U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 7-28-09

Turner-Penick, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $103,725,091 firm-fixed price contract for design and construction of four Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQs) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.  The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of four BEQ.  The BEQ’s will house a total of 1384 Marines in the standard 2+0 configuration and will include a multipurpose community area and laundry facilities.  The contract also contains five options, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $110,536,246. 

Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 2011.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 10 proposals received.  Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-09-C-1233). 

General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $33,841,223 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-07-D-0024) to exercise an option for Information Technology/Information Management Department Support Services.  This modification provides for a wide range of services and products, including information engineering; business process improvement relative to automation; analytical and technical support for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); consultation; hardware and software evaluation and selection; systems analysis; systems and applications sustainment, including configuration and maintenance of web sites and servers; integration of systems and applications; database administration; production support; information assurance; network support; firewall support; and imaging  services.  Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in September 2010.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE  

SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., was awarded a $49,900,900 contract of technical and software enhancements to baseline systems to determine the benefits of the learning and reasoning technologies to military applications. At this time, $2,179,059 has been awarded to each contractor. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y. is the contracting activity. (FA8750-09-D-0183)  

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY  

BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle Systems LP, Sealy, Texas is being awarded a maximum $34,097,605 firm fixed price, sole source contract for axle assembly parts in support of MRAP.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using service is Army.  There was originally one proposal solicited with one response.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The date of performance completion is March 24, 2011.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Warren (DSCC-ZG), Warren, Mich. (SPRDL1-09-C-0121).  

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY 

Apriva ISS, LLC, of Scottsdale AZ, was awarded a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract on July 24, 2009 in the amount of $17,014,208.00.  The contract provides for the operations and maintenance of the existing Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device (SME-PED) Multi-Carrier Entry Point (MCEP 1), and the build-out, operations and maintenance of an additional MCEP, referred to as MCEP 2.  The period of performance is for a one year base period and four one-year option periods.  MCEP 1 performance will be at the AT&T Data Center located in Mesa AZ, and MCEP 2 performance will be at the DISA Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) located in St Louis, MO.  The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), Scott AFB, IL, is the contracting activity (Contract Number HC1013-09-C-2002).

BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $52,454,810 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded delivery order #0003 under contract M67854-07-D-5025 for the upgrade of 170 United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Category I vehicles with independent suspension system kits.  Work will be performed in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom areas of responsibility, and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2010.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.  

                BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $28,647,406 firm-fixed-priced modification to previously awarded delivery order #0004 under contract M67854-07-D-5025 for the upgrade of 89 United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Category I vehicles with independent suspension system kits.  Work will be performed in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom areas of responsibilities and in York, Pa., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2010.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. 

                BAE Systems Land & Armaments, LP, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., is being awarded a $15,608,500 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded delivery order #0009 under contract  M67854-07-D-5025 for the upgrade of 35 United States Special Operations Command Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Category I vehicles with independent suspension system kits.  Work will be performed in York, Pa., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2010.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. 

ERS JV*, Sacramento, Calif., is being awarded $6,802,665 for firm-fixed price task order #0004 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-07-D-3219) for pier radiological surveys and pier removal at Hunters Point Shipyard.  The work to be performed provides for pier and wharf deconstruction at Hunters Point Shipyard.  Several of the wooden piers and wharfs are structurally unsound and represent a potential hazard to navigation in San Francisco Bay.  Work will be performed in San Francisco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by February 2011.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Two proposals were received for this task order.  The Naval Facilities engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 

                Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $48,703,289 firm fixed price, sole source contract for spare aircraft radar systems.  Other location of performance is in Massachusettes, Mississippi and Texas.  Using service is Navy.  There was originally one proposal solicited with one response.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The date of performance completion is July, 2012.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Procurement Operations, Philadelphia, Pa., (N00383-07-G-700H-TBD). 

                Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a maximum $18,450,000 firm fixed price, sole source contract for aircraft rotor blades.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using service is Navy.  There was originally one proposal solicited with one response.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The date of performance completion is September 30, 2012.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Procurement Operations, Philadelphia, Pa., (N00383-06-G-006F-THF4).  

                Crown Clothing Co., Vineland, N.J.*, is being awarded a maximum $8,083,845 firm fixed price, total set-aside, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for men’s coats.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using service is Marine Corps.  There were originally two proposals solicited with two responses.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract is exercising the first option year period.  The date of performance completion is July 28, 2010.  The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-08-D-1104).  

ARMY 

                FN Manufacturing, LLC, Columbia, S.C., was awarded on July 27, 2009 a $ 39,958,331 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of the M249 Squad Automatic Weapons. Work is to be performed in Columbia, S.C., with an estimated completion date of July 24, 2014.  One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., was the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-D-0019).  

                Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC, Fairfax, Va., was awarded on July 27, 2009 a $ 37,564,871 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of two schools in the northern training area at Fort Bragg, N.C.  This includes a 550 student middle school to serve 6th through 8th grade students (approximately 99,300 Sq ft), and 714 student elementary school to serve pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students (approximately 123,616 sq ft).  The project scope also includes utilities, parking, playground areas, sports facilities, fencing, and landscaping and site development.  Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 15, 2011.  Proposals were solicited on the World Wide Web with sixteen (16) proposals received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0033)  

                Holte/Graham, J/V, Ramsey, Minn. was awarded on July 27, 2009 a $ 11,157,587 firm-fixed-price-construction contract for the construction of Phase I of a new readiness center located at the Arden Hills Army Training Site, Arden Hills, Minn. Work is to be performed in Arden Hills, Minn. with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received.  National Guard Bureau, Little Falls, Minn. was the contracting activity (W912LM-09-C-0005) 

                Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, Wichita, Kan. was awarded on July 24, 2009 a $ 21,621,564 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of one beechcraft king air B350 aircraft, two beechcraft king air B350C with cargo door option in the air ambulance/medical evacuation configuration and six one-month option for storage of the aircrafts. Work is to be performed in Wichita, Kan. with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, CCAM-RD-F, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0087)