No. 873-09
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CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE
 
            BEM-Bay West, JV, Saint Paul, Minn. (FA8903-10-D-8593); CAPE, Inc., San Antonio, Texas (FA8903-10-D-8593); North Wind, Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho (FA8903-10-D-8597); Sullivan-Weston Services, JV, San Diego, Calif. (FA8903-10-D-8599); Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc., Birmingham, Ala. (FA8903-10-D-8596); Hydrogeologic, Inc., Reston, Va. (FA8903-10-D-8596); Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises, Milwaukee, Wis., were awarded a $350,000,000 contract that will provide environmental restoration and remediation support. ITT Corporation, Systems Division, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., was awarded a $5,847,128 contract which will provide the Eastern and Western Range architecture and requirements option of an additional year. At this time, $3,000 for each contract has been obligated. The contracting activity is AFCEE/ACX, Brooks City-Base, Texas.

NO. 870-09

Forgive me ladies and gentlemen.  I had to share this with you.  I had no choice.  AOL News finance page is reporting a doozie this morning! 

There was a major fracas among editors in the newsroom at the Washington Post last Friday and it hit the news today.  Trust me.  You are gonna' love this!  And you thought we were rough with each other when we disagreed!?  Wait until you read this!  Here is the story.

For an in-depth analysis of this story by yet another interested reporter, there is this  jewel from the City Desk blog. 

God I love America!  This is why I love the Fourth Estate so much.  Reason always prevails...well reason sometimes prevails....well, every now and then, reason prevails. The guy who threw the first punch is a 68 year old Viet Nam veteran who has several decades at the Post as Senior Editor.

No. 861-09
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CONTRACTS: UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

American Auto Logistics, LP, of Park Ridge, N.J., is being awarded a $207,382,618 firm, fixed-price modification for an earned award term under a previously awarded contract (DAMTOI-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, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity.

No. 856-09
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CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Phantom Products, Inc., Rockledge, Fla.* is being awarded a maximum $31,250,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for flashlights, light kits, and transmitters. There are no other locations of performance. Using service are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The proposal was through an open solicitation with 63 responses. The date of performance completion is Nov. 1, 2014. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM200-10-D-8201). 

No. 850-09
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CONTRACTS: NAVY
 
                W R Systems Ltd., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $26,946,956 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract for in-service engineering technical support services for various navigation systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to an estimated $140,601,392.

This contract combines purchases for the Navy, (97 percent) and the governments of Japan, (0.5 percent), Taiwan, (0.5 percent), Korea, (0.5 percent), Australia, (0.5 percent), Saudi Arabia, (0.5 percent) and Egypt, (0.5 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program. Work will be performed in Hampton Roads, Va., (75 percent); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, (4 percent); San Diego, Calif., (3 percent); Groton, Conn., (3 percent); Pascagoula, Miss., (3 percent); Jacksonville, Fla., (3 percent); Ingleside, Texas, (3 percent); Seattle, Wash., (3 percent); and Foreign Military Sites, (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2010.

No. 845-09

CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE
MWH Americas, Inc. of Broomfield, Colo., and ARGO/LRS JV of Glen Burnie, Md. were awarded a $3 billion contract which will provide primarily environmental requirements that include completion of a conceptual design, construction, implementation, demolition, repair, and operation and maintenance of installed systems prior to delivery to the government.  At this time, $3,000 has been obligated for each prime contractor.   AFCEE/ACV, Brooks City-Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA8903-10-D-8573; FA8903-10-D-8551).

No. 841-09
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CONTRACTS: NAVY 

                BAE Systems Applied Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $29,489,406 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-07-C-0013) to exercise an option for approximately 420,000 hours of engineering and technical services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Special Communications Requirements Division's Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) Communications-Electronics Program.  Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Md., and is expected to be completed in October 2010.  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.

No. 833-09
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CONTRACTS: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

                  AmeriQual Group, LLC D/B/A AmeriQual Packaging, Evansville, Ind., is being awarded a maximum $177,835,000 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite quantity contract for Meal, Ready-to-Eat and Humanitarian Daily Ration.  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.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract is exercising the fourth option year period.  The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2010.  The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM3S1-06-D-Z103).

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No. 831-09
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CONTRACTS: NAVY

                General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $24,999,954 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide non-nuclear maintenance and repair support at the Naval Submarine Support Facility, Naval Submarine Base.  Under the terms of the contract, Electric Boat will continue to provide services required to support planned and emergent non-nuclear maintenance and repair for operational nuclear submarines, floating dry-docks, support and service craft, and other platforms and equipment.  Work will be performed in New London, Conn., and is expected to be completed by September 2010.  Contract funds in the amount of $5,765,500 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-10-C-4302). 

No. 829-09
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CONTRACTS: NAVY

The Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $853,305,629 cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPIF/CPFF) contract to provide support in the Trident II (D5) missile production and deployed system support (C4 and D5) in an undefinitized contract action.  The contract type will be CPIF/CPFF for this contract only and mature production efforts will transition to fixed-price-incentive in FY11.  The place of performance is to be determined pending definitization of the award.  Work is expected to be completed Dec. 30, 2013.  Contract funds in the amount of $284,965 will expire at the end the current fiscal year.  The contract was not competitively procured.  The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-10-C-0100).

No. 818-09
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CONTRACTS: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

                 Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee / Cost-Plus-Award-Fee contract with a total value of $1,034,550,502.  The contract is for Lockheed Martin to serve as the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Combat System engineering agent and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapon System design, development and computer program source for Aegis cruisers and destroyers.  Work is to be performed in Moorestown, N.J.  The period of performance is from Oct. 1, 2009 through Dec. 31, 2014.  FY 09 Research, development, test and evaluation funding will be used to incrementally fund this effort for $15,207,030.  The Missile Defense Agency, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (HQ0276-10-C-0001).

CONTRACTS: ARMY

Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc., Niagara Falls, N.Y., was awarded on Oct. 15, 2009 a $17,641,805 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the remediation of the Blackwater Street and Floodplain, Route 55 to the Maurice River Parkway, Vineland Chemical Superfund Site, Operable Unit 3, Phase III Work, Vineland, N.J.  Work is to be performed in Vineland, N.J., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2010.  One bid was solicited with one bid received.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-04-D-0023).

No. 812-09
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CONTRACTS

NAVY

                Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Monroeville, Pa., is being awarded a $523,530,301 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for naval nuclear propulsion components.  Work will be performed in Monroeville, Pa., (67 percent); Schenectady, N.Y., (33 percent).  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  No completion date or additional information is provided on naval nuclear propulsion program contracts.  The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-10-C-2119).

CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE  

Lockheed Martin Corp., of Marietta, Ga., was awarded a $827,400,000 contract which will provide for the advance procurement funding for three FY10 Air Force C-130J aircraft, four FY10 HC-130J aircraft, and four FY10 MC-130J aircraft.  This option is being established for acquisition of one HC-130J aircraft to be bully funded with FY10 funds.  At this time, $8,274,000 has been obligated.  657 AESS/SYKA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8625-06-C-6456, P00087).

No. 800-09
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CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

                Lapoint-Blasé Industries, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri was awarded a $34,649,163 contract which will provide approximately 54 worldwide deployable portable Doppler radars to provide responsive, reliable, and accurate weather information to standard weather systems.  At this time, $1,797,550 has been obligated.  651 ESS/PK, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts is the contracting activity (FA8723-10-D-0001).

No. 798-09
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CONTRACTS

NAVY

                Pond-TranSystems LLC, Norcross, Ga., is being awarded a maximum $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect/engineering contract for preparation of design-build request for proposals and 100 percent design services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR).  The work to be performed provides for architectural programming, geotechnical investigation, surveying, cost estimating and DD 1391 preparation.  Work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps facilities and other government facilities within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR including, but not limited to, Ga., (20 percent), S.C., (20 percent), Texas, (15 percent), La., (15 percent), Miss., (15 percent), and Ala., (15 percent), and is expected to be completed by Oct. 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website with 12 proposals received.  The Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-10-D-0001).

CONTRACTS: ARMY

Airborne Systems North America, Santa Ana, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $13,996,042 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contracts.  This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Santa Ana, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received.  Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-10-D-0003).

CONTRACTS: ARMY
 
            GM GDLS Defense Group LLC., Joint Venture, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $ 646,948,221 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for 352 Stryker vehicles awarded to GM GDLS Defense Group LLC, a joint venture between General Motors Defense and General Dynamics Land Systems on Delivery Order 36 of Requirements Contract W56HZV-07-D-M112. The expected period of performance for this action will be from date of award through May 2012. Work is to be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich., (60 percent), and London, Ontario, and Canada, (40 percent) with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Tank Automotive & Armament Command, SFAE-GCS-BCT-P, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).
  

CONTRACTS - NAVY 

              IAP–Hill, LLC, Cape Canaveral , Fla. , is being awarded a $45,434,676 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract (N62467-00-D-2451) to adjust the IDIQ quantities for regional base operations support services at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport and the surrounding southeast region.  The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, scheduled maintenance of base facilities, utilities, environmental, transportation and fire alarm systems located at Naval Air Station Jacksonville...

I have been reflecting for years, with increasing dread, over the sheer enormity of the “war/defense” industry and what it costs us (and the rest of the world) in terms of dollars, in terms of sacrificed sons, daughters and grandchildren as well as what I have come increasingly to believe, the loss of our own humanity.

It's interesting, from time to time, to see which rat holes all these hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars are disappearing into. Here is a list of a few of the contracts announced in the last couple of days at Defense Industry Daily which provides “military purchasing news for defense procurement managers and contractors.”