Contracts

CONTRACTS

NAVY

McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $139,000,000 ceiling-priced indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of F/A-18F aircrew and maintainer systems, computer-based training systems and support for the Royal Australian Air Force under the Foreign Military Sales Program.

F/A-18F Super Hornet from the "Black Knights" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Wagner    » read more »

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Machining Technologies, Inc., (MaTech), Salisbury, Md., was awarded on May 15, 2008 a $11,352,260.11 firm-fixed price contract for 60mm and 81mm lightweight mortar bipods. Work is to be performed in Salisbury, Md., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2012. Bids were solicited via the web with two bids received. U.S. Army Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command, Acquisition Center Picatinny, N.J., is the contracting activity. (W15QKN-08-C-0455)    » read more »

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

McRae Industries, Inc., Mt. Gilead, N.C.*, is being awarded a maximum $20,603,699.40 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, total set aside contract for Army hot weather combat boots. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. This contract is exercising option year one. This proposal was originally Web solicited with nine responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is May 16, 2009. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM1C1-07-D-1521).

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CORRECTION

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Graybar Electric Inc., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a maximum $74,000,000.00 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for Maintenance, Repair and Operations supplies. There are no other locations of performance.

Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Federal Civilian Agencies. This contract is exercising option year three. This proposal was originally Web solicited with seven responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is May 18, 2009. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM500-04-D-BP07).

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CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Graybar Electric Inc., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a maximum $74,000,000.00 fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for Maintenance, Repair and Operations supplies. There are no other locations of performance.

Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Federal Civilian Agencies. This contract is exercising option year three. This proposal was originally Web solicited with seven responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is May 18, 2009. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM500-04-D-BP07).

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Contract Release : C08-027

May 16, 2008 -- HOUSTON -- NASA Wednesday awarded ARES Corp. in Houston a one-year contract extension valued at $25.7 million for services required to continue the development and operation of the International Space Station.

Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station: Docking with the Pirs Docking Compartment occurred at 8:57 a.m. (EDT) on April 10, 2008. Photo: NASA    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an advance acquisition contract with an estimated value of $197,050,000 for long lead materials and effort associated with the Joint Strike Fighter Air System Low Rate Initial Production Lot III procurement of 8 Air Force Conventional Take Off and Landing, 8 Marine Corps Short Take-off and Vertical Landing and 2 United Kingdom, STOVL aircraft.

Joint Strike Fighter    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Harris Corp., (RF Communications Division), Rochester, N.Y., is being awarded a ceiling price $350,000,000 firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract resulting from Request for Proposal No. M67854-08-R-7009 for the Multi-Band Radio (MBR).

Work will be performed by Rochester, N.Y., and work is expected to be complete May 2013. Delivery of the production quantities of MBR is expected to begin in Sept. 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-08-D-7009).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc., Bethesda, Md., is being awarded a $36,893,216 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract with provisions for firm-fixed price orders.    » read more »

05/10/2008 -- Boston, Massachusetts – Today, Senator John Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relation’s Committee’s Middle East Subcommittee, called for Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the State Department’s decision to renew Blackwater’s no bid contract for private security in Iraq.

Blackwater is today under continued grand jury investigation, and a top House Committee has asked the I.R.S. to investigate Blackwater’s controversial tax practices. The New York Times today revealed that even after Blackwater became the focus of several different investigations, “the State Department did not even open talks with two companies, DynCorp International and Triple Canopy, to see if they could take over from Blackwater.”    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

ITT Communications & Countermeasures Systems, Thousand Oaks, Calif., is being awarded a $26,887,508 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-6311) to exercise an option for the production and support of 353 JCREW 2.1 radio-controlled improvised explosive device electronic warfare systems to meet urgent Department of Defense requirements in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Work will be performed in Thousand Oaks, Calif., (87 percent) and Lancaster, Calif., (13 percent), and work is expected to be completed by Nov. 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. is the contracting activity.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems of Clearfield, Utah, is being awarded a modified firm fixed prices contract for $50,130,567. This contract action will provide a procurement of 280 ICBM Security Modernization Program (ISMP) launch facility secondary door or Fast B-plug element. At this time $50,130,567 has been obligated. Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity (F42610-98-C-0001).

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CONTRACTS

NAVY

Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc.*, dba NovaSol, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $27,475,062 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of a reconnaissance and data exploitation system in support of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sensor efforts within the Naval Air Systems Command Avionics Department.

Work will be performed in Honolulu, Hawaii, and work is expected to be completed in May 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was procured via a Broad Agency Announcement. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-08-C-0110).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

Helicopter Tech., Inc., of King of Prussia, Penn.; Logistics Specialties, Inc., of Layton, Utah; ES3 Prime Logistics Group, Inc., of San Diego, Calif.; and Eagle Tool and Machine Co., Inc., of Springfield, Ohio, are being awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for $1,500,000,000.

Humvees

This action will provide support and source for competitive Air Force and DLA land gear (709 Air Force, and 371 DLA items). At this time $8,000,000 has been obligated. Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8203-08-D-0001, FA8203-08-D-0002, FA8203-08-D-0003, FA8203-08-D-0004).

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In 2000, Congress passed a provision requiring the SBA to award 5% of contracts to women owned businesses

May 1, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama today sent the following letter to the head of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Steven Preston, objecting to the SBA's proposed rule, entitled Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance procedures, which would do little or nothing to rectify the underrepresentation of and discrimination against women owned businesses in government contracting awards.

Senator Barack Obama: Photo by abbyladybug (CC)    » read more »