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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 4, 2011
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NAVY
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $110,799,779 contract modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) for long lead time construction for DDG 1001, long lead time material for DDG 1002, and engineering and production support services. Work will be performed in Coatesville, Pa. (23.3 percent); Erie, Pa. (13 percent); Walpole, Mass. (12.9 percent); Parsippany, N.J. (11.1 percent); Loanhead, Midlothian, United Kingdom (5.4 percent); Deer Park, Texas (5.4 percent); Newton Square, Pa. (4.5 percent); Kingsford, Mich. (4.4 percent); Milwaukee, Wis. (2.8 percent); South Portland, Maine (2.7 percent); and other various locations with less than 2 percent (14.5 percent). Work 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, D.C., is the contracting activity.
TEC-AECOM Pacific, J.V., Charlottesville, Va., is being awarded a maximum amount $50,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineer services contract for environmental planning services in the preparation, updating and reviewing of National Environmental Policy Act documents, environmental studies and technical services related to such documents as may be requested by activities at various Navy and Marine Corps activities in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed in the NAVFAC Pacific AOR including, but not limited to, Guam (50 percent), Hawaii (20 percent), Japan (10 percent), other locations within the Pacific Basin and Indian Ocean areas (10 percent), and the continental United States (10 percent). The term of the contract is not to exceed five years, with an expected completion date of August 2016. 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 NAVFAC e-solicitation website, with five proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-11-D-1801).
Treadwell Corp., Thomaston, Conn., is being awarded a $49,552,417 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to furnish up to 17 low pressure electrolyzers, and associated installation services, trainin,g and technical data to replace the Model 6L16 electrolytic oxygen generator and oxygen generating plant aboard the SSBN- 726 and SSN-21 submarines. The low pressure electrolyzers are designed to operate as the primary oxygen producers aboard the SSBN-726 and SSN-21 submarines. They will provide increased reliability, maintainability, safety and ease of operation. Funds in the amount of $40,000 will be obligated at this time. Work will be performed in Thomaston, Conn., and is expected to be completed by January 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The solicitation was synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities website. This contract was competitively procured with one offer received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship System Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-11-D-0014).
Donjon Marine Co., Inc., Hillside, N.J., is being awarded a $41,000,000 ceiling priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contract for salvage, salvage-related towing, harbor clearance, ocean engineering and point-to-point towing services to support the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $215,000,000. Work will be performed in the Atlantic Ocean (80 percent) and the Gulf of Mexico (20 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2012. 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 Federal Business Opportunities website, with three proposals received. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-11-D-4002).
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $29,969,607 modification to a previously issued delivery order placed against basic ordering agreement N00019-09-G-0005. This modification provides for additional phase two non-recurring efforts in support of the MH-60R situational awareness technology insertion engineering, manufacturing, and development. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y. (95 percent), and Melbourne, Fla. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $29,969,607 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Hampton Roads Mechanical of Virginia, Inc., Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded a maximum amount $23,441,647 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance, inspection, cleaning, painting, repair, testing, and replacement of various utility systems in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic Hampton Roads region. No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed in the NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility, and is expected to 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 four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-11-D-0063).
PKL Services, Inc.*, Poway, Calif., is being awarded a $15,876,931 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for organizational level maintenance on the following Marine Corp aircraft platforms: AH-1W, UH-1N, CH-53D/E, and CH-46E. Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, San Diego, Calif. (30 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (25 percent); Iraq/Afghanistan (22 percent); San Diego, Calif. (18 percent); and Kanehoe Bay, Hawaii (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in February 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $13,607,448 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Environet, Inc.*, Kamuela, Hawaii, is being awarded $7,998,000 for firm-fixed-price task order 0007 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62748-10-D-4020) for repairs and upgrades to primary electrical distribution systems and emergency power systems at the water reclamation facility at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The work to be performed provides for removal and replacement of medium voltage and low voltage distribution systems, control and instrumentation systems, miscellaneous architectural and electrical repairs and incidental related work. Work includes erecting of a new building to house a new standby generator and distribution equipment and additions to the existing underground distribution systems. Work will be performed in Kaneohe, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by September 2012. 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, Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Sysco Hampton Roads, Suffolk, Va., was issued a modification exercising the fourth option year on the current contract SPM300-08-D-3204/P00037. Award is a prime vender, indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $100,000,000 for full line food service distribution. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Navy. The date of performance completion is Aug. 4, 2012. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY
IIF Data Solutions, Inc., Centerville, VA., was awarded an estimated $44,296,526 firm-fixed price requirements contract. The award will provide program support technicians and administrative support technician level staff support, in relation to the efforts associated with the respective state committees within the four employer support of the Guard and Reserve regions and 54 state committees and Reserve component liaisons to support the leadership in the Reserve component (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Reserve) headquarters. The award shall also provide program specialists in support of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to provide implementation assistance to regional areas located within the United States and its territories and supporting the leadership in the Army, and Air National Guard, and Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Reserve headquarters. Work will be performed at various locations within the United States and its territories with a completion date of April 30, 2015. The bid was solicited through full and open competition, with nine bids received. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Defense Human Resources Activity is the contracting activity (H98210-11-D-0004).
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $21,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H92241-11-D-0006) for production of the AN/ZSQ-2 (V1 Assault) and AN/ZSQ-2 (V2 Attack), Electro-Optical Sensor System for the MH-47G and MH-60M aircraft assigned to the Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Ky., in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Technology Applications Contracting Office. The work will be performed primarily in McKinney, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 2, 2013. Delivery order 0001 is anticipated to be issued on Aug. 2, 2011 in the amount of $15,623,149. This contract was awarded as a sole-source after approval of a justification and approval document as an exception to full and open competition under the authority of FAR 6.302-1.
AIR FORCE
The Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is receiving a modification to a firm-fixed-price contract in the amount of $10,353,001 for the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership to provide total C-17 weapon system sustainment responsibility under a single prime contractor with the goal of achieving improvements in logistics support and mission readiness while reducing operating and support costs. Work will be performed at Long Beach, Calif. The ASC/WLMK, C-17 Division, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8614-040C-2004, P00428).
DME Corp., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is being awarded a $7,395,336 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for light-emitting diode (LED) taxiway lighting fixtures. This contract provides a vehicle to strategically source elevated (-861T) and in-pavement (L-852T) LED taxiway lighting fixtures, both with and without arctic heater options, at Air Force airfields inside the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Work will be performed at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 711 ESS/EGA- Civil Engineering, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8056-11-R-0001).
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DTN News - AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE NEWS: 5 More Boeing Super Hornets Arrive At RAAF Base Amberley
"As each new Super Hornet arrives at Amberley, the overall capability of our air force continues to expand," said RAAF Group Capt. Steve Roberton, Officer Commanding 82 Wing. "The Super Hornet is going to be a true force multiplier for us, with its ability to seamlessly transmit data offboard from its advanced sensors to our classic Hornets. We are extremely excited about the new capabilities the Rhinos are bringing to the fleet."
The RAAF is acquiring 24 Super Hornets under the current delivery contract. Twelve of the aircraft -- including the five delivered in July and this month -- are prewired during production at Boeing facilities in St. Louis for potential conversion to electronic attack capability.
"The Boeing Super Hornet team is working closely with the U.S. Navy and the RAAF to ensure that all the RAAF Super Hornets arrive in Australia ahead of schedule and on budget," said Carolyn Nichols, Australian Super Hornet program manager for Boeing. "Boeing understands that the men and women of the RAAF rely on the advanced capability of the Super Hornet, and we are honored to deliver these aircraft, as promised."
Every Super Hornet produced for the U.S. Navy and the RAAF has been delivered ahead of schedule and on budget.
The Australian government announced in March 2007 that it would acquire 24 of the advanced Block II versions of the Super Hornet, all of which are equipped with the Raytheon-built APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar.
The Boeing Super Hornet is a multirole aircraft, able to perform virtually every mission in the tactical spectrum, including air superiority, day/night strike with precision-guided weapons, fighter escort, close air support, suppression of enemy air defenses, maritime strike, reconnaissance, forward air control and tanker missions.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $32 billion business with 64,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.
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Boeing Defense, Space & Security
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International Communications
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Communications
Boeing Defence Australia
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DTN News - U. S. DEFENSE NEWS: Bell Boeing Submits V-22 Osprey Multiyear II Contract Proposal
The five-year, fixed-price incentive proposal would provide the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) with the full complement of Ospreys outlined in the Department of Defense program of record and yield double-digit percentage savings over a single-year procurement strategy. In addition, the proposal will fortify Osprey production through 2019.
"Bell Boeing is very pleased to respond to the Navy's request for proposal for a second multiyear contract for V-22 Osprey production," said John Rader, executive director, Bell Boeing V-22 Program. "In an era that demands greater fiscal responsibility, the MYP II contract would enable us to deliver this revolutionary capability to our customers in the most efficient way while generating additional savings for the American taxpayer and bringing strength and stability to the industrial base."
The Bell Boeing V-22 program is presently on time and under budget in successfully executing its first multiyear procurement contract, which includes fiscal years 2008-2012 and calls for the production of 174 aircraft: 143 MV-22 variants for the Marine Corps and 31 CV-22s for AFSOC. The MYP II proposal includes 122 aircraft (115 MV-22s and seven CV-22s) over fiscal years 2013-2017, ensuring deliveries through 2019.
A total of 10 Marine Corps and five AFSOC Osprey squadrons are operational today, and the two services have together logged 16 successful combat, humanitarian, ship-based and Special Operations deployments since 2007. The worldwide Osprey fleet has amassed more than 115,000 flight hours, with nearly half of those hours logged in the past two years.
Safety, survivability and mission efficiency have become hallmarks of the operational fleet. According to Naval Safety Center records, the MV-22 has had the lowest Class A mishap rate of any tactical rotorcraft in the Marine Corps during the past decade. Fiscal year 2010 Navy flight-hour cost data also show that the Osprey has the lowest cost per seat-mile (cost to transport one person over a distance of one mile) of any U.S. naval transport rotorcraft.
The V-22 Osprey is a joint service, multirole combat aircraft that uses tiltrotor technology to combine the vertical performance of a helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft. With its nacelles and rotors in vertical position, it can take off, land and hover like a helicopter. Once airborne, its nacelles can be rotated to transition the aircraft to a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed, high-altitude flight.
More than 145 Osprey tiltrotors are currently in operation. Marine Corps MV-22s are currently deployed in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit supporting contingency operations, while AFSOC CV-22s are deployed in support of ongoing Special Operations missions.
Bell Helicopter, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc., is an industry-leading producer of commercial and military, manned and unmanned vertical lift aircraft and the pioneer of the revolutionary tiltrotor aircraft. Globally recognized for world-class customer service, innovation and superior quality, Bell's global workforce serves customers flying Bell aircraft in more than 120 countries. Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company , Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO,Greenlee, Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation. More information is available atwww.textron.com.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $32 billion business with 64,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.
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