U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 910-10
October 06, 2010
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CONTRACTS

NAVY

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $27,056,613 cost-plus-fixed fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) to exercise an option for additional class services associated with the detail design and construction of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt class destroyer. This work will provide technical and industrial engineering in the interpretation and application of the detailed design to support construction and the maintenance of the ship design. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by December 2010. 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.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $13,035,539 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3002) to incorporate the shipborne rolling vertical landing capability into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the United Kingdom. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas (54 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (7 percent); and Orlando, Fla. (4 percent). Work is expected to be completed in October 2013. 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.

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded an $11,655,079 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00421-06-G-0006) for services in support of the VH-60N presidential helicopter cockpit upgrade program. Services to be provided include incorporation of updated navigation performance area navigation software; terrain awareness warning system software; Mode 5 Level 2 software; and integration of updated cryptographic hardware functionality. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in May 2013. 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.

Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $6,685,899 firm-fixed-price contract for a 100 calendar day regular overhaul of Military Sealift Command’s cable laying/repair ship USNS Zeus. The ship’s primary mission is to install and repair undersea cable systems. This regular overhaul will include dry-docking and undocking the ship; work on the main propulsion motors; transducer and sonar equipment installation; underwater hull preservation; and propulsion shaft removal and inspection. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $9,362,355. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website, with four offers received. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Fleet Support Command, a field activity of Military Sealift Command, is the contracting activity (N40442-11-C-5000).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Spacelabs Medical, Inc., Issaquah, Wash., is being awarded a maximum $13,460,681 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for patient monitoring systems, subsystems, accessories, consumables, and training. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. There were originally 17 proposals solicited with nine responses. The date of performance completion is Oct. 7, 2011. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM2D1-09-D-8351).

AIR FORCE

The Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., was awarded a $12,375,297 contract modification for a future beyond line of sight (BLOS) communication capability with the advanced extremely high frequency family of advanced BLOS terminals on the B-52. At this time, $10,011,418 has been obligated. ASC/WWVK, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8107-05-C-0001; PO0058).