By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
Oct. 13, 2009 - A new Department of Veterans Affairs ruling will soon relieve Vietnam veterans suffering from three specific illnesses from the burden of proving their ailments are linked to Agent Orange exposure to receive VA health care and disability payments. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki's decision, announced today, establishes a service connection for Vietnam vets stricken with hairy-cell leukemia and other B-cell leukemias, Parkinson's disease and ischemic heart disease, VA chief of staff John Gingrich told American Forces Press Service.
Shinseki made the decision based on a recent report by the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine. The report cited new scientific studies pointing to a strong connection between the illnesses and Agent Orange exposure.
Shinseki determined that evidence was compelling enough to establish a presumption that affected veterans' illnesses are service-related, Gingrich said.
This determination will short-cut the process for them to receive services through what Shinseki called "a world-class health care system," as well as monthly disability payments.
But before the ruling takes effect, it must be published in the Federal Register and opened for final comment, Gingrich explained. He predicted that the process would be completed early next year.
It's unclear exactly how many of the 2.1 million Vietnam veterans the ruling will affect, Gingrich said. If 10 percent have the presumed illnesses, that could result in some 200,000 new VA claims.
Agent Orange, named for the orange-colored barrels in which it was stored, was sprayed widely during the Vietnam War to defoliate trees and remove concealment for the enemy. Veterans have long blamed the herbicide for causing a variety of illnesses, but until now, there's been no official recognition of a link. That put the burden on veterans to prove an association - a process Shinseki conceded too often has created an adversarial relationship between the VA and veterans.
Shinseki, a retired Army general and a Vietnam veteran himself, lamented this situation this summer at
a medical symposium in San Antonio.
"I have asked why, 40 years after Agent Orange was last used in Vietnam, this secretary is still adjudicating claims for presumption of service-connected disabilities tied to its toxic effects," he told attendees at the Association of the U.S. Army's Institute of Land Warfare Army Medical Symposium.
Shinseki also questioned why the debilitating effects of Gulf War illnesses still are being debated 20 years after Operation Desert Storm.
"Why weren't conclusive studies conducted by [the Department of Defense] and VA to render presumption of service-connected disability resulting from exposure to toxic environments associated with these operations?" Shinseki asked. "Such findings would have facilitated VA's settling of service-connected disability claims in far less time. The scientific method, and the failure to advocate for the veteran, got in the way of our processes."
Veterans deserve better, he said.
"We must do better reviews of illnesses that may be connected to service, and we will," he said. "Veterans who endure health problems deserve timely decisions based on solid evidence."
Shinseki's decision brings to 15 the number of presumed illnesses VA recognizes. Others are:
-- Acute and subacute transient peripheral neuropathy;
-- AL amyloidosis;
-- Chloracne;
-- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia;
-- Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2);
-- Hodgkin's disease;
-- Multiple myeloma;
-- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma;
-- Porphyria cutanea tarda;
-- Prostate cancer;
-- Respiratory cancers; and
-- Soft-tissue sarcoma other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma or mesothelioma.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Military Records Banner Recruiting Year
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
Oct. 13, 2009 - The military services' active and reserve components notched record recruiting numbers and signed up the highest-quality recruits ever in fiscal 2009, senior defense officials said today. It is the first time that all active services and reserve components met or exceeded their numerical recruiting goals and exceeded their recruit-quality benchmarks since the start of the all-volunteer force in 1973, Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy, told Pentagon reporters.
While Carr acknowledged that the current economic downturn probably is having a positive effect on recruiting, he also pointed to the sterling efforts of military recruiters for the superb results and noted the military deployed a robust bonus program in which 40 percent of recruits received an average bonus of $14,000.
The recruiting success achieved in fiscal 2009 is even more impressive, Carr said, considering that 70 percent of today's high school graduates – the military's target recruiting pool – go on to college upon graduation. In the 1980s, he noted, only about half of American high school students went on to college.
A rising propensity for young people age 17 to 24 to be obese, Carr said, also complicates the military's recruiting mission.
"If we look back to the 1980s, one in 20 young people were obese," Carr said, as compared to today's ratio of 1 in 4 young people being categorized as obese. "And, that creates a tighter constraint as you seek to find fully qualified recruits," he added.
However, he said, the number of waivers issued to recruits with medical or conduct issues is trending downward.
Here are the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force recruiting results for fiscal 2009:
-- The Army had 70,045 accessions, making 108 percent of its 65,000 goal.
-- The Navy had 35,527 accessions, making 100 percent of its 35,500 goal.
-- The Marine Corps had 31,413 accessions, making 100 percent of its 31,400 goal.
-- The Air Force had 31,983 accessions, making 100 percent of its 31,980 goal.
Reserve-component recruiting results for fiscal 2009:
-- The Army National Guard had 56,071 accessions, making 100 percent of its 56,000 goal.
-- The Army Reserve had 36,189 accessions, making 105 percent of its 34,598 goal.
-- The Navy Reserve had 7,793 accessions, making 101 percent of its 7,743 goal.
-- The Marine Corps Reserve had 8,805 accessions, making 122 percent of its 7,194 goal.
-- The Air National Guard had 10,075 accessions, making 106 percent of its 9,500 goal.
-- The Air Force Reserve had 8,604 accessions, making 109 percent of its 7,863 goal.
Attrition losses in all reserve components are among the best in recent years, officials said.
Carr also attributed current recruiting success to the "Millennial" demographic of young people that includes those born between 1978 and 1996. Generational studies show, he said, that these young people – who've lived during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States – are more inclined to perform public service.
Additionally, Carr said, Congress continues to provide the Defense Department with sufficient funding to sustain the all-volunteer force.
Studies also show that young people can make a good living in the military, Carr said, as compared to their civilian peers with equitable workplace experience and education qualifications. Generous pay raises provided to junior officers and mid-level noncommissioned officers in recent years, he noted, have boosted those servicemembers' earning capacity.
"It has been a banner year for recruiting," Curtis L. Gilroy, director of accession policy, told American Forces Press Service and Pentagon Channel reporters during an Oct. 9 interview at the Pentagon.
Gilroy, too, saluted the "outstanding" performance of the services' military recruiters. His directorate is a component of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Fiscal 2009's crop of recruits also represents the best quality ever, Gilroy said, noting 96 percent of active-duty recruits and 95 percent of reserve-component recruits possessed a high school diploma. The Defense Department benchmark for recruits with high school diplomas is 90 percent. Studies show, he added, that 80 percent of servicemembers with high school diplomas complete their initial term of service.
Gilroy said 73 percent of active recruits and 72 percent of reserve-component recruits scored average or above average on the Armed Forces Qualification Test. The AFQT measures an individual's math and verbal ability, which indicates aptitude for military service. The department sets a benchmark of 60 percent of all recruits scoring at or above the 50th percentile on the AFQT.
"As you can see from these numbers," Gilroy said, "the services have far exceeded those benchmarks" in fiscal 2009 for signing up recruits with high school diplomas and those with average or better AFQT scores. Increased capabilities demonstrated by the majority of the nearly 300,000 active and reserve component recruits signed up in fiscal 2009, he added, will result in higher performance in the field and will enhance readiness.
American Forces Press Service
Oct. 13, 2009 - The military services' active and reserve components notched record recruiting numbers and signed up the highest-quality recruits ever in fiscal 2009, senior defense officials said today. It is the first time that all active services and reserve components met or exceeded their numerical recruiting goals and exceeded their recruit-quality benchmarks since the start of the all-volunteer force in 1973, Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy, told Pentagon reporters.
While Carr acknowledged that the current economic downturn probably is having a positive effect on recruiting, he also pointed to the sterling efforts of military recruiters for the superb results and noted the military deployed a robust bonus program in which 40 percent of recruits received an average bonus of $14,000.
The recruiting success achieved in fiscal 2009 is even more impressive, Carr said, considering that 70 percent of today's high school graduates – the military's target recruiting pool – go on to college upon graduation. In the 1980s, he noted, only about half of American high school students went on to college.
A rising propensity for young people age 17 to 24 to be obese, Carr said, also complicates the military's recruiting mission.
"If we look back to the 1980s, one in 20 young people were obese," Carr said, as compared to today's ratio of 1 in 4 young people being categorized as obese. "And, that creates a tighter constraint as you seek to find fully qualified recruits," he added.
However, he said, the number of waivers issued to recruits with medical or conduct issues is trending downward.
Here are the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force recruiting results for fiscal 2009:
-- The Army had 70,045 accessions, making 108 percent of its 65,000 goal.
-- The Navy had 35,527 accessions, making 100 percent of its 35,500 goal.
-- The Marine Corps had 31,413 accessions, making 100 percent of its 31,400 goal.
-- The Air Force had 31,983 accessions, making 100 percent of its 31,980 goal.
Reserve-component recruiting results for fiscal 2009:
-- The Army National Guard had 56,071 accessions, making 100 percent of its 56,000 goal.
-- The Army Reserve had 36,189 accessions, making 105 percent of its 34,598 goal.
-- The Navy Reserve had 7,793 accessions, making 101 percent of its 7,743 goal.
-- The Marine Corps Reserve had 8,805 accessions, making 122 percent of its 7,194 goal.
-- The Air National Guard had 10,075 accessions, making 106 percent of its 9,500 goal.
-- The Air Force Reserve had 8,604 accessions, making 109 percent of its 7,863 goal.
Attrition losses in all reserve components are among the best in recent years, officials said.
Carr also attributed current recruiting success to the "Millennial" demographic of young people that includes those born between 1978 and 1996. Generational studies show, he said, that these young people – who've lived during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States – are more inclined to perform public service.
Additionally, Carr said, Congress continues to provide the Defense Department with sufficient funding to sustain the all-volunteer force.
Studies also show that young people can make a good living in the military, Carr said, as compared to their civilian peers with equitable workplace experience and education qualifications. Generous pay raises provided to junior officers and mid-level noncommissioned officers in recent years, he noted, have boosted those servicemembers' earning capacity.
"It has been a banner year for recruiting," Curtis L. Gilroy, director of accession policy, told American Forces Press Service and Pentagon Channel reporters during an Oct. 9 interview at the Pentagon.
Gilroy, too, saluted the "outstanding" performance of the services' military recruiters. His directorate is a component of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Fiscal 2009's crop of recruits also represents the best quality ever, Gilroy said, noting 96 percent of active-duty recruits and 95 percent of reserve-component recruits possessed a high school diploma. The Defense Department benchmark for recruits with high school diplomas is 90 percent. Studies show, he added, that 80 percent of servicemembers with high school diplomas complete their initial term of service.
Gilroy said 73 percent of active recruits and 72 percent of reserve-component recruits scored average or above average on the Armed Forces Qualification Test. The AFQT measures an individual's math and verbal ability, which indicates aptitude for military service. The department sets a benchmark of 60 percent of all recruits scoring at or above the 50th percentile on the AFQT.
"As you can see from these numbers," Gilroy said, "the services have far exceeded those benchmarks" in fiscal 2009 for signing up recruits with high school diplomas and those with average or better AFQT scores. Increased capabilities demonstrated by the majority of the nearly 300,000 active and reserve component recruits signed up in fiscal 2009, he added, will result in higher performance in the field and will enhance readiness.
Army, Air Guard Reach Recruiting Goals
By Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith
Special to American Forces Press Service
Oct. 13, 2009 - Both components of the National Guard reached their end-strength goals for fiscal 2009, officials announced today. The Army National Guard closed its books for 2009 with 358,391 soldiers, or 100.1 percent of its fiscal year end-strength goal of 358,200 soldiers. It also met its retention goal by retaining 36,672 soldiers, or 106 percent of its goal of 34,593.
The Air National Guard surpassed its 2009 end-strength goal with 109,196 airmen, or 102.3 percent of its goal of 106,756 airmen. The Air Guard also retained 17,904 airmen, or 120.1 percent of its goal of 14,904.
Success for the Army Guard, officials noted, meant reducing its end strength rather than gaining servicemembers. The Army Guard had 368,727 soldiers in March, and it needed to reduce that to a congressionally mandated end strength of 358,200 soldiers by September.
"Never before has the Army Guard been challenged to reduce its end strength by more than 11,000 soldiers within six months," said Army Lt. Col. Ron Walls, chief of the strength and maintenance division at the National Guard Bureau. The Army Guard reduced end strength while meeting accession and retention goals. Its 56,000-soldier accession mission was met with 56,071 soldiers, and 36,672 soldiers were retained to meet the 34,593-soldier retention mission.
"We had to do a 'full-court press' with the 54 states and territories in order to ensure we were successful," Walls said. "We ensured each state could reach their end strength while maintaining retention."
Success came down to "driven, focused leadership and a committed recruiting and retention force," he said.
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, made it clear that the Army Guard's end strength of 358,200 soldiers would be met and that it would align with the states' force structure, Walls said. A series of restrictions was placed on the recruiting and retention force before the summer, increasing the Army Guard's quality marks to "unprecedented levels," he added.
The Army Guard also suspended many recruiting waivers or options, and it restricted incentive programs.
State leaders focused on end strength by placing some soldiers into duty statuses that better described them, including those enlisted soldiers with expired terms of service, nonvalidated pay or no training seat reservations.
"To me, that's the best success story," Walls said. "Never before has the Army Guard had such pure, ready formations prepared to meet combatant commanders' needs."
For fiscal 2010, Walls said, the big challenge is constrained resources. Providing the ability to tailor the force to meet mission requirements will help the state adjutants general and their recruiting and retention commanders stay competitive for recruits, he noted. "They will successfully reach non-prior-service and prior-service soldiers," he said.
In the states, some 3,700 Army Guard recruiters will face 2010's recruiting challenges with fewer resources to draw applicants in the door. Though direct mail, radio and television, local advertising and sales brochures, giveaway items, and posters will continue, Walls said, few, if any, new recruiting programs will be offered.
Case-by-case funding will take into account operation tempos, requirements for certain specialties and parts of the country facing extraordinary challenges, he said.
The Army Guard will enhance its social media programs and integrate them with other marketing, Walls said. Depending on actual budgets, tentative plans are to expand marketing to outdoor enthusiasts, because research shows outdoor activities rate high among recruits.
Walls said recruiters must accomplish the same mission with significantly fewer leads, which in the past were generated through campaigns, but he expressed confidence that they'll succeed. "The recruiting force is highly trained and motivated," he said. "They will continue to meet challenges this country places on them.
"The greatest take-away from our success is not the numbers or the mission, but it's the commitment," he continued. "We continue to have a long line of individuals who are willing to serve their country."
Air Force Col. Mary Salcido, director of recruiting and retention for the Air National Guard, said her recruiters made "target recruiting" for specific jobs their top goal in 2009. The result was that the Air Guard surpassed its end-strength goal, while adjusting manpower and reducing shortfalls in specific skills.
Fiscal 2008 was the first time in several years that the Air Guard had met its end-strength goal. Salcido said in 2009 the Air Guard adjusted its synergy and efforts to put manpower exactly where it was needed. She said the recruiting teams quickly created goals and programs to "precision recruit."
"Recruiting the right people in the right place at the right time: That's our theme, and that's what we did all year long," she said.
Salcido said advertising, operations, bonuses and incentives were focused on critical Air Force specialties such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, health professions, civil engineer specialties, security forces, special tactics and the newest total-force-initiative missions.
"When you have missions that require a lot of physical as well as tactical skills -- such as the tactical air control party members -- those are more difficult to recruit," she said. "Your cyber missions now require higher test scores with a lot of technology and longer schools; those are tougher to recruit. The bonuses and the incentives are going that way."
Planning ahead for new missions, Salcido said, Air Guard officials have reached out to help prepare the states for the future. "We are trying a little different mindset; we are in full coordination with the [Air National Guard] functional organizations," she said.
The Air Guard Readiness Center recruiters reached out to the states to evaluate recruiting programs. She said they "wanted to increase their return on those investments."
"We put the focus where it should be: that's recruiters and accountability," she said. "They are doing a phenomenal job. We also involved wing-level and headquarters-level management."
Like the Army Guard, the Air Guard's budget for advertising and recruiting programs was cut, so the Air Guard asked state recruiters what programs should be kept. "We have found it very successful, and I think the field is very happy," she said about the outcome.
The Guard Recruiting Assistant Program was extremely successful, she said, bringing in at least 30 percent of Air Guard's new recruits. And recruiting programs in general initiated considerable interest in the Air Guard, she said, especially through social networking.
On the advertising side, Salcido said, a "more bang for the buck" approach helps to ensure that the Air Guard remains known.
Coordination with the Army Guard at events and at recruiting centers also helps, the colonel noted. "It's a hometown team, and that's what we are doing," she said.
The Air Guard has about 650 recruiters and retainers across the nation and at the National Guard Bureau. She called those recruiters a "furious force" who operate in a high-burnout career field.
(Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith serves at the National Guard Bureau.)
Special to American Forces Press Service
Oct. 13, 2009 - Both components of the National Guard reached their end-strength goals for fiscal 2009, officials announced today. The Army National Guard closed its books for 2009 with 358,391 soldiers, or 100.1 percent of its fiscal year end-strength goal of 358,200 soldiers. It also met its retention goal by retaining 36,672 soldiers, or 106 percent of its goal of 34,593.
The Air National Guard surpassed its 2009 end-strength goal with 109,196 airmen, or 102.3 percent of its goal of 106,756 airmen. The Air Guard also retained 17,904 airmen, or 120.1 percent of its goal of 14,904.
Success for the Army Guard, officials noted, meant reducing its end strength rather than gaining servicemembers. The Army Guard had 368,727 soldiers in March, and it needed to reduce that to a congressionally mandated end strength of 358,200 soldiers by September.
"Never before has the Army Guard been challenged to reduce its end strength by more than 11,000 soldiers within six months," said Army Lt. Col. Ron Walls, chief of the strength and maintenance division at the National Guard Bureau. The Army Guard reduced end strength while meeting accession and retention goals. Its 56,000-soldier accession mission was met with 56,071 soldiers, and 36,672 soldiers were retained to meet the 34,593-soldier retention mission.
"We had to do a 'full-court press' with the 54 states and territories in order to ensure we were successful," Walls said. "We ensured each state could reach their end strength while maintaining retention."
Success came down to "driven, focused leadership and a committed recruiting and retention force," he said.
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, made it clear that the Army Guard's end strength of 358,200 soldiers would be met and that it would align with the states' force structure, Walls said. A series of restrictions was placed on the recruiting and retention force before the summer, increasing the Army Guard's quality marks to "unprecedented levels," he added.
The Army Guard also suspended many recruiting waivers or options, and it restricted incentive programs.
State leaders focused on end strength by placing some soldiers into duty statuses that better described them, including those enlisted soldiers with expired terms of service, nonvalidated pay or no training seat reservations.
"To me, that's the best success story," Walls said. "Never before has the Army Guard had such pure, ready formations prepared to meet combatant commanders' needs."
For fiscal 2010, Walls said, the big challenge is constrained resources. Providing the ability to tailor the force to meet mission requirements will help the state adjutants general and their recruiting and retention commanders stay competitive for recruits, he noted. "They will successfully reach non-prior-service and prior-service soldiers," he said.
In the states, some 3,700 Army Guard recruiters will face 2010's recruiting challenges with fewer resources to draw applicants in the door. Though direct mail, radio and television, local advertising and sales brochures, giveaway items, and posters will continue, Walls said, few, if any, new recruiting programs will be offered.
Case-by-case funding will take into account operation tempos, requirements for certain specialties and parts of the country facing extraordinary challenges, he said.
The Army Guard will enhance its social media programs and integrate them with other marketing, Walls said. Depending on actual budgets, tentative plans are to expand marketing to outdoor enthusiasts, because research shows outdoor activities rate high among recruits.
Walls said recruiters must accomplish the same mission with significantly fewer leads, which in the past were generated through campaigns, but he expressed confidence that they'll succeed. "The recruiting force is highly trained and motivated," he said. "They will continue to meet challenges this country places on them.
"The greatest take-away from our success is not the numbers or the mission, but it's the commitment," he continued. "We continue to have a long line of individuals who are willing to serve their country."
Air Force Col. Mary Salcido, director of recruiting and retention for the Air National Guard, said her recruiters made "target recruiting" for specific jobs their top goal in 2009. The result was that the Air Guard surpassed its end-strength goal, while adjusting manpower and reducing shortfalls in specific skills.
Fiscal 2008 was the first time in several years that the Air Guard had met its end-strength goal. Salcido said in 2009 the Air Guard adjusted its synergy and efforts to put manpower exactly where it was needed. She said the recruiting teams quickly created goals and programs to "precision recruit."
"Recruiting the right people in the right place at the right time: That's our theme, and that's what we did all year long," she said.
Salcido said advertising, operations, bonuses and incentives were focused on critical Air Force specialties such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, health professions, civil engineer specialties, security forces, special tactics and the newest total-force-initiative missions.
"When you have missions that require a lot of physical as well as tactical skills -- such as the tactical air control party members -- those are more difficult to recruit," she said. "Your cyber missions now require higher test scores with a lot of technology and longer schools; those are tougher to recruit. The bonuses and the incentives are going that way."
Planning ahead for new missions, Salcido said, Air Guard officials have reached out to help prepare the states for the future. "We are trying a little different mindset; we are in full coordination with the [Air National Guard] functional organizations," she said.
The Air Guard Readiness Center recruiters reached out to the states to evaluate recruiting programs. She said they "wanted to increase their return on those investments."
"We put the focus where it should be: that's recruiters and accountability," she said. "They are doing a phenomenal job. We also involved wing-level and headquarters-level management."
Like the Army Guard, the Air Guard's budget for advertising and recruiting programs was cut, so the Air Guard asked state recruiters what programs should be kept. "We have found it very successful, and I think the field is very happy," she said about the outcome.
The Guard Recruiting Assistant Program was extremely successful, she said, bringing in at least 30 percent of Air Guard's new recruits. And recruiting programs in general initiated considerable interest in the Air Guard, she said, especially through social networking.
On the advertising side, Salcido said, a "more bang for the buck" approach helps to ensure that the Air Guard remains known.
Coordination with the Army Guard at events and at recruiting centers also helps, the colonel noted. "It's a hometown team, and that's what we are doing," she said.
The Air Guard has about 650 recruiters and retainers across the nation and at the National Guard Bureau. She called those recruiters a "furious force" who operate in a high-burnout career field.
(Air Force Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith serves at the National Guard Bureau.)
MILITARY CONTRACTS October 12, 2009
ARMY
Airborne Systems North America, Santa Ana, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $13,996,042 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contracts. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Santa Ana, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-10-D-0003).
Aerostar International, Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $12,243,600 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contracts. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Huron, S.D., (95 percent) and Madison, S.D., (5 percent), with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-09-D-0036).
Leo A. Daly/ RLF, Inc., Omaha, Neb., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $9,052,788 firm-fixed-price contract for the architect-engineering services in support of the Fort Riley, Kansas hospital replacement project. Work is to be performed in Fort Riley, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 14 bids received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, CECT-NWK-M, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-09-C-4003).
BAE Systems, Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $8,746,475 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contract. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Phoenix, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-10-D-0001).
The Nutmeg Companies, Inc., Norwich, Conn., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $6,490,520 firm-fixed-price contract for the restoration of the existing Esek Hopkins Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Cranston, R.I., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 1, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-10-C-0002).
NAVY
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $43,727,922 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-4005) to exercise an option CLIN 0005 for non-nuclear maintenance and repair support at the Naval Submarine Support Facility, Naval Submarine Base, New London, Conn. Under the terms of the contract, Electric Boat will continue to provide services required to support planned and emergent non-nuclear maintenance and repair for operational nuclear submarines, floating dry-docks, support & service craft and other platforms and equipment. Work will be performed in New London, Conn., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $10,391,980 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $18,084,018 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2103) for reactor plant planning yard services for nuclear-powered submarines and support yard services for the Navy's moored training ships. The contractor will furnish, fabricate, or acquire such materials, supplies and services as may be necessary to perform the functions of the planning yard for reactor plants and associated portions of the propulsion plants for nuclear powered submarines. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., (95 percent), Charleston, S.C., (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $18,084,018 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News Va., is being awarded a $5,967,938 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2104) for planning and design yard functions for standard navy valves in support of nuclear powered submarines. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $5,967,938 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Weinbrenner Shoe Co., Merrill, Wis.*, is being awarded a maximum $9,166,331 firm fixed price indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for hot weather boots. Other locations of performance are Marshfield and Saint Nazianz, Wis. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. This proposal was originally Web solicited with one response. 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 October 13, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-08-D-1040).
Correction:
Defense Supply Associates, Inc., Fort Atkinson, Wis.*, is being awarded a maximum $18,874,930 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for HMMWV starters. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Mar. 8, 2015. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-10-D-0003). partment of Defense · 408 St. Peter Street Suite 600 · St. Paul, MN 55102 · 1-800-439-1420
Airborne Systems North America, Santa Ana, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $13,996,042 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contracts. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Santa Ana, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-10-D-0003).
Aerostar International, Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $12,243,600 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contracts. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Huron, S.D., (95 percent) and Madison, S.D., (5 percent), with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-09-D-0036).
Leo A. Daly/ RLF, Inc., Omaha, Neb., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $9,052,788 firm-fixed-price contract for the architect-engineering services in support of the Fort Riley, Kansas hospital replacement project. Work is to be performed in Fort Riley, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 14 bids received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, CECT-NWK-M, Kansas City, Mo., is the contracting activity (W912DQ-09-C-4003).
BAE Systems, Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $8,746,475 firm-fixed-price, 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity production with multiple awarded contract. This contract is for the procurement of T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems with a minimum contract value of $200,000 and a maximum combined contract value (among three awardees) of 220,000,000. Quantity anticipated is approximately 45,000-50,000. Work is to be performed in Phoenix, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 5, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity (W911QY-10-D-0001).
The Nutmeg Companies, Inc., Norwich, Conn., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $6,490,520 firm-fixed-price contract for the restoration of the existing Esek Hopkins Armed Forces Reserve Center. Work is to be performed in Cranston, R.I., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 1, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-10-C-0002).
NAVY
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $43,727,922 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-4005) to exercise an option CLIN 0005 for non-nuclear maintenance and repair support at the Naval Submarine Support Facility, Naval Submarine Base, New London, Conn. Under the terms of the contract, Electric Boat will continue to provide services required to support planned and emergent non-nuclear maintenance and repair for operational nuclear submarines, floating dry-docks, support & service craft and other platforms and equipment. Work will be performed in New London, Conn., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $10,391,980 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $18,084,018 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2103) for reactor plant planning yard services for nuclear-powered submarines and support yard services for the Navy's moored training ships. The contractor will furnish, fabricate, or acquire such materials, supplies and services as may be necessary to perform the functions of the planning yard for reactor plants and associated portions of the propulsion plants for nuclear powered submarines. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn., (95 percent), Charleston, S.C., (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $18,084,018 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Newport News Va., is being awarded a $5,967,938 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2104) for planning and design yard functions for standard navy valves in support of nuclear powered submarines. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $5,967,938 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Weinbrenner Shoe Co., Merrill, Wis.*, is being awarded a maximum $9,166,331 firm fixed price indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for hot weather boots. Other locations of performance are Marshfield and Saint Nazianz, Wis. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. This proposal was originally Web solicited with one response. 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 October 13, 2010. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM1C1-08-D-1040).
Correction:
Defense Supply Associates, Inc., Fort Atkinson, Wis.*, is being awarded a maximum $18,874,930 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for HMMWV starters. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Mar. 8, 2015. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-10-D-0003). partment of Defense · 408 St. Peter Street Suite 600 · St. Paul, MN 55102 · 1-800-439-1420
USS Freedom To Deploy Early
The Navy announced today the decision to deploy the USS Freedom (LCS 1) in early 2010 to the Southern Command and Pacific Command areas ahead of her originally scheduled 2012 maiden deployment. According to Navy leaders, Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) are needed now to close urgent warfighting gaps.
Deploying LCS now is a big step forward in getting this ship where it needs to be – operating in the increasingly important littoral regions," said Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations. "We must deliver this critical capability to the warfighter now."
The USS Freedom will have an immediate impact on fleet readiness and global reach as an asset with unique combat capabilities and the ability to meet littoral tasking not previously seen in the modern cruiser or destroyer fleet.
The Navy plans to build a considerable number of littoral combat ships which will form the backbone of our future fleet," said Adm J. C. Harvey, Jr., commander, U.S. Fleet Forces, charged with executing the early deployment. "The sooner we integrate them into our fleet, the sooner we can incorporate them in the order of battle. This deployment offers a golden opportunity to learn by doing. Employing the USS Freedom in theater two years ahead of a normal timeline allows us to incorporate lessons that can only be learned in a deployment setting more quickly and effectively in the LCS fleet integration process."
In evaluating options for deploying the USS Freedom earlier than originally scheduled, the Navy took into consideration several key factors including combat systems testing, shakedown of the ship systems, and overseas sustainment with a new concept of operations and crew training. To facilitate the early deployment, the Navy adjusted the USS Freedom testing schedule, prioritized testing events needed for deployment and deferred others not required for the missions envisioned during this deployment. The USS Freedom recently completed Industrial Post Delivery Availability 2, which also supported an early deployment.
Media may direct queries to the Navy Office of Information at 703-697-5342.
Deploying LCS now is a big step forward in getting this ship where it needs to be – operating in the increasingly important littoral regions," said Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations. "We must deliver this critical capability to the warfighter now."
The USS Freedom will have an immediate impact on fleet readiness and global reach as an asset with unique combat capabilities and the ability to meet littoral tasking not previously seen in the modern cruiser or destroyer fleet.
The Navy plans to build a considerable number of littoral combat ships which will form the backbone of our future fleet," said Adm J. C. Harvey, Jr., commander, U.S. Fleet Forces, charged with executing the early deployment. "The sooner we integrate them into our fleet, the sooner we can incorporate them in the order of battle. This deployment offers a golden opportunity to learn by doing. Employing the USS Freedom in theater two years ahead of a normal timeline allows us to incorporate lessons that can only be learned in a deployment setting more quickly and effectively in the LCS fleet integration process."
In evaluating options for deploying the USS Freedom earlier than originally scheduled, the Navy took into consideration several key factors including combat systems testing, shakedown of the ship systems, and overseas sustainment with a new concept of operations and crew training. To facilitate the early deployment, the Navy adjusted the USS Freedom testing schedule, prioritized testing events needed for deployment and deferred others not required for the missions envisioned during this deployment. The USS Freedom recently completed Industrial Post Delivery Availability 2, which also supported an early deployment.
Media may direct queries to the Navy Office of Information at 703-697-5342.
Leaders Pledge Support to Guard, Reserve Employers
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
Oct. 13, 2009 - The Pentagon's top civilian official for Guard and Reserve matters and uniformed reserve-component leaders pledged to support employers of the nation's Guard and Reserve members at a Pentagon ceremony today. Dennis M. McCarthy, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, was the first official to sign the statement of support sponsored by the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. The ceremony was held in the chief of naval operations' dining room.
ESGR is a Defense Department agency that seeks to foster good communications and working relationships between Guard and Reserve members and their civilian employers. That relationship is delineated by the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act, which, among other things, stipulates that Guard and Reserve members are to be returned to their civilian jobs after being away to perform stints of military service.
Civilian employers sign statements of support to demonstrate their awareness and support of the law and to pledge assistance to employees in the Guard and Reserve and to their families.
"We traditionally ask employers to sign these kinds of certificates, but it's really important that [reserve-component] service chiefs representing the military leadership express their support as well," McCarthy said at the ceremony's conclusion. "It's clearly a mutually supporting relationship that we need, and so this signing reflects that."
Employers of Guard and Reserve servicemembers make significant contributions to reserve-component readiness, recruiting and retention missions, said Pauline K. Brunelli, ESGR's acting executive director.
"We're very pleased to show this statement of support and all the members behind it," Brunelli said. The signing ceremony, she said, featured participation by senior military leaders primarily involved in reserve-component issues.
Navy Vice Adm. Dirk J. Debbink, chief of the Navy Reserve, hosted the ceremony. Gaining employers' understanding and assistance "makes a big difference," he said.
Additionally, Debbink said, reserve-component members should strive to maintain good communications with their civilian employers so that effective arrangements can be made to provide workplace replacements while they are deployed on military duty.
Communication "is absolutely the key," he said. Reserve-component members, he said, should keep employers current on upcoming deployments and other military duties.
American Forces Press Service
Oct. 13, 2009 - The Pentagon's top civilian official for Guard and Reserve matters and uniformed reserve-component leaders pledged to support employers of the nation's Guard and Reserve members at a Pentagon ceremony today. Dennis M. McCarthy, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, was the first official to sign the statement of support sponsored by the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. The ceremony was held in the chief of naval operations' dining room.
ESGR is a Defense Department agency that seeks to foster good communications and working relationships between Guard and Reserve members and their civilian employers. That relationship is delineated by the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act, which, among other things, stipulates that Guard and Reserve members are to be returned to their civilian jobs after being away to perform stints of military service.
Civilian employers sign statements of support to demonstrate their awareness and support of the law and to pledge assistance to employees in the Guard and Reserve and to their families.
"We traditionally ask employers to sign these kinds of certificates, but it's really important that [reserve-component] service chiefs representing the military leadership express their support as well," McCarthy said at the ceremony's conclusion. "It's clearly a mutually supporting relationship that we need, and so this signing reflects that."
Employers of Guard and Reserve servicemembers make significant contributions to reserve-component readiness, recruiting and retention missions, said Pauline K. Brunelli, ESGR's acting executive director.
"We're very pleased to show this statement of support and all the members behind it," Brunelli said. The signing ceremony, she said, featured participation by senior military leaders primarily involved in reserve-component issues.
Navy Vice Adm. Dirk J. Debbink, chief of the Navy Reserve, hosted the ceremony. Gaining employers' understanding and assistance "makes a big difference," he said.
Additionally, Debbink said, reserve-component members should strive to maintain good communications with their civilian employers so that effective arrangements can be made to provide workplace replacements while they are deployed on military duty.
Communication "is absolutely the key," he said. Reserve-component members, he said, should keep employers current on upcoming deployments and other military duties.
Army Secretary, Chief Reaffirm Family Covenant
American Forces Press Service
Oct. 13, 2009 - The Army's top military officer and civilian leader underscored the service's commitment to Army families at last week's annual meeting and exposition of the Association of the U.S. Army. Reaffirmation of the Army Family Covenant by Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Army chief of staff, and Army Secretary John M. McHugh shows that families are taking the forefront in the readiness picture, officials said.
At an Oct. 7 forum sponsored by the Institute of Land Warfare during last week's event, several family advocates outlined how the covenant has affected families and what they can expect in the future.
The Army has doubled its investment in family programs from $750 million to $1.5 billion, said Kathleen Marin, director of installation services for the office of the assistant chief of installation management, who highlighted some programs and initiatives that have evolved since the Army Family Covenant first was signed in 2007. They include:
-- Adding 1,079 readiness support assistant positions;
-- Increasing the number of military family life consultants from 144 to 212;
-- Establishing Army survivor outreach services to improve support for survivors of fallen soldiers;
-- Funding construction of more than 100 child development centers;
-- Gaining support of 39 Fortune 500 companies who have helped to find jobs for more than 41,000 military spouses through the Army Spouse Employment Program;
-- Developing the Warrior Adventure Quest for soldiers to participate in outdoor adventure activities that help them cope with re-integration after the stresses of a combat environment; and
-- Getting 25 states to sign the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children – a change that affects 71 percent of students of servicemembers.
Also, a new program called Comprehensive Soldier Fitness has begun with basic training recruits. Modeled after Army physical training, it is a psychological fitness initiative that will leave soldiers with mental strength and resilience through physical challenges.
"It's not a cure-all, but it helps prevent negative outcomes," said Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, the program's director. It's slated to start in the active Army in November, and it will be available to family members in January.
Army Col. David C. Moran from the office of the chief of chaplains told attendees how a 10-year-old program called Strong Bonds has benefited from funding by being placed under the Army Family Covenant. Similar to unit stand-downs, it's a retreat-based program in which family members get away from work and home to build stronger relationships.
The number of participants has doubled every year, and in 2010, it's projected to have 4,000 events totaling more than 365,000 participants.
Army Brig. Gen. Richard W. Thomas, office of the surgeon general, said that while the Army Family Covenant has affected health care programs and initiatives, it's up to leadership and family advocates to keep soldiers and families informed on how to access health services. Over the past 20 years, the number of Army hospitals has shrunk as the growth of Tricare military health plan networks has replaced much of what those facilities had provided.
To get the word out on the Army Family Covenant, the Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command has instituted an aggressive marketing campaign that "will highlight the strength of the American soldier and his or her family," James Abney, a command official. At the forefront is the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, with in-store messaging, food court tray liners and 100 fleet trucks carrying the family covenant message.
U.S. Army Accessions Command officials said they will get the message out to recruiting stations to ensure potential recruits know the importance of family members in the Army.
(From an Association of the U.S. Army news release.)
Oct. 13, 2009 - The Army's top military officer and civilian leader underscored the service's commitment to Army families at last week's annual meeting and exposition of the Association of the U.S. Army. Reaffirmation of the Army Family Covenant by Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Army chief of staff, and Army Secretary John M. McHugh shows that families are taking the forefront in the readiness picture, officials said.
At an Oct. 7 forum sponsored by the Institute of Land Warfare during last week's event, several family advocates outlined how the covenant has affected families and what they can expect in the future.
The Army has doubled its investment in family programs from $750 million to $1.5 billion, said Kathleen Marin, director of installation services for the office of the assistant chief of installation management, who highlighted some programs and initiatives that have evolved since the Army Family Covenant first was signed in 2007. They include:
-- Adding 1,079 readiness support assistant positions;
-- Increasing the number of military family life consultants from 144 to 212;
-- Establishing Army survivor outreach services to improve support for survivors of fallen soldiers;
-- Funding construction of more than 100 child development centers;
-- Gaining support of 39 Fortune 500 companies who have helped to find jobs for more than 41,000 military spouses through the Army Spouse Employment Program;
-- Developing the Warrior Adventure Quest for soldiers to participate in outdoor adventure activities that help them cope with re-integration after the stresses of a combat environment; and
-- Getting 25 states to sign the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children – a change that affects 71 percent of students of servicemembers.
Also, a new program called Comprehensive Soldier Fitness has begun with basic training recruits. Modeled after Army physical training, it is a psychological fitness initiative that will leave soldiers with mental strength and resilience through physical challenges.
"It's not a cure-all, but it helps prevent negative outcomes," said Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, the program's director. It's slated to start in the active Army in November, and it will be available to family members in January.
Army Col. David C. Moran from the office of the chief of chaplains told attendees how a 10-year-old program called Strong Bonds has benefited from funding by being placed under the Army Family Covenant. Similar to unit stand-downs, it's a retreat-based program in which family members get away from work and home to build stronger relationships.
The number of participants has doubled every year, and in 2010, it's projected to have 4,000 events totaling more than 365,000 participants.
Army Brig. Gen. Richard W. Thomas, office of the surgeon general, said that while the Army Family Covenant has affected health care programs and initiatives, it's up to leadership and family advocates to keep soldiers and families informed on how to access health services. Over the past 20 years, the number of Army hospitals has shrunk as the growth of Tricare military health plan networks has replaced much of what those facilities had provided.
To get the word out on the Army Family Covenant, the Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command has instituted an aggressive marketing campaign that "will highlight the strength of the American soldier and his or her family," James Abney, a command official. At the forefront is the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, with in-store messaging, food court tray liners and 100 fleet trucks carrying the family covenant message.
U.S. Army Accessions Command officials said they will get the message out to recruiting stations to ensure potential recruits know the importance of family members in the Army.
(From an Association of the U.S. Army news release.)
Nuclear Noh Drama: Tokyo, Washington and the Case of the Missing Nuclear Agreements
For more information contact:
Robert Wampler: wampler@gwu.edu
http://www.nsarchive.org
October 13, 2009 - The election of the new Democratic Party government in Japan led by Yukio Hatoyama raises a significant challenge for the Obama administration: the status of secret agreements on nuclear weapons that Tokyo and Washington negotiated in 1960 and 1969. For years, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party claimed that there were no such agreements, denying, for example, allegations that they had allowed U.S. nuclear-armed ships to sail into Japanese ports. Nevertheless, declassified U.S. government documents, interviews with former U.S. Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer, and memoirs by Japanese diplomats confirm the existence of the secret understandings.
The basic facts about the agreements have been the subject of long-standing controversy in Japan, where a post-Hiroshima, anti-nuclear tradition was at odds with secret understandings crafted to support the operational requirements of America's Cold War nuclear deterrent. The Liberal Democrats might have faced a political disaster if they had acknowledged, as appears to be the case, that the U.S. Navy's nuclear-armed ships had free access to Japanese waters.
Seeking to settle the matter, the new Democratic Party government has launched an internal investigation into the agreements and their negotiating history. To aid this investigation, the National Security Archive today posted on the Web the most important U.S. declassified documents on the issue. Nevertheless, Japan is not likely to act unilaterally to declassify the 1960 and 1969 nuclear agreements. The Obama administration should not only assist Japan so that early declassification of the agreements is possible, but also declassify the remaining still-secret U.S. documents, allowing an old controversy to be settled.
The two secret agreements were negotiated during the Cold War, when the United States Navy routinely transited Pacific waters with nuclear weapons onboard and the possibility of a U.S.-Soviet nuclear war was a matter of routine military planning. One of the agreements was actually a record of discussion that established an agreed and carefully defined interpretation of U.S. commitments regarding nuclear weapons, negotiated in 1960, that allowed transit of nuclear weapons through Japanese territory and waters, relegating the consultation requirement to the introduction and basing of nuclear weapons in Japan.
The other was part of the 1969 agreement reverting Okinawa to Japan: U.S. nuclear weapons on Okinawa would be withdrawn but re-introduction would be possible in an emergency. Even after the end of the Cold War, which brought the worldwide withdrawal of all U.S. theater nuclear weapons, the U.S. government deferred to the Liberal Democrats on the need to keep the agreements secret, but that need is clearly now moot. Declassification is possible and necessary because determining what Tokyo and Washington actually negotiated is a question of significant historical importance and a key missing piece in the nuclear history of the Cold War.
Visit the National Security Archive Web site for more information:
http://www.nsarchive.org
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE is an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A tax-exempt public charity, the Archive receives no U.S. government funding; its budget is supported by publication royalties and donations from foundations and individuals.
Robert Wampler: wampler@gwu.edu
http://www.nsarchive.org
October 13, 2009 - The election of the new Democratic Party government in Japan led by Yukio Hatoyama raises a significant challenge for the Obama administration: the status of secret agreements on nuclear weapons that Tokyo and Washington negotiated in 1960 and 1969. For years, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party claimed that there were no such agreements, denying, for example, allegations that they had allowed U.S. nuclear-armed ships to sail into Japanese ports. Nevertheless, declassified U.S. government documents, interviews with former U.S. Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer, and memoirs by Japanese diplomats confirm the existence of the secret understandings.
The basic facts about the agreements have been the subject of long-standing controversy in Japan, where a post-Hiroshima, anti-nuclear tradition was at odds with secret understandings crafted to support the operational requirements of America's Cold War nuclear deterrent. The Liberal Democrats might have faced a political disaster if they had acknowledged, as appears to be the case, that the U.S. Navy's nuclear-armed ships had free access to Japanese waters.
Seeking to settle the matter, the new Democratic Party government has launched an internal investigation into the agreements and their negotiating history. To aid this investigation, the National Security Archive today posted on the Web the most important U.S. declassified documents on the issue. Nevertheless, Japan is not likely to act unilaterally to declassify the 1960 and 1969 nuclear agreements. The Obama administration should not only assist Japan so that early declassification of the agreements is possible, but also declassify the remaining still-secret U.S. documents, allowing an old controversy to be settled.
The two secret agreements were negotiated during the Cold War, when the United States Navy routinely transited Pacific waters with nuclear weapons onboard and the possibility of a U.S.-Soviet nuclear war was a matter of routine military planning. One of the agreements was actually a record of discussion that established an agreed and carefully defined interpretation of U.S. commitments regarding nuclear weapons, negotiated in 1960, that allowed transit of nuclear weapons through Japanese territory and waters, relegating the consultation requirement to the introduction and basing of nuclear weapons in Japan.
The other was part of the 1969 agreement reverting Okinawa to Japan: U.S. nuclear weapons on Okinawa would be withdrawn but re-introduction would be possible in an emergency. Even after the end of the Cold War, which brought the worldwide withdrawal of all U.S. theater nuclear weapons, the U.S. government deferred to the Liberal Democrats on the need to keep the agreements secret, but that need is clearly now moot. Declassification is possible and necessary because determining what Tokyo and Washington actually negotiated is a question of significant historical importance and a key missing piece in the nuclear history of the Cold War.
Visit the National Security Archive Web site for more information:
http://www.nsarchive.org
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE is an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A tax-exempt public charity, the Archive receives no U.S. government funding; its budget is supported by publication royalties and donations from foundations and individuals.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Mullen Praises 'Powerful Legacy' During Ship Commissioning
By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service
Oct. 10, 2009 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff praised the man for whom USS Wayne E. Meyer guided-missile destroyer was named during the ship's commissioning into the U.S. Pacific Fleet here today. "I can think of no finer name for a warship than USS Wayne E. Meyer," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said during the 58th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer's commissioning here today. "For it is the name of the chief visionary of the Navy's surface fleet."
The ship's motto is "One Powerful Legacy," and the late retired Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer can be said to have left exactly that in the Navy. Meyer is described as "the father of Aegis," for his role in leading the development of the Aegis Weapons System now used aboard 100 Navy ships.
Meyer abhorred mediocrity as much as he cared for the Navy, and he attended the commissioning of every ship using the Aegis platform in since that of USS Bunker Hill in 1986, Mullen said.
"It is sad, but almost fitting, in a way, that the first commissioning muster Wayne Meyer misses is that of his namesake," he added.
Meyer was 83 when he passed away Sept. 1, 2009.
Originally conceived as a match for the Soviet blue-water navy, Aegis ships have become invaluable for uses beyond deterring Cold War foes.
It was an Aegis ship that recently patrolled at the ready off the coast of North Korea. Another supplied humanitarian aid to the citizens of the former Soviet republic of Georgia during military strife last year, and Aegis ships will continue to provide air defense for expeditionary and carrier strike groups around the world, Mullen said.
"Admiral Wayne Meyer's brainchild has become an enduring staple of our fleet because the system has been able to evolve, to flex to our defense needs as they change over time," Mullen said. "Underpinned by solid systems engineering, ... its enduring capabilities are speed agility and adaptability."
The U.S. shares the Aegis weapons system with the Japanese, Spanish, Norwegian, South Korean and Australian navies.
Mullen said he sees this as immense progress to what he used to call the "1,000-ship navy." This is "a global maritime coalition of good neighbors who use the sea to unite instead of divide," he said.
"Because confronting and overcoming the challenges we face today -- whether piracy, narco-trafficking, weapons of mass destruction or terrorism -- will take all of us: all hands, all services, and all partner nations," the admiral said.
The Aegis ships surely have their virtues, but their true worth always will be in their crews, Mullen said.
"The way that Aegis ships have been conceived, built, tested, and deployed is as much a testament to an engineer's mastery of technology as it is to our sailor's versatility," he said. "The Aegis ships are made to see, control, and defend. Aegis sailors are made to multitask."
Stopping short of offering the Meyer's crew career advice, Mullen chose to share a anecdote from his own career.
"Let me just say that every time we'd meet, Admiral Meyer was fond of telling me that my career peaked, as a captain, the day I left command of [USS] Yorktown," He said. "Now, Yorktown is down the Delaware a bit, in the process of being scrapped.
"[Wayne Meyer's] career, however, is still going strong as we commission this ship today," he added. "Each and every one of you in Meyer's crew has the great honor of getting the chance to live up that name. May you discover and employ the leadership, determination, ingenuity, and perhaps the stubbornness that goes along with it."
Navy Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, also attended the commissioning. He reinforced the importance this crew would have as the USS Wayne E. Meyer's first.
"You will man the most capable warship in the world," Roughead said. "You will sail under the name Wayne E. Meyer. No naval officer in recent history has distinguished himself as a visionary, as an innovator, and as a leader, as did Wayne Meyer.
"Even though he only left us a short time ago, his spirit will live on in this ship and in the spirit of the officers and sailors who will serve for generations to come," Roughead added.
Meyer's wife, Anna Mae, is the ship's sponsor and a Philadelphia native. She christened her husband's namesake from Bath Ironworks Shipyard in Bath, Maine, on Oct. 18, 2008.
Navy Cmdr. Nick A. Sarap will command the ship, which will call San Diego home. It carries a crew of 370, and measures in at 509-feet, 5-inches in length. It carries the 100th Aegis weapons system built and delivered by Lockheed Martin.
The ship incorporates a helicopter hangar facility into the original design and can carry two SH-60B/R Light Airborne Multipurpose System MK III helicopters. Guided-missile destroyers operate independently and in conjunction with carrier battle groups, surface action groups, amphibious groups and replenishment groups.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Kadena Airmen Aid Indonesian Recovery
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram
Special to American Forces Press Service
Oct. 9, 2009 - Airmen with the 353rd Special Operations Group here are supporting humanitarian relief operations near Padang in western Indonesia after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake and a slightly smaller one struck Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, military officials reported. Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and 17th Special Operations Squadron from here were already in Indonesia for a training exchange designed to enhance U.S and Indonesian military training and capabilities and to increase interoperability.
"The devastating earthquakes that hit the Padang area are tragic," said Air Force Col. John Glaze, deputy commander for the 353rd. "As part of the coordinated relief efforts, the 'Air Commandos' are truly dedicated to helping the people of Indonesia through this disaster.
"We are already working tirelessly with our Indonesian counterparts and all of the partners participating in this relief operation and will continue to do so until our mission is done."
Starting Oct. 2, 353rd airmen and members of an Indonesian air force special operations branch began moving emergency response teams, equipment and relief supplies to the Padang area aboard a MC-130P Combat Shadow assigned to the 17th Special Operations Squadron.
Since beginning their participation in relief efforts, 353rd and Indonesian air force members have surveyed the area surrounding Padang and provided damage assessments to relief coordinators along with personnel and cargo movements into the affected areas, officials said.
In the days to come, 353rd and Indonesian air force members will continue to move emergency response teams, equipment and relief supplies and provide damage assessments throughout the affected area.
Combat controllers from the teams also will survey possible airfields and landing zones to possibly expand the relief operations. Combat controllers are trained special operations forces and certified air traffic controllers. They can establish airfields while simultaneously conducting air traffic control, command and control, and humanitarian assistance in austere locations.
(Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram serves with the 353rd Special Operations Group.)
Special to American Forces Press Service
Oct. 9, 2009 - Airmen with the 353rd Special Operations Group here are supporting humanitarian relief operations near Padang in western Indonesia after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake and a slightly smaller one struck Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, military officials reported. Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and 17th Special Operations Squadron from here were already in Indonesia for a training exchange designed to enhance U.S and Indonesian military training and capabilities and to increase interoperability.
"The devastating earthquakes that hit the Padang area are tragic," said Air Force Col. John Glaze, deputy commander for the 353rd. "As part of the coordinated relief efforts, the 'Air Commandos' are truly dedicated to helping the people of Indonesia through this disaster.
"We are already working tirelessly with our Indonesian counterparts and all of the partners participating in this relief operation and will continue to do so until our mission is done."
Starting Oct. 2, 353rd airmen and members of an Indonesian air force special operations branch began moving emergency response teams, equipment and relief supplies to the Padang area aboard a MC-130P Combat Shadow assigned to the 17th Special Operations Squadron.
Since beginning their participation in relief efforts, 353rd and Indonesian air force members have surveyed the area surrounding Padang and provided damage assessments to relief coordinators along with personnel and cargo movements into the affected areas, officials said.
In the days to come, 353rd and Indonesian air force members will continue to move emergency response teams, equipment and relief supplies and provide damage assessments throughout the affected area.
Combat controllers from the teams also will survey possible airfields and landing zones to possibly expand the relief operations. Combat controllers are trained special operations forces and certified air traffic controllers. They can establish airfields while simultaneously conducting air traffic control, command and control, and humanitarian assistance in austere locations.
(Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram serves with the 353rd Special Operations Group.)
Global Cooperation Grows Among Navies, Nations
American Forces Press ServiceOct. 9, 2009 - Cooperation is growing between navies and commercial shipping interests in many nations, a Navy official said yesterday. "Industries, navies and nations are in agreement that we need to have this understanding not only just for security reasons, but also for safety to avoid collisions at sea and to ensure legitimate practices," Navy Rear Adm. M. Stewart O'Bryan, director of Navy's maritime domain awareness, said during a "DoDLive" bloggers roundtable.
O'Bryan spoke with bloggers from Rhode Island, where he was attending the 19th Annual Seapower Symposium hosted by the chief of naval operations and the U.S. Naval War College. More than 100 nations were represented at the conference, he said.
The motivation to work together was strong, O'Bryan said, due to the complexity of maritime issues and budget limitations.
"While these organizations perform their assigned missions well, no organization has enough resources, whether money, people or equipment, to do it all by themselves," he said.
O'Bryan pointed out that there is much to be gained when nations share maritime data, including improved situation awareness, increased trust and cooperation, and expedited commerce. In the long run, he said, multinational collaboration between navies and coast guards will lead to enhanced security that will contribute to global prosperity.
Another benefit, he added, is that best practices and lessons learned can be shared. Recent dialogue between navies already has paid off in several cases.
"Piracy levels have decreased in the Straits of Malacca [in Indonesia] because of this kind of sharing of information and security that provides the ships' safe and free navigation across choke points, [and also] we've seen recent improvements in the Gulf of Aden."
O'Bryan said U.S. efforts to boost the maritime domain awareness strategy include recent work to consolidate U.S. maritime operations centers and to link them together. Today, the network of eight centers located around the world operates on a combined network and work continues to integrate their capabilities and grant them access to the same data sources. Another project will integrate naval installation regional operations centers with maritime operations centers.
The maritime domain awareness effort also is engaged in dialogue with the U.S. Coast Guard to facilitate its homeland defense mission, he said.
(Judith Snyderman works in the Defense Media Activity's emerging media directorate.)
Defense Schools Laud 12 Scholarship Semifinalists
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
Oct. 9, 2009 - The Department of Defense Education Activity has reason to be extra proud of 12 of its students this year, the activity's director said. The students are national scholarship semifinalists, able to compete for millions of dollars in scholarship funds.
"The six DoDEA National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and the six DoDEA National Achievement Scholarship semifinalists are truly a credit to our school system and the pride of their families and friends," said Shirley A. Miles, the activity's director. "These young men and women have not only realized high academic achievement, but they have also distinguished themselves in the ways they give back to their communities and in the roles they play in school activities."
Six high school seniors are eligible to compete for 8,200 National Merit Scholarship awards worth $35 million. They are:
-- Scott LaBelle, Brussels American School, Belgium;
-- Shannon Grammel, formerly a student at Heidelberg High School, Germany, now at Fort Campbell High School, Ky.;
-- Stella Y. Cho, Seoul American High School, Korea;
-- Emily M. Hoyle, Guam High School;
-- Alexander M. Koenig, formerly a student at Berlin Brandenburg International High School, Germany; now at Naples High School, Italy; and
-- Derrick B. Lewis, Ramstein High School, Germany.
They're part of a group of about 16,000 semifinalists. The program is now in its 55th year.
To become a finalist, these students must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school and be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal. They also must earn SAT scores that confirm the student's earlier performance on the qualifying PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as the initial screening for entrants.
A detailed scholarship application, which includes a student-written essay and information about extracurricular activities and leadership roles, also is a requirement.
The finalists and winners will be announced in the spring.
Lewis is under double consideration as he is also a semifinalist for the National Achievement Scholarship Program.
This program recognizes and provides scholarships to academically promising African-American students throughout the United States and in Defense Department schools around the world.
Lewis is one of 1,600 other semifinalists from across the nation. Five of those semifinalists also are students at Defense Department schools. They are:
-- Christian D. Randolph, Kaiserslautern High School, Germany;
-- Sophia Sewell, Ramstein High School;
-- Vanessa B. Whatley, Weisbaden High School, Germany;
-- Kaylie D. McGregor, Naples High School;
-- Jay R. Pothula, Nile C. Kinnick High School in Yokosuka, Japan; and
-- Christopher P. Campbell, Seoul American High School.
About 1,300 semifinalists will advance to the finalist level, based on academic performance throughout their high school career, principal recommendation, a written essay and SAT scores. From the finalists, 800 will receive National Achievement Scholarships totaling $2.6 million.
The scholarships also will be presented next spring.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation administers both award programs.
American Forces Press Service
Oct. 9, 2009 - The Department of Defense Education Activity has reason to be extra proud of 12 of its students this year, the activity's director said. The students are national scholarship semifinalists, able to compete for millions of dollars in scholarship funds.
"The six DoDEA National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and the six DoDEA National Achievement Scholarship semifinalists are truly a credit to our school system and the pride of their families and friends," said Shirley A. Miles, the activity's director. "These young men and women have not only realized high academic achievement, but they have also distinguished themselves in the ways they give back to their communities and in the roles they play in school activities."
Six high school seniors are eligible to compete for 8,200 National Merit Scholarship awards worth $35 million. They are:
-- Scott LaBelle, Brussels American School, Belgium;
-- Shannon Grammel, formerly a student at Heidelberg High School, Germany, now at Fort Campbell High School, Ky.;
-- Stella Y. Cho, Seoul American High School, Korea;
-- Emily M. Hoyle, Guam High School;
-- Alexander M. Koenig, formerly a student at Berlin Brandenburg International High School, Germany; now at Naples High School, Italy; and
-- Derrick B. Lewis, Ramstein High School, Germany.
They're part of a group of about 16,000 semifinalists. The program is now in its 55th year.
To become a finalist, these students must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school and be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal. They also must earn SAT scores that confirm the student's earlier performance on the qualifying PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as the initial screening for entrants.
A detailed scholarship application, which includes a student-written essay and information about extracurricular activities and leadership roles, also is a requirement.
The finalists and winners will be announced in the spring.
Lewis is under double consideration as he is also a semifinalist for the National Achievement Scholarship Program.
This program recognizes and provides scholarships to academically promising African-American students throughout the United States and in Defense Department schools around the world.
Lewis is one of 1,600 other semifinalists from across the nation. Five of those semifinalists also are students at Defense Department schools. They are:
-- Christian D. Randolph, Kaiserslautern High School, Germany;
-- Sophia Sewell, Ramstein High School;
-- Vanessa B. Whatley, Weisbaden High School, Germany;
-- Kaylie D. McGregor, Naples High School;
-- Jay R. Pothula, Nile C. Kinnick High School in Yokosuka, Japan; and
-- Christopher P. Campbell, Seoul American High School.
About 1,300 semifinalists will advance to the finalist level, based on academic performance throughout their high school career, principal recommendation, a written essay and SAT scores. From the finalists, 800 will receive National Achievement Scholarships totaling $2.6 million.
The scholarships also will be presented next spring.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation administers both award programs.
MILITARY CONTRACTS October 9, 2009
ARMY
GM GDLS Defense Group LLC., Joint Venture, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $ 646,948,221 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for 352 Stryker vehicles awarded to GM GDLS Defense Group LLC, a joint venture between General Motors Defense and General Dynamics Land Systems on Delivery Order 36 of Requirements Contract W56HZV-07-D-M112. The expected period of performance for this action will be from date of award through May 2012. Work is to be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich., (60 percent), and London, Ontario, and Canada, (40 percent) with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Tank Automotive & Armament Command, SFAE-GCS-BCT-P, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).
aXseum Solutions, LLC., Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $118,749,236 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The contractor shall provide the Army Continuing Education System all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to perform services at various Army locations. Work is to be performed in various CONUS and OCONUS locations with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2013. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with 10 bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Center of Excellence, Washington, DC., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-09-D-0019).
Mes Inc., Rockville, Md., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $101,641,367 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The contractor shall provide the Army continuing education system all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to perform services at various Army locations. Work is to be performed in various CONUS and OCONUS locations with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2013. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with 10 bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Center of Excellence, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-09-D-0021).
Oshkosh Corp, Oshkosh, Wisc., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $408,406,271 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the procurement of additional Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV's) (923 each) including Basic Issue Items. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wisc., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012. Five bids were solicited with five bids received. TACOM, AMSCC-TAC-ADCA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0111).
ITT Federal Services International Corp., Col., Springs, Colo., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $86,989,832 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is a long term indefinite delivery, indefinite quality for global maintenance support and services to be performed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The contract is in its last period of performance expiring Sept. 29, 2009. The announcement amount of $86,989,832 is incremental funding for the current period of performance in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Work is to be performed in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with an estimated completion dated of Jan. 29, 2009. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. Army Contracting Center, Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill. is the contracting activity (W52P1J-05-D-0003).
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $78,500,000 7 year indefinite Delivery/ indefinite quantity contract. The government awarded a contract with the University of Southern California (USC) as a university affiliated research center, under the contract, USC established a separate institute called institute for creative technologies to conduct research on advanced modeling and simulation, capitalizing on research and development in disciplines within the entertainment industry. The research results are being transferred for implementation into pro-types of systems to be used by the current and future force. Work is to be performed in Los Angeles, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2011. U.S. Army Research Development Engineering Command, Acquisition Center, Durham, N.C., is the contracting activity (W911NF-04-D-0005).
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $57,514,998 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for a forward area air defense command and control /counter-rocket artillery and mortar (C-RAM) system integration. The C-RAM project office has a requirement for systems integration to include systems engineering and deployment of the C-RAM system. Work is to be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One sole source bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command Aviation & Missile, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-06-D-0029).
Harper Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $55,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is design/build project in for Fort Sill, Okla., for two trainee type 2600PN dining facilities of approx., 62,380 square foot each as well as renovation of three "starship" barracks of approx. 25,100 square feet each, on an integrated phased schedule with interim milestones. Work is to be performed in Fort Sill, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-09-D-0104).
Cosmopolitan –EMTA JV, Columbia, Md., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $52,659,113 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a close air support apron which includes construction of aircraft parking ramps and fuel storage facilities along the flight line Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Work is to be performed at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, with an estimated completion date of June 6, 2011. Thirty four bids were solicited with 13 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Programs Center, CETAC-CT-M, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0062).
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Austin, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $27,074,390 firm-fixed-price contract. This is for the definitization (PZ0003) of 325 bar armor kits for the RG-31 and 158 bar armor kits for the Cougar CAT I and FSR support. And the addition of the 195 bar armor kits for the RG-31 and 264 bar armor kits for the Cougar CAT I and other hardware associated with the kits. Work is to be performed in Austin, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM Contracting Center Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0311).
Washington Group International, Doing Business as URS, Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $26,962,462 cost-plus-award-fee contract for integration contracting support services for work entitled "Nuclear Weapons Safety and Security Assessment and Training Center Expansion and Construction". Work is to be performed in the Russian Federation and multiple locations (97.63 percent) and Cleveland, Ohio, (2.37 percent) with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2012. Five bids were solicited with four bids received. U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (DTRA01-01-D-0012).
BAE Systems, York, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $25,708,255 firm-fixed-price contract. This requirement is for the procurement of nine items. 119 are required to support Operation Desert Storm-situational awareness kits for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Work is to be performed in York, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 20, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-G-0005).
BAE Systems, Sealy, Texas., was awarded on Oct. 8, 2009 a $23,752,385 firm-fixed-price contract for 65 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, 58 for the Army and seven for the United States Marine Corp. Work is to be performed in Sealy, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-C-0460).
Armtee Defense Products Co., Coachella, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $21,266,357 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide 155mm M232A1 Modular Artillery Charge Systems Combustible Cases. Work is to be performed in Coachella, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. One bid solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Combat Ammo Center, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W12QKN-08-C-0437).
L-3 Communication Systems West, Salt Lake City, Utah., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $20,653,200 firm-fixed-price contract for 100 each of Remote Operations Video Enhanced Received (ROVER) 4 systems and 309 ROVER 6 systems. Work is to be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-AR-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-07-C-0209).
BBL Carlton, LLC., Charleston, W.V., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $20,068,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for Project LYBH009134 fuel cell/corrosion control hangar and shops at 130th Airlift Wing, Yeager Airport, at Charleston, W.V. Work is to be performed in Charleston, W.V., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 9, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. National Guard Bureau for West Va., Buckhannon, W.V., is the contracting activity (W912L8-09-C-0010).
Northrop Grumman System Corp., Technical Services Inc., Sierra Vista, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $17,988,319 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This is a contract to provide hardware, software, engineering and technical support for technology refreshment, such as correcting system obsolescence, risk reduction for technology insertion, and technical support to comply with the NATO standardization agreement 4586 Edition 2, Amendment 1, standard interface of the unmanned control system, and the unmanned aircraft system and interoperability profiles to the Hunter system in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Work is to be performed in Sierra Vista, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Contraction Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contacting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0025).
General Atomics Aeronautical System, Poway, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $17,976,522 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. This contract acquires five one systems ground controls stations in support of the extended range/multi-purpose systems development and design contract in Poway, Calif. Work is to be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Jun. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Contraction Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contacting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0069).
General Atomics Aeronautical System, Poway, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $16, 808,435 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This engineering services contract initial award for the extended-range/multi-purpose unmanned aerial system, to support product improvements and technology insertions into the current ER/MP UAS in Poway, Calif. Work is to be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Contraction Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contacting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0136).
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $16,545,777 firm-fixed- price contract. This contract is to change order for relocation of flight test facility from Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah and option exercise of two launchers for the SHADOW unmanned aircraft system. shadow provides flexible and responsive near real-time reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition, battle damage assessment and battle management support to the Army Ground Maneuver Command in Hunt Valley, Md. Work is to be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Contraction Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contacting activity (W58RDZ-08-C-0023).
The McCarty Corp., Austin, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $16,303,000 firm- fixed-price contract. This contract is for the West Wing renovation/restoration of building four at Fort Benning Ga. The building systems scheduled for renovation include plumbing, HVAC, domestic water, sanitary, electrical distribution, fire protection and alarm, communication, ceilings, walls, doors, flooring, windows, roof, and parking. Total square footage included in this renovation is 518,799 in Fort Benning Ga. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning Ga., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W91236-08-C-0056).
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC., Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $15,994,605 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a contract for New York and New Jersey Harbor channel navigation improvement 50 feet. Work is to be performed in the Ambrose and Anchorage channels, with an estimated completion date of Apr. 18, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CENAN-CT, New York City, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-09-C-0023).
Harper Contracting, Inc., Magna, Utah, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $15,981,798 with firm- fixed-price contract. This is a contract for the lower Santa Ana River Channel, Reach 9 Phase IIB (Along Green River Gold Course) Orange and Riverside counties Calif. Project consists of excavation and backfill for the construction of approximately 5,200 feet of 24 inch thick grouted stone revetment and approximately 1,000 feet of steel sheet pile with tie-back anchors bank protection, placement of derrick stone, excavation and backfill of approximately 5,000 feet long temporary diversion channel in Orange and Riverside Counties. Work is to be performed in Orange and Riverside Counties, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Los Angeles Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-09-C-0037).
Clement Group, LLC., Montgomery, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $15,699,040 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of three battalion Headquarters Buildings for the Battalion Combat Teams Complex's at Jackson Ave-Main Fort Lewis and on North Fort Lewis. Work is to be performed in Fort Lewis, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. Four bids were solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0029).
SRCTec, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $15,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procuring 14 AN/TPQ-48 (V) 3 lightweight counters mortar 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 sole source bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-09-C-C156).
Jaynes Corp., located in North Las Vegas, Nev., was awarded a $14,932,158 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 28, 2009. This contract is for the F-16 Aggressor hangar/aircraft maintenance unit and Green Flag Operations facility at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The contract is for the design and construct of a hanger/maintenance unit (42,888 square feet) and construction of one fully designed operations facility (16,000 square feet). The project includes a concrete foundation, steel frame, metal roof, masonry exterior, fire detection/protection, environmental remediation, utilities, site improvements, landscaping, access roads/parking, hanger apron access pavements/lighting/markings, fire protection water storage, and communications support. Services included in the contract are the demolition/asbestos abatement of one facility (2,026 square meters) in the way of construction and all other necessary support. The project will comply with DOD antiterrorism/force protection requirements per United Facilities Criteria. Work is to be performed in Clark County, NV, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 13, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 17 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W91PL-09-C-0034).
Chugach World Services, Inc., Anchorage, Ark., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $14,587,826 firm-fixed-price contract is for the renovation of Building 1001, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Work is to be performed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Mar. 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Fort Worth., is the contracting activity (W9126G-09-C-0073).
Environment Chemical Corp., Burlingame, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $14,349,880 firm-fixed-price contract. The work consist of repairs/replacement/upgrade to existing placement areas along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, from High Island to Rollover Pass in Galveston County, Texas. Work is to be performed in Galveston County, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2010. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912BV-08-D-2020).
Ulliman Schutte Construction, located in Miamisburg, Ohio, was awarded a $12,937,000 firm-fixed-price construction contract on Sept. 29, 2009. This contract is for major repair of the existing WWTP by replacement of most components in order to produce an enhanced nutrient removal facility. Major components being repaired, demolished, replaced, or converted consist of but are not limited to the following: utilities; controls; alarms; pumps; trickling filter; secondary clarifier; flocculation and utility water storage tanks; sludge pumping; sludge digester/aerobic digester; sludge drying beds; old administration building; new administration/laboratory; new headwork's/dewatering building; chlorination station; chemical storage; ultra violet building; aluminum/feed building; trickling filter/oxidation ditch; sludge pumping building; post aeration basin; splitter box; sample monitor station/storage; primary clarifiers; chlorine contact tank/phosphorous removal filter/UV disinfection. Work is to be performed in Frederick, Md., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. Bids were unrestricted, full and open with seven bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0069).
Perini Corp., located in Framingham, Mass., was awarded a $12,698,820 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 30, 2009. This contract is for the design and construction of a Department of State Multi Nations Forces (Iraq) overhead cover system for the new embassy compound, located in the international zone, Baghdad, Iraq. Work is to be performed at the new embassy compound, international zone, Baghdad, Iraq with an estimated completion date of July 10, 2010. Eighty three bids were solicited with thirteen bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Program Center, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0063).
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., located in Washington, D.C., was awarded a $12,099,559 firm-fixed-price service contract on Sept. 29, 2009. This contract is to provide professional support, financial and consultation and advisory services. A contract for consulting support services is required in order to maintain professional financial and real estate development services to the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Act, Residential Communities Initiative, Family Housing, Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (single soldier housing and junior soldier Barracks Privatization Initiative), privatization of army lodging, and other associated non-Military Housing Privatization Initiative Act public/private initiatives as needed. Work is to be performed in Washington, DC with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid was received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0081).
ACTEC Engineering and Counseling., Alpharetta, Ga., was awarded on Oct. 1, 2009 a $12,000,000 firm-fixed-price. This task order will be issued for construction management services. Work is to be determined with each task order and have an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 18 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-10-D-0002).
Endicott Constructors Corp., Wakefield, Mass., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 an $11,803,815 firm-fixed-price contract for commercial and institutional building construction; digital ground station FOC beddown. Work is to be performed in Bourne, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 6, 2011. Unrestricted bids were solicited with 10 bids received. U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, Milford, Mich., is the contracting activity (W912SV-09-C-0029).
AVI Biopharma, Inc., Corvallis, Ore., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $11,520,901 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for identifying potential target countermeasures to specific category A and B threat agents rapidly (weeks to months), then producing and testing them in animals. Work is to be performed in Corvallis, Ore., (70.48 percent), San Diego, Calif., (0.83 percent), Frederick, Md., (13.06 percent), Galveston, Texas., (2.14 percent), Andover, Mass., (1.14 percent), and Mattawan, Mich., (12.35 percent) with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (HDTRA1-07-C-0010).
Northern Tiaga Ventures, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 an $11,499,437 firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose of this project is to provide a chiller plant upgrade in Building 9960 for Fort Meade, Md. Option 1 provides for chilled water storage for Building 9960. Work is to be performed in Fort Meade, Md., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 27, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0079).
Bristol Design Build Services, located in Anchorage, Ark., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 an $11,202,777 firm-fixed-price construction contract. This is a design and build construction contract to replace existing boilers with new pressurized vessel units sized to meet the steam production needs for the facility; as determined by an on-site investigation by the A-E, the new boilers will be housed in a new building at the Chillicothe Veterans Administration Medical Center in Chillicothe, OH. Work is to be performed in Chillicothe, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid was received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah Regional Contracting Center, Charleston Office, Charleston, S.C., is the contract activity (W912HN-09-C-0074).
Panatonni Construction Co., LLC., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 an $11,000,000 construction firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose is for the design and construction of two general purpose warehouses at Fort Benning, Ga. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 3, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Fort Worth, Texas., is the contracting activity (W9126G-09-C-0079).
Mustang Technology Group, L.P., Allen, Texas., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $10,541,496 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Crosshairs Phase II-B. Work is to be performed in Allen, Texas., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received, U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W911QX-05-D-0007).
Paul S. Akins Co., Inc., located in Statesboro, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $10,101,374 firm-fixed- price contract on Sept. 30, 2009. This contract is for the design and construction of the Advanced Student Trainee facility located at Fort Benning, Ga. This project includes site design and construction outside the 5-foot line, facility design, overall building construction, complete interior finishes, and kitchen and server equipment. A comprehensive interior design is included. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2011. Three bids were solicited with three bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, CECT-NAO, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-08-D-0064).
R. Williams Construction, Inc., Lompoc, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 8, 2009 a $10,031,899 firm-fixed-price contract. This project consist of south levee improvements to include (2) reaches that extend about 3.25 miles from Suey Crossing Bridge to Blosser Road. Santa Maria Valley Levees-South Levee improvements, Santa Maria, Calif. Work is to be performed in Santa Maria, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2002. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 14 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-10-C-0002).
Wade Perrow Construction, LLC., Gig Harbor, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $9,522,943 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the repair directorate of plans and training facility at Fort Lewis, Wash. This project will consist of interior renovations including but not limited to abatement of hazardous materials, demolition, seismic repair, electrical, mechanical, fire protection, reconfiguration of exhibit areas, addition of stairs, addition of classrooms and offices. Repair facility exterior including but not limited to abatement of hazardous materials, demolition, repair of roofs, envelop repairs, repair of window and associated finishes and infrastructure. Work is to be performed in Fort Lewis, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2010. Bids were solicited via fbo.gov with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-09-C-0034).
Jacobs, Anchorage, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $9,317,914 cost-plus-award-fee contract. Contractor shall provide demolition, disposal, investigation, remedial action, and restoration activities at the Old Landfill LF004 and the New Landfill LF005 associated with the Wainwright Short Range Radar Station located in Wainwright, Ala., as necessary to achieve regulatory closure. Work is to be performed in Wainwright, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska Contracting Division, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Ala., is the contracting activity (W911KB-06-D-0006).
Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $9,089,369 fixed-price-Incentive with award fee contract. This modification is to incorporate on-scope changes to the Pentagon renovation in accordance with the approved design phased construction plan that incorporates approved changes. Work is to be performed in Arlington, Va., with an estimated completion date of Mar.9, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. Pentagon Renovation & Construction Program Office, Arlington Va., is the contracting activity (MDA947-01-C-2001).
Sauer Incorporated, Jacksonville, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $8,263,730 firm fixed price contract. This project will repair the failed and failing components of building 2832, advanced skills trainee barracks/ approximately 40,560 square feet, which was constructed in 1954. The building systems scheduled for repair include roof, exterior stairs, exterior walls, force protection, interior walls, doors, insulation, interior finish, finish floors ceiling, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, HVAC controls, electrical, electrical service and distribution, and sit work with associated parking in Fort Benning, Ga. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with twenty two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0072).
Ashridge, Inc., Saint Stephens, S.C., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $8,992,027 firm-fixed-price contract for the disposal Area 14B, rock revetment, Savannah Harbor, Jasper County, S.C. Work is to be performed in Jasper County, S.C., with an estimated completion date of Feb.2, 2011. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0068).
BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, Mass., was awarded on Oct. 1, 2009 an $8,647,422 cost-plus fixed-fee contract. The object of this effort is to provide five operational H-60 Blackhawk aircraft with the helicopter alert and threat termination (HALTT) shooter detection and localization capability. The Blackhawk aircraft will be deployed to Afghanistan for operational evaluation. The HALTT system will reduce the effectiveness of small arms fire by detecting bullets fired at the aircraft and precisely locating the shooter. This capability will enhance the safety of Blackhawk crews and aircraft to avoid loss of life and assets. Work is to be performed in Boston, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-10-C-0017).
RQ-RBA 2 JV, located in San Diego, Calif., was awarded an $8,221,000 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 30, 2009. This contract is for the design and construction of a company operations facility at Fort Irwin, Calif., comprised on an administrative module readiness module and exterior covered hardstand. Supporting facilities will include electric service, water, sewer, gas, paving, walks, curbs and gutters, storm drainage, sit improvements, information systems and anti-terrorism measures. Work is to be performed in Fort Irwin, Calif., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-09-C-0025).
Longbow Limited Co., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $8,098,498 firm-fixed-price contract to definitize an un priced change order for fire control radar spares, Pkg 2. Work is to be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-07-C-0050).
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla., was awarded a $7,944,147 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 29, 2009. This contract is for the Threat Systems Management Office in support of Foreign Military Sales Cases E5-B-UDC and E5-B-UAW for the purchase and delivery of 44 newly overhauled D-30 122mm "Howitzer" systems, and the purchase and delivery of an additional 80 NATO standard 6400 military fire control system qualified for use on all models of D-30 systems located throughout the country of Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Kabul, Afghanistan with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30 2010. Nine bids was solicited with five bids were received. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Contracting Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-09-C-0125).
Symetrics Industries, LLC, located in Melbourne, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $7,858,663 firm-fixed- price, cost-plus fixed fee, cost-reimbursable (travel) contract. The contract is for the improved data modem 304B, hardware redesign, hardware production, depot maintenance, software updates and sustainment, and engineering services procurement. The contract is a five-year IDIQ which includes firm-fixed price contract line item numbers for the procurement of up to 1,500 improved data modem 304Bs and will include six each first article units, production units for the United States and FMS requirements, and cost-plus fixed fee contract line item numbers for software updates, sustainment, engineering services, depot analysis and repair. Work is to be performed in Melbourne, Fla., and Herndon, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Eight bids were solicited with four bids were received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center CCAM-AR-C, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-D-0206).
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $7,820,869 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Human Terrain System Project used to train personnel to deploy on human terrain teams and human terrain analysis teams in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Work is to be performed Leavenworth, Kan., (65 percent), Atlanta, Ga., (30 percent), and Oyster Point, Va., (5 percent) with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-08-D-0006).
Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $7,806,645 firm-fixed-price contract for the repair/renovation of West Wing of Building 705, Fort Eustis, Va. Work is to be performed in Fort Eustis, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-08-D-0006).
Eagle Applies Science, LLC., San Antonia, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $7,792,260 firm-fixed-price contract to procure medical and administrative support for the Army Medical Command Tele-Health Program Support in CONUS and OCONUS. Work is to be performed at Regional Medical Command Headquarters or in a medical treatment facility with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity (W81XWH-09-C-0168).
Basic Marine, Inc., located in Escanaba, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $7,685,124 firm-fixed-price contract. The contract is for the procurement of the final engineering design and construction services for one inland water, non-self propelled, welded steel excavator/crane barge that conforms to the commercial standards from a shipbuilding contractor. From the final design package, the contractor will construct, test and deliver the ready and mission capable barge intended to serve the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, in Memphis, Tenn., in support of its river bank revetment mission on the Mississippi River system. Work is to be performed in Escanaba, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. Twenty one bids were solicited with three bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912BU-09-C-0056).
Sain Construction Co., Manchester, Tenn., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $7,134,842 fixed-price-construction contract for new construction of an Army National Guard Readiness Center, for the Tenn., Army National Guard. Work is to be performed in Tullahoma, Tenn., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2011. Bids were solicited to Open-Small Businesses Set aside with 10 bids received. Tennessee Army National Guard, Nashville, Tenn., is the contracting activity (W912L7-09-C-0008).
ANSER, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Oct. 1, 2009 a $7,113,857 blanket purchase agreement Task Order. This is for the mandatory declassification review program-responsible for requests from the public and other government agencies for the declassification and release of specific documents. Work is to be performed in Arlington, Va., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011. Five bids solicited with one bid received. WHS Acquisition & Procurement Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HQ0034-09-A-3017).
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Herndon, Va., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $6,987,846 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the mission sustainment and support for integrated base defense systems of systems. Sustainment consisting of setting up locations, sparing, support, maintenance etc for these systems which provides enhanced situational awareness and security related data to commanders in various locations for Department of Defense. Work is to be performed in Herndon, Va., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Contracting and Acquisition Management Office, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-09-C-0236).
Grand Construction, Inc., Detroit, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $6,826,747 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a commercial vehicle access control point. Work is to be performed in Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0047).
Heckler & Koch, Ashburn, Va., was awarded on Oct. 2, 2009 a $6,688,441 firm-fixed-price contract. This award is for the procurement of 5,400 each of M320A1 grenade launchers and 600 each of M320 grenade launchers. Work is to be performed in Oberndorf, Germany, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0616).
Telford Aviation, Inc., located in Banger, ME, was awarded a $6,631,102.77 cost-plus fixed-fee time-and-materials contract on Sept. 29, 2009. The contract is for the modification and integration effort to standardize the cockpits for multi-sensor airborne reconnaissance and surveillance systems XI-XVIII to support the National Guard operating in Operating Enduring Freedom. Work is to be performed in Hagerstown, Md., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2010. One bid was received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-07-C-W009).
McKnight Construction Co., Inc, located in Augusta, Ga., was awarded a $6,626,730 firm-fixed- price contract on Sept. 29, 2009. The contract is for the construction of a stationary tank range. Primary facilities include the tank range, latrine, operations and storage building, bleacher enclosure, general instruction building, ammunition loading dock, range operations tower, downrange electrical, staging area, antiterrorism measures, and building information systems. Supporting facilities include paving, walks, curbs, gutters, storm drainage, site improvements, and sustainable design and development, and information systems. Work is to be performed at Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 17, 2011. Three bids were received. The U.S. Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-07-D-0013).
Nana Pacific, LLC., Anchorage, Ark., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $6,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for administrative, professional, and technical support requires to facilitate the overall objective of the state Joint Operations Center initiative and its members/ Joint Forces Headquarters State. Work is to be performed in each state with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. National Guard Bureau, Acquisitions Office, Arlington., Va., is the contracting activity (W9133L-09-C-0059).
CJW Construction, Inc., located in Santa Ana, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $5,984,680 firm-fixed-price contract. The contract is for the dredging, recharge and pond rehabilitation of Lake O'Neill. Work is to be performed at Camp Pendleton, in San Diego, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 24, 2011. Bids were solicited through the World Wide Web and FedBizOpps with four bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-09-C-0036).
Skyline ULTD, Inc., Round Rock, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $5,707,220 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor will continue to serve as the statewide point of contract for Guard soldiers and their family members for the purpose of providing technical assistance in resolving TRICARE entitlements. Work is to be performed in Arlington, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 23, 2011. Five bids were solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, NGB-AQ, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (W9133L-08-F-0306).
Goldbelt Wolf LLC., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $5,944,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The contract is for the joint services support, portal training and maintenance portal provides services and resources to National Guard members and their families. The portal is one of the services provided through the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration program. Work is to be performed in Alexandria, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, Acquisitions Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (W9133L-09-C-0067).
Hillsdale Fabricators, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $5,907,843 firm-fixed-price supply contract for stop logs and lifting beams, McClellan Kerr Arkansas River navigation system, Pine Bluff marine terminal, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Work is to be performed in Jefferson County, Arkansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Little Rock, Ark., is the contracting activity (W9127S-09-C-0061).
Oshkosh Corp., located in Oshkosh, Wisc., was awarded a $5,600,000 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 28, 2009. The U.S. Army is mandated to train all Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle crewmembers with the proper skills required to safely and effectively egress the vehicle in the event of a rollover. This contract is for the procurement of 26 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected egress trainer MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) cabin modules and initial spares to be integrated into the MET to be used in a training and certification standard program. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid was received. The program executive office, simulation, taining and instrumentation in Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (W900KK-09-C-0071).
NAVY
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $47,004,724 firm-fixed-price contract to procure long lead material for service life related upgrades of inertial measurement units P/N 5807000, electronic assemblies P/N 6285900, electronic modules and MK 6 guidance system related components. Work will be performed in Bloomington, Minn., (98 percent) and Cambridge, Mass., (2 percent), and work s expected to be completed December 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-10-C-0006).
Northrop Grumman Systems Inc., Sperry Marine, Charlottesville, Va., is being awarded a requirements contract in the amount of $42,042,232 for the manufacture of spare and repair parts for the weapons system navigation (WSN)-7/7A/7B and AN/BPS-15/16 radar sets and the DDG/integrated bridge system. This contract is to exercise an option under a previously awarded performance based logistics contract. Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Va., and work is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively awarded. The Naval inventory control point is the contracting activity (N00104-04-D-ZD51).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Defense Supply Associates, Inc., Fort Atkinson, Wis.*, is being awarded a maximum $18,861,619 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for HMMWV starters. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Mar. 8, 2015. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-10-D-0003).
AIR FORCE
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., of San Jose, Calif., was awarded a $9,632,882 contract which will provide for the performance of the system preliminary design for a scaled communications intelligenceaAirborne signals intelligence payload system for the MQ-9. At this time, $7,601,503 has been obligated. 659 AESS/SYKA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8620-08-C-3004).
GM GDLS Defense Group LLC., Joint Venture, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $ 646,948,221 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for 352 Stryker vehicles awarded to GM GDLS Defense Group LLC, a joint venture between General Motors Defense and General Dynamics Land Systems on Delivery Order 36 of Requirements Contract W56HZV-07-D-M112. The expected period of performance for this action will be from date of award through May 2012. Work is to be performed in Sterling Heights, Mich., (60 percent), and London, Ontario, and Canada, (40 percent) with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012. One bid solicited with one bid received. Tank Automotive & Armament Command, SFAE-GCS-BCT-P, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-07-D-M112).
aXseum Solutions, LLC., Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $118,749,236 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The contractor shall provide the Army Continuing Education System all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to perform services at various Army locations. Work is to be performed in various CONUS and OCONUS locations with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2013. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with 10 bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Center of Excellence, Washington, DC., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-09-D-0019).
Mes Inc., Rockville, Md., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $101,641,367 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The contractor shall provide the Army continuing education system all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to perform services at various Army locations. Work is to be performed in various CONUS and OCONUS locations with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2013. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with 10 bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Center of Excellence, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (W91WAW-09-D-0021).
Oshkosh Corp, Oshkosh, Wisc., was awarded on Oct. 9, 2009 a $408,406,271 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the procurement of additional Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV's) (923 each) including Basic Issue Items. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wisc., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2012. Five bids were solicited with five bids received. TACOM, AMSCC-TAC-ADCA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-D-0111).
ITT Federal Services International Corp., Col., Springs, Colo., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $86,989,832 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is a long term indefinite delivery, indefinite quality for global maintenance support and services to be performed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The contract is in its last period of performance expiring Sept. 29, 2009. The announcement amount of $86,989,832 is incremental funding for the current period of performance in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Work is to be performed in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with an estimated completion dated of Jan. 29, 2009. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with three bids received. Army Contracting Center, Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill. is the contracting activity (W52P1J-05-D-0003).
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $78,500,000 7 year indefinite Delivery/ indefinite quantity contract. The government awarded a contract with the University of Southern California (USC) as a university affiliated research center, under the contract, USC established a separate institute called institute for creative technologies to conduct research on advanced modeling and simulation, capitalizing on research and development in disciplines within the entertainment industry. The research results are being transferred for implementation into pro-types of systems to be used by the current and future force. Work is to be performed in Los Angeles, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2011. U.S. Army Research Development Engineering Command, Acquisition Center, Durham, N.C., is the contracting activity (W911NF-04-D-0005).
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $57,514,998 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for a forward area air defense command and control /counter-rocket artillery and mortar (C-RAM) system integration. The C-RAM project office has a requirement for systems integration to include systems engineering and deployment of the C-RAM system. Work is to be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One sole source bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Contracting Command Aviation & Missile, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-06-D-0029).
Harper Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $55,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This project is design/build project in for Fort Sill, Okla., for two trainee type 2600PN dining facilities of approx., 62,380 square foot each as well as renovation of three "starship" barracks of approx. 25,100 square feet each, on an integrated phased schedule with interim milestones. Work is to be performed in Fort Sill, Okla., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-09-D-0104).
Cosmopolitan –EMTA JV, Columbia, Md., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $52,659,113 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a close air support apron which includes construction of aircraft parking ramps and fuel storage facilities along the flight line Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Work is to be performed at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, with an estimated completion date of June 6, 2011. Thirty four bids were solicited with 13 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Programs Center, CETAC-CT-M, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0062).
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Austin, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $27,074,390 firm-fixed-price contract. This is for the definitization (PZ0003) of 325 bar armor kits for the RG-31 and 158 bar armor kits for the Cougar CAT I and FSR support. And the addition of the 195 bar armor kits for the RG-31 and 264 bar armor kits for the Cougar CAT I and other hardware associated with the kits. Work is to be performed in Austin, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. TACOM Contracting Center Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0311).
Washington Group International, Doing Business as URS, Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $26,962,462 cost-plus-award-fee contract for integration contracting support services for work entitled "Nuclear Weapons Safety and Security Assessment and Training Center Expansion and Construction". Work is to be performed in the Russian Federation and multiple locations (97.63 percent) and Cleveland, Ohio, (2.37 percent) with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2012. Five bids were solicited with four bids received. U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (DTRA01-01-D-0012).
BAE Systems, York, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $25,708,255 firm-fixed-price contract. This requirement is for the procurement of nine items. 119 are required to support Operation Desert Storm-situational awareness kits for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Work is to be performed in York, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 20, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-G-0005).
BAE Systems, Sealy, Texas., was awarded on Oct. 8, 2009 a $23,752,385 firm-fixed-price contract for 65 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, 58 for the Army and seven for the United States Marine Corp. Work is to be performed in Sealy, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-C-0460).
Armtee Defense Products Co., Coachella, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $21,266,357 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor shall provide 155mm M232A1 Modular Artillery Charge Systems Combustible Cases. Work is to be performed in Coachella, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2013. One bid solicited with one bid received. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Combat Ammo Center, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W12QKN-08-C-0437).
L-3 Communication Systems West, Salt Lake City, Utah., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $20,653,200 firm-fixed-price contract for 100 each of Remote Operations Video Enhanced Received (ROVER) 4 systems and 309 ROVER 6 systems. Work is to be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-AR-A, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-07-C-0209).
BBL Carlton, LLC., Charleston, W.V., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $20,068,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for Project LYBH009134 fuel cell/corrosion control hangar and shops at 130th Airlift Wing, Yeager Airport, at Charleston, W.V. Work is to be performed in Charleston, W.V., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 9, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. National Guard Bureau for West Va., Buckhannon, W.V., is the contracting activity (W912L8-09-C-0010).
Northrop Grumman System Corp., Technical Services Inc., Sierra Vista, Ariz., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $17,988,319 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This is a contract to provide hardware, software, engineering and technical support for technology refreshment, such as correcting system obsolescence, risk reduction for technology insertion, and technical support to comply with the NATO standardization agreement 4586 Edition 2, Amendment 1, standard interface of the unmanned control system, and the unmanned aircraft system and interoperability profiles to the Hunter system in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Work is to be performed in Sierra Vista, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Contraction Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contacting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0025).
General Atomics Aeronautical System, Poway, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $17,976,522 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. This contract acquires five one systems ground controls stations in support of the extended range/multi-purpose systems development and design contract in Poway, Calif. Work is to be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Jun. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Contraction Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contacting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0069).
General Atomics Aeronautical System, Poway, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $16, 808,435 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This engineering services contract initial award for the extended-range/multi-purpose unmanned aerial system, to support product improvements and technology insertions into the current ER/MP UAS in Poway, Calif. Work is to be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2012. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Contraction Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contacting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0136).
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $16,545,777 firm-fixed- price contract. This contract is to change order for relocation of flight test facility from Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah and option exercise of two launchers for the SHADOW unmanned aircraft system. shadow provides flexible and responsive near real-time reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition, battle damage assessment and battle management support to the Army Ground Maneuver Command in Hunt Valley, Md. Work is to be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Contraction Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contacting activity (W58RDZ-08-C-0023).
The McCarty Corp., Austin, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $16,303,000 firm- fixed-price contract. This contract is for the West Wing renovation/restoration of building four at Fort Benning Ga. The building systems scheduled for renovation include plumbing, HVAC, domestic water, sanitary, electrical distribution, fire protection and alarm, communication, ceilings, walls, doors, flooring, windows, roof, and parking. Total square footage included in this renovation is 518,799 in Fort Benning Ga. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning Ga., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with four bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W91236-08-C-0056).
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC., Oak Brook, Ill., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $15,994,605 firm-fixed-price contract. This is a contract for New York and New Jersey Harbor channel navigation improvement 50 feet. Work is to be performed in the Ambrose and Anchorage channels, with an estimated completion date of Apr. 18, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CENAN-CT, New York City, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912DS-09-C-0023).
Harper Contracting, Inc., Magna, Utah, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $15,981,798 with firm- fixed-price contract. This is a contract for the lower Santa Ana River Channel, Reach 9 Phase IIB (Along Green River Gold Course) Orange and Riverside counties Calif. Project consists of excavation and backfill for the construction of approximately 5,200 feet of 24 inch thick grouted stone revetment and approximately 1,000 feet of steel sheet pile with tie-back anchors bank protection, placement of derrick stone, excavation and backfill of approximately 5,000 feet long temporary diversion channel in Orange and Riverside Counties. Work is to be performed in Orange and Riverside Counties, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Los Angeles Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-09-C-0037).
Clement Group, LLC., Montgomery, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $15,699,040 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of three battalion Headquarters Buildings for the Battalion Combat Teams Complex's at Jackson Ave-Main Fort Lewis and on North Fort Lewis. Work is to be performed in Fort Lewis, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. Four bids were solicited with two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-D-0029).
SRCTec, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $15,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procuring 14 AN/TPQ-48 (V) 3 lightweight counters mortar 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 sole source bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Corps of Engineers, CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-09-C-C156).
Jaynes Corp., located in North Las Vegas, Nev., was awarded a $14,932,158 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 28, 2009. This contract is for the F-16 Aggressor hangar/aircraft maintenance unit and Green Flag Operations facility at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The contract is for the design and construct of a hanger/maintenance unit (42,888 square feet) and construction of one fully designed operations facility (16,000 square feet). The project includes a concrete foundation, steel frame, metal roof, masonry exterior, fire detection/protection, environmental remediation, utilities, site improvements, landscaping, access roads/parking, hanger apron access pavements/lighting/markings, fire protection water storage, and communications support. Services included in the contract are the demolition/asbestos abatement of one facility (2,026 square meters) in the way of construction and all other necessary support. The project will comply with DOD antiterrorism/force protection requirements per United Facilities Criteria. Work is to be performed in Clark County, NV, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 13, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 17 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W91PL-09-C-0034).
Chugach World Services, Inc., Anchorage, Ark., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $14,587,826 firm-fixed-price contract is for the renovation of Building 1001, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Work is to be performed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Mar. 30, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Fort Worth., is the contracting activity (W9126G-09-C-0073).
Environment Chemical Corp., Burlingame, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $14,349,880 firm-fixed-price contract. The work consist of repairs/replacement/upgrade to existing placement areas along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, from High Island to Rollover Pass in Galveston County, Texas. Work is to be performed in Galveston County, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2010. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912BV-08-D-2020).
Ulliman Schutte Construction, located in Miamisburg, Ohio, was awarded a $12,937,000 firm-fixed-price construction contract on Sept. 29, 2009. This contract is for major repair of the existing WWTP by replacement of most components in order to produce an enhanced nutrient removal facility. Major components being repaired, demolished, replaced, or converted consist of but are not limited to the following: utilities; controls; alarms; pumps; trickling filter; secondary clarifier; flocculation and utility water storage tanks; sludge pumping; sludge digester/aerobic digester; sludge drying beds; old administration building; new administration/laboratory; new headwork's/dewatering building; chlorination station; chemical storage; ultra violet building; aluminum/feed building; trickling filter/oxidation ditch; sludge pumping building; post aeration basin; splitter box; sample monitor station/storage; primary clarifiers; chlorine contact tank/phosphorous removal filter/UV disinfection. Work is to be performed in Frederick, Md., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. Bids were unrestricted, full and open with seven bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0069).
Perini Corp., located in Framingham, Mass., was awarded a $12,698,820 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 30, 2009. This contract is for the design and construction of a Department of State Multi Nations Forces (Iraq) overhead cover system for the new embassy compound, located in the international zone, Baghdad, Iraq. Work is to be performed at the new embassy compound, international zone, Baghdad, Iraq with an estimated completion date of July 10, 2010. Eighty three bids were solicited with thirteen bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Program Center, Winchester, Va., is the contracting activity (W912ER-09-C-0063).
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., located in Washington, D.C., was awarded a $12,099,559 firm-fixed-price service contract on Sept. 29, 2009. This contract is to provide professional support, financial and consultation and advisory services. A contract for consulting support services is required in order to maintain professional financial and real estate development services to the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Act, Residential Communities Initiative, Family Housing, Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (single soldier housing and junior soldier Barracks Privatization Initiative), privatization of army lodging, and other associated non-Military Housing Privatization Initiative Act public/private initiatives as needed. Work is to be performed in Washington, DC with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid was received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0081).
ACTEC Engineering and Counseling., Alpharetta, Ga., was awarded on Oct. 1, 2009 a $12,000,000 firm-fixed-price. This task order will be issued for construction management services. Work is to be determined with each task order and have an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2014. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 18 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-10-D-0002).
Endicott Constructors Corp., Wakefield, Mass., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 an $11,803,815 firm-fixed-price contract for commercial and institutional building construction; digital ground station FOC beddown. Work is to be performed in Bourne, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 6, 2011. Unrestricted bids were solicited with 10 bids received. U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, Milford, Mich., is the contracting activity (W912SV-09-C-0029).
AVI Biopharma, Inc., Corvallis, Ore., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $11,520,901 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for identifying potential target countermeasures to specific category A and B threat agents rapidly (weeks to months), then producing and testing them in animals. Work is to be performed in Corvallis, Ore., (70.48 percent), San Diego, Calif., (0.83 percent), Frederick, Md., (13.06 percent), Galveston, Texas., (2.14 percent), Andover, Mass., (1.14 percent), and Mattawan, Mich., (12.35 percent) with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (HDTRA1-07-C-0010).
Northern Tiaga Ventures, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 an $11,499,437 firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose of this project is to provide a chiller plant upgrade in Building 9960 for Fort Meade, Md. Option 1 provides for chilled water storage for Building 9960. Work is to be performed in Fort Meade, Md., with an estimated completion date of Feb. 27, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-09-C-0079).
Bristol Design Build Services, located in Anchorage, Ark., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 an $11,202,777 firm-fixed-price construction contract. This is a design and build construction contract to replace existing boilers with new pressurized vessel units sized to meet the steam production needs for the facility; as determined by an on-site investigation by the A-E, the new boilers will be housed in a new building at the Chillicothe Veterans Administration Medical Center in Chillicothe, OH. Work is to be performed in Chillicothe, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid was received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah Regional Contracting Center, Charleston Office, Charleston, S.C., is the contract activity (W912HN-09-C-0074).
Panatonni Construction Co., LLC., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 an $11,000,000 construction firm-fixed-price contract. The purpose is for the design and construction of two general purpose warehouses at Fort Benning, Ga. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 3, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Fort Worth, Texas., is the contracting activity (W9126G-09-C-0079).
Mustang Technology Group, L.P., Allen, Texas., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $10,541,496 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Crosshairs Phase II-B. Work is to be performed in Allen, Texas., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received, U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W911QX-05-D-0007).
Paul S. Akins Co., Inc., located in Statesboro, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $10,101,374 firm-fixed- price contract on Sept. 30, 2009. This contract is for the design and construction of the Advanced Student Trainee facility located at Fort Benning, Ga. This project includes site design and construction outside the 5-foot line, facility design, overall building construction, complete interior finishes, and kitchen and server equipment. A comprehensive interior design is included. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2011. Three bids were solicited with three bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, CECT-NAO, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-08-D-0064).
R. Williams Construction, Inc., Lompoc, Calif., was awarded on Oct. 8, 2009 a $10,031,899 firm-fixed-price contract. This project consist of south levee improvements to include (2) reaches that extend about 3.25 miles from Suey Crossing Bridge to Blosser Road. Santa Maria Valley Levees-South Levee improvements, Santa Maria, Calif. Work is to be performed in Santa Maria, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2002. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with 14 bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-10-C-0002).
Wade Perrow Construction, LLC., Gig Harbor, Wash., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $9,522,943 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract is for the repair directorate of plans and training facility at Fort Lewis, Wash. This project will consist of interior renovations including but not limited to abatement of hazardous materials, demolition, seismic repair, electrical, mechanical, fire protection, reconfiguration of exhibit areas, addition of stairs, addition of classrooms and offices. Repair facility exterior including but not limited to abatement of hazardous materials, demolition, repair of roofs, envelop repairs, repair of window and associated finishes and infrastructure. Work is to be performed in Fort Lewis, Wash., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 15, 2010. Bids were solicited via fbo.gov with three bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-09-C-0034).
Jacobs, Anchorage, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $9,317,914 cost-plus-award-fee contract. Contractor shall provide demolition, disposal, investigation, remedial action, and restoration activities at the Old Landfill LF004 and the New Landfill LF005 associated with the Wainwright Short Range Radar Station located in Wainwright, Ala., as necessary to achieve regulatory closure. Work is to be performed in Wainwright, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with one bid received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska Contracting Division, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Ala., is the contracting activity (W911KB-06-D-0006).
Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Chantilly, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $9,089,369 fixed-price-Incentive with award fee contract. This modification is to incorporate on-scope changes to the Pentagon renovation in accordance with the approved design phased construction plan that incorporates approved changes. Work is to be performed in Arlington, Va., with an estimated completion date of Mar.9, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. Pentagon Renovation & Construction Program Office, Arlington Va., is the contracting activity (MDA947-01-C-2001).
Sauer Incorporated, Jacksonville, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $8,263,730 firm fixed price contract. This project will repair the failed and failing components of building 2832, advanced skills trainee barracks/ approximately 40,560 square feet, which was constructed in 1954. The building systems scheduled for repair include roof, exterior stairs, exterior walls, force protection, interior walls, doors, insulation, interior finish, finish floors ceiling, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, HVAC controls, electrical, electrical service and distribution, and sit work with associated parking in Fort Benning, Ga. Work is to be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with twenty two bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0072).
Ashridge, Inc., Saint Stephens, S.C., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $8,992,027 firm-fixed-price contract for the disposal Area 14B, rock revetment, Savannah Harbor, Jasper County, S.C. Work is to be performed in Jasper County, S.C., with an estimated completion date of Feb.2, 2011. Bids were solicited via FedBizOpps with five bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-09-C-0068).
BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, Mass., was awarded on Oct. 1, 2009 an $8,647,422 cost-plus fixed-fee contract. The object of this effort is to provide five operational H-60 Blackhawk aircraft with the helicopter alert and threat termination (HALTT) shooter detection and localization capability. The Blackhawk aircraft will be deployed to Afghanistan for operational evaluation. The HALTT system will reduce the effectiveness of small arms fire by detecting bullets fired at the aircraft and precisely locating the shooter. This capability will enhance the safety of Blackhawk crews and aircraft to avoid loss of life and assets. Work is to be performed in Boston, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HR0011-10-C-0017).
RQ-RBA 2 JV, located in San Diego, Calif., was awarded an $8,221,000 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 30, 2009. This contract is for the design and construction of a company operations facility at Fort Irwin, Calif., comprised on an administrative module readiness module and exterior covered hardstand. Supporting facilities will include electric service, water, sewer, gas, paving, walks, curbs and gutters, storm drainage, sit improvements, information systems and anti-terrorism measures. Work is to be performed in Fort Irwin, Calif., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-09-C-0025).
Longbow Limited Co., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $8,098,498 firm-fixed-price contract to definitize an un priced change order for fire control radar spares, Pkg 2. Work is to be performed in Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-07-C-0050).
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla., was awarded a $7,944,147 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 29, 2009. This contract is for the Threat Systems Management Office in support of Foreign Military Sales Cases E5-B-UDC and E5-B-UAW for the purchase and delivery of 44 newly overhauled D-30 122mm "Howitzer" systems, and the purchase and delivery of an additional 80 NATO standard 6400 military fire control system qualified for use on all models of D-30 systems located throughout the country of Afghanistan. Work is to be performed in Kabul, Afghanistan with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30 2010. Nine bids was solicited with five bids were received. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Contracting Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-09-C-0125).
Symetrics Industries, LLC, located in Melbourne, Fla., was awarded on Sept. 29, 2009 a $7,858,663 firm-fixed- price, cost-plus fixed fee, cost-reimbursable (travel) contract. The contract is for the improved data modem 304B, hardware redesign, hardware production, depot maintenance, software updates and sustainment, and engineering services procurement. The contract is a five-year IDIQ which includes firm-fixed price contract line item numbers for the procurement of up to 1,500 improved data modem 304Bs and will include six each first article units, production units for the United States and FMS requirements, and cost-plus fixed fee contract line item numbers for software updates, sustainment, engineering services, depot analysis and repair. Work is to be performed in Melbourne, Fla., and Herndon, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Eight bids were solicited with four bids were received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, AMCOM Contracting Center CCAM-AR-C, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-D-0206).
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $7,820,869 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Human Terrain System Project used to train personnel to deploy on human terrain teams and human terrain analysis teams in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Work is to be performed Leavenworth, Kan., (65 percent), Atlanta, Ga., (30 percent), and Oyster Point, Va., (5 percent) with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-08-D-0006).
Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $7,806,645 firm-fixed-price contract for the repair/renovation of West Wing of Building 705, Fort Eustis, Va. Work is to be performed in Fort Eustis, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2011. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (W91236-08-D-0006).
Eagle Applies Science, LLC., San Antonia, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $7,792,260 firm-fixed-price contract to procure medical and administrative support for the Army Medical Command Tele-Health Program Support in CONUS and OCONUS. Work is to be performed at Regional Medical Command Headquarters or in a medical treatment facility with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity (W81XWH-09-C-0168).
Basic Marine, Inc., located in Escanaba, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $7,685,124 firm-fixed-price contract. The contract is for the procurement of the final engineering design and construction services for one inland water, non-self propelled, welded steel excavator/crane barge that conforms to the commercial standards from a shipbuilding contractor. From the final design package, the contractor will construct, test and deliver the ready and mission capable barge intended to serve the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, in Memphis, Tenn., in support of its river bank revetment mission on the Mississippi River system. Work is to be performed in Escanaba, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2010. Twenty one bids were solicited with three bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912BU-09-C-0056).
Sain Construction Co., Manchester, Tenn., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $7,134,842 fixed-price-construction contract for new construction of an Army National Guard Readiness Center, for the Tenn., Army National Guard. Work is to be performed in Tullahoma, Tenn., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2011. Bids were solicited to Open-Small Businesses Set aside with 10 bids received. Tennessee Army National Guard, Nashville, Tenn., is the contracting activity (W912L7-09-C-0008).
ANSER, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Oct. 1, 2009 a $7,113,857 blanket purchase agreement Task Order. This is for the mandatory declassification review program-responsible for requests from the public and other government agencies for the declassification and release of specific documents. Work is to be performed in Arlington, Va., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2011. Five bids solicited with one bid received. WHS Acquisition & Procurement Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (HQ0034-09-A-3017).
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Herndon, Va., was awarded on Sept. 25, 2009 a $6,987,846 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the mission sustainment and support for integrated base defense systems of systems. Sustainment consisting of setting up locations, sparing, support, maintenance etc for these systems which provides enhanced situational awareness and security related data to commanders in various locations for Department of Defense. Work is to be performed in Herndon, Va., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Contracting and Acquisition Management Office, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (W9113M-09-C-0236).
Grand Construction, Inc., Detroit, Mich., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $6,826,747 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a commercial vehicle access control point. Work is to be performed in Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity (W9128F-09-C-0047).
Heckler & Koch, Ashburn, Va., was awarded on Oct. 2, 2009 a $6,688,441 firm-fixed-price contract. This award is for the procurement of 5,400 each of M320A1 grenade launchers and 600 each of M320 grenade launchers. Work is to be performed in Oberndorf, Germany, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, TACOM Contracting Center, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-09-C-0616).
Telford Aviation, Inc., located in Banger, ME, was awarded a $6,631,102.77 cost-plus fixed-fee time-and-materials contract on Sept. 29, 2009. The contract is for the modification and integration effort to standardize the cockpits for multi-sensor airborne reconnaissance and surveillance systems XI-XVIII to support the National Guard operating in Operating Enduring Freedom. Work is to be performed in Hagerstown, Md., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2010. One bid was received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-07-C-W009).
McKnight Construction Co., Inc, located in Augusta, Ga., was awarded a $6,626,730 firm-fixed- price contract on Sept. 29, 2009. The contract is for the construction of a stationary tank range. Primary facilities include the tank range, latrine, operations and storage building, bleacher enclosure, general instruction building, ammunition loading dock, range operations tower, downrange electrical, staging area, antiterrorism measures, and building information systems. Supporting facilities include paving, walks, curbs, gutters, storm drainage, site improvements, and sustainable design and development, and information systems. Work is to be performed at Fort Benning, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 17, 2011. Three bids were received. The U.S. Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-07-D-0013).
Nana Pacific, LLC., Anchorage, Ark., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $6,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for administrative, professional, and technical support requires to facilitate the overall objective of the state Joint Operations Center initiative and its members/ Joint Forces Headquarters State. Work is to be performed in each state with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. National Guard Bureau, Acquisitions Office, Arlington., Va., is the contracting activity (W9133L-09-C-0059).
CJW Construction, Inc., located in Santa Ana, Calif., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $5,984,680 firm-fixed-price contract. The contract is for the dredging, recharge and pond rehabilitation of Lake O'Neill. Work is to be performed at Camp Pendleton, in San Diego, Calif., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 24, 2011. Bids were solicited through the World Wide Web and FedBizOpps with four bids received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (W912PL-09-C-0036).
Skyline ULTD, Inc., Round Rock, Texas, was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $5,707,220 firm-fixed-price contract. The contractor will continue to serve as the statewide point of contract for Guard soldiers and their family members for the purpose of providing technical assistance in resolving TRICARE entitlements. Work is to be performed in Arlington, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 23, 2011. Five bids were solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, NGB-AQ, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (W9133L-08-F-0306).
Goldbelt Wolf LLC., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $5,944,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The contract is for the joint services support, portal training and maintenance portal provides services and resources to National Guard members and their families. The portal is one of the services provided through the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration program. Work is to be performed in Alexandria, Va., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 27, 2014. One bid solicited with one bid received. U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, Acquisitions Office, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (W9133L-09-C-0067).
Hillsdale Fabricators, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2009 a $5,907,843 firm-fixed-price supply contract for stop logs and lifting beams, McClellan Kerr Arkansas River navigation system, Pine Bluff marine terminal, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Work is to be performed in Jefferson County, Arkansas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with seven bids received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer District, Little Rock, Ark., is the contracting activity (W9127S-09-C-0061).
Oshkosh Corp., located in Oshkosh, Wisc., was awarded a $5,600,000 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 28, 2009. The U.S. Army is mandated to train all Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle crewmembers with the proper skills required to safely and effectively egress the vehicle in the event of a rollover. This contract is for the procurement of 26 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected egress trainer MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) cabin modules and initial spares to be integrated into the MET to be used in a training and certification standard program. Work is to be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2010. One bid solicited with one bid was received. The program executive office, simulation, taining and instrumentation in Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (W900KK-09-C-0071).
NAVY
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $47,004,724 firm-fixed-price contract to procure long lead material for service life related upgrades of inertial measurement units P/N 5807000, electronic assemblies P/N 6285900, electronic modules and MK 6 guidance system related components. Work will be performed in Bloomington, Minn., (98 percent) and Cambridge, Mass., (2 percent), and work s expected to be completed December 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-10-C-0006).
Northrop Grumman Systems Inc., Sperry Marine, Charlottesville, Va., is being awarded a requirements contract in the amount of $42,042,232 for the manufacture of spare and repair parts for the weapons system navigation (WSN)-7/7A/7B and AN/BPS-15/16 radar sets and the DDG/integrated bridge system. This contract is to exercise an option under a previously awarded performance based logistics contract. Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Va., and work is expected to be completed by October 2012. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively awarded. The Naval inventory control point is the contracting activity (N00104-04-D-ZD51).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Defense Supply Associates, Inc., Fort Atkinson, Wis.*, is being awarded a maximum $18,861,619 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for HMMWV starters. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally Web solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Mar. 8, 2015. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Warren, Warren, Mich., (SPRDL1-10-D-0003).
AIR FORCE
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., of San Jose, Calif., was awarded a $9,632,882 contract which will provide for the performance of the system preliminary design for a scaled communications intelligenceaAirborne signals intelligence payload system for the MQ-9. At this time, $7,601,503 has been obligated. 659 AESS/SYKA, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8620-08-C-3004).
Navy Names Ship After Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers
The Navy announced today the newest Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo/ammunition ship (T-AKE) would be named USNS Medgar Evers. The announcement was made by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus during a Jackson State University speaking engagement in Mississippi.
Continuing the Lewis and Clark-class tradition of honoring legendary pioneers and explorers, the Navy's newest underway replenishment ship recognizes civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925-1963) who forever changed race relations in America. At a time when our country was wrestling to end segregation and racial injustice, Evers led efforts to secure the right to vote for all African Americans and to integrate public facilities, schools, and restaurants. On June 12, 1963, the Mississippi native was assassinated in the driveway of his home. Evers' death prompted President John F. Kennedy to ask the Congress for a comprehensive civil rights bill.
Designated T-AKE 13, Medgar Evers will be the 13th ship of the class, and is being built by General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego. As a combat logistics force ship, Medgar Evers will help the Navy maintain a worldwide forward presence by delivering ammunition, food, fuel, and other dry cargo to U.S. and allied ships at sea.
As part of Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, Medgar Evers will be designated as a United States Naval Ship (USNS) and will be crewed by 124 civil service mariners and 11 Navy sailors. The ship is designed to operate independently for extended periods at sea, can carry a helicopter, is 689 feet in length, has an overall beam of 106 feet, has a navigational draft of 30 feet, displaces approximately 42,000 tons, and is capable of reaching a speed of 20 knots using a single-shaft, diesel-electric propulsion system.
Additional information about the T-AKE class of ship is available on line at http://www.msc.navy.mil/factsheet/t-ake.htm. Media may direct queries to the Navy Office of Information at 703-697-5342.
Continuing the Lewis and Clark-class tradition of honoring legendary pioneers and explorers, the Navy's newest underway replenishment ship recognizes civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925-1963) who forever changed race relations in America. At a time when our country was wrestling to end segregation and racial injustice, Evers led efforts to secure the right to vote for all African Americans and to integrate public facilities, schools, and restaurants. On June 12, 1963, the Mississippi native was assassinated in the driveway of his home. Evers' death prompted President John F. Kennedy to ask the Congress for a comprehensive civil rights bill.
Designated T-AKE 13, Medgar Evers will be the 13th ship of the class, and is being built by General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego. As a combat logistics force ship, Medgar Evers will help the Navy maintain a worldwide forward presence by delivering ammunition, food, fuel, and other dry cargo to U.S. and allied ships at sea.
As part of Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, Medgar Evers will be designated as a United States Naval Ship (USNS) and will be crewed by 124 civil service mariners and 11 Navy sailors. The ship is designed to operate independently for extended periods at sea, can carry a helicopter, is 689 feet in length, has an overall beam of 106 feet, has a navigational draft of 30 feet, displaces approximately 42,000 tons, and is capable of reaching a speed of 20 knots using a single-shaft, diesel-electric propulsion system.
Additional information about the T-AKE class of ship is available on line at http://www.msc.navy.mil/factsheet/t-ake.htm. Media may direct queries to the Navy Office of Information at 703-697-5342.
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