U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 8-04-09

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Arise Scaffolding and Equipment, Cleveland, Ohio is being awarded a $57,000,160 ceiling firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide scaffolding services for the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center’s commercial industrial services code in support of Navy ships and other government vessels within a 50-mile radius of San Diego, Calif.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by July 2014. 

Contract funds in the amount of $3,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The contract was competitively procured as a full and open competition via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with four offers received.  The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N55236-09-D-0020). 

     

                3001, Inc. is being awarded an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity architect/ engineering contract with a maximum amount of $15,000,000 for geographic information systems, professional surveying and mapping services in the NAVFAC Atlantic area of responsibility. 

Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities predominantly in the eastern United States but also worldwide.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities on a unrestricted basis with eleven (11) proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (contract number N62470-09-D-9013). 

                Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded $14,557,563 firm-fixed-price contract for a Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS) for the DDG51, a land-based GEDMS trainer, GEDMS hardware, and installation and checkout repair for the DDG51 GEDMS and GEDMS shipsets for the Royal Australian Navy.  GEDMS is a ship-wide data transfer network for a ship’s machinery, steering, navigation, combat, alarm and indicating, and damage control systems. 

It was designed to replace the miles of point-to-point cabling, signal converters, junction boxes, and switchboards associated with conventional ship’s cabling.  This contract contains three time and material options which, if exercised, will bring the total contract value to $14,872,563. 

Work will be performed in Huntington Beach, Calif., and is expected to be completed by January 2011.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured with two proposals solicited and two offers received via the Federal Business Opportunities website.  The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (N00178-09-C-2003). 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 

                US Foodservice/Joseph Webb Division, Vista, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $51,877,500 firm-fixed price, prime vendor contract for full line food distribution.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.  The proposal was originally Web solicited with three responses.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract is exercising the third option year period.  The date of performance completion is Aug. 17, 2010.  The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-08-D-3206).  

                Abaxis Inc., Union City, Calif.*, is being awarded a maximum $38,338,817 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for chemistry analyzer accessories and reagents.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.  There were originally 455 proposals solicited with 61 responses.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The date of performance completion is Aug. 4, 2014.  The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM200-09-D-8207).

AIR FORCE  

                Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded a $18,300,000 contract to provide connection charge; provide dependable renewable solar photovoltaic solar electrical energy, a 3MW solar farm.  At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 10th Contracting Squadron, United States Air Force Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA700-09-F-0023).  

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY  

                Hardwire, LLC, Pocomoke, Md., is being awarded a $6,370,392 other transaction for prototypes agreement for development and testing of armored vehicle hull bottoms.  Work will be performed in Pocomoke City, Md., and is expected to be completed in September 2010.   Funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  DARPA issued a solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities on March 6, 2009 and more than 50 bids have been received.  The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va. (HR0011-09-9-0001).

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