U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 10-20-08

            Thales-Raytheon Systems Company LLC, Fullerton, Calif., was awarded Oct. 17, 2008, a $217,967,106 firm fixed price contract for 60 Reliability Maintainability Improvement production modification kits and 77 power amplifier modules in support of the Firefinder AN/TPQ-37 Reliability Maintainability Improvement Program. Work will be performed in Fullerton, Calif., with an estimated and completion date of May 31, 2013. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contractW15P7T-06-D-T001).
 
            Rush-Peak Three, Titusville, Fla., was awarded Oct. 16, 2008, a $9,243,000 firm fixed fee price contract for construction of a multi-story parking garage within the headquarters of U.S. Special Operations Command compound at MacDill Air force Base, Florida.  Work will be performed in MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla., with an estimated and completion date of Feb. 27, 2010. Bids solicited were via the FedBizOpps and four bids were received. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, Ala., is the contracting activity (W91278-09-C-0003).
 
            Alliant Lake City Small Caliber Ammunitions Co., LLC., was awarded Oct. 17, 2008, a $5, 545,455 firm fixed price contract for M855 green ammunition Phase IIIA which develops a production capability of six million cartridge per month. Work will be performed in Lake City, Independence, Mo., with an estimated and completion date of Sept. 30, 2009. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAA09-99-D-0016). 
       

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
            SUEZ Energy Resources NA, Inc, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a maximum $49,666,373 fixed price contract to provide electricity to Navy installations in Texas. The installations are JRB Navy Reserves, NS Ingleside, NAS Corpus Christi, and NAS Kingsville. The proposal elicited 12 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 31, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Ft. Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-09-D-8003).
 
            TXU Energy, Irving, Texas, is being awarded a $6,573,281.37 fixed price contract to provide electricity to Air Force Space Command, Archer City, Texas, and Army Air Force Exchange Service, Dallas, Texas. The proposal elicited 12 responses. The date of performance completion is Jan. 31, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Ft. Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-09-D-8005).
 
NAVY
 
            Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $33,273,342 indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract with a cost plus fixed fee pricing arrangement for emerging technologies and systems for positioning, navigation and timing for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems. The work includes research, investigation, test and evaluation of emerging navigation technologies, sensors and systems with potential for applicability in the areas of air, ground, and shipboard C4ISR system technologies, and position, navigation and timing systems. This contract includes two options and six award terms, which if exercised/awarded, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $94,788,999. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., (89 percent), Robins Air Force Base, Ga., (7 percent), and Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., (4 percent) and is expected to be completed by Oct. 19, 2017. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited on an unrestricted basis, and one offer was received via the Space and Naval Warfare Systems E-commerce web site. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific, Calif. is the contracting activity (N66001-09-D-0020).
 
AIR FORCE
 
            The Air Force is modifying a cost plus fixed fee contract with Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, of Tucson, Ariz., for $12,948,761.
This action will provide for 436 propulsion sections (baseline rocket motors) to be installed into AIM-120B Air Vehicles. This effort supports foreign military sales to Turkey, Denmark, and Finland. At this time all funds have been obligated. 695ARSS, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-08-C-C=0049 P00005).  

           EDO Communications and Countermeasures Systems, Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., is being awarded a $205,802,682 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-07-C-6311 for the production and support of 2,866 JCREW 2.1 Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW) systems to meet urgent Department of Defense (DoD) requirements in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Vehicle-mounted CREW systems are one element of the DoD’s Joint Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare program. Spiral 2.1 CREW systems are vehicle mounted electronic jammers designed to prevent the initiation of Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices. This contract is for the urgent procurement and support of CREW systems, to be used by forces in each of the military services of the Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility. The Navy manages the joint CREW program for Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Joint IED Defeat Organization. Work will be performed in Thousand Oaks, Calif. and is expected to be completed by April 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

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