U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 1-16-09

Integrits Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $38,695,701 indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity, cost plus fixed fee contract to provide contractor support services for Combined Test Bed (CTB) development, operation and maintenance.  This contract will support the efforts of the Tactical Systems Integration and Interoperability Division of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific). Work will include technical support of the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, the Multifunctional Information Distribution System, RF equipment, radios, networks, and AEGIS systems and equipment.

This contract also provides technical support of equipment or software for U.S. military Tactical Data Link communications.  This five-year contract includes no options. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and work is expected to be completed Jan. 19, 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as an 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business Set-Aside, via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities web site and posting to the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central web site, with two offers received. SSC Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-09-D-0072).

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded an $ 18,769,117 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-5402) for the production of four Mk 49 MOD 3 Guided Missile Launcher Systems (GMLS) and associated equipment for the LPD 25 and CVN
78 platforms as well as 10 Mod 1 to Mod 3 GMLS Ordalt Kits. Work will be performed in Ottobrunn, Germany (50 percent), Louisville, Ky. (45
percent) and Tucson, Ariz. (5 percent) and is expected to be completed by Feb. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea System Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Sensors, Philadelphia, Pa., is being awarded a $9,876,491 modification to a previously awarded cost plus fixed fee contract (N00019-06-C-0300) to exercise an option for the maintenance, upgrade and development of Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System software for the U.S. Navy.

Work will be performed in Valley Forge, Pa., and is expected to be completed in Jan. 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.

Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a $6,948,832 firm-fixed-priced contract for the purchase of eight Category III MRAP Buffalo Vehicles, On-Board Consumables Kits, and associated Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL’s), in support of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Program. Work will be performed in Ladson, S.C., and delivery of the vehicles is expected to be completed by Sept. 1, 2009 with sustainment support continuing thru January 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-C-5000).

BAE Systems, Nashua, N.H.; ITT Corp., Clifton, N.J.; Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y.; and Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif., are each being awarded firm fixed price contracts for research support in developing innovative concept solutions at the system level that address the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) requirements.
The award for BAE Systems is $5,909,517; for ITT Corp. it is $5,748,082; for Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. it is $5,996,787; and for Raytheon Co. it is $5,538,028. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H.; Clifton, N.J.; Bethpage, N.Y.; and Goleta, Calif., and work is expected to be completed in July 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. These contracts were solicited under an electronic Broad Agency Announcement and four offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0013; N00019-09-C-0082; N00019-09-C-0084; and N00019-09-C-0085, respectively).

AIR FORCE

The Air Force is modifying a time and materials, firm fixed Price and Cost Reimbursable contract to Raytheon Technical Services Corp., of Vista, Calif., for $22,953,781. This contract provide for repair of various components for the AN/TPN-19 and GPN-22 Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems. At this time, no money has been obligated.
448 SCMG/PKBF, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8102-06-D-0001-P00017).

The Air Force is awarding an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to Florida Turbine Technologies of Jupiter, Fla., for a maximum of $10,000,000. This contact will provide for Phase II of the Versatile Affordable Advance Turbine Engines program Launch Operations Support program. At this time, $50,000 has been obligated. AFRL/PKPB, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-D-2932).

The Air Force is modifying a cost plus fixed fee contract to United Technologies Research Center of East Hartford, Connecticut for $5,679,970. This contract will provide fuel system life for Endothermic-Fuel-Cooled Scramjet Engines. At this time $450,381 has been obligated. AFRL/PKPA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-C-2901).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Petrol Ofisi, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey is being awarded a minimum $11,220,908 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for aviation fuel deliveries. Other locations of performance are within Iraq. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally Web solicited with 5 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is February 28, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-09-D-1002).

Sage Energy Trading, LLC, Tulsa, Okla.* is being awarded a maximum $6,697,916 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for direct supply natural gas delivery. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are federal civilian agencies.  There were originally 166 proposals solicited with 37 responses.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is September 30, 2011.  The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va.
(SP0600-08-D-7501).

ARMY

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Oakbrook, Ill., was awarded on Jan. 15, 2009, an $11,149,750 firm fixed price contract for maintenance dredging for the Wilmington Inner Harbor, Smith Island Channel through Baldhead Shoal.  Work will be performed in Brunswick County, N.C., and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2009.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
Eight bids were solicited on Oct. 31, 2008, and two bids were received.
Savannah Regional Contracting Center, Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0006).