Contracts

CONTRACTS

ARMY

General Dynamics Lands Systems Division, Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded on Apr. 30, 3008, an $116,148,304 firm-fixed price contract for the conversion of the long lead material contract for the 204 RESET M1A1 program.

M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank

Work will be performed primarily in Lima, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Sept. 25, 2007. TACOM LCMC, Warren, Mich. is the contracting activity (W56HZV-06-G-0006).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

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General Electric Co., Aircraft Engines Business Group, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $321,694,248 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0088) to exercise an option for fiscal 2008 Lot 12 full rate production of 84 each F-414-GE-400 engines and device kits and 10 engine fan modules for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft.

EA-18G Growler    » read more »

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Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a not to exceed $91,549,216 contract modification under previously awarded contract (M67854-06-C-5162) to acquire 151 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and associated spares.

This action consummates a requirement under a foreign military sales order with the United Kingdom, Ministry of Defence. Work will be performed in Ladson, S.C., with the first vehicle deliveries scheduled to begin in July 2008, and work is expected to be completed Jul. 2009. Funds for this action are provided by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and do not expire. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.    » read more »

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Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $190,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-07-C-0097) for special tooling and special test equipment associated with the Lot two Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP II) of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter    » read more »

CONTRACTS

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Raytheon Co., Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded a $59,790,100 firm-fixed-price contract for the Fiscal Year 2008 Full Rate Production (Lot VI) procurement of 14 AN/AQS airborne low frequency sonar for the MH-60R helicopter.

MH-60 Seahawk helicopter: Photo by James Gordon (CC)    » read more »

CONTRACTS

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Defense Training Services, a division of ILSC Holdings, LC, Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a $91,778,280 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide civilians on the battlefield foreign language specialist role players to support United States Marine Corps pre-deployment training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The preponderance of the work will be performed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., and work is expected to be completed Mar. 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This effort was awarded as a sole source eight(a) set aside. The Marine Corps System Command, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (M67854-08-D-8028).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

Lynden Air Cargo LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded an estimated $108,708,861 (revised) firm fixed-price contract for international airlift services with a minimum guarantee of $47,370,492. This is a revision to the original announcement to include dollars associated with urgent missions to move Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The United States Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity, (HTC711-07-D-0028).

AIR FORCE    » read more »

CONTRACTS

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Rockwell Collins, Government Systems, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $22,327,539 order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-07-G-0016) for the non-recurring engineering, installation and test of the internet protocol and bandwidth expansion phase 3 on one E-6B aircraft. Work will be performed in Richardson, Texas (76 percent); Wichita, Kan., (16 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (4 percent); and Oklahoma City, Okla., (4 percent), and work is expected to be completed in Mar. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.    » read more »

Continues Push for Increased Transparency and Greater Oversight and Accountability of Out-of-Control Waste and Abuse in Federal Contracting

April 25, 2008 -- Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Clinton today announced that she introduced legislation that will bring new transparency to the federal contracting process and help prevent contractors that have violated criminal laws from receiving federal contracts.

The Guaranteeing Real Accountability in Federal Transactions (GRAFT) Act will close a proposed regulatory loophole that would allow some of the largest federal contractors to hide fraud, waste, and abuse. It will also mandate new and stronger disclosure and reporting requirements for contractors and provide stronger oversight of the federal contracting process.    » read more »

April 22, 2008 -- The Department of the Navy announced today that the Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded the system development and Demonstration (SDD) contract for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS).

The BAMS UAS contract award is the culmination of a year-long source selection process since the Navy received industry proposals in May 2007. The $1.16 billion cost-plus-award-fee contract is to develop a persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data collection and dissemination capability that fulfills the maritime war fighter’s requirement for continuous battle-space awareness. The BAMS UAS will be developed using Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4N platform.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

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Tatitlek Support Services, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a $319,246,604 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide civilians on the battlefield foreign language specialist role players to support United States Marine Corps pre-deployment training at Twentynine Palms, Calif.

The preponderance of the work will be performed at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, Calif., and work is expected to be completed Mar. 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (M67854-08-D-8029).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

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Northrop Grumman Corp., Integrated Systems, Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a cost-plus-award-fee contract with an estimated value of $1,164,011,648 for the system development and demonstration of Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., was awarded on Apr. 18, 2008, a $42,504,058 firm-fixed price contract for the synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator. Work will be performed in Linchicum Heights, Md., and is expected to be completed on Apr. 17, 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Web bids were solicited on Aug. 10, 2007, and two bids were received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-08-C-P427).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

USSOCOM

ITT Industries, Inc. is receiving a restructured IDIQ production contract with a contract maximum of $312,000,000, firm-fixed price and cost, for the suite of integrated radio frequency countermeasures in support of U. S. Special Operations Command, Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). The work will be performed primarily at ITT in Clifton, N.J., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.    » read more »

Bill Would Extend Law To War Fraud Related To Iraq, Afghanistan

WASHINGTON -- April 18, 2008 – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced legislation to improve the enforcement of contracting fraud in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Soldiers in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan: Photo by soldiersmediacenter (CC)    » read more »