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No. 1071-06
October 24, 2006


CONTRACTS

ARMY

GM GDLS Defense Group L.L.C. (Joint Venture), Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Oct. 20, 2006, a $27,828,812 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for depth of parts required to support the Stryker family of vehicles. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich. (49 percent), and London, Ontario, Canada (51 percent), and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Dec. 1, 2005. The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-06-C-B003).

FLIR Systems Inc., Wilsonville, Ore., was awarded on Oct. 19, 2006, a delivery order amount of $14,242,406 as part of a $74,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract for FLIR Star SAFIRE III sensors and related hardware for the rapid aerostat initial deployment system. Work will be performed in Wilsonville, Ore., and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Sept. 21, 2006. The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-07-D-0001).

NAVY

LTM, Inc.*, Havelock, N.C., is being awarded a $17,519,778 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-01-D-0101) to exercise an option for approximately 353,600 hours of maintenance planning and design interface technical/management support services for the Naval Air Depot (NAVAIRDEPOT), Cherry Point, N.C. These services include evaluating initial designs and proposed design changes, maintenance planning, and sustaining maintenance plans. Work will be performed at NAVAIRDEPOT Cherry Point, N.C. (99 percent), and at various locations across the United States (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2007. 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.

Systems Application Solutions LLC*, Charleston S.C., is being awarded an $8,634,468 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for systems analysis, engineering, design, development, procurement, integrated logistics, configuration management, systems integration, test, installation, operator/maintenance training and life cycle support for electronic security systems. This contract contains options, which if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value of the contract to $26,069,501. Work will be performed at various locations, and is expected to be completed October 2007 (October 2009 with options). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems e-Commerce Central website, as a small business set aside with an unlimited number of proposals solicited, four offers were received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N65236-07-D-7229).

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Clearfield, Utah, is being awarded a $16,058,848 cost-plus-fixed fee contract modification. This contract action provides for full rate production year 5 attrition hardware procurements and government furnished property repair activities for the Minuteman III PRP. The contractor shall identify and provide for the procurement of government furnished property components that are known to be in short supply and are needed to preclude production shortages for the propulsion replacement program, full rate production 5. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete March 2008. Headquarters 526th ICBM Systems Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001/no mod number at this time).

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Clearfield, Utah, is being awarded a $5,140,457 cost-plus-fixed fee contract modification. This action provides for intercontinental ballistic missile propulsion replacement program. This contract action is for the purpose of providing a final equitable adjustment for ammonium perchlorate for the propulsion replacement program full rate production 4 effort. At this time, total funds have been obligated. Headquarters 526th ICBM Systems Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001/no mod number at this time).

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