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DoD Contracts: FN Manufacturing, LLC Awarded $84M for M240 Machine Guns
ARMY
FN Manufacturing, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, was awarded an $84,600,000 firm-fixed-price contract for fabrication and delivery of M240 machine guns and spare receivers. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 4, 2018. Bids were solicited via the Internet, with one received. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-15-D-0003).Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $82,821,104 modification (P00023) to firm-fixed-price contract W58RGZ-12-C-0009 to exercise option year three performance based logistics program support for Apache Attack Helicopter modernized target designation sight/pilot night vision sensor equipment. Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $82,821,104 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2015. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Silicon Graphics Federal, Inc., Annapolis Junction, Maryland, was awarded a $30,750,000 modification (P0002) to firm-fixed-price contract W912DY-13-G-0025 to acquire commercially available high performance computing systems for the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program in order to conduct complex calculations at the Air Force Research Laboratory – Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is July 3, 2019. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Missouri Dept. of Conservation, Jefferson City, Missouri, was awarded a $9,000,000 firm-fixed price, sole source, indefinite-delivery contract for work with the Missouri River Recovery Program, which includes threatened and endangered species recovery on the Missouri River. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 8, 2019. One bid was solicited with one received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, Nebraska, is the contracting activity (W9128F-15-D-0013).
Cray Inc., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $30,750,000 modification (P0007) to firm-fixed-price contract W912DY-13-G-0022 to acquire commercially available high performance computing systems for the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program. Fiscal 2015 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $30,750,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is July 3, 2019. Work will be performed at the U.S. Navy Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center, John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Oak Brook, Illinois, was awarded a $25,637,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Arthur Kill Channel Navigation project, which includes dredging, blasting and disposal of rock. Work will be performed in Elizabeth, New Jersey (10 percent); Linden, New Jersey (40 percent); and Staten Island, New York (50 percent), with an estimated completion date of Nov. 20, 2015. Bids were solicited via the Internet, with three received. Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $25,637,000 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, New York, New York, is the contracting activity (W912DS-15-C-0004).
Carahsoft Technology Corp., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $17,895,793 modification (P00036) to firm-fixed-price contract W91QUZ-11-F-0027 for systems applications and products licenses and maintenance for Program Manager Global Combat Support System and Program Manager Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) and other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $17,895,793 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is June 24, 2016. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Virginia. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
TXU Energy Retail Company, LLC, Irving, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $53,280,484 firm-fixed-price, requirements type contract for electricity. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and six offers were received. This is a two-year base contract with no option period. Location of performance is Texas with an April 30, 2017, performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Air National Guard, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2015 service funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (SPE600-15-D-8006).
NAVY
EMCOR Government Services, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded a $32,889,626 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N40080-07-D-0374) to exercise option four for regional base operating support services at various government facilities within a 100-mile radius of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, District of Columbia. The regional base operating support services include, but are not limited to: facility investment, building and structure maintenance, repair, alteration and minor construction including interior and exterior finishes, plumbing, electrical, structural, re-lamping, heating ventilation and air conditioning maintenance, janitorial services, and fire apparatus inspection, maintenance and testing . The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $232,794,717. Work will be performed in Washington, District of Columbia (50 percent); Bethesda, Maryland (44 percent); Quantico, Virginia (four percent); Indian Head, Maryland (one percent); and Dahlgren, Virginia (one percent), and work is expected to be completed Dec. 15, 2015. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy and Marine Corps); fiscal 2015 working capital funds (Defense); and 2015 Defense health program funds in the amount of $9,663,561 are being obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Washington District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
Readiness Management Support, L.C., Panama City, Florida, is being awarded a $57,800,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N65236-09-C-6972) for a ceiling increase and period of performance extension to provide continued Aviation Command and Control (C2) operations and maintenance support services at the current levels. This contract included four options which, as a result of this modification, would bring the cumulative ceiling value of this contract to $467,848,657. Work will be performed in Southwest Asia, primarily Afghanistan, and is expected to be completed by September 2015. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Air Force) and Department of State funds in the amount of $57,657,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was previously competitively procured with proposals solicited via the Commerce Business Daily’s Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina, is the contracting activity.
Maersk Line, Ltd, Norfolk, Virginia, is being awarded $14,460,128 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00033-11-C-5400) for the exercise of a 12-month option period for the worldwide charter of one U.S. flag, Ice-class certified, double-hull product tanker. The vessel provides worldwide bulk fuel support to the U.S. Department of Defense to include a delivery each year to Antarctica for the National Science Foundation and a delivery each year to Greenland for the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency-Energy. Work will be performed at sea worldwide and is expected to be completed by December 2015. Fiscal 2015 working capital funds and operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $11,686,953 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds for $2,773,175 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Military Sealift Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00033-11-C-5400).
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $9,972,928 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2103) for engineering and technical design services to support research and development (R&D) of advanced submarine technologies for current and future submarine platforms. The contract provides for R&D studies to support the manufacturability, maintainability, producibility, reliability, manning, survivability, hull integrity, performance, structural, weight/margin, stability, arrangements, machinery systems, acoustics, hydrodynamics, ship control, logistics, human factors, materials, weapons handling and stowage, submarine safety, and affordability of submarines. The program also supports near term insertion of Virginia Class technology; identification of Ohio Class replacement technology options; future submarine concepts; and core technologies. Work will be performed in Newport News, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by December 2015. Fiscal 2014 and 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $401,000 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $31,828,753 requirements contract for contractor engineering and technical services (CETS) in support of the F-16 aircraft for foreign military sales requirements. Contractor will provide CETS personnel to elevate the skills and abilities of Air Force military and civilian personnel so they can become self-sufficient in systems maintenance. Work will be performed at multiple locations for Bahrain, Chile, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Taiwan and Turkey, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2017. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8604-15-D-7954).
Diversitech, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a $9,370,287 modification (P00013) to exercise the option on previously awarded contract FA8601-11-D-0001. Contractor will provide facility and equipment maintenance, repair and replacement activities in support of 88th Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Directorate and their customers. Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2015. No funds are obligated at the time of award. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance funds and research and development funds will be obligated on each delivery order issued. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Operational Contracting Branch, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $7,075,675 requirements contract for contractor engineering and technical services (CETS) for Air Force Materiel Command and National Guard Bureau in support of F-16 aircraft at various bases. Contractor will provide CETS personnel to elevate the skills and abilities of Air Force military and civilian personnel so they can become self-sufficient in systems maintenance. Work will be performed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Edwards Air Force Base, California; McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina; Tucson, Arizona; Toledo, Ohio; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2014. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8604-15-D-7953).
DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITIES
Fors Marsh Group, LLC.,* Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded an estimated $9,840,981 firm-fixed-price, requirements type contract for market research and survey services. This contract provides for survey services, as well as market research and analysis, in support of the Joint Advertising and Market Research military recruiting research efforts. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Virginia, with an expected completion date of Dec. 14, 2015. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be released as individual task orders are issued. This contract was set aside as a 100 percent small business competitive procurement via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received in response to the solicitation. The Defense Human Resources – Procurement Support Office, Alexandria, Virginia, is the contracting activity (H98210-15-D-0001).
