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Critical Solutions International, Inc., Dallas, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $259,877,400 firm-fixed-priced-contract for 150 each vehicle mounted mine detector without mine detonation trailer set. Work is to be performed in Gauteng, South Africa., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM-Warren, AMSCC-TAC-ADCB, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-D-0001).
AAI Corp. Hunt Valley, MD., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $49,185,103 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the SHADOW unmanned aerial vehicle system, over and above work for EFI. Work is to be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2009. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-AR-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-O8-C-0016).
Miltope Corp., Hope Hull, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $33,308,430 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is to purchase the maintenance support device-Version 3 system of the integrated family of test equipment. Work is to be performed in Hope Hull, Ala., (46 percent), Huntsville, Ala., (35 percent), Ontario, Calif., (1 percent), Robbinsville, N.J., (2 per cent), Englewood, Colo., (9 percent), Elkridge, Md., (5 percent), and City of Industry, Calif., (2 percent) with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 1 bid received. U.S. Army Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Picatinny, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-D-0031).
L-3 Communications Combat Propulsion Systems, Muskegon, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $33,105,008 firm-fixed-price with Incentive and cost-plus-fixed—fee contract. This project is for 94 remanufactured Bradley transmissions and parts, 20 new Bradley transmissions, 87 repaired Bradley transmissions, 979 parts kits to rebuild Bradley transmissions, 20,000 hours of system technical support and $5.2 million in management support. Work is to be performed in Texarkana, Texas., (43 percent), Muskegon, Mich., (42 percent) and Huddersfield, U.K., (15 percent) with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0098).
Kiewit Pacific Co., Kapolei, Hawaii, was awarded on Sept. 17, 2009 a $32,155,000 firm-fixed price contract. This project consists of construction of 2 facilities at the Pohakuloa Army Training Area. Work will consist of construction of the Battle Area Complex and construction of a tactical vehicle wash facility. Work is to be performed at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-09-C-0008).
IBM Corp., Fairfax, Va., was awarded in Sept. 17, 2009 a $20,634,771 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is for post-deployment system support for the Army Learning Management System day-to-day labor for operations and systems enhancements for a one year period from Sept. 21, 2009 through Sept. 20, 2010. This includes courseware migration of 1,500 existing courses. Work is to be performed in Fairfax, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 20, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Mission Installation and Contracting Command Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DAAB15-01-A-1013).
C & D Technologies Inc., Blue Bell, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 an $18,895,191 cost-reimbursement-no-fee contract for the research and development of large formats of lithium ion batteries. Work is to be performed in Blue Bell, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 17, 2013. Bids were solicited through a Broad Agency Announcement with one bid received. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Contracting Center, Adelphi, Md., is the contracting activity (W911QX-09-C-0107).
United Solutions and Services, LLC., Hokessin, Del., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $17,633,786 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is to construct a 59,997 GSF, two bay full cell maintenance hangars for the new C-130-J model Hercules aircraft in support of the 317th Airlift Group mission. Building will be of steel construction with insulated metal panels, standing seam metal roof, split faced brick veneer and translucent panels with all appropriate mechanical, electrical, fire suppression and telecommunications systems. Administrative space is being provided for maintenance staff. Work is to be performed in Abilene, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 19, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Forth Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-09-C-0061).
United Solutions and Services, LLC, Hokessin, Del., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $17,633,786 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is to construct a 59,997 GSF, two bay full cell maintenance hangars for the new C-130-J model Hercules aircraft in support of the 317th Airlift Group mission. Building will be of steel construction with insulated metal panels, standing seam metal roof, split faced brick veneer and translucent panels with all appropriate mechanical, electrical, fire suppression and telecommunications systems. Administrative space is being provided for maintenance staff. Work is to be performed in Abilene, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 19, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Forth Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-09-C-0061).
James McHugh Construction Co., Chicago, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $14,822,167 firm-fixed-price construction contract. This contract is to provide all necessary labor, transportation, materials and equipment to construct an 88 foot diameter shaft at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's Lawndale Avenue solids management area, located in Hodgkins, Ill. Work Is to be performed in Hodgkins, Ill., with an estimated completion of Aug.11, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Chicago Ill., is the contracting activity (W912P6-09-C-0038).
The Ginn Group, Inc., Peachtree City, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 22, 3009 a $14,417,878 cost –plus-award fee contract. This contract is for facilities maintenance services at Fort Knox, Ky., during the period of Dec. 1, 2006 through Sept. 30, 2007 with four one-year option periods through Sept. 30, 2009. Work is to be performed in Fort Knox, Ky., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited Army Single Face to Industry website with 13 bids received. U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command Center, Fort Knox, Ky., is the contracting activity (W9124D-06-C-0040).
Hartman Walsh Painting Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $13,883,810 firm-fixed-price contract for the painting and rehabilitation of Tainter Gates at Fort Gibson Dam, Okla., and John Redmond Dam, Kan. Work is to be performed in Fort Gibson, Okla., (70 percent), and Burlington, Kan., (30 percent) with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with five bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-09-C-1013).
North Carolina Business Enterprise Program., Raleigh, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $13,867,893 cost-plus-award-fee contract for full food services for Fort Bragg. Work is to be performed at Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Mission & Installation Contracting Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the contracting activity (W91247-09-C-0035).
Teledyne Brown Engineering, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $13,755,140 cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts. This contract is for a whole system live agent test chamber final design, verification, fabrication and installation. Work is to be performed in Huntsville, Ala., (50 percent), and Dugway, Utah, (50 percent) with an estimated completion date of Mar. 23, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Research Development Engineering Command Acquisition Center, Edgewood Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-04-D-0011).
General Dynamics OTS, Inc., Bothell, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $13,274,349 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is for the procurement of non-lethal portable vehicle immobilization devices. Work is to be performed in Moses Lake, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 10, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five bids received. U.S. Army Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Picatinny, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-D-0023).
Advanced American Construction, Inc., Portland, Ore., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $12,964,500 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the requirement to fabricate, replace, and install gate friction sheaves for John Day Dam Navigation Lock Downstream Gate and Friction Sheaves Replacement Project. Work is to be performed in Klickitat County, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. USA Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, Ore., is the contracting activity (W9127N-09-C-0039).
Inter Costal Electronics Inc., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $11,955,295 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract was awarded to procure an Apache tactical engagement simulation system which provides dynamic, modular and scalable solutions to fulfill various aspects of individual, collective, and combined arms training. Work is to be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. One bid was solicited with one bid received. Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Acquisition Center, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (W900KK-09-C-0065).
American Ordnance LLC / Milan Operations, Milan, Tenn., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $11,831,000 service contract, cost type contract. This contract is for funds obligated for new equipment purchase, rehabilitation and installation, engineering support, production line analysis and evacuation, environmental permit application and site survey/evaluation associated with movement/relocation of HE Mortar production capability from Kansas Army Ammunition Plant to Milan Army Ammunition Plant pursuant to 2005 Base Relocation and Closure law/ direction. Work is to be performed in Milan, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. HQ, Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center/ CCRC-AL, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-G-0001).
Employment Services, Fayetteville, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $10,033,348 cost-plus-award-fee contract for the dining facility attendant services for Fort Bragg, N.C. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Mission & Installation Contracting Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the contracting activity (W91247-09-F-0295).
Kenneth R. Thompson, Jr., Builder Inc., Greenwood, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $9,842,230 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is for the flood control along Miss. River and Tributaries, East Bank Miss. River Levees, Magna Vista Brunswick, Miss, levee enlargement, Item 468-L. Work is to be performed in Greenwood, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with 11 bids received. U.S Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Vicksburg Contracting Office, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912EE-09-C-0040).
Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $9,723,040 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for a minimum quantity of 20 and a maximum quantity of 135 gas turbine engines (model 250/C30R/3) to support the OH-58D Kiowa safety enhancement program. Work is to be performed in Indianapolis, Ind., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-D-0190).
M & W Zander U.S. Operations, Plano, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $9,592,698 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a structure, installation and infrastructure work within Ramon Air Force Base, Israel. Work is to be performed at Ramon Sir Force Base, Israel, with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, Europe District, is the contracting activity (W912GB-09-0044).
Laforge and Budd Construction Co. Inc., Parsons, Kan., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $9,069,000 firm-fixed-price contract for civil works, planning and design for the Kansas City District repair of Topeka Levee. Work is to be performed in Topeka, Kan., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited with four bids received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-09-C-1039).
Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $8,631,355 firm-fixed- price contract. This project is for the Untied States Marine Corp 3 season sleep system consisting of 11,730 regular sleeping bags, 4,871 long sleeping bags, and 15,512 each of bivy, compression, and mesh bags. Work is to be performed in Virginia Beach, Va., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 01, 2010. Bids were solicited via GSA EBUY with four bids received. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (GS-07F-5965P).
General Atomics Aeronautical System, Poway, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $8,557,466 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. This project acquires optional extended range multipurpose aircraft and optional ground data terminal in support of communications-electronics research, development, and engineering center requirement. Work is to be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, CCAM-AR-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0069).
Charleston Marine Containers, Inc., North Charleston, S.C., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $8,509,129 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the procurement for Shipping and Storage Containers for soldiers deploying and redeploying CONUS and OCONUS locations. The containers are Tricon I, Tricon II, international standard organization (20 ft) and Quadcon. The basic quantity is 1,583 each, and option quantities 478 each for a total of 2,031 each. Work is to be performed in North Charleston, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 25, 2010. Two bids were solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0627).
Atlantic Marine Construction Co. Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $8,389,989 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a standard design child development center for children ages up to 5 years old at Fort Bragg. The primary facilities include outdoor activity area with playground equipment, building information systems, and site development. Work is to be performed in Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 25, 2011. Four bids solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912DY-08-D-0029).
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC, Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $7,732,080 firm-fixed-price contract for the maintenance dredging, 46-foot project, entrance channel, Kings Bay, Ga., and Fernandina Harbor. Work is to be performed in Fernandina Beach, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 1, 2010. Six bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (W912EP-09-C-0052).
Carey Electric, Vandalia, Ohio, was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $7,752,300 construction firm-fixed-price contract to construct a National Guard bureau and fiscal office warehouse. Work is to be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2011. Seven bids were solicited with 11 bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO for Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity (W91364-09-C-0014).
Alliant Ammunition and Powder Co. LLC., Radford, Va., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $7,323,944 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is for Trinitrotoluene, Type I, Flake NSN: 1376-00-628-3333 quantity: 1,703,243. Work is to be performed in Radford, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, CCRC-AR, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-D-0017).
Flir Systems Inc., Wilsonville, Ore., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $7,038,895 firm-fixed-price contract for integrated logistic support and 24/7 telephone support for the Flir's THV-3000 sensors used on the Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment Tower Systems. Work is to be performed in Wilsonville, Ore., with an estimated completion date of June 01, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received, U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-07-C-1051).
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded on Sept 18, 2009 $6,931,530 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the production of three Bell 407 commercial helicopters to be used as the training system platform for the Iraqi Armed 407 program, as described in pseudo Foreign Military Sale E4-B-UBY. Work is to be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, (55 percent), Mirabel, Quebec, and Canada (45 percent) with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, CCAM-AR-B, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0249).
Avon Protection Systems, Inc., Cadillac, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $6,428,360 firm-fixed-price-incentive contract. This contract is for 29,792 chemical B canisters for the joint service general purpose mask program. Work is to be performed in Cadillac, Mich., with en estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Research and Development Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W911SR-08-D-0024).
Hypres, In., Elmsford, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $6,660,995 cost-reimbursable contract for the advanced material and process development for superconducting qubits with long coherence time. Work is to be performed in Elmsford, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command Acquisition Center, Research Triangle Park, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W911NF-09-C-0154).
Sygnos, Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2009 a $6,377,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the Warriors in Transition administrative facilities, Fort Sam Houston. The project will consist of constructing standard design for one battalion headquarters and two large sized company operations in one facility and supporting facilities. Work is to be performed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 24, 2011. Three bids solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-08-D-0077).
Hollon/Barlovento JV, Dothan, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $6,350,392 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is for the design and construction of a weapons repair shop at Fort Benning, Ga. functional areas include room/areas for communication equipment repair; weapons repair bay; weapon quality check and test firing booth; and parts storage area. Supporting facilities include vehicle parking, antiterrorism measures, building information system, heating/ventilation/cooling, and energy monitoring and control system, utilities, security lighting, fencing, sewer, storm drainage, walks, curbs, gutters, and site development. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of June 12, 2011. Five bids were solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0061).
Anthrotech, Inc., Yellow Springs, Ohio, was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $6,164,798 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop and execute all activities necessary to conduct USMC and Army anthropometric surveys, deliver the resulting USMC and USA anthropometric database and summary statistics, and produce a final report on the project. Work is to be performed in Camp Lejeune, N.C. (7 percent), Camp Pendleton, Calif., (7 percent), March Air Force base, Calif., (7 percent), Fort Benning , Ga., (7 percent), Fort Bragg, N.C., (7 percent), Fort Campbell, Ky., (7 percent), Fort Dix, N.J., ( 7 percent), Fort Drum, N.Y., ( 7 percent), Fort Hood, Texas., (7 percent), Fort Jackson, S.C. (7 percent), Fort Lewis, Wash., (7 percent), Fort Rucker, Ala., (7 percent), Fort Sam Houston, Texas., (7 percent), and Fort Sill, Okla., (7 percent) with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2012. Bids were solicited via Internet with one bid received. U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-09-C-0195).
Vetindy, LLC, Chesterland, Ohio., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $5,790,000 firm-fixed-price contract to remove 400,000 cubic yards of dredged material from Consolidated Disposal Facility 10B. Work is to be performed in Cleveland, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 14, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 10 bids received. USA Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, Buffalo, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912P4-09-C-0016).
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Serco, Inc., Reston, Va., (N00189-09-D-Z064); Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), Virginia Beach, Va., (N00189-09-D-Z065); ITT Corp., Herndon, Va., (N00189-09-D-Z066); Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, (N00189-09-D-Z067); and Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va., (N00189-09-D-Z068), are each being awarded cost plus fixed fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts to provide professional support services to Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC). The support services include program management, logistics, financial management, and administrative support services. For Serco, Inc., the base amount is $13,244,334, and the estimated value if all options are exercised is $70,393,638. For SAIC, the base amount is, and the estimated value if all options are exercised is $70,368,766. For ITT Corp., the base amount is $14,608,631, and the estimated value if all options are exercised is $77,806,308. For Battelle, the base amount is $16,051,436, and the estimated value if all options are exercised is $85,176,711. For Booz Allen Hamilton, the base amount is $16,541,291, and the estimated value if all options are exercised is $87,667,450. This contract contains a one year base period with four one-year option periods. Work is to be performed in Washington, D.C., and work is expected to be complete September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This requirement was awarded through full and open competition, with 12 offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Philadelphia Office, is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $32,319,544 firm-fixed-price order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00421-05-G-0001) for various spares in support of two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1 aircraft. Work will be performed in Syracuse, N.Y., (41 percent); Bethpage, N.Y., (15.6 percent); Menlo Park, Calif., (5.7 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y., (4.8 percent); Woodland Hills, Calif., (4.6 percent); Irvine, Calif., (3.3 percent); Cleveland, Ohio, (3.2 percent); West Chester, Ohio, (3.2 percent); Indianapolis, Ind., (2.9 percent); Freeport, N.Y., (2 percent), and at various locations within the United States (13.7 percent), is expected to be completed in February 2013. 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.
Aero Components, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla., (N00174-09-D-0011); Laminated Materials Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., (N00174-09-D-0015); Precision Defense Services, Inc., Irwin, Pa., (N00174-09-D-0022); Mac Machine Company Inc., Baltimore, Md. (N00174-09-D-0016); Systems 3 Inc., Tempa, Ariz., (N00174-09-D-0023); Master Research & Manufacturing Inc., Norwalk, Calif., (N00174-09-D-0018); Accratronics Seals Corp., Burbank, Calif., (N00174-09-D-0009); AGA Precision, Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., (N00174-09-D-0010); Continental Precision Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., (N00174-09-D-0013); Northeast Plastic Supply, Co., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., (N00174-09-D-0021); Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, K1A 0S6, Heroux-Devtek Inc., Toronto, OH, M1P 2E3 (N00174-09-D-0014); Machinecraft, Inc., Baltimore, Md. (N00174-09-D-0017); N.R. Advanced Metal Technology Ltd., Ramat Gan, Israel (N00174-09-D-0019); Chucking Machine Products, Inc., Franklin Park, Ill. (N00174-09-D-0024); Ruoff & Sons, Inc., Runnemede, N.J. (N00174-09-D-0025) are contractors being awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, supply type contract. This is in support of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Divisions, and recurring requirement to procure aircrew escape propulsion system components. Awardees were selected because they are currently qualified to produce at least one QBL part. Price competition will be obtained as delivery orders are placed. The total combined potential value of all contracts issued will be $25,000,000 during the five year life on the contracts. A total of 16 contracts will be awarded. A synopsis of our intent to award IDIQ contracts for all QBL vendors was advertised in Federal Business Opportunities website. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md. is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Systems, Marlborough, Mass., is being awarded a $24,485,468 five year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering services and firm-fixed-priced parts in support of the Submarine High Data Rate (subHDR) antenna system & advanced communication mast (ACM) programs. Efforts will include: repair, restoration, upgrade and engineering changes services, engineering services support including participation in failure review board and conducting failure root cause analysis and corrective action, life cycle inventory management and parts obsolescence studies to determine and provide recommendations to address the obsolescence problems to subHDR National Maintenance Center for the following subHDR components: subHDR Mast Group, mast group line replaceable units (LRU's) and sub-level components, subHDR control terminal and ACM mast, control console, LRU's and sub-level components. Work will be performed in Largo, Fla., (70 percent), Newport, R.I., (20 percent), and other various fleet locations (10 percent), and work will be completed September 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $275,850 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year will be cited on the first task order. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport is the contracting activity (N66604-09-D-0001).
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Mass., is being awarded a $23,100,000 firm-fixed-price not-to-exceed contract for advanced procurement of long lead materials, non-recurring engineering and critical work center efforts in support of production of the DDG 113-related Aegis weapon system (AWS) AN/SPY-1D(V) radar transmitter group and missile fire control system MK 99. Work will be performed in Andover, Mass., (88 percent) and Sudbury, Mass., (12 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5111).
Mid Eastern Builders, Inc., Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded a $22,226,000 firm-fixed price contract for the replacement and construction of fuel tanks at Heckscher Drive, fuel farm, facilities and fuel operations at the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Jacksonville. The work to be performed provides for demolition and construction of seven steel above ground bulk fuel storage tanks and replacing five with new similar sized tanks at the same location. The project will also remove the underground piping from the pump station located at the intersection of Second Street and B Road to the last of the bulk storage tanks along B Road, and replace it with above ground piping. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively negotiated via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with seven proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-1261).
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $13,660,979 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5437) to exercise options for engineering and technical services in support of the MK15 Phalanx Close-In-Weapon System. Phalanx Close-In Weapon System is a fast reaction terminal defense against low and high flying, high-speed maneuvering anti-ship missile threats that have penetrated all other ships' defenses. The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System is an integral element of the Fleet Defense In-Depth concept and the ship self-defense program. Operating either autonomously or integrated with a combat system, it is an automatic terminal defense weapon system designed to detect, track, engage, and destroy anti-ship missile threats penetrating other defense envelopes. Phalanx Close-In Weapon System is currently installed on approximately 187 Navy ships and is in use in 20 foreign navies. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $1,298,142 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Atlantic Marine Mayport, LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $12,819,928 modification to a previously awarded contract (N40027-09-C-0103) to perform drydock, ship alterations, maintenance and repair work for the drydock selected restricted availability onboard the USS Roosevelt (DDG 80). This modification is to provide ship repair including drydocking, hull, machinery, electrical, electronics, ship alterations, boiler, and piping. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by January 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $12,819,928.00 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southeast Regional Maintenance Center, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Virtexco Corporation, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded $12,794,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0006 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-06-D-4010) for design and construction of two projects - Wounded Warrior Battalion Headquarters Building and Wounded Warrior Hope and Care Center at Marine Corp Base Camp Lejeune. Projects will serve battle wounded and recovering marines therefore design and construction will need to pay special attention to accessibility considerations and health privacy act requirements. Built in equipment includes: indoor lap and therapy pools, fitness and physical rehabilitation spaces and equipment, rock climbing wall, office and administrative spaces, and a ceremonial area for dedication and memorial displays. The task order also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative task order value to $13,894,000. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 2011. 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, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Information Systems and Global Services, Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded a $12,476,991 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop a network prioritization system with user-level attribution for military computer networks under the Military Networking Protocol (MNP) Program. The protocols, techniques and devices developed in the program will de-anonymize network data flows for computers and network enclaves using MNP technology. This contract includes two options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to a potential $31,881,040. Work will performed in San Jose, Calif., (50 percent); Gaithersburg, Md., (36 percent); and Murray Hill, N.J., (14 percent), and work is expected to be completed March 22, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Broad Agency Announcement (BAA-09-11) via posting on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Twelve proposals were received and three were selected. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific is the contracting activity (N66001-09-C-2072).
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., is being awarded a $10,623,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for an Enterprise Licensing Agreement (ELA) for VMware software. The unlimited use perpetual ELA for VMware Infrastructure (Datacenter, Application, and Management vServices) and Enterprise Desktop applications software is used on existing United States Marine Corps (USMC) hardware and technology equipment to provide infrastructure virtualization, management and automation of virtualized environments, and virtualization of client devices and operational applications. This contract contains options, which if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value of the contract to $40,900,000. Work will be performed within the National Capitol Region (NCR) which is defined as District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. While the work performed will be for the program office located in Quantico, Va., the specific vendor representatives will be throughout the NCR. Specific city and state locations will vary depending on the VMware representative assigned. The period of performance is expected to be completed by Sept. 16, 2010. If all options are exercised work is expected to end Sept. 16, 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $4,601,629 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-C-4762).
Coakley & Williams Construction, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded $9,894,000 for firm-fixed price task order #0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N40085-07-D-7023) to renovate Building V47 for the Combat Craft Facility at Naval Station Norfolk. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction to relocate Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division from Fort Monroe, Hampton, Va., to Building V47 Naval Station, Norfolk, Va. Building V47 will be renovated, along with the adjacent waterfront, to provide research, development, test and evaluation, lab, training, maintenance, warehousing, and waterfront operations. Relocation is required due to Base Realignment and Closure required closure of Fort Monroe. The task order also contains three unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $10,068,700. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 2010. 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, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
Aurora Optics, Inc.*, Ambler, Pa., is being awarded a $9,500,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the development, evaluation and qualification of a self-consistent package of technologies for comprehensive field support of fiber optic cables in Navy service. Work will be performed in Broad Axe, Pa., and is expected to be completed in October 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via a broad agency announcement; 40 offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-09-D-0010).
EFW, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an $8,064,795 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-09-C-0057) to provide non-recurring engineering efforts in support of the integration and software development of the AH-1W helmet display and tracker system. Work will be performed in Haifa, Israel (59 percent); Warner Robins, Ga., (25 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas, (16 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $8,064,795 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi and Associates, Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a maximum $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineer services contract for the preparation of project engineering documentation, preliminary and final plans and specifications, technical reports, construction cost estimates, operations and maintenance manuals, record drawings, shop drawing reviews, redi-check reviews and construction consultation and geotechnical investigations as required for structural design, analysis and studies in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). Work will be performed in the NAVFAC Pacific AOR, including various locations worldwide, and work is expected to be completed Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website, with eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-09-D-0006).
L-3 Communications, Integrated Systems, Waco, Texas, is being awarded a $6,208,193 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract (N00019-05-D-0008) to conduct Lower Wing Zone 5 material structures replacements for two P-3C aircraft. Work will be performed in Waco, Texas (54 percent) and Birmingham, Ala., (46 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 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.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Integrated Systems Eastern Region, Melbourne, Fla., is being awarded a $6,135,377 modification to previously awarded contract (N61331-01-C-0037) to provide post delivery technical support of the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis Engineering & Manufacturing Development units. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Fla., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Savi Technology, Mountain View, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $100,000,000 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery, sole source contract for radio frequency identification tags and accompanying magnetic mounting brackets. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Air Force and DLA stock locations. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. This contract consists of a two year base period and two one-year option periods. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is September 23, 2011. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM8EF-09-D-0004).
United Technologies, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a maximum $26,164,113 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity contract for fuel engine lines. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Navy and Air Force. This contract modification is a ten-year, corporate contract with a three-year base period and provisions for seven one-year options. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is February 14, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond, Va., (SPM400-01-D-9405).
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Petraeus Cites Need for Critical Warfighting Specialties
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 23, 2009 - The U.S. military needs more people trained in specialties critical to the fight against global extremism, the chief of U.S. Central Command said here today. "The fact is, there are a number of, still, very-high-demand, low density skill areas" that need to be addressed by military personnel planners, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, chief of U.S. Central Command, told attendees at a one-day, symposium held at the National Press Club.
After overseeing the successful 2007 surge-of-forces campaign in Iraq, Petraeus later became chief of Centcom, which has responsibility for operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other parts of the region.
Petraeus recently queried the Army and Air Force about training up more
joint tactical air controllers. JTACs maintain communications and provide close-air support to ground units.
There's a "big shortage" of JTACs that regularly serve with platoon-sized security teams and Special Forces' units, he said.
Electronic warfare is another critical specialty, Petraeus said. Electronic warfare specialists manage and protect military communications. For example, the enemy has used cell phone transmissions to detonate improvised explosive devices. The enemy may also attempt to jam friendly communications.
Information operations specialists also are in demand, the general said, noting that Internet communications "is a battleground that cannot be uncontested."
The enemy, Petraeus said, "cannot have free rein out in cyber space, anymore than they can have free rein or sanctuary in some kind of physical, geographic location."
Other required skill sets include languages and knowledge of the cultures in which they are spoken, he said.
Realizing the need for and developing military occupational specialties that support worldwide counterinsurgency operations reflects the changed landscape the military has operated in since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
However, Petraeus said, the military now possesses leaders who have "demonstrated the kind of flexibility and adaptability" required to succeed in irregular and counterinsurgency warfare.
The symposium, hosted by the Marine Corps University, based at Quantico
Marine Base, Va., was titled: "Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond," but Petraeus told his audience that he wouldn't address questions related to current senior-level discussions about the way forward in Afghanistan.
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 23, 2009 - The U.S. military needs more people trained in specialties critical to the fight against global extremism, the chief of U.S. Central Command said here today. "The fact is, there are a number of, still, very-high-demand, low density skill areas" that need to be addressed by military personnel planners, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, chief of U.S. Central Command, told attendees at a one-day, symposium held at the National Press Club.
After overseeing the successful 2007 surge-of-forces campaign in Iraq, Petraeus later became chief of Centcom, which has responsibility for operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other parts of the region.
Petraeus recently queried the Army and Air Force about training up more
joint tactical air controllers. JTACs maintain communications and provide close-air support to ground units.
There's a "big shortage" of JTACs that regularly serve with platoon-sized security teams and Special Forces' units, he said.
Electronic warfare is another critical specialty, Petraeus said. Electronic warfare specialists manage and protect military communications. For example, the enemy has used cell phone transmissions to detonate improvised explosive devices. The enemy may also attempt to jam friendly communications.
Information operations specialists also are in demand, the general said, noting that Internet communications "is a battleground that cannot be uncontested."
The enemy, Petraeus said, "cannot have free rein out in cyber space, anymore than they can have free rein or sanctuary in some kind of physical, geographic location."
Other required skill sets include languages and knowledge of the cultures in which they are spoken, he said.
Realizing the need for and developing military occupational specialties that support worldwide counterinsurgency operations reflects the changed landscape the military has operated in since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
However, Petraeus said, the military now possesses leaders who have "demonstrated the kind of flexibility and adaptability" required to succeed in irregular and counterinsurgency warfare.
The symposium, hosted by the Marine Corps University, based at Quantico
Marine Base, Va., was titled: "Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq and Beyond," but Petraeus told his audience that he wouldn't address questions related to current senior-level discussions about the way forward in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
National Security Archive Update, September 22, 2009
JOE-1:U.S. Intelligence and the Detection of the First Soviet Nuclear Test, September 1949
For more information contact:
William Burr [National Security Archive] - 202/994-7000
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb286/
Washington D.C., September 22, 2009 – Sixty years ago tomorrow, on 23 September 1949, President Harry Truman made headlines when he announced that the Soviet Union had secretly tested a nuclear weapon several weeks earlier. Truman did not explain how the United States had detected the test, which had occurred on 29 August 1949 at Semipalatinsk, a site in northeastern Kazakhstan. Using declassified material, much of which has never been published, this briefing book documents how the U.S. Air Force, the Atomic Energy Commission, and U.S. scientific intelligence worked together to detect a nuclear test that intelligence analysts, still unaware of the extent to which the Soviets had penetrated the Manhattan Project, did not expect so soon.
Stalin and the Soviet Politburo were probably stunned by Truman's announcement; they did not know that Washington had a surveillance system for detecting the tell-tale signs of a nuclear test and they wanted secrecy to avoid giving the United States an incentive to accelerate its nuclear weapons activities. (Note 1) Joe-1 (as U.S. intelligence designated it) was also a jolt for U.S. intelligence analysis, which for several years had asserted that the Soviets were unlikely to have the bomb before mid-1953, although mid-1950 was also possible. A few weeks after the test, CIA director Roscoe Hillenkoetter argued that "I don't think we were taken by surprise" because of an error of only a "few months," but not all of his Congressional masters accepted that.
For more information contact:
William Burr [National Security Archive] - 202/994-7000
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb286/
Washington D.C., September 22, 2009 – Sixty years ago tomorrow, on 23 September 1949, President Harry Truman made headlines when he announced that the Soviet Union had secretly tested a nuclear weapon several weeks earlier. Truman did not explain how the United States had detected the test, which had occurred on 29 August 1949 at Semipalatinsk, a site in northeastern Kazakhstan. Using declassified material, much of which has never been published, this briefing book documents how the U.S. Air Force, the Atomic Energy Commission, and U.S. scientific intelligence worked together to detect a nuclear test that intelligence analysts, still unaware of the extent to which the Soviets had penetrated the Manhattan Project, did not expect so soon.
Stalin and the Soviet Politburo were probably stunned by Truman's announcement; they did not know that Washington had a surveillance system for detecting the tell-tale signs of a nuclear test and they wanted secrecy to avoid giving the United States an incentive to accelerate its nuclear weapons activities. (Note 1) Joe-1 (as U.S. intelligence designated it) was also a jolt for U.S. intelligence analysis, which for several years had asserted that the Soviets were unlikely to have the bomb before mid-1953, although mid-1950 was also possible. A few weeks after the test, CIA director Roscoe Hillenkoetter argued that "I don't think we were taken by surprise" because of an error of only a "few months," but not all of his Congressional masters accepted that.
Jill Biden Visits New York Guardsmen
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 22, 2009 - Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, met here yesterday with New York National Guard personnel and their families following an appearance in the state with President Barack Obama. Biden met with Army Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto, adjutant general of the New York National Guard; family members of deployed soldiers; and professionals who support the New York National Guard's Family Program.
The Bidens' son, Joseph "Beau" Biden III, is a captain in the Delaware Army National Guard and is currently deployed in Iraq. Biden has made support for the families of National Guard and Reserve members one of her priority issues as the nation's "second lady."
"I have talked to hundreds of servicemembers and families in my travels around the country, and I have listened to their concerns," Biden said. "As a military mom, this is personal to me too -- and I am doing as much as I can to raise awareness of the special challenges that Guard members and their families face.
"I hope to encourage more Americans to think about how they can show appreciation for our military families," she said.
Biden, an English professor who holds a doctorate in education, accompanied Obama to Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., yesterday where the president called for a "new generation of innovation" and announced $100 billion in economic stimulus for the effort.
Biden took advantage of her visit to the capital region to find out more about the New York Guard's Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to help redeployed soldiers reintegrate to civilian life, and the Guard's family support programs.
"I enjoyed learning more today about the New York National Guard's reintegration programs and the critical ways the Guard is working to better support our soldiers and their families before, during and after deployments," she said.
Following a meeting with administrators of the Guard's Family Program, Biden met with family members of soldiers in the 206th Military Police Company, headquartered here, who are currently deployed in Basra, Iraq. She also met briefly with members of 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, who recently returned from Iraq.
(From the New York National Guard public affairs office.)
Sept. 22, 2009 - Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, met here yesterday with New York National Guard personnel and their families following an appearance in the state with President Barack Obama. Biden met with Army Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto, adjutant general of the New York National Guard; family members of deployed soldiers; and professionals who support the New York National Guard's Family Program.
The Bidens' son, Joseph "Beau" Biden III, is a captain in the Delaware Army National Guard and is currently deployed in Iraq. Biden has made support for the families of National Guard and Reserve members one of her priority issues as the nation's "second lady."
"I have talked to hundreds of servicemembers and families in my travels around the country, and I have listened to their concerns," Biden said. "As a military mom, this is personal to me too -- and I am doing as much as I can to raise awareness of the special challenges that Guard members and their families face.
"I hope to encourage more Americans to think about how they can show appreciation for our military families," she said.
Biden, an English professor who holds a doctorate in education, accompanied Obama to Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., yesterday where the president called for a "new generation of innovation" and announced $100 billion in economic stimulus for the effort.
Biden took advantage of her visit to the capital region to find out more about the New York Guard's Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to help redeployed soldiers reintegrate to civilian life, and the Guard's family support programs.
"I enjoyed learning more today about the New York National Guard's reintegration programs and the critical ways the Guard is working to better support our soldiers and their families before, during and after deployments," she said.
Following a meeting with administrators of the Guard's Family Program, Biden met with family members of soldiers in the 206th Military Police Company, headquartered here, who are currently deployed in Basra, Iraq. She also met briefly with members of 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, who recently returned from Iraq.
(From the New York National Guard public affairs office.)
Pennsylvania Guard Called Up for G-20 Summit
By Air Force Capt. Jay Ostrich
Special to American Forces Press Service
Sept. 22, 2009 - More than 2,500 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen have been called up to support the international G-20 Summit, a global economic summit, being held here Sept. 24 and 25. Operation Steel Kickoff started Sept. 20 with a joint reception, staging, onward movement and integration point process led by the Guard's 213th Area Support Group, which is working out of a hangar at the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Coraopolis, Pa.
In short, the four-point process acts as the gateway for the soldiers and airmen assigned to the mission.
"We're the support role, helping the soldiers and airmen get out and do the things they need to do," said Army 1st Lt. Matthew Springer, the team leader for Operation Steel Kickoff's JRSOI process. "Our focus is on ensuring the war fighter is getting the things they need to be successful in their mission."
This is the first joint operation of this magnitude for the 213th ASG, and because it is taking place in their home state, the operation has instilled many with an extra sense of pride.
"It's always a great experience when you can help, especially when it's here on the home front, a mission right here in the state of Pennsylvania," Springer said.
The mission starts administratively, Springer said.
"We're checking for ID cards, orders, dog tags and critical personnel information" he said. "Once they're in-processed, soldiers and airmen move to medical where they receive their flu shots."
After being medically processed, the servicemembers are briefed by public affairs, legal, medical and intelligence. Once they've completed the briefings, they're ready for the mission, Springer said.
Following the check-in process, soldiers and airmen wasted no time in practicing techniques needed to help local, state and federal authorities keep Pittsburgh safe as demonstrators take to the streets in protest of the worldwide economic summit.
Several hundred joint task force members practiced throughout the day with movement techniques, formations and crowd and riot control at Crane Armory here.
"We're working hard right now because we have Army and Air Force members who haven't trained together before," said Army Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Bittner, a platoon leader from 1/110th, D Company. "We are working to mesh, because we all take a lot of pride in this mission."
Even the veterans are experiencing something new.
"This is definitely a different mission," said Air Force Master Sgt. Pauline Gonzalez, a 23-year veteran and personnel specialist with the 211th Engineering Installation Squadron. "It's very hard and very challenging, but it's been a rewarding experience."
As the sun set on the first day of training for the big event, the Guard continued to practice in case protests become a threat to people and property.
"We have a duty and responsibility to make sure the citizens are protected," Gonzalez said. "Demonstrators have their rights, but they have to exercise them peacefully and within the law."
(Air Force Capt. Jay Ostrich serves with the Pennsylvania National Guard public affairs office.)
Special to American Forces Press Service
Sept. 22, 2009 - More than 2,500 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen have been called up to support the international G-20 Summit, a global economic summit, being held here Sept. 24 and 25. Operation Steel Kickoff started Sept. 20 with a joint reception, staging, onward movement and integration point process led by the Guard's 213th Area Support Group, which is working out of a hangar at the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Coraopolis, Pa.
In short, the four-point process acts as the gateway for the soldiers and airmen assigned to the mission.
"We're the support role, helping the soldiers and airmen get out and do the things they need to do," said Army 1st Lt. Matthew Springer, the team leader for Operation Steel Kickoff's JRSOI process. "Our focus is on ensuring the war fighter is getting the things they need to be successful in their mission."
This is the first joint operation of this magnitude for the 213th ASG, and because it is taking place in their home state, the operation has instilled many with an extra sense of pride.
"It's always a great experience when you can help, especially when it's here on the home front, a mission right here in the state of Pennsylvania," Springer said.
The mission starts administratively, Springer said.
"We're checking for ID cards, orders, dog tags and critical personnel information" he said. "Once they're in-processed, soldiers and airmen move to medical where they receive their flu shots."
After being medically processed, the servicemembers are briefed by public affairs, legal, medical and intelligence. Once they've completed the briefings, they're ready for the mission, Springer said.
Following the check-in process, soldiers and airmen wasted no time in practicing techniques needed to help local, state and federal authorities keep Pittsburgh safe as demonstrators take to the streets in protest of the worldwide economic summit.
Several hundred joint task force members practiced throughout the day with movement techniques, formations and crowd and riot control at Crane Armory here.
"We're working hard right now because we have Army and Air Force members who haven't trained together before," said Army Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Bittner, a platoon leader from 1/110th, D Company. "We are working to mesh, because we all take a lot of pride in this mission."
Even the veterans are experiencing something new.
"This is definitely a different mission," said Air Force Master Sgt. Pauline Gonzalez, a 23-year veteran and personnel specialist with the 211th Engineering Installation Squadron. "It's very hard and very challenging, but it's been a rewarding experience."
As the sun set on the first day of training for the big event, the Guard continued to practice in case protests become a threat to people and property.
"We have a duty and responsibility to make sure the citizens are protected," Gonzalez said. "Demonstrators have their rights, but they have to exercise them peacefully and within the law."
(Air Force Capt. Jay Ostrich serves with the Pennsylvania National Guard public affairs office.)
MILITARY CONTRACTS September 22, 2009
NAVY
Harper Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $124,372,557 firm-fixed price contract for design and construction of four Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The BEQs will house a total of 1,798 Marines in the standard 2+0 configuration and will include a multipurpose community area and laundry facilities. The contract also contains four planned modifications, which if issued would increase the cumulative contract value to $137,200,519. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 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 21 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-07-C-1208).
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded an $81,100,001 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 23 FY09 full rate production Lot VII AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar helicopter dipping sonar systems for the MH-60R Program. Work will be performed in Brest, France, (72 percent); Portsmouth, R.I., (26 percent); and Gaithersburg, Md., (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0096).
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Integrated Systems Division, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $49,380,947 contract for the procurement of AAR-47 Missile Warning System components. This contract provides for the procurement of 684 AAR-47 A(V)2 Optical Sensor Converters for U.S. Air Force, (324); U.S. Army (8); U.S. National Guard, (176); NATO, (12); and the Governments of India, (32); United Kingdom, (4); Canada (4); Germany, (36); Portugal, (8); Austria, (20); and Taiwan, (60). In addition, this contract provides for 1,677 AAR-47B(V)2 Optical Sensor Converters for the U.S. Navy, (1,672) and the Government of Canada, (5); 64 AAR-47 A(V)2 Control Indicators for the U.S. Navy, (2); U.S. Air Force, (25); U.S. Army, (2); NATO, (3); and the Governments of the United Kingdom, (1); Canada, (1); Germany, (10); Austria, (5); and Taiwan, (15); 222 AAR-47A(V)2 Computer Processors for the U.S. Air Force, (133); U.S. Army, (2); U.S. National Guard, (44); NATO, (3); and the Governments of India, (8); United Kingdom, (1); Canada, (1); Germany, (10); Austria, (5); and Taiwan, (15). This contract also provides for 118 AAR-47B(V)2 Computer Processors for the U.S. Navy and 301 Computer Processor Retrofits for the U.S. Navy (300) and the Government of Canada (1), including associated technical data and computer software. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy, ($29,879,616; 60.5 percent); U.S. Air Force, ($9,621,564; 19.5 percent); National Guard, ($4,573,668; 9.3 percent); NATO, ($350,664; .7 percent); U.S. Army, ($233,776; .5 percent), and the governments of Germany, ($1,081,824; 10 percent); and Taiwan, ($1,753,320; 3.6 percent); India, ($831,576; 1.7 percent); Canada, ($179,499; .4 percent); Portugal, ($174,112; .3 percent); United Kingdom, ($116,888; .2 percent); and Austria, ($584,440; 1.1 percent); under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla., (58.3 percent); Austin, Texas, (24.2 percent); various OCONUS locations (6.2 percent); Natanya, Israel, (3.6 percent); Hamamatsu, Japan, (3 percent); Sarasota, Fla., (2 percent); Northvale, N.J., (1.6 percent); and Loveland, Colo., (1.1 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $6,234,066 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0037).
Sundt William Scotsman, a Joint Venture, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $25,356,405 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N62473-08-C-3511) to exercise option 0003 which provides for the design and installation of temporary facilities. The work to be performed under this option provides interim facilities for administration, billeting, armory, storage and maintenance buildings over ten areas at Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $92,063,499. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Choate Construction Co., Mount Pleasant, S.C., is being awarded an $11,460,000 firm-fixed price contract for construction of a multi-story dormitory (144 rooms) at Shaw Air Force Base. The work will also include the demolition of two existing dormitories. Work will be performed in Sumter, S.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 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 14 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-1782).
BAE Systems Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded an $11,262,303 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-07-C-0019) to exercise an option for engineering and technical products and services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's air traffic control and landing systems. The estimated level of effort for this option is 134,000 man-hours. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., (80 percent), San Diego, Calif., (10 percent), and various shipboard locations (10 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 Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., is the contracting activity.
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $10,628,905 cost-plus fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-07-G-0008) to design and develop improvements to the interim defensive weapon system on the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. This delivery order includes the design, qualification testing, airworthiness substantiation; aircraft fit check and ground testing and procurement of all necessary materials and parts. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., (50 percent) and Johnson City, N.Y., (50 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $10,628,905 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Bering Sea Eccotech, Inc., (DBA BSE Inc.) *, Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded $7,785,464 for firm-fixed-price task order #0006 under the range sustainment remediation environmental multiple award contract (N62473-09-D-2617) for operational range clearance at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The work to be performed provides for operational range clearance, processing, recycling of ordnance scrap and target debris for multiple target areas. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, Environmental Core Contracts, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $6,658,468 firm-fixed-price contract to retrofit 603 integrated multi-platform launch controllers (IMPLCs) on F/A-18 aircraft for the Navy (576) and the government of Australia (27). The IMPLC is the launch controller component of the AN/ALE-50 and AN/ALE-55 countermeasures decoy dispensing set and integrated defensive electronics countermeasure program. This contract combines purchases for the Navy, ($5,893,855; 89 percent) and the government of Australia, ($764,613; 11 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Goleta, Calif., (99 percent) and Fullerton, Calif., (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to the FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0036).
AIR FORCE
Boeing Aerospace Operations of Oklahoma city, Okla., was awarded a $28,940,000 contract for contractor logistics support umbrella engineering services support which will provide sustaining and non-recurring engineering services to support research and development, aircraft modifications, aircraft maintenance and technical services for Boeing commercial derivative military use aircraft. At this time, no money has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKA, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-07-C-0001, P00057).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $18,999,957 contract which will provide strategic planning full spectrum intelligence analysis of U.S. Air Force Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency intelligence transformation. At this time, $5,957,149 has been obligated. 55 CONS, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0336).
Boeing Co., of Wichita, Kan., was awarded a $15,151,207 contract which will provide portion of the heavy maintenance and the cost reimbursable paint effort for VC-25A aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-09-C-0005,P00001).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $14,492,756 contract which will provide joint munitions lethality and survivability/vulnerability analysis. At this time $1,770,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0335).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $14,471,271 contract to provide survivability and vulnerability analysis for the United States Strategic Command missions. At this time, $1,050,828 has been obligated. 55 CONS, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380 DO 0338).
Davis Group, Inc. of Sanford, Fla., was awarded a $9,404,145 contract to provide intelligence facility B530 at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. At this time, $2,045,766 has been obligated. 17 CONS/LGCA, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity. (FA3030-09-C-0012).
General Electric Aviation Systems, LLC of Sterling, Va., was awarded a $8,701,464 contract to provide for the purchase of 26 total R-391 propellers for the C-130 aircraft. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 330 ACSG/GFKA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8504-098-C-0005).
Wyle Laboratories, Inc of Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $8,581,458 contract to research, test, develop, and deliver engineering change proposals/technical directives, engineering and technical design review recommendations, installation procedures and practical findings, process Improvement recommendations and practical findings and technical reports for the Navy's, E-2/C-2/MPT aircraft modifications and installations analysis project. At this time, $387,895 was obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4005, DO:0109).
Rolls-Royce Corp., of Indianapolis, Ind., was awarded a $8,525,500 contract to provide 956 initial spare engine parts in support of the Rolls-Royce commercial engines used for propulsion of the C-130 aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 330 ACSG/GFKA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8504-07-D-0001, DO:0304).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $7,246,367 contract to provide for expeditionary warfare training group Pacific mission assurance through survivability/vulnerability analysis and assessment. At this time, $120,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380 DO:0327).
Harris Technical Services Corp., of Colorado Springs, Col., was awarded a $6,449,151 contract for mission communications operations and maintenance for the 50th Space Wing. At this time, no money has been obligated. 50 CONS, Schriever Air Force Base, Col., is the contracting activity (FA2550-02-C-0007).
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems of Clearfield, Utah was awarded a $10,625,000 contract which will replace 30 year old cables and junction boxes on the reentry system test set for the Minuteman weapon system. At this time, $5,206,250 has been obligated. 526 ICBMSG/PKE55 Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001).
L3 Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., was awarded a $8,231,115 contract which will provide acquisition of helicopter maintenance services for UH-1N and HH-60G helicopters and functional check flight services for the CV-22 aircraft located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. At this time, $8,231,115 has been obligated. AETC CONS/LGCK, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA3002-10-C-0001).
Northrop Grumman Information Technology of McLean, Va., was awarded a $6,166,724 contract which will provide support services for war gaming and doctrine education. At this time, $1,818,746 has been obligated. 42 CONS, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., is the contracting activity (F01600-01-C-0004, P00097).
BAE Systems Information and Electronics of Totowa, N.J., was awarded a $5,963,688 contract which will provide engineering services to resolve obsolete part and vanishing vendor issues with the LRU-3c of the AN/ALR-56C system, and significantly improve the system availability of the LRU-3C. At this time, $5,963,688 has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (F09603-03-D-0001,0380).
Harper Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $124,372,557 firm-fixed price contract for design and construction of four Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The BEQs will house a total of 1,798 Marines in the standard 2+0 configuration and will include a multipurpose community area and laundry facilities. The contract also contains four planned modifications, which if issued would increase the cumulative contract value to $137,200,519. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 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 21 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-07-C-1208).
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded an $81,100,001 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 23 FY09 full rate production Lot VII AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar helicopter dipping sonar systems for the MH-60R Program. Work will be performed in Brest, France, (72 percent); Portsmouth, R.I., (26 percent); and Gaithersburg, Md., (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0096).
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Integrated Systems Division, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $49,380,947 contract for the procurement of AAR-47 Missile Warning System components. This contract provides for the procurement of 684 AAR-47 A(V)2 Optical Sensor Converters for U.S. Air Force, (324); U.S. Army (8); U.S. National Guard, (176); NATO, (12); and the Governments of India, (32); United Kingdom, (4); Canada (4); Germany, (36); Portugal, (8); Austria, (20); and Taiwan, (60). In addition, this contract provides for 1,677 AAR-47B(V)2 Optical Sensor Converters for the U.S. Navy, (1,672) and the Government of Canada, (5); 64 AAR-47 A(V)2 Control Indicators for the U.S. Navy, (2); U.S. Air Force, (25); U.S. Army, (2); NATO, (3); and the Governments of the United Kingdom, (1); Canada, (1); Germany, (10); Austria, (5); and Taiwan, (15); 222 AAR-47A(V)2 Computer Processors for the U.S. Air Force, (133); U.S. Army, (2); U.S. National Guard, (44); NATO, (3); and the Governments of India, (8); United Kingdom, (1); Canada, (1); Germany, (10); Austria, (5); and Taiwan, (15). This contract also provides for 118 AAR-47B(V)2 Computer Processors for the U.S. Navy and 301 Computer Processor Retrofits for the U.S. Navy (300) and the Government of Canada (1), including associated technical data and computer software. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy, ($29,879,616; 60.5 percent); U.S. Air Force, ($9,621,564; 19.5 percent); National Guard, ($4,573,668; 9.3 percent); NATO, ($350,664; .7 percent); U.S. Army, ($233,776; .5 percent), and the governments of Germany, ($1,081,824; 10 percent); and Taiwan, ($1,753,320; 3.6 percent); India, ($831,576; 1.7 percent); Canada, ($179,499; .4 percent); Portugal, ($174,112; .3 percent); United Kingdom, ($116,888; .2 percent); and Austria, ($584,440; 1.1 percent); under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla., (58.3 percent); Austin, Texas, (24.2 percent); various OCONUS locations (6.2 percent); Natanya, Israel, (3.6 percent); Hamamatsu, Japan, (3 percent); Sarasota, Fla., (2 percent); Northvale, N.J., (1.6 percent); and Loveland, Colo., (1.1 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $6,234,066 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0037).
Sundt William Scotsman, a Joint Venture, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $25,356,405 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N62473-08-C-3511) to exercise option 0003 which provides for the design and installation of temporary facilities. The work to be performed under this option provides interim facilities for administration, billeting, armory, storage and maintenance buildings over ten areas at Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $92,063,499. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Choate Construction Co., Mount Pleasant, S.C., is being awarded an $11,460,000 firm-fixed price contract for construction of a multi-story dormitory (144 rooms) at Shaw Air Force Base. The work will also include the demolition of two existing dormitories. Work will be performed in Sumter, S.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2011. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 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 14 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-C-1782).
BAE Systems Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded an $11,262,303 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-07-C-0019) to exercise an option for engineering and technical products and services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's air traffic control and landing systems. The estimated level of effort for this option is 134,000 man-hours. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., (80 percent), San Diego, Calif., (10 percent), and various shipboard locations (10 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 Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., is the contracting activity.
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $10,628,905 cost-plus fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-07-G-0008) to design and develop improvements to the interim defensive weapon system on the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. This delivery order includes the design, qualification testing, airworthiness substantiation; aircraft fit check and ground testing and procurement of all necessary materials and parts. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., (50 percent) and Johnson City, N.Y., (50 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $10,628,905 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Bering Sea Eccotech, Inc., (DBA BSE Inc.) *, Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded $7,785,464 for firm-fixed-price task order #0006 under the range sustainment remediation environmental multiple award contract (N62473-09-D-2617) for operational range clearance at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The work to be performed provides for operational range clearance, processing, recycling of ordnance scrap and target debris for multiple target areas. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, Environmental Core Contracts, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $6,658,468 firm-fixed-price contract to retrofit 603 integrated multi-platform launch controllers (IMPLCs) on F/A-18 aircraft for the Navy (576) and the government of Australia (27). The IMPLC is the launch controller component of the AN/ALE-50 and AN/ALE-55 countermeasures decoy dispensing set and integrated defensive electronics countermeasure program. This contract combines purchases for the Navy, ($5,893,855; 89 percent) and the government of Australia, ($764,613; 11 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Goleta, Calif., (99 percent) and Fullerton, Calif., (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to the FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0036).
AIR FORCE
Boeing Aerospace Operations of Oklahoma city, Okla., was awarded a $28,940,000 contract for contractor logistics support umbrella engineering services support which will provide sustaining and non-recurring engineering services to support research and development, aircraft modifications, aircraft maintenance and technical services for Boeing commercial derivative military use aircraft. At this time, no money has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKA, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-07-C-0001, P00057).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $18,999,957 contract which will provide strategic planning full spectrum intelligence analysis of U.S. Air Force Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency intelligence transformation. At this time, $5,957,149 has been obligated. 55 CONS, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0336).
Boeing Co., of Wichita, Kan., was awarded a $15,151,207 contract which will provide portion of the heavy maintenance and the cost reimbursable paint effort for VC-25A aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-09-C-0005,P00001).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $14,492,756 contract which will provide joint munitions lethality and survivability/vulnerability analysis. At this time $1,770,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0335).
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $14,471,271 contract to provide survivability and vulnerability analysis for the United States Strategic Command missions. At this time, $1,050,828 has been obligated. 55 CONS, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380 DO 0338).
Davis Group, Inc. of Sanford, Fla., was awarded a $9,404,145 contract to provide intelligence facility B530 at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. At this time, $2,045,766 has been obligated. 17 CONS/LGCA, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity. (FA3030-09-C-0012).
General Electric Aviation Systems, LLC of Sterling, Va., was awarded a $8,701,464 contract to provide for the purchase of 26 total R-391 propellers for the C-130 aircraft. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 330 ACSG/GFKA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8504-098-C-0005).
Wyle Laboratories, Inc of Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $8,581,458 contract to research, test, develop, and deliver engineering change proposals/technical directives, engineering and technical design review recommendations, installation procedures and practical findings, process Improvement recommendations and practical findings and technical reports for the Navy's, E-2/C-2/MPT aircraft modifications and installations analysis project. At this time, $387,895 was obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4005, DO:0109).
Rolls-Royce Corp., of Indianapolis, Ind., was awarded a $8,525,500 contract to provide 956 initial spare engine parts in support of the Rolls-Royce commercial engines used for propulsion of the C-130 aircraft. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 330 ACSG/GFKA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8504-07-D-0001, DO:0304).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., was awarded a $7,246,367 contract to provide for expeditionary warfare training group Pacific mission assurance through survivability/vulnerability analysis and assessment. At this time, $120,000 has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380 DO:0327).
Harris Technical Services Corp., of Colorado Springs, Col., was awarded a $6,449,151 contract for mission communications operations and maintenance for the 50th Space Wing. At this time, no money has been obligated. 50 CONS, Schriever Air Force Base, Col., is the contracting activity (FA2550-02-C-0007).
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems of Clearfield, Utah was awarded a $10,625,000 contract which will replace 30 year old cables and junction boxes on the reentry system test set for the Minuteman weapon system. At this time, $5,206,250 has been obligated. 526 ICBMSG/PKE55 Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001).
L3 Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., was awarded a $8,231,115 contract which will provide acquisition of helicopter maintenance services for UH-1N and HH-60G helicopters and functional check flight services for the CV-22 aircraft located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. At this time, $8,231,115 has been obligated. AETC CONS/LGCK, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA3002-10-C-0001).
Northrop Grumman Information Technology of McLean, Va., was awarded a $6,166,724 contract which will provide support services for war gaming and doctrine education. At this time, $1,818,746 has been obligated. 42 CONS, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., is the contracting activity (F01600-01-C-0004, P00097).
BAE Systems Information and Electronics of Totowa, N.J., was awarded a $5,963,688 contract which will provide engineering services to resolve obsolete part and vanishing vendor issues with the LRU-3c of the AN/ALR-56C system, and significantly improve the system availability of the LRU-3C. At this time, $5,963,688 has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (F09603-03-D-0001,0380).
Monday, September 21, 2009
MILITARY CONTRACTS September 21, 2009
NAVY
AT&T, Hanover, Md., (N00244-05-D-0010); Sprint-Nextel, Lone Tree, Col., (N00244-05-D-0011); and Verizon Wireless, Laurel, Md., (N00244-05-D-0012), are each being awarded a modification under previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to provide a sole source contract extension to existing Navy wireless contracts. This contract provides nationwide cellular phone service to Navy end-users. The total extension for this requirement for all three companies combined is $60,000,000 with each receiving $20,000,000. Work is to be performed in various locations in the continental United States, and work is expected to be complete September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This requirement was synopsized through the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $49,600,000 fixed-price contract for the advanced procurement of long lead materials, non-recurring engineering and critical work center efforts in support of production of the DDG 113-related Aegis weapon system. The scope of the non-recurring engineering efforts shall include, but is not limited to, supplier/production line restart, critical work center efforts, and diminishing manufacturing support surveillance to allow for continuity of the Aegis supply base and original equipment manufacturer work centers. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., (85 percent) and Clearwater, Fla., (15 percent) and is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5110).
Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc.*, El Paso, Texas, is being awarded a $19,429,577 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide test and evaluation, as well as maintenance and operations services, in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Weapons Survivability Laboratory. Work will be performed in China Lake, Calif., and is expected to be completed in September 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; three offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-C-0137).
Tetra Tech EC, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $13,070,672 for firm-fixed price task order #0003 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-08-D-8823) for Crisp Road sanitary sewer systems/storm drain removal; radiological remediation and support at Hunters Point Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for the continuation of the base-wide sewer sanitary system and storm drain time critical removal action along Crisp Road. The end result is to achieve unrestricted free release of the sewer and storm line survey units along Crisp Road and the central areas of Parcel E. Additional work will include surveys, remediation, and reporting for certain radiological buildings and sites in Parcel E. The task order also contains five unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $14,702,949. Work will be performed in San Francisco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 2011. 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.
Temeku Technologies, Inc.*, Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $11,768,797 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, fabrication, testing and delivery of a production representative model of a multi-function display (MFD). MFD, a large shipboard display that combines several existing visual landing aid functions into one consolidated presentation, provides a horizon reference display bar, deck status indication and pilot visual cues for the Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse System. Work will be performed in Herndon, Va., (60 percent); Bologna, Italy, (30 percent); and Pt. Mugu, Calif., (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; two offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-09-C-0483).
R & M Welding and Fabrication Shop, Loogootee, Ind., (N00164-09-D-GQ16), Precision Laser Services, Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., (N00164-09-D-GQ25), Advanta Industries, Petersburg, Mich., (N00164-09-D-GQ26) and Spec-Built Systems, San Diego, Calif., (N00164-09-D-GQ27), are each being awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for multi-storage weapons racks, GAU-16 racks, and 72" GAU-16 racks are being procured to properly store weapons in armories. The aforementioned contract awardees will compete for delivery orders for weapons racks. The maximum dollar value for all four contract combined is $9,990,000. Work will be performed at the sites identified above depending upon which contractor receives each competitive order. Work performed in Loogootee, Ind., Fort Wayne, Ind., Petersburg, Mich., and San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $431,850 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract action was conducted on a full and open competition basis with the solicitation being publicized on the world-wide web, with 22 proposals being received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity.
Maron Construction Co., Inc.*, Providence, R.I., is being awarded an $8,252,042 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of repairs and additions to Buildings 141 and 156 at Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, at the Naval Submarine Base New London. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by May 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 10 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7047).
BAE Systems, Inc., Nashua, N. H., is being awarded a $7,809,762 cost plus incentive fee contract for the production of up to three compact low frequency active transmit systems (CLTS). The contract will also include level of effort tasking for engineering, maintenance, and logistic services in support of the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Transmit Subsystem and the CLTS and the legacy LFA systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $29,709,200. Work will be performed in Hudson, N.H., and is expected to be completed by December 2010. If all options are exercised, work could continue until December 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is a sole source acquisition. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-09-C-0129).
Curtis Contracting, Inc.*, West Point, Va., is being awarded $6,550,000 for firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of vehicle maintenance facility and for design, repairs, renovations and modernization - both mechanical and electrical systems - to the interior of the Reserve Training Center Facility, Wilmington. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $7,180,000. Work will be performed in Wilmington, Del., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 2010. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 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 four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7036).
AIR FORCE
Hawker Beechcraft Corp., of Wichita, Kans., was awarded a contract for 24 T6-C trainer aircraft, spares, program support, operational flight trainers, ground support, on-site support and technical publications. This effort supports foreign military sales to Morocco. At this time, $37,053,400 has been obligated. AESG/SYI, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8617-09-C-6170.
Cummins Power Generation of Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded a $52,081,007 contract which will provide for design, testing and production of basic expeditionary airfield resources power units. At this time, $29,719,007 has been obligated. 542 CSW/PKBB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8533-09-D-0004).
Raytheon Co., of McKinney, Texas was awarded a $32,396,620 contract to provide I20 MTS-B production systems spares and containers. At this time, $5,228,814 has been obligated. 703 Aeronautical Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8620-06-G-4041, P00017).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $25,739,773 contract to provide electronic warfare engineering services applicable to the B52H Site. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8540-09-C-0009).
L3 Communications Corp., of Salt Lake City, Utah was awarded a $15.4 million contract to provide KU data link hardware and satellite communications spares, 26 interim modem assemblies, 26 KU satellite antennas, 13 enterdyne encoders, and fixed dish spares. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 703 ASG/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8620-08-G-4060, 0004).
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems of Clearfield, Utah was awarded a $10,625,000 contract which will replace 30 year old cables and junction boxes on the reentry system test set for the Minuteman weapon system. At this time, $5,206,250 has been obligated. 526 ICBMSG/PKE55 Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001).
L3 Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., was awarded a $8,231,115 contract which will provide acquisition of helicopter maintenance services for UH-1N and HH-60G helicopters and functional check flight services for the CV-22 aircraft located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. At this time, $8,231,115 has been obligated. AETC CONS/LGCK, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA3002-10-C-0001).
Northrop Grumman Information Technology of McLean, Va., was awarded a $6,166,724 contract which will provide support services for war gaming and doctrine education. At this time, $1,818,746 has been obligated. 42 CONS, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., is the contracting activity (F01600-01-C-0004, P00097).
BAE Systems Information and Electronics of Totowa, New Jersey was awarded a $5,963,688 contract which will provide engineering services to resolve obsolete part and vanishing vendor issues with the LRU-3c of the AN/ALR-56C system, and significantly improve the system availability of the LRU-3C. At this time, $5,963,688 has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia is the contracting activity (F09603-03-D-0001,0380)
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Hologic LP, Marlborough, Mass., is being awarded a maximum $28,200,000 firm fixed price, sole source, indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery contract for medical supplies. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The original proposal was Web solicited with one response. This contract consists of a one-year base period and four one-year unilateral option ordering periods. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM2DE-09-D-7228).
City Light & Power, Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $20,479,116 firm fixed price contract for ownership, operation and maintenance of an electric distribution system. Other location of performance is March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Using service is Air Force. The original proposal was Web solicited with two responses. This contract is a prospective price redetermination for a 50-year contract period. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is December 2060. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-C-8253).
Hutchinson Industries, Trenton, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $7,545,877 firm fixed price, sole source contract for wheel and tire assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The original proposal had one solicitation and one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is May 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency -Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-C-0154).
ARMY
ECC International., Burlingham, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $14,999,001 firm-fixed-price contract. This service procured is for the design and construction of the National Police Command Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Kabul, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2010. Five bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District, Afghanistan, north is the contracting activity (W917PM-07-D-0015).
North Carolina Business Enterprise Program., Raleigh, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $13,867,893 cost-plus-award-fee contract for full food services for Fort Bragg. Work is to be performed at Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Mission & Installation Contracting Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the contracting activity (W91247-09-C-0035).
General Dynamics Inc., Bothwell, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $13,274,349 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of a non-lethal portable vehicle immobilization device. Work is to be performed in Moses Lake, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 10, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five bids received. Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Picatinny, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-D-0023).
C & D Technologies Inc., Blue Bell, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 $18,895,191 cost-reimbursement-no-fee contract for the research and development of large formats of lithium ion batteries. Work is to be performed in Blue Bell, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 17, 2013. Bids were solicited through a Broad Agency Announcement with one bid received. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Contracting Center, Adelphi, Md., is the contracting activity (W911QX-09-C-0107).
Kiewit Pacific Co., Kapolei, Hawaii, was awarded on Sept. 17, 2009 a $32,155,000 firm-fixed price contract. This project consists of construction of two facilities at the Pohakuloa Army Training Area. Work will consist of construction of the Battle Area Complex and construction of a tactical vehicle wash facility. Work is to be performed at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-09-C-0008).
IBM Corp., Fairfax, Va., was awarded in Sept. 17, 2009 a $20,634,771 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is for post deployment system support for the Army Learning Management System day-to-day labor for operations and systems enhancements for a one year period Sept. 21, 2009 through Sept. 20, 2010. This includes courseware migration of 1,500 existing courses. Work is to be performed in Fairfax, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 20, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Mission Installation and Contracting Command Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DAAB15-01-A-1013).
AT&T, Hanover, Md., (N00244-05-D-0010); Sprint-Nextel, Lone Tree, Col., (N00244-05-D-0011); and Verizon Wireless, Laurel, Md., (N00244-05-D-0012), are each being awarded a modification under previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to provide a sole source contract extension to existing Navy wireless contracts. This contract provides nationwide cellular phone service to Navy end-users. The total extension for this requirement for all three companies combined is $60,000,000 with each receiving $20,000,000. Work is to be performed in various locations in the continental United States, and work is expected to be complete September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This requirement was synopsized through the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $49,600,000 fixed-price contract for the advanced procurement of long lead materials, non-recurring engineering and critical work center efforts in support of production of the DDG 113-related Aegis weapon system. The scope of the non-recurring engineering efforts shall include, but is not limited to, supplier/production line restart, critical work center efforts, and diminishing manufacturing support surveillance to allow for continuity of the Aegis supply base and original equipment manufacturer work centers. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., (85 percent) and Clearwater, Fla., (15 percent) and is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-5110).
Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc.*, El Paso, Texas, is being awarded a $19,429,577 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide test and evaluation, as well as maintenance and operations services, in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Weapons Survivability Laboratory. Work will be performed in China Lake, Calif., and is expected to be completed in September 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; three offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-09-C-0137).
Tetra Tech EC, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $13,070,672 for firm-fixed price task order #0003 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-08-D-8823) for Crisp Road sanitary sewer systems/storm drain removal; radiological remediation and support at Hunters Point Shipyard. The work to be performed provides for the continuation of the base-wide sewer sanitary system and storm drain time critical removal action along Crisp Road. The end result is to achieve unrestricted free release of the sewer and storm line survey units along Crisp Road and the central areas of Parcel E. Additional work will include surveys, remediation, and reporting for certain radiological buildings and sites in Parcel E. The task order also contains five unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $14,702,949. Work will be performed in San Francisco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 2011. 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.
Temeku Technologies, Inc.*, Herndon, Va., is being awarded an $11,768,797 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, fabrication, testing and delivery of a production representative model of a multi-function display (MFD). MFD, a large shipboard display that combines several existing visual landing aid functions into one consolidated presentation, provides a horizon reference display bar, deck status indication and pilot visual cues for the Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse System. Work will be performed in Herndon, Va., (60 percent); Bologna, Italy, (30 percent); and Pt. Mugu, Calif., (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; two offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-09-C-0483).
R & M Welding and Fabrication Shop, Loogootee, Ind., (N00164-09-D-GQ16), Precision Laser Services, Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., (N00164-09-D-GQ25), Advanta Industries, Petersburg, Mich., (N00164-09-D-GQ26) and Spec-Built Systems, San Diego, Calif., (N00164-09-D-GQ27), are each being awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract for multi-storage weapons racks, GAU-16 racks, and 72" GAU-16 racks are being procured to properly store weapons in armories. The aforementioned contract awardees will compete for delivery orders for weapons racks. The maximum dollar value for all four contract combined is $9,990,000. Work will be performed at the sites identified above depending upon which contractor receives each competitive order. Work performed in Loogootee, Ind., Fort Wayne, Ind., Petersburg, Mich., and San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $431,850 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract action was conducted on a full and open competition basis with the solicitation being publicized on the world-wide web, with 22 proposals being received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity.
Maron Construction Co., Inc.*, Providence, R.I., is being awarded an $8,252,042 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of repairs and additions to Buildings 141 and 156 at Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, at the Naval Submarine Base New London. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by May 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 10 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7047).
BAE Systems, Inc., Nashua, N. H., is being awarded a $7,809,762 cost plus incentive fee contract for the production of up to three compact low frequency active transmit systems (CLTS). The contract will also include level of effort tasking for engineering, maintenance, and logistic services in support of the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Transmit Subsystem and the CLTS and the legacy LFA systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $29,709,200. Work will be performed in Hudson, N.H., and is expected to be completed by December 2010. If all options are exercised, work could continue until December 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is a sole source acquisition. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-09-C-0129).
Curtis Contracting, Inc.*, West Point, Va., is being awarded $6,550,000 for firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of vehicle maintenance facility and for design, repairs, renovations and modernization - both mechanical and electrical systems - to the interior of the Reserve Training Center Facility, Wilmington. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $7,180,000. Work will be performed in Wilmington, Del., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 2010. Funds for this project are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 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 four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-09-C-7036).
AIR FORCE
Hawker Beechcraft Corp., of Wichita, Kans., was awarded a contract for 24 T6-C trainer aircraft, spares, program support, operational flight trainers, ground support, on-site support and technical publications. This effort supports foreign military sales to Morocco. At this time, $37,053,400 has been obligated. AESG/SYI, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8617-09-C-6170.
Cummins Power Generation of Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded a $52,081,007 contract which will provide for design, testing and production of basic expeditionary airfield resources power units. At this time, $29,719,007 has been obligated. 542 CSW/PKBB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8533-09-D-0004).
Raytheon Co., of McKinney, Texas was awarded a $32,396,620 contract to provide I20 MTS-B production systems spares and containers. At this time, $5,228,814 has been obligated. 703 Aeronautical Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8620-06-G-4041, P00017).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $25,739,773 contract to provide electronic warfare engineering services applicable to the B52H Site. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8540-09-C-0009).
L3 Communications Corp., of Salt Lake City, Utah was awarded a $15.4 million contract to provide KU data link hardware and satellite communications spares, 26 interim modem assemblies, 26 KU satellite antennas, 13 enterdyne encoders, and fixed dish spares. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 703 ASG/SYK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8620-08-G-4060, 0004).
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems of Clearfield, Utah was awarded a $10,625,000 contract which will replace 30 year old cables and junction boxes on the reentry system test set for the Minuteman weapon system. At this time, $5,206,250 has been obligated. 526 ICBMSG/PKE55 Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001).
L3 Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., was awarded a $8,231,115 contract which will provide acquisition of helicopter maintenance services for UH-1N and HH-60G helicopters and functional check flight services for the CV-22 aircraft located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. At this time, $8,231,115 has been obligated. AETC CONS/LGCK, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA3002-10-C-0001).
Northrop Grumman Information Technology of McLean, Va., was awarded a $6,166,724 contract which will provide support services for war gaming and doctrine education. At this time, $1,818,746 has been obligated. 42 CONS, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., is the contracting activity (F01600-01-C-0004, P00097).
BAE Systems Information and Electronics of Totowa, New Jersey was awarded a $5,963,688 contract which will provide engineering services to resolve obsolete part and vanishing vendor issues with the LRU-3c of the AN/ALR-56C system, and significantly improve the system availability of the LRU-3C. At this time, $5,963,688 has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia is the contracting activity (F09603-03-D-0001,0380)
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Hologic LP, Marlborough, Mass., is being awarded a maximum $28,200,000 firm fixed price, sole source, indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery contract for medical supplies. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The original proposal was Web solicited with one response. This contract consists of a one-year base period and four one-year unilateral option ordering periods. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM2DE-09-D-7228).
City Light & Power, Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $20,479,116 firm fixed price contract for ownership, operation and maintenance of an electric distribution system. Other location of performance is March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Using service is Air Force. The original proposal was Web solicited with two responses. This contract is a prospective price redetermination for a 50-year contract period. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is December 2060. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-09-C-8253).
Hutchinson Industries, Trenton, N.J., is being awarded a maximum $7,545,877 firm fixed price, sole source contract for wheel and tire assemblies. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. The original proposal had one solicitation and one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is May 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency -Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-09-C-0154).
ARMY
ECC International., Burlingham, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $14,999,001 firm-fixed-price contract. This service procured is for the design and construction of the National Police Command Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Kabul, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2010. Five bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District, Afghanistan, north is the contracting activity (W917PM-07-D-0015).
North Carolina Business Enterprise Program., Raleigh, N.C., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $13,867,893 cost-plus-award-fee contract for full food services for Fort Bragg. Work is to be performed at Fort Bragg, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Mission & Installation Contracting Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the contracting activity (W91247-09-C-0035).
General Dynamics Inc., Bothwell, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 a $13,274,349 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of a non-lethal portable vehicle immobilization device. Work is to be performed in Moses Lake, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 10, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with five bids received. Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Picatinny, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-09-D-0023).
C & D Technologies Inc., Blue Bell, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 18, 2009 $18,895,191 cost-reimbursement-no-fee contract for the research and development of large formats of lithium ion batteries. Work is to be performed in Blue Bell, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 17, 2013. Bids were solicited through a Broad Agency Announcement with one bid received. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Contracting Center, Adelphi, Md., is the contracting activity (W911QX-09-C-0107).
Kiewit Pacific Co., Kapolei, Hawaii, was awarded on Sept. 17, 2009 a $32,155,000 firm-fixed price contract. This project consists of construction of two facilities at the Pohakuloa Army Training Area. Work will consist of construction of the Battle Area Complex and construction of a tactical vehicle wash facility. Work is to be performed at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-09-C-0008).
IBM Corp., Fairfax, Va., was awarded in Sept. 17, 2009 a $20,634,771 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is for post deployment system support for the Army Learning Management System day-to-day labor for operations and systems enhancements for a one year period Sept. 21, 2009 through Sept. 20, 2010. This includes courseware migration of 1,500 existing courses. Work is to be performed in Fairfax, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 20, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Mission Installation and Contracting Command Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DAAB15-01-A-1013).
McHugh Assumes Duties as 21st Army Secretary
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 21, 2009 - John McHugh was sworn in as the 21st secretary of the Army today following his nomination by President Barack Obama and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. As secretary, McHugh has statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications and financial management.
McHugh also is responsible for the Army's annual and supplemental budget, which this year was more than $200 billion. He leads a work force of more than 1.1 million active duty, National Guard and Reserve soldiers; 221,000 civilian employees; and 213,000 contracted workers. Also, he provides stewardship over 14 million acres of land.
Over the last eight years, McHugh made 10 official visits to Iraq and four visits to Afghanistan and other deployed locations to visit U.S. forces.
During his July 30 nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, McHugh said that he was excited, humbled and honored at his new opportunity to serve, and that he understands the challenges facing the Army.
"They are strained by the frequency of constant deployments and stress by the pressures levied against their families," he said. "Too often -- far too often -- they return home to only to be disappointed by a network of support systems that, despite high intentions and constant effort, continue to fall short of the level of support they so richly deserve and each and every one of us so deeply desire."
As secretary, McHugh will draw on his years of experience as the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, which oversees the policies and programs for the department and each of the services.
In addition, at the time of his nomination, McHugh was co-chair of the House Army Caucus, a bipartisan group that works to educate fellow House members and their staffs about Army issues and programs, and a 14-year member of the U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors.
In his concluding statement July 30, McHugh said he was inspired by the wounded warriors he'd met. "I have been so struck how these heroes, facing pain and loss and uncertainty, ask one question: 'What else can I do to serve?'"
He continued, "We can ask no less of ourselves."
Also at the Pentagon ceremony, Joseph Westphal assumed the duties of the 30th under secretary of the Army. Westphal has served in distinguished positions in academia, as well as private and public service, including a brief tour in 2001 as acting secretary of the Army. He served as the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works from 1998 to 2001.
McHugh has served more than 16 years as a member of Congress representing northern and central New York. During his service, he forged strong ties to Fort Drum and earned a reputation as a staunch advocate for soldiers and their families, working tirelessly to ensure they had proper facilities, training and the quality of life necessary to carry out wartime missions while caring for those at home.
Sept. 21, 2009 - John McHugh was sworn in as the 21st secretary of the Army today following his nomination by President Barack Obama and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. As secretary, McHugh has statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications and financial management.
McHugh also is responsible for the Army's annual and supplemental budget, which this year was more than $200 billion. He leads a work force of more than 1.1 million active duty, National Guard and Reserve soldiers; 221,000 civilian employees; and 213,000 contracted workers. Also, he provides stewardship over 14 million acres of land.
Over the last eight years, McHugh made 10 official visits to Iraq and four visits to Afghanistan and other deployed locations to visit U.S. forces.
During his July 30 nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, McHugh said that he was excited, humbled and honored at his new opportunity to serve, and that he understands the challenges facing the Army.
"They are strained by the frequency of constant deployments and stress by the pressures levied against their families," he said. "Too often -- far too often -- they return home to only to be disappointed by a network of support systems that, despite high intentions and constant effort, continue to fall short of the level of support they so richly deserve and each and every one of us so deeply desire."
As secretary, McHugh will draw on his years of experience as the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, which oversees the policies and programs for the department and each of the services.
In addition, at the time of his nomination, McHugh was co-chair of the House Army Caucus, a bipartisan group that works to educate fellow House members and their staffs about Army issues and programs, and a 14-year member of the U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors.
In his concluding statement July 30, McHugh said he was inspired by the wounded warriors he'd met. "I have been so struck how these heroes, facing pain and loss and uncertainty, ask one question: 'What else can I do to serve?'"
He continued, "We can ask no less of ourselves."
Also at the Pentagon ceremony, Joseph Westphal assumed the duties of the 30th under secretary of the Army. Westphal has served in distinguished positions in academia, as well as private and public service, including a brief tour in 2001 as acting secretary of the Army. He served as the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works from 1998 to 2001.
McHugh has served more than 16 years as a member of Congress representing northern and central New York. During his service, he forged strong ties to Fort Drum and earned a reputation as a staunch advocate for soldiers and their families, working tirelessly to ensure they had proper facilities, training and the quality of life necessary to carry out wartime missions while caring for those at home.
Arkansas Guard Seeks Community Support in Preventing Suicides
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 21, 2009 - Senior leaders in the Arkansas National Guard, including the state governor, are asking for the public's help to stop suicides among its troops. "We constantly call on our men and women in uniform to help us," said Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, commander in chief of the Arkansas Guard. "We ask for it here in Arkansas all the time -- from ice storms to floods to tornados. This is now an example when the rest of us need to help them."
Beebe, accompanied by Army Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford, the adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard, focused on the loss of nine Guardsmen since Jan. 1 at a Sept. 18 press conference.
Of the nine, two are confirmed suicides, while two others are pending confirmation of suicide. Five others are no longer under investigation and were not labeled suicide by Arkansas coroners. However, the circumstances behind the deaths were inconclusive, Guard officials said.
Wofford said the Guard would not release specifics on the deaths out of respect to the families.
The Arkansas Guard has initiated several internal programs to stem against suicides.
"We, as an organization, have been providing training to our soldiers, airmen and their families," Wofford said. "Over 95 percent just completed the second phase of our Suicide Stand-Down program.
"We have also this year implemented a philosophy for our unit leaders designed to destigmatize the idea of stepping forward and admitting that a soldier or airman has a problem."
The problem for the Guard, Wofford said, is that it only has visibility on its soldiers and airmen for a couple of days each month.
"We need the community's help in watching out for our soldiers and airmen during the remaining 28 days each month," he said, adding that Guard members identified with stress-related problems during the redeployment process and family reintegration programs have been provided treatment or counseling.
The challenge is identifying a Guard member who has a problem that needs to be dealt with, he said.(From an Arkansas National Guard news release.)
Sept. 21, 2009 - Senior leaders in the Arkansas National Guard, including the state governor, are asking for the public's help to stop suicides among its troops. "We constantly call on our men and women in uniform to help us," said Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, commander in chief of the Arkansas Guard. "We ask for it here in Arkansas all the time -- from ice storms to floods to tornados. This is now an example when the rest of us need to help them."
Beebe, accompanied by Army Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford, the adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard, focused on the loss of nine Guardsmen since Jan. 1 at a Sept. 18 press conference.
Of the nine, two are confirmed suicides, while two others are pending confirmation of suicide. Five others are no longer under investigation and were not labeled suicide by Arkansas coroners. However, the circumstances behind the deaths were inconclusive, Guard officials said.
Wofford said the Guard would not release specifics on the deaths out of respect to the families.
The Arkansas Guard has initiated several internal programs to stem against suicides.
"We, as an organization, have been providing training to our soldiers, airmen and their families," Wofford said. "Over 95 percent just completed the second phase of our Suicide Stand-Down program.
"We have also this year implemented a philosophy for our unit leaders designed to destigmatize the idea of stepping forward and admitting that a soldier or airman has a problem."
The problem for the Guard, Wofford said, is that it only has visibility on its soldiers and airmen for a couple of days each month.
"We need the community's help in watching out for our soldiers and airmen during the remaining 28 days each month," he said, adding that Guard members identified with stress-related problems during the redeployment process and family reintegration programs have been provided treatment or counseling.
The challenge is identifying a Guard member who has a problem that needs to be dealt with, he said.(From an Arkansas National Guard news release.)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
General George S. Patton, Jr. and The U.S. 2nd Calvary (Patton’s Ghosts of the Third Army)
By Albert De Amicis
This paper addresses two of my heroes, the Greatest Combat Commander of the Third Army in World War II, General George Smith Patton, Jr., and Private First Class Albert Frank De Amicis, my father, who served in the 2nd Cavalry, Troop A, Recon, 2nd Squadron, Mechanized, and was attached to the Third Army. The 2nd Cavalry was labeled by the Nazis as Patton’s Ghosts of the Third Army. These men wore this “crown” with pride and the distinction of fighting behind enemy lines, taking prisoners, disrupting communication and the enemy’s infrastructure, and killing as many Germans as they could. That was their mission.
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This paper addresses two of my heroes, the Greatest Combat Commander of the Third Army in World War II, General George Smith Patton, Jr., and Private First Class Albert Frank De Amicis, my father, who served in the 2nd Cavalry, Troop A, Recon, 2nd Squadron, Mechanized, and was attached to the Third Army. The 2nd Cavalry was labeled by the Nazis as Patton’s Ghosts of the Third Army. These men wore this “crown” with pride and the distinction of fighting behind enemy lines, taking prisoners, disrupting communication and the enemy’s infrastructure, and killing as many Germans as they could. That was their mission.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
'Missing Man' Ceremony Honors Prisoners of War, Missing in Action
By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
Sept. 19, 2009 - Dozens of people, ranging in age from teenagers to senior citizens, gathered yesterday in Occoquan, Va., to hold a "Missing Man" table ceremony in honor of the nation's servicemembers who have been prisoners of war or are missing in action. President Barack Obama proclaimed Sept. 18, 2009, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which was observed at the Pentagon and at military posts, government agencies and veterans' organizations nationwide. In Occoquan, The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7916 held their table ceremony, as they do each year.
"The POW/MIA ceremony is significant to all of us because we want to account for all of our brothers and sisters," said Wayne Dearie, the VFW post's 60-year-old commander. Dearie is a retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer who served on-shore and ashore in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972.
The ceremony features a symbolic table setting that represents the sacrifice borne by those servicemembers who have been prisoners-of-war or still are listed as missing. About 88,000 U.S. servicemembers are recorded as missing or unaccounted for since World War II.
A group of Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets from C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge, Va., performed the ceremony in a small wooded park located across the street from Post 7916.
The cadets "did a wonderful job. I have never seen that particular ceremony done that well," Dearie said.
"I was very honored to be able to do this POW/MIA ceremony," said Air Force Junior ROTC Cadet Airman 1st Class Jannel Rapier, a 17-year-old member of C.D. Hylton's senior class.
"Every day I learn something new in Junior ROTC," said Rapier, who plans to become an Air Force officer when she graduates from college.
Retired Air Force Maj. Sheila Allen, the senior aerospace science instructor for C.D. Hylton's Air Force Junior ROTC program, accompanied her cadets to Occoquan to watch them perform the "Missing Man" ceremony.
Having her cadets participate in the POW/MIA ceremony "lets the young people know that we'll never forget" America's former prisoners-of-war and missing servicemembers, Allen said.
VFW Post 7916 makes many contributions to the local community, Allen said, noting the post sponsors annual Air Force Junior ROTC awards and scholarship programs.
Retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. B.J. Richardson, was also impressed by the cadets' performance of the "Missing Man" ceremony. Richardson had, in fact, "recruited" the cadets from C.D. Hylton to perform the POW/MIA ceremony. Richardson had preceded Dearie as commander of VFW Post 7916, having served thrice in that capacity.
The ceremony "brings tears to my eyes," said Richardson, 62, who'd served on river patrol duty in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969.
Vietnam veterans, Richardson said, had helped to bring about POW/MIA Day, starting during the waning days of the conflict.
"We still remember; they're not forgotten, he concluded.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, with its Ladies Auxiliaries organization, boasts more than 2 million members at more than 8,000 posts worldwide. Applicants for VFW membership are to be U.S. military veterans who have served overseas in a combat zone.
The VFW's origins can be traced back to 1899, when veterans of the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service.
Today, the VFW continues to work on behalf of servicemembers, veterans and their families. The veterans' organization also lends a hand for myriad volunteer projects, it funds college scholarships, and it has helped to establish several national war memorials.
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY REFORM: REBALANCING THE PRESIDENT’S AGENDA
The common wisdom about presidential success in achieving major goals is simple: Focus on only one or at most two major initiatives. Presidents who try to accomplish too much risk accomplishing nothing, and multiple agenda items distract the team from “staying on message” providing ample opportunity for opponents to undermine the efforts. While this may be true as a general rule, there is a risk that this strategy places an unnecessary and even dangerous limitation on presidential power, particularly in the area where that power may be greatest and most important—national security affairs. The current administration, while responding to an agenda that it largely inherited, appears to be charting a “low profile” course in its handling of national security affairs. Although understandable, this approach may have a very high price—failure to effect much-needed change.
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Mind-Sets and Missiles: a First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis
This chronology provides details and analysis of the intelligence failures and successes of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and suggests the applicability of lessons learned to the collection, analysis, and use of intelligence in strategic decisionmaking. The author describes how the crisis unfolded using the author’s personal recollection, declassified documents, and many memoirs written by senior CIA officers and others who were participants. Lessons learned include the need to avoid having our political, analytical and intelligence collection mind-sets prevent us from acquiring and accurately analyzing intelligence about our adversaries true plans and intentions. When our national security is at stake, we should not hesitate to undertake risky intelligence collection operations including espionage, to penetrate our adversary’s deceptions. We must also understand that our adversaries may not believe the gravity of our policy warnings or allow their own agendas to be influenced by diplomatic pressure.
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Russian Elite Image of Iran: From the Late Soviet Era to the Present
Since the late Soviet era, the presence of Iran has loomed large in the minds of the Russian elite. Soon after the end of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)—and even before—increasing numbers of Russian intellectuals became disenchanted with the West, especially the United States, and looked for alternative geopolitical alliances. The Muslim world became one of the possible alternatives. Iran became especially important in the geopolitical construction of Eurasianists or neo-Eurasianists who believed that Russia’s alliance with Iran is essential for Russia’s rise to power. Yet, by the middle of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s tenure, increasing tension with the Muslim community and the rise of Russian nationalism had led to more complicated views of the Russian elite on Iran. At present, the Russian elite does not mind using Iran as a bargaining chip in its dealings with the West, especially the United States, and as a market for Russian weapons and other goods and services. However, the dream of a Russian-Iran axis is apparently abandoned for good.
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Alien: How Operational Art Devoured Strategy
The publication of the 1982 version of Army Field Manual (FM) 100-5, Operations, introduced to the English-speaking world the idea of an operational level of war encompassing the planning and conduct of campaigns and major operations. It was followed 3 years later by the introduction of the term “operational art” which was, in practice, the skillful management of the operational level of war. This conception of an identifiably separate level of war that defined the jurisdiction of the profession of arms was, for a number of historical and cultural reasons, attractive to U.S. practitioners and plausible to its English-speaking allies. As a result, it and its associated doctrine spread rapidly around the world. The authors argue that as warfare continues to diffuse across definitional and conceptual boundaries and as the close orchestration of all of the instruments of national power becomes even more important, the current conception of campaigns and operations becomes crippling. To cope with these demands by formulating and prosecuting “national campaigns,” the authors propose that the responsibility for campaign design should “actually” return to the political-strategic leadership of nations supported by the entirety of the state bureaucracy. This would mark the return of the campaign to its historical sources. If the United States and its allies fail to make this change, they risk continuing to have a “way of battle” rather than a “way of war.”
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Toward a Risk Management Defense Strategy
This monograph offers key considerations for DoD as it works through the on-going defense review. The author outlines eight principles for a risk management defense strategy. He argues that these principles provide “measures of merit” for evaluating the new administration’s defense choices. This monograph builds on two previous works—Known Unknowns: Unconventional “Strategic Shocks” in Defense Strategy Development and The New Balance: Limited Armed Stabilization and the Future of U.S. Landpower. Combined, these three works offer key insights on the most appropriate DoD responses to increasingly “unconventional” defense and national security conditions. This work in particular provides DoD leaders food for thought, as they balance mounting defense demands and declining defense resources.
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Escalation and Intrawar Deterrence During Limited Wars in the Middle East
A central purpose of this monograph is to reexamine two earlier conflicts for insights that may be relevant for ongoing dangers during limited wars involving nations possessing chemical or biological weapons or emerging nuclear arsenals. These conflicts are the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the 1991 Gulf War. Both of these wars were fought at the conventional level, although the prospect of Israel using nuclear weapons (1973), Egypt using biological weapons (1973), or Iraq using chemical and biological weapons (1991) were of serious concern at various points during the fighting. This monograph will consider why efforts at escalation control and intrawar deterrence were successful in the two case studies and assess the points at which these efforts were under the most intensive stress that might have caused them to fail.
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