Thursday, April 21, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated April 21, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated April 21, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - April 21, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued April 21, 2011 are undermentioned;

NAVY

Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded an $84,763,767 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0052) to exercise an option for the procurement of 87 full rate production Lot 13 AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers for the U.S. Navy (77) and the government of Switzerland (10). In addition, this option provides for the procurement of weapons replaceable assemblies for the governments of Canada and Australia. The AN/ALR-67(V)3 enhances pilot situational awareness by providing accurate identification, lethality, and azimuth displays of hostile and friendly emitters. It also controls the electronic warfare data bus and interfaces with electronic warfare systems, the onboard radar, airborne mission computer, and the F/A-18 weapon systems. Work will be performed in Goleta, Calif. (41 percent); Lansdale, Pa. (18 percent); Forest, Miss. (12 percent); Chatsworth, Calif. (11 percent); San Diego, Calif. (10 percent); Sydney, Australia (4 percent); Milwaukie, Ore. (2 percent); and McKinney, Texas (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed in December 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchase for the U.S. Navy ($72,099,001; 85 percent); and the governments of Switzerland ($9,359,600; 11 percent), Canada ($2,542,324; 3 percent), and Australia ($762,842; 1 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Oceaneering International, Inc., Hanover, Md., is being awarded a maximum value $12,100,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the advanced mooring system to improve vehicle, personnel and container transfer during skin to skin mooring within the sea base through sea state three (threshold), sea state four (objective). The total cumulative face value of this contract is $12,100,000. The action will be incrementally funded with this initial obligation of $643,983. The contract will be incrementally funded over a period of 36 months. Work will be performed in Hanover, Md., and is expected to be completed April 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under Broad Agency Announcement 10-016, with four proposals received. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00014-11-D-0327 and task order 0001).

ARMY

Chrysler Group International, LLC, Auburn Hills, Mich., was awarded on Apr. 19 a $17,977,169 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 530 Jeep J8 kits, completely knocked down, and one lot of contractor furnished spare parts all under Foreign Military Sales to Israel. Work will be performed in Romulus, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 18, 2012. A sole-source bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-C-0273).

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Inc., Charlotte, N.C., was awarded on Apr. 19 a $7,647,765 fixed-price-incentive contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 15 joint service general lightweight standoff chemical agent detectors; 15 scanner transit cases; and 15 operator display unit transit cases. Work will be performed in Charlotte, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 21, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Edgewood Contracting Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-08-D-0022).



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