Here’s Today’s Department of Defense Contract Awards

NAVY

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $1,122,306,649 not-to-exceed undefinitized modification to a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract (N00019-10-C-0005).  A total of $358,597,078 is being obligated at time of award.  The contract includes both fixed price incentive and cost plus incentive contract line items.  This undefinitized modification provides for the Lot V Low Rate Initial Production of 21 F135 Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) Propulsion Systems for the Air Force; 3 Short Take-off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Propulsion Systems for the  Marine Corps; and 6 Carrier Variant (CV) Propulsion Systems for the Navy.  In addition, this modification provides for production non-recurring effort, non-recurring autonomic logistics effort and recurring sustainment effort for the U.S. Services and Cooperative Partner Participants.  Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (67 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (16.5 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (16.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  This contract combines purchases for the Air Force ($520,650,335; 46.3 percent); Marine Corps ($387,099,090; 34.5 percent); Navy ($166,710,445; 14.9 percent); and the Cooperative Partner Participants ($47,846,779; 4.3 percent).  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $24,000,000 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-11-C-0020) for end of life components and FY12 long lead material and associated efforts required for the production and delivery of MH-60R Lot 10 mission avionics systems/common cockpit kits, and MH-60S Lot 14 Common Cockpit kits.  Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y. (57 percent); Farmingdale, N.Y. (26 percent); Woodland Hills, Calif. (4 percent); Ciudad Real, Spain (3 percent); East Syracuse, N.Y. (2 percent); Victor, N.Y. (2 percent); Everett, Wash. (1 percent); Stratford, Conn. (1 percent); St. Charles, Mo. (1 percent);  Lewisville, Texas (1 percent); Bennington, Vt. (1 percent); and various locations throughout the United States (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2012.  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.

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $20,359,785 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-10-C-0035) to exercise an option for logistics products and services in support of H-1 helicopter upgrade program.  Services to be provided include logistics management support; technical material for maintenance planning; design interface; supply/material support; technical data, support of support equipment; technical data; distribution and inventory management/packaging, handling, storage & transportation; logistics management information; supportability analysis; technical manuals and logistics/technical liaison support.  Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (96 percent) and Afghanistan (4 percent) and is expected to be completed in December 2012.  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.

BAE Systems IESI, Greenlawn, N.Y., is being awarded a $13,480,910 firm-fixed-price contract to procure common (identification friend or foe) digital transponder (CXP) hardware. Work will be performed in Greenlawn, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in December 2014.  This contract combines purchases for the Navy/Army ($12,824,610; 95 percent) and the governments of Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands ($656,300; 5 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Contract funds in the amount of $3,219,646 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured per FAR 6.302-1   The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-12-C-2011).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded an $8,500,000 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-09-D-0015) for consumables parts and material and repairable parts and material in support of the U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J aircraft, including.  Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued.  Work will be performed in Marietta, Ga., and is expected to be completed in December 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman Defense Mission Systems Incorporated, of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $47,176,105 firm fixed price contract for the purchase and integration of two battlefield airborne communications node (BACN) payloads on two Global Hawk Block 20 aircraft. These two Global Hawks, designated AF-11 and AF-13, will be provided to Northrop Grumman as government furnished property, then Northrop Grumman will integrate the BACN payload into these two Global Hawk Block 20 aircraft. The location of the performance is Palmdale, Calif. Work is expected to be completed Aug. 22, 2012, for AF-11 and December 15, 2012, for AF-13. The contracting activity is the Air Force Material Command, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. (FA8726-09-C-0010 P00041).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Thomas Scientific, Swedesboro, N.J.,* was issued a modification exercising the third option year on contract SPM2DE-09-D-7338/P00004.  The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract with a maximum $11,920,088 for the purchase of laboratory supplies.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.  There were nine responses to the solicitation.  Type of appropriation is FY12 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2012.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.

Refinery Associates of Texas, Inc., New Braunfels, Texas, * was awarded contract SP0600-12-D-0460.  The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $97,534,166 for turbine fuel.  Other location of performance is Texas.  This is a Foreign Military Sale.  There were seven responses to the solicitation.  The date of performance completion is Oct. 30, 2012.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.

Valero Marketing and Supply Co., San Antonio, Texas, was awarded contract SP0600-12-D-0459.  The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $208,645,907 for turbine fuel.  Other location of performance is Texas.  This is a Foreign Military Sale.  There were seven responses to the solicitation.  The date of performance completion is Nov. 30, 2012.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.

Petromax, LLC, * was awarded contract SP0600-12-D-0461.  The award is a fixed price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $61,787,495 for turbine fuel.  Other location of performance is Texas.  This is a Foreign Military Sale.  There were seven responses to the solicitation.  The date of performance completion is Oct. 30, 2012.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va.

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