Saturday, September 11, 2010

DTN News: Singapore TODAY September 11, 2010 - The Grand Master Lee Kuan Yew, Days Of Reflection For Man Who Defined Singapore

Defense News: DTN News: Singapore TODAY September 11, 2010 - The Grand Master Lee Kuan Yew, Days Of Reflection For Man Who Defined Singapore
Source: DTN News / The New York Times By Seth Mydans - Published: September 10, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - September 11, 2010: “SO, when is the last leaf falling?” asked Lee Kuan Yew, the man who made Singaporein his own stern and unsentimental image, nearing his 87th birthday and contemplating age, infirmity and loss.
Sam Kang Li for the International Herald Tribune

Lee Kuan Yew at his office in Singapore.

“I can feel the gradual decline of energy and vitality,” said Mr. Lee, whose “Singapore model” of economic growth and tight social control made him one of the most influential political figures of Asia. “And I mean generally, every year, when you know you are not on the same level as last year. But that’s life.”

In a long, unusually reflective interview last week, he talked about the aches and pains of age and the solace of meditation, about his struggle to build a thriving nation on this resource-poor island, and his concern that the next generation might take his achievements for granted and let them slip away.

He was dressed informally in a windbreaker and running shoes in his big, bright office, still sharp of mind but visibly older and a little stooped, no longer in day-to-day control but, for as long as he lives, the dominant figure of the nation he created.

But in these final years, he said, his life has been darkened by the illness of his wife and companion of 61 years, bedridden and mute after a series of strokes.

“I try to busy myself,” he said, “but from time to time in idle moments, my mind goes back to the happy days we were up and about together.” Agnostic and pragmatic in his approach to life, he spoke with something like envy of people who find strength and solace in religion. “How do I comfort myself?” he asked. “Well, I say, ‘Life is just like that.’ ”

“What is next, I do not know,” he said. “Nobody has ever come back.”

The prime minister of Singapore from its founding in 1965 until he stepped aside in 1990, Mr. Lee built what he called “a first-world oasis in a third-world region” — praised for the efficiency and incorruptibility of his rule but accused by human rights groups of limiting political freedoms and intimidating opponents through libel suits.

His title now is minister mentor, a powerful presence within the current government led by his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The question that hovers over Singapore today is how long and in what form his model may endure once he is gone.

Always physically vigorous, Mr. Lee combats the decline of age with a regimen of swimming, cycling and massage and, perhaps more important, an hour-by-hour daily schedule of meetings, speeches and conferences both in Singapore and overseas. “I know if I rest, I’ll slide downhill fast,” he said. When, after an hour, talk shifted from introspection to geopolitics, the years seemed to slip away and he grew vigorous and forceful, his worldview still wide ranging, detailed and commanding.

And yet, he said, he sometimes takes an oblique look at these struggles against age and sees what he calls “the absurdity of it.”

“I’m reaching 87, trying to keep fit, presenting a vigorous figure, and it’s an effort, and is it worth the effort?” he said. “I laugh at myself trying to keep a bold front. It’s become my habit. I just carry on.”

HIS most difficult moments come at the end of each day, he said, as he sits by the bedside of his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, 89, who has been unable to move or speak for more than two years. She had been by his side, a confidante and counselor, since they were law students in London.

“She understands when I talk to her, which I do every night,” he said. “She keeps awake for me; I tell her about my day’s work, read her favorite poems.” He opened a big spreadsheet to show his reading list, books by Jane Austen, Rudyard Kipling and Lewis Carroll as well as the sonnets of Shakespeare.

Lately, he said, he had been looking at Christian marriage vows and was drawn to the words: “To love, to hold and to cherish, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse till death do us part.”

“I told her, ‘I would try and keep you company for as long as I can.’ That’s life. She understood.” But he also said: “I’m not sure who’s going first, whether she or me.”

At night, hearing the sounds of his wife’s discomfort in the next room, he said, he calms himself with 20 minutes of meditation, reciting a mantra he was taught by a Christian friend: “Ma-Ra-Na-Tha.”

The phrase, which is Aramaic, comes at the end of St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, and can be translated in several ways. Mr. Lee said that he was told it means “Come to me, O Lord Jesus,” and that although he is not a believer, he finds the sounds soothing.

“The problem is to keep the monkey mind from running off into all kinds of thoughts,” he said. “A certain tranquillity settles over you. The day’s pressures and worries are pushed out. Then there’s less problem sleeping.”

He brushed aside the words of a prominent Singaporean writer and social critic, Catherine Lim, who described him as having “an authoritarian, no-nonsense manner that has little use for sentiment.”

“She’s a novelist!” he cried. “Therefore, she simplifies a person’s character,” making what he called a “graphic caricature of me.” “But is anybody that simple or simplistic?”

The stress of his wife’s illness is constant, he said, harder on him than stresses he faced for years in the political arena. But repeatedly, in looking back over his life, he returns to his moment of greatest anguish, the expulsion of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965, when he wept in public.

That trauma presented him with the challenge that has defined his life, the creation and development of a stable and prosperous nation, always on guard against conflict within its mixed population of Chinese, Malays and Indians.

“We don’t have the ingredients of a nation, the elementary factors,” he said three years ago in an interview with the International Herald Tribune, “a homogeneous population, common language, common culture and common destiny.”

Younger people worry him, with their demands for more political openness and a free exchange of ideas, secure in their well-being in modern Singapore. “They have come to believe that this is a natural state of affairs, and they can take liberties with it,” he said. “They think you can put it on auto-pilot. I know that is never so.”

The kind of open political combat they demand would inevitably open the door to race-based politics, he said, and “our society will be ripped apart.”

A political street fighter, by his own account, he has often taken on his opponents through ruinous libel suits.

He defended the suits as necessary to protect his good name, and he dismissed criticisms by Western reporters who “hop in and hop out” of Singapore as “absolute rubbish.”

In any case, it is not these reporters or the obituaries they may write that will offer the final verdict on his actions, he said, but future scholars who will study them in the context of their day.

“I’m not saying that everything I did was right,” he said, “but everything I did was for an honorable purpose. I had to do some nasty things, locking fellows up without trial.”

And although the leaves are already falling from the tree, he said, the Lee Kuan Yew story may not be over yet.

He quoted a Chinese proverb: Do not judge a man until his coffin is closed.

“Close the coffin, then decide,” he said. “Then you assess him. I may still do something foolish before the lid is closed on me.”
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DTN News: Pakistan TODAY September 11, 2010 - Musharraf Plans To Return To Pakistan With New Party

Defense News: DTN News: Pakistan TODAY September 11, 2010 - Musharraf Plans To Return To Pakistan With New Party
Source: DTN News / BBC News By Owen Bennett Jones
(NSI News Source Info) LONDON, UK - September 11, 2010: The former military ruler

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"We need to introduce a new political culture"

of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf has said he is forming a new political party with a view to returning to politics in the country.

He said he will be going back to Pakistan before the next elections which are due in 2013.

Pervez Musharraf who now lives in London has for some months been talking about the possibility of returning but now his plans are firming up.

He said he will be standing for a seat in the next parliament.

From there he hopes to become either prime minister or president.

"I believe very strongly that it's better to try and fail rather than not try and go down without trying," he said.

"At this moment we see darkness all over in Pakistan, we have to show light, we have to show an alternative, a viable alternative where the people see light and gain some confidence."

Low standing

Asked whether he had already has his chance and that it was time to give others an opportunity to lead he said last time he lacked legitimacy internationally because he was in uniform.

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A time has come in Pakistan when we need to introduce a new political culture, a culture which can take Pakistan forward on a democratic path”

Pervez Musharraf

"I cant be sure of becoming President again but I believe there is a good chance of my winning" he said.

He dismissed his low standing in the opinion polls saying that polls can be manipulated and that his popularity is increasing.

The retired general acknowledged that if he did go back he would have to face some legal cases and he said there would be risk of his being killed.

But he said he would answer every allegation against him.

"A time has come in Pakistan when we need to introduce a new political culture, a culture which can take Pakistan forward on a democratic path, on a correct democratic path, not on an artificial, make-believe democratic path," he said.

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DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated September 10, 2010

Defense News: DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated September 10, 2010
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources including latest updates Defense News, Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News & Yahoo
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 11, 2010: Comprehensive daily news related to Aerospace/Defense for the world of TODAY.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 10, 2010

Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 10, 2010
Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 817-10 September 10, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - September 11, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued September 10, 2010 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $60,549,708 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5341) for Standard Missile-1 (SM-1) core support, missiles, spare components and parts. This contract modification will provide for the procurement of one SM-1 Block VI-B inert operational missile; 407 MK 56 regrained dual thrust rocket motors (DTRMs); and one option to procure an additional three DTRMs. This contract involves foreign military sales to Taiwan (98 percent) and Italy (2 percent). Work will be performed in Camden, Ark. (45 percent); Sacramento, Calif. (45 percent); and Tucson, Ariz. (10 percent). Work is expected to be completed by August 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $59,249,394 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of two enlisted dining facilities at the Chappo (Area 22) and Edson Range (Area 31) areas at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The dining facility at Edson Range will provide modern state-of-the-art cafeteria-style dining for regular meals, short-order meals, and fast food service to support approximately 3,374 permanent party personnel and recruits. The dining facility at Chappo will provide modern state-of-the-art cafeteria style dining for regular meals, short-order meals, and fast food service to support approximately 2,294 personnel. The contract also contains planned modifications which, if issued, would increase cumulative contract value to $64,449,394. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 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 16 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-10-C-5012).

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $12,000,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for services required to address obsolescence of the SP-103C single board computer shop replaceable assembly utilized within the tech-insert mission computer and tech-insert flight management computer. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in October 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.

Tetra Tech EC, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $11,714,772 for firm-fixed-price task order #0006 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-10-D-0809) for additional remediation at Installation Restoration Site 17 Seaplane Lagoon at Alameda Point. The work to be performed provides for radiological support for the entire Site 17 remediation; planning documents, provide input to Site 17 draft final remedial action work plan as it relates to Site 17 radiological work; and remove impacted soil and sediment in the radiological anomaly area near Outfall F but outside the Site 17 northwest remediation area. Work will be performed in Alameda, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2013. 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.

Summers Concrete Contracting, Inc.*, Hahira, Ga., is being awarded an $8,509,384 firm-fixed-price contract for construction to repair the aircraft parking apron at Barksdale Air Force Base. The project will include the removal of existing Portland cement concrete pavement and replacement with a stabilized sub-grade, rapid draining aggregate sub base, aggregate base course, under drains, filter fabric, static grounding rods, and jointed Portland cement concrete pavement. The existing liquid fuel pipeline will remain and be repaired as necessary and storm drainage will be repaired. It also includes removal of airfield obstructions and replacement of trench drain covers. Work will be performed in Bossier City, La., 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 eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-10-C-1763).

AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $7,281,743 for firm-fixed-price modification to task order #0002 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity environmental multiple award contract (N62473-08-D-8816) for expansion of Area 1a, remedial action for Area 1b (burn area), and expansion of Area 1b alternative below water table at Alameda Point. The work to be performed provides for support of the design and construction of the Installation Restoration Site 1 record of decision. The work consists of design and construction of a soil cover, multi-agency radiation survey and site investigation manual surveys, and excavation activities. After award of this modification, the total cumulative task order value will be $28,845,274. Work will be performed in Alameda, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. 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.

Three Phoenix, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $5,943,911 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-6274) for a technology insertion photonics mast. The procurement of this mast will allow for the continued engineering assessment, design and development of a non-developmental item submarine optronics system. This mast is in support of Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Topic Number 04-138 “Real Time Data Fusion and Visualization Interface for Environmental Research Data.” This SBIR Phase III contract is to provide engineering services to support software development, procurement of commercial off-the-shelf products, and hardware/software integration required to provide improved technology for U.S. Navy open architecture and network centric operations, and warfare systems in support of USS Virginia class submarine and other submarine/surface ship systems. Work will be performed in Wake Forest, N.C. (75 percent), and Fairfax, Va. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $5,654,240 for firm-fixed-price task order #0009 under a previously awarded multiple award environmental remediation contract (N62473-10-D-0807) for range clearance and target replacement activities at SR-10, G-10, and K-2 impact areas at Marine Corp Installations Range Complex, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune. The work to be performed provides for radiation surveys, range clearance and surface clearance of unexploded ordnance, range residue to include ordnance scrap and target debris. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by September 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.

AIR FORCE

Al Raha Group for Technical Services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was awarded a $44,440,960 contract which will acquire foreign military sales third-party logistics repair and return management services for the F-15 and low altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night support equipment that supports the U.S. Air Force F-15 aircraft, Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night System Program Office, and the Royal Saudi Air Force. At this time, $27,142,082 has been obligated. WR-ALC/GRMK, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8505-10-D-0006).

Science and Engineering Services, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $39,800,000 contract which will resolve pending obsolescence of various instruments within the F-15 electronic systems test set. At this time, $4,404,315 has been obligated. ASC/WWQK, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8634-10-D-2650).

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $25,778,000 contract modification which will procure Radome Phase II Advanced medium range air to air missile Radome Pyroceram restart. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 695 ARSS/PK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA3002-09-C-0003; AO0017).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $23,801,224 contract which will procure biometrics, identity management, and homeland security technologies research and analysis for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic. At this time, $2,091,297 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380; Delivery Order 381).

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $22,151,935 foreign military sales contract modification tol purchase and install the global air traffic management and control column actuator brakes modifications on seven Turkish Air Force KC-135R Stratotankers. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. OC-ALC/GKCK, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8105-10-C-0005).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $14,880,483 contract which will procure commander, Navy Reserve Forces mission assurance and operational force transition through survivability analysis and technical reports. At this time, $2,773,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380; Delivery Order 376).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded an $11,772,172 contract which will procure Bureau of Medicine and Surgery survivability, vulnerability, and homeland defense/homeland security analysis, assessment and evaluation. At this time, $198,413 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380; Delivery Order 379).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded an $8,927,736 contract which will procure survivability/vulnerability analysis for the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office studies and conferences. At this time, $289,683 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380; Delivery Order 380).

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded an $8,655,397 contract modification which will research human exposure to chemical and biological agents/metabolites to develop state-of-the-art science processes for bio-monitoring measurements and validations, sample collection techniques, and information technology solutions for handling laboratory information and analytical data. At this time, $1,459,643 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-3180; Delivery Order 0674).

Rehabilitation Services Mississippi, Madison, Miss., was awarded a $7,986,886 contract modification which will procure full food services at Keesler Air Force Base with a period of performance of Oct. 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 81 CONS, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., is the contracting activity (FA3010-08-C-0002; PO0040).

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $6,938,105 contract modification which will procure the study for the replacement for the Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) transponder module used in the AMRAAM telemetry section. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. AAC/EBAK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-09-C-0052; PO0021).

ARMY

Hellfire Systems, LLC, Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 8 a $20,073,228 firm-fixed-price contract to transition the new air-to-ground missile AGM-114R Hellfire II Romeo missile into the current Hellfire II missile production line. Estimated completion date is Sept. 30, 2013, with work to be performed at Orlando, Fla. One sole-source bid was solicited and one bid was received. Army Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-08-C-0361).

Hensel Phelps Design-Build Team, Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 8 a $19,563,000 firm-fixed-price construction contract for the design and construction of an Army administration facility at Fort Belvoir, Va. Estimated completion date is Sept. 8, 2011. Five bids were solicited and five bids were received. US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-10-C-0091).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Mclean, Va., was awarded on Sept. 8 a $9,784,397 time-and-material contract to provide information technology, consulting, technical analytic, and industrial engineering support for the Army Working Performance System Program to prospective installation clients at the Army Materiel Command (AMC), maintenance and ammunition installations, and possibly at the AMC manufacturing sites (arsenals). Estimated completion date is Sept. 8, 2011, with work to be performed at Mclean, Va. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-08-F-3025).

Navistar Defense, LLC, Warrenville, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 8 an $8,013,265 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of 29 recovery/wrecker trucks. Estimated completion date is April 30, 2011, with work to be performed in Ooltewah, Tenn. One bid was solicited and one was bid received. Tank and Automotive Command LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-G097).

Jeppesen. Inc, Englewood, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 8 a $7,613,253 firm-fixed-price contract for database of the Jeppesen military chart services. Estimated completion date is Sept. 1, 2011, with work to be performed at Englewood, Conn. One bid was olicited and one bid was received. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, St. Louis, Mo., is the contracting activity (HM1574-10-C-0005).

Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $260,056,118 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of 2,060 medium tactical vehicles. Estimated completion time is March 31, 2012, with work to be performed at Oshkosh, Wis. Bid solicitation was posted on the web with three bids received. Tank and Automotive Command LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0159).

American Science and Engineering, Billerica, Mass., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $46,136,508 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide maintenance and sustainment for vehicle and cargo inspection systems located in Southwest Asia. Estimated completion time is Sept. 28, 2011, with work to be performed in Afghanistan and Iraq. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. Tank and Automotive Command LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W52H09-08-D-0393).

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $36,580,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement to convert three diverted UH-60M aircraft to the Mexico Navy configuration to include the integrated operator manuals, technical data packages, and the aircraft warranty. Estimated completion time is Dec. 31, 2010, with work to be performed at Stratford, Conn. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).

CH2M Hill Constructors, Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $20,162,959 firm-fixed-price construction contract to design and construct fiscal 2009 close air support apron expansion; fiscal 2010 aviation operation and maintenance facility; and fiscal 2010 expeditionary fighter shelters. Estimated completion date is June 2, 2011, with work to be performed at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Fifty bids were solicited with six bids received. US Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-10-C-0047).

Creative Times, Inc., Ogden, Utah, was awarded on Sept. 7 a $16,694,577 firm-fixed-price contract for an addition to fiscal 2010 Unmanned Aerial Squadron, field training unit-complex-vertical, Maintenance Hanger Building 500 and Squadron Operations Building 318, Hellfire precision guided munitions facility, Hayman storage facility. Estimated completion time is April 12, 2011, with work to be performed at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Bid solicitation was posted on the web with eight bids received. US Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, Albuquerque, N.M., is the contracting activity (W912PP-10-C-0026).

Big-D Construction Corp., Lindon, Utah, was awarded on Sept. 7 a $14,350,300 firm-fixed-price contract for an addition to the deployment center at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Estimated completion time is April 30, 2012. Bid solicitation was posted on the web with nine bids received. US Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-10-C-0072).

Kipper Tool Co., Gainesville, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $12,491,870 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to produce carpenter tool kits and subsets. Estimated completion date is Jan. 30, 2013, with work to be performed at Gainesville, Ga. Twelve bids were solicited with five bids received. Tank and Automotive Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAE20-03-D-0067).

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $7,596,000 firm-fixed-priced contract to dredge upland material from the Newark Bay Channel, Newark Bay, N.J. Estimated completion date is Dec. 20, 2010. Twenty-three bids were solicited and five bids were received. US Army Corps of Engineers, New York, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-07-C-0015).

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Poway, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $7,229,228 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that is a modification to contract W58RGZ-09-C-0153 for the extended range/multi-purpose quick reaction capability contractor logistics support replenishment sustainment spares. Estimated completion date is June 6, 2012, with work to be performed at Poway, Calif. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0153).

GM GDLS Defense Group, LLC, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $6,137,163 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to acquire the labor, material and travel associated with the retrofit of Stryker vehicles. Estimated completion date is Jan. 31, 2011, with work to be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. Tank and Automotive Command LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).

National Services, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded on Sept. 7 a $5,893,807 firm-fixed-price contract to modernize classroom infrastructure at the Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Estimated completion date is Sept. 6, 2012. Bid solicitation was posted on the web with three bids received. Mission & Installation Contracting Command, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (W911S0-10-C-0008).

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 9, 2010

Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated September 9, 2010
Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 812-10 September 9, 2010
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - September 11, 2010: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued September 9, 2010 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Buchanan Roofing & Guttering, Inc.*, Spring Lake, N.C. (N40085-10-D-3576); Cram Roofing Co., Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas (N40085-10-D-3577); HUB-TEK2 Construction, Inc.*, Frisco, N.C. (N40085-10-D-3578); Industrial Contract Service Corp.*, Wilmington, N.C. (N40085-10-D-3579); Jordan Enterprises, LLC*, Manchester, Ga. (N40085-10-D-3580); and Quality Roofers & Guttering*, Jacksonville, N.C. (N40085-10-D-3581), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for general roofing type construction projects at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River, Marine Corps Air Station Havelock and other outlying facilities in North Carolina. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years, for all six contracts combined is $100,000,000. The work to be performed provides for the of demolition, repair, and replacement of roofing systems including, but not limited to modified bitumen, standing seam metal, shingles, and single-ply and incidental related work including, but not limited to, painting, asbestos/lead paint abatement, architectural modifications (i.e. decking replacement, blocking, etc.), and structural modifications. HUB-TEK2 Construction, Inc. is being awarded task order #0001 at $99,350 for the roof replacement at Building 3909 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Havelock, N.C. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by March 2011. All work on this contract will be performed in Jacksonville, Havelock, and other outlying facilities in North Carolina. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of September 2015. Contract funds for task order #0001 will 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. These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contracts. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

Carley Corp., Orlando, Fla. is being awarded a $35,756,944 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for expeditionary fighting vehicle training systems development to produce the training system for Marine Corps expeditionary fighting vehicle accession training, as well as for training fleet and reserve forces. The training system will consist of subsystems defined as training courseware, simulators, devices, mockups and training aids. A learning management system will also be procured. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $36,400,325. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a small business set-aside competitive procurement posted in the Navy Electronic Commerce Office, with three offers received. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-10-C-0036).

Data Link Solutions, LLC, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $35,503,230 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-award-fee contract to implement Link 16 network modifications in the legacy Link 16 Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) terminals. Modifications for JTIDS terminal variants consist of crypto modernization and frequency remapping. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $37,305,357. Work will be performed in Wayne, N.J. (90 percent), and Cedar Rapids, Iowa (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2013. If all options are exercised, work could continue until March 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured because Data Link Solutions, as the sole JTIDS manufacturer, is the only source that holds the full legacy JTIDS terminal technical data package and has the capability to develop, fully integrate, and test the JTIDS modification field change kit. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-10-C-0090).

Tetra Tech EC, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $14,040,521 for firm-fixed-price task order #0004 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-10-D-0809) for base-wide radiological support at Hunters Point Shipyard. The work performed provides base wide radiological support under the contractor’s U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission broad scope radioactive material license to enable contractors to complete both chemical and radiological removal and remediation work. The contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, engineering, materials, equipment, tools, parts, supplies and transportation to perform all work described in the request for proposal. The task order also contains one unexercised option which, if exercised, would increase the cumulative task order value to $26,610,046. Work will be performed in San Francisco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 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.

IAP-Leopardo Construction, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, was awarded contract N40080-10-C-0155 on May 7 in the amount of $14,152,620 under solicitation N40080-09-R-0163 for design and construction of two child development centers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Subsequent to award, IAP-Leopardo Contruction, Inc. was deemed other than small, thus ineligible to be awarded a contract that is a small-business set-aside. As a result, it was determined that the contract with IAP-Leopardo Contruction, Inc., be terminated for convenience. The next responsible offeror under the original solicitation was selected for award to complete the work under the contract.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $12,088,100 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. 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). Work is expected to be completed by January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

PAE Government Services, Inc., Rosslyn, Va., is being awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract modification to increase the maximum dollar value of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N33191-07-D-1503) to exercise Option 3 for the continuation of a job order contract for facility minor construction at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The work to be performed provides for a broad range of design/build, repair, renovation and minor construction work on real property at Camp Lemonnier and associated sites in Southwest Asia and Africa. The work is required in support of public works activities headquartered at Camp Lemonnier. The jobs will include tasks in a variety of trades, plumbing, electrical, sheet metal, painting, demolition, concrete masonry, welding, and incidental related work. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $40,000,000. Work will be performed in Djibouti and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2011. 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.

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $9,013,296 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic order agreement (N00019-05-G-0008) for the procurement of a recurring effort to retrofit 26 operational test program sets (OTPS) and 33 electro-optical sensor unit shop repairable assembly test equipment units and an acceptance test of each mod kit to support the F/A-18 and EA-18G programs. In addition, Boeing will update OTPS 033 technical data package. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (64 percent) and McKinney, Texas (36 percent) 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.

AT&T Government Solutions, Inc., Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $8,421,196 task order #0036 under a previously awarded contract (M67854-03-A-5154) to provide technical support to the Marine Corps Systems Command (USMC), Information Systems and Infrastructure Product Group, Marine Corps Network and Infrastructure Services Program Office to provide information technology networking support services for the USMC Garrison Classified Network to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Corps Installation - National Capitol Region installations. Throughout the contract period, the contractor will be required to perform such duties as customer support, network testing and monitoring, system analysis, and problem solving. Work will be performed in Pendleton, Calif. (36 percent); Okinawa, Japan (18 percent); Kaneohe, Hawaii (10 percent); New Orleans, La. (6 percent); Yuma, Ariz. (4 percent); Miramar, Calif. (4 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (4 percent); Marietta, Ga. (4 percent); Camp LeJeune, N.C. (2 percent); Bridgeport, Calif. (2 percent); Barstow, Calif. (2 percent); Twentynine Palms, Calif. (2 percent); Iwakuni, Japan (2 percent); Quantico, Va. (2 percent); and Arlington, Va. (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed by Sept. 27, 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $8,421,196 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., Fullerton, Calif., is being awarded a $6,203,893 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0034) for the incorporation of changes that were identified during the preliminary design phase for the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System. Work will be performed in Fullerton, Calif. (84.6 percent), Indianapolis, Ind. (11.6 percent), and Cedar Rapids, Iowa (3.8 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $800,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics C4 Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz., is being awarded a $5,862,503 modification (P00224) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (M67854-02-C-2052) to provide 28 field service representatives in support of Operation Enduring Freedom for the combat operations center program. Work will be performed in Afghanistan and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Poway, Calif., has been awarded a $38,267,658 contract modification which will provide a quantity of six MQ-9 Reaper aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. ASC/WIIK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-05-G-3028; 0050012).

Adventium Enterprise, LLC, Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded a $23,750,000 contract which will develop a trusted virtual cyber defender that meets the technical, logistic, and economic constraints presented by the Air Force computing infrastructure. At this time, $500,000 has been obligated. AFRL/RIKD, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity (FA8750-10-D-0197).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas was awarded a $10,956,234 contract modification which will add new composite blade seals of the latest configuration to the representative listing of material associated with support as a capability on the existing contract supporting F-22 aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. ASC/WWUK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2897; PO0053).

ARMY

BYA International, New York, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 3 a $40,629,040 firm-fixed-price contract to design and build the Afghan National Army Regional Military Training Center in Helmand Province, Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. Estimated completion date is March 6, 2012. Bids were solicited on the Web and 14 bids were received. US Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District-South, Kabul, Afghanistan, is the contracting activity (W5J9LE-10-C-0031).

GM GDLS Defense Group, LLC, JV, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 3 a $40,533,560 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This project is a modification on contract W56HZV-07-D-M112 to add a performance work statement for the reset of 305 Stryker vehicles at Anniston Army Depot and to provide repair materials for an additional 25 Stryker vehicles. Estimated completion date is July 28, 2011, with worked performed at both Sterling Heights, Mich., and London, Canada. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. Tank and Automotive Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).

Jeffrey C. Stone, Inc., dba Summit Builders Construction Co., Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 3 an $18,731,000 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a Border Patrol facility. Estimated completion date is April 16, 2012, with work to be performed at Naco, Ariz. Bids were solicited on the Web and Commerce Business Daily with eight bids received. US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-10-C-0034).

BAE Systems Specialty Group, Inc., Jessup, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 30 a $17,908,922 firm-fixed-price five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity for production contract for U.S. Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment. Estimated completion date is Aug. 11, 2011, with work to be performed at Jessup, Pa. Bids were solicited on the Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Research Development & Engineering Command, Natick Contracting Center, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-06-D-0003).

United Loyalty International, LLC, Cypress, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 3 a $15,924,919 firm-fixed-price contract to provide vehicle repair parts for the sustainment of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior’s fleet. Estimated completion date is Jan. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the Web with 21 bids received. Central Command Contracting Command is the contracting activity (W91GY0-10-C-0017).

Kipper Tool Co., Gainesville, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 1 a $13,457,659 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 66 standard automotive tool sets. This is a current contract, placing an order for an additional 66 tool sets. Estimated completion date is June 30, 2011, with work to be performed in Gainesville, Ga. One bid was solicited and one bid received. Tank and Automotive Command Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAE20-03-D-0085).

BAE Systems, Survivability Systems, LLC, Fairfield, Ohio, was awarded an $11,575,200 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of 1,113 improved turret drive system/internal drive gears for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle. Estimated completion date is Dec. 27, 2011, with work to be performed at Fairfield, Ohio. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. Tank and Automotive Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-C-0365).

Weeks Marine, Inc., Covington, La., was awarded on Sept. 3 an $11,519,500 firm-fixed-price contract for approximately 2.9 million cubic yards of deep-draft maintenance dredging at Sabine Neches Waterway, Port Arthur Canal, Junction Area and Turning Basin in Jefferson County, Texas. Estimated completion date is Dec. 25, 2011. Eight bids were solicited with four bids received. US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-10-C-0030).

Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc., Walnut Creek, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 3 an $8,849,633 firm-fixed-price contract to perform the design and construction of a 6,665 square foot control tower and the demolition of the existing control tower at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. Estimated completion date is Feb. 1, 2012. Bids were solicited on the Web with four bids received. US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W9126G-08-D-0085).

MPRI, a division of L-3 Services, Inc., Alexandria, Va., was a warded on Sept. 1 a $7,400,000 time-and-material contract for extension of support services for professional mentoring and training support services with reforming the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense and their subordinate organizations policies and procedures. Estimated completion date is Oct. 31, 2010, with work to be performed in Afghanistan (99 percent) and Alexandria, Va. (1 percent). One bid was solicited and one bid received. Research Development & Engineering Command Contracting Center, Aberdeen Contracting Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-05-D-0014).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Solazyme, Inc.*, South San Francisco, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $10,240,000 firm-fixed-price contract for research and development of using biofuel feedstocks. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. The original proposal was Web-solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is January 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Contract Services Office, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SP4701-10-C-0008).

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