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AECOM, Long Beach, Calif., CH2M Hill Constructors Inc., Atlanta, Ga., Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group of Pasadena, Calif., and URS Group Inc., Omaha, Neb., were awarded on Sept. 17 and 18 a shared-capacity indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for worldwide environmental remediation services with an estimated potential value of $945,000,000, initial announcement amount of $10,000. The contract is in support of the following programs: munitions clearance programs in support of contingency operations, the Military Munitions Response Program, the Hazardous, Toxic, and Radiological Waste Program, the Chemical Warfare Material Program, and other international operations. Military conventional and chemical munitions and hazardous wastes require a single response under both the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Work is to be performed worldwide during a base period of two years and three one-year option periods for a total of five years. Full & open unrestricted bids were solicited with 9 bids received. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville, Ala. is the contracting activity (W912DY-09-D-0059 (AECOM), W912DY-09-D-0060 (CH2MHILL), W912DY-09-D-0062 (Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group) and W912DY-09-D-0061(URS Corp).
Odebrecht-Baker, Coral Gables, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 $278,805,376 firm-fixed-price base preconstruction services with fixed price incentive construction options contract. This contract is for the preconstruction services and construction option (s) for levee improvements to the Chalmette Loop Levee- Highway 46 to River (Verret to Caernarvon), Reach 148.02, in St. Bernard Parish, L.A. Work is to be performed in St. Bernard Parish, L.A., with an estimated completion date of Jun. 01, 2011. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps and ASFI with five bids received. U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricane Protection Office is the contracting activity (W912P8-09-C-0113).
Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co., Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $27,579,000 firm-fixed-price construction contract to design/build an unaccompanied enlisted personnel housing facility. Work is to be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2011. Unrestricted procurement bids were solicited with nine bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District, Honolulu, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-09-C-0012).
M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $26,885,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a design/build project for company operations facilities supporting the Brigade Combat Team Complex Increments 3 and 4 at Fort Lewis, Wash. Work is to be performed in Fort Lewis, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 29, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0021).
Femme Comp Incorporated., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $19,000,009 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The purpose of this task order is to provide LandWarNet Battle Command Office Services. Work is to be performed in Colorado Springs, Colo., (20 percent), and Arlington, Va., (80 precent), with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2013. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command / ARSTRAT, Director of Contracting, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the contracting activity (W91260-08-D-0001).
Steward Machine Co., Inc., Birmingham, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $16,995,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The Nashville District USACE Chickamauga Dam new lock construction is scheduled to start in the summer of FY2010. This acquisition is part of the supporting material need for the doors and bulkhead valves for the operation of the lock. Work is to be performed in Birmingham, Ala., with an estimated completion date of June 1, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville, Tenn., is the contracting activity (W912P5-08-P-0196).
SRCTec, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $15,400,000 firm-fixed-price undefinitized contractual action contract to procure 14 AN/TPQ-48 (v) 3 lightweight counter mortar radar systems, and associated spare parts, to detect/track/locate hostile mortar radar fire through a 360-degree search sector, in response to an urgent requirement. Work is to be performed in Syracuse, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-09-C-C156).
JLG Industries, Inc., McConnellburg, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 24. 2009 a $11,901,573 firm-fixed-price contract for 71 each of All-Terrain Lifter Army System Rough Terrain Forklift Vehicles for the Army. Work is to be performed in McConnellburg, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2009. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-C-0229).
Lecon, Inc., Houston Texas, was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $10,392,150 firm-fixed-price contract. The work will consist of sediment removal, backfill, storm drains, articulated concrete blocks, metal sheet piling, relief wells, sub drainage system, and storm drains. Work is to be performed in Harris County, Texas, with an estimated completion date July 31, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. USA Engineer District, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-09-C-0038).
Su-Mo Builders, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $10,300,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design/build construction contract entitled, "FY08 MCA PN67169 child development center, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii." Work is to be performed in the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date June 15, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-09-C-0009).
General Dynamics OTS, Healdsburg, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $9,436,731 firm-fixed-price contract for a stabilized automatic intruder detection system. Work is to be performed in Healdsburg, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 21, 2012. Two bids solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army Aberdeen Contracting Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, CCRD-AP-CO, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-09-D-0080).
FN Manufacturing LLC., Columbia, S.C., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $9,933,440 firm-fixed-price contract for a quantity of 15,521 M16A4 rifles base. Work is to be performed in Columbia, S.C., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 22, 2010. Three bids solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army TACOM, RI, Rock Island, Ill. is the contracting activity (W52H09-08-D-0121).
McKnight Construction Co., Inc., Augusta, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $8,677,452 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a tracked vehicle drivers course. Primary facilities includes the tracked vehicle drivers course, latrines, operations and storage buildings, covered masses, general instruction buildings, and building information systems. Supporting facilities included storm drainage, information systems, and anti terrorism measures. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 17, 2011. Four bids were solicited with four bids received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-07-D-0013).
Watts Constructors, LLC., Honolulu, Hawaii., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $7,418,897 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for a design-bid-build construction contract entitled FY04 MILCON PNKNMD043002, expand strategic airlift aircraft ramps - Western Keyhole, Hickman Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii. Work is to be performed at Hickman Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date Nov. 15, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu District, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-09-C-0011).
Atwood hay and HMS Construction Joint Venture, Roseville, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $6,889,640 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for a design-bid-build construction contract entitled FY09 KNMD091043, upgrade electrical distribution system, Phase 6,, Hickman Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii. Work is to be performed at Hickman Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii, with an estimated completion date Apr. 8, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu District, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (W9128A-09-C-0010).
Milestone Construction Services, Inc., Sterling, Va., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $6,320,895 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a design-bid-build contract for construction of a new crash/fire/rescue facility. Work is to be performed in Baltimore, Md., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 11, 2011. Bids were solicited through ASFI with seven bids received. U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, USPFO for Maryland, Havre de Grace, Md., is the contracting activity (W912K6-09-C-0001).
Raytheon Comp., Integrated Defense Co., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $5,847,202 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the FY09 PATRIOT engineering services contract option award for 26,534 man-hours of effort. Work is to be performed in Andover, Mass., (76.07 percent), Huntsville, Ala., (3.37 percent), and Tewksburg, Mass., (20.56 percent) with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-09-C-0057).
EYAKTEK, Dulles, Va., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $5,519,638 firm-fixed-contract. This contract shall provide all required design, hardware, software, equipment, installation and testing to meet the following requirements. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a need for technical reach back support required to meet operational requirements for the USACE strategic emergency response centers in 10 districts. This includes deployment of personnel/equipment for hurricanes and civil emergencies as to meet emergency planning and resources necessary for emergency operations. This will include personnel on the tactical emergency response list. The upgrade of the strategic emergency response centers will include the upgrade of the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network and the no secure Internet Protocol Router Network for US security. These centers support daily briefings, Emergency Operations updates of classified information, 24 hour operations for strategic planning with watch office capabilities. Work is to be performed with each task order with estimated completion dates of Sept. 27, 2010. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912HZ-09-C-0116).
Gan Corp., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $5,370,562 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Command / Armed Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC / ARSTRAT) Simulation Center operations and support. This is a super computer center. Work is to be performed in Redstone Arsenal, Ala., and Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Four bids solicited with four bids received. U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-09-C-0205).
NAVY
Carter Enterprises, Brooklyn, N.Y. is being awarded an estimated maximum value $414,427,770 firm-fixed price, indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for plate carriers, improved modular tactical vests and associated spare and repair parts. An initial delivery order in the amount of $78,936,987 will be issued. Work will be performed in Brooklyn, N.Y. (77 percent); Sunrise, Fla.,(23 percent), and work is expected to be completed September 2014. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is awarded as result of a competitive Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business set-aside. Proposals were solicited via FedBizOpps, with 14 offers (one for the PC and one for the IMTV) were received from seven different HUBZone Certified Small Businesses. The Marine Corps Systems Command (M67854), Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-D-3001).
KDH Defense Systems, Johnstown, Pa. is being awarded an estimated maximum value $380,260,385 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for plate carriers, improved modular tactical vests and associated spare and repair parts. An initial delivery order in the amount of $88,732,482 will be issued. Work will be performed in Eden, N.C., (33 percent); Johnstown, Pa.,(22 percent); Lares, P.R., (30 percent); Mayaguez, P.R., (10 percent); Fenton, Mo., (5 percent), and work is expecte to be completed September 2014. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is awarded as result of a competitive Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business set-aside. Proposals were solicited via FedBizOpps, with 14 offers (one for the PC and one for the IMTV) were received from seven different HUBZone Certified Small Businesses. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-D-3000).
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Pittsfield, Mass., is being awarded $152,818,728 cost-plus-incentive fee contract for FY 2010 and FY 2011 production and deployed systems support for the United States and United Kingdom SSBN fire control system (FCS) and the SSGN Attack Weapon Control System (AWCS), including training and support equipment. In addition, this contract includes the FY 2010 and FY 2011 U.S. and UK Sea Based Strategic Deterrent (SBSD) Strategic Weapons System (SWS) Fire Control Subsystem efforts necessary for the concept development, prototyping, and initial design efforts for a common missile compartment (CMC), prior to and following, the initiation of a ACAT 1D program for the SSBN and SSGN OHIO Class replacement. This contract will therefore provide annual and other periodic procurements of support equipment and SSP alterations (SPALTs) necessary to sustain the SSBN FCS and the SSGN AWCS, including engineering support, performance evaluation, logistics, fleet documentation, reliability maintenance, engineering services, and training. This contract will also provide technical and engineering support to the CMC concept development efforts for SWS life cycle cost control evaluations, related to the fire control subsystem, and verify the operational and ongoing sustainment requirements for the SSBN Fire Control System and SSGN Attack Weapon Control System, including its subsequent training, support, and advanced development laboratory equipment. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Mass., and work is expected to be completed December 2012. The contract was not competitively procured. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-10-C-0005).
Ibiley Manufacturing Corp., Miami, Fla., is being awarded an estimated maximum value $88,283,201 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for plate carriers and associated spare and repair parts. An initial delivery order in the amount of $18,769,817 will be issued. Work will be performed in Flagler, Fla., (40 percent); Hialeah, Fla., (30 percent); and Sunrise, Fla.,(30 percent), and work is expected to be completed September 2014. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is awarded as result of a competitive Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business set-aside. Proposals were solicited via FedBizOpps, with 14 offers (one for the PC and one for the IMTV) were received from seven different HUBZone Certified Small Businesses. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-09-D-3002).
Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems – Marine Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $79,455,403 modification under previously awarded contract. This action executes the FY10 Option. The contract contains line items for both engineering services and hardware to support the TRIDENT II (D-5) deployed SSBN and the SSGN Underwater Launcher Systems. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif., (86 percent); Silverdale, Wash., (7 percent); and Kings Bay, Ga., (7 percent), and work is expected to be completed June 30, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current year. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-09-C-0004).
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $47,447,684 estimated value modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable requirements contract to exercise an option for total aircraft maintenance and logistics life cycle support for 54 Navy and 11 Marine Corps C-12 aircraft. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS), Corpus Christi, Texas, (38 percent); Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., (8 percent); NAS North Island, Calif., (6 percent); Naval Air Facility (NAF) AF Atsugi, Japan, (5 percent); NAS Norfolk, Va., (5 percent); Naval Support Activity, Bahrain, (5 percent); NAF Kadena, Japan, (3 percent); Marine Corps Air Station, (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, (3 percent); NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, (3 percent); MCAS New River, N.C., (3 percent); MCAS Yuma, Ariz., (3 percent); NAS New Orleans, La., (3 percent); NAF Andrews, Md., (3 percent); MCAS Beaufort, S.C., (1.5 percent); NAS Dallas, Texas, (1.5 percent); NAF Misawa, Japan, (1.5 percent); NAS Miramar, Calif., (1.5 percent); MCAS Futenma, Japan, (1.5 percent); NAS Willow Grove, Pa., (1.5 percent); Manassas, Va., (1.5 percent), and Jacksonville, Fla., (1.5 percent) and is expected to be completed in June 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 (N00019-00-D-0272).
EJB Facilities Services, Arlington, Va. 22202, is being awarded a $61,793,419 ($39,540,847 firm-fixed price (FFP) and $22,252,572 estimated indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ)) modification under a combination FFP, IDIQ contract with award options for the exercise of option year four for base operations support services in the Navy Region Northwest, West Sound area. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $287,418,569 ($179,148,828 FFP and $108,269,741 estimated IDIQ). Work will be performed at various installations in the Navy Region Northwest area of responsibility, and this option period is from Oct. 1, 2009 to Sept. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, Wash., is the contracting activity (contract number N44255-05-D-5103).
HDR Architecture, Inc., Charlotte, N.C., 28202, is being awarded a $30,000,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity architect-engineering contract for preparation of design-build request for proposals and 100 percent design services for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). Work will be performed in the NAVFAC Southeast AOR, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2014. 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 11 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-09-D-0064).
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $17,766,702 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract to provide for additional logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance of 14 T39N and 6 T-39G aircraft located at the Naval Air Station (NAS), Pensacola, Fla. In addition, this modification provides for aircraft intermediate maintenance services in support of Chief of Naval Air Training aircraft and transient aircraft at NAS Pensacola, Fla., and NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. Work will be performed in Pensacola, Fla., (99 precent) and Corpus Christi, Texas, (1 precent) and is expected to be completed in March 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 (N00019-04-D-0131).
Alloy Surfaces Co., 121 North Commerce Drive, Aston, Pa., 19014-3205, is being awarded a firm fixed price definite quantity contract in the amount of $16,988,163 for manufacture of MJU-49/B decoy devices used on aircraft applications for terminal self-defense in combat situations. Work will be performed in Aston, Pa., (100 percent). Work is to be completed by December 2010. Funding is provided by overseas contingency operations. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This announcement does not include foreign military sales. This contract was not competitively awarded. One company was solicited for this requirement and one offer was received. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity (N00104-05-G-0726-0019).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $14,922,151 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost reimbursable contract to exercise an option for engineering, maintenance and manufacturing labor in support of F/A-18 flight test programs conducted at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., depot level efforts, basic aircraft maintenance, and fabrication of unique replacement parts. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., (95 percent) and China Lake, Calif., (5 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, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-06-C-0075).
Rolls Royce, p.l.c., Bristol, England, is being awarded $14,452,416 for firm fixed priced order #5098 under an existing basic ordering agreement for procurement of turbine blades used in support of the F-402 engine. Work will be performed in Bristol, England, and work is expected to be completed by December 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal current year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity (N00383-08-G-003M).
Goodrich Fuel and Utility Systems, Vergennes, Vt., is being awarded a $13,133,900 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 47 Integrated Mechanical Diagnostics and Health Usage Monitoring System units for the CH-53 helicopter. Work will be performed in Vergennes, Vt., and is expected to be completed in November 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 (N00019-06-C-0298).
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $11,484,000 firm-fixed-price contract for long lead time components for eight target sight systems (TSS) for the U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z helicopter to enhance sensor capability. Long lead material including the gimbal assembly and laser designator that are used to reduce delivery time of production TSS for the AH-1Z helicopter. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., 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 not competitively procured. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Ind. is the contracting activity (N00164-09-C-JQ82).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $10,074,709 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of retrofit kits and associated engineering services in support of the T-45 required avionics modernization program. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., 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 not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0020).
Sobran, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, is being awarded a $9,463,955 time and material order against a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to provide 368,075 hours of logistics production support for the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, Jacksonville. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., 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, Patuxent River, Md., * is the contracting activity (N68936-05-D-0042).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $7,645,779 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement for the procurement of 36 mission display processor aircraft retrofit kits for the T-45-TS. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in November 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $2,472,466 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-05-G-0026).
BAE Systems Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $7,215,184 modification to previously awarded contract for Project Management Oversight of the above mentioned contract. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by July 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $7,215,184 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N00024-06-C-4408).
The Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems – Marine Systems (NGES-MS) of Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $6,028,004 modification to incorporate one cost-plus-fixed fee completion contract line item number (CLIN) under previously awarded contract. This CLIN will provide preliminary strategic systems programs alteration design of the Launcher Initiation System. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif., and work is expected to be completed November 30, 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $5,327,000, will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-09-C-0004).
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $5,749,813 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for production units and retrofits of operational test program sets, non-recurring engineering, and on-site verifications (OSV) for the Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., and is expected to be completed in December 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $5,749,813 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This order combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force (nine production units, retrofit of three units, and OSV of four units) and the U.S. Marine Corps (ten production units, retrofit of 18 units, and OSV of eight units). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-08-G-0002).
The Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute*, New Haven, Conn., is being awarded a $5,702,417 firm-fixed-price order against a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to provide 13,829 hours of Enterprise AIRSpeed End-to-End (E2E) implementation support for the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $5,702,417 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-06-D-0003).
Raytheon Co., Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $5,557,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Bradley Eye-safe Laser Rangefinder (BELRF) Laser Resonator repairs. The Eyesafe Laser Resonator is a component of the BELRF Transceiver Assembly mounted on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The Eyesafe Laser Resonator consists of a laser oscillator, machined cavity filled with methane and attached optics through which the laser beam is shifted to an eyesafe wavelength and pulsed, via a Q-switch. The Eyesafe Laser Resonator directly impacts the output energy, wavelength, beam divergence, and pulse width of the BELRF laser output. Using the BELRF, the crew can determine target ranges from 200 to 9,999 meters, accurate within 10 meters. NSWC Crane has been designated the organic depot repair activity for the BELRF. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $500,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-09-D-JQ64).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Guaranteed Returns, Holbrook, N.Y., is being awarded a maximum $20,000,000 indefinite quantity service type contract for pharmaceutical reverse distribution program. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Department of Defense. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the second option year period. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM200-07-D-5201).
Pharma Logistics, LTD, Mundelin, Ill.*, is being awarded a maximum $20,000,000 indefinite quantity service type contract for pharmaceutical reverse distribution program. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Department of Defense. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the second option year period. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM200-07-D-5205).
EXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp., Fremont, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $20,000,000 indefinite quantity service type contract for pharmaceutical reverse distribution program. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Department of Defense. The original proposal was Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising the second option year period. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM200-07-D-5206).
Lytron Incorporated, Woburn, Mass.*, is being awarded a maximum $12,432,168 firm fixed price, sole source, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for gate valves. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 28, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency, Tinker AFB, Okla., (SPRTA1-09-D-0079).
Bell Helicopter Textron, Hurst, Texas is being awarded a maximum $10,679,000 firm fixed price, sole source contract for harness assembly. There are no other location of performance. Using service is Navy. There was originally one proposal solicited with one response. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is an Undefinitized Contract Action against a Basic Ordering Agreement. The date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (W58RGZ-06-G-0003-THP2).
Bemsco, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah* is being awarded a maximum $9,569,700 firm fixed price contract for fixed landing gear. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. There were originally five proposals solicited with five responses. The date of performance completion is Sept. 15, 2009. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency (DSCR-AHA), Redstone Arsenal, Ala., (SPRAA1-09-C-0041).
Triumph Actuation Systems, Valencia, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $7,855,836 firm fixed price contract for brake valve assembly. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Air Force. The original proposal was Web solicited with two responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Oct. 31, 2012. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Ogden (DSCR-ZAB), Hill AFB, Utah, (SPRHA1-09-C-0049).
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
L-3 Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $6,960,600 aircraft lease service contract for four helicopters for pilot training in support of U. S. Special Operations Command's Air Force Special Operations Command. This work will be performed at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract number is H92222-09-C-0048.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Survivors Lean on One Another in Challenging Times
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. CardenAmerican Forces Press Service
Sept. 28, 2009 - Military widows and widowers struggle with their losses well after the notes of "Taps" have faded and their loved one is laid to rest. Dealing with such heartbreak can be a long, confusing endeavor, and often the only hope for relief is to find others who can relate. Surviving spouses here have devoted themselves to helping each other manage their grief. Each member of the Surviving Spouses Support Group lost a significant other suddenly and much too soon, but they found support from each other and in knowing they're not alone after all.
"We came together looking for people to identify with and relate to," said Deborah May, the widow of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr. "The important thing to understand is you're not alone."
May's husband died in March 2003 in a tank roll-over accident in Iraq. He was the 69th American servicemember killed in Iraq or Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001. At the time, she was pregnant with their third child and wanted to find others who understood what she was going through.
She relocated her family here from southern California, because it's the last place her family was together. She didn't find the support she was looking for right away, she said, but was content just to be in the Marine community.
"I had very small children when my husband died," May said. "I wanted them to live in a world where there were Marines, and wanted my children to see them around. That's the way it was supposed to be."
Eventually, May and other widows found each other. They began meeting regularly, and grieving became a little easier, she said. The support group began in April 2006 and offers several facets of support to its members. The group provides an outlet for surviving spouses to vent their frustrations and learn from one another's experiences. It's also a way for them to confront and overcome their issues and share resources.
May recently learned at one of the group's bimonthly meetings that she qualifies for child care services here at Marine Corps expense. Child care services officials had disputed her eligibility because they'd never dealt with her kind of situation, she said.
"My husband died in 2003, and the [Marine Corps] questioned whether or not I could have used child services for my children," she said. "Six years later, in one of our meetings, I found out that not only could I have used the services, but the Marine Corps would have paid for it.
"That's why we always try to stay on top of our entitlements as widows and widowers and make sure everyone in the group has the information."
Almost every meeting includes a speaker from the installation's command and staff sections to share new information and insights with the group. Casualty assistance officers, chaplains, Marine Corps and Navy lawyers and public affairs officers regularly attend the meetings, said Vivianne Wersel, widow of Marine Corps Lt. Col. Richard Wersel. Survivors technically aren't part of the military, she added, so widows and widowers of fallen servicemembers often get left out.
"A lot of times there are resources that we're not aware of, so the only way we're going to be made aware is to have people from the different organizations come out," Wersel said. "What's available to us now that we're survivors isn't the same as when we were active duty spouses."
Wersel's husband returned from an Iraq deployment in February 2005. A week later, he collapsed in a gym and died suddenly of heart complications. "He went to work that morning and never came home," she said. "He hadn't even had time to turn in his gun or do his post-deployment medical screening."
Like May, Wersel said, she found herself isolated with no one to turn to. They had lots of questions pertaining to benefits and how they fit into the Marine Corps family as widows. But when they helped to establish their group and network of support, they realized they were also tackling another issue: the void of friendship.
Military widows have difficulty fitting not only into their military community, but also into society in general, Wersel said. She said awkwardness always is evident among people she meets when she introduces herself as a Marine widow. Within the support group, though, the members can be themselves without worrying about making others uncomfortable, she added.
"[The support group] is a place where we can say anything we want," Wersel said. "We're not going to be judged or get that certain look, and we can just be ourselves."
Jocephas "Jo" Rozier was married to his wife, Deltha, for 16 years before she died suddenly of brain trauma in October 2006. When she died, he lost his wife and his best friend, he said. Not having someone to confide in and rely on was one of the hardest aspects of his loss.
"In my personal experience, when you lose a spouse, you lose about 75 percent of your friend network," Rozier, a retired Marine Corps major, said. "That widow or widower finds himself alone in a very critical part of his life. Some things you talk about may sound distant or morbid, but in our group, we're perfectly normal."
Rozier was on active duty and deployed to Afghanistan at the time of his wife's death. In the following months, Rozier said, he began to notice his friends gradually becoming distant and starting to avoid him.
"I actually had a good friend of mine tell me talking with me about my issues was too much for him to handle -- that it was too hard for him," Rozier said. "As sad as it was, I really appreciated his honesty. I appreciate our group much more because of it."
Each member of the group shares a bond they feel is unique to survivors of fallen military members. They were looking for someone to relate to -- anyone who understood their grief or knew what it was to feel isolated and left behind. Although the emotional scars of their former lives may never fully heal, they've found comfort in knowing they're not alone.
"This is one of the few places where I can talk and just be me," Rozier said. "We're not looking for someone to solve our problems -- just someone to listen about what's going on."
Officials Announce Family Program Expansion
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 28, 2009 - Officials in the Pentagon's Office of Military Community and Family Policy have announced the upcoming expansion of a popular child care program and other news affecting military families. Beginning Oct. 1, YMCA respite child care will be expanded to licensed child care programs at YMCAs in all states that wish to participate in the program. Currently, the service is offered at select YMCAs in nine states to provide temporary relief or a short break for the parent or guardian who is responsible for caring for a deployed servicemember's child.
The care is provided at no cost for children through age 12 for up to 16 hours of care per month, per child. Eligibility extends to families while their active duty spouse is deployed to a remote location for at least six months, as well as to Title 10 families of deployed Guard and Reserve personnel and those serving at independent duty locations.
For a listing of the participating YMCAs and for a copy of the registration form, visit the Military OneSource Web site.
In other news from Military Community and Family Policy:
-- Five Department of Defense Education Activity students were named National Merit scholarship semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Scott LaBelle, Brussels American School; Shannon Grammel, Heidelberg High School, now at Fort Campbell High School; Derrick B. Lewis, Ramstein High School; Stella Y. Cho, Seoul American High School; and Emily M. Hoyle, Guam High School, all are high school seniors. They'll have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 National Merit scholarships worth more than $35 million that will be offered in the spring. The students are among 16,000 semifinalists selected for the program.
-- The MilitaryHomefront Web site recently added a new resource called "Tools for Families." The new section, under the site's Troops & Families heading, is a central repository for tools and resources designed to make things easier for Military families, including two records organizers. The focus for each organizer differs slightly, but they share the same goal of making it easier to organize, track, and update information for members of military families. Officials will add new tools as they become available.
-- Residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home here celebrated the 147th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the birthday of the home's founder, Gen. Winfield Scott, and American Military servicemembers past and present on Sept. 22. The day featured military tributes, speeches, community tours, a barbecue luncheon and other recreational activities to celebrate the historic day. President Lincoln's Cottage - the original "Soldiers' Home" established in 1851 and now a historic landmark that sits on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home – co-sponsored the event. Lincoln lived there when he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
-- The Defense Commissary Agency will take its cost-saving benefits on the road and hold on-site sales at the following Guard and Reserve locations: Oct. 1-3 in Kalispell, Mont.; Oct. 2-3 in Hancock, N.Y.; Oct. 2-4 in Charlotte, N.C., and Mobile, Ala.; Oct. 3 in Caribou, Maine, and Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Oct. 3-4 in Peoria, Ill., Redmond, Ore., and Stewart, N.Y.
The host commissary works with Guard and Reserve units that have at least 150 members stationed in an area and selects items to offer to these individuals during the sale. At some sales, patrons may pre-order products, then pick up and pay for them at the sale. Sales where pre-orders are available can be found at http://www.commissaries.com. In the near future, credit payment may be completed online and the items can be picked up at the sale, officials said.
Sept. 28, 2009 - Officials in the Pentagon's Office of Military Community and Family Policy have announced the upcoming expansion of a popular child care program and other news affecting military families. Beginning Oct. 1, YMCA respite child care will be expanded to licensed child care programs at YMCAs in all states that wish to participate in the program. Currently, the service is offered at select YMCAs in nine states to provide temporary relief or a short break for the parent or guardian who is responsible for caring for a deployed servicemember's child.
The care is provided at no cost for children through age 12 for up to 16 hours of care per month, per child. Eligibility extends to families while their active duty spouse is deployed to a remote location for at least six months, as well as to Title 10 families of deployed Guard and Reserve personnel and those serving at independent duty locations.
For a listing of the participating YMCAs and for a copy of the registration form, visit the Military OneSource Web site.
In other news from Military Community and Family Policy:
-- Five Department of Defense Education Activity students were named National Merit scholarship semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Scott LaBelle, Brussels American School; Shannon Grammel, Heidelberg High School, now at Fort Campbell High School; Derrick B. Lewis, Ramstein High School; Stella Y. Cho, Seoul American High School; and Emily M. Hoyle, Guam High School, all are high school seniors. They'll have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 National Merit scholarships worth more than $35 million that will be offered in the spring. The students are among 16,000 semifinalists selected for the program.
-- The MilitaryHomefront Web site recently added a new resource called "Tools for Families." The new section, under the site's Troops & Families heading, is a central repository for tools and resources designed to make things easier for Military families, including two records organizers. The focus for each organizer differs slightly, but they share the same goal of making it easier to organize, track, and update information for members of military families. Officials will add new tools as they become available.
-- Residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home here celebrated the 147th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the birthday of the home's founder, Gen. Winfield Scott, and American Military servicemembers past and present on Sept. 22. The day featured military tributes, speeches, community tours, a barbecue luncheon and other recreational activities to celebrate the historic day. President Lincoln's Cottage - the original "Soldiers' Home" established in 1851 and now a historic landmark that sits on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home – co-sponsored the event. Lincoln lived there when he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
-- The Defense Commissary Agency will take its cost-saving benefits on the road and hold on-site sales at the following Guard and Reserve locations: Oct. 1-3 in Kalispell, Mont.; Oct. 2-3 in Hancock, N.Y.; Oct. 2-4 in Charlotte, N.C., and Mobile, Ala.; Oct. 3 in Caribou, Maine, and Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Oct. 3-4 in Peoria, Ill., Redmond, Ore., and Stewart, N.Y.
The host commissary works with Guard and Reserve units that have at least 150 members stationed in an area and selects items to offer to these individuals during the sale. At some sales, patrons may pre-order products, then pick up and pay for them at the sale. Sales where pre-orders are available can be found at http://www.commissaries.com. In the near future, credit payment may be completed online and the items can be picked up at the sale, officials said.
VA to Provide Emergency Checks to Students Awaiting Benefits
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 28, 2009 - Checks for up to $3,000 soon will be available to students who have applied for Veterans Affairs educational benefits and who have not yet received their government payment. The checks will be distributed to eligible students at VA regional benefits offices across the country starting Oct. 2, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced Sept. 25.
"Students should be focusing on their studies, not worrying about financial difficulties," Shinseki said. "Education creates life-expanding opportunities for our veterans."
Starting Oct. 2, students can go to one of VA's 57 regional benefit offices with photo identification, a course schedule and an eligibility certificate to request advance payment of their housing and book allowance. Because some students don't live near one of those offices, officials said, VA expects to send representatives to schools with large veteran-student bodies to work with veteran service groups in helping students with transportation needs.
A list of VA regional offices is available at http://www.vba.va.gov/VBA/benefits/offices.asp.
"I'm asking our people to get out their road maps and determine how we can reach the largest number of college students who can't reach us," said Patrick Dunne, VA's undersecretary for benefits. "Not everyone has a car. Not everyone can walk to a VA benefits office."
Although VA officials said they don't know how many students will request emergency funds, about 25,000 claims are pending that may result in payments to students.
The funds VA will give to students now are advance payments of the earned benefits for housing and books, and will be deducted from future education payments. VA officials said students should know that after this special payment, they can expect to receive education payments on the normal schedule: the beginning of the month following the period for which they are reimbursed.
"This is an extraordinary action we're taking," Shinseki said. "But it's necessary, because we recognize the hardships some of our veterans face."
More than 27,500 students already have received benefits for housing or books under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, or their schools have received their tuition payments, officials said.
(From a Department of Veterans Affairs news release.)
Sept. 28, 2009 - Checks for up to $3,000 soon will be available to students who have applied for Veterans Affairs educational benefits and who have not yet received their government payment. The checks will be distributed to eligible students at VA regional benefits offices across the country starting Oct. 2, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced Sept. 25.
"Students should be focusing on their studies, not worrying about financial difficulties," Shinseki said. "Education creates life-expanding opportunities for our veterans."
Starting Oct. 2, students can go to one of VA's 57 regional benefit offices with photo identification, a course schedule and an eligibility certificate to request advance payment of their housing and book allowance. Because some students don't live near one of those offices, officials said, VA expects to send representatives to schools with large veteran-student bodies to work with veteran service groups in helping students with transportation needs.
A list of VA regional offices is available at http://www.vba.va.gov/VBA/benefits/offices.asp.
"I'm asking our people to get out their road maps and determine how we can reach the largest number of college students who can't reach us," said Patrick Dunne, VA's undersecretary for benefits. "Not everyone has a car. Not everyone can walk to a VA benefits office."
Although VA officials said they don't know how many students will request emergency funds, about 25,000 claims are pending that may result in payments to students.
The funds VA will give to students now are advance payments of the earned benefits for housing and books, and will be deducted from future education payments. VA officials said students should know that after this special payment, they can expect to receive education payments on the normal schedule: the beginning of the month following the period for which they are reimbursed.
"This is an extraordinary action we're taking," Shinseki said. "But it's necessary, because we recognize the hardships some of our veterans face."
More than 27,500 students already have received benefits for housing or books under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, or their schools have received their tuition payments, officials said.
(From a Department of Veterans Affairs news release.)
U.S. Marine Band’s first duty in SoCal: free concert at Cal State L.A., Oct. 23
‘The President’s Own’ at Luckman Theatre to play Handel, DeLuca, ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and, of course, 3 by Sousa
Los Angeles, CA — The United States Marine Band—known traditionally as “The President’s Own”—will launch the Southern California leg of its 2009 national tour with a free public concert Friday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m., in the Luckman Theatre at California State University, Los Angeles.
A limit of four tickets are available per request. For details or to reserve tickets, call (323) 343-6600, go to www.luckmanarts.org, or visit the Luckman Box Office at Cal State L.A. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket holders must arrive early and be seated by 7:15 p.m.; at 7:15, “standby” non-ticket holders will be admitted as space allows.
The band’s legendary 17th director, John Philip Sousa, initiated the concert tour tradition in 1891. The band, now directed by Colonel Michael J. Colburn, will offer traditional band repertoire, solos, opera and marches. For the Cal State L.A. concert, the selections will include a suite from Sergei Prokofief’s Romeo and Juliet, Joseph De Luca’s “Beautiful Colorado” (with a euphonium solo), a baritone rendering of George Frideric Handel’s “Arm, Arm, Ye Brave” from Judas Maccabeaus, and three Sousa compositions—including the national march of the United States, “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” There will also be a salute to the U.S. Armed Forces.
The concert is cosponsored by Cal State L.A. and its Department of Music.
“It’s an honor to host ‘The President’s Own,’” said George DeGraffenreid, chair of the Department of Music at Cal State L.A. “The U.S. Marine Band only tours the West Coast every few years. So this is a great opportunity for our students—and for the community—to experience not only a rich tradition, but also a free performance by some world-class musicians. After all, this IS the ‘house band’ for THE White House.”
The Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Founded in 1798, the band has performed for every U.S. president except George Washington. Known as “The President’s Own” since the days of Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band’s primary mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Performing for South Lawn arrival ceremonies, State Dinners, dances, solo concerts and other events, the band’s members perform more than 300 times a year at the White House.
According to First Lady Michelle Obama, “The Marine Band has been just a tremendous resource for us. They have such great range. They can play everything from jazz to country, and they’ve made every event at the White House a special one.”
Several of the band’s roughly 60 members hail from California, including oboe/English-horn player Tessa Gross of Santa Monica, cornet/trumpet player Jeffrey Strong of Fresno, euphonium players Matthew Summers of Palo Alto and Ryan McGeorge of San Diego, stage manager Richard Dickerson of Woodland Hills, and stage crewman Louis Hill of Los Angeles. (Clarinetist John Mula of Illinois is a graduate of San Diego State University.) For a list of band members, go to www.marineband.usmc.mil/who_we_are/members/index.htm.
By early November, the Marine Band will have performed a total of 29 concerts in 31 days on its 2009 tour. This year’s tour route takes the band through Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, and southern Nevada. After Cal State L.A., its Southland stops include Pasadena (Oct. 24), Oxnard (Oct. 25), UCLA (Oct. 26), San Diego (Oct. 28) and Imperial (Oct. 29). For a complete tour schedule and other details, visit www.marineband.usmc.mil.
For directions to the CSULA campus, go to www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php. Concert parking will be free at upper level of Parking Structure C. For the Luckman Fine Arts Complex web site, go to www.luckmanarts.org.
Who: “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band will perform at the Luckman Theatre on the Cal State L.A. campus, as part of its 2009 national concert tour.
What: Advance tickets are available (a maximum of 4 tickets per request). Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket holders must arrive early and be seated by 7:15 p.m.; at that time, “standby” non-ticket holders will be admitted as space allows.
When: Friday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Luckman Theatre, on the Cal State L.A. campus. The University is near the junction of the 10 and 710 freeways.
(Map and directions: www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php.)
Info: Free to the public. For tickets, visit or call the Luckman Box Office at (323) 343-6600.
Los Angeles, CA — The United States Marine Band—known traditionally as “The President’s Own”—will launch the Southern California leg of its 2009 national tour with a free public concert Friday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m., in the Luckman Theatre at California State University, Los Angeles.
A limit of four tickets are available per request. For details or to reserve tickets, call (323) 343-6600, go to www.luckmanarts.org, or visit the Luckman Box Office at Cal State L.A. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket holders must arrive early and be seated by 7:15 p.m.; at 7:15, “standby” non-ticket holders will be admitted as space allows.
The band’s legendary 17th director, John Philip Sousa, initiated the concert tour tradition in 1891. The band, now directed by Colonel Michael J. Colburn, will offer traditional band repertoire, solos, opera and marches. For the Cal State L.A. concert, the selections will include a suite from Sergei Prokofief’s Romeo and Juliet, Joseph De Luca’s “Beautiful Colorado” (with a euphonium solo), a baritone rendering of George Frideric Handel’s “Arm, Arm, Ye Brave” from Judas Maccabeaus, and three Sousa compositions—including the national march of the United States, “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” There will also be a salute to the U.S. Armed Forces.
The concert is cosponsored by Cal State L.A. and its Department of Music.
“It’s an honor to host ‘The President’s Own,’” said George DeGraffenreid, chair of the Department of Music at Cal State L.A. “The U.S. Marine Band only tours the West Coast every few years. So this is a great opportunity for our students—and for the community—to experience not only a rich tradition, but also a free performance by some world-class musicians. After all, this IS the ‘house band’ for THE White House.”
The Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Founded in 1798, the band has performed for every U.S. president except George Washington. Known as “The President’s Own” since the days of Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band’s primary mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Performing for South Lawn arrival ceremonies, State Dinners, dances, solo concerts and other events, the band’s members perform more than 300 times a year at the White House.
According to First Lady Michelle Obama, “The Marine Band has been just a tremendous resource for us. They have such great range. They can play everything from jazz to country, and they’ve made every event at the White House a special one.”
Several of the band’s roughly 60 members hail from California, including oboe/English-horn player Tessa Gross of Santa Monica, cornet/trumpet player Jeffrey Strong of Fresno, euphonium players Matthew Summers of Palo Alto and Ryan McGeorge of San Diego, stage manager Richard Dickerson of Woodland Hills, and stage crewman Louis Hill of Los Angeles. (Clarinetist John Mula of Illinois is a graduate of San Diego State University.) For a list of band members, go to www.marineband.usmc.mil/who_we_are/members/index.htm.
By early November, the Marine Band will have performed a total of 29 concerts in 31 days on its 2009 tour. This year’s tour route takes the band through Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, and southern Nevada. After Cal State L.A., its Southland stops include Pasadena (Oct. 24), Oxnard (Oct. 25), UCLA (Oct. 26), San Diego (Oct. 28) and Imperial (Oct. 29). For a complete tour schedule and other details, visit www.marineband.usmc.mil.
For directions to the CSULA campus, go to www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php. Concert parking will be free at upper level of Parking Structure C. For the Luckman Fine Arts Complex web site, go to www.luckmanarts.org.
Who: “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band will perform at the Luckman Theatre on the Cal State L.A. campus, as part of its 2009 national concert tour.
What: Advance tickets are available (a maximum of 4 tickets per request). Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket holders must arrive early and be seated by 7:15 p.m.; at that time, “standby” non-ticket holders will be admitted as space allows.
When: Friday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Luckman Theatre, on the Cal State L.A. campus. The University is near the junction of the 10 and 710 freeways.
(Map and directions: www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php.)
Info: Free to the public. For tickets, visit or call the Luckman Box Office at (323) 343-6600.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
National Leaders Pay Tribute to Families of Fallen Servicemembers
By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
Sept. 26, 2009 - American servicemembers who've perished in the nation's wars "died for the ones they loved," the U.S. military's top officer said today at a special ceremony held on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. "It is for the loved ones like you that our fallen were willing to lay down their lives, so that each of you could achieve your hopes and dreams. Dreams shared by Americans across the ages; dreams for a peaceful world without fear," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told hundreds of people attending the fourth-annual "A Time of Remembrance" ceremony.
The annual "A Time of Remembrance" ceremony honors military members who died during the nation's wars, as well as their families and veterans. It is sponsored by the White House Commission on Remembrance, established by Congress in 2000.
Scores of children of military members who'd died during operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom received the commission's Gold Medal of Remembrance at the ceremony. Gold Star Mothers who'd lost a son or daughter who'd died in service to the country were invited to attend the event.
"Life should always be about doing what we love in honor of the ones we love," Mullen said to the fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, other relatives and friends who grieved for their lost loved ones.
Mullen was accompanied at the ceremony by Army Chief of Staff George W. Casey Jr. and other senior military officers.
"As a former commander and as the Army Chief of some of the brave men and women that we're honoring today, I want the families to know that I carry the burden of their loss with me every day," said Casey, who'd lost his father, when Army Maj. Gen. George W. Casey Sr., commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam's central highlands on July 7, 1970.
The freedoms that Americans enjoy today, Casey said, have come with a cost.
"Throughout our history our freedoms have been bought, along with the freedoms of others, through the sacrifices and selfless service of the men and women that we honor today," Casey said.
"I can't think of a greater privilege than to have the opportunity to pay tribute to men and women who in service to their country gave their all," said Army Gen. Anne E. Dunwoody, chief of U.S. Army Material Command and the first woman four-star general in U.S. history.
The landscape of warfare has changed, Dunwoody said, whereby "mothers and daughters are fighting alongside their brothers-in-arms; and now, in numbers greater than ever before, mothers and daughters are among our fallen heroes."
Camella LaSpada, chairman of the "A Time of Remembrance program, saluted the military families who attended the event.
"May we all recognize that heroes are found on the home front, as well as the front lines; I ache for your loss," LaSpada told family members. They and their departed loved ones, she said, are "not forgotten and never will be."
LaSpada later read a message from President Barack Obama:
"I send my warmest greetings to the Gold Star families and all those gathered to honor our brave servicemen and women," Obama said. "The nation is forever indebted to our fallen heroes who sacrificed their lives for our country.
"As family members you have shared the sacrifice of loved ones that have served our nation with courage and an unmatched commitment to country," he said. "They wage war, so that we might know peace; brave hardship, so that we might know opportunity; and pay the ultimate price, so that we might know freedom. They are the best of America and a shining example to all in our nation."
Actor Kevin Bacon, who portrays a military casualty-assistance officer in the HBO film, entitled "Taking Chance," said his role taught him "the importance of honoring our fallen with complete dignity and respect."
Family members of the fallen, Bacon said, also "have made the ultimate sacrifice," by losing their loved ones.
"My thoughts, and the thoughts of our country, are with you," Bacon told the family members.
Ross Perot, a Navy veteran and entrepreneur, saluted the heroism and selfless service of the fallen and praised their loved ones.
"It's an honor to be with all of you today," Perot said, "and certainly, we're all here to honor our fallen heroes who've made the ultimate sacrifice for all of us, our great country, and our families."
Kristine Karolasz, 30, mourned the loss of her brother, Edward Karolasz, an Army staff sergeant with the 101st Airborne Division who was killed in action on Nov. 19, 2005, during operations in Bayji, Iraq. Karolasz was accompanied by her 8-year-old daughter, Brianna Lancha.
This year's remembrance ceremony "was very beautiful, very well organized, very well put-together and very moving," said Karolasz, a Kearny, N.J., native.
As her eyes welled with tears, Karolasz described her departed brother as "a true American hero."
Karolasz said she's grateful for the chance to celebrate her brother's service and memory.
Pointing to the hundreds of people attending the ceremony, Karolasz said of her brother and of her loss: "So many people are remembering him and so many people have been through what we've been through.
"We miss him," she said.l
Obama: Iran Must Face Responsibilities Over Nuclear Issue
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 26, 2009 - Iran's leaders must come clean with the international community about evidence that Iran has been secretly constructing another nuclear-fuel processing plant, President Barack Obama said today in his weekly address. "This week, we joined with the United Kingdom and France in presenting evidence that Iran has been building a secret nuclear facility to enrich uranium," Obama said in his address. "This is a serious challenge to the global nonproliferation regime, and continues a disturbing pattern of Iranian evasion."
Revelations about Iran's actions, Obama said, make more urgent the slated Oct. 1 negotiations in Geneva between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany.
Yesterday at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Obama, accompanied by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, stated that the day before in Vienna, the United States, the United Kingdom and France had "presented detailed evidence to the IAEA demonstrating that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been building a covert uranium enrichment facility near Qom for several years."
Iran already has a uranium processing plant in Natanz.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, based in Vienna, is a U.N.-sponsored organization that cooperates with its member states and partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.
The United States and other members of the international community suspect that Iran is processing nuclear fuel to be used to construct nuclear weapons.
In his address today, Obama said he's still open to "meaningful dialogue" to resolve the Iran nuclear issue.
"But, Iran must cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency," Obama said, "and take action to demonstrate its peaceful intentions."
Iran's leaders must make a decision, he said.
"Iran's leaders must now choose – they can live up to their responsibilities and achieve integration with the community of nations," Obama said. "Or, they will face increased pressure and isolation, and deny opportunity to their own people."
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 26, 2009 - Iran's leaders must come clean with the international community about evidence that Iran has been secretly constructing another nuclear-fuel processing plant, President Barack Obama said today in his weekly address. "This week, we joined with the United Kingdom and France in presenting evidence that Iran has been building a secret nuclear facility to enrich uranium," Obama said in his address. "This is a serious challenge to the global nonproliferation regime, and continues a disturbing pattern of Iranian evasion."
Revelations about Iran's actions, Obama said, make more urgent the slated Oct. 1 negotiations in Geneva between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany.
Yesterday at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Obama, accompanied by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, stated that the day before in Vienna, the United States, the United Kingdom and France had "presented detailed evidence to the IAEA demonstrating that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been building a covert uranium enrichment facility near Qom for several years."
Iran already has a uranium processing plant in Natanz.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, based in Vienna, is a U.N.-sponsored organization that cooperates with its member states and partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.
The United States and other members of the international community suspect that Iran is processing nuclear fuel to be used to construct nuclear weapons.
In his address today, Obama said he's still open to "meaningful dialogue" to resolve the Iran nuclear issue.
"But, Iran must cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency," Obama said, "and take action to demonstrate its peaceful intentions."
Iran's leaders must make a decision, he said.
"Iran's leaders must now choose – they can live up to their responsibilities and achieve integration with the community of nations," Obama said. "Or, they will face increased pressure and isolation, and deny opportunity to their own people."
'No Doubt' New Iranian Nuke Facility is 'Illicit,' Gates Concludes
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 27, 2009 - Revelations that Iran has covertly been building an underground nuclear-fuel processing plant belie the Iranian-government's denials that it is attempting to develop nuclear weapons, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on the Sunday TV talk show circuit today.
"We've been watching the construction of this facility for quite some time and one of the reasons that we've waited to make it public was to ensure that our conclusions about its purpose were right," Gates told host John King on CNN's State of the Union program.
President Barack Obama said yesterday in his weekly address that intelligence data has convinced the United States, the United Kingdom and France "that Iran has been building a secret nuclear facility to enrich uranium."
The Iranian's actions, Obama said, present "a serious challenge to the global nonproliferation regime, and continues a disturbing pattern of Iranian evasion."
The United States and other members of the international community suspect that Iran is processing nuclear fuel to be used to construct nuclear weapons. Iran already has a uranium processing plant in Natanz.
Earlier this week at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Obama noted that the Iranians have been covertly constructing a new nuclear-fuel processing plant near Qom. That information and corroborating evidence of the Iranians' actions, he said, have been provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Intelligence officials have been monitoring activities around Qom "at least a couple of years," Gates said today on CNN.
"And, I think that certainly the intelligence people have no doubt that this is an illicit nuclear facility, if only because the Iranians kept it a secret," Gates told King. "If they wanted it for peaceful nuclear purposes there is no reason to put it so deep underground; no reason to be deceptive about it and keep it a secret for a protracted a period of time."
Gates was asked by King about possible military options against Iran, in view of Iran's apparent determination to acquire nuclear arms despite U.N. sanctions already in place to persuade it not to do so.
While the military option isn't off the table, Gates said, the reality is "there is no military option that does anything more than buy time – the estimates are one-to-three years, or so" before Iran develops a nuclear weapon."
And, "the only way you end up not having a nuclear-capable Iran," Gates said, "is for the Iranian government to decide that their security is diminished by having those weapons, as opposed to (being) strengthened."
There's still room left for diplomacy, Gates said on CNN, as he noted the slated Oct. 1 negotiations in Geneva between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany.
"The Iranians are in a very bad spot now because of this deception, in terms of all of the great powers," Gates told King, "and there obviously is the opportunity for severe additional sanctions and I think we have the time to make that work."
The United States is in close contact with its ally Israel, Gates said, noting the U.S. continues to urge the Israelis "to let this diplomatic economic-sanctions path play out."
New U.N.-levied sanctions against Iran, Gates told King on CNN, could involve banking, particularly sanctions on equipment and technology for Iran's oil and gas industry.
Gates also appeared on ABC's "This Week" TV program hosted by George Stephanopoulos. Gates gave Stephanopoulos his personal view that the Iranian government has the intention of acquiring nuclear weapons, but it may not yet have made a formal decision to move toward the development of nuclear weapons.
What's critical now, Gates told Stephanopoulos, as he told King earlier, is persuading the Iranians that their security will be diminished by trying to get nuclear weapons rather than enhanced.
And, Iran's contested presidential election, Gates said, has revealed political and societal "fissures in Iran" that haven't been witnessed since the Islamic Revolution there 30 years ago.
If the Oct. 1 meeting "doesn't work" to persuade Iran to jettison its desire for nuclear arms, Gates told Stephanopoulos, then "you begin to move in the direction of severe sanctions."
And, imposing tougher sanctions against Iran, Gates said, would "have the potential" of causing the Iranians to change their policies.
American Forces Press Service
Sept. 27, 2009 - Revelations that Iran has covertly been building an underground nuclear-fuel processing plant belie the Iranian-government's denials that it is attempting to develop nuclear weapons, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on the Sunday TV talk show circuit today.
"We've been watching the construction of this facility for quite some time and one of the reasons that we've waited to make it public was to ensure that our conclusions about its purpose were right," Gates told host John King on CNN's State of the Union program.
President Barack Obama said yesterday in his weekly address that intelligence data has convinced the United States, the United Kingdom and France "that Iran has been building a secret nuclear facility to enrich uranium."
The Iranian's actions, Obama said, present "a serious challenge to the global nonproliferation regime, and continues a disturbing pattern of Iranian evasion."
The United States and other members of the international community suspect that Iran is processing nuclear fuel to be used to construct nuclear weapons. Iran already has a uranium processing plant in Natanz.
Earlier this week at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Obama noted that the Iranians have been covertly constructing a new nuclear-fuel processing plant near Qom. That information and corroborating evidence of the Iranians' actions, he said, have been provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Intelligence officials have been monitoring activities around Qom "at least a couple of years," Gates said today on CNN.
"And, I think that certainly the intelligence people have no doubt that this is an illicit nuclear facility, if only because the Iranians kept it a secret," Gates told King. "If they wanted it for peaceful nuclear purposes there is no reason to put it so deep underground; no reason to be deceptive about it and keep it a secret for a protracted a period of time."
Gates was asked by King about possible military options against Iran, in view of Iran's apparent determination to acquire nuclear arms despite U.N. sanctions already in place to persuade it not to do so.
While the military option isn't off the table, Gates said, the reality is "there is no military option that does anything more than buy time – the estimates are one-to-three years, or so" before Iran develops a nuclear weapon."
And, "the only way you end up not having a nuclear-capable Iran," Gates said, "is for the Iranian government to decide that their security is diminished by having those weapons, as opposed to (being) strengthened."
There's still room left for diplomacy, Gates said on CNN, as he noted the slated Oct. 1 negotiations in Geneva between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany.
"The Iranians are in a very bad spot now because of this deception, in terms of all of the great powers," Gates told King, "and there obviously is the opportunity for severe additional sanctions and I think we have the time to make that work."
The United States is in close contact with its ally Israel, Gates said, noting the U.S. continues to urge the Israelis "to let this diplomatic economic-sanctions path play out."
New U.N.-levied sanctions against Iran, Gates told King on CNN, could involve banking, particularly sanctions on equipment and technology for Iran's oil and gas industry.
Gates also appeared on ABC's "This Week" TV program hosted by George Stephanopoulos. Gates gave Stephanopoulos his personal view that the Iranian government has the intention of acquiring nuclear weapons, but it may not yet have made a formal decision to move toward the development of nuclear weapons.
What's critical now, Gates told Stephanopoulos, as he told King earlier, is persuading the Iranians that their security will be diminished by trying to get nuclear weapons rather than enhanced.
And, Iran's contested presidential election, Gates said, has revealed political and societal "fissures in Iran" that haven't been witnessed since the Islamic Revolution there 30 years ago.
If the Oct. 1 meeting "doesn't work" to persuade Iran to jettison its desire for nuclear arms, Gates told Stephanopoulos, then "you begin to move in the direction of severe sanctions."
And, imposing tougher sanctions against Iran, Gates said, would "have the potential" of causing the Iranians to change their policies.
Friday, September 25, 2009
MILITARY CONTRACTS September 25, 2009
AIR FORCE
Multiple contractors have been awarded a $3,000,000,000 contract for environmental requirements that include completion of a conceptual design, construction, implementation, demolition, repair and operation and maintenance of installed systems prior to delivery to the government. At this time, $3,000 per contractor has been awarded. AFCEE/ACV of Brooks City-Base, Texas is the contracting activity. AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Long Beach Calif., FA8903-09-D-8547 Arcadis U.S. Inc., Highland Ranch, Col., FA8903-09-D-8550, Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc., Birmingham, Ala., FA8903-09-D-8554, Conti Federal Services, In., South Plainfield, N.J., FA8903-09-D-8558, Engineering-Environmental Management, Englewood, Colo., FA8903-09-D-8568, Jacobs Government Services Co., Pasadena, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8568, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, Penn., FA8903-09-D-8549, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8552, CH2M Hill Constructors, Inc., Englewood, Colo., FA8903-09-D-8557, Environmental Chemical Corp., Burlingame Calif., FA8903-09-D-8561, Innovative Technical Solutions, In., Walnut Creek, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8567, Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., Arlington, Va., FA 8903-09-D-8569, Aerostar Environmental Services, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., FA8903-09-D-8548, SpecPro Environmental Services, LLC, Oak Ridge, Tenn., FA8903-09-D-8581, Environmental Management Resources, Inc., Lawrence, Kan., FA8903-09-D-8562, SpecPro Environmental Services, Oak Ridge, Tenn., FA8903-09-D-8581, LATA-Kemron Remediation, Westerville, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8571, Laguna Construction Co., Laguna, New Mexico, FA8903-09-D-8570, North Wind, Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho, FA8903-09-D-8574, Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8579, Tetra Tech EC, Inc., San Antonio Texas, FA8903-09-D-8583, URS Group Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8587, MACTEC Engineering & Consulting, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia, FA8903-09-D-8572, Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group, Pasadena, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8576, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., San Antonio, Texas 78216, Toltest, Inc., Maumee, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8586, Weston Solutions, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8589, BEM Systems, Inc., Chatham, N.J., FA8903-09-D-8553, CapeEnvironmental Management, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8556, EA Engineering, Science & Technology, Inc., Hunt Valley, Md., FA8903-09-D-8560, FPM Remediations, Inc., Ronkonkoma, N.Y., FA8903-09-D-8565, Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises, LLC, Milwaukee, Wis., FA8903-09-D-8575, RMA-Insight, JV, Pomona, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8584, Tidewater, Inc., Columbia, Md., FA8903-09-D-8584, Versar, Inc., Springfield, Va., FA8903-09-D-8588, Cabrera Services, Inc., Hartford, Conn., FA8903-09-D-8555, Dawson Technical, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, FA8903-09-D-8559, Environmental Quality Management, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, FA8903-09-D8564, HydroGeoLogic, Inc., Reston, Va., FA8903-09-D-8566, Project Resources, Inc., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8577, Sullivan & Charter Environmental JV, Inc., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8582, Tierra Dynamic, LLC, Phoenix, Ariz.., FA8903-09-D-8585, Zapata Inc., Charlotte, N.C., FA8903-09-D-8590.
Integral Systems Incorp., of Columbia, Md., was awarded a $77,662,446 contract which will implement the restructure of the rapid attack, identification, detection and reporting system block-10 program from a 6 fixed and 3 deployable site configuration to a five transportable system construct. At this time, $27,740,754 has been obligated. SMC/SYSW/PK of El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8819-05-C-0018).
L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., was awarded a $42,349,195 contract which will provide for logistics support for the T-1A aircraft at Vance, Columbus, Randolph, and Laughlin Air Force Bases and Pensacola Naval Air Station. At this time, $42,349,195 has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKA, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-09-C-0001, P00001).
Terma North America, Inc., of Warner Robins, Ga., was awarded a $29,500,000 contract which will provide for engineering services to support the AN/ALQ-213 countermeasures sets. At this time, no money has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia is the contracting activity (FA8540-09-D-0003).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $19,370,831 contract which will provide engineering services applicable to the ALR-20 system. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8523-09-C-0013).
Northrop Grumman Space Technology of Redondo Beach, Calif., was awarded a $9,999,999 contract which will provide special study for risk reduction tasks under Global Positioning System's next generation operational control segment contract Phase A. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. SMC/GPSW, El Segundo Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8807-08-C-0001,P00028).
Raytheon Co., of Aurora, Colo., was awarded a $9,999,903 contract which will provide special study for risk reduction tasks under Global Positioning System's next generation operational control segment contract Phase A. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. SMC/GPSW, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8807-08-C-0003, P00027).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $9,494,797 contract which will provide engineering services applicable to the ALQ-135. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0341).
MacAulay-Brown, Inc. of Dayton, Ohio was awarded a $9,250,204 contract which will provide support to plan, implement, and execute the Air Force Networks Defense mission. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 33 NWS/MS, San Antonio, Texas is the contracting activity (FA7037-09-F-8108).
Eagle Applied Sciences, LLC of San Antonio, Texas was awarded a $8,000,000 contract which will provide for EGL Vision 2045: The Air Force Materiel Command Transformation Plan. At this time, no money has been obligated. AFDW/A7KM-S, Brooks City Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA7014-09-D-0019).
M.J. Takisaki Contractors, Inc., of Seattle, Washington was awarded a $7,355,952 contract which will provide for design-build construction, renovation of four dormitories. At this time, $275,000 the entire amount has been obligated. 92d CONS, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington is the contracting activity (FA4620-07-D-B004, P0007).
Ahntech, Incorporated of Camino del Rio South of San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $6,581,617 contract which will provide for Air Combat Training Systems. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. AETC/CONS/LGCU, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (F41689-02-D-0044, P00046).
Parker Hannifin Customer Support Incorporated of Irvine, Calif., was awarded a $6,492,904 contract which will provide for a B52 retrofit modification kit. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 448 SCMG/PKBC, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8122-09-C-0005).
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions was awarded a $5,572,698 contract which will repair/refurbish 60 solid state radars in support of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile weapons system. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 526 ICBMSG/PKA, Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (FA8204-07-C-0022, P00006).
Raytheon Co., of Marlborough, Mass., was awarded a $5,571,415 contract for commercial procurement of one Auto Track II radar simulator and one MaxSim tower simulator equipment software, data, factory and site acceptance tests, installation and checkout tasks, spares and site design for the Multi National Security Transition Command-Iraq. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 653 ESW, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8730-09-C0004).
NAVY
Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, Morgan City, La., is being awarded a $180,998,189 fixed-price letter contract for the detail design and construction of nine patrol boats and associated equipment and services for the Iraq Navy. This contract is in support of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case IQ –P-SAZ and U.S. Case E4-P-LBT. The contract is for nine Swiftships model 35PB1208E-1455 patrol boats along with six 30mm gun weapons systems, machine gun mounts and cradles, spare parts, and contractor engineering technical services. Work will be performed in Morgan City, La., (60 percent), Detroit, Mich., (30 percent), Ocean Springs, Miss., (8 percent) and Charlottesville, Va., (2 percent) and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Funding in the amount of $129,104,173 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-2256).
Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded a $133,542,526 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-06-D-0017) to exercise an option for maintenance and logistics services in support of 374 T-34, T-44, and T-6 aircraft. Work will be performed at the NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, (44.11 percent ); NAS Whiting Field, Fla., (38.77 percent); NAS Pensacola, Fla., (10.70 percent); NAS Oceana, Va., (1.60 percent); NAS Lemoore, Calif., (1.34 percent); Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif., (.80 percent); Fort Rucker, Ala., (.80 percent); Naval Air Facility, El Centro, Calif., (.53 percent); Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., (.27 percent); Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N.C., (.27 percent); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., (.27 percent); NASA Cleveland, Ohio, (.27 percent); and Fort Eustis, Va., (.27 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $112,650,548 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract (N00019-08-D-0014) to exercise an option for logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance required to support 49 T-45A and 151 T-45C aircraft based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss.; NAS Kingsville, Texas; and NAS Pensacola, Fla. This requirement also includes the organizational level maintenance for the engine. Work will be performed in Kingsville, Texas, (54 percent); Meridian, Miss., (42 percent); and Pensacola, Fla., (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Rolls-Royce Defense Services, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $90,674,394 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price requirements contract (N00019-09-D-0002) to exercise an option for intermediate and depot level maintenance and related support for in-service T-45 F405-RR-401 Adour engines under the Power-By-the-Hour (PBTH®) arrangement. In addition, this modification provides for inventory control, sustaining engineering and configuration management, as well as integrated logistics support and required engineering elements necessary to support the F405-RR-401 engine at the organization level. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas (48 percent), NAS Meridian, Miss., (47 percent); NAS Pensacola, Fla., (4 percent), and NAS Patuxent River, Md., (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Harper Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $81,821,721 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of three Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The BEQs will house a total of 1,148 Marines in the standard 2+0 configuration and will include a multipurpose community area and laundry facilities. The contract also contains planned modifications, which if issued would increase cumulative contract value to $90,256,146. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 23 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-09-C-1214).
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $76,324,240 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for the fiscal year 2009 procurement of four Lot 6 UH-1Y helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (60 percent) and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $33,105,474 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the technology demonstration phase for the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System for the design, development and demonstration of a prototype for an advanced missile warning system to be installed on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to increase survivability in hostile environments. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., (79 percent); Dallas, Texas, (12 percent); and Danbury, Conn., (9 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals; three offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0099).
ATK Integrated Systems, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $32,234,576 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the Technology Demonstration Phase for the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System for the design, development and demonstration of a prototype for an advanced missile warning system to be installed on Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to increase survivability in hostile environments. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H., (41 percent); Clearwater, Fla., (21.5 percent); Woodland Hills, Calif., (21.5 percent); Dallas, Texas, (10 percent); and Danbury, Conn., (6 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals; three offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0100).
Solipsys Corp.,* Fulton, Md., is being awarded a $28,000,000 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project under Topic N98-072 entitled "Open Architectures for Command and Control System Development" and N98-077 entitled "Multi-Level Networking. The objective of this tactical component network/multi-level sensor network applications project is to extend and deploy tactical component network and hub-and-spoke based prototype applications to cognizant user and program communities within the Department of Defense and potential to other government entities. Work will be performed in Fulton, Md. (70 percent) and Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured using SBIR Program Solicitation under Topics N98-072 and N98-077; and three offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-09-D-0007).
AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $22,363,463 firm-fixed-price task order #0005 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-08-D-8816) for remedial action, alternative 10 for Hangar 1 (Site 29) at Former Naval Air Station Moffett Field. The contract also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $24,896,594. Work will be performed in Mountain View, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Jacobs Technology Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded $18,134,187 for task order #0025 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M67854-02-A-9017). The scope of this effort is to provide support of the transition from the NMCI environment to the next generation USMC IT environment. This includes financial planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the USMC enterprise budget throughout the Future Year Defense Plan; acquisition management supporting the next generation IT environment; program management activities; USMC representation and coordination with Navy Next Generation Enterprise Network office, the Secure Operational Network Infrastructure Capability Program of Record activities as well as providing expertise in all other forums related to the delivery of this new IT environment. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va. is the contracting activity.
Capstone Corp., Alexandria, Va., was awarded a $16,340,357 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on Sept. 23, 2009, to provide professional support services to the Commander, Naval Installations Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. This contract includes a one-year base period with four one-year option periods which, if exercised, bring the total estimated value of the contract to $86,543,619. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and work is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This contract was awarded through full and open competition, with twelve offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Philadelphia Office, is the contracting activity (N00189-09-D-Z069).
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration – Owego, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $14,750,000 firm-fixed-price order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for non-recurring engineering support to complete the design, development, integration and test of a ship air upgrade into the MH-60 R helicopter. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in April 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded $11,312,805 for task order #0038 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price (M67854-02-A-9014) with a pre-priced option of $2,402,125. The primary scope of this effort is to provide general engineering and scientific support to the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), Operational Forces Systems, Product Group 09 (PG09), program manager, Ground Combat Systems (PM-GCS) for Item Unique Identification (IUID) marking of legacy ground non-mission essential principal end items (PEIs) and applicable assemblies/subassemblies, e.g., Secondary Reparables (SECREPS). The primary level of effort will be: (1) Class VII PEIs (~896 TAMCNs); (2) applicable assemblies/subassemblies (~4/PEI), e.g., secondary reparables; and, (3) other class type items, i.e., Class II, of controlled and/or serially managed as directed by PM-GCS and/or HQMC. For "primary" level of effort (1), this information may be obtained via email and/or compact disc from the COR/project officer. This SOW supports IUID efforts to identify PEIs and SECREPS for marking, engineering analysis for UII (Unique Item Identifier)/ 2D Data Matrix location, and technical documentation development and support. Other activities include IUID programmatic support, planning, and management support, capture of Marine Corps Data Field Requirements Phase I and future data requirements, e.g., WAWF, and a major emphasis on engineering analysis and assessment for the implementation of IUID marking, and ability to collect technical data for the USMC temporary data storage. Work will be performed in Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Camp Pendleton, Calif.; New Orleans, La.; and Okinawa, Japan, and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
First RF Corp.*, Boulder, Colo., is being awarded an $11,217,765 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contractfor antennas to support the CREW (Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare) Vehicle Receiver Jammer (CVRJ) System. The CVRJ system is used to counter continuous and evolving improvised explosive device threats. Acquisition of the antennas will provide spares to replace antennas damaged during operations. Work will be performed in Boulder, Colo., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contractfunds in the amount of $5,909,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured and the solicitation was not posted to Federal Business Opportunities. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-09-D-WQ20).
Burns, Roe & Dick, A Joint Venture, Pittsburg, Pa., is being awarded $10,847,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N69450-09-D-1279) for design and construction to restore building systems at the Naval Hospital at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay. The work to be performed provides for design and construction of repairs to flood damaged portions of the facility interior and additional construction and renovation in other portions of the facility. Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $6,607,021 modification to previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (N00024-05-G-4418) for alteration installation support services in support of combat and sonar system warfare federated tactical systems on the USS Springfield (SSN 761). Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be competed by February 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport, Keyport, Wash., is the contracting activity.
AT&T Government Solutions, Inc., Vienna, Va., is being awarded $6,544,248 for task order #0028 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M6785403A5154) to provide technical support to the Marine Corps Systems Command, Information Systems and Infrastructure Product Group, Marine Corps Network and Infrastructure Services Program Office to provide information technology networking support services for the secret internet protocol router network to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific installations. Throughout the contract period the contractor will be required to perform such duties as customer support, network testing and monitoring, system analysis and problem solving. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $5,881,774 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00604-06-C-0018) to exercise option year three for ammunition handling and management services for Navy Munitions Command, East Asia Division Detachment Pearl Harbor. Work will be performed in Hawaii, and work is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $79,059,282 firm-fixed-price contract for CH-47 T55-714A engines and fielding kits. Work is to be performed in Tempe, Ariz., (50 percent), and Greer, S.C., (50 Percent) with an estimated completion of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army AMCOM, CCAM-CH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-04-C-0061).
ITT Corp., Roanoke, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $72,179,506 fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. This contract is for aviator's night vision imaging systems. Work is to be performed in Roanoke, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Bids are solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-09-D-0079).
SRCTec, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $53,216,250 firm-fixed-price contract. This is an undefinitized contract action is being issued for the procurement of 1851 each urgently required Duke V2 systems. Work is to be performed in Syracuse, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2010. Sole Source bids were solicited with one bid received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-05-D-S205).
Colt Defense, LLC., West Hartford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $32,143,048 firm-fixed-price contract for M240B machine guns. Work is to be performed in Hartford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2015. Bid solicitation was open to the Firms in the U.S. and Canada with two bids received. TACOM-RI, CCTA-AR-SA, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0175).
Spectrum Healthcare Resources, Inc., Saint Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $28,462,855 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the procurement of family health centers as extensions of the DeWitt Health Care Network, Fort Belvoir. The contractor shall provide all facilities, facility maintenance, staffing, supplies, and equipment necessary to support an ambulatory/primary care program for the treatment and authorized military beneficiaries and their dependents. Work is to be performed in Fairfax, Va., (41 percent), and Dumfries, Va., (59 percent). Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. Center for Health Care Contracting, Fort Sam Houston, Texas., is the contracting activity (W81K04-09-C-0006).
CH2M Hill Contractors, Inc., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $25,738,101 firm-fixed-price construction contract for construction of a communications facility, Camp Arifjan, State of Kuwait. Work is to be performed in the State of Kuwait., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011. Fifty nine bids were solicited with 15 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Programs Center, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0046).
Tetra Tech Facilities Construction, LLC., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $22,564,852 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a design/build contract for the additional/alteration to the MDARING Army Aviation Support Facility, Weide Army Airfield, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Work is to be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 6, 2009. Bids were solicited through ASFI with 18 bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO for MD, Havre de Grace, Md., is the contracting activity (W912K6-09-C-0002).
Pike Wohlsen DAFB, LLC., Lancaster, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $14,735,113 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of the Armed Forces Reserve Center, Newark, Del. Work is to be performed in Newark, Del., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 17, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0083).
American Ordnance LLC., Middletown, Iowa., was awarded in Sept. 23, 2009 a $11,555,574 firm-fixed-price contract. This procurement is for the 60mm propelling charges: work for 835,990 each M204, 918,256 each M235 and 21,960 each M236 is awarded. Work is to be performed in Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. Bids were solicited via National Technology Industrial Base with three bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, CCRC-AR, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-C-0032).
AP Midwest, LLC., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Sept. 23, 3009 a $9,580,161 firm-fixed-price contract for a fire station, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. This contract is to design and construct a 30,343 square foot consolidated crash/structural fire station to house fire protection vehicles, equipment, personnel, alarm center, and all support areas at Grand Forks Air Force Base. The fire station building will be of masonry construction with sloped standing seam metal roof and will include underground utilities and communications infrastructure, pavements, emergency vehicle access roads, parking lots, landscaping, wetlands mitigation, and demolition of existing fire station building and s maintenance building which includes asbestos/lead removal and site restoration. Work is to be performed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited with 10 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0045).
EEC International LLC., Burlingame, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $8,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct the Wolverine Reloadable Building Housing Project, Qalat, Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Qalat, Afghanistan., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2010. Five bids were solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District South, Afghanistan., is the contracting activity (W917PM-07-D-0015).
QSS Group Inc., Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $8,010,845 firm-fixed-price-task-order contract. This is a contract for information technology support services at Rock Island Arsenal in support of the Directorate if Information Management. Work is to be performed in Rock Island. Ill., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Sixteen bids were solicited with four bids received. TACOM Contacting Center, Rock Island CCTA-AR-IC-Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0011).
Lear Siegler Services Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $7,351,474 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for the Field Logistics Readiness Center Services, For Carson, Colo. This is for the Interim requirement of four months in anticipation of the award for the basic contract FLRC Services at Fort Carson, Colo., that will take the place of the Air Force CFT contract that expired Sept. 10, 2009 for this requirement. Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completed date of Jan. 10, 2010. Sole Sources bid was solicited with one bid received. Mission and installation Contracting Command Center, Fort McPherson, Ga., is the contracting activity (W911SE-07-D-0008).
Adaptive Manufacturing Solutions, Burton, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $6,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose of this contract is to design, purchase and install equipment to consolidate a grenade line located at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark. Work is to be performed in Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Twenty bids were solicited with two bids received. RDECOM Contracting Center, Pine Bluff Contracting Division, Pine Bluff, Ark., is the contracting activity (W911RP-09-C-0018).
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC., Madison, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $6,587,145 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is to support the needs for the Fields Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Contractors will provide maintenance support on Army equipment, left-behind equipment, deployed equipment RESET and maintenance support to the installation units/customers. Work is to be performed in Fort Hood, Texas., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Mission & Installation Contracting Commands MICC Center, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the contracting activity (W911SE-07-D-0015).
Georgia Tech Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on Sept, 23, 2009 a $6,500,000 cost-no-fee contract. This contract is for Phase II of the Multifunctional Surface Systems- Carbon Nanotube (CNT) cold cathodes program aims to demonstrate morphopological control of CNT array structure the enables superior electron emitter performance and lifetime. CNT cold cathodes are ideal for electronic propulsion applications because they are lightweight, mechanically and thermally stable, damage tolerant, excellent field emission electron sources, and not operate at the extreme temperature of other thermionic devices. Large current density will allow for emitters to be small and reduce propellant budget. Distributed, high-performance CNT emitters are an enabling technology for vectoring thrust onboard satellites. Work is to be performed in Atlanta, Ga., (94 percent) and New Haven Conn., (6 percent), with an estimated completion date of Mar. 22, 2011. Bids were solicited with a Broad Agency Announcement with over 25 bids received. U.S. Army Defense Advanced Research Agency, Contract management Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-09-C-0142).
EYAKTEK, Dulles, Va., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $6,358,753 firm-fixed-contract. This contract shall provide all required design, hardware, software, equipment, installation and testing to meet the following requirements. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a need for technical reach back support required to meet operational requirements in the regional operations management war rooms. In the event of a catastrophic national emergency there is a need to be able to propagate policies and guidelines down to the district offices in order for them to initiate their contingency plans. These plans may include redeployment of personnel/equipment to respond to the emergencies at hand: to this end we will need to upgrade all high end USACE regional operations management war rooms. The required war rooms will support all headquarters facilities in the 8 divisions with a direct connect Teleconferencing system to President, Congress and all major Armed Forces. Work is to be performed with each task order with estimated completion dates of Sept. 27, 2010. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912HZ-09-C-0115).
Whitesell-Green, Inc., / W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., Biloxi, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,776,975 firm-fixed-price contract. This project includes work which will reduce the moisture infiltration in six (6) Volar Barracks buildings. Specific items of work consist of installing roof over each courtyard, conditioning hallways and vestibules, enclosing vestibules and entrances and stair towers, enclosing vestibules at courtyards, repairing exterior brick walls, installing aluminum stair treads, insulating mechanical duets, insulating chilled water piping in the mechanical rooms, and weatherproofing mechanical room doors. Work is to be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated completion date of June 24, 2010. Seven bids solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W91278-07-D-0045).
Hickory Construction, Inc., Alcoa, Tenn., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,890,225 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a KC-135 Squadron Operations Facility, Louisville, Tenn. Work is to be performed in Louisville, Tenn., with an estimated completion date of June 7, 2011. Unlimited bids were solicited with 13 bids received. U.S. Army Mission Support Contracting Office, MTAB, Louisville, Tenn., is the contracting activity (W912L7-09-C-0007).
Clement Group, LLC., Montgomery, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,857,425 firm-fixed-price contract of the construction of a chapel complex PN 10903, Fort Rucker, Ala. Work is to be performed in Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 17, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0044).
HGL Construct Inc., Midwest City, Okla., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,275,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the task order under an existing Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quality Performance Oriented Construction Activities contract for the design/engineering service to repair or replace the chilled water system only at building 230, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The Option portion of this contract which is $190,000,000 and $270,000,000 will be exercised by Dec. 2009. Work is to be performed at Tinker Air Force Base, Midwest City, Okla., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-08-D-2045).
DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE
Bank of America N.A. Military Bank-Overseas Division, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded FY 2010 option of $7.2 million, as part of contract MDA210-02-D-0003-0009 ($42,402,612) to provide full banking services that are comparable, in scope and cost, to those available in the continental United States to authorized individuals that include, active duty military personnel, Department of Defense civilian employees who are U.S. citizens; U.S. citizens who are employees of all other government departments, agencies, private organizations, and non-appropriated fund instrumentalities carrying on functions on a Department of Defense installation oversea, as well as authorized family members of such military and civilian employees. The program management office is in San Antonio, Texas, however, the majority of the work is performed on U.S. Military Facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Italy, Korea, Diego Garcia, Honduras, Cuba, Japan, Okinowa and the Kwajalein Atoll. Under this option work will be performed from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. The DFAS Contract Services Directorate, Columbus, Ohio is the contracting activity (MDA210-02-D-0003-0009).
DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
The Defense Commissary Agency is awarding a fixed-price incentive, requirements-type contract to Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc., 1801 Murchison Dr, Ste 300, Burlingame, Calif., 94010-4517, on September 25, 2009, to provide deli/bakery operations for resale to DeCA's West Region, Far East commissaries. The estimated award amount is $12,144,796.00. The contract base period of performance is for two years beginning Nov. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2010. Two one-year option periods and four award terms are available. If both option periods are exercised and four award terms are earned, the contract will be completed Sept. 30, 2017. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Eight firms were solicited and two offers were received. The contracting activity is the Defense Commissary Agency, Resale Contracting Division, Resale Services Support Branch, 1300 E. Avenue, Fort Lee, Va., 23801-1800 (HDEC02-09-D-0011).
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
L-3 Communication Systems-West of Salt Lake City is being awarded a modification to contract H92222-08-D-0002 eliminating the contract unit quantity ceiling of 953 systems, and increasing the contract not-to-exceed funding ceiling by $57,000,000 to $150,000,000. This five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is for the procurement and sustainment of remote operations video enhanced receiver systems in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. Work will continue to be performed in Salt Lake City and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
Multiple contractors have been awarded a $3,000,000,000 contract for environmental requirements that include completion of a conceptual design, construction, implementation, demolition, repair and operation and maintenance of installed systems prior to delivery to the government. At this time, $3,000 per contractor has been awarded. AFCEE/ACV of Brooks City-Base, Texas is the contracting activity. AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Long Beach Calif., FA8903-09-D-8547 Arcadis U.S. Inc., Highland Ranch, Col., FA8903-09-D-8550, Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc., Birmingham, Ala., FA8903-09-D-8554, Conti Federal Services, In., South Plainfield, N.J., FA8903-09-D-8558, Engineering-Environmental Management, Englewood, Colo., FA8903-09-D-8568, Jacobs Government Services Co., Pasadena, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8568, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, Penn., FA8903-09-D-8549, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8552, CH2M Hill Constructors, Inc., Englewood, Colo., FA8903-09-D-8557, Environmental Chemical Corp., Burlingame Calif., FA8903-09-D-8561, Innovative Technical Solutions, In., Walnut Creek, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8567, Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., Arlington, Va., FA 8903-09-D-8569, Aerostar Environmental Services, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., FA8903-09-D-8548, SpecPro Environmental Services, LLC, Oak Ridge, Tenn., FA8903-09-D-8581, Environmental Management Resources, Inc., Lawrence, Kan., FA8903-09-D-8562, SpecPro Environmental Services, Oak Ridge, Tenn., FA8903-09-D-8581, LATA-Kemron Remediation, Westerville, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8571, Laguna Construction Co., Laguna, New Mexico, FA8903-09-D-8570, North Wind, Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho, FA8903-09-D-8574, Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8579, Tetra Tech EC, Inc., San Antonio Texas, FA8903-09-D-8583, URS Group Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8587, MACTEC Engineering & Consulting, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia, FA8903-09-D-8572, Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group, Pasadena, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8576, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., San Antonio, Texas 78216, Toltest, Inc., Maumee, Ohio, FA8903-09-D-8586, Weston Solutions, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8589, BEM Systems, Inc., Chatham, N.J., FA8903-09-D-8553, CapeEnvironmental Management, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, FA8903-09-D-8556, EA Engineering, Science & Technology, Inc., Hunt Valley, Md., FA8903-09-D-8560, FPM Remediations, Inc., Ronkonkoma, N.Y., FA8903-09-D-8565, Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises, LLC, Milwaukee, Wis., FA8903-09-D-8575, RMA-Insight, JV, Pomona, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8584, Tidewater, Inc., Columbia, Md., FA8903-09-D-8584, Versar, Inc., Springfield, Va., FA8903-09-D-8588, Cabrera Services, Inc., Hartford, Conn., FA8903-09-D-8555, Dawson Technical, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, FA8903-09-D-8559, Environmental Quality Management, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, FA8903-09-D8564, HydroGeoLogic, Inc., Reston, Va., FA8903-09-D-8566, Project Resources, Inc., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8577, Sullivan & Charter Environmental JV, Inc., San Diego, Calif., FA8903-09-D-8582, Tierra Dynamic, LLC, Phoenix, Ariz.., FA8903-09-D-8585, Zapata Inc., Charlotte, N.C., FA8903-09-D-8590.
Integral Systems Incorp., of Columbia, Md., was awarded a $77,662,446 contract which will implement the restructure of the rapid attack, identification, detection and reporting system block-10 program from a 6 fixed and 3 deployable site configuration to a five transportable system construct. At this time, $27,740,754 has been obligated. SMC/SYSW/PK of El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8819-05-C-0018).
L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., was awarded a $42,349,195 contract which will provide for logistics support for the T-1A aircraft at Vance, Columbus, Randolph, and Laughlin Air Force Bases and Pensacola Naval Air Station. At this time, $42,349,195 has been obligated. 727 ACSG/PKA, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-09-C-0001, P00001).
Terma North America, Inc., of Warner Robins, Ga., was awarded a $29,500,000 contract which will provide for engineering services to support the AN/ALQ-213 countermeasures sets. At this time, no money has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia is the contracting activity (FA8540-09-D-0003).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $19,370,831 contract which will provide engineering services applicable to the ALR-20 system. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. 542 CBSG/PKS, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8523-09-C-0013).
Northrop Grumman Space Technology of Redondo Beach, Calif., was awarded a $9,999,999 contract which will provide special study for risk reduction tasks under Global Positioning System's next generation operational control segment contract Phase A. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. SMC/GPSW, El Segundo Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8807-08-C-0001,P00028).
Raytheon Co., of Aurora, Colo., was awarded a $9,999,903 contract which will provide special study for risk reduction tasks under Global Positioning System's next generation operational control segment contract Phase A. At this time the entire amount has been obligated. SMC/GPSW, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8807-08-C-0003, P00027).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., of Rolling Meadows, Ill., was awarded a $9,494,797 contract which will provide engineering services applicable to the ALQ-135. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO:0341).
MacAulay-Brown, Inc. of Dayton, Ohio was awarded a $9,250,204 contract which will provide support to plan, implement, and execute the Air Force Networks Defense mission. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 33 NWS/MS, San Antonio, Texas is the contracting activity (FA7037-09-F-8108).
Eagle Applied Sciences, LLC of San Antonio, Texas was awarded a $8,000,000 contract which will provide for EGL Vision 2045: The Air Force Materiel Command Transformation Plan. At this time, no money has been obligated. AFDW/A7KM-S, Brooks City Base, Texas is the contracting activity (FA7014-09-D-0019).
M.J. Takisaki Contractors, Inc., of Seattle, Washington was awarded a $7,355,952 contract which will provide for design-build construction, renovation of four dormitories. At this time, $275,000 the entire amount has been obligated. 92d CONS, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington is the contracting activity (FA4620-07-D-B004, P0007).
Ahntech, Incorporated of Camino del Rio South of San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $6,581,617 contract which will provide for Air Combat Training Systems. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. AETC/CONS/LGCU, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas is the contracting activity (F41689-02-D-0044, P00046).
Parker Hannifin Customer Support Incorporated of Irvine, Calif., was awarded a $6,492,904 contract which will provide for a B52 retrofit modification kit. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 448 SCMG/PKBC, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8122-09-C-0005).
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions was awarded a $5,572,698 contract which will repair/refurbish 60 solid state radars in support of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile weapons system. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 526 ICBMSG/PKA, Hill Air Force Base, Utah is the contracting activity (FA8204-07-C-0022, P00006).
Raytheon Co., of Marlborough, Mass., was awarded a $5,571,415 contract for commercial procurement of one Auto Track II radar simulator and one MaxSim tower simulator equipment software, data, factory and site acceptance tests, installation and checkout tasks, spares and site design for the Multi National Security Transition Command-Iraq. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. 653 ESW, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity (FA8730-09-C0004).
NAVY
Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, Morgan City, La., is being awarded a $180,998,189 fixed-price letter contract for the detail design and construction of nine patrol boats and associated equipment and services for the Iraq Navy. This contract is in support of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case IQ –P-SAZ and U.S. Case E4-P-LBT. The contract is for nine Swiftships model 35PB1208E-1455 patrol boats along with six 30mm gun weapons systems, machine gun mounts and cradles, spare parts, and contractor engineering technical services. Work will be performed in Morgan City, La., (60 percent), Detroit, Mich., (30 percent), Ocean Springs, Miss., (8 percent) and Charlottesville, Va., (2 percent) and is expected to be completed by August 2012. Funding in the amount of $129,104,173 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-09-C-2256).
Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded a $133,542,526 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-06-D-0017) to exercise an option for maintenance and logistics services in support of 374 T-34, T-44, and T-6 aircraft. Work will be performed at the NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, (44.11 percent ); NAS Whiting Field, Fla., (38.77 percent); NAS Pensacola, Fla., (10.70 percent); NAS Oceana, Va., (1.60 percent); NAS Lemoore, Calif., (1.34 percent); Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif., (.80 percent); Fort Rucker, Ala., (.80 percent); Naval Air Facility, El Centro, Calif., (.53 percent); Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., (.27 percent); Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N.C., (.27 percent); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., (.27 percent); NASA Cleveland, Ohio, (.27 percent); and Fort Eustis, Va., (.27 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $112,650,548 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract (N00019-08-D-0014) to exercise an option for logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance required to support 49 T-45A and 151 T-45C aircraft based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss.; NAS Kingsville, Texas; and NAS Pensacola, Fla. This requirement also includes the organizational level maintenance for the engine. Work will be performed in Kingsville, Texas, (54 percent); Meridian, Miss., (42 percent); and Pensacola, Fla., (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Rolls-Royce Defense Services, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $90,674,394 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price requirements contract (N00019-09-D-0002) to exercise an option for intermediate and depot level maintenance and related support for in-service T-45 F405-RR-401 Adour engines under the Power-By-the-Hour (PBTH®) arrangement. In addition, this modification provides for inventory control, sustaining engineering and configuration management, as well as integrated logistics support and required engineering elements necessary to support the F405-RR-401 engine at the organization level. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas (48 percent), NAS Meridian, Miss., (47 percent); NAS Pensacola, Fla., (4 percent), and NAS Patuxent River, Md., (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Harper Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $81,821,721 firm-fixed-price contract for design and construction of three Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The BEQs will house a total of 1,148 Marines in the standard 2+0 configuration and will include a multipurpose community area and laundry facilities. The contract also contains planned modifications, which if issued would increase cumulative contract value to $90,256,146. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 23 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-09-C-1214).
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $76,324,240 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0023) to exercise an option for the fiscal year 2009 procurement of four Lot 6 UH-1Y helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Fort Worth (60 percent) and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $33,105,474 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the technology demonstration phase for the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System for the design, development and demonstration of a prototype for an advanced missile warning system to be installed on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to increase survivability in hostile environments. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., (79 percent); Dallas, Texas, (12 percent); and Danbury, Conn., (9 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals; three offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0099).
ATK Integrated Systems, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $32,234,576 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the Technology Demonstration Phase for the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System for the design, development and demonstration of a prototype for an advanced missile warning system to be installed on Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to increase survivability in hostile environments. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H., (41 percent); Clearwater, Fla., (21.5 percent); Woodland Hills, Calif., (21.5 percent); Dallas, Texas, (10 percent); and Danbury, Conn., (6 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals; three offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0100).
Solipsys Corp.,* Fulton, Md., is being awarded a $28,000,000 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project under Topic N98-072 entitled "Open Architectures for Command and Control System Development" and N98-077 entitled "Multi-Level Networking. The objective of this tactical component network/multi-level sensor network applications project is to extend and deploy tactical component network and hub-and-spoke based prototype applications to cognizant user and program communities within the Department of Defense and potential to other government entities. Work will be performed in Fulton, Md. (70 percent) and Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured using SBIR Program Solicitation under Topics N98-072 and N98-077; and three offers were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-09-D-0007).
AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $22,363,463 firm-fixed-price task order #0005 under a previously awarded environmental multiple award contract (N62473-08-D-8816) for remedial action, alternative 10 for Hangar 1 (Site 29) at Former Naval Air Station Moffett Field. The contract also contains two unexercised options, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $24,896,594. Work will be performed in Mountain View, Calif., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Jacobs Technology Inc., Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded $18,134,187 for task order #0025 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M67854-02-A-9017). The scope of this effort is to provide support of the transition from the NMCI environment to the next generation USMC IT environment. This includes financial planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the USMC enterprise budget throughout the Future Year Defense Plan; acquisition management supporting the next generation IT environment; program management activities; USMC representation and coordination with Navy Next Generation Enterprise Network office, the Secure Operational Network Infrastructure Capability Program of Record activities as well as providing expertise in all other forums related to the delivery of this new IT environment. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va. is the contracting activity.
Capstone Corp., Alexandria, Va., was awarded a $16,340,357 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on Sept. 23, 2009, to provide professional support services to the Commander, Naval Installations Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. This contract includes a one-year base period with four one-year option periods which, if exercised, bring the total estimated value of the contract to $86,543,619. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and work is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the fiscal year. This contract was awarded through full and open competition, with twelve offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Philadelphia Office, is the contracting activity (N00189-09-D-Z069).
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration – Owego, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $14,750,000 firm-fixed-price order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-09-G-0005) for non-recurring engineering support to complete the design, development, integration and test of a ship air upgrade into the MH-60 R helicopter. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y., and is expected to be completed in April 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded $11,312,805 for task order #0038 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price (M67854-02-A-9014) with a pre-priced option of $2,402,125. The primary scope of this effort is to provide general engineering and scientific support to the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), Operational Forces Systems, Product Group 09 (PG09), program manager, Ground Combat Systems (PM-GCS) for Item Unique Identification (IUID) marking of legacy ground non-mission essential principal end items (PEIs) and applicable assemblies/subassemblies, e.g., Secondary Reparables (SECREPS). The primary level of effort will be: (1) Class VII PEIs (~896 TAMCNs); (2) applicable assemblies/subassemblies (~4/PEI), e.g., secondary reparables; and, (3) other class type items, i.e., Class II, of controlled and/or serially managed as directed by PM-GCS and/or HQMC. For "primary" level of effort (1), this information may be obtained via email and/or compact disc from the COR/project officer. This SOW supports IUID efforts to identify PEIs and SECREPS for marking, engineering analysis for UII (Unique Item Identifier)/ 2D Data Matrix location, and technical documentation development and support. Other activities include IUID programmatic support, planning, and management support, capture of Marine Corps Data Field Requirements Phase I and future data requirements, e.g., WAWF, and a major emphasis on engineering analysis and assessment for the implementation of IUID marking, and ability to collect technical data for the USMC temporary data storage. Work will be performed in Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Camp Pendleton, Calif.; New Orleans, La.; and Okinawa, Japan, and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
First RF Corp.*, Boulder, Colo., is being awarded an $11,217,765 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contractfor antennas to support the CREW (Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare) Vehicle Receiver Jammer (CVRJ) System. The CVRJ system is used to counter continuous and evolving improvised explosive device threats. Acquisition of the antennas will provide spares to replace antennas damaged during operations. Work will be performed in Boulder, Colo., and is expected to be completed by September 2011. Contractfunds in the amount of $5,909,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured and the solicitation was not posted to Federal Business Opportunities. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-09-D-WQ20).
Burns, Roe & Dick, A Joint Venture, Pittsburg, Pa., is being awarded $10,847,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0003 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N69450-09-D-1279) for design and construction to restore building systems at the Naval Hospital at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay. The work to be performed provides for design and construction of repairs to flood damaged portions of the facility interior and additional construction and renovation in other portions of the facility. Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $6,607,021 modification to previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (N00024-05-G-4418) for alteration installation support services in support of combat and sonar system warfare federated tactical systems on the USS Springfield (SSN 761). Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., and is expected to be competed by February 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport, Keyport, Wash., is the contracting activity.
AT&T Government Solutions, Inc., Vienna, Va., is being awarded $6,544,248 for task order #0028 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M6785403A5154) to provide technical support to the Marine Corps Systems Command, Information Systems and Infrastructure Product Group, Marine Corps Network and Infrastructure Services Program Office to provide information technology networking support services for the secret internet protocol router network to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific installations. Throughout the contract period the contractor will be required to perform such duties as customer support, network testing and monitoring, system analysis and problem solving. Work will be performed in Quantico, Va., and work is expected to be completed in September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $5,881,774 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00604-06-C-0018) to exercise option year three for ammunition handling and management services for Navy Munitions Command, East Asia Division Detachment Pearl Harbor. Work will be performed in Hawaii, and work is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $79,059,282 firm-fixed-price contract for CH-47 T55-714A engines and fielding kits. Work is to be performed in Tempe, Ariz., (50 percent), and Greer, S.C., (50 Percent) with an estimated completion of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army AMCOM, CCAM-CH-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-04-C-0061).
ITT Corp., Roanoke, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $72,179,506 fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. This contract is for aviator's night vision imaging systems. Work is to be performed in Roanoke, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Bids are solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-09-D-0079).
SRCTec, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $53,216,250 firm-fixed-price contract. This is an undefinitized contract action is being issued for the procurement of 1851 each urgently required Duke V2 systems. Work is to be performed in Syracuse, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2010. Sole Source bids were solicited with one bid received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-05-D-S205).
Colt Defense, LLC., West Hartford, Conn., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $32,143,048 firm-fixed-price contract for M240B machine guns. Work is to be performed in Hartford, Conn., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2015. Bid solicitation was open to the Firms in the U.S. and Canada with two bids received. TACOM-RI, CCTA-AR-SA, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0175).
Spectrum Healthcare Resources, Inc., Saint Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $28,462,855 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the procurement of family health centers as extensions of the DeWitt Health Care Network, Fort Belvoir. The contractor shall provide all facilities, facility maintenance, staffing, supplies, and equipment necessary to support an ambulatory/primary care program for the treatment and authorized military beneficiaries and their dependents. Work is to be performed in Fairfax, Va., (41 percent), and Dumfries, Va., (59 percent). Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. Center for Health Care Contracting, Fort Sam Houston, Texas., is the contracting activity (W81K04-09-C-0006).
CH2M Hill Contractors, Inc., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $25,738,101 firm-fixed-price construction contract for construction of a communications facility, Camp Arifjan, State of Kuwait. Work is to be performed in the State of Kuwait., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011. Fifty nine bids were solicited with 15 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Programs Center, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0046).
Tetra Tech Facilities Construction, LLC., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $22,564,852 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a design/build contract for the additional/alteration to the MDARING Army Aviation Support Facility, Weide Army Airfield, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Work is to be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 6, 2009. Bids were solicited through ASFI with 18 bids received. National Guard Bureau, USPFO for MD, Havre de Grace, Md., is the contracting activity (W912K6-09-C-0002).
Pike Wohlsen DAFB, LLC., Lancaster, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $14,735,113 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of the Armed Forces Reserve Center, Newark, Del. Work is to be performed in Newark, Del., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 17, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-09-C-0083).
American Ordnance LLC., Middletown, Iowa., was awarded in Sept. 23, 2009 a $11,555,574 firm-fixed-price contract. This procurement is for the 60mm propelling charges: work for 835,990 each M204, 918,256 each M235 and 21,960 each M236 is awarded. Work is to be performed in Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. Bids were solicited via National Technology Industrial Base with three bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, CCRC-AR, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W52P1J-09-C-0032).
AP Midwest, LLC., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Sept. 23, 3009 a $9,580,161 firm-fixed-price contract for a fire station, Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. This contract is to design and construct a 30,343 square foot consolidated crash/structural fire station to house fire protection vehicles, equipment, personnel, alarm center, and all support areas at Grand Forks Air Force Base. The fire station building will be of masonry construction with sloped standing seam metal roof and will include underground utilities and communications infrastructure, pavements, emergency vehicle access roads, parking lots, landscaping, wetlands mitigation, and demolition of existing fire station building and s maintenance building which includes asbestos/lead removal and site restoration. Work is to be performed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited with 10 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0045).
EEC International LLC., Burlingame, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $8,900,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct the Wolverine Reloadable Building Housing Project, Qalat, Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Qalat, Afghanistan., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2010. Five bids were solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District South, Afghanistan., is the contracting activity (W917PM-07-D-0015).
QSS Group Inc., Fairfax, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $8,010,845 firm-fixed-price-task-order contract. This is a contract for information technology support services at Rock Island Arsenal in support of the Directorate if Information Management. Work is to be performed in Rock Island. Ill., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Sixteen bids were solicited with four bids received. TACOM Contacting Center, Rock Island CCTA-AR-IC-Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0011).
Lear Siegler Services Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $7,351,474 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for the Field Logistics Readiness Center Services, For Carson, Colo. This is for the Interim requirement of four months in anticipation of the award for the basic contract FLRC Services at Fort Carson, Colo., that will take the place of the Air Force CFT contract that expired Sept. 10, 2009 for this requirement. Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completed date of Jan. 10, 2010. Sole Sources bid was solicited with one bid received. Mission and installation Contracting Command Center, Fort McPherson, Ga., is the contracting activity (W911SE-07-D-0008).
Adaptive Manufacturing Solutions, Burton, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $6,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose of this contract is to design, purchase and install equipment to consolidate a grenade line located at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark. Work is to be performed in Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. Twenty bids were solicited with two bids received. RDECOM Contracting Center, Pine Bluff Contracting Division, Pine Bluff, Ark., is the contracting activity (W911RP-09-C-0018).
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC., Madison, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $6,587,145 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is to support the needs for the Fields Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Contractors will provide maintenance support on Army equipment, left-behind equipment, deployed equipment RESET and maintenance support to the installation units/customers. Work is to be performed in Fort Hood, Texas., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Mission & Installation Contracting Commands MICC Center, Fort Bragg, N.C., is the contracting activity (W911SE-07-D-0015).
Georgia Tech Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on Sept, 23, 2009 a $6,500,000 cost-no-fee contract. This contract is for Phase II of the Multifunctional Surface Systems- Carbon Nanotube (CNT) cold cathodes program aims to demonstrate morphopological control of CNT array structure the enables superior electron emitter performance and lifetime. CNT cold cathodes are ideal for electronic propulsion applications because they are lightweight, mechanically and thermally stable, damage tolerant, excellent field emission electron sources, and not operate at the extreme temperature of other thermionic devices. Large current density will allow for emitters to be small and reduce propellant budget. Distributed, high-performance CNT emitters are an enabling technology for vectoring thrust onboard satellites. Work is to be performed in Atlanta, Ga., (94 percent) and New Haven Conn., (6 percent), with an estimated completion date of Mar. 22, 2011. Bids were solicited with a Broad Agency Announcement with over 25 bids received. U.S. Army Defense Advanced Research Agency, Contract management Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-09-C-0142).
EYAKTEK, Dulles, Va., was awarded on Sept. 21, 2009 a $6,358,753 firm-fixed-contract. This contract shall provide all required design, hardware, software, equipment, installation and testing to meet the following requirements. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a need for technical reach back support required to meet operational requirements in the regional operations management war rooms. In the event of a catastrophic national emergency there is a need to be able to propagate policies and guidelines down to the district offices in order for them to initiate their contingency plans. These plans may include redeployment of personnel/equipment to respond to the emergencies at hand: to this end we will need to upgrade all high end USACE regional operations management war rooms. The required war rooms will support all headquarters facilities in the 8 divisions with a direct connect Teleconferencing system to President, Congress and all major Armed Forces. Work is to be performed with each task order with estimated completion dates of Sept. 27, 2010. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Miss., is the contracting activity (W912HZ-09-C-0115).
Whitesell-Green, Inc., / W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., Biloxi, Miss., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,776,975 firm-fixed-price contract. This project includes work which will reduce the moisture infiltration in six (6) Volar Barracks buildings. Specific items of work consist of installing roof over each courtyard, conditioning hallways and vestibules, enclosing vestibules and entrances and stair towers, enclosing vestibules at courtyards, repairing exterior brick walls, installing aluminum stair treads, insulating mechanical duets, insulating chilled water piping in the mechanical rooms, and weatherproofing mechanical room doors. Work is to be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated completion date of June 24, 2010. Seven bids solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W91278-07-D-0045).
Hickory Construction, Inc., Alcoa, Tenn., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,890,225 firm-fixed-price contract to construct a KC-135 Squadron Operations Facility, Louisville, Tenn. Work is to be performed in Louisville, Tenn., with an estimated completion date of June 7, 2011. Unlimited bids were solicited with 13 bids received. U.S. Army Mission Support Contracting Office, MTAB, Louisville, Tenn., is the contracting activity (W912L7-09-C-0007).
Clement Group, LLC., Montgomery, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,857,425 firm-fixed-price contract of the construction of a chapel complex PN 10903, Fort Rucker, Ala. Work is to be performed in Fort Rucker, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 17, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 11 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0044).
HGL Construct Inc., Midwest City, Okla., was awarded on Sept. 23, 2009 a $5,275,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the task order under an existing Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quality Performance Oriented Construction Activities contract for the design/engineering service to repair or replace the chilled water system only at building 230, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The Option portion of this contract which is $190,000,000 and $270,000,000 will be exercised by Dec. 2009. Work is to be performed at Tinker Air Force Base, Midwest City, Okla., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Tulsa, Okla., is the contracting activity (W912BV-08-D-2045).
DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE
Bank of America N.A. Military Bank-Overseas Division, San Antonio, Texas, was awarded FY 2010 option of $7.2 million, as part of contract MDA210-02-D-0003-0009 ($42,402,612) to provide full banking services that are comparable, in scope and cost, to those available in the continental United States to authorized individuals that include, active duty military personnel, Department of Defense civilian employees who are U.S. citizens; U.S. citizens who are employees of all other government departments, agencies, private organizations, and non-appropriated fund instrumentalities carrying on functions on a Department of Defense installation oversea, as well as authorized family members of such military and civilian employees. The program management office is in San Antonio, Texas, however, the majority of the work is performed on U.S. Military Facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Italy, Korea, Diego Garcia, Honduras, Cuba, Japan, Okinowa and the Kwajalein Atoll. Under this option work will be performed from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010. The DFAS Contract Services Directorate, Columbus, Ohio is the contracting activity (MDA210-02-D-0003-0009).
DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
The Defense Commissary Agency is awarding a fixed-price incentive, requirements-type contract to Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc., 1801 Murchison Dr, Ste 300, Burlingame, Calif., 94010-4517, on September 25, 2009, to provide deli/bakery operations for resale to DeCA's West Region, Far East commissaries. The estimated award amount is $12,144,796.00. The contract base period of performance is for two years beginning Nov. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2010. Two one-year option periods and four award terms are available. If both option periods are exercised and four award terms are earned, the contract will be completed Sept. 30, 2017. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Eight firms were solicited and two offers were received. The contracting activity is the Defense Commissary Agency, Resale Contracting Division, Resale Services Support Branch, 1300 E. Avenue, Fort Lee, Va., 23801-1800 (HDEC02-09-D-0011).
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
L-3 Communication Systems-West of Salt Lake City is being awarded a modification to contract H92222-08-D-0002 eliminating the contract unit quantity ceiling of 953 systems, and increasing the contract not-to-exceed funding ceiling by $57,000,000 to $150,000,000. This five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is for the procurement and sustainment of remote operations video enhanced receiver systems in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. Work will continue to be performed in Salt Lake City and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
British Pipes and Drums Band Performs at Pentagon
By Air Force Master Sgt. Russell P. PetcoffSpecial to American Forces Press Service
Sept. 25, 2009 - The British army's 1st Battalion Scots Guards Pipes and Drums Band played in the Pentagon courtyard during lunchtime today in a show of solidarity with U.S. armed forces. The unit's performance is "an expression of admiration and appreciation of our alliance," said British army Lt. Col. William Swinton, a liaison officer to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a display of camaraderie, the band played "Scotland the Brave" -- a traditional Scottish anthem -- immediately followed by "God Bless America."
"We came to [the District of Columbia] for a specific reason," Swinton said, "to demonstrate the admiration the British military has for the U.S. military."
The band will go to Walter Reed Army Medical Center tomorrow to play in salute and appreciation to America's wounded servicemembers, he said.
The unit is the oldest infantry battalion in the British army, Swinton said. Each member of the 20-piece band -- eight pipers, seven drummers, four sword dancers and one drum major -- is a soldier and not a permanent musician. They return Sept. 28 to their base at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, England, to begin training for a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan.
"These are front-line soldiers who will be fighting with U.S. Marines in Helmand [province]," Swinton said.
The band's 20-minute performance brought out many people from the Pentagon. One spectator had advance notice of the performance and wore his Gordon clan tartan kilt.
"I'm in a pipe band, so I'm loving it," said William Germelman, a contractor with the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Yellow Ribbon program and the drum major for the City of Winchester (Va.) Pipes and Drums band. "This is just phenomenal."
The British band has been in the United States for about a month. Their performances have taken place aboard the USS Intrepid in New York Harbor; a Scottish-Irish festival in Estes Park, Colo.; and a Scottish Highlands festival in San Francisco.
The band enjoyed playing throughout America, but playing in the Pentagon was special, said British army Sgt. Martin Godsman, drum major.
"It's an absolute privilege and honor," he said. "To come to the heart of this place is just fantastic."
"It's a great honor to play in the Pentagon," added British army Lance Cpl. Robert McCutcheon, battalion drummer. It's "something I thought I'd never do." The band also played at the Lincoln Memorial yesterday.
Besides the Pentagon, the band has the unique distinction of having played in the Kremlin, Swinton said.
The band's visit has been well received, said British army Sgt. Brian Heriot, the pipe major. "The American crowd seems to love the bagpipes," he said. "Everyone seems to have a Scottish ancestor."
(Air Force Master Sgt. Russell P. Petcoff serves in Secretary of the Air Force public affairs.)
Air National Guard Program Cuts Red Tape for Quick Solutions
By Judith Snyderman
Special to American Forces Press Service
Sept. 25, 2009 - An Air National Guard program designed to cut through bureaucracy has led to safety solutions for problems as vast and varied as avian flu, pilot fatigue and reducing the carbon footprint. Five years ago, some Guard members deployed to Iraq brainstormed to share tactical data in a new way using secure computer technology. The result was Project Black Mountain, a program that improved combat safety and led to the creation of the Disruptive Solutions Process, which cuts through bureaucratic static that can bury good ideas and prevent critical problems from surfacing.
"We are imposing upon ourselves a disruption to our own process; we want to see where the weaknesses are," Air Force Lt. Col. Edward Vaughan, deputy director of Air Force Blue Horizons, said in a Sept. 23 interview on "Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military" on Pentagon Web Radio. Blue Horizons is a program that studies long-range solutions.
Vaughan, an F-16 fighter pilot who calls himself "networker in chief" of the DSP program, said commonsense solutions can save lives. For instance, some older models of F-16 jets lacked built-in voice-activated warnings that instruct pilots to pull up when they get too close to terrain. Air Force engineers and vendors had an easy fix for the problem, but no access to decision makers, he said.
"We had some folks who were in the software development world who contacted us and said, 'we can add this in very inexpensively,'" Vaughan said. He added that "by connecting these folks to our disruptive solutions group, we were able to push the solution out and get that voice warning put into those jets. As recently as this summer, we were able to log an actual save, where a guy without that warning probably would have hit the ground."
Improvements that help achieve the defense mission also may help the civilian work force.
The DSP is credited with a program that tests and tracks the movement of bird-borne pathogens, including H5N1 "avian flu" and, potentially, the H1N1 "swine flu" viruses. The program, found at http://dbird.us/, started with the realization that both the Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration already were capturing statistics on birds struck by military planes.
"The birds, and bird remains, are sent in for identification, [it] turns out by the Smithsonian Institution, and in years past, those thousands and thousands of data points were not being tested for pathogens," Vaughan said. Now the Defense Department is working with the Smithsonian, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agriculture Department and other governmental agencies to make better use of the existing data.
Another DSP-initiated program, Flyawake.org, aims to mitigate fatigue among pilots, air traffic controllers and others. The program, led by Air Force Capt. Lynn Lee, takes algorithms developed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in D.C. for the analysis of air mishaps, and puts them to work to prevent mishaps in both military and civilian sectors.
The DSP group maintains an open pipeline to capture ideas from frontline military personnel, and then acts quickly to select those with the most potential, Vaughan said.
The program's most successful Defense Department-wide project to date, Maintenance Resource Management, found at http://afmrm.org, is credited by the Air Force Safety Center with reducing major human-error caused, maintenance-based aviation mishaps by as much as 75 percent in three years. MRM's program manager, Air Force Lt. Col. Doug Slocum, is now the Air National Guard's director of safety.
A current DSP project with potential, Vaughan said, is a computer "dashboard" application that raises awareness of energy use on military bases to help reduce the department's carbon footprint.
Vaughan estimated that for every hundred ideas that are received, just 15 to 20 are pushed forward. "Fail fast, fail early, fail cheap," is a motto he adapted from Silicon Valley technology gurus to ensure the DSP spends limited resources wisely. However, he added, ideas are always welcome.
(Judith Snyderman works for the Defense Media Activity's Emerging Media directorate.)
Special to American Forces Press Service
Sept. 25, 2009 - An Air National Guard program designed to cut through bureaucracy has led to safety solutions for problems as vast and varied as avian flu, pilot fatigue and reducing the carbon footprint. Five years ago, some Guard members deployed to Iraq brainstormed to share tactical data in a new way using secure computer technology. The result was Project Black Mountain, a program that improved combat safety and led to the creation of the Disruptive Solutions Process, which cuts through bureaucratic static that can bury good ideas and prevent critical problems from surfacing.
"We are imposing upon ourselves a disruption to our own process; we want to see where the weaknesses are," Air Force Lt. Col. Edward Vaughan, deputy director of Air Force Blue Horizons, said in a Sept. 23 interview on "Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military" on Pentagon Web Radio. Blue Horizons is a program that studies long-range solutions.
Vaughan, an F-16 fighter pilot who calls himself "networker in chief" of the DSP program, said commonsense solutions can save lives. For instance, some older models of F-16 jets lacked built-in voice-activated warnings that instruct pilots to pull up when they get too close to terrain. Air Force engineers and vendors had an easy fix for the problem, but no access to decision makers, he said.
"We had some folks who were in the software development world who contacted us and said, 'we can add this in very inexpensively,'" Vaughan said. He added that "by connecting these folks to our disruptive solutions group, we were able to push the solution out and get that voice warning put into those jets. As recently as this summer, we were able to log an actual save, where a guy without that warning probably would have hit the ground."
Improvements that help achieve the defense mission also may help the civilian work force.
The DSP is credited with a program that tests and tracks the movement of bird-borne pathogens, including H5N1 "avian flu" and, potentially, the H1N1 "swine flu" viruses. The program, found at http://dbird.us/, started with the realization that both the Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration already were capturing statistics on birds struck by military planes.
"The birds, and bird remains, are sent in for identification, [it] turns out by the Smithsonian Institution, and in years past, those thousands and thousands of data points were not being tested for pathogens," Vaughan said. Now the Defense Department is working with the Smithsonian, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agriculture Department and other governmental agencies to make better use of the existing data.
Another DSP-initiated program, Flyawake.org, aims to mitigate fatigue among pilots, air traffic controllers and others. The program, led by Air Force Capt. Lynn Lee, takes algorithms developed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in D.C. for the analysis of air mishaps, and puts them to work to prevent mishaps in both military and civilian sectors.
The DSP group maintains an open pipeline to capture ideas from frontline military personnel, and then acts quickly to select those with the most potential, Vaughan said.
The program's most successful Defense Department-wide project to date, Maintenance Resource Management, found at http://afmrm.org, is credited by the Air Force Safety Center with reducing major human-error caused, maintenance-based aviation mishaps by as much as 75 percent in three years. MRM's program manager, Air Force Lt. Col. Doug Slocum, is now the Air National Guard's director of safety.
A current DSP project with potential, Vaughan said, is a computer "dashboard" application that raises awareness of energy use on military bases to help reduce the department's carbon footprint.
Vaughan estimated that for every hundred ideas that are received, just 15 to 20 are pushed forward. "Fail fast, fail early, fail cheap," is a motto he adapted from Silicon Valley technology gurus to ensure the DSP spends limited resources wisely. However, he added, ideas are always welcome.
(Judith Snyderman works for the Defense Media Activity's Emerging Media directorate.)
Soldier Serves up Counsel, Coffee
By Army Pfc. J. Princeville LawrenceSpecial to American Forces Press Service
Sept. 25, 2009 - Army Sgt. Maj. Virginia Stickler enjoys serving up drinks and snacks, as well as a bit of advice, to her fellow soldiers here at a coffee shop that speaks volumes about her deployment. God's Grounds is next to the chapel in an area of repose and comfort that soldiers come to for more than just a cup of coffee. Stickler, a California native serving with the Kansas National Guard's 287th Sustainment Brigade, is the manager, and is more than happy to serve up espressos, slurpees, honey buns and muffins. There is a refrigerator full of drinks and shelves of snacks courtesy of the chaplains, people back home and Army supply. This is a place where folks kick back on the couch, munch on a snack and watch a movie. The best part is, it's all free.
And for those in need of some guidance, that's free too.
"A number of soldiers come here, and they're stressed and they're away from their families, away from their support systems and they come here to kind of talk and ventilate, and I'm able to listen," Stickler said.
For many soldiers, God's Grounds is a source of help in troubled times. Soldiers can talk to people like Stickler, who draws from a lifetime of experience in helping people. She has two master's degrees, a doctorate and experience as both a drug and alcohol counselor and a marriage counselor.
"That experience and knowledge has helped me help some soldiers get their lives back on track," Stickler said. "The ones that I wasn't able to help, I generally refer some to the chaplains' office or various other resources.
"But for the most part, I have been able to talk to soldiers who have been in crisis and they came here, basically for something to drink, and just started pouring their heart out," Stickler said, "and I listened and gave them some guidance and helped them put their lives back together."
Stickler finds it gratifying to help people and recalls a "special case near and dear to my heart."
"There was a very troubled individual whose marriage was on the rocks. This soldier had two children," she said. "I was able to talk to this soldier, as well as the spouse in the states, and we worked on their priorities."
Helping other soldiers is Stickler's way of breaking the cycle. She has been dealing with family problems her whole life.
"I came from a pretty messed-up background," Stickler said. "My father was a World War II veteran and he had post-traumatic stress. As a kid, I didn't know what that was. He was a very violent man. And all I could think of in my high school days was leaving my family because I was tired of being afraid of my dad."
Stickler left home at 18 and joined the military. "I met other people in life, and I realized that not everybody's like my dad and I started to grow."
Her self-esteem continued to grow as she took college courses. After taking a psychology class, she was hooked. Between gigs as a school teacher, college professor, counselor and government worker, she amassed years of experience and was getting ready to retire.Then she got deployed.
"I had just finished a weeklong retirement seminar with my civilian job and that Saturday following, I received a FedEx package in the mail with a set of military orders for [Iraq]. So I put my civilian retirement on hold, and in six weeks I had to go to Fort Jackson, South Carolina."
A religious person, Stickler said she found her purpose during a sunrise Easter service at the birthplace of Abraham. As the sun came up over the ruins, she had an epiphany of purpose, and she knew why she had been placed in Iraq.
"I didn't want to do this because it really disrupted my life," she said. "But you know, sometimes God places us in places we don't want to go. After the experience, I realized why I was here.
"I think I'm blessed as a soldier who came here kicking and screaming, so to speak. Not only was I able to help a lot of people, but I myself have had a lot of spiritual growth and development while I was here. God has used me in a great way, and I'm glad for that."
(Army Pfc. J. Princeville Lawrence serves with the 1st Armored Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team public affairs office.)
Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service
"Iraqi Civilian, Police, and Security Forces Casualty Statistics,"
September 17, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R40824.pdf
"Iran's Nuclear Program: Status,"
September 18, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34544.pdf
"Military Recruitment on High School and College Campuses: A Policy and Legal Analysis,"
September 22, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40827.pdf
"The Second Amendment and Incorporation: An Overview of Recent Appellate Cases," September 21, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40820.pdf
"Legal Standing Under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause,"
September 15, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40825.pdf
September 17, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R40824.pdf
"Iran's Nuclear Program: Status,"
September 18, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34544.pdf
"Military Recruitment on High School and College Campuses: A Policy and Legal Analysis,"
September 22, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40827.pdf
"The Second Amendment and Incorporation: An Overview of Recent Appellate Cases," September 21, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40820.pdf
"Legal Standing Under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause,"
September 15, 2009:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40825.pdf
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wounded Veterans Find Therapy in Sports Clinic
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. CardenAmerican Forces Press Service
Sept. 24, 2009 - More than 60 wounded veterans suffering disabilities ranging from post-traumatic stress to amputations are learning "to live again" this week through competition at the 2nd Annual National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic in San Diego. The clinic is sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs and features surfing, cycling, sailing, kayaking and track and field events. It began Sept. 20 and goes through tomorrow.
Veterans are experiencing the value of recreational therapy, many of whom haven't been physically active since they were injured.
"For the longest time after my injury, I was kind of homebound, not doing anything recreational," said Marc Lavigne, a 32-year-old Army veteran suffering from traumatic brain injury. "The clinic is really teaching me to get out there and live again and really enjoy life."
Lavigne is unable to work and receives 100 percent disability compensation from VA. He was injured performing maintenance on a vehicle while he was stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga., in 1999. He was knocked unconscious when the jack-stand supporting the vehicle gave way.
His recreational therapist at the San Diego VA recommended the clinic to him. Lavigne, a former high school swim team captain, became more excited than he'd been in years, he said.
"It's really a blast," he said. "I never pictured myself surfing, and it was one of the best times I've ever had. Competing here really does show that I can get out there and do things; it might take a little more work than it used to, but I now know I can."
Kevin McCoy, a 39-year-old Army veteran suffering from combat-related mental and physical injuries shares Lavigne's enthusiasm. He's been looking forward to the competition for the past six months, he said.
McCoy has had several surgeries on both of his ankles due to an accident he had repelling out of a helicopter while deployed to Bosnia. McCoy once loved to run, he said, and before participating in the clinic, hadn't done so since April 3, 2006. He ran five miles that day and had his first ankle surgery the next. He hasn't been physically active since.
"The last time I ran was the day before my first surgery, and to be able to have my heart rate going and my blood flowing again was just great," he said. "I feel like we can do anything now."
The clinic also provides veterans with a chance to share their stories and experiences. Competition and esprit de corps goes a long way toward recovery, McCoy said, adding that the camaraderie he once felt as an Army sniper and cavalry scout is something he misses in his new life as veteran and college student.
The opportunity to bond with other veterans and learn their struggles has given him a new sense of motivation to confront and overcome his disabilities, he said.
"The competition is great and being a former scout, we were always on the edge and pushed our bodies to the limit, so to be out here with other folks with disabilities, and to be able to have that competitiveness and esprit de corps back makes a huge difference in our attitudes," he said.
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