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No. 035-07
January 12, 2007


CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

Raytheon Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $70,000,909 firm-fixed-price contract. This action will provide the production of parts with a 21-month lead-time for aircraft items and an 18-month lead-time for aircrew training devices. This action mitigates the schedule and cost risk to the T-6 aircraft production line by purchasing critical-paths with exceptionally long lead-times prior to the award of the production contract. At this time, $35,000,455 have been obligated. This work will be complete June 2008. Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8617-07-D-6151 Delivery order 0001-01).

ITT Industries, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $5,938,643 cost-plus award fee; cost-reimbursable; firm-fixed-price contract modification. This action will provide for the acquisition, labor, management and support functions to acquire two HPA-305 ECM transmitters. These transmitters will support radar system upgrade with Radar Open System Architecture (ROSA). At this time, total funds have been obligated. Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center Logistics Group (AFSPC) Contracting Office, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (F04701-01-C-0001/P00379).

ITT Industries, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $5,795,443 cost-plus award fee; cost-reimbursable; firm-fixed-price contract modification. This action will provide spares and interim supply support for the Space Lift Range System Contract (SLRSC). It addresses the continued supply sustainment for previously fielded spares following the tenets of interim supply support. The project also provides additional initial spares procurement, initial spares fielding, and interim supply support sustainment in support of Prime Mission Equipment (PME) projected to be fielded by the Space Lift Range System Contract. At this time, total funds have been obligated. Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center Logistics Group (AFSPC) Contracting Office, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (F04701-01-C-0001/P00381).

McConnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $5,466,455 firm-fixed-price contract modification. This action is for the reimbursement of proposal preparation costs associated with solicitation FA8614-05-R-2005: C-17 follow-on buy effort. At this time, total funds have been obligated. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center (AFMC), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-02-C-2001/P00052).

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM is being awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, using Time and Material (T&M) Task Orders, for Systems Engineering and Technical Assessment (SETA) support services. This award is made on behalf of the National Assessment Group (NAG). The contract has a one-year base period with four one-year option periods. The estimated cost for the entire 5-year period is $47,429,000. This contract will facilitate Systems Engineering and Technical Assessment efforts related to planning, execution, reporting of NAG assessments, institutional support, and incidental tasks as described with specificity in individual Task Orders. The requirement was solicited on a full and open competition basis pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304. The solicitation was posted on FedBizOpps and two offers were received. The contractor is a U.S. large business. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization-National Capital Region is the contracting activity (HC1047-07-D-0002).

NAVY

Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $9,676,759 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-96-C-2100) to incorporate ship alterations to USS Texas (SSN 775) during post-shakedown availability. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by February 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, USN, Groton, Conn., is the contracting activity.

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