Contracts

CONTRACT RELEASE : C08-033

June 6, 2008 -- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected contractors for a multiple award contract to provide fabrication of ground support equipment for Constellation and other space programs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The multiple award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum value of $400 million during a five-year ordering period, with potential for a one-year extension.

NASA awarded the electrical ground support equipment contract to Engravers Metal Fabricators of Cocoa, Fla., Jackson & Tull of Seabrook, Md., Spectrum Laser & Technologies Inc. of Colorado Springs, Colo., and TJ Inc. of Christmas, Fla.    » read more »

High turnover and poor retention hurting ability to oversee defense contracting

June 3, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today took the Department of Defense to task for contracting mishaps in recent years due in part to high turnover and vacancies in the offices responsible for overseeing defense contracts. At stake, McCaskill says, are billions of dollars as the military experiences high-levels of cost overruns and delays.    » read more »

Opening Statement of Senator Carl Levin, Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on DOD Acquisition of Major Weapons Systems

June 3, 2008 -- The Committee meets today to consider the performance of DOD’s major acquisition programs at a time when cost growth on these programs has reached crisis proportions.

F-35A “Lightning II” Joint Strike Fighter: Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Harvey    » read more »

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2008 – The Defense Department is working to limit the growth of procurement costs for new equipment, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official reported in written testimony submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee today.

“Has there been cost growth in some DoD programs? Yes, and I’m not here to condone it,” John J. Young Jr., undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, noted in his written testimony.

“Indeed, I am seeking to strictly limit cost growth,” Young emphasized.

The Senate committee is concerned about a recent Government Accountability Office report citing cost growth of nearly $300 billion across 95 defense acquisition programs. The GAO is an investigative arm of Congress.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

ARMY

BAE Systems, Tactical Vehicle Systems Limited Partnership, Sealy, Texas, was awarded on May 30, 2008, a $1,656,794,781 firm-fixed price and cost-reimbursement contract for 10,000 medium tactical vehicles, program support and federal retail excise tax. Work will be performed in Sealy, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Nov. 5, 2007. U.S. Army TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-08-C-0460).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

DOSS Aviation, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded a minimum $21,518,284.32 firm fixed price contract for government-owned, contractor operated fuel services. Other location of performance is Fla. Using service is Navy.

MRAP en route to Iraq: US Air Force photo.

This proposal was originally FedBizOps solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is Sep. 30, 2016. The contracting activity is Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-08-C-5809).    » read more »

CONTRACTS
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NAVY

The U.S. Navy is awarding indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to 340 contractors that will provide for their competition for service requirements solicited by Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Strategic Systems Programs, Office of Naval Research, Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the United States Marine Corps.

The 22 functional service areas within the scope of the contracts include:

1. Research and Development Support.
2. Engineering System Engineering and Process Engineering Support.
3. Modeling, Simulation, Stimulation, and Analysis Support.    » read more »

May 28, 2008 -- Newark – New Jersey Governor Corzine said today that he has asked State Education Commissioner Lucille Davy to review superintendent contracts for all of the state’s 31 Abbott districts to ensure they comply with state law and reflect an efficient expenditure of funds.

“We have asked each of the Abbott district superintendents to provide their contracts to be reviewed,” said Governor Corzine. “We will have to work our way through this in the context of how many people we have and the priorities we make. We will try to look to the Executive County Superintendents for every contract.”    » read more »

CONTRACTS

ARMY

BAE Systems, Ground Systems Division, York, Pa., was awarded on May 23, 2008, a $525,298,032 firm-fixed price contract for remanufacturing of M2A3 and A3 Bradley Fire Support Team Vehicles. Work will be performed in York, Pa., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Sept. 14, 2007. TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-G-0005).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Tetra Tech NUS, Inc., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $125,000,000 cost reimbursement plus award fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for comprehensive long-term environmental action services on Navy and Marine Corps installations at various Department of Defense sites.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc. of Plymouth Meeting, Penn.; CDM Contractors, Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.; CH2M-Hill Facilities and Infrastructures, Inc. of Englewood, Colo.; Earthtech, Inc. of Long Beach, Calif.; ECC of Burlingame, Calif.; Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc. of Walnut Creek, Calif.; Jacobs Government Services, CO of Pasadena, Calif.;    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Scientific Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $40,269,456 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract to provide acquisition for advanced technology services in the areas of program management, systems engineering, software engineering, technical studies and analysis, modeling and simulation, development and modernization, integration and testing, prototyping and quick reaction production, and life cycle planning and support.

F/A18-E/F Super Hornet: US Navy Photo    » read more »

May 21, 2008 -- WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded its consolidated protective services contract to Coastal International Security, Inc. of Lorton, Va. The contract has a maximum value of $1.56 billion, if all options are exercised.

Work under the contract will provide fire services, security services, emergency management, export control, protective services information assurance/technology security, and protective services training throughout the agency.

The contract is a performance-based indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract enabling all protective services to be provided under a single contract. It will promote synergistic and efficient operations throughout NASA.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Walbridge Overaa, Detroit, Mich., was awarded on May 20, 2008, a $74,558,000 firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of an armed forces reserve center. Work will be performed in Moffett Field, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 1, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Web bids were solicited on Jan. 3, 2008, and two bids were received. Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-08-C-0016).    » read more »

May 20, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill praised the Bush Administration for beginning the process to close a loophole in a proposed federal regulation that would have exempted federal contractors who carry out their contracts overseas from being required to self-report criminal activity they are involved in.    » read more »