Wednesday, March 26, 2008

DoD to Award $15.7 Million for Science and Engineering Research

The Department of Defense announced today plans to award $15.7 million to 24 academic institutions in 18 states to perform research in science and engineering, under the fiscal 2008 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR).

The
Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research solicited proposals using a defense-wide broad agency announcement. The announcement was published on the Internet and accessed by the DEPSCoR state committees, which solicited and selected projects for each state's proposal.

Academic researchers in Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming were eligible to receive awards under this competition.

All awards are subject to the successful completion of negotiations between DoD and the academic institutions.

MILITARY CONTRACTS March 26, 2008

NAVY

URS Group Inc,
Santa Ana, Calif.; CDM Constructors Inc., Carlsbad, Calif.; Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Inc., San Diego, Calif.; Tetra Tech EC Inc., San Diego, Calif.; Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, and Weston Solutions Inc., Walnut Creek, Calif., are each being awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity environmental multiple award contract for environmental remediation services on Navy and Marine Corps installations at various locations and other DOD installations nationwide. The total aggregate amount for all contracts combined is not to exceed $100,000,000. Work will be performed at various federal sites within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest area of responsibility including, but not limited to Calif., (80 percent), Ariz., (10 percent), Ala.,(2 percent), Nev.,(2 percent), Wash.,(2 percent), N.M.(1 percent), Ore.,(1 percent), Utah (1 percent), and nationwide (1 percent), and work is expected to be completed Mar. 2009 (Mar. 2013 with options exercised). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was issued as an unrestricted procurement on the NAVFAC e-solicitation website with 10 proposals received. These six contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-08-D-8820/8821/8822/8823/8824/8825).

IBC/TOA Corp., a joint venture, Barrigada, Guam, is being awarded a $40,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for an extension and necessary dredging to the Kilo Wharf at the Commander Naval Region Marianas Main Base, Guam. An additional $43,838,018 will be funded upon the passage of FY 2009
Military Construction Appropriation Bill, making the total amount $83,838,018. The contract also contains one option which if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value of the contract to $84,009,018. Work will be performed in Guam, and work is expected to be completed by Mar. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with 60 proposals solicited and five offers received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-08-C-1301).

CACI, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $20,821,900 time and materials indefinite- quantity/indefinite-delivery contract for professional, technical, management and administrative services in support of Department of
Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO). This contract includes one base year with three one-year option periods which, if exercised, bring the total estimated value of the contract to $87,762,750. Work will be performed in Crystal City, Va., (60 percent) and Fairfax, Va., (40 percent), and work is expected to be completed Mar. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through Federal Business Opportunities, with one offer received. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity (N00104-08-D-Q151).

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded $19,344,000 unpriced letter contract to provide Long Lead Material (LLM) required for the fiscal 2009 follow-on production of the TRIDENT II (D5) Missile System. This unpriced letter contract will be definitized on/about Oct. 1, 2008. The definitized fiscal 2009 TRIDENT II (D5) Production and Deployed Systems Support contract will be a cost reimbursable, multiple incentive contract with incentives on cost and performance. Work will be performed in locations yet to be determined, and work is expected to be completed Sep. 2012. The contract was not competitively procured. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-08-C-0100).

Team Logistics Joint Venture, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $16,644,262 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-01-D-0239) to exercise an option for 433,937 hours of maintenance planning and design interface technical/management support services for the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J. These services include evaluating initial designs and proposed design changes, maintenance planning, and sustaining maintenance plans. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., (90 percent) and Lakehurst, N.J., (10 percent), and work is expected to be completed in Mar. 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Vision Robotics Federal Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $8,039,539 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed fee contract to provide navigation systems installation support services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego. The contract provides for technical, engineering support and systems engineering for the Autonomous Machine Vision for Mapping and Investigation (AMVMI) project. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and work is expected to be completed Mar. 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Broad Agency Announcement (N66001-07-X-2017) which was advertised on the Federal Business Opportunities web site and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) e-Commerce web site. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-08-D-0071).

ARMY

Burtek, Inc., was awarded on Mar. 17, 2008, a $27,336.975 firm fixed price contract for ambulance shelters to be manufactured and installed on high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle M1152 chassis. Work will be performed in Chesterfield, Mich., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 31, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Web bids were solicited on Sep. 10, 2007, and eight bids were received. TACOM, Warren Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-0090).
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., LLC, was awarded on Mar. 17, 2008, a $14,095,500 firm fixed price contract for the West Coast Hopper Dredge 2008. Work will be performed primarily in the mouth of the Columbia River, Clatsop County, Ore., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Web bids were solicited on Jan. 31, 2008, and three bids were received. U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Ore., is the contracting activity (W9127N-08-C-0010).

Battelle Memorial Institute,
Columbus, Ohio, was awarded on Mar. 18, 2008, a $5,949,373 firm fixed price contract for 210 Chemical Vapor Sampler Systems over a three-year period. Work will be performed in Battelle Eastern Science and Tech Center, Aberdeen, Md., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 17, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Oct. 9, 2007. Research, Development and Engineering Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-08-D-0016).

EADS North American Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a firm-fixed-price contract for $7,233.737.12. This contract increases the PY03 Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) hours to ensure continued CLS coverage for the UH-72A. The action also exercises the option for PY03 Procedural Trainer Support Labor to ensure Procedural Trainer support labor coverage is available for maintenance of the Procedural Trainer following acceptance. Performance locations include Fort Irwin, Calif., (33.3%), Fort Eustis, Va., (33.3%), and Fort Polk, La. (33.3%). The estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2008. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The contracting office is the U.S.
Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (W58RGZ-06-C-0194)

Innovative Concepts, Inc., McLean, Va., was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a CPFF contract for $13,488,121.00. This modification Definitizes contract W58RGZ-06-C-0153. This requirement exists to add engineering services to perform
computer software modifications, and system engineering support for the Improved Data Modem (IDM) program. This contract will contain Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) to perform modifications to IDM software to meet Software Block 3 requirements (IDM S/W version 9.1). This contract will have a 14 month period of performance with an estimated completion date of May 14, 2009. The performance location is McLean, Va. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The contracting office is the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (W58RGZ-06-C-0153)

BAE Systems, Survivability Systems, LLC, Fairfield, Ohio, was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a $71,546,085.00 Undefinitized Contractual Action (UCA), which will result in a firm-fixed-price contract. As part of the Objective Gunner's Protection Kit (O-GPK), purchase of 12,519 Battery Powered Motorized Traversing Units (BPMTU), which is used to assist the gunner in rotating the armored turret. To be used on High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), models M1114 and M1151, and the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. One bid was solicited with one bid received for the action that has an estimated completion date of Sep. 30, 2008. All work will be performed in
Fairfield, Ohio. The contracting office is TACOM, LCMC, Rock Island, Ill. (W52H09-08-C-0081)

Clark Construction Enterprises, St. Martinville, La., was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a
$8,978,105.00 firm-fixed-price contract. WBV-14c.1, West Bank and vicinity, New Orleans, La., Hurricane Protection Project, Westwego to Harvey Canal, New Westwego Pumping Station to Orleans Village Levee, Third Enlargement,
Jefferson Parish, La. Bids were solicited via FedTeds with 10 bids received. The performance location is Jefferson Parish, La., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 14, 2008. The contracting office is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, New Orleans, La. (W912P8-08-C-0035)

General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract for $31,500,000.00. The contract procures system technical support (STS) for the Abrams tank program to include modification work order (MWO) hardware & installation, blue force tracking support, prototype developmental testing, and Australian tank program aim support. The estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2011, with work to be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich. One bid was solicited and one bid received. The contracting office is TACOM-Warren, Warren, Mich. (W56HZV-07-C-0046)

Natt McDougall Co., Tualatin, Ore., was awarded on Mar. 13, 2008, a Firm Fixed Price Construction contract for $7,915,500.00. The contract affects the Elk Creek Fish Passage Corridor. The Dam will be notched to provide a free passage for fish. Currently they are trapped below the Dam and trucked to above the Dam to be released. This also requires some river work and restoration. Bids were solicited on the web with one bid received. Work will be performed at Trail,
Jackson County, Ore. with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2008. The contracting office is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, Ore. (W9127N-08-C-0009)

Raytheon Co., NETWORK CENTRIC SYSTEMS, McKinney, Texas, was awarded on Mar. 13, 2008, a firm fixed price contract for $203,272,335.44. The action is for Improved Target Acquisition System Production for FY2006-FY2010 Option exercise. All work will be performed at McKinney, Texas with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2012. The contracting office is US
Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (W31P4Q06-C-0490)

Science Applications International Corp., (SAIC), Arlington, Va., was awarded on Mar.13, 2008, a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract for $9,147,000.00. The proposed contract will fulfill a government requirement for integrating three present independent software stovepipe systems: The
Army Flow Model (AFM), Continuous Early Validation (CEaVa), and Force Development Investment Information Systems (FDIIS). The AFM is used to monitor and distribute equipment for the Army, report fleet level assessments (trucks, tanks, rifles, etc.), provides the Army G-8, HQDA staff and the Army with other critical information concerning Army equipping requirements, inventory, priorities, and projections. FDIIS allows the Army G-8 to document equipping resource requirements as fiscal information elements and collect, process and synchronize changes to resources across financial domain. CeaVa is an information management system that facilitates interface with action officers on specific tasks & objectives (looks like an online "chat" or discussion board). The period of performance (POP) is to commence Mar. 16, 2008 for the Base Year with four (four) one year option periods. Estimated completion date is Mar. 15, 2013 with work to be performed at Arlington, Va. The contracting office is the Contracting Center of Excellence, Army Pentagon, Wash., D.C. (W91WAW-08-C-0022)

TEXTRON MARINE 7 LAND SYSTEMS, New Orleans, La., was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a firm fixed price contract for $58,520,858. The contract is to purchase 82 armored security vehicles. All work will be performed at New Orleans, La. Estimated completion date is Jun. 30, 2009. One bid was solicited on May 9, 2005. The contracting office is U.S.
Army TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich. (W56HZV-05-C-0470)

DRAGADOS USA, INC., N.Y., was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a firm fixed price contract for $30,000,000. The contract is for the Portuguese Dam and Bucana Rivers Project. All work will be performed at Ponce, Puerto Rico. Estimated completion date is Mar. 14, 2013. Eight bids were solicited on Sep. 6, 2007, and two were received. The contracting office is U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Fla. (W912EP-08-C-0011)

Henry M.
Jackson Foundation, Rockville, Md., was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a cost plus fixed fee contract for $23,186,045. The contract is for the management of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center program. The majority of work will be performed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2008. Web bids were solicited on Sep. 6, 2007, and one was received. The contracting office is U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Ft. Detrick, Md. (W81XWH-08-C-0066)

Science Applications International Corp., DBA SAIC, San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Mar. 17, 2008, a cost plus fixed fee contract for $9,595,250. The contract is for the design, integration and operation of a Medical Conversion System to permit imagine of DoD healthcare documentation. All work will be performed in Alexandria, Va. Estimated completion date is Feb. 25, 2009. One bid was solicited on Feb. 5, 2008. The contracting office is Engineering Research and Development Center, Alexandria, Va. (DACA42-03-D-0007)

Sivyer Steel Corp., Bettendorf, Iowa, was awarded on Mar. 17, 2008, a firm fixed price contract for $8,540,000. The contract is to purchase 14,500 P900 armor plates. All work will be performed at Sivyer Steel Corp., Bettendorf, Iowa. Estimated completion date is Mar. 30, 2009. One bid was solicited on Mar. 6, 2008. The contracting office is U.S.
Army TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich. (W56HZV-08-C-0039)

Urban Associates LP, El Paso, Texas, was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a firm fixed price contract for $8,421,123. The contract is for the design and construction of a close combat tactical trainer facility at Fort Bliss. All work will be performed at Fort Bliss. Estimated completion date is Jun 15, 2009. 210 Bids were solicited beginning Oct. 30, 2007, and nine bids were received. The contracting office is US
Army Engineering District, Fort Worth, Texas. (W912G-08-C-0009)

Krishna Rao, Bethesda, Md., was awarded on Mar. 14, 2008, a firm fixed price contract for $6,731,933.20. The contract is for Academic Radiologist Services provided at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center. All work will be performed in Washington, D.C. Estimated completion date is Sep. 30, 2008. One bid was solicited. The contracting office is Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (W91YTZ-08-P-0018)