DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 5, 2012

Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 5, 2012

 Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  563-12 July 5, 2012

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 5, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  July 5, 2012   are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

            Teradyne, Inc., North Reading, Mass., is being awarded a $16,848,088 firm-fixed-price contract to procurement components for the organic assembly of 25 Versatile Depot Automatic Test Systems.  The location of the performance is North Reading, Mass.  Work is to be completed by Sept. 30, 2013.  WR-ALC/PKOA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8571-12-F-0002).

            Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, McKinney, Texas, is being awarded an $8,500,000 cost-reimbursement contract for system imaging from standard definition-infrared to high definition-infrared for the Multi-Spectral Targeting System.  The location of the performance is McKinney, Texas.  Work is to be completed by July 9, 2013.  ASC/WIIK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-11-G-4050-0008).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

            Revision Military, Ltd.*, Essex Junction, Vt., was issued a modification exercising the first option year on contract SPM2DE-11-D-7552/P00002.  The award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, sole-source contract with a maximum $12,785,652 for selection of prescription lens distributor.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.  There was one response to the Defense Logistics Agency Internet Bid Board System solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2011 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is July 7, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

NAVY

            Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York, N.Y., is being awarded a $10,799,969 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for design and integration of manned and unmanned craft systems for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock, Combatant Craft Division.  The contract is for engineering and technical management support on all programs and projects related to the design and integration of systems for manned and unmanned craft.  Work will primarily be performed in the Virginia Beach, Va., and is expected to be completed by July 2015.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-12-D-0007).

            QinetiQ North America, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a $9,902,317 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for design and integration of manned and unmanned craft systems for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock, Combatant Craft Division.  The contract is for engineering and technical management support on all programs and projects related to the design and integration of systems for manned and unmanned craft.  Work will primarily be performed in the Virginia Beach, Va., and is expected to be completed by July 2015.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-12-D-0006).

            Sealift, Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y., is being awarded a $9,386,624 firm-fixed-price, reimbursable elements contract for the time charter of U.S.-flagged, self-sustaining ship, MV Maj. Bernard F. Fisher, to preposition ammunition and related supplies in support of the Air Force’s at-sea prepositioning program.  Work will be performed at sea, and the ship must be worldwide deployable.  This contract includes four, 12-month option periods, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $41,321,873.  The anticipated primary places of performance are Diego Garcia and Korea.  The contract is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2013; if all options are exercised, work will continue through September 2017.  Contract funds are subject to availability of fiscal 2013 funding.  This contract was competitively procured with more than 50 companies solicited via a solicitation posted to the Military Sealift Command, Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with two offers received.  The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-12-C-3303).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

            Honeywell, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $9,343,572 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (HR0011-08-C-0019, Phase 4 option exercise).  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding Honeywell to design, develop, and deliver a demonstration of a gyroscope with a goal capability of absolute reference navigation in a compact, four-diameter optically integrated gyro-head.  Work will be performed in Minneapolis, Minn. (53 percent); Glendale, Ariz. (35.5 percent); Pasadena, Calif. (8 percent); King of Prussia, Pa. (2.5 percent); and Somerset, N.J. (1 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by Aug. 5, 2013.  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity.

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