U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 723-10
August 13, 2010 
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CONTRACTS

 ARMY

                 AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on July 30 a firm-fixed-price contract with the estimated face value of $618,974,038.  The purpose of the contract is to purchase 2,526 M1152A1B2 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles with area troop enclosures for the Afghanistan police force and Afghanistan National Guard.  Work is to be performed in South Bend, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2013.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  TACOM, Warren, CCTA-ATA-A, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-10-C-0405).

                 Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Aug. 11 a $40,766,120 firm-fixed-price contract.  This procurement is for a total of 292 explosively formed penetrator protection kits to support the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicles.  Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012.  Five bids were solicited with five bids received.  TACOM, AMSCC-TAC-ADCA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0111).

                 Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Aug. 11 a $17,992,344 firm-fixed-price contract.  This procurement is for a total of 59 field service representatives for 708 months to be located in Afghanistan and locations in the contiguous U.S. to support the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicles.  Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012. Five bids were solicited with five bids received.  TACOM, AMSCC-TAC-ADCA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0111).

                 Hamilton Builders, Inc., Mountain Home, Idaho, was awarded on Aug. 10 a $14,190,178 firm-fixed-price construction contract.  This contract is for the construction of the logistical readiness center at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.  Work is to be performed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, with an estimated completion date of June 20, 1012.  Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with nine bids received.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-10-C-0028).

                Medico Industries, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 11 a $10,333,511 firm-fixed-price contract.  This acquisition of Operations IV quantities is for the 60mm M720A1 and 81mm M821 shell bodies.  Work is to be performed in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012.  Two bids were solicited with one bid received.  U.S. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, CCJM-CA, Combat Ammo Center, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-07-C-0065).

                 Lifecycle Construction Services, LLC, Washington, D.C., was awarded on Aug. 11 a $7,461,785 firm-fixed-price contract.  The contractor shall design and construct the new Air Traffic Tower (ATCT) at Pope Air Force Base, N.C.  The ATCT shall consist of 11 stories, plus catwalk level, and shall not exceed 9,040 square feet.  The building shall include toilets/showers and lockers areas; administrative areas; break room; ready room; training room; mechanical area; electrical areas; chases for mechanical and electrical; stairwells; and an elevator.  The project shall include modifications to an existing parking lot to achieve adequate stand-off distance, connection sidewalks, landscaping and fencing.  The contractor shall design and construct the new control tower including all parking, site work, force protection, utilities, storm water management, permitting, and landscaping as described.  Supporting utilities shall include gas, sewer, and underground electrical and communication services.  The project also includes the demolition of the existing control tower.  Work is to be performed at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 8, 2012.  Six bids were solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-D-0012).

                 Science Application International Corp., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on June 30 a $6,348,387 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  This modification is to provide technical support to the U.S. Army Element, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives headquarters office in Edgewood, Md., during the design, construction, systemization, pilot testing, operation and closure of Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant and Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant.  Work is to be performed in Abingdon, Md., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  Research Development & Engineering, Command Contracting Office, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-07-D-0006).

 NAVY

                 General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $115,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-09-C-2229 for long-lead time material and advanced design efforts for Ship 1 of the Mobile Landing Platform program.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (27.1 percent); Pittsburgh, Pa. (18.2 percent); Beloit, Wis. (11.2 percent); Chesapeake, Va. (9.2 percent); Crozet, Va. (8.6 percent); Busan, South Korea (7.1 percent); Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (4.3 percent); Iron Mountain, Mich. (2.8 percent); Houma, La. (2.5 percent); Hamburg, Germany (2.4 percent), Bremen, Germany (1.8 percent); Allendale, N.J. (0.9 percent); Mobile, Ala. (0.9 percent); Houston, Texas (0.7 percent); North Tonawanda, N.Y. (0.7 percent); Wageningen, The Netherlands (0.4 percent); Knoxville, Tenn. (0.4 percent); Annapolis, Md. (0.3 percent); and various other locations (0.5 percent).  Work is expected to be complete by April 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

                 Absher Construction Co., Puyallup, Wash., is being awarded a $38,229,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of an officer training command quarters at Naval Station Newport.  The work to be performed provides for the construction of a new high-rise multi-story structure that will contain berthing for Officer Training Command (OTC) students, common areas, building utility rooms, and training support/administrative spaces for OTC Command and administrative support.  This contract also contains an unexercised option which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $46,389,000.  Work will be performed in Newport, R.I., and is expected to be completed by February 2012.  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 27 proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic Northeast Integrated Product Teams, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-10-C-9405).

                 Panda Machine Tools, Inc., Chicago, Ill., is being awarded a $10,939,712 firm-fixed-price contract for installation and supply of a propulsion shaft lathe at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.  Work will be performed in Bremerton, Wash., and work is expected to be completed by August 2012.  Contract funds will not expire by the end of the fiscal year.  This contract was competitively awarded, with eight offers received.  The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Puget Sound, Bremerton, Wash., is the contracting activity (N00406-10-C-1028).

                 ITT Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems, Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $9,838,468 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for investigations of anomalies; software engineering; systems engineering; software and firmware maintenance; support tools and facilities maintenance; documentation; and hardware maintenance and upgrade software support for the electronic warfare jammers AN/ALQ-165 and AN/ALQ-214.  Work will be performed at Clifton, N.J. (90 percent), Point Mugu, Calif. (5 percent), and China Lake, Calif. (5 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in August 2015.  Contract funds in the amount of $1,010,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($8,264,313; 84 percent); and for the governments of Australia ($393,539; 4 percent), Switzerland ($393,539; 4 percent), Finland ($393,539; 4 percent), and Taiwan ($393,538; 4 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program.  The contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-10-D-0057).

                 Lockheed Martin, MS2 Division, Syracuse, N.Y., is being awarded a $9,555,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5201) to modify the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 systems from four cabinets to six cabinets.  The AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 is a surface ship combat system with the capabilities to search, detect, classify, localize and track undersea contacts; and to engage and evade submarines, mine-like small objects, and torpedo threats.  The work will be performed in Lemont Furnace, Pa. (50 percent), Syracuse, N.Y. (25 percent), and Eagan, Minn. (25 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by January 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

                 Harper Construction Co., Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $8,476,768 modification to increase the maximum dollar value of a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N62473-09-C-1208) for furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E)/collateral equipment for bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) at Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton.  The work to be performed provides for furniture, FF&E/collateral equipment for: three 200-room and one 299-room BEQs that includes a multipurpose room, administrative duty room, and centralized laundry facility in each BEQ.  After award of this modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $133,146,955.  Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 2011.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

               Turner-Penick, JV, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $8,345,391 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N62473-09-C-1234) for furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E)/collateral equipment for bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) at Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton.  The work provides for FF&E/collateral equipment in the four BEQs that each includes 200 rooms, a multipurpose room, administrative duty room, and centralized laundry facility.  The total contract amount after exercise of this modification will be $117,923,644.  Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by August 2011.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

                 Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Aug. 12 a $7,064,140 fixed-price delivery order #0080 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-06-D-5028).  This delivery order is issued against exercised priced options for the purchase of six logistic vehicle system replacement production tractor vehicles; two wreckers; 50 400 amp alternators; 50 suspension kits; and 50 armor kits.  Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis. (65 percent), and in Israel (35 percent), and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2011.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

                 General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $6,562,856 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-4222) for engineering services that support the development of a proof-of-concept hybrid electric drive (HED) system for a full-scale demonstration.  HED is aimed at improving the operating efficiency of the engineering plant on DDG 51 class ships and is intended to demonstrate the capability for significant fuel savings by incorporating advanced electric machine technology.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (50 percent), Milwaukee, Wis. (25 percent), and Hudson, Mass. (25 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by June 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

 DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

                 Inmarsat Navigation Ventures, Ltd., London, England, is being awarded a $18,038,126 firm-fixed-price contract (HR0011-10-C-0149) to develop and certify a transceiver terminal for the Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service provided by the I-4 constellation that is capable of operation from on-board a low earth orbit satellite; make appropriate modifications to the BGAN network to support space-based terminal equipment; support the integration of the space-based BGAN terminal with a government demonstration satellite; and support the on-orbit connectivity via the BGAN network for the demonstration satellite mission.  Work will be performed in London, England (20.60 percent); Golden, Colo. (64.76 percent); Aylesbury, England (11 percent); Nørresundby, Denmark (2.15 percent); and Ottawa, Canada (1.49 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in September 2015.  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.