U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 1005-09
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CONTRACTS: NAVY

                Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $98,000,000 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for special tooling and special test equipment required for the manufacture of Joint Strike Fighter Air System low rate initial production aircraft.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in November 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 (N00019-08-C-0028).

CONTRACTS: NAVY

                McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis,Mo., is being awarded a $54,119,479 advance acquisition contract for long lead materials and effort associated with the full rate production and delivery of Lot 35 F/A-18 and E/A-18G aircraft.  Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif. (85 percent); Brooklyn Heights, Ohio (8 percent); Torrance, Calif. (3 percent); Ontario, Canada (3 percent); and St. Louis, Mo. (1 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in December 2010.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-10-C-0017).

                Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $29,387,585 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement to support the Naval Rotary Wing Aircraft Test Squadron by providing on-site flight test management, flight test engineering, design engineering and related efforts to support the conduct of flight and ground testing for the MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft.  Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70 percent); Philadelphia, Pa. (19 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (11 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in December 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 (N00019-07-G-0008).

                Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $25,862,655 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to exercise an option to a previously awarded delivery order placed against a previously issued basic ordering agreement.  This option provides engineering and technical services for the Navy and Air Force in support of the V-22 flight control system and on-aircraft avionics software.  This effort supports configuration changes to the software of the V-22 aircraft for avionics and flight controls; flight test planning; coordination of changed avionics and flight control configurations; and upgrade planning of avionics and flight controls, including performance of qualification testing and integration testing on software products.  Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (90 percent), and Fort Worth, Texas (10 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in December 2010.  Contract funds in the amount of $6,079,429 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-07-G-0008).

                DynCorp International, LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $16,902,377 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to exercise an option for maintenance services in support of the Kuwait Air Force F/A-18 program under the Foreign Military Sales program.  Work will be performed in Kuwait (90 percent) and Fort Worth, Texas (10 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in December 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 (N00019-06-C-0308). 

                Kalman and Co., Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a task order in the amount of $6,921,545, exclusive of options.  The scope of this effort is to provide ongoing business and analytical support to Marine Corps Systems Command, program manager, infantry combat equipment, combat equipment support systems (CESS).  Objectives of this initiative include specialized analysis supporting CESS as it develops and refines the Marine Corps’ requirements for asset management and logistics support improvements through the consolidation of equipment.  This requirement is an ongoing effort to assess current support practices, benchmark efficiencies, and validate course of action alternatives through applied analytical methods.  Within this task area are requirements to support multiple program initiatives; documentation development; research; production and fielding decisions; logistics support; Naval Logistics Integration support; and on-site representation.  Work will be performed at Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, Ga., with field service representatives at I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), II MEF, III MEF, Hawaii and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, Calif.  Work is expected to be completed by Jan. 29, 2011.  Contract funds will expire Sept. 30, 2010. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-03-A-5158-0026).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

                LB&B Associates Inc., Columbia, Md., a HUBZone business, is being awarded a minimum $14,104,128 firm-fixed-price contract for fuel services to include aircraft refueling, bulk storage and distribution, ground fuel delivery, etc.  Other location of performance is California.  Using service is Navy.  The original proposal was web solicited with four responses.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The date of performance completion is April 2018.  The Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0600-10-C-5024).

                Resource Center*, Jamestown, N.Y., is being awarded a maximum $5,058,802 firm-fixed-price, total set-aside, long-term contract for lap belt restraints.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using service is Air Force.  The original proposal was web solicited with one response.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The contract is exercising the second option year period.  The date of performance completion is Dec. 26, 2010.  The Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, Va., is the contracting activity (SPM4A7-08-D-0074).

AIR FORCE

                Northrop Grumman Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., has been awarded a $5,910,145 contract, option exercise, to provide contractor logistics support for the LITENING advanced targeting pod.  At this time, the entire amount has been obligated.  647 AESS/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-98-C-2020).

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

                Miltec Corp., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a sole-source modification to continue performing work under its competitively awarded, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ0006-07-D-0004).  Miltec will continue the planning and preparation of flight test payloads for the Missile Defense Agency Producibility and Manufacturing Directorate’s Flight Experiment #2.  The work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala.  The performance period is being extended to March 21, 2012.  The contract amount is being raised to $9,809,673 from the previous contract amount of $4,809,673.  Obligations will be made using fiscal year 2010 research, development, test and evaluation funds.  The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.

* Small disadvantaged business