CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

Boeing Co., Boeing Helicopter, Ridley Park, Pa., is being awarded a $712,156,535 cost-plus-award fee/incentive fee contract. This initial contract award is for Block 0 System Development and Demonstration (SDD). The Combat Search and Rescue Replacement Vehicle (CSAR-X) program is an evolutionary acquisition of a non-developmental, medium lift, vertical take-off and landing aircraft that replaces the HH-60G pave Hawk Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) aircraft and its attendant training and support systems. The CSAR-X weapon system will correct the shortfalls of the HH-60G, be rapidly deployable, and be capable of operations at a main base or austere locations worldwide. At this time$3,000,000 have been obligated. Solicitations began October 2005 and negotiations were complete September 2006. This work will be complete fourth quarter FY 2012 initial operational capability. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8629-07-C-2372).

Computer Sciences Parson, LLC, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is being awarded an $8,106,205 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for civil engineering services; the contractor will provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform base civil engineer tasks and function at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete September 2007. 72d Contracting Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (F34650-99-C-0082).

VBR Joint Venture, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded an $8,080,573 cost-plus-award-fee contract modification. This is a modification to the Turkey base maintenance contract. The main purpose of this modification is to incorporate FY07 estimated costs for material purchases, contractor business travel, and the tankers and cargo hub contingency effort. At this time, no funds have been obligated. This work will be complete September 2007. 39th Air Base Wing, APO AE, is the contracting activity (F61521-03-C-5400/P00061).

NAVY

Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a $125,000,000 letter contract for 100 Joint EOD Rapid Response Vehicles (JERRV) and 44 Buffalo vehicles with associated manuals, deployment kits, field representative support and training. Vehicles will be deployed to and supported in Iraq. This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the total estimated contract value to $200,000,000. The maximum ordering quantity will be 200 JERRV vehicles and 82 Buffalo vehicles. Work will be performed in Ladson, S.C., and is expected to be completed by November 2007 and their support will continue up to a year after fielding. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is a sole source award to Force Protection Industries, Inc., based on an urgent and compelling need for the Government. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-07D-5006).

Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wis., is being awarded $65,770,646 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00025-03-C-0002) to exercise option 2 for the manufacture of the Improved Navy Lighterage System to be delivered at Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla. The work to be performed consists of manufacturing 300 powered and non-powered modules. Contractor approved detailed design drawings will be utilized for full rate production. Work will be performed in Marinette, Wis., and is expected to be completed December 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Headquarters, Wash., D.C., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Maritime System and Sensors, Littoral Ships and Systems, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $60,726,869 firm-fixed-price modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-98-C-5363) for procurement of four MK 41, MOD 15 Baseline VII, Vertical Launcher Ship (VLS) Sets. The contract will provide launcher support equipment and the associated labor for establishing material requisitions, program scheduling requirements, and establishment of purchase orders with suppliers and performance of necessary business and production operations, in support of MK41 VLS for the Governments of Australia (73.2 percent) and Spain (26.8 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md. (52.7 percent), Minneapolis, Minn. (22 percent), Aberdeen, S.D. (8 percent), Aiken, S.C. (7 percent), Ft. Totten, N.D. (5.2 percent), East Elmhurst, N.Y. (5.1 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

New Mexico Technology Group L.L.C., El Paso, Texas, was awarded on Nov. 6, 2006, a $77,968,998 cost-plus-award-fee contract for Mission Support Services for the White Sands Missile Range. Work will be performed in White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2016. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on Aug. 18, 2006, and three bids were received. The U.S. Army Contracting Agency, White Sands Missile Range, N.M., is the contracting activity (W9124Q-07-C-0504).

IAP World Services, Cape Canaveral, Fla., was awarded on Nov. 7, 2006, a $25,800,095 cost-plus-award-fee contract for Base Operations Support at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 3, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on June 4, 2003, and one bid was received. The U.S. Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W81K04-07-C-0003).

General Dynamics Network Systems, Needham, Mass., was awarded on Nov. 7, 2006, a $25,402,620 modification to a fixed-price incentive with award-fee contract to Survey, Plan, Design, Install, and Implement the Information Technology Systems and Infrastructure for Wedge 2-5 tenants of the Pentagon. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va., and is expected to be completed by March 28, 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on March 28, 2002. The Pentagon Renovation and Construction Program Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (MDA947-98-C-2002).

General Atomics Aeronautical System, San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Nov. 7, 2006, a $20,000,000 increment as part of a $215,373,106 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for system development and demonstration for the extended range / multi-purpose unmanned aerial vehicle. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (43 percent), Adelanto, Calif. (14 percent), Palmdale, Calif. (8 percent), Salt Lake City, Utah (18 percent), Hunt Valley, Md. (14 percent), and Huntsville, Ala. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 120 bids solicited on Sept. 1, 2004, and three bids were received. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0069).

AM General L.L.C., South Bend, Ind., was awarded on Nov. 7, 2006, a $14,226,624 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for M1165 high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles. Work will be performed in South Bend, Ind., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on July 17, 2000. The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-01-C-S001).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Simula Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., is being awarded a maximum $10,320,967 firm fixed price contract for life preservers and component parts. Using services are Army, Navy, and Air Force. This is an indefinite delivery, 2-year base contract. This is a sole source competition with 1 solicited and 1 responded. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is November 8, 2008. Contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM8EJ-07-D-0002).

Pepco Energy Services, Arlington, Va., is being awarded a maximum $5,953,769 firm fixed price contract for electricity. Using services are Federal civilian agencies, and Department of Defense. Other locations of performance are Washington, D.C., and Md. There were 156 proposals solicited and 13 responded. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is December 31, 2008. Contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-05-G-8029).