U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 1004-10
November 01, 2010
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CONTRACTS

U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

                American Auto Logistics, LP, Park Ridge, N.J., is being awarded a $201,536,522 firm-fixed-price delivery order to fund an earned award term year to a previously awarded contract (DAMT01-03-D-0184) to provide continuing services for the transportation and storage of privately owned vehicles.  Work will be performed at worldwide locations and is expected to be completed Oct. 31, 2011.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

                Nueva Zona De Aviacion General, Bogota, Colombia, is being awarded a $139,038,859 option year modification for rotary wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services.  Work will be performed in Afghanistan, and the option will start Nov. 1, 2010, to be completed by Oct. 31, 2011.  This contract was a competitive acquisition with 13 bids received.  U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-10-D-R027).

                Presidential Airways, Inc., an Aviation Worldwide Services Co., Camden, N.C., is being awarded a $94,367,844 option year modification for rotary wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services.  Work will be performed in Afghanistan, and the option will start Nov. 1, 2010, to be completed by Oct. 31, 2011.  This contract was a competitive acquisition with 13 bids received.  U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-10-D-R026)

                Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Canada, is being awarded a $65,741,000 option year modification for rotary wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services.  Work will be subcontracted to Canadian Helicopters, Ltd., and performed in Afghanistan, and the option will start Nov. 1, 2010, to be completed by Oct. 31, 2011.  This contract was a competitive acquisition with 13 bids received.  U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-10-D-R025)

                American Auto Logistics, LP, Park Ridge, N.J., is being awarded a $35,000,000 firm-fixed-price modification to add additional funds to a previously awarded contract (DAMT01-03-D-0184) to provide continuing services for the transportation and storage of privately owned vehicles.  Work will be performed at worldwide locations and is expected to be completed Oct. 31, 2011.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

                Evergreen Helicopters, Inc., McMinnville, Ore., is being awarded a $25,287,200 option year modification for rotary wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services.  Work will be performed in Afghanistan, and the option will start Nov. 1, 2010, to be completed by Oct. 31, 2011.  This contract was a competitive acquisition with 13 bids received.  U.S. Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-10-D-R028)

AIR FORCE

                Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $106,354,379 contract modification which provides for the exercise of the Lot 7 option for small diameter bomb production for munitions, carriages and technical support.  At this time, the entire amount has been obligated.  AAC/EBMK, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8672-11-C-0034).

                Northrop Grumman Space and Missions Systems Corp., San Jose, Calif., was awarded a $23,646,636 contract which will provide for the design and build of a pod mounted prototype for the MQ-9 platform.  At this time, $17,106,465 has been obligated.  ASC/WINK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-08-C-3004).

                Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga., was awarded a $10,244,405 contract modification which will provide for continued fleet maintenance support on nine Gulfsteam aircraft owned by the Egyptian government.  At this time, $5,732,615 has been obligated.  OC-ALC,GKSKB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-08-C-0001).

                Northrop Grumman Space and Missions Systems Corp., San Jose, Calif., was awarded a contract modification which will provide for a prototype sensor for the MQ-9 installed in a pod to support a limited flight demonstration of the ASIP-2 functionally.  The contractor shall support the General Atomics effort to certify the pod for air worthiness on the MQ-9.  At this time, $5,433,892 has been obligated.  ASC/WINK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-08-C-3004).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

                Sopakco, Inc., Mullins, S.C. is being awarded a maximum $74,725,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery type contract for meals, ready to eat.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.  There were originally three proposals solicited with three responses.  The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2011.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM3S1-06-D-Z104).

                Ameriqual Group, LLC, dba Ameriqual Packaging, Evansville, Ind., is being awarded a maximum $72,900,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery type contract for meals, ready to eat.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.  There were originally three proposals solicited with three responses.  The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2011.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM3S1-06-D-Z103).

                The Wornick Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a maximum $40,905,645 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery type contract for meals, ready to eat.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.  There were originally three proposals solicited with three responses.  The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2011.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM3S1-06-D-Z105).

NAVY

                General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $35,924,253 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies for current and future submarine platforms.  Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (75 percent), and Newport News, Va. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2011.  Contract funds will 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 (N00024-11-C-2109).

                BAE Systems Tactical Vehicle, LP, Sealy, Texas, is being awarded $25,634,704 for firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0009, modification #02, under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5030) for the procurement of the following sustainment parts:  Caiman Multi-Theater Vehicles (CMTV) deprocessing kit; CMTV authorized stockage list; CMTV prescribed load list; and CMTV battle damage assessment repair, which supports the 1,700 CMTV chassis upgrades.  Work will be performed in the continental United States, and is expected to be completed December 2011.  Contract funds in the amount of $25,634,704 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

                L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $23,798,929 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-D-0007) to exercise an option for organizational, selected intermediate and limited depot-level maintenance for F-16, F-18, H-60, and E-2C aircraft operated by the adversary squadrons based at Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nev.  Work will be performed in Fallon, Nev., and is expected to be completed in October 2011.  Contract funds in the amount of $23,798,929 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

                L-3 Services, Inc., Mount Laurel, N.J., is being awarded a $17,452,177 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for critical engineering and technical services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Special Communications Requirements Division.  Services will support legacy, current and next generation telecommunication and related C-E system requirements for various Navy, Army, Air Force, special operations forces, and other agencies.  Work will be performed at St. Inigoes, Md. (40 percent); various locations outside the continental United States (30 percent); various locations in the continental United States (20 percent); and Lexington Park, Md. (10 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in October 2011.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-11-C-0012).

                Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $10,314,427 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5346) to exercise an option for the next phase of production design verification for the Zumwalt (DDG 1000) class destroyer program.  Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Mass. (42.3 percent); Moorestown, N.J. (36.6 percent); Portsmouth, R.I. (14.2 percent); Leesburg, Va. (2.7 percent); Sudbury, Mass. (2.4 percent); San Diego, Calif. (1.1 percent); and Minneapolis, Minn. (0.7 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by March 2012.  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.

                John Bean Technologies Corp., Ogden, Utah, is being awarded a $7,177,992 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N68335-07-C-0459) to exercise an option for 40 landbased air conditioner production units in support of the C-130, C-40, C-9, P-8, and P-3 aircraft.  In addition, this option provides for the procurement of 80 upgrade kits.  The landbased air conditioners will supply conditioned air to aircraft equipment and avionics compartments during ground maintenance.  Work will be performed in Ogden, Utah, and is expected to be completed in February 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

                General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Oct. 25 a $17,000,005 firm-fixed-price contract.  This contract is for the Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan staff augmentation services for internal directorates.  Work is to be performed in Kabul, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 24, 2012.  Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five bids received.  CENTCOM Contracting Command – Kabul Regional Contracting Center, Kabul, Afghanistan, is the contracting activity (W91B4M-11-C-4001).

                Creek Services, LLC., Gretna, La., was awarded on Oct. 26 a  $11,170,830 firm-fixed-price contract.  The work consists of constructing L-wall (i.e., I-wall conversion), clearing and grubbing , soil mixing, installing sluice gates on existing pump facility, placement of compacted fill, fertilizing, seeding and mulching, maintenance of access roads, and all other incidental work thereto.  Work is to be performed in Jefferson Parish, La., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 16, 2011.  Eleven bids were solicited with seven bids received.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, New Orleans, La., is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-D-0045).

                Carothers Construction, Inc., Water Valley, Miss., was awarded on Oct. 27 an $11,381,200 firm-fixed-price contract.  Project 65554B involves the construction of approximately six miles of asphalt roadway; 5.5 miles of gravel roadway; one HL-93 bridge (120 military load class) approximately 200 feet in length; and approximately six miles of boundary fencing.  Project requires erosion and sedimentation control measures to be in place throughout construction.  Roadways will require but are not limited to cut, fill, the installation of culverts, box culverts, ditches, temporary bypass routes; supporting facilities include clearing and grubbing, fine and rough grading, erosion control systems, grassing, storm drainage, guard rails, fencing and gates, and utility protection.  Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 11, 2011.  Seven bids were solicited with three bids received.  U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W91278-07-D-0026).