Thursday, June 9, 2011

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 9, 2011

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated June 9, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - June 9, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued June 9, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Vortex Marine Construction, Inc., Oakland, Calif., was awarded on June 6 a $500,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract. The award will provide for the various construction and dredging projects with the boundaries of the South Atlantic Division. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of June 6, 2012. Thirty-five bids were solicited, with 17 bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (W912EP-11-D-0025).

Etcon, Inc., DBA JHL Construction, Gatesville, Texas, was awarded on June 7 a $32,518,777 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for open end paving services. Work will be performed in Fort Hood, Texas, with an estimated completion date of June 7, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with eight bids received. The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Hood, Texas, is the contracting activity (W91151-11-D-0004).

Mason & Hanger, Overland Park, Kan., was awarded on June 6 a $14,189,941 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the design and build of a control tower and base operations facility at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. Work will be performed in Minot Air Force Base, N.D., with an estimated completion date of May 20, 2013. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with ten bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-11-C-0028).

AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, Calif., was awarded on June 6 a $13,113,191 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to confirm Puma unmanned aircraft systems training and contractor logistics support. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, Calif., and Kandahar, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 14, 2011. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-11-C-0004).

BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Ground Systems Division, York, Penn., was awarded on June 6 a $12,806,431 contract. The award will provide for the procurement of the Paladin Integrated Management System support package. Work will be performed in York, Penn., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0550).

Camber Corp., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on June 6 an $11,734,706 time-and-materials contract. The award will provide for the various support services necessary to replace obsolete systems in the Apache risk and cost reduction system. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-F-0016).

NAVY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded on June 8 a $107,582,787 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-09-C-0010) for the procurement of one Low Rate Initial Production IV conventional take off and landing F-35 aircraft for the government of the Netherlands, including ancillary mission equipment/pilot fighter equipment items. 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 February 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.

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded on June 8 a maximum amount $75,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for performance-based environmental services and technologies support for Navy, Marine Corps, and federal government programs at various locations worldwide. Task order 0001 is being awarded at $97,021 for the Munitions Response Program Technology Tool at the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, Calif. The work to be performed provides for obtaining various engineering and incidental services for environmental program development and implementation. Work on this contract also includes research, development, testing, evaluation, and implementation of innovative environmental technologies, strategies and techniques. Operation of sites and innovative systems at sites, as well as technical consultation services are included. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by July 2012. All work on this contract will be performed worldwide, and is expected to be completed by June 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $97,021 will 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, Specialty Center Acquisitions, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62583-11-D-0515).

Dck/TtEC, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $73,936,000 firm-fixed-price plus award fee task order FZN1 under a previously awarded global multiple award construction contract (N62742-09-D-1172) for construction of aircraft maintenance hangars at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The proposed new construction will consist of new aircraft maintenance hangars, aircraft taxiway and parking apron and the necessary components to the hangars to make them Joint Strike Fighter compliant. The task order also contains planned modifications, which if issued would increase the cumulative task order value to $73,980,326. Work will be performed in Yuma, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2012. 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.

Raytheon Technical Services, Norfolk, Va., was awarded on June 8 a $51,586,233 fixed-price performance-based logistics contract for support of the AN/USC-38 extremely high frequency satellite communications program. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va. (50 percent), and Chula Vista, Calif. (50 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2016. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00104-11-D-ZD42).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., is being awarded a $37,610,209 fixed-price-requirements contract for repair for items to support the APS 145 radar system for the E-2C aircraft. Work will be performed in Syracuse, N.Y. Work is expected to be completed by June 2016. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00383-11-D-006N).

General Dynamics-NASSCO, San Diego, Calif., was awarded on June 8 an $18,092,326 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-4013) for the USS Peleliu (LHA 5) fiscal 2011 phased maintenance availabilities (PMA). A PMA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by October 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $18,092,326 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Metro Machine Corp., Norfolk, Va., was awarded on June 8 a $17,289,788 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4401) to exercise option for repairs and alterations for the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) non dry-docking fiscal 2011 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availability. The CNO availability consist of various repairs and alterations such as engine replacement/repair, vent fan and louvers repairs, lagging and insulation, ballast tank repair/preserve, flight deck non-skid and auxiliary boiler front loaded repairs. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by November 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $17,289,788 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

Choctaw Manufacturing Defense Contractor, Antlers, Okla., is being awarded a $14,336,196 firm-fixed-price delivery order #0005 under previously awarded contract (M67854-09-D-5024) for the procurement of 288 production chassis for the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) trailer in support of the program manager, Motor Transportation. These trailers replace the M105, M149 and M353 trailers and will augment the payload and complement the capability of the MTVR series of tactical vehicles. Work will be performed in McAlester, Okla., and is expected to be completed by December 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

FLIR Systems, North Billerica, Mass., was awarded on June 8 an $11,496,910 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for RECON III, Hand-Held Long-Range Thermal Imaging Sensor Systems, spares, repairs, shipping cases, and upgrades. The Hand-Held Long-Range Thermal Imaging Sensor Systems are to provide support for the Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System. The mission of this system includes intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and assessment of threats. It also provides situational awareness of close proximity and travelled routes of personnel while conducting missions. Work will be performed in North Billerica, Mass., and is expected to be completed by June 2016. Contract funds in the amount of $3,551 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole-source procurement and solicited via Navy Electronic Commerce Online. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-11-D-JQ11).

Head, Inc./Ballew, JV*, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded on June 8 a $10,644,155 firm-fixed-price contract for repairs of the airfield storm drainage collection system and runways at Naval Air Station Kingsville. The contract also contains one unexercised option which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $12,112,386. Work will be performed in Kingsville, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 2012. 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 two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-11-C-0754).

North Star Scientific Corp.*, Kapolei, Hawaii, was awarded on June 8 a $10,487,213 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0008). This order is for the production of 83 AN-APS-145 Radar Trigger Pulse Amplifier Redesign (TPAR) WRA-31 units; 74 spares, and technical data items for the E-2C aircraft; and 1 modified TPAR unit for the E-2C aircraft simulated maintenance trainer. Work will be performed in Kapolei, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed in December 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $5,043,626 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $10,379,502 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded delivery order #0011 under contract (M67854-07-D-5025) for continental United States, and outside the continental United States, field service representative support for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. Work will be performed in Tampa, Fla. (14.5 percent), and in Iraq (85.5 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $10,379,502 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Intelligent Software Solutions, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded an estimated $49,988,873 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Web-enabled Temporal Analysis Systems tool kit on-site technical support and enhancements at the following sites: Regional Command-West, Heart, Afghanistan; Regional Command-North, Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan; and International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Kabul, Afghanistan. Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKF, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity (FA8760-09-D-0022/0013).

BAE Systems, Arlington, Va., is being awarded an $11,376,398 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop airborne processing and sensor system hardware and software, including storage for real-time on-board detection and tracking of large numbers -- 20,000-plus -- of dismounts and vehicles over a wide area. It will integrate the tracker with the Wide Area Motion Imaging (WAMI) sensor as well as communications links to the ground station and will develop storage, chipping, dissemination, and processing control. Ground processing software will also be developed to support exploitation of WAMI downlink video and ancillary data. Air Force Research Laboratory/PKDB, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-11-C-7108).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Michelin North America, Inc., Greenville, S.C., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $12,830,014 for retreadable aircraft tires. Other location of performance is Norwood, N.C. Using services are Army and Air Force. The date of performance completion is Sept. 13, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SPM7LX-11-D-0117).

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $9,842,138 for retreadable aircraft tires. Other location of performance is Virginia. Using services are Army and Air Force. The date of performance completion is Sept. 13, 2013. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SPM7LX-11-D-0114).

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DTN News - BABA RAMDEV NEWS: Baba Ramdev To Fast Unto Death Against Corruption Also Declare Assets Today

Defense News: DTN News - BABA RAMDEV NEWS: Baba Ramdev To Fast Unto Death Against Corruption Also Declare Assets Today
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / NEW DELHI, India - June 9, 2011:
With questions being raised about his wealth, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is observing a fast unto death over the issue of corruption, will declare his assets on Thursday.



By Baba’s own admission the Patanjali Yog Peeth is worth around Rs 1100 crore but he has denied any wrong doing. He has stressed that the assets have been built up using donations from his followers.

According to reports, over 200 businesses from Aastha TV to food, herbal medicine parks are run by the trust.

The finance ministry is said to be not probing any specific charge against him but is carrying out a detailed income tax survey.

"We will come out with financial details of Patanjali Yogapeeth and all our companies by today evening," Baba Ramdev said in an address to his supporters in Haridwar.

However, there are specific allegations on him. He has been accused of grabbing fertile farmland, besides stamp duty evasion.

Ever since the talks between Ramdev and government collapsed and the Ramlila police crackdown, Congress leader Digvijay Singh has been demanding that financial dealings of Ramdev be thoroughly probed.

Ramdev's right-hand man Acharya Balkrishna is also under scrutiny. As per reports, Uttarakhand Intelligence Bureau has confirmed that Balkrishna may have violated the Arms Act. The Prime Minister's office has ordered a probe in the case.

Meanwhile, Ramdev’s fast entered the sixth day today. Doctors have advised him to end his fast in view of his deteriorating health but for now the yoga guru is adamant on continuing the fast till the govt agrees to his demand that government take steps to bring back black money and formulate tough anti-graft laws.

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