MILITARY CONTRACTS August 11, 2008

Army

AM General, LLC, South Bend, Ind., was awarded on Aug. 8, 2008, a $247,546,000 firm-fixed price contract for high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles. Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Ind., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Mar. 17, 2006. TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-01-C-S001).

BAE Systems, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 8, 2008, a $76,185,539 firm-fixed price contract for the procurement of Operation Desert Storm situational awareness kits in support of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Work will be performed in York, Pa., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Jun. 3, 2008. U.S. Army TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-G-0005).

Sodexho Management Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Aug. 11, 2008, a $8,475,017 firm-fixed price contract for nutrition care services at military treatment facilities. Work will be performed at military installations across the United States and is expected to be completed by Oct. 17, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Web bids were solicited on Jun. 28, 2007, and five bids were received. U.S. Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W81K04-08-C-0003).

Mantech Telecommunications and Info System, Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Aug. 8, 2008, a $8,053,055 time and materials contract for logistics and information technology services in support of program manager intelligence and effects. Work will be performed in West Fort Hood, Texas and Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea and Germany, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 7, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Apr. 28, 2008. LCMC Acquisition Center, Alexandria, Va., is the contracting activity (W909MY-08-C-0045).

Air Force

Syracuse Research Corp., North Syracuse, N.Y., is being awarded an indefinite delivery requirements contract for $95,000,000. The purpose of this contract is to obtain the expertise to support the 453rd Electronic Warfare Squadron in developing and maintaining the Sensor Beam program. At this time, no dollar amount has been obligated. Air Force Intelligences Surveillance and reconnaissance Agency at Lackland AFB is the contracting activity (FA7037-08-D-0002).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Siemens Corp., Research Inc., Princeton, N.J., is being awarded a $500,338 increment of a $11,256,966 technology investment agreement for the development of deep bleeder acoustic coagulation technology and prototype devices. Work will be performed in Princeton, N.J., (31 percent), Issaquah, Wash., (26 percent), Seattle, Wash., (15 percent) and College Station, Texas, (3 percent) and is expected to be completed in Feb. 2010. A portion of the funds ($500,338) will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. DARPA issued a solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities on Feb. 29, 2008, and over 10 proposals were received. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., (HR0011-08-3-0004).

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Raytheon Co., from McKinney, Texas, was awarded a $15,280,290 firm fixed-price requirements contract for continued life cycle contractor support to sustain Forward Looking Infrared Radar systems and subsystems for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps for a period of performance of 18 months after contract award. Variations of the FLIR systems are used on the MH-60, MH-47, MH-6, and CV-22 aircraft. This requirement is a follow-on contract to the existing contract, USZA95-03-C-0004. This contract was awarded in accordance with sole source procedures. The contract number for this effort is H92241-08-D-0007.