CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

McDonnell Douglas Corp., Huntington Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $20,000,000 firm fixed price contract modification. This contract action with McDonnell Douglas Corp., other transaction agreements for pre/post mission engineering and critical components under the Assured Access to Space program. McDonnell Douglas will perform supply chain management and technological improvement tasks to minimize the risk of launch failure for the Delta IV Rocket on the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program (EELV) under the Launch and Range System Wing. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete December 2007. Headquarters Launch and Range Systems Wing, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-98-9-0005-0079).

NAVY

Lake Moultrie Construction, Inc.*, Bamberg, S.C.; Mitchell Brothers, Inc.*, Beaufort, S.C.; Hightower Construction Co., Inc.*, Charleston, S.C.; HITT Contracting, Inc.*, North Charleston, S.C. 6; and Small Business Group, Inc.*, Greenwood, S.C., are each being awarded a maximum amount of $12,000,000, guaranteed minimum of $25,000 (base period), firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract for general building alterations, renovations, repairs, demolition and minor construction for activities in the Resident Office in Charge of Construction Beaufort and Naval Hospital area of responsibility. The total potential amount for all contracts is not to exceed $60,000,000. Lake Moultrie Construction, Inc. is being awarded the first task order in the amount of $1,812,000 for complete renovation of Building 585, MAG-31 Headquarters at Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by February 2008. The remaining four contractors are being awarded the minimum guarantee of $25,000. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected base year completion date of December 2007 (December 2011 with options). Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Naval Facilities Engineering Command e-solicitation website with eight proposals received. These five contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, North Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N69450-07-D-1768/1773/1772/1771/1774).

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington, Vt., is being awarded a not to exceed $9,900,000 firm-fixed-price letter contract for long lead material items to support assembly and testing of the AEGIS MK 82 Mod 0 Guided Missile Directors and MK 200 Mod 0 Director Controllers in support of Australian Foreign Military Sales case AT-P-LCQ for the amount of $3,712,500 (75 percent) and Spanish Foreign Military Sales case SP-P-LGB for the amount of $1,237,500 (25 percent). The actual AEGIS equipment being assembled and tested will be installed at a later date aboard the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer and the Spanish F100 Frigate Class F105. Work will be performed in Burlington, Vt., and is expected to be completed by January 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-07-C-5103).

Guam Shipyard, Santa Rita, Guam, is being awarded an $8,024,048 firm-fixed-price contract for the regular overhaul of USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7). San Jose is a Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force ship owned and operated by Military Sealift Command. This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative total of the entire contract to $9,509. Work will be performed in Santa Rita, Guam, and is expected to be completed by March 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole source procurement. The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Fleet Support Command, Ship Support Unit San Diego is the contracting activity (N40443-07-C-0003).

Qualis Corp.*, Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded an $8,000,000 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, time and materials contract to provide technical, management, and logistics services in support of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Robotics Systems Joint Project Office. Services to be provided include management and technical support and service for management of robotic systems and related life cycle logistics and acquisition. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala. (80 percent); and various Army and Marine Corps repair facilities located in Iraq and Afghanistan (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2008. Contract funds in the amount of $8,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside, with six offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61339-06-D-0020).

* Small Business