CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $30,709,440 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract modification. This action provides for FY2007 Interim Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) and FY2007 multi-year funding for procurement of 32 each F-117-PW-100 install engines. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete December 2007. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-02-C-0006/P00023).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $29,440,938 cost-plus-award fee contract modification. This action provides for various projects to support IOT & E schedule for November 2008: Upgrade to ACTD mission control element, development of mission planning software, in line technical order validation and verification, development of hot bench 4, communication upgrades and data analysis, new and modified RQ-4B special test equipment. At this time, $7,000,000 have been obligated. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-C-4600/P00180).

NAVY

Raytheon Company, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $31,857,134 firm-fixed-price modification under previously awarded contract (N00024 05 C 5341) to exercise an option to procure Full Service Support (FSS) requirements in support of the STANDARD Missile-1 (SM-1) Program of U.S. Allied Nations. This SM-1 FSS FY07 option exercise consists of MK56 Dual Thrust Rocket Motor (DTRM) Regrain Production and SM-1 Block VIA missile assembly, testing and delivery. This effort combines requirements for the Governments of France (24 percent); Japan (16 percent); Turkey (16 percent); Bahrain (15 percent); Poland (12 percent); Italy (11 percent); and Chile (06 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Camden, Arkansas (85 percent) and Tucson, Ariz. (15 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2009. 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.

ARGONST, Inc., Smithfield, Pa., is being awarded a $17,650,437 firm-fixed-price contract for production, test and delivery of one AN/SLQ-25A torpedo countermeasure transmitting set and upgrade kits. The AN/SLQ-25A is a digitally controlled, modular design, electro-acoustic soft-kill countermeasure decoy system designed to provide ships with a countermeasure capability to defend ships against wake homing torpedoes, acoustic homing torpedoes, and wire guided torpedoes. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (91 percent) and the Government of Australia (9 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Smithfield, PA., and is expected to be completed by Dec 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-07-C-6201).

Lockheed Martin, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded an $8,702,506 cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-5453) to exercise options for engineering and technical services in support of the FY 07 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Depot, Installation & Check-out (INCO), and logistic requirements. The contract modification will provide funding for technical instructions that will authorize engineering and technical services support for logistics (requisition and repairs), system integration, product improvement, and production support of MK 41 VLS equipment for new construction ships. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md. (86 percent) and Ventura, Calif. (14 percent) and the work is expected to be completed by October 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-04-C-5453).

ARMY

DRS Sustainment Systems Inc., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Nov. 8, 2006, a delivery order amount of $22,152,317 as part of a $35,660,259 firm-fixed-price contract for high mobility ammunition trailers. Work will be performed in West Plains, Mo., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 30, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on July 6, 2005. The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-D-0332).

Alliant Lake City Small Caliber Ammunition Company L.L.C., Independence, Mo., was awarded on Nov. 8, 2006, a delivery order amount of $7,261,212 as part of a $7,693,211 firm-fixed-price contract for small caliber ammunition items. Work will be performed in Independence, Mo., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Oct. 31, 2006. The U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAA09-99-D-0016).