Monday, December 16, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 16, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated December 16, 2013
Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-029-13 December 16, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 16, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued December 16, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS
 
AIR FORCE
 
United Launch Services LLC, Littleton, Colo., has been awarded a $530,794,720 firm-fixed-price modification (PZ0001) on an existing contract (FA8811-13-C-0003) for fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2017 launch vehicle production services and options for that associated launch capability for fiscal 2015 through fiscal 2019 are available and may be exercised at a later date.  This executes the requirements for fiscal 2014 launch vehicle production services in support of the following Air Force and National Reconnaissance Organization launch vehicle configurations:  Air Force Atlas V 501, Air Force Atlas V 511, Air Force Delta IV 4,2, Air Force Delta IV 5,4, and a National Reconnaissance Organization Delta IV Heavy.  Work will be performed at Centennial, Colo., Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., and is expected to be completed by second quarter 2018.  This award is the result of a sole source acquisition.  Fiscal 2014 missile procurement funds in the amount of $679,434,676 are being obligated at time of award. Launch Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center is the contracting activity, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity.
 
SURVICE Engineering Co., Belcamp, Md., has been awarded a $42,147,274 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to collect, analyze, synthesize/process, and disseminate scientific and technical information for the Defense Technical Information Center.  Work may be conducted worldwide and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2019.  Award of contract is the result of a past performance price tradeoff acquisition between five Offerors.  Fiscal 2014 research and development funds in the amount of $1,000,000 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Installation Contracting Agency/KD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (FA8075-14-D-0001).
 
D&D Machinery and Sales Inc., San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded a $12,078,000 firm-fixed-price contract for C-17 Peculiar support equipment.  Contractors will provide 11 C-17 aircraft engine lift trailer (ELT), ground handling, NSN 1730-01-560-2167, part number PT90-F-509, with a potential requirement (options) for an additional nine within a 24-month period.  The C-17 ELT provides for lifting, lowering, and positioning capabilities supporting removal and replacement of the engine, core thrust reverser, or the inlet assembly to/from the on-board location on the C-17 Globemaster III.  Work will be performed at San Antonio, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 12, 2015.  This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, 100 percent set-aside for small business.  The solicitation was posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website and two offers were received.  This contract includes nine percent foreign military sales in support of Strategic Airlift Capability Consortium located in Hungary.  Fiscal 2012 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $12,078,000 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WLKA, C-17 Contracting, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8526-14-C-0001).
 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
 
Pelican Lumber and Export Inc.*, Lake Charles, La., has been awarded a maximum $123,232,281 modification (P00101) exercising the first one-year option period on a two-year base contract (SPM8E6-12-D-0002) with three one-year option periods for a tailored logistics support contract to provide items under the general category of wood products for the Central region.  This is a firm-fixed-price contract.  Location of performance is Louisiana with a Jan. 16, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
S & S Forest Products LLC**, Boerne, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $123,223,834 modification (P00101) exercising the first one-year option period on a two-year base contract (SPM8E6-12-D-0003) with three one-year option periods for a tailored logistics support contract to provide items under the general category of wood products for the Central region.  This is a firm-fixed-price contract.  Location of performance is Texas with a Jan. 16, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
Forest Products Distributors Inc.*, Rapid City, S.D., has been awarded a maximum $121,882,356 modification (P00101) exercising the first one-year option period on a two-year base contract (SPM8E6-12-D-0001) with three one-year option periods for a tailored logistics support contract to provide items under the general category of wood products for the Central region.  This is a firm-fixed-price contract.  Location of performance is South Dakota with a Jan. 16, 2015 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
Seashore Fruit and Produce Co., Inc.*, Atlantic City, N.J., has been awarded a maximum $49,500,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-quantity contract for fresh fruit and vegetable support.  This contract is a competitive acquisition and two offers were received.  Location of performance is New Jersey with a June 14, 2018 performance completion date.  This contract is an eighteen-month base with two eighteen-month option periods.  Using military services are Army, Navy, and non-Department of Defense customers.  Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2015 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.; (SPE300-14-D-P232).
 
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., has been awarded a maximum $42,589,944 firm-fixed-price contract for the manufacture and delivery of airborne low frequency sonar helicopter dipping sonar systems.  This contract is a sole source acquisition.  Location of performance is Rhode Island with a February 2017 performance completion date.  Using service is the Royal Australian Navy.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 foreign military sales funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pa.; (SPRPA1-09-G-001Y-5027).
 
AMO Sales and Services Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., has been awarded a maximum $27,888,242 modification (P00018) exercising the third one-year option period on a five-year base contract (SPM2D1-07-D-8400) with five one-year option periods for medical equipment, maintenance, and spare/repair parts.  This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.  Location of performance is California with a Dec. 19, 2014 performance completion date.  Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds.  The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
 
ARMY
 
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $15,058,750 modification (P00051) to contract W15QKN-08-C-0530 to acquire 216 projectiles (120 projectiles under the option four Excalibur 155mm Increment Ib production option and 96 projectiles under the option five Excalibur 155mm Increment Ib production option) and 14 palletized containers for the Army.  Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $14,775,335 were obligated at the time of the award.  Estimated completion date is Feb. 28, 2015.  One bid was solicited with one received.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz.; McAlester, Okla.; Farmington, N.M.; East Camden, Ark.; Healdsburg, Calif.; Anniston, Ala.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Joplin, Mo.; Lowell, Mass.; Corona, Calif.; Inglewood, Calif.; Chino, Calif.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Santa Ana, Calif.; McKinney, Texas; Phoenix, Ariz.; Woodridge, Ill.; Valencia, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Congers, N.Y.; United Kingdom; Sweden.  Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal Picatinny, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-08-C-0530).
 
NAVY
 
SEDNA Digital Solutions LLC*, Manassas, Va., is being awarded an $11,797,558 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-6272) for engineering and technical services for High Fidelity Simulation/Simulation and Common Processing System software development.  This effort is the result of Small Business Innovation Research topic number N05-059, "High Fidelity Front End Simulation for complex Physics Based Processing System."  It is inclusive of engineering services and support for the development integration, test, demonstration and certification of a High Fidelity Sensor Level Stimulation and Common Processing System.  Work will be performed in Manassas, Va. (87 percent); Red Lodge, Mont. (9 percent); Jefferson, Md. (3 percent); and Rogersville, Mo. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2017.  Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation and fiscal 2012 and 2013 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy contract funds in the amount of $2,441,994 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-13-C-6272).
 
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $7,603,043 cost-plus-fixed-fee term-type contract for JPEO-Chem-Bio Defense, Joint Program Manager, Information Systems, Joint Warning and Reporting Network (JWARN) software development and maintenance.  This contract will provide various updates to support modernization efforts of the currently fielded JWARN product baseline, carry forward existing functionality and develop new capabilities that will provide joint automated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warning and reporting capability across the services.  This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $31,498,929.  Work will be performed in Herndon, Va., and is expected to be completed in December 2014.  If options are exercised, work could continue until December 2018.  Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds and fiscal 2014 procurement funds in the amount of $1,323,000 will be obligated at the time of award.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This requirement was solicited using full and open competition via the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command E-Commerce Central website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received.  On behalf of its organizational partner, Joint Program Executive Office Chem-Bio Defense, Joint Program Manager, Information Systems, JWARN, the Space and Naval Warfare System Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-14-C-0027).
 
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
 
SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., has been awarded an $11,652,825 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.  The purpose of this modification is to equitably adjust the value of the contract and its options to reflect the reduction in scope under the Broad Operational Language Technology (BOLT) program.  The goal of this program is to create technology capable of translating multiple foreign languages in all genres, retrieving information from the translated material, and enabling bilingual communication via speech or text.  Specifically, SRI will continue to expand on their speech-to-speech bilingual research.  The previous estimated value of Phases 1 and 2 was $15,917,367 and the cumulative total of the contract was $41,536,592.  Work will be performed in Menlo Park, Calif. (58.63 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (4.03 percent); New York, N.Y. (8.53 percent); Rochester, N.Y. (5.63 percent); Seattle, Wash. (6.8 percent); Marseille, France (4.95 percent); Flushing, N.Y. (1.11 percent); Hong Kong (1.03 percent); Portland, Ore. (0.41 percent); Edinburgh, United Kingdom (0.98 percent); Amherst, Mass. (4.43 percent); Richardson, Texas (0.53 percent) and Sunnyvale, Calif. (2.94 percent).  The estimated completion date is Sept. 30, 2016.  No funds are being obligated at time of award.  The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., (HR0011-12-C-0016).
 
*Small Business
**Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

*Link for This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources 
U.S. DoD issued No. CR-029-13 December 16, 2013
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DTN News: Chinese Navy, Army & Air Force Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 16, 2013

DTN News: Chinese Navy, Army & Air Force Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 16, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 16, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Chinese Navy, Army & Air Force Top Stories / Headlines News and associates respectively.
*Comprehensive daily news related to Chinese Navy, Army & Air Force Top Stories / Headlines News and associates respectively.


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