MILITARY CONTRACTS June 10, 2008

ARMY

Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Ill., was awarded on Jun. 6, 2008, a $397,100,467 firm-fixed price contract for light T-5 dozers and medium T-9 dozers with type A armor kits and type C armor kits with a five-year requirements contract with one five-year option. Work will be performed in East Peoria, Ill., and is expected to be completed by Jun. 9, 2018. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four bids will be solicited on Nov. 29, 2007, and seven bids were received. U.S. Army TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-0169).

CAS, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on Jun. 6, 2008, a $9,044,536 cost-plus fixed fee contract for mission and sustainment support for the rapid aerostat initial deployment product office. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed by Jun. 2, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on May 5, 2005. U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Contracting and Acquisition Management Office, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-05-C-0134).

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Scranton, Pa., was awarded on Jun. 6, 2008, a $23,851,622 firm-fixed price contract for the manufacture of 155 mm, M795 metal parts with flexible rotating band covers. Work will be performed in Scranton, Pa., and is expected to be completed by Jun. 30, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Web bids were solicited on Feb. 27, 2008, and one bid was received. Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-08-C-0244).

NAVY

General Dynamics, National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $100,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-02-C-2300) to exercise an option for long lead time material for T-AKE 12. T-AKE is a new Combat Logistics Force Underway Replenishment Naval vessel. As an auxiliary support ship, the primary mission role, the T-AKE will provide logistic lift from sources of supply such as friendly ports, or at sea from specially equipped merchant ships by consolidation, and will transfer cargo (ammunition, food, limited quantities of fuel, repair parts, ship store items, and expendable supplies and material) at sea to station ships and other naval warfare forces. In its Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) role T-AKE will contribute to the accomplishment of the seabasing mission area. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Jan., 2013. Contract funds will not expireat the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

International Military and Government LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $28,000,000 firm-fixed-priced modification to delivery order #0005 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the accelerated production of 1,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Low Rate Initial Production vehicles. Work will be performed in WestPoint, Miss., and work is expected to be completed by the end of Apr., 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.