U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

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No. 1034-10
November 10, 2010

NAVY

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $189,214,000 modification under contract (N00024-08-C-2110) as part of the planned increment of detailed design engineering work supporting Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) construction. This modification exercises an option to increase the level of effort. Work includes engineering; integration; related development efforts including drawing and work package development; advanced planning; design weight estimate; lifecycle support products and related logistics data; production planning; test and evaluation; further definition of initiatives to reduce CVN 78 class total ownership costs; and other data necessary to support construction of CVN 78. Work will be conducted in Newport News, Va., and is expected to complete by September 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $15,252,057 cost-plus-fixed fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2302) for littoral combat ship (LCS) class design services. These LCS class design services provide necessary engineering, program, and technical support for LCS class ships. This includes class baseline design services, class configuration management services, class documentation services, ship interim support, ship systems development, and other technical and engineering analyses. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine (52 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (34 percent); San Diego, Calif. (4 percent); Houston, Texas (4 percent); and various locations of less than two percent each. Work is expected to be complete by November 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $8,895,553 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Valley Tech Systems, Inc.*, Folsom, Calif. (N68936-10-D-0002); Advanced Integrated Systems*, Santa Barbara, Calif. (N68936-10-D-0003); LC Engineers, Inc.*, Rahway, N.J. (N68936-10-D-0004); and New Directions Technologies, Inc.*, Ridgecrest, Calif. (N68936-10-D-0005), are each being awarded firm-fixed-price modifications to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to exercise options for advanced technology products in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Weapons Prototype Division. Products and support to be provided include electronic components and systems, mechanical components and systems, energetic materials and systems, chemical materials and components, fabrication, assembly, plating/painting/ finish, and packing and shipping. The aggregate not-to-exceed amount for these multiple award contracts combined is $8,166,666, and the companies will have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order. Valley Tech Systems will perform work under its contract in Folsom, Calif.; Advanced Integrated Systems will perform work under its contract in Santa Barbara, Calif.; LC Engineers will perform work under its contract in Rahway, N.J.; and New Directions Technologies will perform work under its contract in Ridgecrest, Calif. Work performed under these contracts is expected to be completed in November 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., was awarded a $160,000,000 contract modification which will obligate the fiscal 2010 advance procurement funding for 16 fiscal 2011 C-130J aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. ASC/WLNNC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8625-06-C-6456; P00174).

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $16,185,862 contract modification which will exercise the high-speed anti-radiation missile targeting system fiscal 2011 contractor logistics support option. At this time, $4,302,000 has been obligated. AAC/IBAS, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-09-C-0003; P00007).

The Griffiss Utility Services Corp., Rome, N.Y., was awarded a $7,500,000 contract modification which will provide basic electric utility to the Air Force Research Laboratory Rome research site and the Defense Finance and Accounting Services Rome operating location at the Griffiss Business and Technology Park Rome, New York. At this time, no money has been obligated. AFRL/RIKO, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity (FA8751-04-D-0001; P00002).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Lockheed Martin Corp., is being awarded a $157,699,625 cost plus fixed-fee contract modification (HR0011-09-C-0097). The long range anti-ship missile demonstration program is a joint DARPA/ONR effort to rapidly develop and demonstrate a ship-launched, stand-off anti-ship strike weapon capable of achieving mission kill against selective surface targets at significant stand-off ranges. Work will be performed in Grand Praire, Texas (71.32 percent); West Palm Beach, Fla. (12.53 percent); Broomfield, Colo. (5.85 percent); Litchfield Park, Ariz. (2.87 percent); Baltimore, Md. (2.05 percent); East Aurora, N.Y. (2.01 percent); Elkton, Md. (1.24 percent); Portland, Ore. (1.23 percent); and Melbourne, Fla. (0.92 percent). The work is expected to be completed by April 2013. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., is being awarded a $21,329,776 cost sharing contract (HR0011-11-C-0008) for the Triple Target Terminator program. Work will be performed in Saint Louis, Mo. (49.8 percent); Gainesville, Va. (43 percent); Westminster, Colo. (6.9 percent); and Redmond, Ore. (0.3 percent). The work is expected to be completed November 2011. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity.

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Mass., under the HQ0006-03-C-0047 contract. The total award value is $25,184,559. Under this modification, Raytheon will refurbish AN/TPY-2 radar #4. The work will be performed in Woburn, Mass. The performance period is through August 2011. Fiscal 2010 and 2011 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds will be used to incrementally fund this effort. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

US Foodservice Baltimore/Washington Division, Severn, Md., is being awarded a maximum $19,837,500 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, prime vendor, sole-source bridge contract for full food service. Other locations of performance are mid-Atlantic north region. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Job Corps. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. The date of performance completion is Nov. 12, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM300-10-D-3405).

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