U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 7-20-09

Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $60,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5346) to exercise an option for Mission System Equipment (MSE) Class Services for the Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program.  Work will be performed in Raytheon facilities (85 percent) in San Diego, Calif.; Marlboro, Mass.; Sudbury, Mass.; Tewksbury, Mass.; Towson, Md.; Portsmouth, R.I.; Lockheed Martin facilities (12 percent) in Moorestown, N.J. and Akron, Ohio; and BAE facility in Minneapolis, Minn. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity.       

                Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $41,756,500 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0301) for the procurement of 14 full rate production lot six Swiss Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) Pods and associated spares for the Swiss F/A-18 Program under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas (80 percent) and El Segundo, Calif. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2011.  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. 

                Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $16,788,971 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5444) for SeaRAM production requirements – two MK 15 Mod 31 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) SeaRAM weapon systems, ancillary equipment and reliability spares including associated peculiar support equipment, common support equipment and initial outfitting spares.   Work will be performed in Munich, Germany (37 percent); Louisville, Ky. (33 percent);  Tucson, Ariz. (8 percent); Andover, Mass. (6 percent); Pittsburgh, Pa. (4 percent); Mechanicsville, Md. (3 percent); Fort Defiance, Ariz. (3 percent); Bloomington, Minn. (2 percent); Santa Clara, Calif. (2 percent); Athens, Greece (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2011.  Contract funds in the amount of $9,216,124 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity. 

                Vision Systems International, LLC, San Jose, Calif., is being awarded a $17,285,580 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide Fast Characterization Tool (FACT) hardware, integration, and validation and software upgrades for the F/A-18 Joint Helmet Mounting Cueing System (JHMCS) for the U.S. Navy and the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, and Switzerland.  Work will be performed in San Jose, Calif., and is expected to be completed in October 2014.  Contract funds in the amount of $7,986,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($10,967,580; 58 percent) and the Governments of Australia ($2,808,000; 15 percent); Canada ($1,170,000; 9 percent); Finland ($1,170,000; 9 percent); and Switzerland ($1,170,000; 9 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-09-D-0106).  

                Compass Systems, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md., is being awarded a $9,238,868 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-07-C-0011) to exercise an option for research and development for various Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (C4ISR&T) programs, sensors, mission and targeting systems, communication suites, and small aircraft vehicle systems.  These efforts are in support of the Roll-On Roll-Off Sensor System for the Contingency Airborne Response (OSSCAR) Program.  Work will be performed in Yuma, Ariz. (45 percent), Patuxent River, Md. (30 percent), and Washington, D.C. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 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.  

                Forrester Construction Co., Rockville, Md., is being awarded $9,898,888 for firm-fixed price task order #0011 for renovation of Building 2006 at Marine Corps Base Quantico.  The work to be performed provides for the addition to and the repair and rehabilitation of Building 2006 which is a former barracks building constructed in 1931.  The building now functions as an office building with a weapons armory in the basement.  Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and is expected to be completed by December 2010.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Six proposals were received for this task order.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, Wash., D.C., is the contracting activity (N62477-04-D-0035).  

                Advanced Coherent Technologies, LLC*, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $7,695,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project for Topic N07-019 entitled "Living Marine Resources Imaging Sensor."  This contract provides for the continued development of a flight ready prototype sensor integrated to an aircraft, flight test, and sensor performance evaluation.  Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala. (60 percent) and San Diego, Calif. (20 percent) and is expected to be completed in July 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured using SBIR Program Solicitation Topic N07-019, with 17 offers received.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J. is the contracting activity (N68335-09-D-0109).  

                3PSC LLC, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $19,216,896 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of six Military Sealift Command (MSC) oceanographic survey ships worldwide.  Six of MSC’s seven oceanographic ships are multipurpose and perform acoustic, biological, physical and geophysical surveys, providing much of the U.S. military’s information on the ocean environment.  These ships use multi-beam, wide-angle, precision sonar systems that make it possible to continuously chart a broad section of ocean floor.  The seventh oceanographic survey ship collects data in coastal regions around the world.  The data collected helps improve technology in undersea warfare, ship detection and charting the world’s coastlines.  This contract includes options, including a seventh-vessel option, four one-year options and five six-month award-term options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $266,532,588.  Work will be performed worldwide, and work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2010.  If all options are exercised, work is expected to be completed in March 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the MSC website, with multiple proposals solicited and five offers received.  The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-09-C-2504).  

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

                Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded a $9,997,065 cost plus fixed fee contract for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile demonstration program.  Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas (69 percent); West Palm Beach, Fla. (12 percent); King of Prussia, Pa. (8 percent); Plymouth, Minn. (8 percent); Baltimore, Md. (1 percent); Skokie, Ill. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2010.  Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  DARPA issued a solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities on June 6, 2008, and nine proposals were received.  The contracting activity is DARPA, Arlington, Va. (HR0011-09-C-0097).  

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY  

                American Apparel, Inc., Selma, Ala. is being awarded a maximum $7,452,480 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity contract for all weather coats.  Other location of performance is Centre, Ala.  Using service is U.S. Army.  The proposal was originally DIBBS solicited with five responses.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The date of performance completion is July 19, 2010.  The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM1C1-09-D-1070).  

                Coast Produce Co.*, Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $6,905,308 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite quantity, total set aside contract for fresh fruit and vegetables support.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and USDA School customers.  The proposal was originally DIBBS solicited with four responses.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract is exercising first option year period.  The date of performance completion is January 31, 2011.  The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-08-D-P021).