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No. 1186-06
November 22, 2006


CONTRACTS

NAVY

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $195,750,400 contract to provide tactical engineering support for the United States and United Kingdom Mk 6 guidance system; conducting the repair and recertification of Mk 6 guidance systems, including pendulous integrating gyroscopic accelerometers, inertial measurement units, electronic assemblies, inertial measurement units electronics, repair parts, test equipment maintenance, and related hardware; deliver a product and process improvement study to investigate approaches to reduce life-cycle cost and improve performance of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Guidance System program; and employ it's personnel and facilities in the conduct of various important technical studies including the Guidance Application Program and the Radiation Hardened Application Program. This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $201,885,800. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Mass. (64 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (23 percent); Andover, Mass (5 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (3 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (3 percent); and Woodland Hills, Calif. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed September 2007. Contract funds in the amount of $76,560,500 will expire at the end of current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Strategic Systems Program, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-07-C-0001).

Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $20,129,264 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-2100) for the consolidated planning yard, engineering and technical support for nuclear submarine operational ships and shore facilities. The modification provides for shore facility design and installation support, to provide necessary technical/engineering, design, logistics, and program management support required for the efficient design and installation of operational ship and shore support facility retro-fits and consolidations. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (82 percent); Kings Bay, Ga. (10 percent), Bangor, Wash. (7 percent), and Quonset, R.I. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Liverpool, N.Y., is being awarded a $9,065,486 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for TB-34 next generation fat line towed bodies, interface hardware, and associated services in support of the TB-34 towed array system. The TB-34 was developed to provide improved anti-submarine warfare and contact avoidance capability in cluttered littoral environments, as well as maintain the submarine fleet's ready for issue fat line towed array inventory. Work will be performed in Liverpool, N.Y., and is expected to be completed by December 2009. The contract was competitively procured and advertised via the Internet, with two proposals received. 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 (N00024-07-C-6205).

Raytheon Company, Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded a $5,507,984 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-03-C-6207) to exercise an option for additional engineering services and incidental material/travel/subsistence in support of the AN/BYG-1 Combat Control System. This modification procures 39,653 hours of additional engineering services in support of AN/BYG-1 Combat Control System. The modification also funds for incidental material/travel/subsistence costs associated with these engineering services. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, R.I., and is expected to be completed by December 2007. 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.

AIR FORCE

Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $82,656,732 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed fee contract modification. This contract modification exercises production options for the purchase of 37,787 defense advanced GPS receivers (DAGRs) and accessories. The DAGR will provide authorized Department of Defense and foreign military sales users of Global Positioning System user equipment a precise positioning system, hand-held, dual-frequency, lightweight receiver (less than one pound) that incorporates the next generation, tamper-resistant GPS selective availability anti-spoofing module security module. The DAGR will serve as a replacement for the Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver in integrated platforms as well as for the advanced and basic GPS user. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete October 2008. Headquarters Global Positioning Systems Wing, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0011/P00050).

Pratt and Whitney Inc., Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $42,207,266 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract. This action provides for 4 install and 1 spare F117-PW-100 engines. At this time, $38,578,625 has been obligated. This work will be complete by January 2007. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8626-07-C-2071).

General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $12,500,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity with cost-plus-fixed fee contract. The overall goal of this program is to demonstrate the resilience of the flight control, electric actuation, and power management and distribution subsystems of an aircraft against high power microwaves and nuclear electromagnetic pulses. The focus of the program is a near-term solution to the need to make aircraft immunity to electromagnetic environmental effects. At this time, $527,000 has been obligated. Solicitations began June 2006 and negotiations were complete November 2006. This work will be complete November 2011. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-07-D-2700 task order 0001).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Exxon Mobil Fuels Marketing Company, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a maximum $21,955,740 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for gasoline for foreign military sales. Location of performance is Beaumont, Texas. This is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. Proposals were Web-solicited and 4 responded. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is January 30, 2008. Contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-07-D-0451).

Constellation New Energy, Chicago, Ill., is being awarded a maximum $7,516,844 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for electricity for Navy. Location of performance is Navy Great Lakes, Ill. 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. (SP0600-07-D-8004).

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