MILITARY CONTRACTS September 4, 2008

Navy

Navistar Defense LLC, Warrenville, Ill., is being awarded a $752,042,549 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0009 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5032) for the procurement of Category I (CAT I) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) low rate initial production vehicles with engineering change proposal upgrades for enhanced maneuverability and associated non-recurring engineering costs. This order will also be used to support the procurement of additional CAT I MRAP vehicles to provide protection of U.S. military personnel supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Work will be performed in WestPoint, Miss., and work is expected to be completed Feb. 2009. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Canadian Commercial Corp., General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada, London, Ontario Canada, is being awarded a $7,723,145 firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0005 under a previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5028) for the purchase of five test vehicles with engineering change proposal upgrades for enhanced maneuverability and associated non-recurring engineering costs. Work will be performed in Durban, South Africa, (80 percent), and London, Ontario, Canada, (20 percent), and work is expected to be completed no later than Jan. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded $7,230,897 for firm-fixed-priced delivery order #0013 under previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5031) for the purchase of five test vehicles with engineering change proposal upgrades for enhanced maneuverability and associated non-recurring engineering costs. Work will be performed in, Ladson, S.C., and work is expected to be completed no later than Jan. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

IMPACT Science & Technology, Nashua, N.H., is being awarded a $28,447,410 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-6319) for the production and support of 550 JCREW 2.1 Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) electronic warfare systems to meet urgent DoD requirements in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Vehicle mounted CREW systems are one element of the DoD's Joint Counter RCIED electronic warfare program. Spiral 2.1 CREW systems are vehicle mounted electronic jammers designed to prevent the initiation of radio-controlled Improvised Explosive Devices. This contract is for the urgent procurement and support of CREW systems, to be used by forces in each of the military services of the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The Navy manages the joint CREW program for Office of the Secretary of Defense Joint IED Defeat Organization. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H., (86 percent) and Dover, N.H., (14 percent), and is expected to be completed by Jan. 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Tetra Tech EC, Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., is being awarded $6,343,703 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-08-D-8823) for Fisher and Spear Avenues sanitary and storm drain removal at Hunters Point Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for continuing the base-wide sewer sanitary system and storm drain time-critical removal action in Work Areas 15 and 26 (Fisher and Spear Avenues). The contractor will remove the sewer and storm drain lines depicted by the Design Plan. Both Spear and Fisher Avenues are part of the main utility and transportation corridor through the shipyard. Coordination efforts will be required to control access to the radiological work area and reroute transportation and utilities during this removal action. Work will be performed in San Francisco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Air Force

Science Applications International Corp., of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for a maximum of $49 million. This action will provide research and development under BAA entitled "High Energy Research and Application (HERA)," Call 0001 entitled HERA/High power microwave technologies. This effort will advance the state-of-art and scientific knowledge in directed energy Technology such as high power electromagnetic source development, pulsed power and pulsed power systems, and prime power systems. At this time $550,000 has been obligated. Air Force Research Laboratory/RDKP, Det 8 Directorate of Contracting, Kirtland AFB, N.M., is the contracting activity (FA9451-08-D-0170).

The Air Force is modifying cost plus award fee contract with the Boeing Co., of Anaheim, Calif., for $16,707,177. This action will provide survivable communications for U.S. Armed Forces, the Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) must update new platform requirements and Advanced EHF (AEHF) system interface. At this time $6,997,080 has been obligated. Electronic Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, USAF, 653d ELSG/PK, Hancom AFB, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-02-C-0048, P00146).

Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio, is being awarded a cost plus fixed fee contract for an estimated $9,567,490. This contract action will develop effective and valid methods for measuring chemical agents, and toxic industrial chemicals and materials and their metabolites in biological fluids, assure the quality of these methods, transfer these methods to other public health organizations, and apply these methods to incidents of suspected exposure. 55th Contracting Squadron, 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-00-D-3180, Delivery Order: 0559).

Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio, is being awarded a cost plus fixed-fee contract for an estimated $7,021,916. This action will provide research and develop laboratory, dosimetric, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) procedures, emergency response training, and advanced techniques for CBRN risk characterization, risk assessment, risk mitigation, and risk management. At this time $503,382 has been obligated. 55th Contracting Squadron, 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-00-D-3180, Delivery Order: 0563).

Army

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., El Segundo, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 2, 2008, a $7,532,649 cost/plus/fixed fee contract to develop and demonstrate the ability of the Rapid Eye program to rapidly deliver a persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability anywhere on the globe through the use of a launch system and the ability to remain on-station until relieved or the mission is completed. Work will be performed in Frederica, Del., Elsinore, Calif., Tustin, Calif., Glenbrook, Nev., Torrance, Calif., Ronkonkoma, N.Y., El Segundo, Calif., San Diego, Calif., and Palmdale, Calif., with an estimated date of completion Feb. 11, 2011. Bids were solicited Broad Agency Announcement and five bids were received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR011-08-C-0108).

Watts-Weitz, Novato, Calif., was awarded on Aug. 29, 2008 a $51,301,000 construction/firm/fixed price contract for the construction of a combat support brigade at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Work will be performed in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 11, 2011. Bids were solicited via web and two bids were received. US Army Corp of Engineers, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-08-D-0057).

Protective Apparel Corp of America, Jacksboro, Tenn., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2008, a $ 8,246,400 firm/fixed price contract to provide body armor for Iraq Ministry of Interior security forces. Work will be performed in Jacksboro, Tenn., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2009. Bids were solicited via web and eleven bids were received. Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq/Joint Contracting Command-Iraq (MNSTC-1/JCC-1), Baghdad, Iraq, is the contracting activity (GS-07F-9075G).

Oshkosh Truck Corporation, Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2008 a, $82,652,531 firm/fixed price contract. This modification is for the RECAP of 292 HEMMT A4 vehicles. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2008. One bid was solicited and one was received. TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV07-C-0248).

Honeywell International Inc, Albuquerque, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2008, a $11,000,000 cost/plus/fixed fee contract for the design, development, integration, testing and qualification, delivery and support for the upgrade of the OH-Kiowa Warrior aircraft Control Display System four (CDS4) Improved Master Processor Unit (IMCPU) to the CDS IMCPU configuration. Work will be performed in Albuquerque, N.M., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. One bid was solicited and one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-AR-B, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0024).

Sampson Construction Co., Inc, Lincoln, Neb., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2008 a, $13,386,147 firm/fixed price contract for the construction of a base civil engineering administration facility, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Work will be performed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S. D., with an estimated completion date of May 24, 2010. Bids were solicited via web and four bids were received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-08-C-0022).

DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems, Optronics Division, Palm Bay, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 3, 2008, a $ 40,842,948 firm/fixed price new work modification under the authority of unusual and compelling urgency for 4,229 Driver's Vision Enhancer (DVE) B-Kits (sensor assembly, display control module, and cabling) for the Mine Resident Ambush Protected (MRAP) Program. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2008. Bids were solicited via web and three bids were received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-04-C-J202).

Correction: Simmonds Precision Products Inc, Vergennes, Vt., was awarded Aug 27, 2008, a $31,706,454 five- year- firm- fixed- price indefinite -quantity contract for the procurement of integrated vehicle health management system kits, ground support equipment kits and deployment spares in support for the UH-60 aircraft. Work will be performed in Vergennes, Vt., with an estimated completion date of Jul. 31, 2013. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-D-0224).