Southwest Asia, Naples, Italy, is the contracting activity.
Sauer Incorporated, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded $8,429,400 for firm-fixed-price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N69450-09-D-1274) for construction of a child development center at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. The new center will provide child care/development for full-day, part-day, and hourly care for infants, pre-toddlers, toddlers, and pre-school aged children of military and civilian personnel. The design and construction also includes associated storage, utilities, parking, site improvements, built-in equipment requirements, access, and anti-terrorism force protection. Work will be performed in Parris Island, S.C., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Constellation NewEnergy, New York, N.Y. is being awarded a maximum $17,707,231 firm fixed price contract for electricity. Other locations of performance are in New York. Using services are Army and Federal Civilian Agencies. There were originally 54 proposals solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is December 31, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-09-D-8030).
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Capt. Joshua S. Meadows, 30, of Bastrop, Texas, died Sept. 5 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will host a remembrance event on Sept. 11, 2009, at the Pentagon Memorial to honor the memory of those killed here in the 2001 terrorist attack. This is an event for the family members of those lost in the terrorist attack and is not open to the general public. The remembrance includes a wreath laying and official remarks, will begin at approximately 9:30 a.m. EDT and is expected to last less than one hour.
Media desiring to cover this event must register with the Defense Press Office by calling 703-697-5131 to receive specific instructions. Media must register no later than 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday. Registration will be confirmed by e-mail and badges will be issued at the "media check-in desk" near the Pentagon Corridor 3 bridge on Friday morning.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Michael C. Murphrey, 25, of Snyder, Texas, died Sept. 6 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
The Dayton Power and Light Co., Dayton, Ohio, is being awarded a maximum $175,536,444 tariff contract for ownership, operation, and maintenance of the Electric Distribution System at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The other location of performance is Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Using service is the Air Force. The original proposal was Web solicited and through a mailing list with three responses. This contract is regulated tariff rate based for a 50-year contract period. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Jul. 10, 2061. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-C-8251).
NAVY
Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $47,950,155 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0004 modification under a previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) Field Service Representatives (FSRs), OCONUS senior instructors, FSR instructor/mechanics, and various contract data requirements lists. Work will be performed in the United States and Iraq, and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $47,950,155 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The base contract was competitively awarded, and the new requirements are sole source additions to the contract. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Grunley/Goel JV LLC*, Rockville, Md., is being awarded $5,981,114 for firm-fixed price task order #0052 for repair of fire alarm systems at the National Naval Medical Center. The work to be performed provides for new fire alarms, installation, and incidental related work. There will be four new fire alarm systems (mirroring the existing fire alarm systems) in this project and the fire alarm system being installed in Building 9 to cover approximately half of that building under the Base Realignment and Closure project will be extended to the rest of the building. The new systems will serve: Building 1, Buildings 2, 7 and 8, Buildings 4 and 6, and Building 10. Work will be performed in Bethesda, Md., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 2012. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-06-D-0004).
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Randy M. Haney, 27, of Orlando, Fla., died Sept. 6 in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires. He was assigned to the 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
2nd Lt. Darryn D. Andrews, 34, of Dallas, Texas, died Sept. 4 in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device and a rocket-propelled grenade. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Christopher S. Baltazar Jr., 19, of San Antonio, Texas, died Sept. 3 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin P. Castiglione, 21, of Howell, Mich., died Sept. 3 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Battalion.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $93,851,886 fixed price incentive fee, firm fixed price contract for the initiate low rate initial production of the fy09 Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block 1 all up rounds (AURs). This contract will provide for the procurement of 19 SM-6 Block 1 AUR's, 20 SM-6 Block 1 AUR instrumentation kits, and SM-6 Block I spares and containers. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., (50 percent); Camden, Ark., (23 percent); Boston, Mass., (5 percent); Dallas, Texas, (4 percent); Hanahan, S.C., (3 percent); Anniston, Ala., (2 percent); San Jose, Calif., (2 percent); and other (11 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5305).
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Hampton Plaza, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $37,400,511 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of an Operational Training Facility for Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA/P-8A) at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The facility includes space for 10 operational flight trainers (OFT), eight weapons tactics trainers, four part task trainers, support equipment, bridge cranes over the OFT devices, computer based training stations, internal and external network communication equipment, training media storage, maintenance support shops, administrative offices, student study rooms, briefing areas, communications closets, and secure compartmented information facilities. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $37,950,000. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively negotiated via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 21 proposals received in Phase One and seven Phase One offerors selected to proceed to Phase Two. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-1291).
Explanation of bid protest and re-award of project: The Navy originally awarded a contract under Solicitation N69450-09-R-1257 (contract number N69450-09-C-1257) to DCK North America LLC (DCK) on July 1, 2009 . However, on Jul. 13, 2009, Balfour Beatty Construction (Balfour) filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) protesting the the Navy's award to DCK on multiple grounds. As a result of the government review of the protest, it was determined that the award to DCK be terminated and the source selection decision be re-evaluated. Based on this decision, GAO dismissed the protest on Aug. 5, 2009 . As a result of the re-evaluation, the Source Selection Authority has determined that award be made to The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., and that the contract previously awarded to DCK will be Terminated for Convenience.
BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LLP (BAE-TVS), Sealy, Texas, is being awarded a $31,159,415 firm-fixed-priced modification to a previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5030), delivery order #0003, for the purchase of field service representatives to support the necessary training for the 1,800 vehicles procured under this contract and to upgrade the entire CAIMAN fleet troops seats. The training will be performed at various locations throughout U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and the period of performance associated with this delivery order is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2010 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The base contract was competitively awarded, and the new requirements are sole source additions to the contract. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Clark Construction Group – Calif., LP, Costa Mesa, Calif., is being awarded a $27,694,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of a Regional Confinement Facility at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The facility will absorb prisoners from other correctional facilities scheduled for closure due to the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act. Work will be performed in Miramar, Calif., and is expected to be completed by February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with five proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-09-C-1808).
STS International, Inc., Berkeley Springs, W. Va., is being awarded a $23,330,787 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operational capabilities for surface and subsurface surveillance systems (Quad-S). Quad S is a multifunction system that can be used in both military expeditionary operations and homeland security missions. Quad-S is a mobile, rapidly deployable, nonconventional, comprehensive surveillance system that through research, development, test, evaluation, and integration of state-of-the-art underwater, surface, and land-side maritime sensor/imaging systems will provide for surface vessel tracking systems; marine radar systems for locating and identifying unexpected approaching watercraft; underwater systems for the detection of swimmers and acoustic systems for the scanning of docks and ship hulls for underwater improvised explosive device detection. Work will be performed in Tampa, Fla., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Contract funds will not expire at end of current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with three proposals received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61331-09-C-0020).
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $13,495,982 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-03-C-5115) for management and engineering services to maintain and modify as necessary the design of DDG 51 Class combat system compartments and topside arrangements, in support of the program executive officer Integrated Warfare Systems. The required services for DDG 51 Class ships and CG 47 Class ships include program management and operation support, quality assurance, configuration management, ship design integration, fleet lifecycle engineering support, installation support, firmware maintenance, combat system test and evaluation, Navy furnished material support, special studies, and future-ship integration studies. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J. (37 percent); Bath, Maine, (25 percent); Pascagoula, Miss., (22 percent); San Diego, Calif., (6 percent); Washington, D.C., (5 percent); Norfolk, Va., (3 percent); Port Hueneme, Calif., (1 percent); and Syracuse, N.Y., (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2010. 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.
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
GS Engineering Corporation of Houghton, Mich., is being awarded a $25,000,000 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order contract for systems test support services of Special Operations Forces Ground Mobility vehicles in support of U.S. Special Operations Command Procurement Division. The majority of the work will be performed at the contractor's facility in Houghton, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 4, 2014. Approximately 40 task orders will be issued per year during the five year period of performance of this contract. This contract was awarded on a competitive basis as a Small Business Set-Aside action. The contract number is H92222-09-D-0050.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Sysco Hampton Roads, LLC, Suffolk, Va., is being awarded a maximum $15,875,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, prime vendor contract for food and beverage support. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. The original proposal was Web solicited with two responses. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 4, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM300-08-D-3146).
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Sept. 3 in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. The soldiers were assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Todd W. Selge, 25, of Burnsville, Minn.; and
Spc. Jordan M. Shay, 22, of Salisbury, Mass.
The incident is under investigation.
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2009 - NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan has launched an investigation into a coalition air strike that reportedly killed civilians yesterday, military officials reported.
NATO officials still are working to ascertain the
facts in the incident, which occurred in Regional Command North's area of
operations in Kunduz province, according to an ISAF news release.
What is known is that ISAF soldiers reported that insurgents had hijacked two
fuel trucks in Kunduz yesterday. The troops located the trucks on the banks of
the Kunduz River when the vehicles became stuck in the mud.
The troops observed insurgent activity around the vehicles, and did not believe
civilians were in the area. The NATO commander in the area called for an air
strike, and American F-15s responded.
"A large number of insurgents are believed to have been killed or injured, and
the fuel trucks were destroyed in the attack," the release said.
Afghan officials put the death toll at 90, 60 of them being insurgents. Afghan
provincial and national officials are working with ISAF investigators, NATO
officials said.
"While the air strike was clearly directed at the insurgents, ISAF will do
whatever is necessary to help the community including medical assistance and
evacuation as requested," Canadian Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay, an ISAF
spokesperson, said. "ISAF regrets any unnecessary loss of human life and is
deeply concerned for the suffering that this action may have caused to our
Afghan friends."
Civilian deaths are a flashpoint in Afghanistan, and the commander of American
and NATO troops, Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, has stressed the importance of
minimizing civilian casualties.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
McDonnell Douglas Corp., doing business as Boeing Aerospace Operations, Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a $102,333,333 modified contract for the KC-10 and KDC-10 contractor logistics support for Oct. 1, 2009 through Jan. 1, 2010. At this time, no funds have been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKA, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (F34601-98-C-0125/P00318).
EADS Defense Security Systems EADS DS, Elancourt, France was awarded a $99,600,000 contract for support and sustainment of the Eagle Vision data acquisition segment. At this time, $100,000 has been obligated. 950ELSG/PK, Hanscom AFB, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8707-09-D-0004).
Wyle Laboratories, Incorporated, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $25,984,999 contract for the Reliability Information Analysis Center to research, test , develop test plans and/or procedures, investigation reports, analysis reports, evaluation reports, and test reports for the Corrosion Prevention and Control Office/Corrosion Capability Improvement Program. At this time $77,295 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4005; D.O. 0095).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $19,263,760 contract to provide NORAD and USNORTHCOM maritime mission development. At this time, $613,527 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, D.O. 1380).
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $9,665,073 contract to analyze critical infrastructure planning and readiness issues associated with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events. At this time, $5,125,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-00-D-3180, D.O. 0609).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $9,661,653 contract to provide joint functional component command for Space J3/J5/J7 survivability/vulnerability analyses. At this time, $347,826 has been obligated. 55CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380; D.O. 0319).
Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $9,661,616 contract for the Reliability Information Analysis Center to research, test, develop, and deliver engineering/analysis reports, test procedures/test reports, technical and management work plans, integrated master schedules, safety assessment reports, and data accession list for the Special Operations Forces/Combat Search and Rescue Reliability Maintainability & Sustainability Program. At this time, $869,565 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4005; D.O. 0125).
BAE Systems National Security Solutions, Inc., Burlington, Mass., is awarded a $6,649,056 contract for the Passive InfraRed Exploitation Technology program to explore novel approaches to sensing in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. At this time $2,238,740 has been obligated. AFLR/PKDA, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is contracting activity (FA8650-09-C-7942).
J.K. Hill and Associates, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded a $5,786,753.88 contract to provide base supply and fuels services to include supply, fuel, and logistics material control activity services for the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, Calif. At this time no funds have been obligated. 95 CONS/PKA, Edwards AFB, Calif., if the contracting activity (FA9301-08-D-0010).
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DTC Engineers & Constructors, LLC, Hamden, Conn., is being awarded $16,869,531 for firm-fixed price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-08-D-2108) for the complete renovation of building 9 at Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg. The work to be performed provides for converting a warehouse into modern office space, the installation of a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, fire suppression system transformer electrical, lighting, plumbing, roofing and other incidental related work included in this contract. The task order also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase cumulative task order value to $19,369,531. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC, Oak Brook, Ill., is being awarded a $9,584,080 firm-fixed price contract for dredging services at the Naval Submarine Base New London. The work to be performed provides for dredging services for pier side slips along the waterfront quay wall. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7046).
NCS Technologies Inc.*, Manassas, Va., is being awarded an $8,716,770 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification under a previously awarded contract (N00039-09-D-0001) to exercise an option for the purchase of workstations, laptops and printers in support of the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $26,999,999. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2010. If all options are exercised, work could continue until Sept. 30, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of current fiscal year. This 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 unlimited proposals solicited and four offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
RQ Construction, Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., is being awarded an $8,511,813 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N62473-08-C-3533) to exercise option 0001 which provides for the furniture, fixtures and equipment/collateral equipment for Marine Special Operations Corps/Special Operations Command headquarters operations facility, supply facility, paraloft, academic instruction facility and supporting facilities at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $65,164,836. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Jun. 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems, Land & Armaments L.P., U.S. Combat Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $7,776,370 firm-fixed-price contract for the FY09 canister production requirements for MK-21 MOD 2 canisters to support integration of the STANDARD Missile into the MK 41 vertical launching system (VLS). The MK 41 VLS provides a missile launching system for CG 47 and DDG 51 class surface combatants of the Navy, as well as surface combatants of allied navies. Work will be performed in Aberdeen, S.D. (79 percent); Odessa, Mo., (11 percent); and Minneapolis, Minn., (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by Jun. 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5317).
Kalman & Company, Inc., Va., Beach, Va., is being awarded $7,521,660 for task order #0023 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M67854-03-A-5158) to provide business and analytical support to the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) systems. Objectives of this initiative include risk analyses supporting enterprise-wide efforts and current programs of record, leading to concise business case analyses that identify cost and performance projections, schedule impacts, and sustainment/ lifecycle considerations. This effort will require applied use of decision support tools to conduct comparative analyses of costs, quantify benefits and attendant risks, and fully vet each alternative through appropriate stakeholder business forums. The expected outcome of this effort is to assist the JPEO-CBD in continuing best business practices and effective course of action selection criteria for the management of their portfolio of acquisition programs, efforts, and initiatives. Ancillary efforts will include subject matter expertise representation at stakeholder sponsored forums, POM and budget planning, preparing congressional testimony and briefings, and ensuring a comprehensive program of technology insertion (e.g., R&D-based investment) is established and maintained. Work will be performed in Marine Corps Command organizations Falls Church, Va., and work is expected to be completed in Mar. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. – Sperry Marine, Charlottesville, Va., is being awarded a $5,628,913 firm-fixed-price contract for fabrication and delivery of nine Navigation Data Distribution Systems (NAVDDS), four installation and check out (INCO) spare kits, and 10 hours of engineering, technical and logistics support. This contract is being funded by the government of Taiwan, (100 precent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Taiwanese government requested a replacement for their WRN-7 Global Positioning System and legacy navigation distribution system that supports the WSN-5 mechanical gyrocompass with a standard WSN-7B ring laser gyrocompass on board four Taiwanese Navy DDG-1801 Keelung Class Ships. The NAVDDS is one element within an integrated upgrade to the Taiwan DDG-1801 class combat systems and are specifically replacing the current obsolete navigation and associated distribution systems on those ships. Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Va., (95 percent), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division is the contracting activity (N00178-09-C-1003).
DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY
Dynamics Research Corp., Andover, Md., was awarded a $11,550,964.00 Task Order to provide creative services support to the OASD-PA, Defense Media Activity Headquarters in Alexandria, Va. This contract was awarded for a base plus 4 option years. The date of performance for the base period is Aug. 1, 2009 – Oct. 31, 2009. Funds were available and obligated for the base period. The contracting activity is Defense Media Activity-Riverside, Contracting Office, Riverside, Calif., (HQ0028-09-F-0197).
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
General Dynamics Information Technology of Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $10,116,177 contract. The contract has a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods for the Trans Regional Web Initiative in support of U.S. Special Operations Command Joint Military Information Support Command. The work will be performed in multiple locations and is expected to be an ongoing requirement. The contract was awarded through full and open competition in accordance with FAR Part 15. The contract number is H92222-09-C-0045.
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CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Systems &Solutions, Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded as $421,098,648 modified contract for the Air and Space Operations Center, Weapon System Integrator to include fielding, sustainment, systems engineering, integration, modernization, maintenance, management, and contingency support for AOC. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 350th ELSG/PK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8706-06-D-0003/P00010).
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The engineering and technical shipboard alteration services to be performed under this contract are for alteration installations (industrial support, shipboard interface and maintenance/repair), logistics and material support, and quality assurance. Services are required to support various levels of ship systems integration including component level digital upgrades through system level upgrades. Systems include hull, mechanical, electrical and electronic. Ships include aircraft carriers, surface ships, watercrafts, cutters and submarines in locations worldwide.
Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., (30 percent); San Diego, Calif., (25 percent); Mayport, Fla., (15 percent); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, (10 percent); Everett, Wash., (5 percent); and other CONUS and OCONUS locations (15 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities website, with seven offers received. These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.
Utilis USA, LLC, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded $19,982,562 for delivery order #0006 against a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-09-D-3048) for general purpose medium shelters. Work will be performed in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., (32 percent), Celina, Ohio, (49 percent), and Destin, Fla., (19 percent) and is expected to be completed in November 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $19,982,562 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command (M67854), Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Armorworks, Inc., Chandler, Ariz., is being awarded $10,782,261 for delivery order #0002 against a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-06-D-3072) for enhanced small arms protective inserts used as personal armor by Marines. Work will be performed in Chandler, Ariz., and is expected to be completed in August 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $10,782,261 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command (M67854), Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Teledyne Cougar, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $9,900,856 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of 150 instantaneous frequency measurement receivers and improved stabilized radio frequency sources to support multiple agency efforts at the Airborne Threat Simulation Organization, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, Calif. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif., and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $568,134 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via electronic request for proposal, with one offer received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-D-0053).
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $9,611,060 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-5122) for performing as the platform system engineering agent for the ship self defense system (SSDS). In the course of this effort, Raytheon IDS will be responsible for the integration of complex war-fighting improvements – including components associated with the Dual Band Radar and Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 – into the modular SSDS. Raytheon IDS will integrate, test and provide certification support for the government-furnished equipment/government-furnished information required for the CVN/amphibious ship combat system. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., (90 percent); Tewksbury, Mass., (2.5 percent); Portsmouth, R.I., (2.5 percent); St. Petersburg, Fla., (2.5 percent); and Tucson, Ariz., (2.5 percent) and is expected to be completed by January 2010. 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 (N00024-08-C-5122).
BAE Systems Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., is being awarded a $6,237,287 delivery order #0006 against a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-06-D-3031) for enhanced small arms protective inserts. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Ariz., and is expected to be completed in August 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $6,237,287 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
U.S. Technologies *, Fair Lawn, N.J., is being awarded a $6,062,905 firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for the procurement of 1,821 circuit card assembly units and associated engineering, technical and repair services to support multiple agency efforts at the Airborne Threat Simulation Organization, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, Calif. Work will be performed in Fair Lawn, N.J., and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $33,880 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; six offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-D-0025).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Timken Aerospace Transmission, LLC, Manchester, Conn., is being awarded a maximum $27,485,203 firm fixed price contract for main extension assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were three proposals originally solicited with two responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 15, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., (SPRRA1-09-D-0017).
Phillips Corp., Federal Division, Hanover, Md.*, is being awarded a maximum $14,192,584 firm fixed price contract for equipment installation, maintenance and training. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. The original proposal was Web solicited with four responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is September 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, Va., (SPM4A8-09-C-0097).
DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY
Towne Group Media & Management, Columbia, Md., was awarded a $7,869,274.16 modified contract to provide operational support to The Pentagon Channel in order to work with an existing staff of military and civilian government employees. This contract is exercising the 1st Option Year period. The date of performance is Oct. 1, 2009 through Sept. 30, 2010. At this time no funds have been obligated. The contracting activity is Defense Media Activity-Riverside, Contracting Office, Riverside, Calif., (HQ0028-09-C-0011).
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 31 in Shuyene Sufia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Killed were:
Spc. Jonathan D. Welch, 19, of Yorba Linda, Calif.
Pfc. Jordan M. Brochu, 20, of Cumberland, Maine.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded a $99,542,851 modified contract for the existing engineering, manufacturing, and development contract for the Space Base Infrared System High Component. At this time no funds have been obligated. ISSW/PKS, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting authority (F04701-95-C-0017, P00583).
The Boeing Co., Wichita Falls, Kansas, was awarded a $88,849,717 contract to provide contractor logistics support for the VC-25A aircraft. At this time $81,685,910 has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKB, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-09-C-0005).
Cazador Apparel, LLC, Anchorage, Alaska was awarded a $9,900,000 contract for the base-wide furniture program to include storage and reuse for Peterson AFB and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo. At this time, $10,000 has been obligated. 21 CONS/LGCAB, Peterson AFB, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA2517-09-D-5003).
CME Group, Incorporated, Castle Hills, Texas was awarded a $7,851,000 contract to develop a high performance computing system to support a DNA repository of high threat infectious agents. At this time $1,058,000 has been obligated. AFRL/PKHB, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-C-6034).
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SCI Technology, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a $55,860,200 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract to provide Light Armored Vehicle/Amphibious Assault Vehicle Intercommunication Equipment in support of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Command and Control (C2) Systems Division. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to an estimated $99,988,665. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed by August 2010. If all options are exercised, work could continue until August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities web site and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command E-commerce web site, with an unlimited number of proposals solicited and one offer received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N65236-09-D-3582).
Shell Marine Products (US) Co., Houston, Texas, is being awarded an $11,023,993 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm, fixed-price task orders for the supply of lube oil products and services worldwide to the Military Sealift Command fleet. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $45,508,061. Work will be performed worldwide, and is expected to be completed by August 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with one offer received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity (N00033-09-D-8002).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Windsor Locks, Conn., is being awarded a maximum $11,389,266 firm fixed price, sole source contract for spare replenishment supplies. Other location of performance is Phoenix, Ariz. Using service is Air Force. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is April 30, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Oklahoma City, Tinker AFB, Okla., (SPRTA1-09-C-0201).
The Produce Connection, Miami, Fla.*, is being awarded a maximum $7,708,967 fixed price with economic price adjustment, total set aside contract for full line fruit and vegetable support. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and USDA School customers. The original proposal was Web solicited with two responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is March 12, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM300-09-D-P034).
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. David R. Hall, 31, of Elyria, Ohio, died Aug. 31 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 29 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when they were shot by enemy forces Aug. 28 while conducting combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Jason S. Dahlke, 29, of Orlando, Fla.; and
Pfc. Eric W. Hario, 19, of Monroe, Mich.
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, N.J. is being awarded a maximum $500,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery, prime vendor contract for maintenance, repair and operations supplies. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Federal Civilian Agencies. The original proposal was Web solicited with seven responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. The date of performance completion is August 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-04-D-BP24).
Graybar Electric Co., Inc., St. Louis, Mo. is being awarded a maximum $400,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery, prime vendor, maintenance, repair and operations contract. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. The date of performance completion is August 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-04-D-BP25).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Conn. is being awarded a maximum $7,902,698 firm fixed price, sole source contract for main rotor blades. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There was one proposal originally solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is December 31, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia, Pa., (N00383-06-G-006F-THG6).
US Foodservice Oklahoma Division, Oklahoma City, Okla., is being awarded a maximum $32,506,048 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity contract for full line food distribution. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army and Air Force. There were originally eight proposals solicited with three responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 29, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.,
(SPM300-09-D-3272).
AIR FORCE
InDyne, Inc., Reston, Va., was awarded a $168,100,565 modified contract for Eglin Test and Training Complex Range operation and maintenance of test and training areas and technical facilities to include test and training mission support, engineering support for range system design/modification/range configuration, and range support service to accomplish authorized range activities. At this time no funds have been obligated. Air Armament Center (AAC/PKE), Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA9200-05-C-0001).
InDyne, Incorporated, Reston Va., was awarded a $55,668,789 modified contract to provide a single contractor for range operations, communications and information services required to support the 30th Space Wing mission. At this time no funds have been obligated. 30C CONS/LGCZG, Vandenberg AFB, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04684-03-C-0050).
DTS Aviation Services,
Incorporated , Forth Worth, Texas, was awarded a $43,556,472 (estimated)
modified contract for maintenance of T-38C, T-6, and T-1A aircraft at Columbus
Air Force Base, Miss. At this time no funds have been
obligated. 14 CPTS-CONS/LGC, Columbus AFB, Miss., is the
contracting activity (FA3002-05-C-0016).
Tybrin Corp., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was awarded a $37,382,944 modified contract for software engineering support of guided weapons systems evaluations, simulations, and other services supporting research and development for the principals and customers of the Air Armament Center. At this time no funds have been obligated. AAC/PKET, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity (F08635-02-C-0034, P00051).
General Dynamics C4 Systems, Incorporated, Scottsdale, Az., was awarded a $37,101,525 contract for the Identification Friend or Foe Mode 5 top-down directed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and initiated to overcome security issues: identified with the Mark XII IFF system. At this time $3,430,574 has been obligated. CPSG/PK, San Antonio, Texas is the contracting activity (FA8307-09-D-0003).
Concert Business Group, Phoenix, Az., was awarded a $13,938,551, contract for the acquisition of packaged furniture to include comprehensive program management associated with the installation of turn-key furniture systems. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. HQ Air Force Reserve Center (AFRC/A7KA), Robins AFB, Ga., is the contracting activity (GS-28F-034T, D.O. FA6643-09-09-F-0051; FA6643-09-F-0052 and FA6643-09-F-0053).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Incorporated, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $8,539,052 modified contract to meet the Department of Defense's information assurance and cyber security requirement in developing a new national initiative that is greatly expanding the scope, goals, and methodologies of existing IA-related programs. At this time, $3,868,599 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-98-D-4002).
Call Henry, Incorporated, Titusville, Fla., was awarded a $7,741,426 modified contract to support the launch operation support contract and provided maintenance, modification, and modernization for aging facility, property, and Western Range Support equipment to ensure successful performance during tests, operations and launch. At this time no funds have been obligated. 30th Space Wing contracting Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04610-04-C-0004; Mod. P00096).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $7,250,000 modified contract to provide for software and hardware updates as required for the F-16 avionics test station located at the 46TH Test Squadron's Data Links Test Facility at Eglin AFB, Fla. At this time no funds have been obligated. Air Armament Center (AAC/PKE), Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA9200-07-D-0154).
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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $98,727,678 ceiling-priced indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the procurement of Expeditionary Litening Pods (LPODs), upgrades to existing pods, and integration of LPODs into AV-8B Harriers (domestic and allied), F/A-18 Hornets (domestic and FMS), EA-6B Prowlers, C-130 Hercules, and Air Force platforms, including related parts and services. In addition, this contract provides for associated engineering and technical support and technical data. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill., and is expected to be completed in June 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $16,107,955 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-D-0025).
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being issued a $30,866,589 modification under a previously awarded contract (N00030-08-C-0031) to add new procurement contract line item numbers to produce and install the NAVSEA ship alteration kits, for the SSP shipboard integration Increment 1, MK98 MOD 6/7 fire control system; conduct investigations and resolution of problems associated with TRIDENT I and TRIDENT II submarine launched ballistic missile programs, Ohio Class submersible ship guided nuclear requirements; and provide strategic weapon systems technical engineering support. This is follow-on work from the base contract. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., (68 percent); Silverdale, Wash., (14 percent); Kings Bay, Ga., (14 percent); North Kingstown, R.I., (4 percent), and work is expected to be completed Aug. 4, 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $1,250,415 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.
Duke University, Durham, N.C., is being awarded a $19,580,506 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA-08-22) to provide pre-symptomatic detection and diagnosis of illness resulting from infectious pathogens in humans. This work is expected to result in a breakthrough in predictive testing for pathogen-mediated illness: a point-of-care device that can integrate clinical information and biological information to provide military and other field personnel probabilities for development of a pathogen-mediated illness within a prescribed time. This two-year contract includes no options. Work will be performed at Duke University, Durham, N.C. (88 percent); Retroscreen Virology LTD, London, U.K., (9.0 percent); the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., (2.5 percent) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. (0.5 percent), and work is expected to be completed Aug. 30, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-09-C-2082).
Team Corp.*, Burlington, Wash., is being awarded a $16,174,807 firm-fixed-price contract for weapons dynamic test systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation Facility, in compliance with base realignment and closure 2005, to include delivery and installation. In addition the contract includes system validation, testing and training. This dynamic test system will provide NAWCWD with the capability to replicate the dynamic environment weapons are subjected to throughout the weapon's life-cycle. Work will be performed in Burlington, Wash., (90 percent), and China Lake, Calif., (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $16,174,807 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-C-0113).
The Hana Group Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded an $12,602,474 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N62478-07-D-2311) to exercise option two for regional security services at Commander Naval Region Hawaii, Pearl Harbor; Naval Station Pearl Harbor; Naval Magazine Lualualei; and Naval Communications Telecommunications Area Master Station Wahiawa. The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, entry control point (ECP) services such as identification checks, fixed vehicle inspections, commercial vehicle inspections, and emergency ECP closures; and roving guard services such as surveillance detection and mobile vehicle inspections. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $36,643,791. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
Amee Bay, LLC*, Anchorage, Ala., is being awarded a $12,387,339 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the acquisition of engineering services, planning and scheduling, installation services and other support needed to accomplish equipment alterations/modifications shipboard. The required services will support and accomplish various levels of ship system installation and equipment modification ranging from component level upgrades through system level upgrades. Systems may include hull/structural, mechanical, electrical, and electronic components. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., (25 percent); San Diego, Calif., (15 percent); Mayport, Fla., (15 percent); Everett, Wash., (15 percent); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, (15 percent); and Yokosuka, Japan, (15 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $350,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship System Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-09-D-0035).
Overland Corporation*, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded an $11,712,934 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a rotor blade processing facility at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, and is expected to be completed by May 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with five proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-0754).
BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $10,988,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Broad Agency Announcement (BAA-09-11), to provide improved command and control computer network capabilities for tactical military units, allowing commanders the flexibility to assign network resources on the basis of the mission. This one-year contract includes two, one-year options, which, if awarded, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $41,687,000. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Mass., and work is expected to be completed Aug. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities web site, with 12 proposals received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-09-C-2073).
Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GMBH, Neuenburg, Germany, is being awarded a $10,944,176 firm-fixed-price, delivery order under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-06-D-1020) for procurement of 65,479 units of grenade, 66mm, smoke screening IR, vehicle launched MK1 Mod 0, DODIC GG24. Work will be performed in Germany, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 11, 2011 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with two proposals solicited and two offers received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Stronghold Engineering, Inc., Riverside, Calif., is being awarded $9,316,127 for firm-fixed price task order #0004 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-06-D-1057) for design and construction for whole bachelor quarters modernization, Building 3204 at Angelley Hall, Naval Station San Diego. The work to be performed provides for the renovation of three, three-story wings surrounding a detached common-use core building. Renovation includes upgraded interior housing units, new conduit runs; upgraded mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, and fire protection systems. The renovated buildings will house 336 personnel. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $10,006,127. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by December 2010. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Suffolk Construction Co., Inc., Boston, Mass., is being awarded a $7,480,059 firm-fixed price contract for design and construction of a waterfront operations small craft facility at the Naval Submarine Base New London. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of a new waterfront operations small craft facility which includes administrative, training spaces, and maintenance shops. It also includes demolition of Buildings 79 and 110, relocation of the fuel tank, construction of a new guard house, and repairs to the small craft boat ramp. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $7,510,059. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by April 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 10 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7001).
Stronghold Engineering, Riverside, Calif., is being awarded $7,279,124 for firm-fixed price task order #0005 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-06-D-1057) for the repair and communications and energy upgrade of Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) Building 2002 at Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport. The work to be performed provides for renovations that will bring Building 2002 into compliance with current building codes, seismic codes, health codes, and fire safety codes and also provides for BEQ communications and energy upgrade, installation of a communications and coaxial cable system and alternative solar energy system throughout the building. The contract also contains a planned modification which if issued would increase cumulative contract value to $8,667,718. Work will be performed in Bridgeport, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $7,200,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5432) to establish contract line item ceiling for the remainder of 2009 production support for the ESSM. Production support includes tasks needed to support missile production, which are not directly associated with the manufacture of missile hardware. These tasks include missile improvement, support equipment improvement, software engineering and improvement, reliability monitoring, system safety monitoring, QA, risk management, test equipment, parts control, obsolete materials, CM, PVI, manufacturing qualification, logistics impacts, and other activities needed to support the engineering of an effective ESSM missile for the NATO SEASPARROW Consortium. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., (45 percent); Australia, (11 percent); Andover, Mass., (10 percent); Germany, (8 percent); Canada, (7 percent); The Netherlands (6 percent); Norway (5 percent); Spain (3 precent); Camden, Ark. (2 percent); Denmark, (1 percent); Greece, (1 percent); and Turkey, (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2009. 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.
Wesco Consultants, Limited Liability Co.*, Ridgecrest, Calif., is being awarded a $6,365,065 firm-fixed-price time and materials contract for maintenance and repair services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division's (NAWC WD's) machine shops. Services to be provided include upgrade, tear down, transportation, packaging and installation of machine tools and equipment; wood floor maintenance; and stocking and inventory support. The estimated level of effort is 26,195 man-hours. Work will be performed at NAWC WD, China Lake, Calif., (90 percent) and NAWC WD, Pt. Mugu, Calif., (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-C-0126).
NCS Technologies, Inc., Manassas Va., is being awarded a $6,071,077 firm-fixed-price delivery order under previously awarded contract (W91QUZ-06-D-0009) for a quantity of 2,248 fully ruggedized laptops for the operational forces refresh. This delivery order includes logistics support requirements and 2 year extended warranty for a total of five years. Delivery of equipment is scheduled to be completed by Oct. 30, 2009 , sixty days after receipt of order. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. A mini competition was conducted for this delivery order between eight contractors via posting to the Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions, Army Desktop and Mobile Computing contract holders, and four offers were received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, is being awarded a $5,975,741 firm-fixed-price contract modification to increase the dollar value of task order #0016 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N62472-04-D-1300) to dredge West Loch Channel for the T-AKE vessel at Naval Magazine, Pearl Harbor. The work to be performed under this modification provides for operational and physical changes mandated by the explosive safety submittal. The ESS provides for the protection of dredging and material handling personnel and also for the safety of people working nearby. After award of this modification, the total cumulative task order value will be $24,301,033. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by November 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Abraham S. Wheeler III, 22, of Columbia, S.C., died Aug. 28 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Aug. 28 in Rashid, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their vehicle with an explosively formed penetrator. Both Soldiers were assigned to the 41st Special Troops Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon Army National Guard in Portland.
Killed were:
Sgt. Earl D. Werner, 38, of Mondovi, Wis.; and
Pvt. Taylor D. Marks, 19, of Monmouth, Ore.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Kurt R. Curtiss, 27, of Murray, Utah, died Aug. 26 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was shot while his unit was supporting Afghan security forces during an enemy attack. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Matthew E. Wildes, 18, of Hammond, La., died Aug. 27 in Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo
CONTRACTS
ARMY
Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, Wisc., was awarded on August 26, 2009 a $ 280,919,717 5 year firm-fixed-price contract to purchase 2,568 Medium Tactical Vehicles plus Ordering Tear (OY) 01 Program Support, OY 01 data, additional care and storage, component first article test, first production vehicle inspection test, production verification test, live test family medium tactical vehicles winch, armor B-kits, and federal retail tax on subject contract. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wisc. with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. TACOM LCMC Warren, AMSCC-TAC-ATB, Warren, Mich. Is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0159)
NAVY
PAE Government Services, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded a $47,502,557 modification under a previously awarded cost reimbursement, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N33191-07-D-0207) to exercise Option 2 for base operating support services at Camp Lemonier and forward operating locations, i.e., Manda Bay. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $211,375,389. Work will be performed in Djibouti and Kenya, Africa, and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Europe and Southwest Asia, Naples, Italy, is the contracting activity.
Atlantic Electric, LLC*, N. Charleston, S.C., is being awarded a $14,909,128 firm-fixed-price contract for construction to repair and replace airfield lighting at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans. The work provides for the demolition and replacement of runway lights, guidance signs, taxiway lights with LED, transformers/ pads, all new electrical conduits and circuits, main 5kv feed, control panels, threshold lights, wave off lights, handholds, vaults, helipad lighting system and wind socks. The proposed new construction will also consist of repaving shoulders on Runway 4-22, Runway 14-32, Taxiways A, B, J & K along with adjacent shoulder areas for the purpose of providing positive drainage runoff. Portions of some runway and taxiway areas themselves will require demolition and replacement. Work will be performed in New Orleans, La., and is expected to be completed by April 2011. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-0762).
Anderson Drace Joint Venture*, Gulfport, Miss., is being awarded a $14,453,279 firm-fixed-price construction contract for construction of a dormitory at Keesler Air Force Base. Work will be performed in Biloxi, Miss., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-0770).
The Haskell Company, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded an $11,599,400 firm-fixed-price contract to design and build a headquarters building for United States Joint Forces Command at Naval Support Activity, Norfolk. The multi-story building will contain administrative areas, space for commercial food service vendors, open storage/secret, one sensitive compartmented information facility, conference rooms, data processing areas, storage, and an emergency generator. The contract also contains three unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase the cumulative contract value to $16,480,700. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 13 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-5093).
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, Ore., is being awarded a $10,750,000 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for manufacture of oscilloscopes to support the general purpose electronic test equipment weapons system. Work will be performed at Beaverton, Ore., and work is expected to be completed by August 2014. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured, with eleven proposals solicited and three offers received. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity (N00104-09-D-D014).
Stronghold Engineering Inc., Riverside, Calif., is being awarded $9,955,127 for firm-fixed-price task order #0006 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-06-D-1057) for design and construction of whole bachelor quarters modernization, Buildings 14 and 15, at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The work provides for the design and construction to repair existing bachelor enlisted quarters, converting 130 rooms from 2+0 to 1+1E bachelor housing standard. The 1+1E module will feature two private sleeping rooms with closet, a shared bathroom, kitchenette, an area for stackable washer and dryer, and telephone, internet, and cable TV capability in each private room. The planned modification is for the associated furniture, fixtures and equipment necessary for a complete usable facility. The task order also contains one planned modification, which if issued would increase cumulative task order value to $11,355,127. Work will be performed in Lemoore, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
CDWG Government Inc., Vernon Hills, Ill., is being awarded a $9,861,119 firm-fixed-price delivery order under previously awarded contract (W91QUZ-06-D-0003) for a quantity of 10,404 General Purpose Laptops for the Operational Forces refresh and includes Logistics Support Requirements (LSR), and 2 year extended warranty for a total of five years. Delivery of equipment is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 27, 2009 , thirty days after receipt of order. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. A mini competition was conducted for this delivery order between eight contractors via a posting to the Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions, Army Desktop and Mobile Computing contract holders, and six proposals were received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
THR Enterprises, Inc.*, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded $9,357,000 for firm-fixed price task order #0005 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract for the construction of a child development center at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek. The child development center facility will support 305 children. The task order also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $9,474,000. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-06-D-6009).
F and T Joint Venture*, Prospect Heights, Ill., is being awarded $6,850,645 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N69450-08-D-1297) for renovation of a fitness center at Naval Air Station Meridian. The work provides for an addition to the existing fitness center to include a new area for aerobics and two racquetball courts; installation of a complete fire protection system; replacement of the roof; replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system and extension of HVAC service to the existing basketball court area; renovation of the existing restroom, shower and locker areas and upgrade electrical and data circuits and demo/construction to meet Anti-Terrorism Force Protection requirements; design-build construction of a standalone pool facility which includes pool, decking, fencing, splash pad, locker rooms and bath facilities, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, pool mechanical and chemical storage; resurfacing and striping of two tennis courts, and installation of a jogging track. Work will be performed in Meridian, Miss., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Hess Corporation, Woodbridge, N.J. is being awarded a maximum $21,291,328 firm fixed price contract for electricity. Other location of performance is Newport, Rhode Island. Using service is Navy. There were 50 proposals originally solicited with five responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-09-D-8027).
AIR FORCE
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Integrated Systems Sector, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $13,423,877 modified contract for Global Hawk engineering, manufacturing and development activities to develop replacement of the current engine turbine with its commercial variant. At this time, $6,313,284 has been obligated. 303 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is the contracting activity. (F33657-01-C-4600, P00316)
Harris Technical Services Corporation, Colorado Springs, Co., was awarded a $10,000,000 modified contract for operations, maintenance, and logistics support to Air Force Space Command's 50th Space Wing. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 50 CONS/LGCZW, Schriever AFB, Calif. is the contracting activity. (FA2550-08-C-8011,P00032)
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio was awarded a $9,227,662 modified contract to conduct studies and analysis required to protect Air Force and Department of Defense personnel and based against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards. At this time, $743,961 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt AFB, Ne. is the contracting authority. (SP0700-00-d-3180)
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Rockville, Md., was awarded an estimated $7,127,725 modified contract to support the Instrumentation Radar Support Program and provides serviceable radar components and subsystems and technical field support for instrumentation radar of the C and X band families located ibn25 ranges in the United States and in five foreign countries (United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Germany, and Australia). At this time no funds have been obligated. 45 CONS/LGCZR, Patrick AFB, Fl., is the contracting activity. (FA2521-07-C-0009, P00117)
DEFENSE INFORMATION SERVICE
OPNET Analysis, Inc., Bethesda, MD, was awarded a $7,518,206.16, firm-fixed-price contract consisting of one one-year base period and four 1-year option periods. The solicitation was issued as an other-than-full-and-open competitive action pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). One solicitation with one amendment was issued and posted on FedBizOps with one offer submitted in response to the posting. Performance will be at the Defense Information Systems Agency National Capital Region (Arlington VA) and is for OPNET software support services. OPNET Analysis, Inc. is a large business. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, National Capital Region is the contracting activity (HC1047-09-C-4020).
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Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
By Judith Snyderman
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2009 - Pirates often are in the news for their criminal activities at sea, but their antics are far from new.
Pirates have been around since man first took to
the high seas, and a type of sea raider known as a privateer made a mark between
the 15th and 19th centuries.
Michael Crawford, a senior Navy historian, traced the rise of privateering and
touched on strategies to combat modern pirates during an Aug. 24 "DoDLive"
bloggers roundtable.
"A privateer is a private man of war who has a license from his sovereign
government to attack the ships belonging to citizens of a country with which he
is at war," Crawford said. "If he does capture an enemy ship, he has to go
through all the legal requirements; he has to bring the ship into port and have
it tried in an admiralty court."
Crawford traced the rise of privateering to the 15th century, when members of
the merchant marine appealed to their kings after losing property in attacks at
sea. The monarchs issued them letters of "marque and reprisal," giving them
permission to retaliate and recoup their losses.
The use of privateers eventually expanded from peacetime to wartime, Crawford
said. "The kings realized they could take advantage of these private merchant
men who had armed ships to supplement their navies."
Privateers played a key role in the War of 1812, he said. Crawford estimates
that the U.S. State Department issued a few thousand privateer ship commissions
during the conflict with activity centered around Boston and Salem, Mass., and
in Baltimore. The Baltimore privateers used highly maneuverable schooners and
deployed them in pairs, Crawford said.
"One of these Baltimore clippers would go off and try to distract the British
warships that were guarding the convoy of merchant men, and while that privateer
was occupying the protecting ships, the other privateer would swoop in onto the
merchant men and try to pick off as many of them as it could," he explained.
As a result, Crawford said, "the attack on Baltimore was, in large part, because
the British hated the city for its role in sending out the privateers, which
were actually doing a lot of damage to British commerce."
International conventions drafted in the 19th century effectively ended the
recognition of privateering as a legitimate form of warfare. However, pirates
continue to attack commercial and naval ships and to threaten regional security.
On Aug. 26, Navy officials reported that Somali pirates aboard a hijacked ship
fired at, but did not hit, a Navy helicopter from the USS Chancellorsville.
Somali pirates hijacked the Taiwanese-flagged Win Far vessel in April and have
since used it as a "mother ship" to conduct attacks, including an attack on the
U.S.-flagged Maersk-Alabama in the Indian Ocean south of Garacad, Somalia.
Meanwhile, Dutch Navy Commodore Pieter Bindt, commander of the European Union
counter-piracy task group, visited the Combined Task Force 151 flagship USS
Anzio at sea earlier this week to discuss counter-piracy operations in the Gulf
of Aden.
About 30 ships from 17 nations are taking part in missions to deter, disrupt and
suppress acts of piracy off the Somalia coast.
"Piracy is a threat to the security of all nations," Navy Rear Adm. Scott
Sanders, task force commander, said. "We are committed to continuing operations
with our naval counterparts to create a lawful maritime order and deter acts of
piracy activity here."
The strategies used to fight privateers in centuries past still hold true today,
Crawford said.
"One is you can't fight pirates with large warships. You have to have ships that
have shallow drafts that can go in and chase the pirates close to shore," he
explained. "And the other thing we learned is that it's best to hit the pirates
in their shore facilities. It's easier to stop their depravations ashore than it
is to do it on the high seas."
The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 25 in southern Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Killed were:
Capt. John L. Hallett III, 30, of California.
Capt. Cory J. Jenkins, 30, of Arizona.
Sgt. 1st Class Ronald W. Sawyer, 38, of Trenton, Mo.
Pfc. Dennis M. Williams, 24, of Federal Way, Wash.
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Air BP a division of BP Products North America, Inc., Warrenville, Ill. is being awarded a maximum $112,125,808 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for fuel. There are multiple locations of performance. Using service is the Defense Energy Support Center. There were 69 proposals originally solicited with four responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is March 31, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0510).
Frank Gargiulo & Son Inc., Hillside, N.J.*, is being awarded a maximum $13,050,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, total set aside contract for full line fresh fruit and vegetable support. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and USDA schools. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the first option year period. The date of performance completion is February 26, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-08-D-P027).
Terex Corporation, Fredericksburg, Va., is being awarded a maximum $5,624,730 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for rock crusher jaw plant. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There were originally two proposals solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-01-D-0044-0032).
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Company, Goleta, Calif., was award a $19,809,007 modified contract to exercise and fund the low rate initial production option of the ALR-69A upgrade development contract. At this time the entire amount has been awarded. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base is the contracting activity. (F09603-01-C-0330-P00127)
NAVY
Black Construction Corp., /MACE International Joint Venture, GMF Barrigada, Guam, is being awarded a $19,180,000 firm-fixed price contract for upgrades to the existing air ops water treatment plant and air ops wastewater treatment plant, and to construct a one-story warehouse and wharf utility improvements at Naval Support Facility, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory. Work will be performed in Diego Garcia, and is expected to be completed by July 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Far East, Yokosuka, Japan, is the contracting activity (N40084-09-C-0018).
Ikhana/Choate -1 LLC*, Mt. Pleasant, S.C., is being awarded a $13,385,855 firm-fixed price construction contract for the construction of two child development centers at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $7,095,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 41 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-3209).
Consigli Construction Co., Inc., Milford, Mass., is being awarded $9,039,438 for firm-fixed price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-08-D-2112) for construction of a consolidated emergency control center at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for the construction of a three level, steel framed reinforced concrete facility with the ground level located below grade to directly support radiological emergency response as required. This facility will house the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) radiological emergency response organization and will serve as its command and control center during an emergency. This facility, as constructed, will also support PNSY response to other natural disasters (e.g., destructive weather) or manmade emergencies (e.g. terrorist attack) involving chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants. The contract also contains six unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative contract value to $12,035,066. Work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and is expected to be completed by April 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems, Land & Armaments L.P., U.S. Combat Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $7,893,637 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5117) to procure a MK 110 naval gun, including onboard repair parts and special tooling and test equipment, in support of the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime National Security Cutter WMSL-753. The 57mm MK 110 gun, along with its ammunition, provides an all-purpose naval gun system that is effective against aircraft targets, missile targets, at-sea surface targets, and shore targets. This compact, lightweight gun is unmanned and fully automatic, with computerized ammunition movement within the mount and reloading from two ship-mounted hoists. Work will be performed in Karlskoga, Sweden (45 percent); Louisville, Ky., (40 percent); and Fridley, Minn. (15 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2011. 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.
Kollmorgen Corp., Electro-Optical Division, Northampton, Mass., is being awarded a $7,352,252 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-6227) for the production of eight Virginia Class universal modular masts (UMM) and 1 UMM interface box unit, providing an SSN 785 shipset. The UMM program provides for the development and acquisition of a non-hull penetrating mast that serves as a lifting mechanism for five sensor configurations (the photonics mast, the multi-function mast, the integrated electronic mast, the high data rate mast, and the photonics mast variant on the Virginia Class and SSGN Class submarines. Each sensor is mounted on a UMM. Work will be performed Northampton, Mass., (20 percent) and Bologna, Italy (80 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2012. 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.
Head, Inc.*, Columbus, Ohio, is being awarded a $6,783,933 firm-fixed-price construction contract to repair Runways 13L/31R and repair taxiways at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, and is expected to be completed by August 2010. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with four (4) proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-0766).
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Rocket Center, W.V., is being awarded a $6,314,928 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-07-C-0036) to exercise an option for the procurement of 555 Mk 36 Mod 13 spare rocket motors for the AIM-9M missile carried on F/A-18E/F aircraft. Work will be performed in Rocket Center, W.V. (50 percent); Chatsworth, Calif.(17 percent); Chandler, Ariz.(6 percent); Newburyport, Mass.(6 percent); Cedar City, Utah (3 percent); Jeannette, Pa.,(3 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (2 percent), and various locations throughout the United States (13 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $6,314,928 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
*Small Business
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2009 - Somali pirates aboard a hijacked ship fired at a U.S. Navy helicopter yesterday, Navy officials said.
According to the Navy, the helicopter from the
USS Chancellorsville was not hit, and there were no injuries. The helicopter did
not return fire.
The chopper received fire while on a surveillance flight over a
Taiwanese-flagged vessel that pirates had captured in April. Footage taken from
the SH-60B helicopter shows at least one pirate opening fire with what appears
to be "a large-caliber weapon," officials said.
Somali pirates hijacked the Taiwanese-flagged Win Far vessel April 6, and since
have used it as a "mother ship" to conduct attacks, most notably on the
U.S.-flagged Maersk-Alabama in April. The incident occurred in the Indian Ocean
south of Garacad, Somalia, where the Win Far is anchored.
During the flight, the aircrew members observed pirate activity, but did not
confirm they were fired on until their return to Chancellorsville and review of
the infrared surveillance footage. The helicopter was about 3,000 yards from Win
Far when it happened.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Palmdale, Calif., was awarded a $3.44 billion modified (ceiling increase) contract to increase the ceiling and support the B-2 weapon system, a major program assigned to the program executive office. 702 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is the contracting activity (F33657-99-D-0028).
ATK Launch Systems, Inc., Corinne, Utah was awarded a $49,000,000 modified contract for the purchase of the MJU-62/B infrared flare countermeasure. At this time, $25,915,968.99 has been obligated. 784 CBSG/PK. Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8213-09-D-0002).
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded a $10,250,000 modified contract for one-year of Contractor Logistics Support for the Italian purchase of MQ-9 Reaper aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales program. At this time $5,022,500 has been obligated. 703 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8620-05-G-3028 0058030).
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Warner Robins, Ga., was awarded a $9,838,299.80 contract for the contractor to perform necessary maintenance on-site and at the heavy maintenance facility in the region; provides for technical assistance and support to the Iraqi Air Force; assists the IqAF in achieving and maintain a 65 precent mission capable rate; maintains the support system; and the contractor will mentor Iraqi technicians toward self-sufficiency (Foreign Military Sales). At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 330 ACSG/GFKA, Robins AFB, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8530-08-D-0008-0006).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $9,618,978 contract to provide Air Force lethal capability analysis and development. At this time $511, 975 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700P03-D-1380, D.O. 0318).
NAVY
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $2,429,828,879 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for accomplishment of the Refueling Complex overhaul of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). This effort shall provide for the accomplishment of the overhaul, alterations, repair, maintenance, and refueling. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to completed by February 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-2107).
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $180,995,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of Walter Reed National Naval Medical Center, support facilities for the Warrior Transition Unit at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda. The work includes the construction of a new Warrior Transition Unit Bachelor Enlisted Quarters/dining/admin facility, physical fitness center, administration facility, parking garage and restoration of National Naval Medical Center Building 17 façade. This contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $196,995,000. Work will be performed in Bethesda, Md., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 13 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-09-C-0018).
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $25,000,000 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-04-C-3146) to update Annex B of the P-8A system specification to include additional requirement identifiers associated with the Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS)/P-8A interface requirement specification (IRS) in support of the AAS Program. The IRS refines requirements for the integration of the AAS maritime and littoral intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance radar, and the associated special mission cabin equipment on the P-8A aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle, Wash., and is expected to be completed in February 2010. 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.
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded an $18,990,518 delivery order against a previously issued basic order agreement (N00019-05-G-0008) for the procurement of 38 APG-73 radar expand 4/5 upgrade kits for Marine Corps F/A-18D aircraft. Work will be performed in Forest, Miss., (45 percent); El Segundo, Calif., (35 percent); Andover, Mass., (15 percent); and Dallas, Texas, (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $2,109,799 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Marotta Controls, Inc.*, Montville, N.J., is being awarded a $7,658,936 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-06-D-0021) for the production of up to 464 pure air generating systems for integration into the LAU-7 missile rail launchers, including associated technical and administrative data. Work will be performed in Montville, N.J., and is expected to be completed in February 2011. 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.
Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Pomona, Calif., is being awarded a $5,708,293 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for the furnishing of central atmosphere monitoring systems (CAMS) IIA units, hardware kits, associated engineering services and technical data. The CAMS IIA will serve as the analyzer utilized on the Los Angeles Class (SSN-688) to monitor the breathable atmosphere. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $8,631,856. Work will be performed in Pomona, Calif., and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship System Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-09-C-0018).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Caterpillar, Inc., Mossville, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $13,952,224 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for adverse terrain forklifts. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. There were originally three proposals solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Mar. 18, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-01-D-0036).
Wolverine World Wide, Inc., Rockford, Mich., is being awarded a maximum $9,329,901 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for safety boots. Other location of performance is Cedar Springs, MI. Using service is Navy. The original proposal was Web solicited with three responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the third option year period. The date of performance completion is Aug. 31, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPO100-06-D-0352).
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
2nd Lt. Joseph D. Fortin, 22, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., died Aug. 23 in Muhallah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Aerospace Testing Alliance, Tullahoma, Tenn., was awarded a $199,313,211 modified contract for the operation, maintenance, information management, and support of Arnold Engineering Development Center for FY2010. At this time no funds have been obligated. AEDC contracting office, Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., is the contracting activity. (F40600-03-C-0001)
Azimuth Corporation, Dayton, Ohio was awarded a $49,998,000 contract to conduct hardening and survivability research of sensors against directed energy threat. At this time, $80,000 has been obligated. Air Force Research Laboratory Detachment 1, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (FA8650-09-D-5434)
Intelligent Software Solutions, Inc., Colorado Springs, Co. was awarded a $8,000,000 contract to leverage the current Joint Forces Command and Control Space Integrated Prototype System to provide a comprehensive suite of services that provide Joint Space Operations Center operators more accurate space situational awareness and support timely decision-making in a net-centric environment. At this time $1,502,106 has been obligated. Air Force Research Laboratory Detachment 8, Kirtland AFB, NM is the contracting activity. (FA9453-09-D-0355)
NAVY
Aeroflex Wichita, Inc., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a maximum $40,486,010 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for ground radio maintenance automatic test Systems. A delivery order with a value of $16,344,870 will be issued concurrently with the contract award. Work will be performed in Wichita, Kan., and is expected to be completed in September 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $16,344,870 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is awarded as a result of a full and open competitive solicitation, with three offers received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-D-3002).
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $30,146,172 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for technical services and supplies for the rapid design, development, customization, manufacturing, fabrication, integration, test and evaluation, installation, certification, maintenance and upgrade, logistics and life cycle support of new and/or existing communication-electronic platform, equipment, systems and subsystems in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Special Communications Requirements Division. The estimated level of effort for this contract is 346,000 man-hours. Work will be performed in California, Md. (90 percent) and St. Inigoes, Md. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through an electronic request for proposals and one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-09-C-0102).
Core Tech International Corporation, Barrigada, Guam, is being awarded a $13,892,789 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a wastewater collection system upgrade at NAVBASE Guam. The work to be performed is for the design and construction to replace and rehabilitate sewer lift stations and sewer pipelines in the collection system of the Apra Harbor Wastewater Treatment Plant (AHWWTP). Antiquated sewage lift stations shall be replaced with new facilities that facilitate operations and maintenance activities. Upgrade facilities to provide increased capacity and system reliability. Pump station controls and emergency generators shall be placed in structures hardened for typhoons. Add supervisory control and data acquisition system that feeds back to the base system at the AHWWTP to all stations. Work will be performed in Agana, Guam, and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, is the contracting activity (N62742-09-C-1306).
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $7,259,305 cost plus incentive fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-07-G-0008) for the continued development of technical data products necessary for the integration of the Comprehensive Automated Maintenance Environment Optimized (CAMEO) System into the V-22 Osprey. The CAMEO will provide an adaptable joint service technical capability that supports continuous integration of technical data and automation of operational, maintenance and logistical processes to improve aircraft readiness and reduce sustainment costs for the war fighter community. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa. (50 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (40 percent); and New River, N.C. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2010. 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.
Solpac Construction Inc., dba Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $5,759,720 for firm-fixed-price task order #0011 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8615) which provides for the construction of an indoor fitness facility and demolition of existing buildings 53302 and 53569, in the Horno (53) Area at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
The Navy will christen and launch the dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, during a 5 p.m. PDT ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, Calif.
Continuing the Lewis and Clark-class (T-AKE) tradition of honoring legendary pioneers and explorers, the Navy's newest underway replenishment ship recognizes Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858) who led a squadron of ships to Japan in 1853 with the aim of opening that nation to trade. He served during the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War, and was sent to suppress piracy and the slave trade in the West Indies.
Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, commander, 3rd Fleet, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Hester Evans, descendant of the ship's namesake, will serve as ship's sponsor. The ceremony will include the time-honored Navy tradition of the sponsor breaking a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship.
Designated T-AKE 9, Matthew Perry is the ninth ship of the class, a program of up to 14 ships, the first 11 of which will serve as combat logistics force ships and the last three of which are expected to be part of the Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future). As a combat logistics force ship, Matthew Perry will help the Navy maintain a worldwide forward presence by delivering ammunition, food, fuel, and other dry cargo to U.S. and allied ships at sea.
As part of Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, Matthew Perry is designated as a United States Naval Ship (USNS) and will be crewed by 124 civil service mariners and 11 Navy sailors. The ship is designed to operate independently for extended periods at sea and can carry two helicopters. The ship is 689 feet in length, has an overall beam of 106 feet, has a navigational draft of 30 feet, displaces approximately 42,000 tons, and is capable of reaching a speed of 20 knots using a single-shaft, diesel-electric propulsion system.
DoD Launches New Web Portal
The Department of Defense today launched a new home page,
http://www.Defense.gov , designed to invite participation from the public and make military news and information more accessible. The new Web site will provide quick access to those sites that are most sought by Web site visitors, including DoD social media sites, the Pentagon Channel and DoD news stories.
Prominent on the new home page is a new "We Want to Hear From You" feature that will give users the opportunity to ask questions of Defense Department leaders, vote on policy issues they want explained, and explore frequently asked questions and answers. The new site, http://www.Defense.gov , replaces
http://www.DefenseLink.mil as the department's main Internet entry portal. DefenseLink will remain a news Web site and may be accessed from Defense.gov. Visit us online: http://www.defense.gov .
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Andrew T. Lobosco, 29, of Somerville, N.J., died Aug. 22 in Yakhchal, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 18 in Arghandab, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their unit. The soldiers were assigned to 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash..
Killed were:
Spc. Troy O. Tom, 21, of Shiprock, N.M.
Pfc. Jonathan C. Yanney, 20, of Litchfield, Minn
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
BP West Coast Products LLC dba Arco, La Palma, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $516,830,010 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for aviation fuel. Other location of performance is Ferndale, Washington. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. There were originally 72 proposals solicited with 19 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is October 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0512).
World Fuel Services Corp., Miami, Fla., is being awarded a minimum $104,533,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for aviation fuel. Other locations of performance are Pakistan and Afghanistan. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. The original proposal was Web solicited with 21 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is August 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-1012).
ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a maximum $86,791,065 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is Torrance, Calif. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. The original proposal was Web solicited with 19 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is October 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0504).
U.S. Oil Trading LLC., Tacoma, Wash., is being awarded a maximum $52,550,010 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for aviation fuel. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. There were originally 72 proposals solicited with 19 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is October 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0490).
Sinclair Oil Co., Salt Lake City, Utah is being awarded a maximum $33,513,417 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is Sinclair, Wyoming. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. The original proposal was Web solicited with 19 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is October 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0503).
Navistar Defense, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $15,697,420 firm fixed price, sole source contract for diesel engine parts. Other location of performance is in Ohio. Using services are Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is December 22, 2009. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-C-0118).
ARMY
Clark Construction Group, LLC, Bethesda, Md., was awarded on August 12, 2009 a $230,681,000 firmed fixed price contract to construct the United Stated Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, a Department of Defense Medical facility of approximately 526,255 gross square feet. Supporting facilities include medical gas utilities (O2, CO2, LN2, N2), conventional utilities (water, sewer, gas, central district chilled water, steam), electrical services (including emergency power generation), paving, walks, parking, fencing, storm drainage, communication and information systems, fire protection and alarm systems, and site improvements that include landscaping and new access drives. Work is to be performed in Aberdeen, Md., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 18, 2013. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with nine bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0052).
IDSC Holdings LLC, Kenosha, Wisc. was awarded on August 12, 2009 a $31,240,771 firm-fixed-price contract for artillery maintenance shop tool set. Work is to be performed in Kenosha, Wisc., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2014. Ten., (10) bids were solicited with two bids received. TACOM-Rock Island, AMSTA-LC-CTC, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAE20-03-D-0087).
BE&K Federal Services, LLC, San Antonio, Texas was awarded on August 12, 2009 a $21,033,034 firm-fixed-price contact for Task Order 0004-ADD/Alter Commissary, PN DW05MP05, Fort Riley Kan. Work is to be performed in Fort Riley, Kan., with an estimated completion date of July 25, 2011. Two bids solicited with two bids received. Corps of Engineers, CENWK, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (FA3002-07-D-0007).
SRS Inc, Gallatin, Tenn., was awarded on August 11, 2009 a $17,807,715 firm-fixed-price contract for Riverbank Protection for the Cumberland and Tennessee River Banks Basins and various counties in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky. Work is to be performed in Cumberland and Tennessee River Banks Basins and various counties in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky with an estimated completion date of August 13, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. Nashville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville, Tenn., is the contracting activity (W912P5-09-C-0016).
AIR FORCE
Jacobs Technology Incorporated, Tullahoma, Tenn., was awarded a $98,143,337 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide Technical, Engineering and Acquisition Support program at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and various other tenant organizations. At this time, no funds have been obligated. AAC/PKES, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA9200-07-C-0006 P00031)
Navy
URS Group, Inc., Tampa, Fla., is being awarded a maximum $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect/engineering contract for preparation of Navy and Marine Corps Facilities Solicitation Packages in the NAVFAC Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government and non-government facilities within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR including, but not limited to Fla., (except for the Gulf coast of Fla. from Panama City to the Ala., border) (60 percent), Kings Bay, Ga., (20 percent), Guantanamo Cuba, (10 percent), Andros Island Bahamas, (5 percent), and Puerto Rico, (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 21 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-D-0082).
CACI Technologies, Inc., Chantilly, Va., is being awarded an $18,190,970 modification to previously awarded contract (N63394-04-D-1262) for engineering and technical support services, training, software, project and logistics services, and products necessary to support the Ship Self Defense System. Services will be required at shore sites, land-based test facilities, shipyards, and aboard ships in ports and at sea. Work will be performed in Port Hueneme, Calif., (35 percent); Wallops Island, Va., (20 percent); Crystal City, Va., (20 percent); San Diego, Calif., (10 percent); Little Creek, Va., (10 percent); and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by April 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $4,426,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity.
King Nutronics Corp.*, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $11,070,605 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of repair evaluation, repair services, and calibration services of complex pressure and temperature calibration standards equipment. In addition this contract includes implementation of engineering changes to existing equipment, and engineering teaming projects to analyze subsequent repair data in support of the U.S. Navy's Calibration Standard's program. Work will be performed in Woodland Hills, Calif., and is expected to be completed in August 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $28,080 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-09-D-0111).
Science Applications Incorporated Corp., San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $9,071,024 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-fee contract on Aug. 7, 2009 , for the development, integration testing, procurement, and delivery of the Low Band Universal Communications System (LBUCS) Program Transmit Terminal Equipment (TTE). SPAWAR awarded the contract on behalf of its organizational partner, the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence systems. This contract includes options for Low Rate Initial Production and Full Rate Production, Test Equipment, Production Fixes, Training, as well as options for Engineering Services and Spares, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $18,990,831. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. If all options are exercised, work could continue until July 2015. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with three offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-09-C-0057).
Harry Pepper & Associates, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded an $8,610,486 firm-fixed price contract for the restoration and modernization of the Water Treatment Facility at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. The work to be performed provides for construction of a new pre-engineered metal building to house four nonofiltration membrane package units (skids) and supporting processes. Each nanofiltration skid provides treatment capacity of 500,000 gallons per day providing a project capacity of 2.0 million gallons per day. The building will be sized to handle an additional three future nanofiltration skids for a total of seven. Work will be performed in Kings Bay, Ga., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively negotiated via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-1269).
SCI Technology, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded an $8,085,625 firm-fixed-price contract for Tactical Operations Center Intercommunication System (TOCNET®)-V equipment in support of the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) and Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) programs. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and all units are expected to be delivered by March 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured because SCI Technology, Inc., holds proprietary rights to the design and is the sole provider of TOCNET ® Modules. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic is the contracting activity (N65236-09-C-3583).
Utilis USA, LLC, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded $6,213,975 for delivery order #0003 under a previously awarded contract (M67854-09-D-3048) for General Purpose Medium Shelters. Work will be performed in Celina, Ohio (49 percent), Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (32 percent), and Destin, Fla. (19 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $6,213,974 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command (M67854), Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Matthew L. Ingram, 25, of Pearl, Miss., died Aug. 21 in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle, and his unit came under small arms fire from enemy forces. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Justin R. Pellerin, 21, of Boscawen, N.H., died Aug. 20 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Brian M. Wolverton, 21, of Oak Park, Calif., died Aug. 20 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga. was awarded a $140,300,000 modified firm fixed contract to provide two additional C-130J-30 aircraft for the Iraq government. The undefinitized contract action also includes non-recurring engineering and integration tasks associated with the new Iraq-peculiar configuration. At this time no funds have been obligated. 657 AESS, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8625-06-C-6456/P00098).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $30,331,966 modified cost plus award fee contract to provide labor activities and equipment associated with standup and operations of Global Hawk air vehicle production acceptance at Beale Air Force Base and Palmdale Manufacturing Center. At this time $13,010,000 has been obligated. 303 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-07-C-4015 P00013).
DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a fixed price incentive contract to overhaul the Tunner Aircraft Cargo Loaders. At this time $7,223,968 has been obligated. 542 Combat Sustainment Wing, Robbins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8519-04-D-0006-0057).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis. is being awarded a maximum $21,643,826 firm fixed price contract for cab assembly parts. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally three proposals solicited with one response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is August 11, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency-Warren, Warren, Mich. (SPRDL1-09-D-0054).
NAVY
Oceaneering International, Inc., – Marine Services Division, Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded a $13,622,622 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2240) for the service life extension program (SLEP) of three landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) craft. The LCAC SLEP will extend the service life of LCAC from 20 to 30 years, sustain/enhance craft capability, replace obsolete electronics, repair corrosion damage, reduce life cycle cost by improving reliability and maintainability, increase survivability, and establish a common configuration baseline. The LCAC SLEP scope of effort includes repair and upgrade of the buoyancy box, gas turbine engine replacement, installation of a new skirt, installation of an integrated C4N equipment package, and accomplishment of selected craft alterations and repair work. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-2240).
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn. is being awarded a $6,310,969 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4003) for Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department tasks in support of operational nuclear submarines. Work will be performed in New London, Conn., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2009 . Contract funds in the amount of $6,310,969 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who
was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Richard A. Walters
Jr., 41, of Cleveland, Ohio, died Aug. 10 in Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, of injuries
sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 14th Combat
Support Hospital, Fort Benning, Ga. The circumstances surrounding
the incident are under investigation
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Army 1st Sgt. Jose S.N. Crisostomo, 59, of Inarajan, Guam, died Aug. 18 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to International Security Assistance Force Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan.
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Science Application International Corp., Fairfield, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $250,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, maintenance, repair and operations, prime vendor contract. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was web solicited with five responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. The date of performance completion is August 17, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-04-D-BP15).
Graybar Electric Co., Inc., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a maximum $250,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, maintenance, repair and operations, prime vendor contract. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was web solicited with seven responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. The date of performance completion is August 17, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-04-D-BP14).
Ross Equipment Inc., Elizabeth, N.J.*, is being awarded a maximum $12,624,276 firm fixed price contract for vehicle fan axial. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The original proposal was web solicited with four responses. The date of performance completion is August 29, 2014. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-D-0053).
NAVY
Harper Construction Co., Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $56,151,954 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of a physical conditioning recruit barracks, a recruit training barracks and a sports medicine and reconditioning therapy clinic at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. The two barracks will house a total of 1,729 Marines and will both include company offices and laundry facilities. The contract also contains three unexercised options, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $65,623,954. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by May 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 15 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-09-C-1205).
ITT Corp., Electronic Systems Radar Systems - Gilfillan, Van Nuys, Calif., is being awarded a $29,191,730 firm-fixed-price contract for AN/SPS-48G(V) radar modification kits to support the recovery obsolescence availability radar used to enhance launch on search capability aboard Navy ships. AN/SPS-48's radars enhance capability of missile guidance. The modification kits are expected to increase operational availability and decrease operating and support costs. Work will be performed in Van Nuys, Calif., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5395).
Alutiiq-Melle, LLC *, Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a $15,712,941 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Base Operating Support Services at the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake. The contract includes a base period, four option periods and five award option periods for a total contract value if all options are exercised of $168,185,893. Work will be performed in Ridgecrest, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 2019. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as an 8(a) set-aside via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Web site, with five proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-09-D-4003).
DRS Sensors and Targeting Systems, Cypress, Calif., is being awarded a $5,676,407 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for research and development in the area of photon-trap structures for quantum advanced detectors. This effort will include: research to develop an infrared imaging system that operates over a bandwidth extending from 0.5 to 5.0 microns and a resolution of 1024 x 1024 pixels. The focal plane array of this imaging system must exhibit a high detectivity and low noise equivalent temperature at 200 K. Work will be performed in Cypress, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Broad Agency Announcement with 22 proposals received. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, R.I., is the contracting activity (N66604-09-C-3652).
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $20,975,816 cost plus fixed fee contract for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) system improvement program. At this time $2,500,000 has been obligated. 696 ARSS, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. is the contracting activity (FA8675-09-C-0201).
Business Technology and Solutions, Beavercreek, Ohio was awarded a $13,377,733.89 contract for the technical and acquisition management support program that provides a wide range of diverse non-engineering, technical and acquisition management support required in the acquisition, development, production, and support of various equipment and weapon systems within the Air Armament Center and other organizations at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. At this time no funds have been obligated. AAC/PKES, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA9200-05-C-0002, P00026).
McDonnell Douglass Corp., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $12,500,000 cost plus fixed fee contract with performance incentives to provide for three Massive Ordnance Penetrator separation test vehicles, associated aircraft and handling equipment and technical support for one single and one dual release separation and de-conflict test on the B-52 aircraft. At this time $6,200,000 has been obligated. AAC/708 ARSG PK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8681-09-C-0280, P00001).
Colsa Corp., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $10,838,796.97 contract for the technical and acquisition management support program that provides for a wide range of diverse non-engineering, technical and acquisition management support required in the acquisition, development, production, and support of various equipment and weapon systems within the Air Armament Center and other organizations at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. At this time no funds have been obligated. AAC/PKES, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA9200-05-C-0003, P00026).
*Small Business
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 18 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Clayton P. Bowen, 29, of San Antonio, Texas.
Pfc. Morris L. Walker, 23, of Chapel Hill, N.C.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Paul E. Dumont, Jr., 23, of Williamsburg, Va., died Aug. 19 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 149th Transportation Company, 10th Transportation Battalion, Fort Eustis, Va.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Tesoro Hawaii Corp., Kapolei, Hawaii is being awarded a maximum $186,733,154 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for aviation fuel. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. The original proposal was Web solicited with 19 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0505).
Honeywell International, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a maximum $25,338,258 firm-fixed price, sole-source, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for aircraft circuit card assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is Aug. 16, 2014. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond (Ogden), Hill Air Force Base, Utah (SPRHA4-09-D-0001).
Paramount Petroleum Corp., Paramount, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $21,167,158 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is Carson, Calif.. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. There were originally 72 proposals solicited with 19 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0504).
Timken Aerospace Transmissions, LLC., Manchester, Conn., is being awarded a maximum $10,299,904 firm fixed price contract for tail rotor gearboxes. Other location of performance is Connecticut. Using service is Army. There were originally two proposals solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is December 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., (W58RGZ-04-D-0298/ZB01).
Montana Refining Co., Inc., Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont.*, is being awarded a maximum $9,434,379 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for fuel. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. The original proposal was Web solicited with 19 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0506).
Sysco Food Services of Seattle, Kent, Wash., is being awarded a maximum $7,250,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite quantity full line food distribution contract. Other location of performance is Anchorage, AK. Using services are Army, Air Force and Job Corps. The original proposal was Web solicited with 3 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the fourth option year of a five-year contract which includes four one-year option periods. The date of performance completion is Aug. 26, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM300-08-D-3160).
AIR FORCE
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $98,000,000 cost plus fixed fee contract to provide integration and production of the laser joint direct attack munitions system on various Foreign Military Sales aircraft platforms throughout the life of the contract. At this time no funds have been obligated. 680 ARSSG/PK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8681-09-D-0065).
Hawker Beechcraft Corp., Wichita, Kan., was awarded a $86,575,795.09 firm fixed price contract to provide for 8 T-6A Texan II training aircraft produced by Hawker Beechcraft Corp., including ground-based training systems, aircraft spare parts, technical publications, and two years of contractor logistics support for the Iraqi Air Force. At this time, $69,420,044 has been obligated. 877 AESG/SYI, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8617-09-C-6175).
Alion Science and Technology Corp., Chicago, Ill., was awarded a $32,469,127 cost plus fixed fee contract to provide a complete range of analytical research, studies, and assessment for the testing and evaluation of command and control architectures. At this time, $1,931,949 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (N61339-03-D-0300, Delivery Order: 0229).
NAVY
Nan, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $39,784,330 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of two Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Marine Corps Base, Hawaii. The work to be performed provides for buildings of reinforced concrete or masonry construction providing 88 rooms (P-749) and 62 rooms (P-750) with semi-private in the standard 2 + 0 room configuration. Building(s) will be interconnected through walkways and shall not exceed five stories in height with community and service core areas consisting of laundry facilities, lounges, duty officer and bunk room, housekeeping, vending area, and public restroom. Work will be performed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by February 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with nine proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-09-C-1303).
W. M. Jordan Company, Inc., Newport News, Va., was awarded a $14,579,588 modification under a firm-fixed price contract (N40085-08-C-9684) on Aug. 14, 2009 , to exercise option 0002 which provides for all work in connection with the installation of collateral equipment for the Special Operations Forces Facility (SOF) and SOF Operational Training Facility at Naval Air Station Oceana, Dam Neck Annex. The work to be performed under this option provides for the installation of all furniture and furnishings in accordance with the drawings and specifications as specified in the furniture, fixtures and equipment package. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $96,365,379. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier
who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Matthew D.
Hastings, 23, of Claremore, Okla., died Aug. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries
sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 582nd
Medical Logistics Company, 1st Medical Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command, Fort
Hood, Texas. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under
investigation.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier
who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. William Z.
Vanosdol, 23, of Pinson, Ala., died Aug. 19 at Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when enemy rocket fire struck his quarters. He was assigned to the
172nd Support Battalion, Schweinfurt, Germany.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Gunnery Sgt. Adam F. Benjamin, 34, of Garfield, Ohio, died Aug. 18 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Leopold F. Damas, 26, of Floral Park, N.Y., died Aug. 17 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class William B. Woods Jr., 31, of Chesapeake, Va., died Aug. 16 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when he was shot Aug. 14 while on patrol in Ghanzi, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Glen Arm, Md.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Cpl. Nicholas R. Roush, 22, of Middleville, Mich., died Aug 16 in Herat, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard, 21, of New Portland, Maine, died Aug. 14 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Moffatt & Nichol, Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $100,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect/engineer (A/E) contract for design support services for various waterfront/marine projects covered by the Defense Policy Review Initiative and other projects in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for project engineering documentation, DD 1391s, Design-Build Request for Proposal (RFP) contract documents or Design Bid Build RFP contract documents, technical reports, studies, construction cost estimates, and construction consultation and geotechnical investigations as required for design, analysis and studies. Additionally, the A/E may provide other support services to include post-construction award services, construction surveillance and inspection services, operational and maintenance support information services, and other miscellaneous post-construction award services. Work will be performed in the NAVFAC Pacific AOR, and work is expected to be completed August 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-09-D-0002).
Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded $8,098,360 for firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0010 modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5031) for the purchase of field service representative support for the U.S. Marine Corps in support of the MRAP Cougar vehicles. Work will be performed at Operation Enduring Freedom locations. Work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2010 . Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $6,526,019 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-07-D-0004) to exercise an option for the VH-3D Executive Helicopter special progressive aircraft rework. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in April 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $6,526,019 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., Kent, Wash., is being awarded a $6,459,897 firm-fixed-price order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-05-G-0026) for the procurement and installation of four winglets for two C-40(A) aircrafts. Work will be performed in Wichita, Kan., (50 percent) and Seattle, Wash., (50 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2011. 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.
Canadian Commercial Corp., General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada (GDLS-C) London, Ontario, is being awarded a $6,403,087 firm-fixed-priced modification to delivery order #0004 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5028) for procurement of battle damage repair parts to support repair of RG31 MRAP vehicles damaged by improvised explosive devices and similar threats. Work will be performed in London, Ontario, Canada, and is expected to be completed May 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Correction: Contract awarded Aug. 21, 2009, to General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Fairfax, Va., for $22,217,150 should have stated the following places of performance as Fairfax, Va., (40 percent); Bellevue, Neb., (20 percent); Waterford, Conn., (9 percent); Manassas, Va., (7 percent); Redlands, Calif., (7 percent), and various other U.S. locations (17 percent).
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.,-Marietta, Marietta, Ga., was awarded a $30,202,726 modified contract to purchase the quick engine change assemblies for C/KC/BC/HC/MC-130J aircraft and FMS Norway and India aircraft. At this time $31,972,726 has been obligated. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8625-06-C-6456).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $7,113,772 contract to provide peculiar spares equipments for forward operating location of the Global Hawk systems program. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 303rd AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-08-G-3005, D.O. 0011).
ARMY
DTC Engineers & Constructions, LLC, Hamden, Conn., was awarded on Aug. 21, 2009, an $18,966,995 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of the Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico with an estimated completion date of June 3, 2011. Bids were posted on the World Wide Web with eight (eight) bids received. Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0067).
Dean Kurtz Construction Co., Rapid City, S.D., was awarded on Aug. 21, 2009 a $10,434,000 firm-fixed-price contract for access gates/perimeter fence. Work is to be performed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD., with an estimated completion date of May 26, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha district, Omaha, N.E., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0034).
Commonwealth Construction Co., Wilmington, Del.. was awarded on August 21, 2009 a $ 5,098,200 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of C-17 aircrew life support facility. Work is to be performed in Dover Air Force Base, Del., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 21, 2010. Ninety-eight (98) bids were solicited with eleven bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912BU-09-C-0036).
The Boeing Co., St Louise, Mo., was awarded on Aug. 20, 2009, an $8,433,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to change order for the continuation and enhancement of the ground tactical network for the Future Combat Systems. The modification will allow the contractor to execute tasks in relation to developing prime item descriptions, enhancing the common controller, comply with the NATO Standardization Agreement for the Unmanned Aerial System, initiate network management software for added systems, and enhance the transport layer to meet requirement shortfalls from a government complimentary program. Work is to be performed in Saint Louis, Mo., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-C-0724).
BOH Bros Construction Co., LLC, New Orleans, L.A., was awarded on Aug. 20, 2009 a $7,952,381 firm-fixed-price contract for Jefferson Lakefront, Duncan Pump stations breakwater and bridge. Work is to performed in Duncan Pump Stations Jefferson Parrish, L.A., with an estimated completion date of May 4, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, L.A., is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-C-1206).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Davis Aircraft Products, Bohemia, N.Y.*, is being awarded a maximum $6,606,437 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity contract for cargo tie down chain assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The original proposal was DIBBS solicited with four responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Aug. 23, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, Va., (SPM4A7-09-D-0251).
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded a maximum $6,556,888 firm fixed price, sole source contract for tail rotor fork assembly parts. Other location of performance is Mesa, Arizona. Using service is Army. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Apr. 15, 2013. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Huntsville, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., (SPM4A1-09-G-0004-ZB03).
Voto Manufacturers Sales Co., Steubenville, Ohio*, is being awarded a maximum $6,386,873 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity contract for cargo tie down chain assemblies. Other location of performance is Lexington, Tenn. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The original proposal was DIBBS solicited with four responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is August 23, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, Va., (SPM4A7-09-D-0258).
Caterpillar Inc., Mossville, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $5,983,632 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for dump trucks. Other location of performance is Decatur, Illinois. Using service is Navy. There were originally four proposals solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is May 31, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-01-D-0059-0346).
Peerless Chain Co., Portsmouth, R.I.*, is being awarded a maximum $5,606,201 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity contract for cargo tie down chain assemblies. Other location of performance is Winona, Minn. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The original proposal was DIBBS solicited with four responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is August 23, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, Va., (SPM4A7-09-D-0250).
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a $1,155,052,014 modified contract for the C-17 Globemaster III sustainment partnership fy09 to provide the total system support for the C-17 weapon system to include program management, sustaining logistics, material and equipment management, sustaining engineering, depot level aircraft maintenance, engine management, long term sustainment planning, air logistics center partnering support, depot activation, and support of Air Force and FMS Operators of the C-17. At this time, $1,147,859,462 has been obligated. 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing contracting flight is the contracting activity. (FA8614-04-C-2004, P00514)
Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $54,439,608 to provide production quantities of 266 Maverick missiles guidance andcontrol section for a Maverick missile. At this time, $60,189,608 has been obligated. Ogden Air Logistics Center/784CBSG.-PK, Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (FA8217-09-C-0046).
NAVY
VSE Corp., Alexandria, Va., is being awarded a $248,999,750 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-D-4204) to add an option for continuous life cycle support of naval vessels that are bought, sold or otherwise transferred through the international fleet support (IFS) program to IFS customers. The services provided under this contract include design, configuration management, field engineering, maintenance planning, maintenance, spare parts support, training, casualty and depot level repair. The contractor provides engineering, technical, procurement, logistics, test, inspection, calibration, repair, maintenance, equipment upgrade installation, and overhaul support services, including reactivation to safe-to-sail status. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and in various locations throughout the world as required by IFS customers, and is expected to be completed by August 2010. 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.
Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., is being awarded an estimated $120,219,600 firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the program support integrator (PSI) for the U.S. Marine Corps counter radio controlled improvised explosive device (CREW) program. The PSI is responsible for the installation, de-installation, contractor logistics support and daily operational and intermediate levels of maintenance for the USMC CREW systems supporting combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as deployment training within the United States. Work will be performed in various locations within the United States, Iraq and Afghanistan, and work is expected to be completed August 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $22,370,900 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via a Request for Proposal (No. M67854-09-R-7005), with three offers received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-D-7005).
Advanced Technology Institute, North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded a $99,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to operate and manage the Shipbuilding Technology Center of Excellence (STCOE) to develop shipbuilding-related manufacturing technologies and to implement them in America's shipyards. The STCOE will work closely with the Navy's acquisition community and the shipbuilding industry to identify manufacturing technology issues that negatively impact shipyard efficiency (cycle-time and cost). The STCOE will then solicit, select, and implement projects to improve these inefficiencies. Work will be performed in North Charleston, S.C., and work is expected to be completed August 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under a Request For Proposals (N00014-09-R-0004), with two offers received. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting (N00014-09-D-0584).
Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $61,637,000 firm-fixed price construction contract for the design and construction of a joint regional correctional facility complex at Naval Support Activity, Northwest Annex. The new level II, medium security, 400 person detainment facility will meet American Corrections Association (ACA) standards. The contract also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative contract value to $69,262,000. The contract is incrementally funded with the first increment of $26,615,000 being allocated at the time of award. The second increment will be funded in FY 10 at $35,022,000. Work will be performed in Chesapeake, Va., and is expected to be completed by May 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 13 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-5090).
American Systems, Chantilly, Va., is being awarded $23,458,999 for nine firm-fixed priced task orders under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62583-08-D-0136) to furnish and install advanced metering infrastructure at various locations throughout the Navy Region Southwest, Calif., (task order 0006, NB Coronado for $6,597,901; 0007, NB San Diego for $1,965,010; 0008, NB Point Loma for $2,609,487; 0009, MCAS Miramar for $2,837,377; 0010, NWS Seal Beach for $1,321,110; 0011, NAWS China Lake for $4,221,767; 0012, NAF El Centro for $1,217,843; 0014, NAS Lemoore for $2,246,322; and 0015, NPGS Monterey for $443,182). The nine task order awards are being awarded under an existing multiple award construction contract for design and installation of electric, gas, steam, and water metering to provide utility and energy monitoring throughout Navy locations world-wide. The work to be performed includes the design, procurement, installation, and testing of building level advanced metering solutions in support of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 at the Navy Region Southwest. This will allow the Navy to cost-effectively allocate and manage electricity, natural gas, and water commodities. Work will be performed world-wide, and is expected to be completed by August 20, 2011 . Funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for the above task orders in response to a single task order solicitation. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, NAVFAC (SCAN), Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $22,217,150 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for design and development of one release of Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System-Next Generation (NITES-Next) software. SPAWAR awarded the contract on behalf of its organizational partner, the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence systems. This contract includes options for a second NITES-Next software release, as well as options for deployment, operations, and support services, support for demonstrations and exercises, and AN/UMK operations and support, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $67,719,984. Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va., (40 percent); Bellevue, Neb., (20 percent); Waterford, Conn., (9 percent); Manassas, Va., (7 percent); and Redlands, Calif., (7 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2012. If all options are exercised, work could continue until February 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif. is the contracting activity (N00039-09-C-0127).
Archer-Western Contractors, Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $20,194,000 firm-fixed price construction contract for design and construction of a combined Navy aircraft intermediate maintenance department and Navy aviation supply department facility complex, Fort Dix, N.J. The work to be performed provides for a new building for a combined Navy Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment and Navy Aviation Supply Department facility complex. In addition to the building facilities, the contract will provide a concrete paved open supply equipment laydown yard, a canopy covered concrete paved storage area, and roadways. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which, if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $21,349,000. Work will be performed in Fort Dix, N.J., and is expected to be completed by February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7006).
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $15,978,754 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2302) to exercise options for the accomplishment of follow yard class services for the DDG 51 Class AEGIS destroyer program and will provide expert design, planning, and material support services for both DDG 51 ship construction and modernization. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss., and is expected to be completed by August 2010. 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.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, Va., is being awarded an $8,119,625 firm-fixed-priced contract to advance the development of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technology system components and subsystems for Navy applications. The work will support the Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center (NAVFAC ESC) Ocean Facilities Department in the execution of ocean energy systems development to advance OTEC as a renewable ocean energy technology for future applications at Department of Navy facilities. The primary work to be performed includes identifying and supporting the most efficient and direct path to OTEC commercialization, and OTEC component and subsystem design, fabrication and validation tests. Work will be performed in Hawaii, California, Texas, and Virginia, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2010 . Funds are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, NAVFAC, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62583-09-C-0083).
John Bean Technologies Corp., Ogden, Utah, is being awarded a $7,503,300 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N68335-07-C-0459) to exercise an option for 50 landbased air conditioner production units in support of the C-130, C-40, C-9, P-8, E-2 and P-3 aircrafts. Work will be performed in Ogden, Utah, and is expected to be completed in March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.
ERAPSCO, Columbia City, Ind., is being awarded a $7,242,977 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the procurement of 500 AN/SSQ-125 engineering developmental model sonobuoys in support of Navy Antisubmarine Forces for the mission of detection, classification and localization of adversary submarines during peacetime and combat operations. Work will be performed in DeLeon Springs, Fla., (55 percent) and Columbia City, Ind., (45 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to the FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-09-C-0073).
Terex Corp., Stafford, Va., is being awarded a $6,639,235 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N68335-06-C-0459) to exercise an option for 20 Heavy Maintenance Crane production units in support of the AV-8, C-130, CH-53, V-22, and H-46 aircrafts. Work will be performed in Waverly, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in October 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Petro Star Inc., Anchorage, Alaska*, is being awarded a maximum $93,246,657 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is Valdez, Alaska. Using service is Defense Energy Support Center. There were originally 72 proposals solicited with 19 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is October 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0513).
ARMY
Rizzani de Eccher (USA) Inc., Miami Beach, Fla., was awarded on Aug. 20, 2009 a $44,833,179 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and build facility replacement Al Udeid Air Base Qatar. Work is to be performed in Qatar with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2010. Thirty-four (34) bids solicited with eight bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, TAC, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0033).
Walton Construction Co., LLC, Dallas, Texas was awarded on Aug. 20, 2009 a $30,395,693 firm-fixed-price contract for the Defense Logistics Agency general purpose warehouse, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. This project is for the construction of a 165,000 square foot DLA general purpose warehouse. Work is to be performed in Midwest City, Okla. with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with thirteen bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-09-C-2019).
CH2M Hill Facilities and Infrastructure, Inc., Spartanburg, S.C., was awarded on Aug. 20, 2009 a $16,705,500 firm-fixed-price contract for repairs to Trainee Barracks Upgrade Program at Fort Benning, Ga., Building 2754 which is 80,790 sq ft, repairs include a new roofing system, exterior finishes, force protection, windows, fire protection, interior wall, doors, insulation, interior finishes, finish floors, ceilings, plumbing, heating ventilation and air conditioning, control, electrical upgrades, electrical services and distribution, hazardous material abatement and landscaping. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 19, 2011. Four proposal solicited with three proposal received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-07-D-0060).
Kinley Construction, Inc., Arlington, Texas was awarded on Aug. 20, 2009 a $10,315,650 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services to be performed under the firm fixed price contract will consist of replacing the existing offload facility with new equipment to offload four positions. New fuel pumps for the fillstands, new piping between the fuels offloads and the pump-house, and the receipt filter separators are to be replaced. Additionally, the two existing 25 MBBL fuel tanks will be demolished and two new 40 MBBL tanks will be built, and new piping installed to the pump house. System includes all sitework including containment, lighting, and roadwork around the tanks. Work is to be performed in Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 10, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District-CESPA-CT, Albuquerque, N.M., is the contracting activity (W912PP-09-C00025).
HHI Corp., Farming, Utah, was awarded on Aug. 19, 2009, a $10,274,669 firm-fixed-price contract for a child development center under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Ac. Work is to be performed in Hill Air Force Base, Utah with an estimated completion date of Sept. 2, 2011. Eight bids received with an unknow-100 percent Small Business Set Aside for bids solicited. U.S. Army Engineer District, Sacramento, Calif., is the contracting activity (W91238-09-C-0022).
Tepa EC, LLC. Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded on Aug. 19, 2009 a $8,664,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the 47th Power and Communications Infrastructure and utilities to support a standard infantry brigade combat team complex consisting of electrical and communication networks; electrical substation; exterior lighting; and information systems. Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion dare of Sept. 1, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bid received. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0033).
American West Construction, LLC. Denver, Colo., was awarded on Aug. 19, 2009 a $5,891,600 firm-fixed-price contract to construct infrastructure and utilities to support a standard infantry brigade combat team complex which includes new 10, 12 and 16-inch waterlines, connect at Fort Carson Gate 1 to Gate 5 along the installation boundary fence, gate 5 to Gate 6 beneath the firebreak road inside the installation boundary fence to a new elevated water storage tank and finally to the intersection of Butts Road and Wilderness Road. Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 28, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0033).
Daimler Trucks North America LLC, Portland, Ore., was awarded on August 18, 2009 a $65,712,242 firm-fixed-price contract for the delivery order 0118 adds 1780 each, M915A3 truck tractors, to the contract. Work is to be performed in Portland, Ore., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-00-D-S022).
Daimler Trucks North America LLC, Portland, Ore., was awarded on August 17, 2009 a $21,979,266 firm-fixed-price contract for the delivery order 0120 adds 91 each, M917A2 dump trucks, to the contract. Work is to be performed in Portland, Ore., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-00-D-S022).
Cipher Systems, LLC. Crofton, Md., was awarded on August 18, 2009 a $9,291,882 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to create a prototype for state of the art mess causality incident response. This prototype will be designed to provide surge capacity to mass casualty incidents such as terrorist attacks, pandemic flu, natural and accidental disasters. The contractor should address all aspects required to provide a viable, sustainable response. This includes equipment, training, staffing, coordination re-imbursement and innovative medical care suitable for civilian and military use or technology transfer. Work is to be performed in Crofton, Md., (66 precent) and Hackensack, N.J., (34 precent) with an estimated completion date of Aug. 17, 2012. Bids were solicited on
FedBizOpps.gov with ninety (90) bids received. Defense Threat Reduction Agency BE-BCR Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (HDTRA1-09-C-0059).
Federal Network Systems, LLC/Verizon, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Aug. 18, 2009 a $ 6,893,091 IDIQ fair market firm-fixed-price contract for the acquisition in support of the Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program for Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Work is to be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. Ten bids solicited with six bids received. Army Contracting Command, National Capitol Region Contracting Center, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0030).
Rich Moe/ Coakley Williams JV, LLC Upper Marlboro, Md., was awarded on August 18, 2009 a $ 9,040,000 firm-fixed-price construction contract for constructing a 35,000 SF consolidated duration, conservation and storage facility for the Army Heritage and Education Center Complex and Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Work is the be performed in Carlisle Barracks, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited using the World Wide Web with eight bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0053).
Charter Environmental, Inc., Wilmington, Mass., was awarded on August 17, 2009 a $6,512,889 firm-fixed-price contract for the demolition for (39) facilities & renovate (1) building located at Lackland Air Force base, San Antonio, Texas. Work is to be performed in San Antonio, Texas with an estimate completion date of May 28, 2010. Two bids solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army Engineering & Support Center, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W912DY-05-D-0011).
Grove U.S. LLC, Shady Grove, Pa., was awarded on August 18, 2009 a $5,651,625 firm-fixed-price contract for cranes for the Forward Repair System. Work is to be performed in Shady Grove, Pa., with an estimated completion fate of Dec. 17, 2009. One bid solicited with one bid received. Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W9098S-09-C-0006).
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. William J. Cahir, 40, of Washington D.C., died Aug. 13 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 4th Civil Affairs Group, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Washington D.C.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Capt. John Tinsley, 28, of Tallahassee, Fla., died Aug. 12 in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $151,577,441 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5431) to procure 186 Evolved SEASPARROW Missiles (ESSM), 77 shipping containers, and spares for the NATO SEASPARROW Consortium and the United Arab Emirates. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., (45 percent); Camden, Ark., (2 percent); Andover, Mass,. (10 percent), Australia, (11 percent), Canada, (7 percent), Denmark, (1 percent), Greece, (1 percent), Germany, (8 percent), The Netherlands, (6 percent); Norway, (5 percent); Spain, (3 percent); and Turkey, (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 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.
Innovative Technical Solutions Inc.*, Walnut Creek, Calif., (N62473-09-D-2625); CKY *, San Pedro, Calif., (N62473-09-D-2626); and CE2 Kleinfelder JV *, Pleasanton, Calif., (N62473-09-D-2627), are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity environmental multiple award contract for environmental remediation services on Navy and Marine Corps installations. The work to be performed provides for environmental remediation services under the 562910 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years, for all three contracts combined is $100,000,000. The work will be performed at various locations in Alaska (2 percent), Ariz., (4 percent), Calif., (80 percent), Colo., (2 percent) Nev., (2 percent), N.M., (2 percent), Ore., (2 percent), Utah, (2 percent), Wash., (2 percent), and other DOD installations nationwide (2 percent). The term of the contract is not to exceed five years, with an expected completion date of August 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as a 100 percent Small Business set-aside via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 13 proposals received. These three firms may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contracts. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems, Land & Armaments L.P., U.S. Combat Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $41,091,369 firm-fixed-price contract for the FY08 canister production requirements for MK-13 MOD 0 and MK-25 MOD 0 canisters to support integration of STANDARD Missile (SM-2) and EVOLVED SEASPARROW (ESSM) missiles into the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). The MK 41 VLS provides a missile launching system for CG 47 and DDG 51 class surface combatants of the Navy as well as surface combatants of allied navies. The canisters provide rocket motor exhaust gas containment and a launch rail during missile firing. They also serve as missile shipping and storage containers. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy, (21.0 percent), and the Governments of Korea, (38.4 percent), Germany, (16.6 percent), Australia, (8.7 percent), Turkey, (7.8 percent), Japan, (5.8 percent), and Spain, (1.7 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales and Memorandum of Understanding Programs. Work will be performed in Aberdeen, S.D., (77 percent); Odessa, Mo., (10 percent); Minneapolis, Minn., (8 percent); and Lewisburg, Tenn., (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by May 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5307).
Fairbanks Morse Engine, Beloit, Wis., is being awarded a $7,835,262 firm-fixed, indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contract to furnish of up to a quantity of 842 each ship's service diesel generator low load installation and spare parts kits to modify the LSD-41 and LSD-49 Class opposed piston engines, and associated technical data. The kits will increase exhaust temperature and lube oil temperature, optimize fuel delivery, promote complete combustion and reduce oil carryover into the combustion chambers and the exhaust belts, and improve the sealing capabilities of the cylinder liner and piston rings of the opposed piston engine. Work will be performed in Beloit, Wis., and is expected to be completed by August 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship System Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-09-D-0028).
Sealift, Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y., is being awarded a $7,634,264 firm-fixed-price contract for a one-year time charter of a vessel, which will be U.S.-flagged upon delivery to the government. The ship's primary mission will be to re-supply armed services personnel on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $31,401,710. Work will be performed primarily in the Indian Ocean, and is expected to be completed by November 2010. With options exercised, October 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with six offers received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-09-C-5502).
Raytheon Network Centric Systems, Marlborough, Mass., is being awarded a $6,475,553 commercial, firm-fixed-price contract for production of two fixed base, precision approach radar systems as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations to move U.S. Marine Corps helicopters from Naval Air Station (NAS) Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, and from NAS Atlanta, Ga., to Robins AFB, Georgia. This seventeen-month contract contains no options. Work will be performed in Marlborough, Mass., (10 percent), at McGuire AFB, N.J., (45 percent), and at Robins AFB, Ga., (45 percent), and work is expected to be completed Mar. 1, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily's Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-09-C-0044).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Bohlke International Airways, Inc., dba BIA, Kingshill, Virgin Island *, is being awarded a maximum $35,869,534 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Other location of performance is Virgin Island. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was Web solicited with four responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Mar. 31, 2013. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-D-0123).
Honeywell International, Albuquerque, N.M. is being awarded a maximum $25,338,258 firm fixed price, sole source, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for aircraft circuit card assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is August 16, 2014. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond (Ogden), Hill Air Force Base, Utah (SPRHA4-09-D-0001).
AIR FORCE
Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated, Herndon, Va. was awarded a $19,323,392 cost plus fixed fee contract for the technical area task, to provide sound, unique IA solutions for transforming the Air Force's enterprise architecture capability for Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer (SAF/XCT). At this time $2,927,536 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. is the contracting activity (SP0700-98-D-4002,0378).
Wyle Information Systems, LLC, McLean, Va., was awarded a $13,870,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide the technical services and space operations support contract that provides services to operate, maintain, and support the Space Innovation and Development Center located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. The contract is directed toward examining, assessing, and developing the means to integrate national system and DoD space systems support to enhance combat, and research and development capabilities within the Air Force. At this time no funds have been obligated. Space Innovation and Development Center, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA2550-01-D-0003, P00026).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Incorporated, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $9,661,837 cost plus fixed fee contract for the technical area task to provide information systems security improvements to the United States military ground communication systems and onboard United States military airborne systems and platforms. At this time $4,264,927 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-98-D-4002,0377).
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who
was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Bruce E.
Ferrell, 21, of Perdido, Ala., died Aug. 10 while supporting combat operations
in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
CONTRACTS NAVY Lockheed Martin MS2, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $25,104,813 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-6207) for Acoustic Rapid Commercial Off-the-Shelf Insertion (A-RCI) Hardware consisting of Virginia Class long lead material and economic order material. A-RCI is a sonar system upgrade 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. It has already been successfully integrated into the first ten ships of the Virginia Class which have now begun a modernization program and the procurement of new construction systems for the next four ships. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va., (62 percent) and Clearwater, Fla., (38 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2011. 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. Temeku Technologies, Inc.*, Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $7,948,728 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of the Flight Deck Lights (FDL) System. The system will provide a suite of lights around, on and near the flight deck and hangar face of the DDG-1000 ship for the U.S. Navy. The FDL System is a portion of the next generation suite of Visual Landing Aids which will be incorporated into the DDG-1000 ship. Work will be performed in Herndon, Va., (60 percent); Bologna, Italy (30 percent); and Point Mugu, Calif., (10 percent,) and is expected to be completed in April 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via electronic request for proposal, with three offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-09-C-0425). GYROCAM Systems LLC, Sarasota, Fla., is being awarded a $5,910,000 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (M67854-07-D-5075) to exercise an option period for the procurement of Spare 360 Camera Systemsfor the MRAP vehicle. The MRAP vehicles are armored vehicles with blast resistant underbodies designed to protect the crew from mine blasts, fragmentary, and direct fire weapons. Work will be performed in Sarasota, Fla., and work is expected to be completed Jul. 31, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. GYROCAM Systems LLC, Sarasota, Fla., is being awarded a $5,910,000 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (M67854-07-D-5075) to exercise an option period for the procurement of Spare 360 Camera Systemsfor the MRAP vehicle. The MRAP vehicles are armored vehicles with blast resistant underbodies designed to protect the crew from mine blasts, fragmentary, and direct fire weapons. Work will be performed in Sarasota, Fla., and is expected to be completed Jul. 31, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. ARMY Scafar Construction Inc, Newark, N.J., was awarded on Aug.18, 2009 a $11,175,195 firm-fixed-price contract for the Green Brook food damage reduction project. Work is to be performed in Bound Brook, N.J., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2010. Bids were solicited on the FBO as unrestricted competition with five bids received. U.S.A. Engineer District, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-08-C-0025). Okay Industries Inc., New Britain, Conn., was awarded on Aug. 18, 2009 a $9,714,900 firm-fixed-price contract for the Improved 20 round magazine for a quantity of 1,140,000 each with 100 percent option on support of the M16 Rifle and M4 Carbine. Work is to be performed in New Britain, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM-Rock Island, CCTA-AR-SB, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52H09-09-C-0060). L-3 Communications / L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Camden, N.J, was awarded on Aug. 18, 2009 a $ 7,480,615 firm-fixed-price contract for the award of 2,379 each M935 PD Fuzes, NSN: 1390-01-268-9155, P/N: 9395584, purchased at a unit price of $ 51.99530 each, which is the proposed unit price without First Article. The proposed additional add-on quantity is for the award of 141,492 each M935 Fuzes, NSN: 1390-01-268-9155, P/N: 9395584, purchased at a unit price of $ 51.99530 each, which is the proposed unit price without First Article. First Article Test is waived since L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems is the current producer if the M935 Fuze. Work is to be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio and Camden, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 18, 2011. Bids were solicited via FedBizOps with two bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-07-C-0005). Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Aug. 17, 2009 a $37,699,405 firm-fixed-price contract option for two UH-60M and one HH-60M Helicopters with recurring for ECPs 0613R1 and 0614R1 installed on aircraft and 3 Auxiliary Power Units (APU) Inlet Barrier Filter Kits. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, CCAM-BH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003). Diggs Construction, LLC, Wichita, Kan., was awarded on Aug, 17, 2009 a $8,274,600 construction firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of an Army Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Dodge City, Kan., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 14, 2010. Bids were solicited using FedBizOps Electronic Synopsis with four bids received. USACE, Louisville District Office, CELRLCT-M, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0063). RMA Land Construction, Inc, Anaheim, Calif., was awarded on Aug. 17, 2009 a $7,960,241 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of a single story 23,304 SF Child Development Center at Cannon AFB, Clovis, New Mexico. The facility shall be sized for occupancy by 158 children from infant to preschool ages and shall meet Air Force Child Development and DoD force protection standards as well as applicable codes and standards. Demolition of an existing obsolete 9,000 SF Child Development Center will be accomplished after beneficial occupancy of the new CDC. Work is to be performed in Clovis, N.M., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 22, 2011. Bids were solicited by advertisement at
www.fbo.gov as well as open to all small businesses with 8 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District-CESPA-CT, Albuquerque, N.M., is the contracting activity (W912PP-09-C-0023). Alliant Ammunition and Power Co., LLC Radford, Va., was awarded on Aug. 17, 2009 a $5,797,008 firm-fixed-price, delivery order contract for M1SP-M1MP Propellant, End Use: M67 Propelling charge. NSN: 1376-00-0009-0041 Quantity: 525,833 LBS. Work is to be performed in Radford, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, CCRC-AR, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-G-0002).\ Weeks Marine, Inc., Covington, La., was awarded on Aug. 14, 2009 a $14,877,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf, and black, Atchafalaya Bar Channel, Maintenance Dredging C/L Sta. 475+00, Non-Continuous (09-2), St. Mary Parish, La. Work is to be performed in St. Mary Parish, La., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 12, 2009. Bids were solicited using the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, New Orleans, La. is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-C-0103). BAE Systems National Security Solutions, Burlington, Mass., was awarded on Aug. 14, 2009 a $7,010,160 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The purpose of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Urban Reasoning and Geospatial Exploitation Technology URGENT) Phase II Program is to extend accuracy and productivity to human geospatial analysts by advancing the state-of-the-art in automated scene analysis. BAE's design concept proposes to achieve this by fusing Light Detection and Ranging and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data source (sources used to help detect and classify urban geospatial features) for reasoning over scene content, automatically characterizing object attributes and function, and capturing analyst expertise using advanced machine learning approached. As a result, the program aims to achieve a significant reduction on latency between collecting geospatial data and suing it for mission planning, navigation, targeting, etc. Work is to be performed in Burlington, Mass., (93 percent), and Los Angeles, Calif., (7 percent) with an estimated completion date of May 15, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-09-C-0101). Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Aug.14, 2009 a $6,138,668 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The primary objective of Science Applications International Corporation Retriever project is to advance technology development and demonstration programs for location and identification or radio frequency signals. Work is to be performed in Ypsilanti, Mich., (62 percent), Nashua, N.H., (20 percent), Piscataway, N.J., (13 percent), and Vienna, Va., (5percent) with an estimated completion date of May 14, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with thirteen bids received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-09-C-0112). American Ornamental Iron Corp., Saltsburg, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 14, 2009 a $5,629,560 firm-fixed-price contract. Major features of the required work consist of cleaning, sandblasting, and painting three movable-crest tainter gates, two nonoverflow tainter gates, and two emergency bulkhead units at Charleroi Locks and Dam and portions of four non-overflow tainiers gates at Braddock Locks and Dam. The work also includes repair of damaged closure plates on the bottom units of the movable-crest gate with 85-15 zinc-aluminum. The interior of the movable-crest gates have lead-containing primer in some areas. The paint systems to be used are moisture-cure urethane. Work is to be performed in Braddock, Pa., (38 percent) and Charleroi, Pa., (62 percent) with an estimated completion date of Aug. 23, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Pittsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (W911WN-09-C-0005). The Korte Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Aug. 13, 2009 a $24,176,000 firm-fixed-price construction contract for the construction of a two-story standard design company operations facility for the Ranger Support Company and Headquarters and Headquarters Company. Work is to be performed in Fort Lewis, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 11, 2011. Bids were solicited using www.fbo.gov with nine bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-09-C-0020). H & R of Belle Glade, Inc., Belle Glade, Fla. was awarded on Aug.13, 2009 a $6,150,220 firm-fixed-price contract for the Herbert Hoover Dike Reach 1, Abandoned Quarry Backfilling, Palm Beach County, Fla. Work is to be performed in Palm Beach County, Fla., with an estimated completion date of May 25, 2010. One bid solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville Fla. is the contracting activity (W912EP-09-C-0041). AIR FORCE Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $9,661,654 cost plus fixed fee contract to provide national security strategic simulations, exercise analysis for the Center for Applied Strategic Leadership, Institute for National Studies, National Defense University. At this time, $275,000 has been obligated. 55TH Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380). * Small Business
Speicher Search Details Announced
The Navy announced today additional details regarding the recent
discovery of the remains of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher in Iraq.
Speicher was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet over
west-central Iraq on Jan. 17, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm.
Acting in part on information provided by an Iraqi citizen in early July, Multi
National Force – West's (MNF-W) personnel recovery team went to a location in
the desert which was believed to be the crash site of Speicher's jet. The
Iraqi, a Bedouin, was 11 years old at the time of the crash and did not have
direct knowledge of where Speicher was buried, but knew of other Bedouins who
did. He willingly provided his information during general discussion with MNF-W
personnel and stated he was unaware of the U.S. government's interest in this
case until queried by U.S. investigators in July 2009. The Iraqi
citizens led MNF-W's personnel recovery team to the area they believed Speicher
was buried. The area where the remains were recovered was located approximately
100 kilometers west of Ramadi, in Anbar province. There were two sites that
teams searched. One site was next to the downed aircraft that was discovered in
1993 and the other site was approximately two kilometers away. The second site
was where Speicher's remains were recovered. The recovery
personnel searched two sites from July 22-29. The personnel recovery team
consisted of approximately 150 people, mostly Marines and other forces under MNF-W.
The recovered remains include bones and multiple skeletal
fragments. Based on visual examination of the remains and dental records at the
site, a preliminary assessment was reached that the remains were that of
Speicher. After searching the site another day, no further remains were
recovered. On July 30, the remains were turned over from the
recovery team to MNF-W mortuary affairs at Al Asad. The remains were then
transported to Dover Port Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Del. They were
examined by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's (AFIP) Armed Forces
medical examiner who positively identified them as those of Speicher on Aug. 1.
Positive identification by AFIP was made by comparing Speicher's
dental records with the jawbone recovered at the site. The teeth were a match,
both visually and radiographically. AFIP's DNA Lab in Rockville, Md., confirmed
the remains to be Speicher on Aug. 2 via DNA comparison tests of the remains by
comparing them to DNA reference samples previously provided by family members.
CONTRACTS NAVY Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $28,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2100) for planned and growth supplemental work for the accomplishment of the fiscal year 2008 Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA) of USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The CVN 65 FY08 EDSRA is a ship depot availability of approximately 16-month duration. EDSRAs are similar to overhauls in that they restore the ship, including all subsystems that affect combat capability and safety, to established performance standards. Additionally, an EDSRA provides an opportunity to perform hull inspections and recoating, and other maintenance related evolutions below the waterline that cannot be accomplished while the ship is waterborne. The EDSRA provides sufficient time to perform more extensive repairs and testing than is possible during an Extended Selected Restricted Availability. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by December 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $28,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity. Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nev., is being awarded a $26,257,400 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-6306) to exercise an option for long lead material for 1,300 dismounted joint counter radio-controlled improvised explosive device electronic warfare (JCREW) systems. This contract is for the procurement and support of JCREW systems to be used by forces in each of the military services of the Central Command Area of Responsibility. Work will be performed in Sparks, Nev. (90 percent) and Rancho Cordova, Calif. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2010. 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. Consigli Construction Co., Inc., Milford, Mass., is being awarded $19,270,355 for firm-fixed price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-08-D-2112) for construction of a Fitness Center at Naval Station Newport. The work to be performed provides for the construction of a new facility to replace the existing gymnasium which is located in Building #109 and the existing fitness-plus facility located in Building #355. Buildings #109 and #355 will be demolished as part of this contract. In addition, this contract constructs a lighted softball field, a 3-court tennis facility, and installs field lighting to the existing track/soccer/football field. Construction of the softball field will require demolition of Building #144. Site work and other incidental related work is also included in this contract. Anti-terrorism Force Protection and sustainable design principles will be integrated into the design and construction. Work will be performed in Newport, R.I., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase the cumulative contract value to $20,499,732. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity. Seaward Marine Services, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $10,076,792 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for waterborne hull cleaning and associated services to support the director of ocean engineering, supervisor of salvage and diving. The primary purpose of this contract is to provide hull cleaning, hull inspection and other related ship husbandry services on the underwater portion of Navy, Coast Guard, Army and Military Sealift Command ships and craft. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (52 percent); Honolulu (Pearl Harbor), Hawaii (30 percent); Yokosuka, Japan (10 percent); Singapore (3 percent); and Guam (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $50,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) website, with two proposals received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-D-4219). Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $7,374,953 definitization modification to previously awarded letter contract (N00024-08-C-5122) for the integration of complex war-fighting improvements as the platform system engineering agent for the ship self defense system. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (90 percent); Tewksbury, Mass. (2.5 percent); Portsmouth, R.I. (2.5 percent); St. Petersburg, Fla. (2.5 percent); and Tucson, Ariz. (2.5 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $394,546 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity. Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $7,074,494 firm fixed priced modification under contract (M67854-07-D-5032) delivery order #0010 for the procurement of engineering change proposals and tire chains in support of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) MaxxPro Dash vehicles. Work will be performed in West Point, Miss., and work is expected to be completed by the end of December 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The base contract was competitively awarded, and the new requirements are sole source additions to the contract. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $7,046,245 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive/award-fee contract (N00019-07-C-0097) for the upgrade of six U.S. Air Force and six U.S. Marine Corp Low Rate Initial Production II (LRIP II) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft from the Block 0.5 to the Block 1.0 configuration. Work will be performed Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2011. 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. Oceaneering International, Inc., Marine Services Division, Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded a $6,731,538 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for waterborne hull cleaning and associated services to support the director of pcean engineering, supervisor of salvage and diving. The primary purpose of this contract is to provide hull cleaning, hull inspection and other related ship husbandry services on the underwater portion of Navy, Coast Guard, Army and Military Sealift Command ships and craft. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $33,788,897. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va. (54 percent); Mayport, Fla. (24 percent); Ingleside, Texas (17 percent); and New London, Conn. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $50,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) website, with two proposals received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-D-4220). Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6,172,565 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive/award-fee contract (N00019-06-C-0291) for the upgrade of two U.S. Air Force Low Rate Initial Production I (LRIP I) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft from the Block 0.5 to the Block 1.0 configuration. Work will be performed Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2011. 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. U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND IBM Global Business Services of Bethesda, Md., is being awarded a five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a ceiling of $20,000,000. This requirement is for Special Operations Resource Business Information System, which will provide an enterprise business systems tool for U.S. Special Operations Command to facilitate planning, programming, budgeting, execution, and program information reporting. The ordering period will be completed in August 2014. The contract number is H92222-09-D-0048. AIR FORCE Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $14,492,743 contract for the Research Information Analysis Center to research, test, develop, and deliver Integration Requirements Reports, Systems Requirements Reports, Inventory Effectiveness Analysis Report, and Training Records Reports for the Forecasting Management Productivity Tool Analysis Program. At this time, $72,464 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt, Neb., is the contracting activity. (HC1047-05-D-4005) UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND TransAtlantic Lines LLC of Greenwich, Conn., T 06830-5751, is being awarded a $5,737,108 fixed-price requirements contract for dedicated sealift services to transport lawful cargo by U.S. flag ships between Jacksonville, Fla., and the terminal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This contract is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2012. Orders placed against this contract will be funded at the time the cargo is booked. This contract was a 100 percent small business set aside acquisition with two bids received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. 62225 (HTC711-09-D-0047). Defense Logistics Agency Solutions Lucid Group LLC.*, Oklahoma City, Okla., is being awarded a maximum $5,101,800 fixed price with economic price adjustment modification type contract for fuel. Other location of performance is McAlester, Okla. Using service is Air Force. There were originally 48 proposals solicited with 48 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-09-D-4539). Triune Associates**, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $42,224,842 fixed price with economic price adjustment type contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are various locations in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. Using services are Army and Air Force. There were originally 48 proposals solicited with 48 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-09-D-4542)
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Patrick W. Schimmel, 21, of Winfield, Mo., died Aug. 9, 2009 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who
was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Javier Olvera, 20, of
Palmdale, Calif. died Aug. 8, 2009 while supporting combat operations in Helmand
province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Dennis J. Burrow, 23, of Naples, Fla., died Aug. 7, 2009 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Tara J. Smith, 33, of Nashville, N.C., died Aug. 8 in Bagram, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related incident that occurred Aug. 4 at Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan,. She was assigned to the 50th Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who
was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Capt. Matthew C.
Freeman, 29, of Richmond Hill, Ga., died Aug. 7 while supporting combat
operations in Kapisa province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Marine Aircraft
Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force,
Okinawa, Japan
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Western Region, El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $57,100,000 modified contract to provide a demonstration unit of the initial parts of the MP-RTIP for the Joint Stars E-8 platform. At this time, $27,200,000 has been obligated. Multi-Sensor Command and Control Aircraft Program Office, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-00-C-0100 P00174).
DWG & Associate, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded a $40,000,000 modified contract for simplified acquisition of base engineer requirements at the Air Force Academy. At this time, $100,000 has been obligated. 10th Contracting Squadron, USAF Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA700-09-D-0020).
Alion Science and Technology Corp., Chicago, Ill., was awarded a $32,678,765 contract that will provide research to expand technological developments, integration, validation, and program deployment in the areas of intelligent ground system, force protection technology, vehicle electronics and architectures, ground vehicles power & mobility, and ground system survivability. At this time, $12,744,203 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (N61339-03-D-0300).
Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $19,323,655 contract for the Reliability Information Analysis Center to research, test, develop and deliver engineering and technology assessment reports, standards and specification reports, configuration assessment reports, feasibility assessment reports, and interoperability test reports for the secure site technology analysis, upgrades, installation and testing project. At this time, $2,811,594 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb. is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4005).
Telecommunications Support Services, Inc., Melbourne, Fla., was awarded a $9,138,334 contract to provide operations, maintenance and technical support to the Mobile Air Surveillance Systems, in support of U.S. and allied nations' counterdrug effort in U.S. SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. At this time, $387,810 has been obligated. Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Newport News, Va., is the contracting activity (FA4890-09-C-0009).
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Santa Clara, Calif., was awarded a $5,605,006 modified contract to provide a configuration change to the Counter Space Plug-in, providing increased capabilities to support counterspace operations. At this time, $4,134,348 has been obligated. SMC/SYSW/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8819-07-C-0004).
NAVY
Eagle Industries Unlimited, Inc., Fenton, Mo., is being awarded a $20,609,459 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M67854-08-C-3009) for an additional 49,500 enhanced small arms protective insert carriers. The work will be performed in Lares, Puerto Rico, and work is expected to be completed February 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $20,609,459 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was a sole source award issued pursuant to the statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. §2304(c)(2), as implemented by FAR 6.302-2, "Unusual and Compelling Urgency." The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Eagan, Minn., is being awarded a $19,806,856 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for technical engineering, life cycle support, and repair services of Ohio class submarine data processing subsystem equipment and related systems. Work will be performed in Middletown, R.I., and is expected to be completed by August 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $75,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, R.I., is the contracting activity (N66604-09-D-1340).
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Keyport, Wash., is being awarded a $19,327,300 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-6101) to provide additional MK54 torpedoes and support services necessary to support Fleet Operational Requirements for the various torpedo product lines. Work will be performed in Keyport, Wash., (50 percent) and Portsmouth, R.I., (50 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2011. 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.
American Systems Corporation, Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $14,487,200 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing arrangement to provide engineering and security engineering services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific in the area of assured computer and network operations. This contract contains four options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $23,955,600. Work will be performed at the contractor's facility in San Diego (15 percent) and at government ship and shore facilities worldwide (85 percent). The period of performance of the base award is from Aug. 7, 2009 through Aug. 6, 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of this fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website (under solicitation N66001-09-R-0014), and posting to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with four offers received. SSC Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-09-D-0014).
Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $7,757,743 firm-fixed-priced modification under contract (M67854-07-D-5032) delivery order #0006 to order engineering change proposals, ambulance sustainment parts, and ambulance head clearance retrofit kits for Category I Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. Work will be performed in West Point, Miss, and work is expected to be completed by the end of December 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The base contract was competitively awarded, and the new requirements are sole source additions to the contract. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
ARMY
King Fisher Marine Service LP, Port Lavaca, Texas was awarded on August 5, 2009 a $12,952,200 firm-fixed-price contract for the removal of approximately 1 million cubic yards of new work grudging of the Galveston Channel from Stations 8+031.53 to 0+500, and the construction of the following principal features at San Jacinto placement area: mechanically constructed levees, construction of hydraulic fill berms, installation of new drop-outlet structure, rehabilitation of existing drop-outlet structure, removal and backfill of existing weir, installation of stone protection templates. Work is to be performed in Galveston County, Texas with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2010. Four bids solicited with two bids received. U.S.A. Engineer District, Galveston, Texas is the contracting activity (W912HY-09-C-0029).
MACRO Industries, Inc, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on August 5, 2009 a $9,514,350 firm-fixed-price contract for the acquisition of 357 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter armor panel ship sets and 36 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Helicopter Armor Repair Kits. Work is to be performed in Huntsville, Ala.,with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, CCAM-AR-B, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0222).
North America Aerodynamics, Inc, Roxboro, N.C., was awarded on August 4, 2009 a $13,390,025 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 1,999 each G11 Cargo Parachutes with an option for an additional quantity of 1000 each NSN 1670-01-016-7841. Work is to be performed in Roxboro, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Jul. 30, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five bids received. Research Development & Engineering Command Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W58P05-C-0028).
Honeywell International, Inc, Phoenix, Ariz. was awarded on July 31, 2009 a $255,076,495 firm-fixed-price contract to provide parts and support for the overhaul of 1,000 SAGT (Automotive Gas Turbines) 1500 engines of equivalents per year for Program year 4 (PY4) and the potential Program Year 5 (PY5) of the Total InteGrated Engine Revitalization (TIGER) program in support of Abrams tank production, Abrams derivative vehicles and Army stock spares. The engine equivalents will support the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) turbine value stream (TVS) AGT 1500 engine overhaul line. This action is required as soon as possible but no later than the end of the 3rd quarter fiscal year 2009 to ensure a continuous flow of engines through the engine overhaul line to meet the tank production line requirements at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (JSMC) and to meet field spare requirements. The TIGER program is an Army initiative to revitalize the Automotive Gas Turbine (AGT) 1500 (horsepower) engine fleet which supports the Abrams tank and derivation vehicles (M1A1 tank, M1A2 tank and the Heavy Assault Bridge (HAB)). The TIGER program will increase the reliability of the AGT 1500 engine by improving the overhaul processes to a "near" new engine standard, including durability based design improvements and will provide the support to Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) for the overhaul of up to 1000 each AGT 1500 engine equivalent per year. This approach will foster a long-term partnership between PM Heavy Brigade Combat Team (configuration management), TACOM Heavy Combat Products Support Integration Directorate (forecasting oversight), Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) (depot facilities, workforce, warranty support) and Honeywell Int'l (technical support, overhaul process expertise, demand management, supply chain management, inventory control and field service/ warranty support). Work is to be performed in Anniston, Ala., (13 percent), Phoenix, Ariz., (66 percent), Greer, S.C. (19 percent), and Rocky Mountain, N.C., (2 percent) with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S.A. TACOM- Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-06-C-0173).
AM General, LLC South Bend, Ind., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $ 124,118,947 firm-fixed-price contract to add 843 EA High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) to contract. Work is to be performed in Mishawka, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2009. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM Warren, AMSTA-AQ-ATCA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-01-C-S001).
Carothers Construction, Inc, Oxford, Miss., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $ 32,526,500 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of a vehicle maintenance instruction facility (VMIF) at Fort Benning, Ga. This is comprised of an 185,500 sq. ft. VMIF, vehicle parking, security building and support infrastructure. The project scope also includes utilities, access roads and drivers, parking lot, paving, walks, curbs, gutters, lighting, and security for parking lot. Site improvement, exterior communications, fire protection, storm sewer system, site preparation, erosion control grassing, landscaping and signage. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 25, 2010. Seven bids solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W91278-07-D-0036).
Tetra-Tech EC, Inc, Norcross, Ga., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $ 33,250,205 firm-fixed-price contract for Lake Ponchartrain and vicinity, LPV-101 Phase 2, 17th Street Canal to Topaz St., Orleans Parish, La. The work consists of demolition and replacement of floodwalls, fabrication and replacement of floodwall gates, driving piling, earthwork to upgrade levees, upgrading roadwork and utility installations. Work is to be performed in Orleans Parish, La. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricane Protection Office, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-C-0077).
T J Fig Inc, Stockton, Calif., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $27,193,855 time and material contract for mobile training teams to conduct CONUS and OCONUS field level maintenance new equipment training and operator level new equipment training training on the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected family of vehicles. Work is to be performed in CONUS, OCONUS, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. One bid solicited and one bid received. TACOM Contracting Center, Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0486).
Kiewit Pacific Co., Vancouver, Wash., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $16,133,285 firm-fixed-price contract for the Tillamook North Jetty capping project with requirement to procure and place stone to repair the jetty. Work is to be performed in Tillamook, County, Ore., with an estimated completion date Sept. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S.A. Corps of Engineer, Portland, Ore., is the contracting activity (W9127N-09-C-0031).
Weeks Marine, Inc., Covington, La., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $ 14,947,500 firm-fixed price contract for the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection & Restoration Act (CWPPRA), Pilottown Anchorage Area maintenance dredging, Plaquemines Parish, La. Work is to be performed in Plaquemines Parishes, La., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2009. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-C-0091).
Nelson Inc., Memphis, Tenn., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $9,241,900 firm-fixed-price construction contract for the Stone Dike construction at various locations along the Mississippi River between Miles 954.0 to 599.0 AHP. Work is to be performed along various locations along the Mississippi River with an estimated completion date of Jan. 29, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District Memphis, Memphis, Tenn., is the contracting activity (W912EQ-09-C-0025).
GDLS, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $7,591,072 firm-fixed-price contract to follow on procurement to extend periods of performance (tech services) on the existing contract in Morocco. Work is to be performed in Casablanca, Morocco with an estimated completion date of Jun. 15, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM-Warren, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-C-0371).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthieum Heights, Md., was awarded on Aug. 6, 2009 a $9,449,478 firm-fixed-price contract for the Electromagnetic Imaging/ Interface Control Document (EMI/ICD) engineering change proposal for a required design change to the synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator STARLite System. Work is to be performed in Linthieum Heights, Md., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2009. One Sole Source bid solicited with one bid received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-08-C-P427).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Crowley Petroleum Distribution, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska is being awarded a maximum $6,953,300 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for petroleum products. Other locations of performance are posts, camps and stations throughout the state of Alaska. Using services are Army and Air Force. The proposal was originally Web solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is September 30, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-08-D-1009).
DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of four Marines
who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The following
Marines died Aug. 6 while supporting combat operations in Farah province,
Afghanistan: Lance Cpl. James D. Argentine, 22, of Farmingdale,
N.Y. Lance Cpl. Travis T. Babine, 20, of San Antonio, Texas.
Cpl. Christian A. Guzman Rivera, 21, of Homestead, Fla.
Sgt. Jay M. Hoskins, 24, of Paris, Texas. Argentine,
Babine and Hoskins were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd
Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Marine Corps Base
Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay. Guzman Rivera was assigned to the 3rd Combat
Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa,
Japan.
Army Completes Staff Sgt. Maseth Death Investigation
The Army announced today that the investigation into the tragic death of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth has been completed. The extensive, eleven-month investigation conducted by the Army Criminal Investigation Command concluded that there is insufficient evidence to prove or disprove that any one person, persons or entity was criminally culpable in the death of Maseth.
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology medical examiner previously found the cause of Maseth's death to be electrocution and the manner accidental. The completed Criminal Investigation Division death investigation concurs with those findings.
"This has been a complex investigation involving numerous people, circumstances and contractual agreements," said Brig. Gen. Rodney Johnson, commanding general, U. S. Army Criminal Investigations Command. "It was a lengthy, thorough and detailed investigation. Reviewing the many documents and issues did take an extraordinary amount of time, but we wanted to do everything we could to get it right. We owe that to Staff Sgt. Maseth and his loved ones."
The investigation revealed that there were numerous entities and individuals, both contractors and government employees, who breached their respective duties of care; however none of those breaches, in and of themselves, were the proximate cause of his death. The investigation was closed with a finding that there is insufficient evidence to prove or disprove any criminal negligence in the soldier's death.
"As with all of our criminal investigations, if new, credible information becomes available, we stand ready to reopen the investigation to pursue the truth, wherever it may lead," Johnson said.
There have been 18 reported deaths due to electrocution in Iraq since March 2003, including 16 service members and two contractors. Fourteen of these cases occurred in the field away from military facilities or in work situations that included performing maintenance on electrical systems.
After a series of electrical accidents and incidents, Multi-National Force–Iraq created Task Force Safety Actions for Fire and Electricity in August 2008 to assess and analyze fire and electrical safety issues in Iraq and then direct actions to remedy those hazards.
As of July 25, the task force has inspected more than 67,000 of the approximately 90,000 pieces of equipment and facilities in Iraq, many of which were substandard structures dating from the Saddam Hussein era. The task force is ahead of schedule to complete the inspections by November. The inspections have led to the correction of nearly 14,000 deficiencies found thus far as the facilities are brought into compliance with the United States National Electric Code. Most deficiencies have been related to electrical grounding and bonding that enables the proper functioning of circuit breakers.
Since Maseth's death, there has not been another confirmed electrocution death of a soldier in Iraq.
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony C. Garcia, 21, of Tyndall, Fla. died Aug. 5 while supporting combat operations in Farah Province, Afghanistan.
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Wyle Laboratories, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $38,647,339 contract for the Reliability Information Analysis Center to research, test, develop and deliver concept recommendations, architecture analysis, ontological models reports, prototype development assessments, prototypes, security models and research discovery/recommendations for the Persistent Virtual Warfighting Environment Project. At this time $543,092 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4005).
NAVY
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Va., is being awarded a $19,329,872 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-09-C-0016) to exercise an option for technical and engineering services for communications-electronics advanced technology (CEAT) systems supporting the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Special Communications Requirements Division. The estimated level of effort for this option is 168,024 man-hours. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Md., (70 percent) and St. Inigoes, Md., (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LLP, Sealy, Texas, is being awarded a $11,032,728 firm-fixed-priced modification to a previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5030) delivery order #0003, for the purchase of field service representative instructors to support the necessary training for the 1,800 vehicles procured under this contract. The training will be performed at various locations throughout the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, and the period of performance associated with this delivery order is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. The base contract was competitively awarded, and the new requirements are sole source additions to the contract. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Nordic Air, Inc., Geneva, Ohio, is being awarded a $9,000,194 task order under Blanket Purchase Agreement M67854-08-A-5023 for environmental control units to meet the continuing need for these items in support of on-going deployed operations, equipment reset, and commonality across the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Geneva, Ohio, and work is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. The Blanket Purchase Agreement was a sole source award to Nordic Air, Inc. as they are the sole manufacturer of Environmental Control Units. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-08-A-5023).
BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded an $8,899,274 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded delivery order #0004 under contract (M67854-07-D-5025) for OCONUS Instructors to support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. Work will be performed in Iraq, and is expected to be completed by the December 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded an $8,620,629 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0004 modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of OCONUS field service representatives (FSRs), new equipment training instructors, CONUS FSR instructors, and senior FSRs. This order is in support of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Program. Work will be performed in the United States and Iraq, and work expected to be completed by the end of September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $8,620,629 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The base contract was competitively awarded, and the new requirements are sole source additions to the contract. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems, Land & Armaments L.P., U.S. Combat Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $7,541,466 ceiling cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with for mechanical design agent and canister integration of Standard Missile (SM) SM-3 and SM-6 missiles into the MK 41 vertical launching system. The MK 41 VLS provides a missile launching system for CG 47 and DDG 51 class surface combatants of the US Navy, as well as surface combatants of allied navies. Work will be performed in Minneapolis, Minn. (90 percent); Brea, Calif. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5394).
Great Lakes, JV*, Rockford, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $6,000,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite-quantity contract for paving repairs at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes. The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, asphalt and concrete pavement construction and repair such as paving, patching, surface treatment, earthwork, landscaping, curb and gutter and drainage structures and pipes. Work will be performed in Great Lakes, Ill., and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as an 8(a) set-aside via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Midwest, Great Lakes, Ill., is the contracting activity (N40083-09-D-3007).
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2009 - Remains found last month in Iraq's Anbar province are those of Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, who was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet on Jan. 17, 1991, and whose fate until now had been uncertain, Defense Department officials reported today.
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Acting on information provided by Iraqi
civilians, Marines stationed in Anbar province went to a desert location
believed to be the crash site of Speicher's jet, and the Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology positively identified remains recovered there Speicher's.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Captain Speicher's family for the ultimate
sacrifice he made for his country," Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said. "I am also
extremely grateful to all those who have worked so tirelessly over the last 18
years to bring Captain Speicher home."
The Navy's top uniformed officer also praised the effort to determine Speicher's
fate and expressed gratitude for the fallen aviator's sacrifice. "Our Navy will
never give up looking for a shipmate, regardless of how long or how difficult
that search may be," said Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations. "We owe
a tremendous debt of gratitude to Captain Speicher and his family for the
sacrifice they have made for our nation and the example of strength they have
set for all of us."
In early July, an Iraqi civilian told Marines he knew twotwo people who recalled
an American jet crashing and the remains of the pilot being buried. One of those
people said he was present when Bedouins found Speicher dead and buried his
remains. The Iraqis led Marines to the site, and the Marines searched the area.
Remains were recovered over several days during the past week and were flown to
Dover Air Force Base, Del., for scientific identification by the Armed Forces
Institute of Pathology's Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner.
The recovered remains include bones and skeletal fragments. Positive
identification was made by comparing Speicher's dental records with the jawbone
recovered at the site. The teeth are a match, both visually and radiographically,
officials said.
While dental records have confirmed the remains to be Speicher's, officials
said, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology DNA Lab in Rockville, Md., is
running DNA tests on the remains and comparing them to DNA reference samples
previously provided by his family. Results are expected tomorrow.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a
soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pvt. Keiffer
P. Wilhelm, 19, of Plymouth, Ohio, died August 4 in Maysan Province, Iraq, of
injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 13th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas
CONTRACTS NAVY Souza Construction, Inc.*, Farmersville, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1652); Bilbro Construction Co., Inc.*, San Diego, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1653); Allen Engineering Contractor, Inc.*, San Bernardino, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1654); K.O.O. Construction, Inc.*, West Sacramento, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1655); RMA Land Construction, Inc.*, Brea, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1656); I.E.-Pacific, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1657); A&D GC Inc.*, Santee, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1658); and San Juan Construction, Inc.*, Montrose, Colo., (N62473-09-D-1659), are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract small business set-aside for new construction and renovation of general building construction at various locations within the NAVFAC Southwest area of responsibility. The work to be performed provides for the design, new construction, renovation and repair for industrial, commercial type and institutional buildings, systems and infrastructure. The work may include civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and communication systems and will include supervision, equipment, materials, and labor, to provide complete and usable facilities. The maximum dollar value for all eight contracts combined is $750,000,000. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Work will be performed at various federal sites within the NAVFAC Southwest AOR including but not limited to Calif., (83 percent), Ariz., (12 percent), Nev., (2 percent), Utah, (1 percent), Colo., (1 percent), and N.M., (1 percent), and work is expected to be completed July 2014. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 46 proposals received. These eight contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $65,200,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for installation of a hull patch, bridge access trunk, sail and port retractable bow plane, as well as perform mandatory corrective maintenance actions required for the repair and restoration of USS Hartford (SSN 768). Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., (90 percent) and Quonset, R.I., (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $31,950,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-4413). McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $15,999,645 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0014). This modification provides for the procurement of additional ancillary mission equipment for the F/A-18 E/F and E/A-18G aircraft. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., (96 percent); and Irving, Calif., (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $3,502,299 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. Basic Contracting Services, Inc.*, Artesia, N.M., is being awarded a maximum $15,297,613 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity services contract for armed security guard services including harbor patrol services for Naval Magazine Indian Island. The work to be performed provides for armed entry control point security, fixed post security, roving land patrols, and harbor patrols. Work will be performed at Port Hadlock, Wash., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website,with 10 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, Wash., is the contracting activity (N44255-09-D-5000). K2 Solutions, Inc.*, Southern Pines, N.C., is being awarded an $8,733,779 firm-fixed price contract for the purchase of 112 trained and certified Improvised Explosive Device Detector Dogs (IDD). This requirement also involves procuring and maintaining a pool of 247 IDDs; training for the selected IDDs; and five weeks of training of IDD handlers. The contract will also provide for kenneling of the IDDs, to include feeding and medical care of IDDs during the period of performance; team integration training for four weeks at a training venue designated by the United States Marine Corps, currently Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.; and contractor field support services to assist the USMC after deployment. This contract will include an option for the procurement of replacement IDDs, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $8,763,779. The work will be performed in Southern Pines, N.C., and Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif., and work is expected to be completed Aug. 4, 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $8,733,779 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via a request for proposals, with three proposals solicited and three offers received. The USMC, Regional Contracting Office, National Capitol Region, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M00264-09-C-0028). Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co., Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded an $8,004,225 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed fee contract for engineering and technical services in support of the Fiber Optic Conformal Acoustic Velocity Sensor (FOCAVES). Efforts will include engineering and technical support of the phase 7 development of the FOCAVES system. The purpose of phase 7 is to build a working model for testing, and create a TDM receiver for interrogation of the optical sensors. Work will be performed in Woodland Hills, Calif., and is expected to completed by August 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, R.I., is the contracting activity (N66604-09-D-0053).
Obama: VA Outreach Aims at Seamless Transition
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2009 - The days of the Department of Veterans Affairs waiting passively for veterans leaving the military to come seeking benefits and services are over, President Barack Obama told military reporters yesterday.
Today's VA is reaching out, while servicemembers
are still in uniform, to make sure they know what their benefits are and what
services are available to them, he said during a White House roundtable
interview.
Obama called this "active outreach" an important first step in ensuring
servicemembers don't "fall through the cracks" as they transition from the
Defense Department to VA systems.
"We have been placing a lot more emphasis on outreach, because although there
are hundreds of thousands of veterans who are using our services, we know that
there are hundreds of thousands more who may not know that benefits are
available," he said.
Obama said he wants to ensure that "every single veteran -- not just our active
forces, but also the National Guard and reservists -- are aware of the benefits
that are available to them."
"Guiding them through that process, we think, is extraordinarily important," he
said.
That's particularly true in the cases of wounded warriors, he said, whose
transitions are being eased by VA's additional claims adjusters and
technological improvements to streamline the application process.
"What we're trying to do is just break down the hurdles that exist between
veterans and the VA," he said.
Obama called the new joint virtual lifetime electronic record one of the
longer-term answers to promoting a more seamless transition process. Veterans
Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates
proposed the measure to improve care and services to transitioning veterans by
smoothing the flow of medical records between the two departments.
"When a member of the armed services separates from the military, he or she will
no longer have to walk paperwork from a [military] duty station to a local VA
health center," Obama explained as he announced the initiative in April.
The new electronic record, which includes administrative as well as medical
records, will reduce lost hard-copy files and delays in getting benefits
processed, the president said. It also provides a framework to ensure
health-care providers have all the information they need to deliver high-quality
health care, while reducing medical errors, officials noted.
Shinseki told reporters yesterday the new record represents a big step forward
that will require a merger of the electronic records within the two departments.
Noting that he lived under the Defense Department's system for many years when
he served in uniform, the retired Army general said he's "very proud" of the
VA's electronic records system. "We have to get them to talk, or to come
together," he said. "That's what this is about."
The full impact of an integrated system will take some time to realize, Shinseki
said.
"Trying to do the seamless transition when a youngster takes off a uniform today
and is inducted into the Veterans Department tomorrow -- nearly impossible," he
said. "And so what we've agreed to do is create a system where a youngster takes
the oath of office today, and while he or she is serving, we begin the process
of creating an electronic record in [the Defense Department] that is mirrored in
VA."
This will go a long way toward plugging any gaps that inadvertently occur during
the transition process, he said.
"However long they serve -- whether it's two years or 10 years -- when they take
the uniform off, a seamless transition has already occurred," Shinseki said.
"They're a known quantity. We know where they've been. We know what injuries
[they'd had], what operations they've been on."
bama: Health Care Reform Won't Impact VA, Tricare
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2009 - In ongoing discussions about health-care reform, President Barack Obama offered assurance today to those receiving medical care through Tricare or the Department of Veterans Affairs: Your benefits are safe.
Eligibility for health care under VA or Tricare
"will not be affected by our efforts at broader health-care reform," Obama told
military reporters at the White House today.
Obama said he also made that point clear after today's meeting with the American
Legion's national commander, Dave Rehbein, and executive director, Peter Gaytan.
"I want to make sure that message gets out to our veterans," the president said.
"I think it's very important to get the message out: If you are in the VA system
and are happy with your care, great. We have no intention of changing your
eligibility."
While a new, national program won't force anyone to change health-care systems,
Obama said it could offer benefits or geographic convenience that might make
some veterans elect to join it. A national program "will actually give them more
choices, more flexibility," he said.
Obama cited problems in U.S. health-care delivery systems, which he said cost
more than other countries' programs and too often deliver less.
The VA "has probably made more progress than most systems out there in
increasing quality" during the past 25 years, and could help shed light on
better ways of delivering health care, he said.
But the cost of delivering that care is high even at VA, and Tricare consumes a
big piece of the Defense Department's budget, he said.
With the fiscal 2010 budget reflecting the largest VA funding increase in 30
years, Obama told American Legion leaders he is committed to ensuring that VA
provides America's veterans the highest-quality health care possible.
Meanwhile, he told reporters VA will increase its outreach to more veterans to
make sure they're aware of their medical benefits and other entitlements.
"Although there are hundreds of thousands of veterans who are using our
services, we know there are hundreds of thousands more who may not know that
benefits are available," he said.
"And we are working really hard to make sure that every single veteran – not
just our active force, but also National Guard and reservists, are aware of the
benefits that are available to them.
"Guiding them through that process, we think, is extraordinarily important."
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Arise Scaffolding and Equipment, Cleveland, Ohio is being awarded a $57,000,160 ceiling firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide scaffolding services for the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center's commercial industrial services code in support of Navy ships and other government vessels within a 50-mile radius of San Diego, Calif. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $3,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured as a full and open competition via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with four offers received. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N55236-09-D-0020).
3001, Inc. is being awarded an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity architect/ engineering contract with a maximum amount of $15,000,000 for geographic information systems, professional surveying and mapping services in the NAVFAC Atlantic area of responsibility. Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities predominantly in the eastern United States but also worldwide. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities on a unrestricted basis with eleven (11) proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (contract number N62470-09-D-9013).
Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded $14,557,563 firm-fixed-price contract for a Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS) for the DDG51, a land-based GEDMS trainer, GEDMS hardware, and installation and checkout repair for the DDG51 GEDMS and GEDMS shipsets for the Royal Australian Navy. GEDMS is a ship-wide data transfer network for a ship's machinery, steering, navigation, combat, alarm and indicating, and damage control systems. It was designed to replace the miles of point-to-point cabling, signal converters, junction boxes, and switchboards associated with conventional ship's cabling. This contract contains three time and material options which, if exercised, will bring the total contract value to $14,872,563. Work will be performed in Huntington Beach, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with two proposals solicited and two offers received via the Federal Business Opportunities website. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (N00178-09-C-2003).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
US Foodservice/Joseph Webb Division, Vista, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $51,877,500 firm-fixed price, prime vendor contract for full line food distribution. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The proposal was originally Web solicited with three responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the third option year period. The date of performance completion is Aug. 17, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-08-D-3206).
Abaxis Inc., Union City, Calif.*, is being awarded a maximum $38,338,817 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for chemistry analyzer accessories and reagents. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. There were originally 455 proposals solicited with 61 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Aug. 4, 2014. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM200-09-D-8207).
AIR FORCE
Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded a $18,300,000 contract to provide connection charge; provide dependable renewable solar photovoltaic solar electrical energy, a 3MW solar farm. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 10th Contracting Squadron, United States Air Force Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA700-09-F-0023) .
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
Hardwire, LLC, Pocomoke, Md., is being awarded a $6,370,392 other transaction for prototypes agreement for development and testing of armored vehicle hull bottoms. Work will be performed in Pocomoke City, Md., and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. DARPA issued a solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities on March 6, 2009 and more than 50 bids have been received. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va. (HR0011-09-9-0001).
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of three
soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died from wounds
suffered when insurgents attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive
device Aug. 2 in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan. Killed were:
Capt. Ronald G. Luce Jr., 27, of Fayetteville, N.C.;
Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Granado, 42, of Fairfax, Va.; and
Sgt. 1st Class Severin W. Summers III, 43, of Bentonia,
Miss. All three soldiers were members of the Mississippi Army
National Guard, and assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th
Special Forces Group (Airborne), Jackson, Miss.
CONTRACTS NAVY Allen Engineering Contractor, Inc.*, San Bernardino, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1644); Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1645); Hal Hays Construction, Inc.*, Riverside, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1646); Kiewit Pacific Co. Vancouver, Wash., (N62473-09-D-1647); Reyes Construction, Inc., Pomona, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1648); Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., San Diego, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1649); Sundt Construction, Inc., Tempe, Ariz., (N62473-09-D-1650); T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, Calif., (N62473-09-D-1651), are each being awarded a firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity multiple award construction contract for heavy horizontal and civil engineering construction at various locations within the NAVFAC Southwest area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for the design, construction, supervision, equipment, materials, labor, and all means necessary to provide complete and usable facilities. The total contract amount for all eight contracts is not to exceed $500,000,000 for all contracts combined. Work will be performed in the Southwest AOR, including but not limited to California (80 percent), Arizona (12 percent), Nevada (5 percent), New Mexico (1 percent), Utah (1 percent), and Colorado (1 percent), and work is expected to be completed July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 21 proposals received. These eight contractors may compete for future task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $76,000,000 modification to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee firm-fixed-price, performance-based contract (N65236-05-D-7861) to provide engineering development, design, procurement, fabrication, configuration, installation, integration, logistics, maintenance, and life cycle support services for security, automation and law enforcement technology support. The cumulative value of this contract, including this modification, is $390,888,823. Work will be performed worldwide, and is expected to be completed by January 2010. This contract was competitively procured through the SPAWAR Systems Command E-commerce website, with four offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic is the contracting activity. PKL Services, Inc.*, Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $16,983,249 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for selected organizational level maintenance (reset) for U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-53D/E, and CH-46E aircraft. Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, Calif., (30 percent); New River, N.C., (25 percent); Iraq/Afghanistan (22 percent); Miramar, Calif., (18 percent); and Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $16,983,249 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. American Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, Mass., is being awarded an $11,500,000 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded contract (M67854-06-C-5163) for the AS&E Z-BackScatter (ZBV) military trailer and the Z-BackScatter van (legacy ZBV) sustainment to include field service representatives support, maintenance, training, and warranty parts to the United States Marine Corps in the continental United States and outside the continental United States. Work will be performed in Afghanistan and Iraq (95.3 percent) and Twentynine Palms, Calif., (4.7 percent), and work is expected to be completed August 2010. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Pittsfield, Mass., is being awarded an $11,309,500 Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) modification under previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00030-08-C-0041) for strategic systems programs alternations for the SSP shipboard integration program, specifically the development of the SSI Increment 2 shipboard data system and the SSI Increment 4 US Mod 8 and UK Mod 9 fire control systems. The contractor shall also perform the additional formal qualification testing required for the U.S. 944 fire control Software revision. This UCA is being processed in order to meet the lead boat installation schedule, which requires development of said requirements to begin immediately. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Mass., and work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $23,175 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $7,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2100) for planned and growth supplemental work for the extended drydocking selected restricted availability (EDSRA) of USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The CVN 65 FY08 EDSRA is a ship depot availability of approximately 16-month duration. EDSRAs are similar to overhauls in that they restore the ship, including all subsystems that affect combat capability and safety, to established performance standards. Additionally, an EDSRA provides an opportunity to perform hull inspections and recoating, and other maintenance related evolutions below the waterline that cannot be accomplished while the ship is waterborne. The EDSRA provides sufficient time to perform more extensive repairs and testing than is possible during an extended selected restricted aAvailability. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by December 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $7,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6,281,799 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-05-G-0001) to provide 3D modeling in support of the AH-1Z build new program, including associated technical data for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in February 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $6,281,799 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. AIR FORCE Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control, Orlando Fla., was awarded a $30,300,000 contract for the purchase of sniper advanced targeting pods, in support of the foreign military sales customer, Morroco. At this time, $15,150,000 has been obligated. Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center/448 SCMG/PKHCB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8522-09-C-0013). Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Idaho was awarded a$20,234,414 modified contract to provide 81,622 defense advanced GPS receiver (DAGR) units and assorted accessories through the exercise of 30 corresponding options on the DAGR follow on contract. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. GPSW/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8807-09-C-0002). Raytheon Co., Marlborough, Mass.. was awarded a $9,883,000 modified contract to the Digital Airport Surveillance Radar, a combined Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration activity to replace existing radar facilities at military and civilian airfields located worldwide. At this time, no funds have been obligated. 853rd ELSG/PK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-96-D-0038). Alion Science and Technology Co., Chicago, Ill. was awarded a $6,292,579 contract for the Weapons Systems Technology Information Analysis Center to provide capability to monitor and improve systems operational effectiveness through the life cycle of weapon systems and equipment. At this time, $709,844 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base is the contracting activity (SP0700-99-D-0301). ARMY AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind. was awarded on July 27, 2009 a $27,185,129 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 7,178 improved vehicle emergency escape (production) vehicle windshield kits for the high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle. Work is to be performed in South Bend, Ind. with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2009. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM LCMC-Warren, Mich. is the contracting activity (DAAE07-01-C-S001). Lobar, Inc., Dillsburg, Pa., was awarded on July 30, 2009 a $17,269,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Lewisburg, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Jun. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seventeen (17) bids received. Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0059). Clark Construction Group, LLC, Bethesda, Md., was awarded on Jul. 30, 2009 a $7,498,000 firm-fixed-price task order for the recovery-AJXF 069112 construction of Air National Guard Readiness Center Operation Center at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Work is to be performed in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 10, 2010. Twenty (20) bids were solicited, with three (3) bids received . National Guard Bureau-PARC-S, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., is the contracting activity (W90FYQ-07-D-0001). B-Way Co., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on July 30, 2009 a $6,057,544 firm-fixed-price contract for the re-procurement of the M2A1 metal ammunition container under the authority of FAR clause 52.249-8 default. Work is to be performed in Atlanta, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 30, 2013. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. Army Contracting Commands, Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-C-0030). The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Jul. 28, 2009 a $108,815,000 firm-fixed-price contract for CH-47F multiyear contract for second year, production lot 7, option for five (5) each CH-47F new build aircraft. Work is to be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aviation and Missile, CCAM-CH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0098). Eagle Applied Sciences, LLC, San Antonio, Texas was awarded on Jul. 28, 2009 a $8,453,254 Time & Materials, Commercial contract for the Army Warrior in Transition Program, with non-personal services by contract services providers to assist soldiers and their families with medical, travel, and any other issues. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., (2.85 percent), Fort Bliss, Texas (2.07 percent), Fort Bragg, N.C., (3.54 percent), Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico (1.48p ercent), Fort Campbell, Ky., (3.05 percent), Fort Carson, Colo., (4.03percent), Fort Dix, N.J. (1.36 percent), Fort Drum, N.Y., (3.35 percent), Fort Eustis, Va., (1.25 percent), Fort Gordon, Ga., (2.07 percent), Fort Hood, Texas (5.31 percent), Fort Knox, Ky. (2.07 percent), Fort Lewis, Wash., (2.46 percent), Fort Sam Houston, Texas (28.40 percent), Fort Polk, L.A., (2.07 percent), Fort Stewart, Ga., (3.05 percent), Tripler Medial Center, Hawaii (2.48 percent), Walter Reed Medical Center, D.C., (5.03 percent), Fort Richardson, Ark., (1.31 percent), Fort Riley, Kan., (2.07 percent), Fort Sill, Okla., (1.09 percent), West Point, N.Y,. (1.68 percent), Fort Jackson, S.C., (1.09 percent), Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., (1.09 percent), Fort Wainwright, Ark., (1.31percent), Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., (1.56 percent), Fort Huachuca, Ariz., (1.29 percent), Fort Lee, Va., (1.25 percent), Fort Belvoir, Va., (1.68 percent), Landstuhl, Germany (1.96 percent), Vilseck, Germany (1.96 percent), Heidelberg, Germany (2.32 percent), and Vicenza, Italy (2.42 percent), with an estimated completion date of Aug. 7, 2010. One bid solicited with one received. U.S. Army Medical Command, Center for Health Care Contracting, Fort Sam Houston, Texas is the contracting activity (W81K04-08-D-0018). Northrop Grumman, Orlando, Fla., was awarded Jul, 27, 2009 a $21,930,193 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the lightweight laser designator rangefinder field level reset. Work is to be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command (RDECOM), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-09-D-0038). IBM Corp., San Jose, Calif. was awarded on July 27, 2009 a $16,144,399 cost-no-fee contract. The SyNAPSE program seeks to break the programmable machine paradigm and define a new path forward for creating useful, intelligent machines. The vision for the anticipated Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Systems of neuromorphic adaptive plastic scalable electronics (SyNAPSE) program is the enabling of electronic neuromorphic machine technology that is scalable to biological levels. The SyNAPSE program will be an unprecedented multidisciplinary approach that can coordinate aggressive technology development activities in the following areas: 1) hardware; 2) architecture; 3) simulation; and 4) environment. Work is to be performed in San Jose, Calif., (78.2 percent), New York, N.Y., (2.5percent), Ithaca, N.Y., (2.8 percent), Merced, Calif., (1.3 percent), Madison, Wisc., (2 percent), and Stanford, Calif., (13.2 percent) with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with thirteen (13) bids received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Contracts Management Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-09-C-0002). Kidde Technologies, Inc., Camino Goleta, Calif., was awarded on July 29, 2009 a $12,547,225 firm-fixed-price contract for 1,300 automatic fire extinguishing system kits for the armored security vehicle 10 AFES test kits. Work is to be performed in Wilson, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0577). HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, Calif.,was awarded on Jul. 29, 2009 a $10,715,152 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System. Work is to be performed in Malibu, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Jul. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aviation & Missile Command Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-08-C-0264). CORRECTION: Two contract announcements were made Friday, July 31, 2009, regarding Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs) and Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., one listed under Navy and the other listed under Army. There is only one delivery order and there should have been only one announcement, as this is a joint program involving both the Army and the Department of the Navy (U.S. Marine Corps). Contract delivery order #0002 modification 02 awarded to Oshkosh Corp., under contract W56HZV-09-D-0111, should now reflect the finalized dollar amount as $1,063,713,518.00. The work is being completed in two locations, 34.7 percent in McConnellsburg, Pa., and 65.3 percent in Oshkosh, Wis. The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity.
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of three
soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 1 in
Mushan Village, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked their
patrol with improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades. They
were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Killed were: Cpl. Jonathan M. Walls, 27, of West Lawn,
Penn.; Pfc. Richard K. Jones, 21, of Person, N.C.; and
Pvt. Patrick S. Fitzgibbon, 19, of Knoxville, Tenn.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who
was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Alexander J.
Miller, 21, of Clermont, Fla., died July 31 in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan,
from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with rocket-propelled
grenades and small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum. N.Y.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Johnny R. Polk, 39, of Gulfport, Miss., died July 25 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade on July 23 in Kirkuk, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
New GI Bill Renews Commitment to Troops, Obama Says
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2009 - President Barack Obama
today saluted the implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill during a ceremony at
George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
Signed into law on June 20, 2008, the new GI Bill is a Department of Veteran
Affairs-sponsored program that provides the most comprehensive educational
benefit package for veterans since the original GI Bill -- the Servicemen's
Readjustment Act of 1944 -- was authorized toward the end of World War II.
Today's new GI Bill, Obama said, was implemented "to renew our commitment to
ensure that the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States of
America get the opportunities that they have earned."
Obama observed that his grandfather, who served under Army Gen. George S. Patton
during World War II, was a beneficiary of the original 1944 to 1956 GI Bill,
which helped to produce a strong post-war economy, as well as the largest middle
class in U.S. history. By 1947, Obama noted, half of all Americans enrolled in
colleges were military veterans.
The Post-9/11 GI Bill is just as important as the original, Obama said, as it
also recognizes servicemembers for their wartime service and represents "an
investment in our own country."
Obama said the new program will provide today's veterans "the skills and
training they need to fill the jobs of tomorrow."
"Education is the currency that can purchase success in the 21st century," the
president said, "and this is the opportunity that our troops have earned."
With the Post-9/11 GI Bill, qualified active-duty
and selected reserve servicemembers who have served after Sept. 10, 2001, are
eligible for 36 months of state-school educational benefits -- the equivalent of
four nine-month academic years. Benefits include tuition and fees that are paid
directly to the school, a monthly living allowance paid to the participant, and
a books and supplies stipend paid to the individual.
And as of Aug. 1, qualified career servicemembers have the option to transfer
benefits to their spouses or children. Most servicemembers who have at least six
years of military service and are in the armed forces on or after Aug. 1 and
agree to serve an additional four years qualify to transfer their benefits.
"We are including the family members who have sacrificed so much by allowing the
transfer of unused benefits to family members," Obama said. "And we are
including those who pay the ultimate price by making this benefit available to
the children of those who lost their life in service to their country."
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, who also spoke at the ceremony,
exhorted Post-9/11 GI Bill participants to "make it count; make it count for all
of us. Make it count for our country."
Shinseki observed that more than 1,100 private educational institutions have
elected to participate in the supplemental Yellow Ribbon Program that permits
eligible servicemembers and veterans to attend private colleges and universities
whose costs exceed the highest in-state rates at public undergraduate
institutions.
Under the Yellow Ribbon Program, VA "will match whatever is contributed by those
private colleges and universities, up to 50 percent of those total costs,"
Shinseki said. "We are grateful that so many schools have joined this effort and
we thank them for their support of our veterans."
Former Marine Staff Sgt. James Miller, an Iraqi war veteran who introduced Obama
at the ceremony, is taking Shinseki's advice. Miller has enrolled as a full-time
student at George Mason University under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. He is pursuing a
bachelor's degree in business communications.
"Thanks to the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the young veterans of the wars in the Middle
East are united here," Miller said. "We have come to gain new skills and to
learn new subjects. We are here to pursue educational goals that will prepare us
for success in our professional careers."
Navy Christens New Guided Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham
The Navy will christen the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Jason Dunham, Aug. 1, 2009, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
Designated DDG 109, the new destroyer honors Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, the first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dunham was born in Scio, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1981, sharing the same birthday as the U.S. Marine Corps.
On April 14, 2004, Dunham's squad was conducting a reconnaissance mission in Karabilah, Iraq, when his battalion commander's convoy was ambushed. When Dunham's squad approached to provide fire support, an Iraqi insurgent leapt out of a vehicle and attacked Dunham. As Dunham wrestled the insurgent to the ground, he noticed that the enemy fighter had a grenade in his hand and immediately alerted his fellow Marines. When the enemy dropped the live grenade, Dunham took off his Kevlar helmet, covered the grenade, and threw himself on top to smother the blast. In an ultimate selfless act of courage, in which he was mortally wounded, he saved the lives of two fellow Marines.
Retired Gen. Michael W. Hagee, former commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Debra Dunham will serve as sponsor of the ship named for her late son. In accordance with Navy tradition, she will break a bottle of champagne across the ship's bow and christen the ship.
Jason Dunham, the 59th Arleigh Burke class destroyer, will be able to conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection. Jason Dunham will be capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously and contains a myriad of offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime warfare in keeping with "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower," the new maritime strategy that postures the sea services to apply maritime power to protect U.S. vital interests in an increasingly interconnected and uncertain world.
Cmdr. M. Scott Sciretta, born in South Amboy, N.J., is the prospective commanding officer of the ship and will lead the crew of 276 officers and enlisted personnel. The 9,200-ton Jason Dunham is being built by Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics company. The ship is 509 feet in length, has a waterline beam of 59 feet, and a navigational draft of 31 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.
CONTRACTS
ARMY
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Jul. 31, 2009 a $1,063,700,000 firm-fixed-price for 1,700 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV's), Field Service Representative Support, and associated parts support packages to include Authorized Stockage Lists (ASL), Prescribed Load List (PLL), Reprocessing Spares, Battle Damage Repair parts (BDR) and Basic Issue Items (BII). Work is to be performed in McConnellsburg, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Jul. 31, 2010. U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0111).
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Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a $1,064,463,100 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0002 modification 02 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract W56HZV-09-D-0111 to exercise an option for 1,700 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs), Field Service Representative Support, and associated parts support packages to include Authorized Stockage Lists (ASL), Prescribed Load Lists (PLL), Deprocessing Spares, Battle Damage Repair parts (BDR) and Basic Issue Items (BII). Vehicles and parts support packages will be fielded to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Field Service Representatives will be providing support in Kuwait and Afghanistan. This order is for Marine Corps, Army, Special Operations Command and some test vehicles. Work will be performed in McConnellsburg, Pa., and work is expected to be completed by Jul. 31, 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $15,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity.
AMEC-Nan Joint Venture, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, (N62742-09-D-1171); dck/TtEC, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii (N62742-09-D-1172); Environmental Chemical Corp., Burlingame, Calif., (N62742-09-D-1173); and URS Group, Inc., San Antonio, Texas (N62742-09-D-1174), are being awarded a cost reimbursement and firm-fixed price with award fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for construction projects at DOD installations worldwide. The work to be performed provides for new construction, repair, and renovation projects at various DOD installations worldwide. Types of projects include, but are not limited to: new construction, repair, demolition, and renovation including utilities and waterfront work, and construction of medical facilities (hospitals, medical clinics, and/or dental clinics). Work may also include energy and water conservation projects. The maximum dollar value for all four contracts combined is $900,000,000. Work will be performed at various DOD installations worldwide, and work is expected to be completed July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online with 10 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $49,940,340 modification to previously awarded contract (N62793-03-G-0001) for modernization, ship alterations, repairs, maintenance, and deferred work on board the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during the Post Shakedown Availability (PSA)/Selected Restricted Availability (SRA). Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by December 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $30,726,718 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Newport News, Va., is the contracting activity.
Mid Eastern Builders, Inc., Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded a $36,371,486 firm-fixed-price contract for replacement of fuel storage tanks at Craney Island Fuel Terminal. The work to be performed provides for the demolition of nineteen aged bulk storage tanks and the construction of six new tanks. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Va., and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-5037).
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $21,317,709 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for engineering services in support of the AN/BYG-1 Tactical Control System. The 228,000 engineering service hours will be used to migrate the AN/BYG-1 Tactical Control System from a Technology Insertion (TI-08) baseline to a TI-10 baseline and integrate Advanced Processing Build (APB-09) and deliver this capability to multiple variants to be delivered to multiple submarine platforms. Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va., (58.6 percent); Middleton, R.I., (26 percent); Fairfax Station, Va., (4 percent); San Diego, Calif., (3.4 percent); Hampton, Va., (2.2 percent); McLean, Va., (1.8 percent); Shoreview, Minn. (1.3 percent); Brigham City, Utah (1 percent); Manassas, Va. (1 percent); Greensboro, N.C. (.5 percent); Arlington, Va. (.1 percent); Breaverton, Ore. (.1 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with three proposals solicited and three offers received via the Federal Business Opportunities. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-6250).
Clayco, Inc., Livonia, Mich., is being awarded a $19,475,000 firm-fixed price contract for design and construction of two dining facilities at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune. The contract also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $22,076,412. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by April 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-3210).
Complex Solutions, Inc., Kailua, Hawaii, is being awarded an $18,511,475 time and materials, indefinite-delivery modification to previously awarded contract (N00244-07-D-0035) to exercise option year two for technical and educational support services to the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Civil Military Relations education and training program. Work will be performed at Monterey, Calif., (6 percent); Kailua, Hawaii or Huntsville, Ala., (4 percent); Army posts around the United States (17 percent); and various locations outside the continental United States (73 percent), and work is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This announcement includes efforts for the Governments of Austria, Egypt and Singapore (less than 1 percent each) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. This contract was awarded competitively through Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
General Microwave, D/B/A Herley Farmingdale, Farmingdale, N.Y., is being awarded a $16,610,728 firm-fixed-price, time and material, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 450 Radio Frequency (RF) Module units including engineering, technical and repair support services for the U.S Navy, Air Force, and Army. Work will be performed in Jerusalem, Israel, and is expected to be completed in July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through an electronic request for proposals and two offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-D-0046).
- Space Ground Systems Solutions, Inc., Melbourne, Fla., is being awarded a $10,929,037 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Spacecraft Engineering, Software Research, Development and Support for design, development, test, launch and mission operations of Department of Defense assets. This is a new requirement for highly-skilled personnel to support the Navy space programs development, enhancement, testing and configuration management of a collection of software, which is constantly being enhanced to provide state of the art solutions to space applications. This contract contains options, which if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value of the contract to $57,978,456. Work will be performed at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed July 2010 (July 2014 with options exercised). Contract funds in the amount of $152,500 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under Request for Proposal (N000173-08-R-SER02), with two offer received. The Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00173-09-C-6001).
Group W Inc.,* Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $10,747,352 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of analytical support services for the Combined Forces Command (CFC) and United States Forces Korea (USFK) Operations Analysis Branch/CJ35 Plans Division. This analytical support covers a wide range of analytical, data development, post-processor, joint interface, and collaborative analysis and exercise/war gaming support requirements for the Commander, CFC/USFK. Work will be performed in Korea, and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $1,209,562 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with three proposals solicited and three offers. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-09-C-0028).
AMEC-Nan Joint Venture, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $9,643,900 firm-fixed-price award fee task order #0001 under a previously awarded Global Multiple-Award Construction contract (N62742-09-D-1171) for a Child Development Center located at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Work will be performed in Kaneohe, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by January 2010. The funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This task order was competitively procured with ten proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-09-D-1171).
Lockheed Martin, Maritime Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded an $8,132,702 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5101) for updated Aegis computer program maintenance effort in support of the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen (F310) Class Frigates. This contract provides a limited in-service support program for the Norwegian New Frigate (NNF) SPY-1F derived Aegis Weapon System (NF-AWS) computer program procured under NAVSEA Contract N00024-00-C-5147. This contract will assist Norway in the maintenance of its NF-AWS which recently underwent a successful Aegis Combat System Ship Qualification Trial. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by December 2010. 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.
Pioneer Contracting Co., Ltd.*, Wahiawa, Hawaii, is being awarded $7,324,060 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62478-08-D-4011) for construction to repair and renovate Building 503 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Work to provide for the replacement of deteriorated windows with metal framed anti-terrorism force protection compliant windows; re-roofing of the building; upgrading the existing fire alarm systems; providing a fire suppression system; exterior repairs to include replacing exterior doors; exterior painting; interior repairs to include replacement of floor coverings and ceilings at common areas; painting; replacement of bathroom and toilet fixtures; and proper fire exiting configuration at the stairs and corridors to comply with life/safety codes. Work will be performed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by April 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity. The work to be performed provides for all design, construction to repair and renovate Building 503 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Work to provide for the replacement of deteriorated windows with metal framed anti-terrorism force protection compliant windows; re-roofing of the building; upgrading the existing fire alarm systems; providing a fire suppression system; exterior repairs to include replacing exterior doors; exterior painting; interior repairs to include replacement of floor coverings and ceilings at common areas; painting; replacement of bathroom and toilet fixtures; and proper fire exiting configuration at the stairs and corridors to comply with life/safety codes.
Northrop Grumman Technical Services Sector, Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $7,007,705 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-08-C-0065) to exercise an option for approximately 89,886 hours of engineering and logistics services in support of E-2C, C-2A test and E-2D System Design and Development (SDD) aircraft located at the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron TWO ZERO (VX-20), Patuxent River, Md. Services to be provided include modification and preparation of the aircraft for test operations, correction of safety of flight discrepancies, quality control inspections, engineering investigations, and logistics and parts support. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in July 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Universal Sodexho, Tacoma, Wash., is being awarded a maximum $180,000,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite- delivery and indefinite-quantity, maintenance, repair, and operations prime vendor contract. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Federal Civilian Agencies. The proposal was originally Web solicited with four responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the third option year period. The date of performance completion is July 31, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-05-D-BP07).
Valero Marketing & Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas is being awarded a maximum $28,598,990 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for fuel. Other location of performance is in Corpus Christi, Texas. Using service is Foreign Military Sales, Israel. The proposal was originally Web solicited with three responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is October 31, 2009. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-08-D-0454).
Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $26,818,289 firm-fixed price, sole source contract for axle assembly parts. Other locations of performance are in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Using service is Marine Corps. The proposal was originally Web solicited with two responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is June 28, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren (DSCC-ZG), Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-C-0126).
Woodward HRT, Inc., Valencia, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $15,328,968 firm fixed price, sole source, requirements type contract for parts. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy and Air Force. The proposal was originally DIBBS solicited with one response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract contains a one year base with four one-year option periods. The date of performance completion is August 3, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR), Richmond, Va., (SPM4A2-09-D-0029).
AIR FORCE
McDonnell Douglass Corp., Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a $64,400,000 modified contract to the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership contract to incorporate the sustainment support for two Qatar Emiri Air Force C-17 aircraft for FY09-11. At this time, $6,678,700 has been obligated. MSWE/516 AESG/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8614-04-V-2004).
Boeing Co., Wichita, Kansas, was awarded a $70,592,076 modified contract to provide for new communication and data management updates to the B-52H Air Frame. At this time, $4,372,000 has been obligated. 651 AESS/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8107-05-C-0001 P00037).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., was awarded a $20,000,000 modified contract for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite and will study the technology necessary to potentially support future enhancements to the AEHF system. At this time, no funding has been obligated. Air Force Space & Missile Systems Center, Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0002).
Honeywell International, Inc., Defense & Space Electronic Systems, Clearwater, Fla., was award a $9,744,953 modified contract for 126 Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System Production Units for the U.S. Army CH47F, P31 EGI +429 SAASM and AH64. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 647 AESS/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (F8626-06-C-2065).
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $8,757,992 modified contract to conduct in vitro screening studies to identify active chemicals and select active candidates for efficacy and nonclinical safety testing. At this time, $465,394 has been obligated. 55 Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-00-D-3180).
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio was awarded a $8,741,664 modified contract to conduct analyses to support continued research and development of oximes intended for replacement of 2-PAM. At this time, $579,710 has been obligated. 55 Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-00-D-3180).
Northrop-Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Clearfield, Utah, was awarded a $7,930,219 modified contract to provide Minuteman Enhancement Reliability Accelerometer engineering and feasibility study. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 526th ICBMSG/PKE, Hill Air Force Base, is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001).
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DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Chief Warrant Officer Douglas M. Vose III, 38, of Concrete, Wash., died July 29 in Kabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Stuttgart, Germany.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pvt. Gerrick D. Smith, 19, of Sullivan, Ill., died July 29 in Herat, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, Illinois Army National Guard, Marion, Ill.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Gregory A. Posey, 22, of Knoxville, Tenn., and Lance Cpl. Jonathan F. Stroud, 20, of Cashion, Okla., died July 30 of wounds suffered while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Posey was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Stroud was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $334,690,630 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-04-C-3146) for one P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft Stage II test aircraft with mission systems and recurring and non-recurring tasks in support of three test aircraft to make them production representative assets. In addition this modification includes spares to support these three aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle, Wash., (82.4 percent); Norwalk, Conn., (4.6 percent); Oklahoma City, Okla., (4.3 percent); McKinney, Texas, (3.4 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y., (3 percent); and North Amityville, N.Y., (2.3 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2013. 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.
Defense Technology, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a $43,460,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of four Mi-17 variant helicopters and related tool kits for the Afghan National Army Air Corps. Work will be performed in Kabul, Afghanistan, and is expected to be completed in September 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals; four offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0089).
DG21 LLC, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded $28,725,271 modification to previously awarded fixed-price contract (N62742-06-D-4501) to exercise the third option period for base operating support services at the U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. The current total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $468,785,907. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and work is expected to be completed July 31, 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $9,192,844 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
iRobot Corp., Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a $13,481,433 firm-fixed-price cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of man transportable robotic system (MTRS) production systems, depot level repair parts, spare kits, depot repair services, parts supply, training, engineering enhancements, configuration management, and approved accessories for the Army, (58 percent) and Navy, (42 percent). The MTRS is a small robotic vehicle used by explosive ordnance disposal technicians to conduct remote reconnaissance, render safe, and/or dispose of explosive devices. Work will be performed in Bedford, Mass., and is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $150,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-09-D-0005).
Croman Corp.*, White City, Ore., is being awarded an $11,923,018 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-06-D-0005) to provide airlift and recovery functions in support of all Hawaiian military ranges. In addition, this modification provides for utility/transport missions to carry passengers/cargo and range clearing operations in the Hawaiian Operating Area. Work will be performed in Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed in August 2010. 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.
Gyrocam Systems, LLC, Sarasota, Fla., is being awarded a $10,700,000 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0004 under contract (M67854-07-D-5075) for sustainment to include normal wear and tear, as well as catastrophic repair capabilities, training, spare parts needed to produce the Expeditionary Fly Away Camera System with Field Service Representative and trainer support and a block of spare parts. Work will be performed outside the Continental U. S. supporting United States Marine Gyrocam FlyAway Camera Systems, and the period of performance is expected to be completed by July 31, 2010 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This delivery order was sole sourced procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Barnhart, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $8,650,000 for firm-fixed price task order #0004 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8608) for design and construction of a Special Operations Forces combat crew training facility at Naval Base Coronado, Calif. . The two-story structure will provide classrooms for training and a boat maintenance and storage area. Work will be performed in Coronado, Calif., and is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $5,586,253 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of non-recurring engineering efforts associated with top deck structural enhancement of the VH-60N In-service Presidential helicopters. In addition, this contract provides program management and logistics support. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed in September 2010. 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 (N00019-09-C-0038).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a maximum $25,200,000 firm fixed price, sole source contract for multi-mode radar and common cockpit system parts. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is May 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Procurement Operations, Philadelphia, Pa., (N00383-06-G-016F-THZ1).
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CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
AAR Mobility Systems, Cadillac, Mich., is being awarded a maximum $94,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for procurement of specialized shipping and storage containers, shelters and accessories. Other locations of performance are in North Carolina and California. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Federal Civilian Agencies. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is August 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM8ED-07-D-0003).
Freightliner of Savannah, Inc., Savannah, Ga.*, is being awarded a maximum $8,491,350 firm fixed price contract for cylinder assembly. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally three proposals solicited with six responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is July 27, 2014. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-D-0033).
NAVY
AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, Pa., (N33191-09-D-0118); American International Contractors, Inc., Arlington, Va., (N33191-09-D-0119); United Infrastructure Projects , Dubai, UAE (N33191-09-D-0120); Kooheji Contractors W.L.L. Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain (N33191-09-D-0121), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for design and construction, renovation or repair of facilities, waterfront or airfields throughout Southwest Asia and Africa. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years, for all four contracts combined is $75,000,000. Work will be performed in Bahrain (50 percent), Djibouti (40 percent), and United Arab Emirates, (10 percent), and work is expected to be completed July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the European Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Europe and Southwest Asia, Naples, Italy, is the contracting activity.
SRS, Inc.*, Gallatin, Tenn., (N40083-09-D-5014); Precise Concrete *, Memphis, Tenn., (N40083-09-D-5015); Chief Electric*, Memphis, Tenn., (N40083-09-D-5016); A&H Contractors *, Memphis, Tenn., (N40083-09-D-5017); G&M Associates*, Cookeville, Tenn., (N40083-09-D-5018); are each being awarded a guaranteed minimum of $25,000 (base period), design-build multiple award construction contract for design, construction, and renovation of government facilities in Millington, Tenn. The total amount for all contracts combined is not to exceed $10,000,000 (base period and four option years). SRS Inc. is being awarded the initial task order in the amount of $1,901,908 (including the minimum guarantee) for design and renovation of Bldg-452 at Naval Support Activity MidSouth, Millington, Tenn. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by April 2010. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of August 2014 (August 2010 for the base period). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The basic contract was competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website with five proposals received. These five contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Midwest/PWD MidSouth, Millington, Tenn., 38054, is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $9,950,543 delivery order against a previously issued basic order agreement (N00019-05-G-0008) for incorporation of Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 0035, entitled Electro Optical (EO) Daylight Operations Improvements Step 2. ECP 0035 will bring EO sensor performance within specification compliance for laser designation accuracy, geo-point targeting, tracker performance, and weapons delivery through hardware and software retrofits. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas, (60 percent); and El Segundo, Calif., (40 percent); and is expected to be completed in April 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $9,950,543 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
AIR FORCE
International Business Machines Corporations, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., was awarded a $23,693,109 cost-share contract to develop a prototype machine reading system, reader and context reasoner, that builds domain knowledge automatically from input test allowing the creation of DoD applications with limited cost. At this time, $2,308,559 has been obligated. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity (FA8750-09-C-0172).
*Small Business
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Andrew Scott Charpentier, 21, of Great Falls, Mont., died July 23 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., from a non-combat related illness incurred while assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $52,454,810 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded delivery order #0003 under contract M67854-07-D-5025 for the upgrade of 170 United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Category I vehicles with independent suspension system kits. Work will be performed in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom areas of responsibility, and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2010 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $28,647,406 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded delivery order #0004 under contract M67854-07-D-5025 for the upgrade of 89 United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Category I vehicles with independent suspension system kits. Work will be performed in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom areas of responsibilities and in York, Pa., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2010 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $15,608,500 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded delivery order #0009 under contract M67854-07-D-5025 for the upgrade of 35 United States Special Operations Command Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Category I vehicles with independent suspension system kits. Work will be performed in York, Pa., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2010 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
ERS JV*, Sacramento, Calif., is being awarded $6,802,665 for firm-fixed price task order #0004 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-07-D-3219) for pier radiological surveys and pier removal at Hunters Point Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for pier and wharf deconstruction at Hunters Point Shipyard. Several of the wooden piers and wharfs are structurally unsound and represent a potential hazard to navigation in San Francisco Bay. Work will be performed in San Francisco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $48,703,289 firm fixed price, sole source contract for spare aircraft radar systems. Other location of performance is in Massachusettes, Mississippi and Texas. Using service is Navy. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is July, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Procurement Operations, Philadelphia, Pa., (N00383-07-G-700H-TBD).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a maximum $18,450,000 firm fixed price, sole source contract for aircraft rotor blades. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is September 30, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Procurement Operations, Philadelphia, Pa., (N00383-06-G-006F-THF4).
Crown Clothing Co., Vineland, N.J.*, is being awarded a maximum $8,083,845 firm fixed price, total set-aside, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for men's coats. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Marine Corps. There were originally two proposals solicited with two responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the first option year period. The date of performance completion is July 28, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-08-D-1104).
ARMY
FN Manufacturing, LLC, Columbia, S.C., was awarded on July 27, 2009 a $ 39,958,331 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of the M249 Squad Automatic Weapons. Work is to be performed in Columbia, S.C., with an estimated completion date of July 24, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., was the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-D-0019).
Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC, Fairfax, Va., was awarded on July 27, 2009 a $ 37,564,871 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of two schools in the northern training area at Fort Bragg, N.C. This includes a 550 student middle school to serve 6th through 8th grade students (approximately 99,300 Sq ft), and 714 student elementary school to serve pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students (approximately 123,616 sq ft). The project scope also includes utilities, parking, playground areas, sports facilities, fencing, and landscaping and site development. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 15, 2011. Proposals were solicited on the World Wide Web with sixteen (16) proposals received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0033)
Holte/Graham, J/V, Ramsey, Minn. was awarded on July 27, 2009 a $ 11,157,587 firm-fixed-price-construction contract for the construction of Phase I of a new readiness center located at the Arden Hills Army Training Site, Arden Hills, Minn. Work is to be performed in Arden Hills, Minn. with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. National Guard Bureau, Little Falls, Minn. was the contracting activity (W912LM-09-C-0005)
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, Wichita, Kan. was awarded on July 24, 2009 a $ 21,621,564 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of one beechcraft king air B350 aircraft, two beechcraft king air B350C with cargo door option in the air ambulance/medical evacuation configuration and six one-month option for storage of the aircrafts. Work is to be performed in Wichita, Kan. with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, CCAM-RD-F, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0087)
NAVY
Turner-Penick, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $103,725,091 firm-fixed price contract for design and construction of four Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQs) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of four BEQ. The BEQ's will house a total of 1384 Marines in the standard 2+0 configuration and will include a multipurpose community area and laundry facilities. The contract also contains five options, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $110,536,246. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 10 proposals received. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-09-C-1233).
General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $33,841,223 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-07-D-0024) to exercise an option for Information Technology/Information Management Department Support Services. This modification provides for a wide range of services and products, including information engineering; business process improvement relative to automation; analytical and technical support for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); consultation; hardware and software evaluation and selection; systems analysis; systems and applications sustainment, including configuration and maintenance of web sites and servers; integration of systems and applications; database administration; production support; information assurance; network support; firewall support; and imaging services. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
AIR FORCE
SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., was awarded a $49,900,900 contract of technical and software enhancements to baseline systems to determine the benefits of the learning and reasoning technologies to military applications. At this time, $2,179,059 has been awarded to each contractor. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y. is the contracting activity. (FA8750-09-D-0183)
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LP, Sealy, Texas is being awarded a maximum $34,097,605 firm fixed price, sole source contract for axle assembly parts in support of MRAP. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is March 24, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren (DSCC-ZG), Warren, Mich. (SPRDL1-09-C-0121).
DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
Apriva ISS, LLC, of Scottsdale AZ, was awarded a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract on July 24, 2009 in the amount of $17,014,208.00. The contract provides for the operations and maintenance of the existing Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device (SME-PED) Multi-Carrier Entry Point (MCEP 1), and the build-out, operations and maintenance of an additional MCEP, referred to as MCEP 2. The period of performance is for a one year base period and four one-year option periods. MCEP 1 performance will be at the AT&T Data Center located in Mesa AZ, and MCEP 2 performance will be at the DISA Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) located in St Louis, MO. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), Scott AFB, IL, is the contracting activity (Contract Number HC1013-09-C-2002).
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Donald W. Vincent, 26, of Gainesville, Fla., died July 25 of wounds sustained while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Graybar Electric Company, St. Louis, Mo. is being awarded a maximum $660,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operation supplies and related services. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, federal civilian agencies and Defense Logistics Agency. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. The date of performance completion is July 28, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM500-04-D-BP11).
Supplycore, Inc., Rockford, Ill. is being awarded a maximum $320,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operation supplies and related services. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, federal civilian agencies and Defense Logistics Agency. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. The date of performance completion is July 28, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM500-04-D-BP10).
Science Applications International Corporation, Fairfield, N.J. is being awarded a maximum $40,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operation supplies and related services. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. The date of performance completion is July 28, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM500-04-D-BP12).
AIR FORCE
Science Application International Corporations, San Diego, CA; L-3 Services, Inc, Chantilly, VA; and Northrop Grumman, Herndon, VA were awarded a combined $495,000,000 force protection security system contract to support any or all of ten essential elements of integrated base defense that include deceive, deter, anticipate, deny, detect, delay assess, deploy, neutralize, and mitigate at Air Force and other DoD sites throughout the world. At this time, $5,000 has been awarded to each contractor. 642nd Electronic Systems Squadron, Hanscom Air Force Base is the contracting activity. (FA8728-09-D-0004; FA8728-09- D-0007; FA8728-09-D-0009)
NAVY
Integrated Marine Services, Inc., Chula Vista, Calif., is being awarded a $36,400,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide ventilation cleaning services to the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center's commercial industrial services code in support of Navy ships and other government vessels within a 50-mile radius of San Diego, Calif. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $3,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as a HUBZone set-aside via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with five offers received. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N55236-09-D-0018).
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $7,085,710 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, contract to provide continued development of a container security device (CSD), a small, low-power sensor mounted on or within a shipping container to detect and warn of the opening or removal of container doors. The contract includes a three-year ordering period without options. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed July 23, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured; this is a sole source, follow-on, contract under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1: only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Development of the CSD was initiated by SAIC under contract N66001-05-D-6013 which was competitively awarded. SAIC is the only source qualified and capable of performing the work at a reasonable price to the Government; the use of any other contractor would involve a substantial duplication of costs not expected to be recovered through competition. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-09-D-0034).
ARMY
Rayhteon Company, Integrated Defense Company, Andover, Mass. was awarded on July 23, 2009 a $8,926,847 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for FY09 PATRIOT engineering services contract option award for 37,822 man-hours of effort. Work is to be performed in Andover, Mass. (1.39%), and Tewksbury, Mass. (98.61%) with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0057).
R. Zoppo Corporation, Stoughton, Mass. was awarded on July 22, 2009 a $ 5,534,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the deck repair and paving of Sagamore and Bourne Bridges located in Bourne, Mass. Work will include the removal of existing pavement and waterproofing membrane for the full length of the Sagamore Bridge deck and the Bourne Bridge abutments. Necessary repairs to the underlying concrete will be made. A new single component modified bituminous pavement containing a waterproofing additive will be applied to the repaired bridge deck and abutments. At the bridges the following work will be performed; concrete parapets at the north and south abutments will be replaced and repairs to the concrete sidewalk, curb, expansion joints and electrical work. Work is to be performed in Bourne, Mass. with an estimated completion date of June 2, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. Corps of Engineers-New England District, Concord, Mass. is the contracting activity (W912WJ-09-C-0007).
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who
was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Ryan H. Lane, 25,
of Pittsburgh, Pa., died July 23 of wounds suffered while supporting combat
operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Light
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 22 in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.
Killed were:
Sgt. Joshua J. Rimer, 24, of Rochester, Pa.; and
Spc. Randy L.J. Neff, Jr., 22, of Blackfoot, Idaho.
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Scientific Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $200,000,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, prime vendor contract for management of consumable items to be use at repair facilities. Other locations of performance are in North Carolina, Florida and California. Using service is Navy. There were originally twelve proposals solicited with four responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract modification is for the second two-year option period. The date of performance completion is September 30, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM500-04-D-BP13).
Scott Industrial Systems, Dayton, Ohio* is being awarded a maximum $18,447,000 firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for heavy equipment transporter system cylinder assembly. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally six proposals solicited with two responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Aug. 2, 2014. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren (DSCC-ZG), Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-D-0041).
Navistar Defense, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $15,697,420 firm fixed-price, sole-source contract for diesel engine parts. Other location of performance is in Ohio. Using services are Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Dec. 22, 2009. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren (DSCC-ZG), Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-C-0119).
NAVY
AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, Pa., (N62583-09-D-0128); Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc., Walnut Creek, Calif., (N62583-09-D-0129); Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., Irving, Texas (N62583-09-D-0130); Weston Solutions, Inc., West Chester, Pa., (N62583-09-D-0131); and Willbros Government Services (U.S.), LLC, Tulsa, Okla., (N62583-09-D-0132), are each being awarded a firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the assessment, repair, and construction for petroleum, oils and lubricant (POL) fuel systems at various locations worldwide. The work to be performed provides for support of the sustainment, restoration, and modernization requirements managed by the Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme. The work is to access and repair various POL facilities and systems at various locations, worldwide. Projects may involve designing, building, engineering, inspection, testing and construction of POL fuel systems and its various components. The dollar value for all four contracts combined is $70,000,000. The contract also includes four unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative contract value to $350,000,000. Work will be performed at various Department of Defense facilities worldwide. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $125,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Alion Science and Technology Corp., Chicago, Ill., is being awarded a $7,031,202 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of a prototype tool to improve live virtual and constructive integration technologies suitable for military education, experimentation, analysis, training, and mission rehearsal. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., (70 percent) and Orlando, Fla., (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $93,500 will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through a Broad Agency Announcement; one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61339-09-C-0033).
Harper Construction Company, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $6,832,800 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N62473-08-C-2201) to exercise option items 0001 and 0002, which provides for the furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the newly constructed Multi-Battalion Operations Centers at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. The total contract amount after exercise of the options will be $48,147,265. Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and is expected to be completed by October 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Amphibious Systems, Woodbridge, Va., was awarded a $6,366,539 firm-fixed-price contract for two MK 46 Mod 2 gun weapon systems. The MK 46 Mod 2 gun weapon system is an accurate and lethal system available in both land and naval variants. Work will be performed in Woodbridge, Va., (93.9 percent) and Westminster, Md., (6.1 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $6,366,539 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (N00178-09-C-1002).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $5,929,442 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0014) for the procurement of ancillary mission equipment for the F/A-18 E/F and E/A-18G aircraft. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., and is expected to be completed in March 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $2,916,539 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
CORRECTION: Contract delivery order #0012 awarded on July 16, 2009 , to Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., under contract M67854-07-D-5031, should now reflect the finalized dollar amount as $56,356,726.
New GI Bill Transfer Options Take Effect Aug. 1
By Rob McIlvaine
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2009 - The Post-9/11 GI Bill takes effect Aug. 1, but in the meantime, servicemembers may submit a request to transfer benefits to their spouses and children now.
"Transferability of Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits
has been the most requested initiative we receive from our servicemembers," said
Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel policy, "and we
believe it will assist us in retaining highly qualified military personnel."
Career servicemembers on active duty or in the selected reserve on Aug. 1 may be
entitled to transfer all or a portion of their unused entitlement to one or more
family members.
Army 1st Sgt. Steven Colbert, who serves with Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 3rd U.S. Infantry, at Fort Myer, Va., is among the first soldiers to
take advantage of the new entitlement.
"I will be the first to say that the Army is probably the best thing that has
ever happened to me," Colbert said. "It has given me some of the advantages that
I didn't have as a child growing up. One of the reasons why I stayed in so long
is because of Jordan, my son. Now I have the opportunity to give him something I
never had."
Colbert has spent 23 years in the Army with tours throughout Europe and across
the United States. During that time, he took advantage of tuition assistance and
graduated with a bachelor's degree in management. His wife, Danielle, is working
on a bachelor's degree in business administration at Prince George's Community
College in Maryland. Jordan Colbert already has similar plans.
"I want to go in the Army and play football," he said with a big smile. "But I
want to attend Virginia Tech first."
"I didn't put that in his head," his father said. "He already has picked that
out, and with us being here in the D.C. area, the Post 9/11 GI Bill is perfect.
[Virginia Tech] is a pricey school, but these benefits are going to help me be
able to take care of that.
"It's just wonderful," he continued. "I'm just overwhelmed about the opportunity
to really be able to take care of him."
For servicemembers and spouses who might want to continue with their studies,
the Post 9/11 GI Bill can be used for all levels of degree programs, including a
second degree, a master's degree or even a doctorate.
Defense officials advise servicemembers to transfer at least a month's worth of
GI Bill benefits to every dependent before they leave service to lock in an
opportunity to change the number of months transferred at a later time.
Any family member not approved for transferability before a member retires or
separates will be denied the opportunity forever, unless the member re-enters
service. Likewise, veterans who remarry or have more children after leaving
service will not be able to transfer GI Bill benefits to these new family
members.
"It's recommended that soldiers add all family members as potential
beneficiaries of their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, said Bob Clark, the Defense
Department's assistant director for accession policy and military personnel
policy. Once servicemembers retire or separate, he explained, they can no longer
add new family members as potential beneficiaries.
As a first sergeant, Colbert said, he wants to make sure his soldiers know about
this benefit.
"Because I'm the first sergeant here at Headquarters Company, with all these
assets like the regimental career counselors, I'm in a unique position to pass
this knowledge on to my soldiers," he said.
A program Colbert is particularly proud of is "College 101." which the Fort Myer
military community developed with the Army Education Center. It works to improve
soldiers' transition to college.
"We will have people come in from the education center who will advise soldiers
to take advantage of these benefits, because they have to have some type of
educational background to be successful," he said. "A lot of us in the Army
don't realize it but, hey, it's tough outside that gate -- real tough. You've
got to have a balance. You've got to be more competitive than the next person."
Tuition is not the only benefit extended to potential college-goers. For
students attending school more than half the time, the Post 9/11 GI Bill also
pays housing costs, up to a rate equivalent to the basic allowance for housing
rate for an E-5 with dependents in the ZIP code where the school is located.
Students also are entitled to a yearly stipend of up to $1,000 to cover the cost
of books and supplies, and students from rural areas who are transferring to a
school also may be entitled to a one-time payment of $500.
"I get choked up just thinking about the benefits I'm able to give my son,"
Colbert said.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Raymundo P. Morales, 34, of Dalton, Ga., died July 21 in Methar Lam, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 148th Brigade Support Battalion, Cedartown, Ga.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 20 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle followed by an attack from enemy forces using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires. They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery (STRIKE), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Killed were:
Sgt. Gregory Owens Jr., 24, of Garland, Texas.
Spc. Anthony M. Lightfoot, 20, of Riverdale, Ga.
Spc. Andrew J. Roughton, 21, of Houston, Texas.
Pfc. Dennis J. Pratt, 34, of Duncan, Okla.
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 20 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle followed by an attack from enemy forces using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires. They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery (STRIKE), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Killed were:
Sgt. Gregory Owens Jr., 24, of Garland, Texas.
Spc. Anthony M. Lightfoot, 20, of Riverdale, Ga.
Spc. Andrew J. Roughton, 21, of Houston, Texas.
Pfc. Dennis J. Pratt, 34, of Duncan, Okla.
Obama Praises Senate Vote on F-22 Funding
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2009 - President Barack
Obama yesterday praised a Senate vote that struck down $1.75 billion in
additional funding in the fiscal 2010 defense budget for more F-22 Raptor
fighter jets.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates recommended to the president earlier this year
to end production of the F-22 at the conclusion of its current funding program
in fiscal 2009. Obama had promised to veto a budget proposal from the Congress
that allowed for more money for the program.
"I'm grateful that the Senate just voted against an additional $1.75 billion to
buy F-22 fighter jets that military experts and members of both parties say we
do not need," Obama said at a news conference yesterday following the vote.
"At a time when we are fighting two wars and facing a serious deficit, this
would have been an inexcusable waste of money," the president said. "Every
dollar of waste in our defense budget is a dollar we can't spend to support our
troops or prepare for future threats or protect the American people. Our budget
is a zero-sum game, and if more money goes to F-22s, it is our troops and
citizens that loose."
The F-22 has not been used in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In his 2010 budget recommendations, Gates favored
the newest manned aircraft, the stealth F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The F-35
carries a larger suite of weapons and is better suited for air-to-ground
missions such as destroying sophisticated enemy air defenses.
An F-35 also costs half as much as an F-22 and, if supported by the president
and Congress, it eventually would become the "backbone of America's tactical
aviation fleet for decades to come," Gates said.
Gates called the F-22 a "niche, silver-bullet solution for one or two potential
scenarios – specifically the defeat of a highly advanced enemy fighter fleet."
"The F-22, to be blunt, does not make much sense anyplace else in the spectrum
of conflict," Gates said last week in a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago.
By fiscal year 2020, the United States will have nearly 2,500 manned combat
aircraft in its inventory. Nearly 1,100 will be a combination of F-35s and
F-22s.
Gates has said that accelerating the production of the F-35 will offset job
losses of those employed in F-22 production. Pentagon officials plan to buy
about 500 F-35s in the next five years, and more than 2,400 over the life of the
program. The F-22 program is proposed to be capped at 187 of the fighter jets.
CONTRACTS NAVY Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $154,100,000 Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) for the upgrade of six Taiwan Air Force (TAF) E-2C aircraft from Group II configuration to Hawkeye 2000 (H2K) export configuration under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y. (40 percent); St. Augustine, Fla. (22 percent); Rolling Meadows, Ill. (6 percent); Dayton, Ohio (6 percent); Windsor Locks, Conn. (5 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y. (4 percent); Mississauga, Canada (4 percent); Marlboro, Mass. (4 percent); and other various locations throughout the United States (9 percent); and is expected to be completed in June 2013. 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 (N00019-09-C-0040). Barton Malow Co., Linthicum, Md., is being awarded a $40,899,000 firm-fixed price contract for whole galley renovation at the U.S. Naval Academy. The work to be performed provides for a complete renovation to King Hall Galley and midshipmen food service operations and to provide temporary food service facilities while the galley is undergoing renovations. Work will be performed in Annapolis, Md., and is expected to be completed by August 2011. Funds are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively negotiated via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with ten proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Wash, D.C., is the contracting activity (N40080-09-C-0165). AIR FORCE International Business Machines Corp., Yorktown Heights, New York, was awarded a $23,693,109 contract to develop a prototype machine reading system that builds domain knowledge automatically from input text allowing the creation of Department of Defense applications with limited cost. At this time $2,308,559 has been obligated. Air Force Research Lab, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity. (FA8750-09-C-0172) Booz Allen Hamilton, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $19,322,776 contract to provide Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Division survivability/vulnerability analyses, assessment and evaluations. At this time $58,748 has been obligated. 516th AESG, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is the contracting activity. (SP0700-03-D-1380) DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Campbellsville Apparel Co., LLC, Campbellsville, Ky.* is being awarded a maximum $11,619,679 firm fixed price, total set aside, indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery contract for men's briefs. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The original proposal was Web solicited with five responses. This contract is exercising option year three. The date of performance completion is October 24, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SP0100-06-D-0378). GE Aviation Systems, LLC, Vandalia, Ohio is being awarded a maximum $5,103,750 firm fixed price, sole source contract for generator parts. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is the Army. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is July 31, 2013. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency (DSCR-AHB), Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (SPRRA1-09-D-0016).
CONTRACTS
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Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $60,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5346) to exercise an option for Mission System Equipment (MSE) Class Services for the Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program. Work will be performed in Raytheon facilities (85 percent) in San Diego, Calif.; Marlboro, Mass.; Sudbury, Mass.; Tewksbury, Mass.; Towson, Md.; Portsmouth, R.I.; Lockheed Martin facilities (12 percent) in Moorestown, N.J. and Akron, Ohio; and BAE facility in Minneapolis, Minn. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2013. 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.
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $41,756,500 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0301) for the procurement of 14 full rate production lot six Swiss Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) Pods and associated spares for the Swiss F/A-18 Program under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas (80 percent) and El Segundo, Calif. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2011. 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.
Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $16,788,971 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5444) for SeaRAM production requirements - two MK 15 Mod 31 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) SeaRAM weapon systems, ancillary equipment and reliability spares including associated peculiar support equipment, common support equipment and initial outfitting spares. Work will be performed in Munich, Germany (37 percent); Louisville, Ky. (33 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (8 percent); Andover, Mass. (6 percent); Pittsburgh, Pa. (4 percent); Mechanicsville, Md. (3 percent); Fort Defiance, Ariz. (3 percent); Bloomington, Minn. (2 percent); Santa Clara, Calif. (2 percent); Athens, Greece (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $9,216,124 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity.
Vision Systems International, LLC, San Jose, Calif., is being awarded a $17,285,580 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide Fast Characterization Tool (FACT) hardware, integration, and validation and software upgrades for the F/A-18 Joint Helmet Mounting Cueing System (JHMCS) for the U.S. Navy and the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, and Switzerland. Work will be performed in San Jose, Calif., and is expected to be completed in October 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $7,986,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($10,967,580; 58 percent) and the Governments of Australia ($2,808,000; 15 percent); Canada ($1,170,000; 9 percent); Finland ($1,170,000; 9 percent); and Switzerland ($1,170,000; 9 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-09-D-0106).
Compass Systems, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md., is being awarded a $9,238,868 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-07-C-0011) to exercise an option for research and development for various Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (C4ISR&T) programs, sensors, mission and targeting systems, communication suites, and small aircraft vehicle systems. These efforts are in support of the Roll-On Roll-Off Sensor System for the Contingency Airborne Response (OSSCAR) Program. Work will be performed in Yuma, Ariz. (45 percent), Patuxent River, Md. (30 percent), and Washington, D.C. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Forrester Construction Co., Rockville, Md., is being awarded $9,898,888 for firm-fixed price task order #0011 for renovation of Building 2006 at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The work to be performed provides for the addition to and the repair and rehabilitation of Building 2006 which is a former barracks building constructed in 1931. The building now functions as an office building with a weapons armory in the basement. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, Wash., D.C., is the contracting activity (N62477-04-D-0035).
Advanced Coherent Technologies, LLC*, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $7,695,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project for Topic N07-019 entitled "Living Marine Resources Imaging Sensor." This contract provides for the continued development of a flight ready prototype sensor integrated to an aircraft, flight test, and sensor performance evaluation. Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala. (60 percent) and San Diego, Calif. (20 percent) and is expected to be completed in July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured using SBIR Program Solicitation Topic N07-019, with 17 offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J. is the contracting activity (N68335-09-D-0109).
3PSC LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $19,216,896 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of six Military Sealift Command (MSC) oceanographic survey ships worldwide. Six of MSC's seven oceanographic ships are multipurpose and perform acoustic, biological, physical and geophysical surveys, providing much of the U.S. mil itary's information on the ocean environment. These ships use multi-beam, wide-angle, precision sonar systems that make it possible to continuously chart a broad section of ocean floor. The seventh oceanographic survey ship collects data in coastal regions around the world. The data collected helps improve technology in undersea warfare, ship detection and charting the world's coastlines. This contract includes options, including a seventh-vessel option, four one-year options and five six-month award-term options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $266,532,588. Work will be performed worldwide, and work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2010 . If all options are exercised, work is expected to be completed in March 2017. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the MSC website, with multiple proposals solicited and five offers received. The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-09-C-2504).
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded a $9,997,065 cost plus fixed fee contract for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile demonstration program. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas (69 percent); West Palm Beach, Fla. (12 percent); King of Prussia, Pa. (8 percent); Plymouth, Minn. (8 percent); Baltimore, Md. (1 percent); Skokie, Ill. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2010. Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. DARPA issued a solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities on June 6, 2008, and nine proposals were received. The contracting activity is DARPA, Arlington, Va. (HR0011-09-C-0097).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
American Apparel, Inc., Selma, Ala. is being awarded a maximum $7,452,480 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity contract for all weather coats. Other location of performance is Centre, Ala. Using service is U.S. Army. The proposal was originally DIBBS solicited with five responses. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is July 19, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM1C1-09-D-1070).
Coast Produce Co.*, Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $6,905,308 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite quantity, total set aside contract for fresh fruit and vegetables support. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and USDA School customers. The proposal was originally DIBBS solicited with four responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising first option year period. The date of performance completion is January 31, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-08-D-P021).
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Cpl. Benjamin S. Kopp, 21, of Rosemount, Minn., died July 18 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington of wounds suffered July 10 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Brandon T. Lara, 20, of New Braunfels, Texas, died July 19 while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
DoD Identifies Air Force Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two airmen
who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 17 in a F-15E
crash near Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Killed were:
Capt. Thomas J. Gramith, 27, of Eagan, Minn. He was assigned to the
336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
Capt. Mark R. McDowell, 26, of Colorado Springs, Colo. He was
assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of three
soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died July16 in Basra
of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using indirect fire.
Killed were: Spc. Daniel P. Drevnick, 22, of Woodbury,
Minn.; Spc. James D. Wertish, 20, of Olivia, Minn.; and
Spc. Carlos E. Wilcox IV, 27, of Cottage Grove, Minn.
All three soldiers were assigned to the 34th Military Police Company,
34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard, Stillwater,
Minn.
CONTRACTS
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Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $92,801,701 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the engineering services and support of the AN/BVY-1 Integrated Submarine Imaging System (ISIS) and for the production of 10 AN/BVY-1(V)1 integrated control and display cabinets. Services will include design, development, testing, reverse engineering, technology insertion/ refreshment, engineering services, field engineering services, and system support. ISIS provides mission critical, all weather, visual, and electronic search, digital image management, indication, warning, and platform architecture interface capabilities for attack submarine (nuclear propulsion) (SSN) - SSN688 (Los Angeles class), SSN 21 (Sea Wolf class), submersible, ship, guided, nuclear (SSGN Ohio class) and SSN 774 (Virginia class) submarines with potential for ship, submersible, ballistic, nuclear (SSBN) (Trident class) and potentially other submarines. ISIS rolls-up existing components and near term capabilities, and provides a robust architecture for efficiently inserting future capabilities as they become available, including items leveraged from the SSN 774 (Virginia) class photonics program. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va. (33 percent); Fairfax, Va. (33 percent); Cape Canaveral, Fla. (9 percent); Waterford, Conn. (6 percent); Atlanta, Ga. (5 percent); Arlington, Va. (4 percent); Northampton, Mass. (4 percent); Woodbridge, Va. (3 percent); Johnstown, Pa. (2 percent); and Middletown, R.I. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured based upon full and open competition, with three proposals received via the Federal Business Opportunities website. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-6247).
Logistic Services International (LSI), Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a maximum $33,663,451 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for distributed learning content developer who can evaluate, analyze, design, develop, revise, convert, implement, manage and deliver effective electronic courseware and related products on an individual delivery order basis. The contractor will utilize shareable content object or other software development activities as appropriate for the development of Web-delivered, asynchronous, self-paced distance learning, including but not limited to interactive multimedia instruction courseware and electronic performance support tools. The contractor will develop multiple variants of learning modules, courses and performance support tools that integrate into the existing Marine Corps enterprise network and MarineNet Learning Management System (LMS) environments. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and work is expected to be completed July 2010 and with all options exercised July 2014. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This effort was competed as a full and open competition procurement, with 15 offers in response to the solicitation. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Program Manager for Training Systems, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-D-8008).
Alion Science & Technology Corp., Chicago, Ill., is being awarded a $9,186,374 indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide engineering and technical services in modeling and simulation (M&S) to support program management, systems engineering, operational M&S support, strategic planning and policy support, M&S software development, M&S IT support, logistics, and training. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $48,844,361. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., (52 percent) and Charleston, S.C., (48 percent) and is expected to be completed by July 2010. If all options are exercised, the work could continue until July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured with an unlimited number of proposals solicited and one offer received via the Federal Business Opportunities web site and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command e-Commerce web site. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic is the contracting activity (N65236-09-D-3809).
The Krempp Lumber Company*, Jasper, Ind. (N40083-09-D-2204); MLE Enterprises, Inc.*, Terre Haute, Ind. (N40083-09-D-2205); Old Veteran Construction, Inc.*, Chicago, Ill. (N40083-09-D-2206); and Beau Mitchell Corporation*, Peru, Ind. (N40083-09-D-2207), are each being awarded a design-build multiple award construction contract, set aside 100% for small business, for design, construction, and renovation of government facilities at the Naval Support Activity Crane. The dollar value for all four contracts combined is $8,000,000. The contract also includes four unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative contract value to $40,000,000. Work will be performed in Crane, Ind., and work is expected to be completed July 2014. This contract was competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website, with 16 proposals received. These four contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Midwest, Great Lakes, Ill., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Information Technology, Needham, Mass. is being awarded a $6,105,087 hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost delivery order # NS11 under a previously awarded Air Force NETCENTS multiple award contract (FA8771-04-D-0007) to design, document, develop, produce, test and deliver five automated digital network system Increment III submarine variant systems, including program management; configuration management; network architecture design; network management software; environmental and mechanical standards compliance; design verification; design documentation; preliminary design review; critical design review; testing support; on-site technical support; integrated logistics support; and training. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command awards this delivery order on behalf of its organizational partner, the Navy's program executive office for Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I), Tactical Networks Program Office (PMW 160). Work will be performed in Taunton, Mass., and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This delivery order has an exception to the fair opportunity process pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 2304c(b)(3), as implemented by FAR 16.505(b)(2)(iii) and DFARS PGI 216.505-70(2). The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif. is the contracting activity.
Medal of Honor Recipients Plan Big Showing for Convention
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2009 - At least 59 of the 96 living Medal of Honor recipients are expected to attend the upcoming annual convention of the society named for them.
The host committee of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's convention, scheduled for Sept. 15 to 19 in Chicago, announced the number in a statement released on the convention Web site,
http://cmoh2009chicago.org, noting the unlikelihood of assembling that many recipients of the military's highest honor at once.CONTRACTS
NAVY
Bulltrack-Watts JV*, Marysville, Calif. (N62742-09-D-1181); Engineering/Remediation Resources Group, Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii (N62742-09-D-1182); Hal Hays Construction Inc.*, Riverside, Calif. (N62742-09-D-1183); HFS-PRI, JV*, Honolulu, Hawaii (N62742-09-D-1184); RMA Land Construction, Inc.*, Anaheim, Calif. (N62742-09-D-1185); and RORE-ITSI JV, LLC*, San Diego, Calif. (N62742-09-D-1186), are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price with award fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity small business multiple award construction contracts for construction projects at Department of Defense (DoD) installations worldwide. Types of projects include, but are not limited to: new construction, repair, demolition, and renovation including utilities and waterfront work, and construction of medical facilities (hospitals, medical clinics, and/or dental clinics). Work may also include energy and water conservation projects. The maximum dollar value for all six contracts combined is $400,000,000. Work will be performed at various DoD installations worldwide. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 16 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
Blackbird Technologies, Inc.,* Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $86,311,454 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for tagging, tracking, and locating equipment for various customers. The contract includes option periods which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to an estimated $450,300,000. Work will be performed in Tampa, Fla., (80 percent), OCONUS (10 percent), and other CONUS (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2010. If all options are exercised, work could continue until July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $6,300,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command E-commerce website, with an unlimited number of proposals solicited and two offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, is the contracting activity (N65236-09-D-5180).
Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a $58,639,048 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0012 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-07-D-5031) for the purchase of support for installation of independent suspension kits. Work will be performed in Kuwait, and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2009. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded $21,025,465 for firm fixed priced delivery order #0009 modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of additional initial sustainment items in support of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) MaxxPro Dash vehicles. Work will be performed at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, and deliveries are expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $687,470 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The base contract was competitively awarded, and the new requirements are sole source additions to the contract. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
ARMY
General Dynamics Land System Customer Service & Support, Sterling Heights, Mich. was awarded on July 14, 2009 a $ 45,391,709 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for services for manufacturing technical assistance for Egyptian co-production Increment 10. Includes equipment technology list items (i.e. tools, gages, fixtures, machines, or facility items) for production of the M1A1 tanks at the Egyptian tank plant. Work is to be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich. with an estimated completion date of Dec. 21, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM Warren, MI AMSCC-TAC-AHLB, Warren, Mich. is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0488).
FLIR Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, Ore. was awarded on July 15, 2009 a $ 36,801,997 firm-fixed-price contract for the StarFIRE III sensors and, related cables and hardware, for the Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment Tower System. Work is to be performed in Wilsonville, Ore. with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Space & missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala. is the contracting activity (W9113M-07-D-004).
Big-D Construction, Salt Lake City, Utah. was awarded on July 14, 2009 a $ 26,292,847 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of F-22 Heavy Maintenance & Backshop at Hill Force Base, Utah. Work is to be performed in Hill Air Force Base, Utah with an estimated completion date of July 19, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Sacrament, Calif. is the contracting activity (W91238-09-C-0005).
James McHugh Construction Company, Chicago, Ill. was awarded on July 15, 2009 a $ 14,752,000 firm-fixed-price contract for fabricating and installing four new curved structural steel sector gate leafs and hydraulic operating machinery to replace four existing structural steel sector gate leafs and existing operating machinery within Chicago Harbor Lock. Work is to be performed in Chicago, Ill. with an estimated completion date of Apr. 15, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of engineer, Chicago, Ill. is the contracting activity (W912P6-09-C-0015).
Weeks Marine Inc, Covington, LA. was awarded on July 14, 2009 a $ 6,169,751 firm-fixed-price for the construction Dredging, Mississippi River, New Orleans Harbor Cutterhead Dredge Rental Contract No. 01-2009, Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, LA. Work is to be performed in New Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, LA. with an estimated completion date of Nov. 22, 2009. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, New Orleans, LA. is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-C-0076).
Premier Power Maintenance Corporation, Indianapolis, Ind. was awarded on July 14, 2009 a $ 5,535,894 firm-fixed-price contract to replace generators and related medium and low voltage equipment and replace transformers and switchgear, building 23 and building 1 C-Wing, Richard L. Roudebush, VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind. Work is to be performed in Indianapolis, Ind. with an estimated completion date of July 14, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky. is the contracting acidity (W912QR-09-C-0052).
AIR FORCE
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $12,100,000 contract to provide massive ordnance penetrator on B-2 platform. At this time $6,000,000 has been obligated. AAC/708th, Eglin Air Force Base, is the contracting activity. (FA8681-09-C-0280)
International Enterprises, Inc., Talladega, Ala., was awarded a $11,228,687a five year requirements contract for repair and support of APG-68 radar shop replaceable units. At this time no money has been obligated. 448th SCMG, Hill Air Force Base is the contracting activity. (FA8251-09-D-0006)
Booz Allen Hamilton, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $9,660,729 contract for Headquarters United States Strategic Command Capability and Resource Analysis Division survivability and vulnerability modeling, simulation and analysis. At this time $615,293 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base is the contracting activity. (SP0700-03-D-1380)
Booz Allen Hamilton, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $9,661, 284 contract to provide NAVAIR ranges department with fully certified and accredited combat systems to the Department of Defense combat units. At this time $140,000 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base is the contracting activity. (SP0700-98-D-4002)
Booz Allen Hamilton, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $28,985,302 contract to provide the Air Force Communications Agency with combat support of air and space forces in vitual network communications and network security. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base is the contracting activity. (SP0700-03-D-4002)
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, Wis. is being awarded a maximum $10,768,579 firm fixed price contract for snow removal vehicles. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. There were originally two proposals solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is September 18, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM500-01-D-0066-0036).
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
Computer Sciences Corporation, Arlington, VA has earned "Award Term 2" under the provisions of Contract HQ0006-03-F-0016. As a result the current period of performance will be extended for an additional 12 months. The contract is for advisory and assistance services in support of the Missile Defense Agency's Sensors Directorate. Work is to be performed in Huntsville, AL. The period of performance is from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. FY 09 and FY 10 research, development, test and evaluation funding will be used to incrementally fund this effort. The Award Term value is $7,090,670.00. The aggregate value of the contract is $26,032,801.00.
Aerojet General Corporation of Rancho Cordova, California, is being awarded a modification for $5,581,965 under its cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HQ0006-08-C-0006. This modification awards Aerojet General Corporation the task to design and test prototype solid propellant divert thruster components, a composite solid propellant gas generator and case structure. This work is part of a risk reduction effort supporting the Standard Missile 3 Block IIA development program. The work will be performed in Rancho Cordova, California. The performance period is from Ju1y 1, 2009 through March 29, 2010. The amount obligated on this action is $3,900,000 using fiscal year 2009 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity (HQ0006-08-C-0006).
Navy and Army Name First Three Joint High Speed Vessels
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Secretary of the Army Pete Geren today announced the names of the first three Joint High Speed Vessels as Fortitude (JHSV 1), Vigilant (JHSV 2) and Spearhead (JHSV 3).
A cooperative effort between the Navy and the Army, JHSVs will be used for fast intra-theater transportation of troops, vehicles and equipment. The program highlights a Department of Defense acquisition objective of leveraging the expertise of one military branch to assist another. The Army is procuring Fortitude and Spearhead, while the Navy is procuring Vigilant, and each service will be responsible for operating and maintaining its ships following delivery.
JHSVs will be capable of transporting 700 short tons 1,200 nautical miles at an average speed of 35 knots, and can operate in shallow-draft ports and waterways, interfacing with roll-on/roll-off discharge facilities, and on/off-loading a combat-loaded Abrams Main Battle Tank (M1A2). Other joint requirements include an aviation flight deck to support day and night air vehicle launch and recovery operations. JHSVs will have airline style seating for 312 embarked forces and fixed berthing for 104 more.
Joint military combatant commanders will have the flexibility to use JHSVs in a variety of roles to include supporting overseas contingency operations, special operations forces, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and emerging joint sea basing concepts.
Constructed by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., the detail, design and construction contract covers 10 ships, five for the Army and five for the Navy. Long lead time material options for the first three ships have already been exercised. Construction on the first JHSV will begin following a successful Production Readiness Review (PRR), currently scheduled for fall 2009. The JHSV PRR will be a review of design maturity, availability of materials and components, and the shipbuilder's readiness to successfully start fabrication.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $571,114,320 modification to definitize the previously awarded Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-135 Low Rate Initial Production Lot III advance acquisition contract (N00019-08-C-0033) to a cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract. The modification establishes a final price and fully funds the procurement of seven Air Force Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) Propulsion Systems, one spare main engine, initial spare modules and spare parts; one Royal Netherlands Air Force CTOL propulsion system, one spare main engine, and spare parts; seven U.S. Marine Corps Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) propulsion systems; initial spare modules and spare parts; two United Kingdom Royal Navy STOVL propulsion systems, one spare main engine, initial spare modules and spare parts. This modification also provides for associated special tooling, special test equipment, production non-recurring effort, autonomic logistics planning and management, sustainment effort, program management, and financial and technical data. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (73 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (17 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($260,681,734; 46 percent); the U.S. Air Force ($160,279,954; 28 percent); and the Governments of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom ($150,152,632; 26 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Integrated Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $26,640,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-05-C-0057) for additional operations and maintenance support for the Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) Program. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed in August 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $26,640,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $24,500,000 ceiling-priced indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity time and material contract for the development and delivery of safety corrective actions, reliability and maintainability improvements, and quick reaction capability improvements in support of V-22 Osprey missions for the Air Force, Special Operations Command, and the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (50 percent); Amarillo, Texas (25 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2010. 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 (N00019-09-D-0004).
General Dynamics C4 Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz., is being awarded $16,941,789 for modification P00171 to a previously awarded firmed-fixed-price contract (M67854-02-C-2052) for the purchase nine combat operations centers capability set III units and 18 duct plenum adapter kits. Work will be performed in Scottsdale, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
HDR Architecture, Inc., Chicago, Ill., is being awarded $10,000,000 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N40083-08-D-0065) to exercise Option 1 for architectural and engineering services at Naval Station Great Lakes. The work to be performed provides for partial design packages; total design packages; design-build request for proposal packages; repairs and alterations to existing facilities, collateral equipment lists; project preliminary hazard analysis; obtaining permits and regulatory approvals; surveys (topographic and boundary); soil investigations, comprehensive interior design; contractor submittal review; construction inspection, observation and consultation; operation and maintenance support information; environmental assessments; fire protection; anti-terrorism/force protection evaluation and design; designs for phased construction; and as-built drawing preparation. Some projects will require design in the metric system. Acceptance of project-related work that requires comprehensive asbestos/lead paint surveying and provide a design that will support the removal, demolition, and disposal of these and other hazardous materials in accordance with applicable laws and regulations is required. The current total estimated contract amount after exercise of this option will be $20,000,000. Work will be performed in Great Lakes, Ill., and this option is expected to be completed July 15, 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Midwest, Great Lakes, Ill., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronic Systems, Defensive Systems Division, Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $6,008,825 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-08-G-0012) to perform configuration upgrades to the V22 large aircraft infrared countermeasures, including qualification testing and acceptance test reports. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill., and is expected to be completed in June 2012. 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.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Labatt Food Service, San Antonio, Texas is being awarded a maximum $45,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, prime vendor contract for total food & beverage support for DOD and non-DOD customers in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding area. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. The original proposal was Web solicited with three responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the fourth option year period. The date of performance completion is July 14, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-08-D-3143).
BAE Systems Information and Electronics, Totowa, N.J. is being awarded a maximum $13,918,311 firm fixed price, sole source contract for spare parts. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is July 31, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Warner Robins (DSCR-Warren), Robins AFB, Ga. (F09603-03-D-0001-XE02).
Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems, Akron, Ohio, is being awarded a maximum $9,886,017 firm fixed price, sole source contract for aircraft braking systems. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is the Defense Logistics Agency. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is April 1, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR), Va. (SPM4AX-07-D-9006).
Caterpillar Inc., Mossville, Ind. is being awarded a maximum $9,178,946 fixed price with economic price adjustment, long term contract for full track loader. Other location of performance is France. Using service is Navy. There were originally three proposals solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is July 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM500-01-D-0059-0328).
ARMY
BAE Systems Land & Armaments Limited Partnership, Minneapolis, Minn. was awarded on July 14, 2009 a $ 21,007,124 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of 5,325 improved vehicle emergency escape windshield kits for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Work is to be performed in Minneapolis, MN with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center, Warren Mich. is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0524).
U.S. Ordnance, Inc., Reno, Nev. was awarded on July 14, 2009 a $ 6,7500,300 firm-fixed-price contract for procuring 548 each M2 machine guns with a potential for a maximum quantity of 30,678. Work is to be performed in Reno, Nev. with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. Six bids solicited with six bids received. TACOM Contracting Center (Rock Island), CCTA-AR-SA, Rock Island, Ill, is the contracting activity (W52H09-09-D-0249).
The Korte Company, St. Louise, Mo. was awarded on July 13, 2009 a $ 23,680,700 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of an armed forces reserve center complex, Round Rock, Texas. Work is to be performed in Round Rock, Texas. with an estimated completion date of July 01, 2011. Forty-six bids solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louis is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0030)
Anthony and Gordon Construction Company, Inc. Knoxville, Tenn. was awarded on July 13, 2009 a $ 14, 864,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of Armed Forces Reserve Center, Amarillo, Texas. Work is to be completed in Amarillo, Texas. with an estimated completion date of July 1, 2011. One Hundred Sixty-nine (169) bids were solicited with nine (9) bids received. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky. is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0054)
Solis Constructors, Inc. Austin Texas. was awarded a $ 14, 900,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design/build a chapel complex and religious education facility at Fort Hood, Texas. Work includes the design of construction site work, utilities and construction of the chapel complex and religious education facility. A 17,900 square foot structure with the chapel accommodating 600 personnel and education facility accommodating 575 personnel. Work is to be performed in Fort Hood, Texas. with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31,2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eleven (11) bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Nebraska. is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0021).
GoveConnection, Inc., Rockville, MD was awarded on July 13, 2009 a $ 7,810,002 firm-fixed-price contract for labor, material, and services required providing a wide range of logistics support services for the National Guard Bureau headquarters, 54 states and territories, NASA SEWP IV contract. Work is to be performed in Montgomery, Ala, Golden, Co, Starke, Fla., Atlanta, Ga., Johnston, Iowa, Indianapolis, Ind., Topeka, Kan., Pineville, L.A., Havre De Grace, Md., Augusta, Maine., Lansing, Mich., Little Falls, Minn., Helena, Mont., Raleigh, NC, Devils Lake, N.D., Lincoln, Neb., Santa Fe, N.M., Oklahoma City, Okla., Salem, Ore., Annville, Pa., Columbia, S.C., Nashville, Tenn., Austin, Texas, Draper, Utah, Tacoma, Wash., Camp Douglas, Wis., Buckhannon, W.V., and Guernsey, Wyo.. The estimated completion date if July12, 2010. Fifteen bids were solicited and five bids were received. National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va. is the contracting activity (W9133L-09-F-0088).
Missile Defense Agency
Aerojet General Corporation of Rancho Cordova, California, is being awarded a modification to exercise Option 1 for $13,718,441 under its cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HQ0006-08-C-0035. This prototype demonstration effort supports improvements to the ballistic missile defense system. Under this option, Aerojet General Corporation will fabricate two divert and attitude control systems and perform a static fire test on one in order to demonstrate the system's technical maturity for potential inclusion in an early intercept capability program. The work will be performed in Rancho Cordova, California. The performance period is from Ju1y 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011. The amount obligated on this action is $7,185,000 using fiscal year 2009 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity (HQ0006-08-C-0035).
AIR FORCE
Elite Aerospace, Hollywood, Fla., was awarded a $7,000,000 contract to provide a maximum quantity of 250 secondary heat exchangers in support of the F-15 aircraft. At this time all the funds have been obligated. 848th CBSG, Tinker Air Force Base, is the contracting activity. (FA8118-09-D-0034)
Booz Allen Hamilton, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $6,272,271contract to provide the Headquarters Space Command Directorate of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance space intelligence survivability/vulnerability, threat assessment evaluation, integration and insertion. At this time $193,237, has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base is the contracting activity. (SP0700-03-D-1380)
Universal Understanding, Jacksonville, Fla., was awarded a $6,867,119 contract to exercise an option for continuation of SMARTnet II Network optimization and software support for the United States Air Forces Central. At this time all the funds have been obligated. 20th Contracting Squadron, Shaw Air Fo
Officials Won't Ban Tobacco for Deployed Troops, Morrell Says
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has made it clear he does not plan to restrict tobacco use among troops in war zones, the Pentagon's press secretary said today.
Gates has yet to see a report commissioned by the
Defense Department that proposes a ban on smoking in the military, Geoff Morrell
said.
The National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine completed the study last
month, which reportedly recommends strict controls to limit new users from
entering the military and to curtail use among those already serving.
The secretary is likely to consider some of the report's recommendations, but
none that ban tobacco use among deployed forces, Morrell said.
"[Gates] has been very clear to me up front that one of the things he is not
prepared to do is to restrict use of tobacco products in combat zones," he said.
"We are fighting two wars right now using a force that we are demanding more of
than we ever have before," Morrell said. "They are under enormous stress and
strain, and the secretary does not want to compound that stress by taking away
one of the few outlets they may have to relieve that stress."
The secretary shares the concerns of those who prepared the report about the
health and well-being of the force and understands the administration's goal of
a smoke-free America, Morrell said.
"Obviously, it is not our preference to have a force that is using tobacco
products," he said.
Morrell noted the enormous cost to the department in terms of health care. "By
some estimates, it costs us nearly a billion dollars a year in tobacco-related
health problems," he said.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Michael W. Heede Jr., 22, of Delta, Pa., and Staff Sgt. David S. Spicer, 33, of Zanesfield, Ohio, died July 13 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Heede was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Spicer was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy
Special to American Forces Press Service
ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2009 - Guardsmen from Texas and Oklahoma assisted local firefighters over the weekend as they worked to extinguish wildfires about 20 miles east of Austin, Texas, and in Major County, Okla.
Soldiers from Texas' 1st Battalion, 149th
Aviation Regiment responded with two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters carrying
600-gallon "Bambi" buckets to help put out the flames, said Army Col. William
Meehan, spokesman for the Texas National Guard.
A four-man Black Hawk crew from Oklahoma also responded to fires in their state,
according to National Guard reports.
Over the course of the two-hour mission yesterday, soldiers in helicopters
dropped 154 buckets or about 100,000 gallons of water on the blaze, Meehan said.
Responding to wildfires is nothing new for the Texas Guard.
"We have been doing this for so many years that it's mostly second nature,"
Meehan said.
The Guard also works with the Texas Forestry Service to assess where
fire-fighting assets will be needed most. Because of that planning, aircraft are
ready to go in strategic positions across the state.
"We have aircraft ready to go in Austin and San Antonio," said Meehan, adding
that aircraft can be pre-positioned almost anywhere in the state as the need
arises.
While the most recent fire has been contained, the dry conditions in Texas most
likely will continue.
"We have many areas of Texas that are bone dry," Meehan said. "The state has
asked us to be on standby as the [conditions have] actually gotten drier."
That could mean a busy summer for the Texas Guard. "We expect a very long fire
season," Meehan said. "And it will go right up to hurricane season.
"We hope we're not needed, but we're ready to go if we are," he said.
CONTRACT
ARMY
Fluor Intercontinental, Greenville, S.C., is being awarded a $1.5 billion task order cost plus award fee contract for the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV (LOGCAP IV) services in Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Greenville, S.C. (5 percent), and Afghanistan (95 percent) with an estimated completion date of July 1, 2010. Three bids solicited with three bids received. Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-07-D-0008).
DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas is being awarded a $1.5 billion task order cost plus award fee contract for the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV (LOGCAP IV) services in Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (5 percent), and Afghanistan (95 percent) with an estimated completion date of July 1, 2010. Three bids solicited with three bids received. Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-07-D-0007).
Alliant Ammunition and Power Co., LLC, Radford, Va., is being awarded a $22,468,063 requirements firm-fixed-price contract for TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) Type I, Flake: TNT procured to MIL-DTL-248, Revision D, May 14, 2002, with amendment 1, June 27, 2007. Quantity: 5,225,131. Work is to be performed in Radford, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. Bids were solicited using World Wide Web with three bids received. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, CCRC-AR, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-D-0017).
Nicholson Construction Co., Cuddy, Pa., is being awarded a $8,445,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Howard Hanson Dam, Right Abutment Interim Measure. Work is to be performed in Howard Hanson Dam, Green River, Palmer, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 1, 2009. Bids were solicited using World Wide Web with five bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-09-C-0011).
Day & Zimmerman, Camden Operations, Camden, Ark., is being awarded a $6,600,711 firm-fixed-price contract. This award is a sole source re-procurement of the MK-45 Electric Primer under the authority of FAR clause 25.249-8 Default, (Fixed Price Supply and Services) as a result of the termination of contract W52P1J-05-C-0076. Work is to be performed in Camden, Ark., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-C00021).
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HQ0006-09-C-0004 for $24,832,170. Under this contract, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory will provide technical services in support of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and other government agencies, in the areas of research, design, development, program management, engineering, analysis, prototyping, test, demonstration, and evaluation of Guidance, Navigation and Control Technologies. The work will be performed in Cambridge, Mass. The performance period is from June 30, 2009 through June 29, 2014. The amount obligated on this action is $150,000 using fiscal year 2009 research, development, test and evaluation funds. MDA is the contracting activity (HQ0006-09-C-0004).
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Corp., Space Systems Co.,
Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $15,725,252 modified contract for the
Advanced EHF Satellite program in the MILSATCOM Systems Wing to increase the
level of interim contractor sustainment activities. At
this time, $14,566,254 has been obligated. Military
Satellite Communications Systems Wing, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting
activity (F04701-02-C-0002).
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Incorporated, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $12,052,945 cost plus fixed fee contract to support the NightLighter program, which is an optical change detection system with full day/night capability. At this time, $11,540,000 has been obligated. Detachment 1 AFRL/PKSE, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-C-1636).
NAVY
Superior Electric Company, Farmington, Conn., is being awarded a $20,421,400 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity firm-fixed-price contract for the acquisition of various quantities of 15 Kilovolt and 30 Kilovolt Automatic Voltage Regulators ( AVR 's).
Work will be performed in Farmington, Conn., and is expected to be completed by June 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $1,890,400 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured utilizing unrestricted full and open competition with two offers received via the Federal Business Opportunities website. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship System Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-09-D-0021).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $14,811,181 modification to previously awarded contract to increase the ceiling amount for Systems Engineering and Systems Software/Firmware support for the various Electronic Warfare Systems for the AN/SLQ-32 System, the threat detection system aboard Navy ships. Work will be performed in Goleta, Calif., (75 percent), Buffalo, N.Y., (10 percent), Dahlgren, Va., (10 percent), and Hollywood, Md., (5 percent) and is expected to be completed by December 2014. No funds will be placed on the contract at time of award. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-05-D-8718).
Sauer Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded $7,021,100 for firm-fixed price task order #0004 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract for the design and construction to expand and renovate three facilities at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction for renovation and expansion of building 3205 and a new stand alone Buoy Blast & Paint Facility for the National Data Buoy Center, a tenant organization of the Space Center. The task order also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $8,999,800. Work will be performed at Stennis Space Center, Miss., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N62467-05-D-0181).
EDO Communications and Countermeasures Systems, Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., is being awarded a $5,672,111 modification to previously awarded contract for the production and support of six Automated Test Units (ATEs) and support services provided by eight Field Service Representatives (FSRs) and one Subject Matter Expert (SME) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Work will be performed in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. 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 (N00024-07-C-6311).
The Army released suicide data for the month of June today. Among active-duty soldiers there were no confirmed suicides and nine potential suicides. In May, the Army reported one confirmed suicide and 16 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers. Since that time, seven have been confirmed and nine remain under investigation.
There have been 88 reported active-duty suicides in the Army during calendar year 2009. Of these, 54 have been confirmed, and 34 are pending determination of manner of death. For the same period in 2008, there were 67 confirmed suicides among active-duty soldiers.
During June 2009, among reserve component soldiers not on active duty, there were no confirmed suicides and two potential suicides; to date, among that same group, there have been 16 confirmed suicides and 23 potential suicides currently under investigation to determine the manner of death. For the same period in 2008, there were 29 confirmed suicides among reserve soldiers not on active duty.
"Every soldier suicide is different and tragic in its own way," said Brig. Gen. Colleen McGuire, director, Army Suicide Prevention Task Force. "Our current research and prevention efforts are identifying common denominators that lead soldiers to take their own life. It's often a combination of many factors that overwhelm an individual.
"Although suicide can impact anyone, we're finding that male soldiers, in combat-arms occupational specialties, between ages 18 and 27 are more vulnerable," McGuire said. "That's why we're looking at existing programs and other institutional safety nets to see what works, and what needs to be changed to enhance the support network of trained leaders and behavioral healthcare providers who can identify and treat risk factors before young soldiers get to the point where they feel there's no way out."
The Army will complete the second phase of a three-phased service-wide suicide stand-down and chain teach program, July 15, 2009. Phases one and two included an interactive training program, that features a video, and a small unit leader training effort which began on February 15, 2009. The third phase of the Army program will include sustained annual suicide prevention training for all soldiers, emphasizing common causes of suicidal behavior and the critical role Army leaders, friends, co-workers and families play in maintaining behavioral health.
The Army's Suicide Prevention Task Force will continue implementation of the Army Campaign Plan for Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention to further enhance suicide prevention and behavioral health programs that directly affect our Army community and save soldiers' lives.
Soldiers and families in need of crisis assistance should contact Military OneSource or the Defense Center of Excellence (DCOE) Outreach Center. Trained consultants are available from both organizations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The Military OneSource toll-free number for those residing in the continental U.S. is 800-342-9647, their Web site address is http://www.militaryonesource.com. Overseas personnel should refer to the Military OneSource Web site for dialing instructions for their specific location.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Okla. died July 6 in an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy in northern Afghanistan. Randolph was assigned as an individual augmentee to Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan.
CONTRACTS
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Contract H92222-06-D-0007 with L-3 Global Communications Solutions, Inc., of Victor, N.Y., is being modified to increase the not-to-exceed ceiling from $60,000,000 to $117,000,000. This modification does not change the period of performance or the current negotiated prices. This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is for the procurement of satellite communication terminals, including equipment and services such as spares kits, training, and logistical support, in support of USSOCOM Special Operations Forces Deployable Node - Medium program. The work will continue to be performed in Victor. The original contract was awarded through full and open competitive procedures.
NAVY
Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded $39,220,048 for firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0004 modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of OCONUS field service representatives, new equipment training instructors, CONUS FSR instructors, and senior FSRs. This order is in support of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle program. The MRAP vehicles are armored vehicles with blast resistant underbodies designed to protect the crew from mine blasts, fragmentary, and direct fire weapons. Work will be performed in the United States and Iraq, and work is expected to be completed by the end of September 2010. Procurement funds in the amount of $38,068,109 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The base contract was competitively awarded, and the new requirements are sole source additions to the contract. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Trijicon, Inc.*, Wixom, Mich., is being awarded a $33,000,000 not-to-exceed ceiling, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement, delivery, maintenance, and logistical support of the M240B medium machine gun day optic (MDO). The MDO is a magnified day optic that mounts onto the M240B medium machine gun. The MDO is to aid the machine gunner in target detection, recognition, and identification, thereby increasing the combat effectiveness and lethality of the user. This contract is a five-year contract with a minimum buy of 25 MDO systems within the first contract year. Work will be performed in Wixom, Mich., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $16,418,551 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured, with proposals solicited via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online, with two offers received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity for contract number M67854-09-D-1015.
Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded $9,902,450 for firm-fixed-priced modification to delivery order #0010 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of additional initial sustainment items in support of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) MaxxPro Dash vehicles. Work will be performed in WestPoint, Miss., and work is expected to be completed by the end of December 2009. Procurement funds in the amount of $4,205,473 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Barnhart, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $8,843,447 for firm-fixed price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8614) for design and construction of a large fire crash rescue station at Travis Air Force Base. The task order also contains one unexercised option and one planned modification, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $10,329,235. Work will be performed in Fairfield, Calif., and is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
ARMY
Apptis, Inc., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Jul. 1, 2009 a $132,891,928 time and material contract for information technology telecommunications support services for worldwide command center upgrades in support of the project manager Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems Command Centers upgrades special project office. Work is to be determined by mission requirements with an estimated completion date of Jun. 30, 2011. Sixteen bids solicited and 3 bids received. Army Contracting Command, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0014).
Clark Construction Group, LLC Tampa, Fla. was awarded on June 30, 2009 a $61,068,000 form-fixed-contract for a new 4-story, 257,000 square foot building. The facility will utilize pile and reinforced concrete foundations, steel frame with insulated pre-cast concrete panels, metal decking, standing seam mental roof, raised access flooring throughout, laminated force protection glass, elevators, underground utilities, parking, landscaping, exterior walkways, paving, large entrance plaza, security fencing, backup generator power, uninterruptible power supply system, telecommunication wiring infrastructure, and audio visual infrastructure. Work is to be performed in Macdill Air Force Base, Fla., with an estimated completion date of June 24, 2013. Bids were solicited using Fed Bid Opps with sixteen bids received. Corps of Engineers-Mobile Regional Contracting Center, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-09-C-0031).
Softmart Government Services, Inc., Downing Pa., was awarded on June 30, 2009 a $42,300,300 firm-fixed-price order off of a single award Blanket Purchase Agreement contract. This contract is for the Microsoft Enterprise License Agreement- 2 (MS ELA-2) is for the acquisition of Microsoft (MS) software assurance (SA) and MS software product licenses through an order under the single award MS ELA-2 BPA. The Army has perpetual licenses for all MS software purchased to date and SA for all those licenses. Microsoft SA provides licensed users with the ability to upgrade their current version of Microsoft products as new versions are made available by Microsoft. Work is to be performed worldwide in Continental United States and outside Continental United States locations with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2014. Bids were solicited using GSA e-buy website with four bids received. Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, NCRCC, Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-09-A-004).
Nitek, Inc., Sterling, Va., was awarded in Jun. 30, 2009 a $ 38,218,413 firm-fixed-price contract for 50 Husky Mounted Detection Systems (HMDS), initial spare parts, and HMDS support is for an urgent requirement in support of counter-Improvised Explosive Device (IED) operations in Afghanistan, providing precise marking of the location of buried threats. Executing the undefinitized contract action under urgent and compelling authority substantially reduced the risk to soldiers by providing the enhanced capabilities in an expedited timeframe. Work is to be performed in Sterling, Va., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Communications-Electronic Command Contracting Center-Washington, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W909MY-09-C-0069).
RQ Construction, Inc. Carlsbad, Calif., was awarded on Jun. 30, 2009 a $35,740,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design/build of a new single story, pre-engineered, repair facility. This facility will repair a variety of aircraft power components. Work is to be performed in Fort Bliss, Texas with an estimated completion date of Sept. 31, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with sixteen bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District Sacramento, Calif., was the contracting activity (W9123-09-C-0012).
AECOM Government Services Inc., Fort Worth, Texas. was awarded on July 3, 2009 a $28,272,411 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for maintenance and repair of final 2,200 1114 up-armored vehicles for transfer to the Iraqi Army. Work is to be performed in Iraq with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Rock Island Contracting Center , Rock Island, Ill. is the contracting activity (W52P1J-05-D-0004).
DRS Test & Energy Management, Inc., Huntsville, Ala. was awarded on Jun. 30, 2009 a $26,200,000 firm-fixed-price contract for various hardware kits to support direct support electrical system test sets. Work is to be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Sept 30, 2011. One bids solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army TACOM LCMC (RI), AMSCC-TAC-ARV-B Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52H09-06-G-0001).
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on June 30, 2009 a $ 24,405,260 cost-plus- incentive fee contract for the acquisition of additional extended range multi-purpose unmanned aircraft systems hardware to support Army system integration laboratory and training at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Work is to be performed in San Diego, Calif., (46 percent); Adelanto, Calif., (14 percent); Palmdale, Calif., (8 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (18 percent); Hunt Vallley, Md. (14 percent) with an estimated date of Mar. 31, 2011. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0069).
W.M. Jordan Co., Newport News, Va., was awarded on Jul. 1, 2009, a $ 15,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design-build project for the Center Campus Part 2 at Fort Lee, Virginia. The project includes construction of four ordnance training facilities and associated site work. The building will be comprised of the following spaces: administrative, general instruction, compact item repair instruction; general item repair instruction; vehicle maintenance instruction auto-aided instruction, and organizational storage. Work is to be performed in Fort Lee, Va., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 10, 2010. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Norfolk District, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-09-C-0059).
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Oakbrook, Ill., was awarded on Jun. 30, 2009 a $14,258,800 construction contract for maintenance dredging Manteo Bay, Orgen Inlet Bridge Vicinity and Ocean Bar, Dare County, N.C. . Work is to be performed in Dare County, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 15, 2009. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0032).
Snap-On Industrial, A Div. of IDSC Holding, LLC, St. Kenosha, Wis., was awarded on Jul. 1, 2009 a $ 12,126,087 IDIQ firm-fixed-price contract to forward repair system tool load. Work is to be performed in Kenosha, Wis., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0157).
R.T. Milord, Co. Bridgeview, Ill., was awarded on Jun. 30, 2009 a $11,997,202 construction, firm-fixed-price contract for earth work for Union Pacific Railroad to build a new main line in order to use their old one to stage deployments faster and more efficiently. Work is to be performed in Fort Riley, Kansas with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-09-C-4023).
Lecon, Inc., Houston, Texas. was awarded on July 2, 2009 a $ 9,749,995 firm-fixed-price contract for Sims Bayou, Houston, Texas in Harris County, Texas downstream of South Post Oak to Bathurst drive, channel recertification. The work consist of channel excavation, backfill, storm drains, articulated concrete blocks, metal sheet piling, relief wells, sub drainage system, and storm drains. Work is to be performed in Harris County, Texas. with an estimated completion date of Jan. 20, 2011. Sixty-one (61) bids were solicited with nine (9) bids received. U.S.A. Engineer District Galveston, Texas. is the contracting activity (W912HY-09-C-0026).
T.W. Laquay Dredging Inc., Port Lavaca, Texas was awarded on Jul. 1, 2009 a $9,712,080 firm-fixed-price contract for a Houston ship Channel, Texas, Sims to turning basin with light draft in Harris County, Texas, pipeline dredging. The work consists of dredging approximately 981,000 cubic yards of maintenance material, debris removal, drop outlet structure repair, and removal of sunken vessel. Work is to be performed in Harris County, Texas. with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2010. Thirty-three bids solicited and four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Galveston, Texas is the contracting activity (W912HY-09-C-0024).
Eyak Development Corp., Falls Church, Va., was awarded on July 2, 2009 a $8,892,293 firm-fixed-price contract to procure support for the Automated Neurocognitive Assessment Metrics (ANAM) program office on the performance of baseline neurocognitive testing for deploying service members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines within 12 months prior to deployment platforms, embedded ANAM testing sites, and isolated ANAM testing sites. With the exception of the government furnished items and services identified in the performance work statement, the contractor shall provide the professional, technical, and administrative personnel, services, materials, facilities, and supplies necessary to provide ANAM testing services. The contractor shall provide functional and technical support; training of government personnel to properly administer the ANAM test to service members; data collection and reporting; information management; operational reviews; test results tracking and trending; ANAM reports; and overall maintenance for the ANAM program. Work is to be performed worldwide with an estimated completion date of Jul. 02, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S.A. Medical Command, Center for Health Care Contracting, Fort Sam, Houston Texas is the contracting activity (W81K04-09-C-0002).
L-3 Services, Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on July 2, 2009 a $ 8,554,303 firm-fixed-price, time and material contract for recurring engineering and production unit delta to incorporate a new receiver with satellite on-the-move system capability into the current Prophet Spiral I production systems. Work is to be performed in San Diego, Calif. with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. One Sole Source bid was solicited with one bid received . CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., was the contracting activity (DAAB07-01-C-L539).
Military Truck Parts, Inc., Many, La., was awarded on July 2, 2009 a $7,144,364 firm-fixed-contract for 80 each Ford E-350 16-passenger vans, 10 each Ford E-350 8-passenger vans, 10 each Ford E-450 refrigerator vans, 33 diesel engines, square parts, diagnostic tools and training. Work is to be performed in Many, La.,with an estimated completion date of Feb. 2, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM, AMSCC-TAC-ADBA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0493).
Ballistie Recovery Systems, Inc., South Saint Paul, M.N. was awarded on July 1, 2009 a $ 6,103,699 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 1800 each G12 cargo parachutes with an option for an additional quantity of 1500 each NSN 1670-01-065-3755. Work is to be performed in Pinebluff, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 30, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development and Engineering Command Contracting Center, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W58P05-09-C-0012).
Gentex Corp., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., was awarded on Jun. 29, 2009 a $6,081,302 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an award of a cost-plus-incentive fee delivery order to design, develop, test, prepare associated documentation and deliver the Joint Services Aircrew Mask-Fixed Wing Joint Strike Fighter Variant Integration. Work is to be performed in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., (95 percent) and Federica, DE (5 percent) with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. One bid solicted with one bid received. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Acquisition Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (FA8902-06-D-0001).
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Ill. was awarded on July 2, 2009 a $5,874,741 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging-Brunswick Harbor entrance channel (ARRA funds). Work is to be performed in Brunswick, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2009. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-D-0002).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a maximum $7,900,000 firm-fixed-price, sole source contract for line items to support depot stand up effort. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is July 31, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency (DSCR-ZC), Philadelphia, Pa., (N00383-06-D-0011-TH03).
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Charles S. Sharp, 20, of Adairsville, Ga., died July 2 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Northrup Grumman Space and Missions Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $98,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Maritime Laser Demonstration (MLD) Program. The MLD Program seeks to mature technologies through and beyond a technical readiness level of six, in a technology demonstration (TD) phase with an anticipated contract duration period of between 12 and 18 months. There will be a final demonstration phase of a demonstrator/prototype. The prototype system installation envisioned and desired not to be limited to installation on a specific or particular class of ship, but at the very minimum shall support the US Navy DDG, LCS, CG, LSD, LPD, LHA, LHD, and FFG ship classes. Incremental land based live-fire tests for safety and range readiness reviews and testing will be considered as part of the overall program, leading to a real-time, "at sea" dynamic demonstration showing a counter-material capability against small boats. On successful completion of the TD, additional task orders for a subsequent acquisition oriented system development and demonstration phase may extend the life of the contract. These capabilities define its relevance to the Office of Naval Research mission since they are key thrusts of the survivability & self defense and power projection S&T focus areas at ONR. The contract allows for the placement of firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders. At the time of award, $499,999 will be obligated. Work will be performed in Redondo Beach, Calif., and the expected date of completion is June 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $499,999 will expire at end of current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured via the internet under a Request For Proposals. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00014-09-D-0077).
Kiewit Building Group, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $24,380,777 firm-fixed price contract for the construction of a fitness center at Naval Base, Pearl Harbor. A new paved parking area with new access driveways, landscaping, and the demolition of four existing building structures are also included in this project. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by November 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-09-C-1304).
T.B Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $14,970,106 for firm-fixed price task order #0006 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8612) for the design and construction of an applied instruction facility at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The contract also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $18,703,081. Work will be performed in Yuma, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by November 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Hawthorne Machinery Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a ceiling $14,200,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to accomplish maintenance and Class "B" overhauls on Caterpillar brand diesel engines on torpedo weapon retrievers and other small boats and crafts for the Navy. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $20,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured with four proposals solicited and one offer received via the Federal Business Opportunities website. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif. is the contracting activity (N55236-09-D-0019).
CACI, Inc.-Federal, Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $8,706,093 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with fixed-priced task orders for the enhancement, maintenance and support of Military Sealift Command information technology systems used for maintenance and supply processes. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $69,985,284. At the time of award, $1,000,000 will be obligated. Work will be performed in Chantilly, Va., (40 percent); Arlington, Va., (20 percent); San Diego, Calif., (20 percent); and Hampton Roads, Va., (20 percent), and is expected to be completed by January 2017. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with more than 100 proposals solicited with four offers received. Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-09-D-6503).
AIR FORCE
The Air Force is awarding an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to Choctaw Professional Resources Enterprise, Durant, Okla., for $16,900,386. This action will provide for a family advocacy program, East CONUS. The location of performance is 23 various medical treatment facilities within the Eastern Continental United States. No funds have been obligated at this time. AFDW/A7KM-S, Brooks City-Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA7014-09-D-0001).
The Air Force is awarding a contract to Vision Systems International, San Jose, Calif., for $10,205,915. This action will provide the equipment, data and technical support necessary to stand-up an organic repair capability for the helmet vehicle interface cables supporting the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System at Robins AFB. The system provides the war fighter an ejection-compatible, helmet-mounted display with the capability to cue and verify high off-axis sensors and weapons on USAF/USN single and dual seat fighter aircraft. The entire amount has been obligated at this time. The 448 SCMG/PKHCB, Robins AFB, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8522-09-C-0012).
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2009 - President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev agreed in Moscow today to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons stockpiles by up to a third.
Medvedev said during a news conference with
Obama at the Kremlin that the two leaders have forged an understanding on a
pact to follow up the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as START.
"We agreed on the levels of carriers and warheads, meaning that this is a very
concrete subject," the Russian president said. "In the mutual understanding,
as we have just signed with the president of the United States, it is said
that our two countries can have from 500 to 1,100 carriers of strategic arms,
and from 1,500 to 1,675 warheads."
The leaders agreed that offensive and defensive systems should be considered
together. The two also adopted a joint statement on anti-ballistic missile
programs.
Obama said the meetings helped to correct the "sense of drift" in the
relationship between the two nations. Russia damaged the relationship with its
August incursion into the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
Still, the two nations must talk and must work together, the leaders said.
"We've taken important steps forward to increase nuclear security and to stop
the spread of nuclear weapons," Obama said at the news conference.
"We have signed a joint understanding for a follow-on treaty to the START
agreement that will reduce our nuclear warheads and delivery systems by up to
a third from our current treaty limitations," Obama said. "This legally
binding treaty will be completed this year."
The leaders also agreed on a joint statement on nuclear security cooperation
that calls on the two nations to cooperate in securing vulnerable nuclear
materials.
"As we keep our commitments, so we must ensure that other nations keep
theirs," the U.S. president said. "To that end, we had constructive
discussions about North Korea and Iran."
Obama praised Russia for its help in passing a U.N. Security Council
resolution that calls for strong steps to block North Korea's nuclear and
ballistic missile programs, and noted that Iran also continues to develop
nuclear capabilities and the means to deliver them.
"This is not just a problem for the United States," Obama said. "It raises the
prospect of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, which would endanger
global security, while Iran's ballistic missile program could also pose a
threat to the broader region."
Obama said he is pleased with the U.S.-Russian statement on cooperation on
missile defense, and the agreement to conduct a joint threat assessment of the
ballistic missile challenges of the 21st century that will include Iran and
North Korea.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 4 at Combat Outpost Zerok, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked the outpost using small arms and indirect fires. They were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Killed were:
Pfc. Justin A. Casillas, 19, of Dunnigan, Calif.
Pfc. Aaron E. Fairbairn, 20, of Aberdeen, Wash.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle June 29, in Baghdad, Iraq. They were assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, Wilmington, N.C.
Killed were:
Sgt. 1st Class Edward C. Kramer, 39, of Wilmington, N.C.
Sgt. Roger L. Adams Jr., 36, of Jacksonville, N.C.
Sgt. Juan C. Baldeosingh, 30, of Newport, N.C.
Spc. Robert L. Bittiker, 39, of Jacksonville, N.C.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $441,938,182 modification to definitize the previously awarded Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Air System Low Rate Initial Production Lot III advance acquisition contract (N00019-08-C-0028) to a cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract. In addition, this modification provides for common and unique performance based logistics support and hardware for the sustainment of seven U.S. Air Force and one Government of the Netherlands Conventional Take-Off and Landing aircraft; seven U.S. Marine Corps and two United Kingdom (UK) Short Take-Off Vertical-Landing aircraft; material necessary to support activation of JSF bases; two Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainers; one Weapons Loader Trainer; two Full Mission Simulators; one USMC and one UK Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainer; sixteen LM-STAR avionics test stations; hardware and software for the Integrated Training Center; CVN Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) shipboard certification and deployment; ALIS depot trade study; and associated technical and financial data. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (42 percent); Fort Worth, Texas, (37 percent); El Segundo, Calif., (9 percent); Warton, United Kingdom, (4 percent); Nashua, N.H. (2 percent); Baltimore, Md., (1.5 percent); Cleveland, Ohio, (1.2 percent); Cheltenham, United Kingdom (1.2 percent); Rolling Meadows, Ill., (1.1 percent) and San Diego, Calif., (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2011. 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.
Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a $58,009,282 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded delivery order #0012 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5031) for the purchase of Field Service Representative Support, Equipment, Consumables, Bench Stock, and Training for the Installation of the Independent Suspension Kits on the MRAP Cougar Vehicles. Work will be performed at the MRAP Sustainment Facility in Kuwait, and work is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded a ceiling $31,635,782 cost-plus-fixed-fee term contract for Design Agent engineering services support for the AN/USQ-82(5) system as a part of DDG Modernization. Work will be performed in Huntington Beach, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (N00178-09-C-2005).
Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $17,595,000 for firm-fixed price task order #0010 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D 8615) for design and construction of a Combined Arms Military Operations in Urban Terrain training facility at the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC, Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $13,173,440 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 188 AN/ALE-47 Forward Firing/Dual Dispenser Pod shipsets for rapid installation on CH-53D/Es. In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of a 3D Product Technical Data Package on the CH-53D/E AN/ALE-47 Forward Firing/Dual Dispenser Pod system. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-2. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0065).
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $7,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-04-C-5144 for Japan Aegis Modernization Lifetime Support efforts for ATAGO and KONGO class ships under the Foreign Military Sales Program (100 percent for Japan). Lockheed Martin will provide planning, scheduling, and execution support for Japan Aegis Modernization in support of ATAGO and KONG class ships. This work will include preparing for and responding to price and availability request, conducting studies, supporting USN in development of a technology control plan to address product protection, computer program modifications, and future cooperative development and interface between US and Japan baselines. This modification includes options which if exercised would increase the cumulative value of the contract by $41,000,000. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by March 2010. 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.
Krempp Lumber Co.*, Jasper, Ind., is being awarded $5,530,000 for firm-fixed price task order #0009 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40083-06-D-4018) for construction of a Crane Army Ammunition Activity Ready Service Magazine Complex at Naval Support Activity Crane. Work will be performed in Crane, Ind., and is expected to be completed by March 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Midwest, Great Lakes, Ill., is the contracting activity.
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2009 - North Korea's launch of four short-range missiles yesterday didn't surprise Defense Department officials, a Pentagon spokesman said today.
"What's fair to say is that North Korea, [and
its] behavior, continues to be unpredictable," Bryan Whitman said, noting the
activity "was not unexpected."
Whitman said he doesn't know of any specific violations of a June 12 United
Nations Security Council nonproliferation resolution on North Korea associated
with the launch.
North Korea has been the subject of near-universal condemnation since conducting
a nuclear test in April. It also has tested intercontinental and
intermediate-range missile technology.
A defense official, speaking on background, said he sees the reason for the
launches as two-fold. The first is increased capability due to the improvement
of North Korea's missile systems. The second is that the country is using the
actions to improve its position when dealing with the international community,
which by all indications, he said, is having the reverse effect.
While this hypothesis isn't unfounded, he said, it doesn't negate the fact that
the act should be cause for concern.
"I think that North Korea is looking for attention, and this is one of the ways
that they seek to get attention," the defense official said. "I don't want to
give the sense that there isn't concern. There's great concern about this
unpredictable and dangerous activity that's taking place."
In fact, the country's development of its nuclear program, as well as its
continual improvement, testing, and exercising of ballistic missile capabilities
and its proliferation activities, should be cause for concern, the official
said.
"It's the combination of all of these things," he said. "It's the direction in
which North Korea continues to head that should cause not only the United
States, but [also] the international community at large, some concern.
CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
TW Metals, Inc., Carol Stream, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $96,000,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract to be a metals prime vendor for the northeast region of the United States. Other locations of performance are Exton, Pa., and various other locations. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Federal Civilian Agencies. There were four proposals originally solicited with four responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract has a two-year base and three possible one-year options. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM8EG-09-D-0009).
Tennessee Apparel Corp.,* Tullahoma, Tenn., is being awarded a maximum $22,101,000 firm fixed price, total set aside contract, indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery for camouflage parkas. Other locations of performance are Waynesboro, Tenn., Sparta, Tenn., and Whitwell, Tenn. Using service is the Army. The proposal was originally Web solicited with five responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-09-D-1067).
AIR FORCE
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $46,070,000 contract modification for the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership contract to increase funding for FY07 Material Improvement Projects for the USAF. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. MSW/516 AESG/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8614-04-C-2004).
Fatigue Technology Inc., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $25,000,000, contract for Wing Pylon Rib Repair for the F-16 aircraft. At this time, no funds have been obligated. 508th ACSG/PK, Hill Air Force Base is the contracting activity (FA8232-09-D-0001).
ITT Corporation, EDO Defense Systems, Amityville, N.Y., is being award a $19,146,918 contract action that will repair the AN/ALQ-161A Radio Frequency Surveillance/Electronic Countermeasures System components; 255 repair contract line items, one contract line item for material, and one contract line item for travel. At this time no funds have been obligated. Warner Robins – Air Logistics Center, Robins AIR Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8522-09-D-0006).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company-Marietta, Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $8,000,000 contract for the C-5 repairs/maintenance beyond the capability of the using command. At this time, no funds have been obligated. 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing, Robins Air Force Base is the contracting activity (FA8525-09-D-0002).
NAVY
DCK North America, LLC, Large, Pa., is being awarded a $37,937,937 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of an Operational Training Facility for Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA/P-8A) at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The work to be performed provides for a facility that includes space for 10 Operational Flight Trainers (OFT), eight Weapons Tactics Trainers, four Part Task Trainers, support equipment, bridge cranes over the OFT devices, computer based training stations, internal and external network communication equipment, training media storage, maintenance support shops, administrative offices, student study rooms, briefing areas, communications closets, and Secure Compartmented Information Facilities. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 21 proposals received in Phase I and seven Phase I offerors selected to proceed to Phase II. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-1257).
Honeywell International, Inc., Defense and Space Electronic Systems, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a $26,341,552 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N00019-07-C-0014) to exercise an option for the full-rate production of 498 Advanced Multi-Purpose Displays (AMPD) for Lot 33 F/A-18F and EA/-18G aircraft, and retrofit of Lot 26-28 F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G aircraft for the U.S. Navy (422 units) and the Government of Australia (76 units). Units being procured for the U.S. Navy include 167 five-by-five inch forward; 134 five-by-five inch aft; 64 eight-by-ten inch AMPDs and 57 eight-by-ten inch AMPD High Resolution Recorder Interface kits to upgrade legacy displays with higher resolution capability. Units being procured for the Government of Australia include 30 five-by-five inch forward; 30 five-by-five inch aft; and 16 eight-by-ten inch AMPDs. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($21,822,180; 82.8 percent) and the Government of Australia ($4,519,372; 17.2 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Albuquerque, N.M., and is expected to be completed in December 2010. 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.
FGM, Reston, Va., is being awarded a potential $21,426,600 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC) systems engineering support for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). NECC provides seamless integration of information for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, and the military services, ensuring synchronized joint and multinational operations, as well as joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence to support the entire force projection cycle. NECC support services include technical operations, integrated logistics, test and evaluation, training, modeling and simulation, security engineering, and other related systems engineering support. This contract is one of three contracts awarded: all awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period. This two-year contract includes one three-year option period which, if exercised, would bring the potential, cumulative value of the contract to $60,264,055. Work will be performed at DISA locations in the Washington, D.C. area, and work is expected to be completed June 30, 2011 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and posting to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with three viable offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is the contracting activity (N66001-09-D-0114).
Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va., is being awarded a potential $20,414,156 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC) systems engineering support for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). NECC provides seamless integration of information for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, and the military services, ensuring synchronized joint and multinational operations, as well as joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) to support the entire force projection cycle. NECC support services include technical operations, integrated logistics, test and evaluation, training, modeling and simulation, security engineering, and other related systems engineering support. This contract is one of three contracts awarded: all awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period. This two-year contract includes one three-year option period which, if exercised, would bring the potential, cumulative value of the contract to $56,729,467. Work will be performed at DISA locations in the Washington, D.C. area, and work is expected to be completed June 30, 2011 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and posting to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with three viable offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is the contracting activity (N66001-09-D-0113).
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a potential $20,139,580 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC) systems engineering support for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). NECC provides seamless integration of information for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, and the military services, ensuring synchronized joint and multinational operations, as well as joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) to support the entire force projection cycle. NECC support services include technical operations, integrated logistics, test and evaluation, training, modeling and simulation, security engineering, and other related systems engineering support. This contract is one of three contracts awarded: all awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period. This two-year contract includes one three-year option period which, if exercised, would bring the potential, cumulative value of the contract to $55,419,565. Work will be performed at DISA locations in the Washington, D.C. area, and work is expected to be completed June 30, 2011 . Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and posting to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with three viable offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is the contracting activity (N66001-09-D-0115).
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $9,156,317 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2104) for research and development of advanced submarine technologies for current and future submarine platforms. The contract provides for provision of studies to support the manufacturability, maintainability, producibility, reliability, manning, survivability, hull integrity, performance, structural, weight/margin, stability, arrangements, machinery systems, acoustics, hydrodynamics, ship control, logistics, human factors, materials, weapons handling and stowage, submarine safety, and affordability of current and future submarine platforms. The contract also provides for engineering and technical support for Research and Development efforts associated with designing a future undersea superiority alternative to the reduced submarine program. Focus is on Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical systems, but may also involve C4I and non-propulsion electronic systems. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. 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 Corp., Integrated Systems, Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $6,359,983 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-03-C-0057) for the procurement of NP2000-3 Propellar Systems for three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Pilot Production Aircraft, and associated spares. Work will be performed in Windsor Locks, Conn., (80 percent) and Bethpage, N.Y., (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2010. 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.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $27,856,053 modification on June 30, 2009, to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0086) for additional time-critical parts in support of EA-18G Full Rate Production Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) system. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in September 2009. 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.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Terry J. Lynch, 22, of Shepherd, Mont., died June 29 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
CONTRACTS
U.S. ARMY TANK - AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND
Oshkosh Corporation., Oshkosh, WI is being awarded a $1,055,910,053 Firm Fixed Priced Delivery Order Number 0002 under Contract W56HZV-09-D-0111 for the purchase of 2,244 MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs), Basic Issue Items, Field Service Representative Support, Equipment, Engineering, Authorized Stocking List Parts Packages and Prescribed Load List parts packages. The US Army Tank Automotive Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity.
NAVY
General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $573,000,000 ceiling priced, undefinitized contract action for the production of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) CVN 78 Shipset. EMALS is the catapult launch system on CVN-78 class aircraft carriers, replacing the steam catapults used on prior generations of aircraft carriers. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., (49 percent); Tupelo, Miss., (19 percent); Mankato, Minn., (12 percent); Waltham, Mass., (4 percent); and various locations across the United States (16 percent), and work is expected to be completed in September 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 602-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-09-C-0573).
DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $45,649,330 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N62742-08-C-1115) to exercise the second option period to provide support services for Philippines Operations Support in the Republic of the Philippines for the Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines. The work to be performed provides for all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide support services. The current total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $206,634,712. Work will be performed in the Republic of the Philippines, and work is expected to be completed Jun. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $44,910,868 cost-plus award/fixed-fee contract for combat systems engineering to support the government of Australia under the Foreign Military Sales Program - Case AT-P-LCQ. The government of Australia selected the Navy/Lockheed Martin Aegis Combat System for its Australian Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Program. These requirements include the necessary combat systems engineering, computer program development, ship integration and test logistics technical services, NSCC/CSEDS equipment, and staging support to design and build an Aegis Weapon System (AWS) baseline to support the AWD Program. The AWD AWS baseline will be derived from a technology refreshed variant of the Navy AWS baseline 7 Phase I. This contract will support efforts through Aegis Combat System critical design review (CDR). Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., (97 percent) and Australia (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. This contract was procured under the authority of 10 U.S.C. (c)(4), International Agreement. As such, this procurement was not synopsized in Federal Business Opportunities. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5104).
American Bridge Co., Richmond, Va., is being awarded a $35,152,446 firm-fixed-price contract for the complete construction of Pier 31 at Naval Submarine Base New London. The work to be performed provides for demolition of the existing pier and construction of Pier 31 to include a pile supported pier with concrete deck, electrical shore power, pier lighting, communications, cable, telephone, lightning protection, water, sewer, compressed air, pure water and oily waste/waste oil piping connections off pier, bitts, jib cranes, retractable craneless brows, rubber faced steel fendering system and specialized equipment. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by November 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with five proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7011).
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $22,584,562 delivery order against a previously issued basic order agreement (N00019-05-G-0008) for the procurement of 151 electro optical sensor unit weapon replaceable assemblies (WRAs) from ATFLIR pods or spare deliveries; 154 laser WRAs from ATFLIR pods or spare deliveries; 154 laser electronic unit WRAs from ATFLIR pods or spare deliveries; 32 visible channel assembly; and 12 visible beam splitter. This effort will include the production, implementation, and ILS efforts and modification labor associated with ATFLIR IR-marker retrofit engineering change proposal in support of the F/A-18. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas, (60 percent); and El Segundo, Calif., (40 percent); and is expected to be completed in July 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $3,242,394 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Brandes Associates, Inc.*, Santa Barbara, Calif., is being awarded a $16,731,943 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to research, design, develop and deliver an Advanced Systems Integration and Operations Center (ASIC) to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD). The ASIC will provide new functionality and network outreach, encompassing network centric warfare and operations, fleet exercise collaboration and support of other country and organization exercises and objectives, support testing and training for the Department of Defense, to include joint service efforts. Work will be performed in China Lake, Calif., and is expected to be completed in June 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-C-0081).
Oceaneering International Inc., Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded an $11,984,265 firm-fixed-price contract for the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) service life extension program (SLEP) for the LCACs 30 and 56. The LCAC SLEP will extend the service life of LCAC from 20 to 30 years, sustain/enhance craft capability, replace obsolete electronics, repair corrosion damage, reduce life cycle cost by improving reliability and maintainability, increase survivability, and establish a common configuration baseline. The LCAC SLEP scope of effort includes repair and upgrade of the buoyancy box, gas turbine engine replacement, installation of a new skirt, installation of an integrated C4N equipment package, and accomplishment of selected craft alterations and repair work. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $35,227,516. LCACs 59, 62, and 79 are included as option crafts. Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and advertised via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 24 proposals solicited and four offers received via the Federal Business Opportunities website. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif. ,is the contracting activity (N55236-09-C-0004).
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $11,717,122 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-4403) for repairs of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7). The following work items will be accomplished on the ship: replace sewage discharge pumps; install scullery steam condensate drain piping; replace fire retardant plywood on ammunition magazine bulkhead; remove & dispose marine coatings containing heavy metals; replace & test flight deck padeyes; replace ventilation ducting and preheater; repair combination steam exhaust/relief valve; replace lube oil tank, fill connection deck fitting; and other work items to support those mentioned. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by November 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $11,717,122 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, Va., is the administrative contracting activity for the contract (N00024-05-C-4403).
The Pennsylvania State University Electro-Optics Center, Freeport, Pa., is being awarded an $11,488,791 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for research, design, development, and delivery of sub-systems for use in the next generation radars and the Common Data Sensor Architecture (CDSA) Program. The CDSA is a centralized system for collecting input information from a variety of sensors and even providing information from one group of sensors to another. Two technologies are fundamental for the CDSA to successfully transition to producible, fielded systems: high voltage/ high power switching devices based on halide chemical vapor deposition; and wavelength division multiplexing. Requirements include prototype sub systems for the NG radar; research into transmit receive module technology; developing optical radar methodologies; analysis of air defense radar including: jamming, radio frequency (RF) transmitting vs. receiving; research for RF propagation, high powered testing, deep level transient spectroscopy and secondary ion mass spectroscopy. Work will be performed at Freeport, Pa., (80 percent) and State College, Pa., (20 percent) is expected to be completed in June 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-09-C-GR34).
Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $10,895,718 for firm-fixed price task order #0003 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8608) for design and construction of a child development center at Naval Base Coronado. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Sherrick Construction, Inc.*, Nashville, Tenn., is being awarded a $9,666,646 firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of a new Child Development Center at Naval Support Activity Mid-South. The contract also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $10,292,446. Work will be performed in Millington, Tenn., and is expected to be completed by July 2011. Funds are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with nine proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Midwest, Great Lakes, Ill., is the contracting activity (N40083-09-C-0011).
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $8,685,509 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55-calendar-day regular overhaul of Military Sealift Command's fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). The ship's primary mission is to operate as part of a carrier strike group, providing fuel, ammunition, and dry and refrigerated stores to support U.S. Navy ships at sea. This regular overhaul includes cleaning and inspecting tanks and spaces, underwater hull-cleaning and painting, and numerous inspections and certifications. The contract contains options which, if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $11,684,396. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and the period of performance is for 55 calendar days, commencing on about Aug.1, 2009. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with three offers received. The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Fleet Support Command, a field activity of Military Sealift Command, is the contracting activity (N40442-09-C-2007).
Sundt William Scotsman, a joint venture, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded an $8,553,732 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N62473-08-C-3511) to exercise option 0002 which provides for the furniture, fixtures and equipment/collateral equipment for temporary facilities of administration, billeting, armory, storage and maintenance buildings at Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $81,573,825. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Straub Construction, Inc., Bonsall, Calif., is being awarded $8,516,000 for firm-fixed price task order #0005 under a multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8616) for design and construction of a consolidated communications/electronic maintenance shop at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Archer Western Contractors, Ltd. dba Archer Western, Chicago, Ill., is being awarded $7,730,990 for firm-fixed price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-08-D-9739) for the construction of a child development center at Naval Station Norfolk. The task order also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $7,758,490. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a $ 7,496,641 fixed-price delivery order #0079 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-04-D-5016) to purchase of 2,980 turret gunners restraint system. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., (70 percent) and Fairfield, Ohio (30 percent), and work for this delivery order is expected to be completed by Mar. 31, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
Burns & Roe Services Corp., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $7,038,740 modification under a previously awarded contract (N62470-06-D-4614) to exercise Option 3 for utilities and maintenance services at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $38,948,784. Work will be performed at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by June 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is the contracting activity.
Sundt William Scotsman, a joint venture, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $6,312,999 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N62473-08-C-3511) to exercise option 0004 which provides for the furniture, fixtures and equipment/collateral equipment for temporary facilities of administration, billeting, armory, storage and maintenance buildings at Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $73,020,093. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
United States Special Operations Command is increasing the contract maximum order amount on the acquisition, logistics, management and business operations support contract, USZA22-02-D-0014, awarded in December 2001 to Sverdrup Technology Inc., (now Jacobs Technology Inc.). This is a multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity term contract with an anticipated period of performance through April 2010 for acquiring intellectual capital support in the areas of system acquisition and development. This action will increase the maximum order amount of one of the multiple-award contracts from $400,000,000 to $460,000,000, with an additional $45,000,000 to $505,000,000, if the government exercises the Extension of Services clause.
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Network Centric Systems, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $98,353,091 firm-fixed contract for the production of KIV-77 single function appliqué and the remote form factor units for the Air Force, Army, and Navy. At this time, $15,027,990 has been obligated. Headquarters Cryptologic Program System Group, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA8307-09-D-001).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Liverpool, N.Y., is being award a $76,226,449 firm-fixed contract for a quantity of 17 AN/FPS 117 radar modification kits, site assessments and related training. At this time, $19,474,319 has been obligated. Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity(FA8706-09-C-0001).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is modifying a $75,209,000 fixed- price incentive firm contract for Long Lead funding of two Global Hawk Block 30M air vehicles, each including airborne signals intelligence payload and enhanced integrated sensor suite payloads, three Global Hawk 40 air vehicles, each including an MP-RTIP payload , and three ASIP retrofit kits. At this time, $75,209,000 has been obligated. 303rd AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-09-C-4001).
Kaman Precision Products, Inc., Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $52,970,557 firm-fixed contract for joint programmable fuze systems, including the FMU-152 fuze and FZU-55 initiator, of five FMS countries for a quantity of 458 and the Air Force for a quantity of 14,601 each. At this time, $52,970,557 has been obligated. 679th Armament Systems Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (F08626-98-C-0006).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Artcraft Optical Co., Inc., Rochester, N.Y.*, is being awarded a maximum $16,302,804 firm-fixed price, indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contract for purchase of aircrew spectacle frames. Other location of performance is in New York. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The original proposal was DIBBS solicited withone one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract includes a base and four one-year option periods. The date of performance completion is Jun. 29, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM2DE-09-D-7539).
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Timothy A. David, 28, of Gladwin, Mich., died June 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered earlier in Sadr City, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Peter K. Cross, 20, of Saginaw, Texas, died June 26 at Combat Outpost Carwile, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Joshua L. Hazlewood, 22, of Manvel, Texas, died June 25 in Arifjan, Kuwait, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 614th Automated Cargo Documentation Detachment.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Nammo Talley Defense Inc., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded a $136,482,000 ceiling firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the procurement of the M72A7 Light Weight Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW) System and Trainers to replenish stockpiles. The M72A7 LAW, Department of Defense Identification Code (DODIC) (HA29) is a man-portable, shoulder launched rocket designed to destroy armored vehicles and covered enemy fighting positions. In addition, the ID/IQ contract also has CLINs (contract line item number) for the purchase of: M72AS LAW trainer rockets, DODIC (HA21); M72AS LAW Inert training rocket, DODIC (HA46); M72AS trainer launchers; M72AS trainer launcher boxes; M72AS trainer launcher cleaning kits; and a CLIN to convert M72A7 LAW launcher to M72AS trainer launchers. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contact to $136,482,000. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz. (58.8 percent); Camden, Miss. (13 percent); and Davidsville, Pa. (28.2 percent), and is expected to be completed June 2010 (July 2014 with option years exercised). Contract funds in the amount of $11,599,495 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured with one proposal solicited and one offer received. Sole source announced via Navy Electronic Commerce Online. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-D-1062).
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Raleigh, N.C., is being awarded a $15,550,000 firm-fixed-price contract for a new open bay barracks facility at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of the barracks and a battalion aid station, associated storage, utilities, parking, site improvements, built-in equipment requirements, access, and anti-terrorism force protection. Work will be performed in Parris Island, S.C., and is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 18 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-1766).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $10,000,000 firm fixed-price contract for concept studies for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) S-band and Radar Suite Controller (RSC). AMDR is envisioned as a radar suite containing a S-band radar, a X-band radar and RSC and will be designed to be scalable to accommodate current and future mission requirements for multiple platforms. The AMDR-S will provide volume search, tracking, Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) discrimination and missile communications. The AMDR-X will provide horizon search, precision tracing, missile communication and terminal illumination. The RSC will perform all coordination actions to ensure that both radars operate in concert in a widely diverse environment. The current contract is for the S-band and RSC Concept Studies only. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Md., and is expected to be completed by December 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities and Navy Electronic Commerce Online websites, with three offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5398).
Lockheed Martin MS2, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $10,000,000 firm fixed price contract for concept studies for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) S-band and Radar Suite Controller (RSC). AMDR is envisioned as a radar suite containing a S-band radar, a X-band radar and RSC and will be designed to be scalable to accommodate current and future mission requirements for multiple platforms. The AMDR-S will provide volume search, tracking, Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) discrimination and missile communications. The AMDR-X will provide horizon search, precision tracing, missile communication and terminal illumination. The RSC will perform all coordination actions to ensure that both radars operate in concert in a widely diverse environment. The current contract is for the S-band and RSC Concept Studies only. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by December 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities and Navy Electronic Commerce Online websites, with three offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5312).
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Sudbury, Mass. is being awarded a $9,909,540 firm-fixed-price contract for concept studies for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) S-band and Radar Suite Controller (RSC). AMDR is envisioned as a radar suite containing a S-band radar, a X-band radar and RSC and will be designed to be scalable to accommodate current and future mission requirements for multiple platforms. The AMDR-S will provide volume search, tracking, Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) discrimination and missile communications. The AMDR-X will provide horizon search, precision tracing, missile communication and terminal illumination. The RSC will perform all coordination actions to ensure that both radars operate in concert in a widely diverse environment. The current contract is for the S-band and RSC Concept Studies only. Work will be performed in Sudbury, Mass. (94 percent); Fairfax, Va. (4 percent); Bath, Maine (3 percent); Andover, Mass. (3 percent); Tewksbury, Mass. (3 percent); and East Syracuse, N.Y. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities and Navy Electronic Commerce Online websites, with three offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5313).
PKL Services Inc.*, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $6,300,000 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aircraft maintenance and technical support services for Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) located at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif. The Squadron is responsible for the management, readiness and operational support of 50 F/A-18 A/B/C/D T/M/S aircraft. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $35,300,000. Work will be performed at Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2014. Contract funds allocated at time of award will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with four offers received in response to the request for proposals. The Regional Contracting Office - MCI-West, Camp Pendleton, Calif., is the contracting activity (M00681-09-D-0008).
EDO Communications and Countermeasures Systems Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., is being awarded a $36,329,108 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-6311) for the production and support of 548 JCREW 2.1 Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW) systems to meet urgent Department of Defense (DoD) requirements in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Vehicle Mounted CREW systems are one element of the DoD's Joint Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare program. Spiral 2.1 CREW systems are vehicle mounted electronic jammers designed to prevent the initiation of Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices. This contract is for the urgent procurement and support of CREW systems, to be used by forces in each of the military services of the Central Command Area of Responsibility. The Navy manages the joint CREW program for Office of the Secretary of Defense's Joint IED Defeat Organization. Work will be performed in Thousand Oaks, Calif. and is expected to be completed by December 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $2,574,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Sensor and Antenna Systems, Lansdale Inc., Lansdale, Pa., is being awarded a $32,000,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-08-C-0046) for the manufacture and delivery of 37 Full Rate Production II AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitters for the EA-6B Aircraft. Work will be performed in Lansdale, Pa., and is expected to be completed in November 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.
Sundt William Scotsman, a joint venture, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $28,935,155 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N62473-08-C-3511) for the exercise of option 0001 which provides for the design and installation of temporary facilities of administration, billeting, armory, storage and maintenance buildings at Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton. The work to be performed under this option provides for design and installation of: (1) an interim administration; (2) an interim billeting; (3) an interim armory; (4) an interim storage; and (5) an interim maintenance facility. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $66,707,094. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $18,232,373 contract against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-05-G-0026) for the design, integration and installation for a C-model and D-model Swiss F/A-18 aircraft for the Government of Switzerland under the foreign military sales program. In addition, this effort includes Upgrade 25 Familiarization, Engineering and O-Level Maintenance training. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (60 percent) and Emmen, Switzerland (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2013. 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.
ManTech Systems Engineering Corp., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $16,621,252 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-08-D-0008) to exercise an option for the procurement of warfare analysis, modeling and simulation, software development, and analytic program support for the Naval Air Systems Command's Warfare Analysis and Integration Department. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (85 percent) and Lexington Park, Md. (15 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $87,327,441 firm-fixed-price contract for 35 Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems Model A (MTS-A), 25 MTS-B Pre-Production Units including one retrofit gyro and one retrofit imager, and associated MTS-A/B shop replaceable unit spares and containers to support the Predator, Reaper Program. At this time, $14,094,651 has been obligated. 703rd Aeronautical Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (FA8620-06-G-4041)
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $24,524,540 firm-fixed-price contract to provide services life engine program kits and time compliance technical order upgrade kits in support of the upgrade of 12 Egyptian Air Force 110 engines. At this time, $12,262,270 has been obligated. 448 SCMG/PKB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8122-09-G-0001-0002).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $18,357,434 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide U.S. Pacific Command/J62 with Information Assurance Net Operations planning and policy development in order to become strategically positioned to maintain a high level of information superiority through the successful integration of its Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence systems. At this time, $330,586 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-98-D-4002).
Remote Inc., Clinton, Tenn., is being awarded a $12,625,035 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for Headquarters Air Combat Command Air Force Explosive Ordinance Counter Improvised Explosive Device mission that requires purchase of 53 robots along with the various accessories and attachments. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. ACC AMIC/PKA, Newport News, Va., is the contracting activity (FA4890-09-F-0013).
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $15,725,252 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus award fee contract providing advanced extremely high frequency satellite program in the Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing increased interim contractor sustainment activities for the rest of fiscal 2009 and the first two months of fiscal 2010. The effort includes: additional product integration testing of the mission planning element increment 4 software, the correction of associated deficiency reports, and other additional tasks required to support command and control cut-over activities. At this time, $14,566,254 has been obligated. SMC, MCSW/PKA, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0002, P00360).
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $9,734,960 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract providing a follow-on test and evaluation and captive carry reliability program and will provide support in the performance of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile Intercept Missile (AIM)-120D program. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 695 ARSS, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-08-C-0050, P00003).
Boeing Satellite Systems Inc., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $6,295,851 modification to a contract providing engineering support for wideband global satellite communications enhancements study. This effort buys 27,335 hours of engineering labor hours, associated material, and other direct costs. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. SMC, MCSW/PK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8808-06-C-0001, P00050).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Bethel Industries Inc.**, Jersey City, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $14,817,600 firm-fixed-price, total set aside contract for battle uniform coats and trousers. Other locations of performance are in New Jersey, Tennessee and Mississippi. Using service is Air Force. The original proposal was Web solicited with 26 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract includes a base and four one-year option periods. The date of performance completion is September 18, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-07-D-1502).
Solutions Lucid Group LLC.*, Newcastle, Okla., is being awarded a minimum $5,751,728 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are in various locations throughout Oklahoma. Using services are Army and Air Force. The original proposal was Web solicited with 48 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is June 30, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va.
(SP0600-09-D-4539).
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
1st Lt. Brian N. Bradshaw, 24, of Steilacoom, Wash., died June 25 in Kheyl, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Data Link Solutions, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was awarded a $28,856,747 firm-fixed-price delivery order on June 23, 2009, for Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVTs). The MIDS-LVT provides secure, high capacity, jam resistant, digital data and voice communications capability for Navy, Air Force and Army platforms. This delivery order combines purchases for the U.S., (45 percent) and the governments of Saudi Arabia, (15 percent), Canada, (10 percent), Korea, (8 percent), Switzerland, (6 percent), Finland, (6 percent), Poland, (5 percent), Japan, (4 percent), and Norway, (1 percent) under the foreign military sales program. Work will be performed in Wayne, N.J., (50 percent), and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (50 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $425,983 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This delivery order was competitively procured with two proposals solicited and two offers received via the Space and Naval Warfare Systems E-commerce web site. The synopsis was released via the Federal Business Opportunities web site. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-00-D-2100).
Lockheed Martin's MS2 Division, Syracuse, N.Y., is being awarded a $8,525,549 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5201) to fund a change order issued against the FY 07-09 requirements for upgrade kits for the Navy's AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Undersea Warfare System. The AN/SQQ-89A (V)15 is a surface ship combat system with the capabilities to search, detect, classify, localize and track undersea contacts; and to engage and evade submarines, mine-like small objects, and torpedo threats. Work will be performed in Lemont Furnace, Pa., (86 percent); Eagan, Minn., (11 percent); and Syracuse, N.Y., (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2010. 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.
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, is being awarded $6,918,046 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N62473-07-D-4013) to exercise option four for performance-based environmental services and technology for Navy and Marine Corps installations and commands worldwide and for other federal organizations being supported. The work to be performed in support of various Navy, Marine Corps, and federal government programs includes obtaining various engineering and incidental services for research, development, testing, and evaluation of innovative environmental technologies, strategies and techniques; implementation of innovative environmental technologies, strategies and techniques; operation of sites and innovative systems at sites, including maintenance and monitoring; and technical consultation. The current total estimated contract amount after exercise of this final option will be $30,000,000. Work will be performed in various locations worldwide, and is expected to be completed by June 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity.
ARMY
L.B. Foster Co., Pittsburg, Pa., was awarded on June 24, 2009, a $23,101,094 firm-fixed-price contract for the furnishing of all plant, equipment, labor and materials and performing all operations in connection with the fabrication, painting, storage, and shipping of steel sheet piling for various levee construction within Lake Pontchartrain, west bank, and vicinity. Work is to be performed in Jefferson Parish, La., with an estimated completion date of June 22, 2011. Bids were solicited via FedBizOps with three bids received. U.S.A. Corp of Engineers, New Orleans District, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-C-0074).
Raytheon Co., Missile Systems., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded on June 23, 2009, a $45,393,242 firm-fixed-price contract for 171 STINGER Missiles, 24 Captive Flight Trainers 68 Air to Air Launchers (ATAL's), seven Launchers Circuit Evaluators, two Digital Launcher Test Sets (DLTS), 60 Coolant Reservoir Assemblies, three Launchers Emulators, one Lot CFT Spares, one Lot ATAL Spares, and one Lot DLTS Spares for Foreign Military Sales customer Taiwan. Work is to be performed in Tucson, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Aviation & Missile Command Contracting Center, Army Contracting Command Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0520).
Raytheon Co., Missile Systems., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded on June 23, 2009, a $26,019,017 firm-fixed-price contract for 178 STINGER Missiles, 10 Electric Control Assemblies, and one Lot ECA Spares for foreign military sales customers Egypt and Turkey. Work is to be performed in Tucson, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Aviation & Missile Command Contracting Center, Army Contracting Command Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0508).
W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., Philadelphia, Miss., was awarded on June 23, 2009, a $10,676,000 firm-fixed-price construction contract for the construction of an education center at Little Rock Air Force Base, Jacksonville, Ariz. Work is to be performed in Jacksonville, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 9, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with ten bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Little Rock, Ariz., was the contracting activity (W9127S-09-C-6005).
MDT Armor Co., St. Auburn, Ala., was awarded on June 23, 2009, a $9,917,061 firm-fixed-price contract for 70 Armored Land Rover Combat Defender, MDT-DAV vehicles. Work is to be performed in St. Auburn, Ala., with an estimated completion date of May 28, 2010. Bids were solicited using sole source with one bid received. TACOM, AMSCC-TAC-ADBA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0389).
Breiholz Construction Co., Des Moines, Iowa, was awarded on June 23, 2009, a $5,760,500 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a Design-Bid-Build contract for construction of a new communication facility, renovation of an existing building, and demolition of an existing building. Work is to be performed on Aug. 31, 2010. Bids were solicited using the Army Single Face Industry. Iowa Air National Guard, Des Moines, Iowa, is the contracting activity (W912LP-09-C-0003).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on June 22, 2009, a $5,152,840 for 44 each Upturned Exhaust Systems, to be installed on UH-60 M Aircraft that will be deployed in support of Operation Iraqi freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Work is to be performed in Stratford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2011. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, CCAM-BH-A-Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0158).
AIR FORCE
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing, St. Louis, Mo., was awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for up to $15,973,373. This contract action is for the Training Frequency Relocation. It involves engineering technical services, studies, and implementation of the sustainment of GBU-15/AGM-130 weapons, as well as depot service, calibration and repair of selected GBU-15 and AGM-130 module assemblies. At this time, $3,606,243 has been obligated. OO-ALC/784 CBSG/PK, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8213-09-D-0011).
Lockheed Martin Corp., of Fort Worth, Texas, has an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract modified for $13,142,697. This contract action will provide for additional F-22 sustainment over and above activities during calendar year 2009. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 673 AESS/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2897, P00027).
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2009 - The Kyrgyz parliament today ratified an agreement between the United States and Kyrgyzstan to extend U.S. access to Manas Air Base, a key logistics hub that supplies troops in Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman confirmed today.
The agreement must now go to Kyrgyz President
Kurmanbek Bakiev for signature.
"It's not a done deal until the president signs it," Whitman said. "Out of
respect for their processes, we've been trying to give them the time and space
to give this the consideration that it needs."
The agreement provides for a transit center at Manas International Airport,
operated by the United States, to provide logistical support to coalition forces
in Afghanistan. About 15,000 troops and 500 tons of cargo move through the base
every month, and the base's importance has increased as more troops deploy into
Afghanistan.
Officials said on background that the United States agreed to pay $60 million a
year to use the base, up from $17.4 million under the previous arrangement.
Today's vote, if approved by the president, reverses Kyrgyzstan's previous
decision to end the arrangement the United States and Kyrgyzstan entered three
years ago that gave the U.S. annual renewal rights through July 2011.
Kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry notified the U.S. Embassy in the Kyrgyz capital of
Bishkek in February that it had six months to leave Manas.
"We think it's to our mutual benefit," Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell
told Pentagon reporters yesterday in anticipation of the parliament's vote.
"They obviously have a great stake in what's happening in that region, as do we.
And we look forward to continuing to work, with them to supply our troops in
Afghanistan so that we can help with the overall security."
(John Kruzel of American Forces Press Service contributed to this article.)
CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
The Air Force is awarding a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Northrop Grumman Defense Mission Systems Inc., of San Diego, Calif., for $276,281,235. This contract action will provide the rapid fielding and support of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node System. The contractor will install the BACN system in three bombardier BD-700 Global Express aircraft for immediate fielding and will install the BACN system into two Global Hawk Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicles for sustained deployment through 2015. This system was developed under a Department of Defense Microelectronic Activity contract (#H94003-04-D-0005) by Northrop Grumman as part of the Interim Gateway Program. This action fills an urgent and compelling requirement for enhanced communications capability for Overseas Contingency Operations. At this time, $97,802,680 has been obligated. 653d ELSG/PK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8726-09-C-0010).
The Air Force is awarding an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to University of Dayton Research Institute of Dayton, Ohio, for $9,900,000. This contract is for research on advanced nondestructive evaluation methods for materials, processes and structure. It will conduct on-site research to bridge the gaps and accelerate the initial development of selected nondestructive evaluation technology to a level of full feasibility demonstration, to conduct studies of the applicability of selected technologies to a wide variety of potential applications, or address development of new technologies to address specific needs. Research is contemplated to address current operational or maintenance needs. At this time, $80,000 has been obligated. Det 1 AFRL/PKVA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-D-5224, Task Order 0001).
The Air Force is awarding cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Alion Science and Technology Corp., of Chicago, Ill., for $7,826,087. This contract action will provide modeling, simulation, analysis, funding and recommendation in the radio frequency arena. The effort includes processing, collecting and analyzing information related to modeling and simulation, transferring information within the government and promoting the interoperability of existing modeling and simulation programs. The research and development data and information derived from this effort will be available to the DoD community through the Defense Technical Information Center Library. At this time, $483,092 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (N61339-03-D-0300, Delivery Order 0225).
The Air Force is modifying an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to Jacobs Technology, Inc., of Tullahoma, Tenn., for $17,280,405.89. This contract action will provide Technical, Engineering and Acquisition Support at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and various other tenant organizations. This contract increases the work requirement. At this time, $25,083,864.89 has been obligated. AAC/PKES, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA9200-07-C-0006, P00030).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Welch Allyn Holdings, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, N.Y., is being awarded a maximum $43,650,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for medical equipment, spare parts and training. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. There were originally 17 proposals solicited with nine responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is June 23, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM2D1-09-D-8350).
NAVY
Ranco Construction, Inc.*, Southampton, N.J., is being awarded a $9,378,500 firm-fixed price contract for construction of an Advanced Arresting Gear Test Site at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst. The work to be performed provides for renovation of the Runway Arrested Landing Site on the test runway to accommodate pro-type advance arresting gear equipment for arresting gear load testing. There is demolition and new construction at the jet car test site including test track repairs and construction of three pre-engineered buildings. There is the addition of a new high speed aircraft turnaround on the test runway to provide a new taxiway turnaround. Work will be performed in Ocean County, N.J., and is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7004).
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $5,634,184 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-04-C-0101) to provide the development, installation, configuration and testing necessary to upgrade the existing Trusted Solaris 8 in the E6-B Block I workstations to Solaris 10 with trusted network extensions and replace the Scalable Processor Architecture Processor with an Intel Processor equivalent. Work will be performed in Richardson, Texas (95 percent) and Patuxent River, Md., (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2010. 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.
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates signed a memo yesterday establishing a subcommand focused on cyber security, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters today.
Details about the new U.S. Cyber Command, which
will report to U.S. Strategic Command, still are unfolding. But Gates reportedly
plans to recommend Army Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National
Security Agency, to receive his fourth star and take on the additional
responsibility of commanding the cyber command.
Initial indications are that the cyber command will have its headquarters at
Fort Meade, Md., pending results of an environmental impact statement.
"This is not some sort of new and necessarily different authorities that have
been granted," Morrell told reporters today. "This is about trying to figure out
how we, within this department, within the United States military, can better
coordinate the day-to-day defense, protection and operation of the department's
computer networks."
Morrell emphasized that the new command will focus solely on military networks.
Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III noted the importance of cyber
security to national defense last week at the Center for International and
Strategic Studies.
"Just like our national dependence, there is simply no exaggerating our military
dependence on our information networks: the command and control of our forces,
the intelligence and logistics on which they depend, the weapons technologies we
develop and field – they all depend on our computer systems and networks," Lynn
said. "Indeed, our 21st century military simply cannot function without them."
Because cyberspace is critical to joint military operations, it's critical that
the Defense Department ensure they're protected, Air Force Lt. Col. Eric
Butterbaugh, a Defense Department spokesman, told American Forces Press Service.
"To do this, the Department of Defense needs to ensure it has the right balance
of integrated cyber capabilities," Butterbaugh said. "We're increasingly
dependent on cyberspace, and there's a growing array of cyber threats. To
effectively address this risk to its networks, the Defense Department requires a
command possessing the required technical capability and which remains focused
on streamlining cyberspace operations."
Morrell called the standup of Cyber Command an internal reorganization that will
consolidate and streamline its cyber capabilities within a single command. The
effort in no way represents any attempt by the department to "militarize"
cyberspace or take over the responsibility for defending civilian networks, he
said, noting that responsibility falls to the Homeland Security Department.
"This is part of a holistic, governmentwide effort to better organize and
situate ourselves to deal with this very real threat," he said. "And it is a
complement to efforts that are taking place elsewhere within the United States
government."
Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, indicated during a June 4 address at the Center for International and
Strategic Studies that a decision on the new subcommand was in the works.
"There will be a cyber capability at the tactical level, and ... we do deploy it
forward," Cartwright said. "There is an operational level, which tends to be
based regionally, and there is a strategic capability. And we will, over the
next few days, start to roll out the organizational constructs associated with
tha
CONTRACTS
NAVY
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $213,772,399 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2222) for the procurement of long lead time materials (LLTM) in support of LPD 26. The Navy is modifying contract N00024-06-C-2222 with Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding for advanced procurement or manufacture, inspection, test, storage and maintenance of LLTM items and accomplishment of preconstruction activities to support the orderly construction of LPD 26, the tenth LPD 17 Class ship. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss., and is expected to be completed by December 2013. 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.
ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., is being awarded a $20,999,283 firm-fixed-price delivery order for multifunctional information distribution system-low volume terminals (MIDS-LVTs). The MIDS-LVT provides secure, high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital data and voice communications capability for Navy, Air Force and Army platforms. This delivery order combines purchases for the United States (80 percent), the government of Germany (13 percent), and the government of Canada, (7 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Contract funds in the amount of $3,874,195 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Work will be performed in Carlsbad, Calif., (30 percent), in various other sites worldwide (70 percent), and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2010 . This delivery order was competitively procured with two proposals solicited and two offers received via the SPAWAR E-commerce web site. The synopsis was released via the Federal Business Opportunities web site. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-00-D-2101).
BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $9,763,980 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-06-D-0038) for the procurement and installation of a 55 civil global positioning system with electronic flight bag for the C-130T aircraft. In addition, this modification provides for the procurement of 45 install kits, 23 instrument display systems and 45 engine instrument display systems. Work will be performed in Crestview, Fla., (90 percent) and Calif., Md., (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Rockwell Collins, Inc., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $45,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software integration and maintenance support services in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command Technology Applications Program Office. The work will be performed in Cedar Rapids and the contract performance period ends Jun. 14, 2013. This contract was awarded through sole source procedures in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. The contract number is H92241-09-D-0004.
ITT Industries, Inc., of Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a Contractor Logistic Support (CLS) indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract, with a maximum value of $27,379,199, a combination firm-fixed price, labor-hour, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and time and material effort, for the Suite of Integrated Radio Frequency Counter measures legacy, integration, and low rate in production systems in support of U.S. Special Operations Command, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). The work will be performed primarily in Clifton, and is expected to be completed June 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This CLS effort was awarded under Authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The solicitation was posted electronically on FedBizOps and no other offers were received. The contract number is H92241-09-D-0003.
ARMY
Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., was awarded on June 19, 2009 a $8,986,055 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of 40 gas turbine engines (Model 250-C30/R3) (part No. 23065550) and engine containers (Part Number 23088248). Work is to be performed in Indianapolis, Ind. with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aviation and Missile Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0049).
DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
Rose Acre Farms, Inc., 8105 Wesclin Rd, Germantown, Ill., is being awarded an indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract on Jun. 23, 2009, to provide fresh, shell-protected eggs for resale at commissary locations in Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. The estimated award amount is $6,167,025. Contractor will deliver to the store locations as needed. The contract is for a 2-year base period beginning Jun. 23, 2009, through July 23, 2011. Twenty-eight firms were solicited and six offers were received. The contracting activity is the Defense Commissary Agency, Resale Contracting Division, Resale Services Support Branch, 1300 E Avenue, Fort Lee, Va., (HDEC02-09-D-0009).
DOD (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEWS) & CAUSALITIES
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