U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-15-08

AeroVironment Incorporated, Simi Valley, Calif., was awarded on Aug. 13, 2008, a $17,757,543 firm-fixed price contract for additional Army Standard Raven Systems and Raven initial spares packages.  Work will be performed in Simi Valley, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2009.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Jan. 30, 2008.  U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0338).
 
            General Atomics Aeronautical system, San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Aug. 14, 2008, a $10,487,251 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for logistics support for the IGNAT/Sky Warrior alpha unmanned aircraft system.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2009.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One bid was solicited on Jun. 27, 2008.  U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0082).
 
            ECC International, LLC, Burlingame, Calif., was awarded on Aug. 13, 2008, a $9,979,477 firm-fixed price contract for the Afghan National Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal School camp and garrison upgrade.  Work will be performed in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 13, 2009.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Five bids were solicitedon Jul. 13, 2008, and two bids were received. U.S. Army engineer District, Afghanistan, is the contracting activity (W917PM-07-D-0015).                 Science Application International Corp., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Aug. 14, 2008, a $6,081,000 time and materials contract for post deployment/post production software support and fielding, training, logistics, documentation, engineering and technical support services for the Joint Network Management System.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and Fairfax, Va., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 14, 2009.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One bid was solicited on Jun. 17, 2008. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J. is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0016).
 
            BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems, Sealy, Texas, was awarded on Aug. 14, 2008, a $6,019,671 firm-fixed price contract for medium tactical vehicles.  Work will be performed in Sealy, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2008.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Two bids were solicited on Aug. 15, 2002, and two bids were received. U.S. Army TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-03-C-S023).
 
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            BriarTek, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va., is being awarded a $18,989,915 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the acquisition of material and services for the installation and validation of Man Overboard Indicator (MOBI) systems on approximately 105 Navy ships. The MOBI system is capable of alerting the crew to a man overboard event so that a life saving rescue can be initiated. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Va., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively awarded. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61331-08-D-0036).
 
            Nokomis, Inc.*, Charleroi, Pa., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $9,900,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovative Research Program under topics N04-016 entitled "Super-Efficient Omni-Directional Antennas for Low Power Wireless Ammunition "Health" Monitoring Systems"; DTRA-06 "Novel Methods of IED Suppression and Neutralization to Include Next Generation WMD Dispersal Devices"; and     AF-071-219 "Remote-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Detection Identification and Classification Algorithms." The contractor will provide the continued development of UAV based AELED IED detection, to include exploratory study of application, further research and development, analysis for system integration, customizing prototype to specific platform needs, test and evaluation, production buys, support and training, as necessary. Work will be performed in Charleroi, Pa., and is expected to be completed in Aug. 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This SBIR Phase III contract was competitively procured using SBIR Program Solicitations under Topic A04-016, DTRA06-007; and AF07-219; 14, 21, and 15 offers were received, respectively. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-08-D-0026).