U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 879-09
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CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE
 
                Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $108,771,191 contract which will provide for the operation of a survivability/vulnerability information analysis center for a three-year option period. At this time, no money has been obligated. The contracting activity is 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., (SP0700-03-D-1380).
 

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                General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $102,200,000 modification to the previously awarded Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System Ship-set undefinitized contract action (N68335-09-C-0573) to provide for the production of one advanced arresting gear system ship-set for CVN-78. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (35 percent); Mt. Pleasant, Pa. (28 percent); Tupelo, Miss. (15 percent); Waltham, Mass. (12 percent); and Aston, Pa. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contracting activity is the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J.
 
                Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $15,570,058 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-03-C-0057) to provide Phase I aircraft data management efforts in support of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye System Development and Demonstration program. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y. (71.3 percent); Grand Rapids, Mich. (9.3 percent); Woodland Hills, Calif. (6 percent); St. Augustine, Fla. (5.4 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (3 percent); Norfolk, Va. (2.2 percent); and various locations within the United States (2.8 percent). Work is expected to be completed in July 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $11,030,005 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contracting activity is the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md.
 
                NexGen Communications LLC, Dulles, Va., is being awarded a $9,687,500 firm-fixed-price contract for the supply of 1,450 distributed tactical communication systems- radio only (DTCS-RO) communication devices. The DTCS-RO communication devices are communications systems that are hand-held, on-the-move, over-the-horizon, beyond line-of-sight command and control systems suitable for tactical operations. Work will be performed in Dulles, Va., and is expected to be completed by March 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $9,687,500 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The contracting activity is the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., (N00178-10-C-3056).
 
                Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems – Marine Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $6,793,942 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract to provide preliminary SSP Alteration (SPALT) design of the D5 missile, hoist S/N 0002 upgrade for shipyard use only.  As part of the preliminary SPALT design effort, the contractor shall refurbish, modify or replace parts of the existing hoist to bring the hoist to a condition and configuration capable of accomplishing active inert missile moves on a ballistic missile submarine. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif. (20 percent), and Kings Bay, Ga. (80 percent).  Work is expected to be completed July 31, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The contracting activity is the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., (N00030-10-C-0028).