Monday, February 13, 2012

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. Budget Proposal Aims to Support Troops, Families

Defense News: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. Budget Proposal Aims to Support Troops, Families
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources American Forces Press Service
 (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 13, 2012: President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget proposal has several provisions for service members, veterans and their families.
According to an Office of Management and Budget fact sheet released today, the budget request includes:
-- $8.5 billion in Defense Department base funding to support military families, from child care and education for military children to counseling and employment programs for the entire family.
-- More than $1 billion through the Education Department’s Impact Aid program to local school districts where a military base may increase the number of students and decrease the property tax base that funds the local schools. Districts educating more than 368,000 children from military families receive these funds.
-- Funding for a 1.7 percent pay raise for service members -- the full amount authorized by law -- as well as a variety of monthly special skill-based payments, enlistment and re-enlistment bonuses, and other benefits.
-- About $2.4 billion for programs serving wounded, ill and injured service members, with $747 million of that total to address traumatic brain injury and psychological health needs, such as support for recovery care coordinators and enhanced access to care.
-- $465 million for medical research specifically focused on psychological health, TBI and post-traumatic stress disorder.
-- $259 million for the Labor Department’s Veterans Employment and Training Service, and $8 million for the department’s transition assistance program and grants for employment services to veterans. The budget request ends the Veterans Workforce Investment Program, supporting service delivery innovations through the Workforce Innovation Fund instead. The expanded transition assistance program makes employment workshops more accessible to retiring Reserve and National Guard members, as well as spouses of separating service members.
-- Continuing grants under the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program at a level of $38 million.
-- Expanding entrepreneurship training for veterans and military families through the Small Business Administration’s National Veterans Entrepreneurship Training, a new $7 million program that will train up to 260,000 veterans annually.
-- $278 million for implementation of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act. New caregiver benefits and services include training adapted to the veterans' individual care needs, a direct stipend payment and health care and mental health services.
-- Almost $1.4 billion to provide services through the Veterans Affairs Department for homeless and at-risk veterans. These funds will combat veteran homelessness through collaborative partnerships with local governments, nonprofit organizations, and the Housing and Urban Development, Justice and Labor departments.
Earlier today, officials said defense leaders are fully committed to assisting service members and their families.
The DOD budget request provides $1.3 billion in funding for child care space for more than 200,000 children, as well as $1.4 billion for family support centers and morale, welfare and recreation programs. It also commits $2.7 billion for the education of more than 61,000 students at DOD Education Activity schools in 12 countries and more than 33,000 students in seven states, Puerto Rico and Guam.
The request includes more than $50 million to improve public school facilities on military installations.
Military construction funding is set at $9.1 billion, and family housing at $1.7 billion.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 13, 2012

Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 13, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 13, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  February  13, 2012 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
ARMY
            GAP Solutions, Inc., Reston, Va. (W9124J-12-D-0006), and Advancia Corp., Oklahoma City, Okla. (W9124J-12-D-04), were awarded a $983,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award-task-order contract between seven contractors.  The award will provide for the support base services at various Army installations.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2016.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 31 bids received.  The Mission and Installation Contracting Office, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity.

            The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded a $676,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure 32 CH-47F new build cargo helicopters.  Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0098).

            Mission Essential Personnel, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $330,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract for linguist and interpretation services in support of operations in Afghanistan.  Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, and Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 6, 2012.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with six bids received.  The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (W911W4-07-D-0010).

            Triple Canopy, Reston, Va., was awarded a $159,972,048 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the security services in Afghanistan.  Work will be performed in Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 26, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with eight bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W560MY-12-C-0002).

            ITT Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded a $159,538,880 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the information technology support services to U.S. Army Europe, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Africa Command.  Work will be performed in Germany, Italy, and Balkans, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2016.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., is the contracting activity (W91RUS-12-C-0005).

            Jacobs Technology, Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was awarded a $157,209,880 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the systems engineering and technical assistance support services.  Work will be performed in Fort Belvoir, Va.; Natick, Mass.; Eatontown, N.J.; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Springfield, Va.; Fort Lewis, Wash.; Fort Knox, Ky.; and Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2015.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with two bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-12-C-0013).

            Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Mass., was awarded a $138,698,837 firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract for engineering services in support of the Phased Array Tracking Radar Intercept On Target.  Work will be performed in Andover, Mass.; Billerica, Mass.; Burlington, Mass.; El Segundo, Calif.; El Paso, Texas; Huntsville, Ala.; Norfolk, Va.; and Tewksbury, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0057).

            Tennessee Apparel Corp., Tullahoma, Tenn. (W911QY-12-D-0004); Creative Apparel Associates, L.L.C., Belmont, Maine (W911QY-12-D-0005); and Paul Boye Technologies, Le Vernet, France (W911QY-12-D-0008), were awarded a $129,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract between three contractors.  The award will provide for the procurement of uniform integrated protection ensemble chemical and biological protective garments.  Work will be performed in Tullahoma, Tenn.; Belmont, Maine; and Belfast, Maine, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with eight bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity.

            Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., was awarded an $85,499,999 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to supply engineering, research, development and test and evaluation services.  Work will be performed in Laurel, Md., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 14, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-09-D-0001).

            Watermark - ECC, L.L.C., Lowell, Mass. (W912DR-12-D-0001); H&S - Zapata, J.V., Westborough, Mass. (W912DR-12-D-0002); Chimera - ERRG, Martinez, Calif. (W912DR-12-D-0003); TPMC/ARM Environmental Solutions, Irving, Texas (W912DR-12-D-0004); and Coastal Environmental Group, Inc., Central Islip, N.Y. (W912DR-12-D-0005), were awarded a $49,700,000 firm-fixed-price contract between five contractors.  The award will provide for the environmental services to various federal, state, and local agencies.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2017.  Twelve bids were solicited, with 12 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity.

            Blackhawk Constructors, L.L.C., San Antonio, Texas (W912DQ-12-D-4004); Zieson Construction Co., L.L.C., Topeka, Kan. (W912DQ-12-D-4003); Hanke Constructors, Wentzville, Mo. (W912DQ-12-D-4002); K&P Construction, Dunkirk, Md. (W912DQ-12-D-4005); and Robinson Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Perryville, Mo. (W912DQ-12-D-4006), were awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract between five contractors.  The award will provide the sustainability, renovation, and modernization construction services.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 26, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 29 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity.

            Choctaw Transportation Co., Dyersburg, Tenn. (W912EQ-12-D-0001); Luhr Bros., Inc., Columbia, Ill. (W912EQ-12-D-0002); Patton-Tully Marine, L.L.C., Marine Construction, Memphis, Tenn. (W912EQ-12-D-0003); and Pine Bluff Sand Gravel Co., Pine Bluff, Ark., (W912EQ-12-0004), were awarded a $45,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of stone navigation structures in the Mississippi River.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with five bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis, Tenn., is the contracting activity.

            Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded a $45,000,000 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of the Army Threat Simulator Program Support.  Work will be performed in Atlanta, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-12-D-0002).

            AM General, L.L.C., Mishawaka, Ind., was awarded a $41,913,084 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of HMMWV power packs.  Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pa., is the contracting activity (W911N2-12-D-0014)

            Longbow, L.L.C., Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $40,810,212 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of the Apache helicopter.  Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2015.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-C-0134).

            BAE Systems - Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., was awarded a $38,010,103 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of furthering the technology development phase of the Common Infrared Countermeasure Program.  Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with five bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-C-0045).

            Jacobs Technology, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was awarded a $36,097,935 firm-fixed-price and level-of-effort contract.  The award will provide for the technical and administrative services in support of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protection vehicle.  Work will be performed in Kuwait; Warren, Mich.; Stafford, Va.; Aberdeen, Md.; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Benning, Ga.; Afghanistan; Camp Atterbury, Ind.; and Red River Army Depot, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 6, 2013.  Ten bids were solicited, with two bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-A-A904).

            Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $31,359,202 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of furthering the technology development phase of the Common Infrared Countermeasure Program.  Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2012.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with five bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-C-0046).

            AM General, L.L.C., South Bend, Ind., was awarded a $29,034,664 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure various models of HMMWVs.  Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-C-0405).

            Watts Construction, L.L.C., Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded a $28,300,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction services at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.  Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 19, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 14 bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-12-C-0001).

            DRS Test & Energy Management, L.L.C., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $23,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the information technology services.  Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 7, 2017.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-12-D-0004).

            The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded a $21,852,317 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of initial production fielding support for each new equipment training site equipped with the CH-47 cargo helicopter.  Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2013.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-11-C-0093).

            Agentase, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., was awarded a $15,850,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to develop, test, produce, integrate, field and support technologies for detecting and detoxifying highly toxic hazards.  Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Elkridge, Md.; and West Lafayette, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 10, 2014.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 3,009 bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Durham, N.C., is the contracting activity (W911NF-08-D-0002).

            Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Mass., was awarded a $15,705,172 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of the Patriot Missile Support Center.  Work will be performed in Chambersburg, Pa.; Andover, Mass.; Burlington, Mass.; and Germany, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-11-C-0156).

            Avon Protection Systems, Inc., Cadillac, Mich., was awarded a $15,204,905 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of the Joint Services General Purpose Mask spares for sustainment.  Work will be performed in Cadillac, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2015.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-12-D-0001).

            Affigent, L.L.C., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $15,048,915 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing project to supply net and migrated services for the Military Entrance Processing Station.  Work will be performed in North Chicago, Ill., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30, 2013.  Four bids were solicited, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Mission & Installation Contracting Center, Fort Knox, Ky., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-09-A-0001).

            Signal Ship Repair, L.L.C., Mobile, Ala., was awarded a $14,484,630 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the services in support of engine replacements, engine auxiliary systems modification and repair of dredge wheeler. Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912BU-12-C-0006).

            ReconRobotics, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded a $13,975,038 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the procurement of micro unmanned ground vehicle robots in support of video reconnaissance.  Work will be performed in Minneapolis, Minn., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-12-C-0026).

            The Boeing Company, Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded a $13,317,149 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to manufacture and test five Cargo On-and-Off Loading System prototypes.  Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-04-G-0023).

            Raytheon - Lockheed Martin Javelin, J.V., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $12,195,926 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure 2001BH tactical round and 3001AM command launch unit cost reduction initiative retrofits.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2014.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0376).

            General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded an $11,832,671 cost-type contract.  The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure material items.  Work will be performed in Lima, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2012.  One bid was solicited, with one bid received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-11-C-0350).

            A-B Computer Solutions, Inc., Mandeville, La., was awarded an $11,388,816 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the computer software and hardware maintenance service and support.  Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2017.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The Directorate for Contracting, Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas, is the contracting activity (W911RQ-12-D-0001).

            Garco Construction, Spokane, Wash., was awarded a $10,217,000 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the construction of fuel storage and distribution facilities at Joint Base Lewis-MChord, Wash.  Work will be performed in Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-12-C-0016).

            Atlantic Electric, L.L.C., Charleston, S.C., was awarded a $9,793,111 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the renovation of the Richard B. Russell Dam powerhouse. Work will be performed in Elbert County, Ga., with an estimated completion date of July 30, 2013.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with three bids received.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-12-C-0004).

            International Business Machines Corp., Yorktown Heights, N.Y., was awarded an $8,987,156 cost-type contract.  The award will provide for the research and development services.  Work will be performed in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of May 1, 2015.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 12 bids received.  The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Durham, N.C., is the contracting activity (W911NF-12-C-0028).

            Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Wash., was awarded an $8,045,456 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the maintenance dredging services.  Work will be performed in Anchorage Harbor, Anchorage, Alaska, with an estimated completion date of May 15, 2015.  The bid was solicited through the Internet, with five bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Anchorage, Alaska, is the contracting activity (W911KB-12-C-0004).

U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND
            U.S. Transportation Command is modifying contracts with Maersk Line, Ltd., Norfolk, Va. (for a face value of $197,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09- D-0040); American President Lines, Ltd., Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz. (for a face value of $147,000,000; modification to HTC711-09-D-0028); Farrell Lines, Inc., Norfolk, Va. (for a face value of $44,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09- D-0034); American Roll-on, American Roll-off Carrier, L.L.C., Park Ridge, N.J. (for a face value of $40,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09-D-0029); Liberty Global Logistics, L.L.C., Lake Success, N.Y. (for a face value of $28,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09- D-0039); Hapag-Lloyd USA, L.L.C., Tampa, Fla. (for a face value of $25,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09- D-0036); and Central Gulf Lines, Inc., Mobile, Ala. (for a face value of $9,000,000; modification to modification to HTC711-09-D-0031).  These modifications will extend the period of performance under the Universal Services Contract-6 Program for an additional three months, March 31 to June 30, 2012.  These contracts provide ocean and intermodal distribution services worldwide.  Funds are only obligated upon cargo bookings and the amounts above are only an estimate to cover the three-month extension, as needed.  U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

NAVY
            Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $56,750,000 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of Lot 10 UH-1Y (15) and AH-1Z (13) helicopters for the Marine Corps in support of the H-1 upgrade program.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 percent), and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2013.  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 Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-12-C-0009).

            General Electric Aviation, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded an $8,831,994 order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0009) for the F404 Component Improvement Program to include engineering and engine system improvement support.  Work will be performed in Lynn, Mass., 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.

            General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington, Vt., is being awarded a $6,875,640 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-5141) for the production of Aegis gun and guided missile directors, MK82 Mod 0; and Aegis director controllers, MK 200 Mod 0 in support of DDG 116.  The MK 82 director serves to position the fire control system antenna to a position in space for the purpose of illuminating the target.  The director controller MK 200 houses the solid-state servo-amplifiers providing the servo drive signals, which then position the director to the desired target position.  Work will be performed in Burlington, Vt., and is expected to be completed by January 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.

AIR FORCE
            The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $20,693,458 a firm-fixed-price for procurement of 17,873-507 very high frequency/ultra high frequency modules for the Combat Survivor Evader Locator hand held radio and installation of the new module into 3,273 hand held radios.  The location of the performance is Huntington Beach, Calif.  Work is expected to be completed by April 30, 2013.  Space and Nuclear Networks Division, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8807-05-C-0004 P00084).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
            AmeriQual Group, L.L.C., Evansville, Ind., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $15,864,815 for various polymeric entree ration items.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  There were two responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 28, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM3S1-12-D-Z197).

            The Wornick Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $15,553,079 for various polymeric entree ration items.  Other location of performance is Hamilton, Ohio.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  There were two responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 28, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM3S1-12-D-Z196).


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DTN News - INTELLIGENCE REPORT/NEWS: Bombers Target Israeli Diplomats In India, Georgia

Defense News: DTN News - INTELLIGENCE REPORT/NEWS: Bombers Target Israeli Diplomats In India, Georgia
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 (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 13, 2012:  Israel blamed Iran on Monday for bomb attacks on its diplomats' cars in India and Georgia, heightening concerns that the Jewish state was moving closer to striking its archenemy.
Iran denied responsibility for the attacks that appeared to mirror the recent killings of Iranian nuclear scientists that Tehran blamed on Israel.

The blast in New Delhi set a car ablaze and injured four people, including an Israeli Embassy driver and a diplomat's wife; the device in Georgia was discovered and safely defused.

"Iran is behind these attacks and it is the largest terror exporter in the world," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers from his Likud Party.

The violence added further tension to one of the globe's most contentious standoffs. Iran has been accused of developing a nuclear weapons program that Israel says threatens the existence of the Jewish state. Tehran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

Comments by Israeli officials in recent weeks have raised fears Israel might be preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities. While Israel says it hopes that international sanctions can curb Iran's nuclear program, leaders pointedly note that "all options are on the table" and have warned that as Iran moves closer to weapons capability, time is running out for action. Fearing an Israeli attack could set off a conflict across the region and send oil prices skyrocketing, U.S. and other Western countries have been pressing Israel to give sanctions more time.

Israeli military analyst Reuven Pedatzur said Monday's action was unlikely to have any bearing on whether Israel attacks Iran, calling it an "isolated incident" with rather low impact.

The attackers in India and Georgia appeared to have used "sticky bombs" attached to cars by magnets, similar to weapons used against Iran's nuclear officials. Netanyahu said Israel had thwarted attacks in recent months in Azerbaijan and Thailand and unspecified other countries.

"In all those cases, the elements behind these attacks were Iran and its protege, Hezbollah," Netanyahu said, referring to Iran's Lebanese proxy. He vowed to "act with a strong hand against international terror."

Israeli media reported that the government blamed Iran based on prior intelligence and that security officials feared this could be the start of a wave of attacks against Israeli targets overseas.

Iranian officials rejected Netanyahu's accusation.

"This accusation is within the Zionist regime's psychological war against Iran," the official IRNA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying.

"The Zionist regime, due to repeated crimes against humanity, is the main party accused of terrorist activities," he said, according to IRNA.

The New Delhi attack took place just after 3 p.m. a few hundred yards (meters) from the prime minister's residence as the diplomat's wife headed to the American Embassy School to pick up her children, said Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta.

When the minivan approached a crossing, she noticed a motorcyclist ride up and stick something on it that appeared to be a magnetic device, he said. The car drove a short distance, there was a loud sound and then an explosion, and the car caught fire, he said.

"It was a loud explosion. We realized it's not a firecracker, but an explosion, and rushed toward the car," said Ravi Singh, owner of a nearby gas station.

The blast left the vehicle charred and appeared to blow out its rear door.

"The blast was so powerful, the car behind got damaged as well," said Monu, a high school student who uses only one name.

The Israeli Defense Ministry said the woman, Tal Yehoshua-Koren, the wife of a Defense Ministry official based in New Delhi, suffered moderate shrapnel wounds and was treated at a hospital by Israeli doctors.

Her driver, Manoj Sharma, 42, and two people in a nearby car had minor injuries, Gupta said.

Israeli diplomats in India have been on constant alert since Pakistan-based militants rampaged across the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, targeting luxury hotels, a train station and the Chabad Jewish community center.

India's foreign minister, S.M. Krishna, said India would cooperate closely with Israel in the investigation and promised to bring the assailants to justice.

"I have just spoken to the Israeli foreign minister," he said. "I assured him that the law of the land will take its course."

Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Georgia said an explosive device was planted on the car of a driver for the Israeli Embassy in the capital of Tbilisi.

Shota Utiashvili, spokesman for the Georgian Interior Ministry, said the driver noticed a package on his car's undercarriage and called police, who found and defused a grenade.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemned the attacks.

"The United States places a high priority on the safety and security of diplomatic personnel around the world and we stand ready to assist with any investigation of these cowardly actions," she said.

Iranian lawmaker Javad Jahangirzadeh was quoted by the semiofficial Mehr news agency as saying the Israeli charges were meant to provoke the world against Iran and to undermine upcoming nuclear talks between Tehran and the world powers.

Another lawmaker, Avaz Heidarpour, was quoted by Mehr as saying Netanyahu's allegations were an attempt by Israel to justify future operations against Iran.

"It's very likely that the Zionist regime is paving the way to carry out an assassination abroad or hit inside Iran. So, they are making preparations for that," Mehr quoted him as saying.

Hezbollah and Iran have deep grievances against Israel.

Hezbollah battled Israel in a monthlong war in 2006. On Sunday, the Lebanese guerrilla group marked the anniversary of the 2008 assassination of one of its commanders, Imad Mughniyeh, in a bombing widely believed to have been carried out by Israel. Iran has been widely suspected of looking for payback for the covert plots against its nuclear program it has blamed on Israel's spy agency Mossad and Western allies.

"There have been all kinds of mysterious things happening in Iran, and it could be an Iranian counterattack," said Mike Herzog, a retired Israeli general and former top aide to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. "It's no secret that Iran uses Hezbollah globally, and Hezbollah has the capacity to carry out attacks around the globe."

Iran and Hezbollah also could be trying to divert attention away from ally Syria's crackdown on protesters.

Were Iran found to be behind the New Delhi attack, it would be a stunning action against one of its more reliable allies.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has resisted U.S. and European Union pressure to curtail trade with Iran over the nuclear issue. Energy-starved India relies heavily on Iranian oil imports, and the two countries are working to find creative ways for India to circumvent banking restrictions to pay for the oil by using rupees and investing in Iranian infrastructure projects.

Israel has urged the international community to consider all means, including military action, to stop Tehran.

Last month, a director of Iran's main uranium enrichment site was killed in a blast from a magnetic bomb placed on his car, at least the fifth member of Iran's scientific community killed in apparent targeted attacks in two years.

In a signal Iran could retaliate, Gen. Masoud Jazayeri, the spokesman for Iran's Joint Armed Forces Staff, was quoted by the semiofficial news agency ISNA last month as saying that Tehran was "reviewing the punishment" of "behind-the-scene elements" involved in the assassination.

"Iran's response will be a tormenting one for supporters of state terrorism," he said. "The enemies of the Iranian nation, especially the United States, Britain and the Zionist regime, or Israel, have to be held responsible for their activities."

Clinton categorically denied any U.S. link to an "act of violence inside Iran." Israel has made no direct comments about Iran's accusations of covert operations, but some officials have made provocative hints that Tehran's many foes could have an interest in efforts to destabilize its nuclear program.

Iran also has blamed the U.S. and allies for a sophisticated computer virus, known as Stuxnet, that was programmed to disrupt the centrifuges used in uranium enrichment. Iran said the virus was detected in its systems, but added there were no serious setbacks.

In January, a foreign suspect with alleged links to Hezbollah militants led Thai police to a warehouse filled with materials commonly used to make bombs.

In 1992, a bombing at the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killed 29 people. Two years later, a bombing at a Jewish community center there killed 85 people. Argentines have long suspected high-level Iranian diplomats were involved in the 1994 bombing.

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Federman reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writer Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili in Tbilisi and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report. Follow Nessman at http://www.twitter.com/ravinessman and Federman at www.twitter.com/joseffederman

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