U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 1-21-09

            United Technologies, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a minimum $120,526,032 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity, sole source contract for engines. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Navy and Air Force. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification is exercising the fifth option period of a ten-year contract with a three-year base period and provisions for seven one-year option periods. The date of performance completion is Feb. 14, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center, Richmond (DSCR, Richmond, Va., (SPM400-01-D-9405).
 
ARMY
 
            L-3 Services, Inc., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Jan. 16, 2009, a $34,591,288 IDIQ/LH firm fixed price contract for Office Chief of Public Affairs strategic communications support services. Work will be performed at Washington, D.C., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2012. Bids were solicited on the Web with three bids received.
Contracting Center of Excellence, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C., is the contracting agency (W91WAW-09-D-0006).
 
            AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded on Jan. 16, 2009, a
$12,162,558 firm fixed price Definitization of Letter Contract Modification (P00012) for the purchase of 25 Laser Designator Retrofit Kits for the SHADOW Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The Shadow UAS provides flexible and responsive near real-time reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition, battle damage assessment, and battle management support to Army Ground Maneuver Commanders. Work will be performed at Hunt Valley, Md., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2009. One bid was solicited and one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0023).                  TEXTRON MARINE & LAND SYSEMS, DIVISION OF TEXTRON INC., New Orleans, La., was awarded on Jan. 15, 2009, a $43,747,620 firm fixed price contract so U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command Contracting Center may exercise the option to purchase 60 each armored security vehicles from Textron Marine & Land Systems. Work will be performed at New Orleans, La., with an estimated completion date of Jun. 30, 2009.
One bid was solicited and one bid received. U.S. Army Tank & Automotive Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-C-0470).
 
            EADS North American Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Jan. 15, 2009, a $25,588,548 firm fixed price contract for funding of the Army’s Light Utility Helicopter contract for five (5) Light Utility Helicopters (UH-72A), two (2) MEDEVAC B-Kits, two (2) Hoist B-Kits, two
(2) Environmental Control Units, and two (2) MEDEVAC Mission Equipment Packages. Work will be performed at Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 1, 2010. One bid was solicited and one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-C-0194).
 
NAVY
 
            First RF Corporation, Boulder, Colo., is being awarded a ceiling $75,000,000 firm fixed priced, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the FRF-115H, High Power Directional Antenna. Work will be performed in Boulder, Colo., and work is expected to be completed will be Jan. 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was solicited through a Request for Proposal, No., M67854-08-R-7049. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity M67854-09-D-7049.
 
            McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $28,291,742 cost plus incentive fee order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement
(N00019-05-G-0026) for non-recurring engineering for the design, integration, test, validation and verification of two flight-worthy synthetic radar Virtual Mission Training System (VMTS) retrofit kits for the U.S. Navy T-45C trainer aircraft. Work will be performed in St.
Louis, Mo. (83 percent) an d Haifa, Israel (17 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2011. 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.
 
            Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded an $8,509,598 cost plus fix fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00421-05-G-0001) to provide three System Interrogator/Transponder Set RT1645 Weapon Replaceable Assemblies and five Shop Replaceable Assemblies for the Japanese Foreign Military Sales (FMS) E-2C aircraft program. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in Dec. 2010. 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.
 
DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
 
            Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc., McLean, Virginia was awarded a $11,204,437 firm fixed price performance-based task order. This task order is for operations and network defense personnel to support the Joint Task F43-09orce – Global Network Operations. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, National Capital Region, is the contracting activity (HC1028-08-D-2023-VC04).
 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
            Dixie Chemical Co., Incorporated, Houston, Texas,* is being awarded a minimum $10,355,053 firm fixed price, total set aside contract for production, storage and distribution of fuel. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Navy, Air Force, Federal Civilian Agencies and Defense Contractors. This proposal was originally Web solicited on FedBizOps with two responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Jan. 19, 2014. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, San Antonio, Texas (SP0600-09-D-1518).
 
            The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded a minimum
$6,421,074 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity, sole source contract for military unique items with AMC code of 3. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army and Air Force. There was originally 1 proposal solicited with 1 response. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, Va., (SPM4AG-08-D-9002).