Wednesday, August 19, 2015

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 19, 2015

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated August 19, 2015
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-158-15 August 19, 2015
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 19, 2015U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued August 19, 2015 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

ARMY
Adams Communication & Engineering Technology Inc.,* Waldorf, Maryland (W56KGU-15-D-0013); DHPC Technologies Inc.,* Woodbridge, New Jersey (W56KGU-15-D-0014); Eoir Technologies Inc.,* Aberdeen, Maryland (W56KGU-15-D-0015); and Praxis Engineering Technologies Inc.,* Annapolis Junction, Maryland (W56KGU-15-D-0016), were awarded a $994,675,676 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery multiple award task order contract for support to the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate with an estimated completion date of May 7, 2018.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with four received.  Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, was awarded an $82,751,404 cost-plus-fixed-fee incrementally funded contract for next generation technical services. Work will be performed in Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Stennis Space Center, Mississippi; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Lorton Virginia; Bethesda, Maryland with an estimated completion date of June 19, 2016.  One bid was solicited with one received.  Fiscal 2014/2015 research, development, testing and evaluation funds in the amount of $14,400,505 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Alabama is the contracting activity (W912DY-15-F-0164).

Real Time Logic Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $48,913,935 firm-fixed-price contract for wideband remote monitoring senor hardware.  Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 16, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received.  Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-15-D-0086).

Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, was awarded a $19,307,483 modification (P00032) to contract W56HZV-12-C-0046 for 13 Marine Corps light armored vehicle anti-tank modernization turret weapons systems.  Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas, with an estimated completion date of May 18, 2018.  Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $19,307,483 were obligated at the time of the award.  Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity.

MEB General Contractors, Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $15,685,100 firm-fixed-price contract to replace hydrant fuels systems at Robins AFB, Georgia with an estimated completion date of Aug 8, 2017.  Bids were solicited via the internet with three received.  Fiscal 2011/2015 military construction funds in the amount of $15,685,100 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Georgia is the contracting activity (W912HN-15-C-0016).

Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia was awarded a $13,355,872 firm-fixed-price contract for Prime Hook Beach Restoration. Work will be performed in Prime Hook, Delaware, with an estimated completion date of May 8, 2016.  Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received.  Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $13,355,872 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the contracting activity (W912BU-15-C-0034).

MAG DC Corp.,* Woodbridge, Virginia, was awarded a $12,850,402 firm-fixed-price multi-year contract with options for airlift support for the Afghan Air Force. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of Aug. 18, 2018.  Bids were solicited via the internet with nine received.  Army Contracting Command, Bagram, Afghanistan, is the contracting activity (W91B4N-15-D-2014).

Korte Construction Co (dba Korte Co.), St. Louis, Missouri was awarded a $10,090,000 firm-fixed-price contract with options to construct a four bay aircraft maintenance hangar for the Joint Strike Fighter (F-35A) at Luke, AFB, Arizona with an estimated completion date of April 11, 2017.  Bids were solicited via the internet with seventeen received.  Fiscal 2015 military construction funds in the amount of $10,090,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, California is the contracting activity (W912PL-15-C-0015).

Southwind Construction Services, LLC,* Edmond, Oklahoma (W912BV-15-D-0024); HGL Construction, Inc.,*Midwest City, Oklahoma (W912BV-15-D-0024); Ma-Chis Kawv IV, LLC,* Kinston, Alabama (W912BV-15-D-0024) were awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price multi-year contract for construction services. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of Aug. 18, 2020.  Bids were solicited via the internet with twenty-four received.  Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma is the contracting activity.
NAVY

Moog Inc., Space and Defense Group, East Aurora, New York, is being awarded a $30,662,608 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for aircraft-mounted gun actuation systems and related engineering and repair services.  This acquisition will procure the motion-control solution for aircraft-mounted guns via actuators, actuator controllers, and related components.  Also required are repair services for fielded systems; engineering and technical support services for design changes/improvements; platform interoperability evaluation and engineering; and installation- and testing-related travel.  Work will be performed in East Aurora, New York, and is expected to be completed by September 2020.  Fiscal 2015 procurement (defense agencies) funding in the amount of $3,966,159 will be obligated at time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured, 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00178-15-D-1011).

Bristol Engineering Service Corp.,* Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a $14,982,443 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a Type A high bay corrosion control hanger at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.  The hangar will have an access apron to support local implementation of the integrated maintenance concept/plan for H-1 and MV-22 series aircraft.  Construction includes augured pile supported foundation and a passive vapor barrier system; steel framing; combination concrete masonry unit and metal siding on the hangar exterior walls; exterior and interior walls for the attached support spaces; energy efficient windows and doors; leaf type swinging hangar doors; Energy Star cool roofing system over rigid insulation supported by a steel deck, joist and trusses; and augured pile and grade beam deep foundation.  The hangar bay floor shall be slab on grade with embedded grounding grid and embedded evacuation trench system.  The facility provides two "dirty" high bays dedicated to aircraft paint preparation, support spaces, hazardous material storage space, non-hazardous material storage, locker rooms and head facilities, administrative areas, and equipment storage areas.  Work will be performed in Havelock, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by March 2017.  Fiscal 2011 and 2014 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $14,982,443 are being obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website,with five proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-15-C-0320).

Camber Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded an $8,362,254 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an effort titled Integration Training Solutions for Anti-Access/Area Denial Threat Environment.  The objective of this contract is to advance, through the conduct of a series of advanced technical demonstrations utilizing Fleet Integrated Synthetic Training and Testing Facility, anti-access/area denial simulation solutions for the Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE) with a specific focus on:  Defense against Fast Attack Craft – Fast Inshore Attack Craft swarm threats, countering maritime mines, cyber/electronic warfare, and denial or disruption of the electromagnetic spectrum.  This includes, but not limited to:  the development of new or enhanced sensors models, the advancement of NCTE standards, and the identification and institutionalization of objective-based metrics and de-brief collection into existing Navy training programs.  Work will be performed in Tampa, Florida (34 percent); San Diego, California (14 percent); Honolulu, Hawaii (14 percent); Orlando, Florida (13 percent); Virginia Beach, Virginia (13 percent); and Huntsville, Alabama (12  percent), and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2019.  Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $370,000 are being obligated at the time of award.  No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The contract was competitively procured under the Office of Naval Research long range broad agency announcement (BAA) 15-001, dated Sept. 29, 2014.  Since proposals will be received throughout the year under the long range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown.  The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00014-15-C-5017).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, has been awarded a $7,930,827 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00022) to exercise the third option of previously awarded HR0011-13-C-0023. The third option serves as Phase 4 of the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics - Integration program. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $23,451,842 from $15,521,015. Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an expected completion date of February 2017. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $7,930,827 are being obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

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*Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-158-15 August 19, 2015 
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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US Launches Biggest Allied Airborne Drills Since Cold War

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS:  US Launches Biggest Allied Airborne Drills Since Cold War
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources AFP
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 18, 2015The United States said Tuesday it has launched the biggest allied airborne drills in Europe since the Cold War ended, as fighting involving pro-Russian separatists escalated in eastern Ukraine.

Nearly 5,000 soldiers from 11 NATO allies are taking part in four weeks of "simultaneous multinational airborne operations" across Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania that began in Saturday, the US Army said in a statement.

"Swift Response 15 is the largest Allied airborne training event on the continent since the end of the Cold War," according to the statement from the US Army in Grafenwohr in southern Germany.

It is designed to help allied "high-readiness forces" act as one and "demonstrate the alliance's capacity to rapidly deploy and operate in support of maintaining a strong and secure Europe," it said.

The statement made no reference to the crisis in Ukraine where government troops have been fighting pro-Russian separatists since April last year, which has claimed the lives of nearly 7,000 people.

While the conflict eased after a truce in February, fighting has escalated in recent days.

The fighting has stirred the highest tensions since the Cold War ended more than two decades ago as the West accuses Russia of not only arming the rebels but sending in troops to support them. Moscow denies the charges.

NATO, a 28-country alliance led by the United States, last week defended the number of military exercises it has staged as a response to "growing Russian aggression" and refuted suggestions that they were helping make war in Europe more likely.

The US Army said the highlight of the drills will take place on Aug. 26 when allied warplanes will drop more than 1,000 paratroopers and equipment the to Hohenfels training area in Germany.

A similar drill will also take place the same day at the Novo Selo training area in Bulgaria, a former Soviet ally.

Participating in the exercises until Sept. 13 are more than 4,800 soldiers from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Britain and the United States.

It said the exercise marks the first time the US 82nd Airborne Division has operated in Europe since supporting NATO operations in Kosovo in 1999.

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