Friday, September 25, 2009

MILITARY CONTRACTS September 25, 2009

AIR FORCE
Multiple contractors have been awarded a $3,000,000,000 contract for environmental requirements that include completion of a conceptual design, construction, implementation, demolition, repair and operation and maintenance of installed systems prior to delivery to the government. At this time, $3,000 per contractor has been awarded. AFCEE/ACV of Brooks City-Base, Texas is the contracting activity. AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Long Beach Calif., FA8903-09-D-8547 Arcadis U.S. Inc., Highland Ranch, Col., FA8903-09-D-8550, Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc., Birmingham, Ala., FA8903-09-D-8554, Conti Federal Services, In., South Plainfield, N.J., FA8903-09-D-8558, Engineering-Environmental Management, Englewood, Colo., FA8903-09-D-8568, Jacobs Government Services Co., Pasadena, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8568, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, Penn., FA8903-09-D-8549, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8552, CH2M Hill Constructors, Inc., Englewood, Colo., FA8903-09-D-8557, Environmental Chemical Corp., Burlingame Calif., FA8903-09-D-8561, Innovative Technical Solutions, In., Walnut Creek, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8567, Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., Arlington, Va., FA 8903-09-D-8569, Aerostar Environmental Services, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., FA8903-09-D-8548, SpecPro Environmental Services, LLC, Oak Ridge, Tenn., FA8903-09-D-8581, Environmental Management Resources, Inc., Lawrence, Kan., FA8903-09-D-8562, SpecPro Environmental Services, Oak Ridge, Tenn., FA8903-09-D-8581, LATA-Kemron Remediation, Westerville, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8571, Laguna Construction Co., Laguna, New Mexico, FA8903-09-D-8570, North Wind, Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho, FA8903-09-D-8574, Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8579, Tetra Tech EC, Inc., San Antonio Texas, FA8903-09-D-8583, URS Group Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8587, MACTEC Engineering & Consulting, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia, FA8903-09-D-8572, Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group, Pasadena, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8576, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., San Antonio, Texas 78216, Toltest, Inc., Maumee, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8586, Weston Solutions, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8589, BEM Systems, Inc., Chatham, N.J., FA8903-09-D-8553, CapeEnvironmental Management, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8556, EA Engineering, Science & Technology, Inc., Hunt Valley, Md., FA8903-09-D-8560, FPM Remediations, Inc., Ronkonkoma, N.Y., FA8903-09-D-8565, Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises, LLC, Milwaukee, Wis., FA8903-09-D-8575, RMA-Insight, JV, Pomona, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8584, Tidewater, Inc., Columbia, Md., FA8903-09-D-8584, Versar, Inc., Springfield, Va., FA8903-09-D-8588, Cabrera Services, Inc., Hartford, Conn., FA8903-09-D-8555, Dawson Technical, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, FA8903-09-D-8559, Environmental Quality Management, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, FA8903-09-D8564, HydroGeoLogic, Inc., Reston, Va., FA8903-09-D-8566, Project Resources, Inc., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8577, Sullivan & Charter Environmental JV, Inc., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8582, Tierra Dynamic, LLC, Phoenix, Ariz.., FA8903-09-D-8585, Zapata Inc., Charlotte, N.C., FA8903-09-D-8590.

Integral Systems Incorp., of Columbia, Md., was awarded a $77,662,446 contract which will implement the restructure of the rapid attack, identification, detection and reporting system block-10 program from a 6 fixed and 3 deployable site configuration to a five transportable system construct. At this time, $27,740,754 has been obligated. SMC/SYSW/PK of El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8819-05-C-0018).

L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., was awarded a $42,349,195 contract which will provide for logistics support for the T-1A aircraft at Vance, Columbus, Randolph, and Laughlin Air Force Bases and Pensacola Naval Air Station. At this time, $42,349,195 has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKA, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-09-C-0001, P00001).

Terma North America, Inc., of Warner Robins, Ga., was awarded a $29,500,000 contract which will provide for engineering services to support the AN/ALQ-213 countermeasures sets. At this time, no money has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia is the contracting activity (FA8540-09-D-0003).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $19,370,831 contract which will provide engineering services applicable to the ALR-20 system. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8523-09-C-0013).

Northrop Grumman Space Technology of Redondo Beach, Calif., was awarded a $9,999,999 contract which will provide special study for risk reduction tasks under Global Positioning System's next generation operational control segment contract Phase A. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. SMC/GPSW, El Segundo Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8807-08-C-0001,P00028).

Raytheon Co., of Aurora, Colo., was awarded a $9,999,903 contract which will provide special study for risk reduction tasks under Global Positioning System's next generation operational control segment contract Phase A. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. SMC/GPSW, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8807-08-C-0003, P00027).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $9,494,797 contract which will provide engineering services applicable to the ALQ-135. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0341).

MacAulay-Brown, Inc. of Dayton, Ohio was awarded a $9,250,204 contract which will provide support to plan, implement, and execute the Air Force Networks Defense mission. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 33 NWS/MS, San Antonio, Texas is the contracting activity (FA7037-09-F-8108).

Eagle Applied Sciences, LLC of San Antonio, Texas was awarded a $8,000,000 contract which will provide for EGL Vision 2045: The Air Force Materiel Command Transformation Plan. At this time, no money has been obligated. AFDW/A7KM-S, Brooks City Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA7014-09-D-0019).

M.J. Takisaki Contractors, Inc., of Seattle, Washington was awarded a $7,355,952 contract which will provide for design-build construction, renovation of four dormitories. At this time, $275,000 the entire amount has been obligated. 92d CONS, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington is the contracting activity (FA4620-07-D-B004, P0007).

Ahntech, Incorporated of Camino del Rio South of San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $6,581,617 contract which will provide for Air Combat Training Systems. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. AETC/CONS/LGCU, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (F41689-02-D-0044, P00046).

Parker Hannifin Customer Support Incorporated of Irvine, Calif., was awarded a $6,492,904 contract which will provide for a B52 retrofit modification kit. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 448 SCMG/PKBC, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8122-09-C-0005).

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions was awarded a $5,572,698 contract which will repair/refurbish 60 solid state radars in support of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile weapons system. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 526 ICBMSG/PKA, Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (FA8204-07-C-0022, P00006).

Raytheon Co., of Marlborough, Mass., was awarded a $5,571,415 contract for commercial procurement of one Auto Track II radar simulator and one MaxSim tower simulator equipment software, data, factory and site acceptance tests, installation and checkout tasks, spares and site design for the Multi National Security Transition Command-Iraq. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 653 ESW, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8730-09-C0004).

NAVY
Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, Morgan City, La., is being awarded a $180,998,189 fixed-price letter contract for the detail design and construction of nine patrol boats and associated equipment and services for the Iraq Navy. This contract is in support of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case IQ –P-SAZ and U.S. Case E4-P-LBT. The contract is for nine Swiftships model 35PB1208E-1455 patrol boats along with six 30mm gun weapons systems, machine gun mounts and cradles, spare parts, and contractor engineering technical services. Work will be performed in Morgan City, La., (60 percent), Detroit, Mich., (30 percent), Ocean Springs, Miss., (8 percent) and Charlottesville, Va., (2 percent) and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Funding in the amount of $129,104,173 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-2256).

Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded a $133,542,526 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-06-D-0017) to exercise an option for maintenance and logistics services in support of 374 T-34, T-44, and T-6 aircraft. Work will be performed at the NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, (44.11 percent ); NAS Whiting Field, Fla., (38.77 percent); NAS Pensacola, Fla., (10.70 percent); NAS Oceana, Va., (1.60 percent); NAS Lemoore, Calif., (1.34 percent); Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif., (.80 percent); Fort Rucker, Ala., (.80 percent); Naval Air Facility, El Centro, Calif., (.53 percent); Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., (.27 percent); Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N.C., (.27 percent); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., (.27 percent); NASA Cleveland, Ohio, (.27 percent); and Fort Eustis, Va., (.27 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $112,650,548 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract (N00019-08-D-0014) to exercise an option for logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance required to support 49 T-45A and 151 T-45C aircraft based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss.; NAS Kingsville, Texas; and NAS Pensacola, Fla. This requirement also includes the organizational level maintenance for the engine. Work will be performed in Kingsville, Texas, (54 percent); Meridian, Miss., (42 percent); and Pensacola, Fla., (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Rolls-Royce Defense Services, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $90,674,394 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price requirements contract (N00019-09-D-0002) to exercise an option for intermediate and depot level maintenance and related support for in-service T-45 F405-RR-401 Adour engines under the Power-By-the-Hour (PBTH®) arrangement. In addition, this modification provides for inventory control, sustaining engineering and configuration management, as well as integrated logistics support and required engineering elements necessary to support the F405-RR-401 engine at the organization level. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas (48 percent), NAS Meridian, Miss., (47 percent); NAS Pensacola, Fla., (4 percent), and NAS Patuxent River, Md., (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Harper Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $81,821,721 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of three Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The BEQs will house a total of 1,148 Marines in the standard 2+0 configuration and will include a multipurpose community area and laundry facilities. The contract also contains planned modifications, which if issued would increase cumulative contract value to $90,256,146. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 23 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-09-C-1214).

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $76,324,240 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for the fiscal year 2009 procurement of four Lot 6 UH-1Y helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (60 percent) and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $33,105,474 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the technology demonstration phase for the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System for the design, development and demonstration of a prototype for an advanced missile warning system to be installed on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to increase survivability in hostile environments. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., (79 percent); Dallas, Texas, (12 percent); and Danbury, Conn., (9 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals; three offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0099).

ATK Integrated Systems, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $32,234,576 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the Technology Demonstration Phase for the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System for the design, development and demonstration of a prototype for an advanced missile warning system to be installed on Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to increase survivability in hostile environments. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H., (41 percent); Clearwater, Fla., (21.5 percent); Woodland Hills, Calif., (21.5 percent); Dallas, Texas, (10 percent); and Danbury, Conn., (6 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals; three offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0100).

Solipsys Corp.,* Fulton, Md., is being awarded a $28,000,000 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project under Topic N98-072 entitled "Open Architectures for Command and Control System Development" and N98-077 entitled "Multi-Level Networking. The objective of this tactical component network/multi-level sensor network applications project is to extend and deploy tactical component network and hub-and-spoke based prototype applications to cognizant user and program communities within the Department of Defense and potential to other government entities. Work will be performed in Fulton, Md. (70 percent) and Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured using SBIR Program Solicitation under Topics N98-072 and N98-077; and three offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-09-D-0007).

AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $22,363,463 firm-fixed-price task order #0005 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-08-D-8816) for remedial action, alternative 10 for Hangar 1 (Site 29) at Former Naval Air Station Moffett Field. The contract also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $24,896,594. Work will be performed in Mountain View, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Jacobs Technology Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded $18,134,187 for task order #0025 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M67854-02-A-9017). The scope of this effort is to provide support of the transition from the NMCI environment to the next generation USMC IT environment. This includes financial planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the USMC enterprise budget throughout the Future Year Defense Plan; acquisition management supporting the next generation IT environment; program management activities; USMC representation and coordination with Navy Next Generation Enterprise Network office, the Secure Operational Network Infrastructure Capability Program of Record activities as well as providing expertise in all other forums related to the delivery of this new IT environment. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va. is the contracting activity.

Capstone Corp., Alexandria, Va., was awarded a $16,340,357 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on Sept. 23, 2009, to provide professional support services to the Commander, Naval Installations Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. This contract includes a one-year base period with four one-year option periods which, if exercised, bring the total estimated value of the contract to $86,543,619. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and work is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This contract was awarded through full and open competition, with twelve offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Philadelphia Office, is the contracting activity (N00189-09-D-Z069).

Lockheed Martin Systems Integration – Owego, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $14,750,000 firm-fixed-price order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for non-recurring engineering support to complete the design, development, integration and test of a ship air upgrade into the MH-60 R helicopter. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in April 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded $11,312,805 for task order #0038 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price (M67854-02-A-9014) with a pre-priced option of $2,402,125. The primary scope of this effort is to provide general engineering and scientific support to the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), Operational Forces Systems, Product Group 09 (PG09), program manager, Ground Combat Systems (PM-GCS) for Item Unique Identification (IUID) marking of legacy ground non-mission essential principal end items (PEIs) and applicable assemblies/subassemblies, e.g., Secondary Reparables (SECREPS). The primary level of effort will be: (1) Class VII PEIs (~896 TAMCNs); (2) applicable assemblies/subassemblies (~4/PEI), e.g., secondary reparables; and, (3) other class type items, i.e., Class II, of controlled and/or serially managed as directed by PM-GCS and/or HQMC. For "primary" level of effort (1), this information may be obtained via email and/or compact disc from the COR/project officer. This SOW supports IUID efforts to identify PEIs and SECREPS for marking, engineering analysis for UII (Unique Item Identifier)/ 2D Data Matrix location, and technical documentation development and support. Other activities include IUID programmatic support, planning, and management support, capture of Marine Corps Data Field Requirements Phase I and future data requirements, e.g., WAWF, and a major emphasis on engineering analysis and assessment for the implementation of IUID marking, and ability to collect technical data for the USMC temporary data storage. Work will be performed in Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Camp Pendleton, Calif.; New Orleans, La.; and Okinawa, Japan, and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

First RF Corp.*, Boulder, Colo., is being awarded an $11,217,765 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contractfor antennas to support the CREW (Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare) Vehicle Receiver Jammer (CVRJ) System. The CVRJ system is used to counter continuous and evolving improvised explosive device threats. Acquisition of the antennas will provide spares to replace antennas damaged during operations. Work will be performed in Boulder, Colo., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contractfunds in the amount of $5,909,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured and the solicitation was not posted to Federal Business Opportunities. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-09-D-WQ20).

Burns, Roe & Dick, A Joint Venture, Pittsburg, Pa., is being awarded $10,847,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N69450-09-D-1279) for design and construction to restore building systems at the Naval Hospital at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay. The work to be performed provides for design and construction of repairs to flood damaged portions of the facility interior and additional construction and renovation in other portions of the facility. Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $6,607,021 modification to previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (N00024-05-G-4418) for alteration installation support services in support of combat and sonar system warfare federated tactical systems on the USS Springfield (SSN 761). Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be competed by February 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport, Keyport, Wash., is the contracting activity.

AT&T Government Solutions, Inc., Vienna, Va., is being awarded $6,544,248 for task order #0028 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M6785403A5154) to provide technical support to the Marine Corps Systems Command, Information Systems and Infrastructure Product Group, Marine Corps Network and Infrastructure Services Program Office to provide information technology networking support services for the secret internet protocol router network to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific installations. Throughout the contract period the contractor will be required to perform such duties as customer support, network testing and monitoring, system analysis and problem solving. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $5,881,774 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00604-06-C-0018) to exercise option year three for ammunition handling and management services for Navy Munitions Command, East Asia Division Detachment Pearl Harbor. Work will be performed in Hawaii, and work is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

ARMY
Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $79,059,282 firm-fixed-price contract for CH-47 T55-714A engines and fielding kits. Work is to be performed in Tempe, Ariz., (50 percent), and Greer, S.C., (50 Percent) with an estimated completion of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army AMCOM, CCAM-CH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-04-C-0061).

ITT Corp., Roanoke, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $72,179,506 fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. This contract is for aviator's night vision imaging systems. Work is to be performed in Roanoke, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Bids are solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-09-D-0079).

SRCTec, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $53,216,250 firm-fixed-price contract. This is an undefinitized contract action is being issued for the procurement of 1851 each urgently required Duke V2 systems. Work is to be performed in Syracuse, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2010. Sole Source bids were solicited with one bid received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-05-D-S205).

Colt Defense, LLC., West Hartford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $32,143,048 firm-fixed-price contract for M240B machine guns. Work is to be performed in Hartford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2015. Bid solicitation was open to the Firms in the U.S. and Canada with two bids received. TACOM-RI, CCTA-AR-SA, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0175).

Spectrum Healthcare Resources, Inc., Saint Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $28,462,855 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the procurement of family health centers as extensions of the DeWitt Health Care Network, Fort Belvoir. The contractor shall provide all facilities, facility maintenance, staffing, supplies, and equipment necessary to support an ambulatory/primary care program for the treatment and authorized military beneficiaries and their dependents. Work is to be performed in Fairfax, Va., (41 percent), and Dumfries, Va., (59 percent). Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. Center for Health Care Contracting, Fort Sam Houston, Texas., is the contracting activity (W81K04-09-C-0006).
CH2M Hill Contractors, Inc., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $25,738,101 firm-fixed-price construction contract for construction of a communications facility, Camp Arifjan, State of Kuwait. Work is to be performed in the State of Kuwait., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011. Fifty nine bids were solicited with 15 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Programs Center, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0046).

Tetra Tech Facilities Construction, LLC., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $22,564,852 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a design/build contract for the additional/alteration to the MDARING Army Aviation Support Facility, Weide Army Airfield, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Work is to be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 6, 2009. Bids were solicited through ASFI with 18 bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO for MD, Havre de Grace, Md., is the contracting activity (W912K6-09-C-0002).

Pike Wohlsen DAFB, LLC., Lancaster, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $14,735,113 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of the Armed Forces Reserve Center, Newark, Del. Work is to be performed in Newark, Del., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 17, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0083).

American Ordnance LLC., Middletown, Iowa., was awarded in Sept. 23, 2009 a $11,555,574 firm-fixed-price contract. This procurement is for the 60mm propelling charges: work for 835,990 each M204, 918,256 each M235 and 21,960 each M236 is awarded. Work is to be performed in Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. Bids were solicited via National Technology Industrial Base with three bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, CCRC-AR, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-C-0032).

AP Midwest, LLC., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Sept. 23, 3009 a $9,580,161 firm-fixed-price contract for a fire station, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. This contract is to design and construct a 30,343 square foot consolidated crash/structural fire station to house fire protection vehicles, equipment, personnel, alarm center, and all support areas at Grand Forks Air Force Base. The fire station building will be of masonry construction with sloped standing seam metal roof and will include underground utilities and communications infrastructure, pavements, emergency vehicle access roads, parking lots, landscaping, wetlands mitigation, and demolition of existing fire station building and s maintenance building which includes asbestos/lead removal and site restoration. Work is to be performed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited with 10 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0045).

EEC International LLC., Burlingame, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $8,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct the Wolverine Reloadable Building Housing Project, Qalat, Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Qalat, Afghanistan., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2010. Five bids were solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District South, Afghanistan., is the contracting activity (W917PM-07-D-0015).

QSS Group Inc., Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $8,010,845 firm-fixed-price-task-order contract. This is a contract for information technology support services at Rock Island Arsenal in support of the Directorate if Information Management. Work is to be performed in Rock Island. Ill., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Sixteen bids were solicited with four bids received. TACOM Contacting Center, Rock Island CCTA-AR-IC-Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0011).

Lear Siegler Services Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $7,351,474 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for the Field Logistics Readiness Center Services, For Carson, Colo. This is for the Interim requirement of four months in anticipation of the award for the basic contract FLRC Services at Fort Carson, Colo., that will take the place of the Air Force CFT contract that expired Sept. 10, 2009 for this requirement. Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completed date of Jan. 10, 2010. Sole Sources bid was solicited with one bid received. Mission and installation Contracting Command Center, Fort McPherson, Ga., is the contracting activity (W911SE-07-D-0008).

Adaptive Manufacturing Solutions, Burton, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $6,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose of this contract is to design, purchase and install equipment to consolidate a grenade line located at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark. Work is to be performed in Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Twenty bids were solicited with two bids received. RDECOM Contracting Center, Pine Bluff Contracting Division, Pine Bluff, Ark., is the contracting activity (W911RP-09-C-0018).

L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC., Madison, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $6,587,145 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is to support the needs for the Fields Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Contractors will provide maintenance support on Army equipment, left-behind equipment, deployed equipment RESET and maintenance support to the installation units/customers. Work is to be performed in Fort Hood, Texas., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Mission & Installation Contracting Commands MICC Center, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the contracting activity (W911SE-07-D-0015).

Georgia Tech Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on Sept, 23, 2009 a $6,500,000 cost-no-fee contract. This contract is for Phase II of the Multifunctional Surface Systems- Carbon Nanotube (CNT) cold cathodes program aims to demonstrate morphopological control of CNT array structure the enables superior electron emitter performance and lifetime. CNT cold cathodes are ideal for electronic propulsion applications because they are lightweight, mechanically and thermally stable, damage tolerant, excellent field emission electron sources, and not operate at the extreme temperature of other thermionic devices. Large current density will allow for emitters to be small and reduce propellant budget. Distributed, high-performance CNT emitters are an enabling technology for vectoring thrust onboard satellites. Work is to be performed in Atlanta, Ga., (94 percent) and New Haven Conn., (6 percent), with an estimated completion date of Mar. 22, 2011. Bids were solicited with a Broad Agency Announcement with over 25 bids received. U.S. Army Defense Advanced Research Agency, Contract management Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-09-C-0142).

EYAKTEK, Dulles, Va., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $6,358,753 firm-fixed-contract. This contract shall provide all required design, hardware, software, equipment, installation and testing to meet the following requirements. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a need for technical reach back support required to meet operational requirements in the regional operations management war rooms. In the event of a catastrophic national emergency there is a need to be able to propagate policies and guidelines down to the district offices in order for them to initiate their contingency plans. These plans may include redeployment of personnel/equipment to respond to the emergencies at hand: to this end we will need to upgrade all high end USACE regional operations management war rooms. The required war rooms will support all headquarters facilities in the 8 divisions with a direct connect Teleconferencing system to President, Congress and all major Armed Forces. Work is to be performed with each task order with estimated completion dates of Sept. 27, 2010. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912HZ-09-C-0115).

Whitesell-Green, Inc., / W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., Biloxi, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,776,975 firm-fixed-price contract. This project includes work which will reduce the moisture infiltration in six (6) Volar Barracks buildings. Specific items of work consist of installing roof over each courtyard, conditioning hallways and vestibules, enclosing vestibules and entrances and stair towers, enclosing vestibules at courtyards, repairing exterior brick walls, installing aluminum stair treads, insulating mechanical duets, insulating chilled water piping in the mechanical rooms, and weatherproofing mechanical room doors. Work is to be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated completion date of June 24, 2010. Seven bids solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W91278-07-D-0045).

Hickory Construction, Inc., Alcoa, Tenn., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,890,225 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a KC-135 Squadron Operations Facility, Louisville, Tenn. Work is to be performed in Louisville, Tenn., with an estimated completion date of June 7, 2011. Unlimited bids were solicited with 13 bids received. U.S. Army Mission Support Contracting Office, MTAB, Louisville, Tenn., is the contracting activity (W912L7-09-C-0007).

Clement Group, LLC., Montgomery, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,857,425 firm-fixed-price contract of the construction of a chapel complex PN 10903, Fort Rucker, Ala. Work is to be performed in Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 17, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0044).

HGL Construct Inc., Midwest City, Okla., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,275,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the task order under an existing Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quality Performance Oriented Construction Activities contract for the design/engineering service to repair or replace the chilled water system only at building 230, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The Option portion of this contract which is $190,000,000 and $270,000,000 will be exercised by Dec. 2009. Work is to be performed at Tinker Air Force Base, Midwest City, Okla., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-08-D-2045).

DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE
Bank of America N.A. Military Bank-Overseas Division, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded FY 2010 option of $7.2 million, as part of contract MDA210-02-D-0003-0009 ($42,402,612) to provide full banking services that are comparable, in scope and cost, to those available in the continental United States to authorized individuals that include, active duty military personnel, Department of Defense civilian employees who are U.S. citizens; U.S. citizens who are employees of all other government departments, agencies, private organizations, and non-appropriated fund instrumentalities carrying on functions on a Department of Defense installation oversea, as well as authorized family members of such military and civilian employees. The program management office is in San Antonio, Texas, however, the majority of the work is performed on U.S. Military Facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Italy, Korea, Diego Garcia, Honduras, Cuba, Japan, Okinowa and the Kwajalein Atoll. Under this option work will be performed from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. The DFAS Contract Services Directorate, Columbus, Ohio is the contracting activity (MDA210-02-D-0003-0009).

DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
The Defense Commissary Agency is awarding a fixed-price incentive, requirements-type contract to Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc., 1801 Murchison Dr, Ste 300, Burlingame, Calif., 94010-4517, on September 25, 2009, to provide deli/bakery operations for resale to DeCA's West Region, Far East commissaries. The estimated award amount is $12,144,796.00. The contract base period of performance is for two years beginning Nov. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2010. Two one-year option periods and four award terms are available. If both option periods are exercised and four award terms are earned, the contract will be completed Sept. 30, 2017. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Eight firms were solicited and two offers were received. The contracting activity is the Defense Commissary Agency, Resale Contracting Division, Resale Services Support Branch, 1300 E. Avenue, Fort Lee, Va., 23801-1800 (HDEC02-09-D-0011).

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
L-3 Communication Systems-West of Salt Lake City is being awarded a modification to contract H92222-08-D-0002 eliminating the contract unit quantity ceiling of 953 systems, and increasing the contract not-to-exceed funding ceiling by $57,000,000 to $150,000,000. This five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is for the procurement and sustainment of remote operations video enhanced receiver systems in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. Work will continue to be performed in Salt Lake City and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

British Pipes and Drums Band Performs at Pentagon

By Air Force Master Sgt. Russell P. Petcoff
Special to American Forces Press Service

Sept. 25, 2009 - The British army's 1st Battalion Scots Guards Pipes and Drums Band played in the Pentagon courtyard during lunchtime today in a show of solidarity with U.S. armed forces. The unit's performance is "an expression of admiration and appreciation of our alliance," said British army Lt. Col. William Swinton, a liaison officer to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a display of camaraderie, the band played "Scotland the Brave" -- a traditional Scottish anthem -- immediately followed by "God Bless America."

"We came to [the District of Columbia] for a specific reason," Swinton said, "to demonstrate the admiration the British military has for the U.S. military."

The band will go to Walter Reed Army Medical Center tomorrow to play in salute and appreciation to America's wounded servicemembers, he said.

The unit is the oldest infantry battalion in the British army, Swinton said. Each member of the 20-piece band -- eight pipers, seven drummers, four sword dancers and one drum major -- is a soldier and not a permanent musician. They return Sept. 28 to their base at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, England, to begin training for a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan.

"These are front-line soldiers who will be fighting with U.S. Marines in Helmand [province]," Swinton said.

The band's 20-minute performance brought out many people from the Pentagon. One spectator had advance notice of the performance and wore his Gordon clan tartan kilt.

"I'm in a pipe band, so I'm loving it," said William Germelman, a contractor with the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Yellow Ribbon program and the drum major for the City of Winchester (Va.) Pipes and Drums band. "This is just phenomenal."

The British band has been in the United States for about a month. Their performances have taken place aboard the USS Intrepid in New York Harbor; a Scottish-Irish festival in Estes Park, Colo.; and a Scottish Highlands festival in San Francisco.

The band enjoyed playing throughout America, but playing in the Pentagon was special, said British army Sgt. Martin Godsman, drum major.

"It's an absolute privilege and honor," he said. "To come to the heart of this place is just fantastic."

"It's a great honor to play in the Pentagon," added British army Lance Cpl. Robert McCutcheon, battalion drummer. It's "something I thought I'd never do." The band also played at the Lincoln Memorial yesterday.

Besides the Pentagon, the band has the unique distinction of having played in the Kremlin, Swinton said.

The band's visit has been well received, said British army Sgt. Brian Heriot, the pipe major. "The American crowd seems to love the bagpipes," he said. "Everyone seems to have a Scottish ancestor."

(Air Force Master Sgt. Russell P. Petcoff serves in Secretary of the Air Force public affairs.)

Air National Guard Program Cuts Red Tape for Quick Solutions

By Judith Snyderman
Special to American Forces Press Service

Sept. 25, 2009 - An Air National Guard program designed to cut through bureaucracy has led to safety solutions for problems as vast and varied as avian flu, pilot fatigue and reducing the carbon footprint. Five years ago, some Guard members deployed to Iraq brainstormed to share tactical data in a new way using secure computer technology. The result was Project Black Mountain, a program that improved combat safety and led to the creation of the Disruptive Solutions Process, which cuts through bureaucratic static that can bury good ideas and prevent critical problems from surfacing.

"We are imposing upon ourselves a disruption to our own process; we want to see where the weaknesses are," Air Force Lt. Col. Edward Vaughan, deputy director of Air Force Blue Horizons, said in a Sept. 23 interview on "Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military" on Pentagon Web Radio. Blue Horizons is a program that studies long-range solutions.

Vaughan, an F-16 fighter pilot who calls himself "networker in chief" of the DSP program, said commonsense solutions can save lives. For instance, some older models of F-16 jets lacked built-in voice-activated warnings that instruct pilots to pull up when they get too close to terrain. Air Force engineers and vendors had an easy fix for the problem, but no access to decision makers, he said.

"We had some folks who were in the software development world who contacted us and said, 'we can add this in very inexpensively,'" Vaughan said. He added that "by connecting these folks to our disruptive solutions group, we were able to push the solution out and get that voice warning put into those jets. As recently as this summer, we were able to log an actual save, where a guy without that warning probably would have hit the ground."

Improvements that help achieve the defense mission also may help the civilian work force.

The DSP is credited with a program that tests and tracks the movement of bird-borne pathogens, including H5N1 "avian flu" and, potentially, the H1N1 "swine flu" viruses. The program, found at http://dbird.us/, started with the realization that both the Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration already were capturing statistics on birds struck by military planes.

"The birds, and bird remains, are sent in for identification, [it] turns out by the Smithsonian Institution, and in years past, those thousands and thousands of data points were not being tested for pathogens," Vaughan said. Now the Defense Department is working with the Smithsonian, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agriculture Department and other governmental agencies to make better use of the existing data.

Another DSP-initiated program, Flyawake.org, aims to mitigate fatigue among pilots, air traffic controllers and others. The program, led by Air Force Capt. Lynn Lee, takes algorithms developed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in D.C. for the analysis of air mishaps, and puts them to work to prevent mishaps in both military and civilian sectors.

The DSP group maintains an open pipeline to capture ideas from frontline military personnel, and then acts quickly to select those with the most potential, Vaughan said.

The program's most successful Defense Department-wide project to date, Maintenance Resource Management, found at http://afmrm.org, is credited by the Air Force Safety Center with reducing major human-error caused, maintenance-based aviation mishaps by as much as 75 percent in three years. MRM's program manager, Air Force Lt. Col. Doug Slocum, is now the Air National Guard's director of safety.

A current DSP project with potential, Vaughan said, is a computer "dashboard" application that raises awareness of energy use on military bases to help reduce the department's carbon footprint.

Vaughan estimated that for every hundred ideas that are received, just 15 to 20 are pushed forward. "Fail fast, fail early, fail cheap," is a motto he adapted from Silicon Valley technology gurus to ensure the DSP spends limited resources wisely. However, he added, ideas are always welcome.

(Judith Snyderman works for the Defense Media Activity's Emerging Media directorate.)

Soldier Serves up Counsel, Coffee

By Army Pfc. J. Princeville Lawrence
Special to American Forces Press Service

Sept. 25, 2009 - Army Sgt. Maj. Virginia Stickler enjoys serving up drinks and snacks, as well as a bit of advice, to her fellow soldiers here at a coffee shop that speaks volumes about her deployment. God's Grounds is next to the chapel in an area of repose and comfort that soldiers come to for more than just a cup of coffee. Stickler, a California native serving with the Kansas National Guard's 287th Sustainment Brigade, is the manager, and is more than happy to serve up espressos, slurpees, honey buns and muffins. There is a refrigerator full of drinks and shelves of snacks courtesy of the chaplains, people back home and Army supply. This is a place where folks kick back on the couch, munch on a snack and watch a movie. The best part is, it's all free.

And for those in need of some guidance, that's free too.

"A number of soldiers come here, and they're stressed and they're away from their families, away from their support systems and they come here to kind of talk and ventilate, and I'm able to listen," Stickler said.

For many soldiers, God's Grounds is a source of help in troubled times. Soldiers can talk to people like Stickler, who draws from a lifetime of experience in helping people. She has two master's degrees, a doctorate and experience as both a drug and alcohol counselor and a marriage counselor.

"That experience and knowledge has helped me help some soldiers get their lives back on track," Stickler said. "The ones that I wasn't able to help, I generally refer some to the chaplains' office or various other resources.

"But for the most part, I have been able to talk to soldiers who have been in crisis and they came here, basically for something to drink, and just started pouring their heart out," Stickler said, "and I listened and gave them some guidance and helped them put their lives back together."

Stickler finds it gratifying to help people and recalls a "special case near and dear to my heart."

"There was a very troubled individual whose marriage was on the rocks. This soldier had two children," she said. "I was able to talk to this soldier, as well as the spouse in the states, and we worked on their priorities."

Helping other soldiers is Stickler's way of breaking the cycle. She has been dealing with family problems her whole life.

"I came from a pretty messed-up background," Stickler said. "My father was a World War II veteran and he had post-traumatic stress. As a kid, I didn't know what that was. He was a very violent man. And all I could think of in my high school days was leaving my family because I was tired of being afraid of my dad."

Stickler left home at 18 and joined the military. "I met other people in life, and I realized that not everybody's like my dad and I started to grow."

Her self-esteem continued to grow as she took college courses. After taking a psychology class, she was hooked. Between gigs as a school teacher, college professor, counselor and government worker, she amassed years of experience and was getting ready to retire.Then she got deployed.

"I had just finished a weeklong retirement seminar with my civilian job and that Saturday following, I received a FedEx package in the mail with a set of military orders for [Iraq]. So I put my civilian retirement on hold, and in six weeks I had to go to Fort Jackson, South Carolina."

A religious person, Stickler said she found her purpose during a sunrise Easter service at the birthplace of Abraham. As the sun came up over the ruins, she had an epiphany of purpose, and she knew why she had been placed in Iraq.

"I didn't want to do this because it really disrupted my life," she said. "But you know, sometimes God places us in places we don't want to go. After the experience, I realized why I was here.

"I think I'm blessed as a soldier who came here kicking and screaming, so to speak. Not only was I able to help a lot of people, but I myself have had a lot of spiritual growth and development while I was here. God has used me in a great way, and I'm glad for that."

(Army Pfc. J. Princeville Lawrence serves with the 1st Armored Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team public affairs office.)

Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service

"Iraqi Civilian, Police, and Security Forces Casualty Statistics,"
September 17, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R40824.pdf

"Iran's Nuclear Program: Status,"
September 18, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34544.pdf

"Military Recruitment on High School and College Campuses: A Policy and Legal Analysis,"
September 22, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40827.pdf

"The Second Amendment and Incorporation: An Overview of Recent Appellate Cases," September 21, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40820.pdf

"Legal Standing Under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause,"
September 15, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40825.pdf