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DoD Contracts: Akima Data Management LLC, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Week of 4-17-23 to 4-21-23

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4/17

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

Akima Data Management LLC, Herndon, Virginia, is awarded a single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ0034-23-D-0026) with firm-fixed-price contract line item numbers. The contract ceiling is $90,000,000. The contractor will provide an integrated, structured approach to operating, managing, and maintaining the current information technology infrastructure across Washington Headquarters Services’ Facility Services Directorate’s facility related controls systems and network. The contractor will assist in defining requirements for future upgrades and enhancements based on operational and customer trends and provide hardware, software, and equipment. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. Work will be performed at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia; the Mark Center, Alexandria, Virginia; and at other government sites within the National Capital Region. The estimated contract completion date is April 16, 2028. Washington Headquarters Services, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Alabama Shipyard LLC,* Mobile, Alabama, is awarded a $21,955,104 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C2143) for a 123-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking of the Military Sealift Command’s dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2). This contract includes a base period and options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $22,163,078. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama, beginning June 15, 2023, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 15, 2023. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $21,955,104 are obligated for fiscal 2023 and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a small business set-aside with proposals solicited via the SAM.gov website and three offers received. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems Inc., Sacramento, California, is awarded a $9,156,552 modification to a previously awarded, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This modification adds scope to provide non-recurring engineering, integration, and installation of a sensor payload, as well as provides for associated labor and material for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) mission systems and subsystems integration. Additionally, this modification adds scope to provide for the development and testing of autonomy and pilot vehicle interfaces, UAS ground and flight operations, as well as flight test events for the Navy. Work will be performed in Sacramento, California, and is expected to be completed in September 2023. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,572,892 will be obligated at the time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

Shee Atika Enterprises LLC, Huntsville, Alabama, is awarded a $15,938,981 firm-fixed-price level of effort contract (HT942523C0037) to support requirements related to precision nutrition for improving performance in Special Operations Forces. The contractor shall conduct research, development, test, and evaluation for the refinement and trials of a precision nutrition technology for improving performance in Special Operations Forces. The precision nutrition technology will undergo development, refinement, and in vitro testing in preparation for a potential future project to pilot the results of this effort in human testing to assess the safety, effectiveness for performance improvement, gastrointestinal tolerability, acceptability, and military utility. The period of performance is April 17, 2023, to April 16, 2025. Place of performance is Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fiscal 2022 and 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funding is obligated at time of award. The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Andover, Massachusetts, has been awarded a maximum $14,422,046 firm-fixed price delivery order (SPRRA2-23-F-0054) against a 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (SPRBL1-15-D-0017) for Patriot missile parts. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a three-year contract with no option periods. The performance completion date is Feb. 17, 2026. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2026 Army operations and maintenance funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. 

Honeywell International Inc., doing business as Honeywell Aerospace, Deer Valley, Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded a maximum $12,207,394 firm-fixed-price, firm-fixed-quantity contract for B-1B air data computers. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 (a)(2). This is a three-year, two-month contract with no option periods. The performance completion date is May 1, 2026. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (SPE4A1-22-G-0015).

ElbitAmerica Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $12,083,706 firm-fixed-price delivery order (SPRDL1-23-F-0112) against a three-year long-term contract (SPRDL1-20-D-0019) for gunner’s hand stations. This was a competitive acquisition with one response received. The ordering period end date is April 23, 2023. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Warren, Michigan.

UPDATE: South Alabama Regional Airport, Andalusia, Alabama (SPE607-23-D-0046, $37,227,680), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for fuel support at South Alabama Regional Airport, Alabama, issued against solicitation SPE607-23-R-0202 and awarded March 6, 2023. 

ARMY

Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $20,967,500 firm-fixed-price contract for West Coast hopper dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Astoria, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $20,967,500 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon, is the contracting activity (W9127N-23-C-0005). (Awarded April 14, 2023)

Anderson Burton Construction Inc.,* Arroyo Grande, California, was awarded a $16,478,936 firm-fixed-price contract to construct permanent operations buildings. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Lake Isabella, California, with an estimated completion date of May 10, 2024. Fiscal 2018 civil works funds in the amount of $16,478,936 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, California, is the contracting activity (W91238-23-C-0013). (Awarded April 14, 2023)

CTC Enterprise Ventures Corp.,* Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $12,224,967 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of the Thermally Adjustable Low Observable Network (TALON) Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) System. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 14, 2028. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-23-D-0004). (Awarded April 14, 2023)

Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $7,609,731 firm-fixed-price contract for M1092A1P2 trucks. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2024. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal,

Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-23-C-0050). (Awarded April 14, 2023)

*Small business

4/18

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

United Concordia Companies Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $121,331,189 firm-fixed-price contract for the Active Duty Dental Program (ADDP3) to exercise Option Period 2 (HT9402-21-C-0006). The purpose of the contract is to provide worldwide dental coverage to active duty service members of the uniformed services of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard. For the purposes of this contract, reference to active duty service members are defined as the service members covered by ADDP3. Active duty service members also consist of eligible members of the Reserves and National Guard, Reserve Component members with delayed activation orders or discharged after serving more than 30 days on active duty in support of a contingency operation or a preplanned mission. The place of performance is the continental U.S., including the 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and outside the continental U.S., including all other countries, island masses, and territorial waters. The period of performance is May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds are being obligated at the time of award. The Defense Health Agency Managed Care Contracting Division, Aurora, Colorado, is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is being awarded a $64,087,795 hybrid cost-plus award fee, cost-plus fixed fee with a special performance incentive, and cost only modification to previously awarded contract N00024-21-C-4205 to exercise options for planning yard support for LPD 17 amphibious transport dock ships, LHD 1/LHA 6 amphibious assault ships, LSD 41/49 dock landing ships and LCC 19 amphibious command ship. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi, with on-site technical support for Chief of Naval Operations availabilities at Mayport, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; San Diego, California; and Sasebo, Japan. Work is expected to be completed by May 2024. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. This contract was competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

L3 Harris, Northampton, Massachusetts, is awarded a $15,590,113 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-6205 to exercise options for system production and associated components in support of all new-construction and in-service class submarines. Work will be performed in Bologna, Italy (74%); and Northampton, Massachusetts (26%), and is expected to be completed by August 2025. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $15,590,113 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Manassas, Virginia, is awarded an $8,811,028 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-6117 to exercise an option for Navy equipment and spares. Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia (65%); Clearwater, Florida (32%); Syracuse, New York (2%); and Marion, Florida (1%), and is expected to be completed by July 2027. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and engineering (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,423,000 (84%); and fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,388,028 (16%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded an $8,111,405 firm-fixed-price order (N6833523F0186) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This order provides for the manufacture, assembly and delivery of various peculiar support equipment in support of the F/A-18E/F program for the Navy. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to be completed in December 2025. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,111,405 will be obligated at the time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Inland Dredging Company LLC, Dyersburg, Texas, was awarded a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the rental of a 24-inch cutterhead pipeline dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of June 18, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91278-23-D-0056).

CORRECTION: Several contracts announced on April 14, 2023, were awarded the next business day. The following contracts were actually awarded on April 17, 2023: W912BU-22-D-0017, W519TC-23-F-0196, W912HN-23-C-400, W519TC-23-D-2003, W91236-23-C-2001, W91236-23-C-2022 and W81K04-23-D-0006.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Pentaq Manufacturing Corp.,** Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, has been awarded a maximum $21,781,575 modification (P00024) exercising the third one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-20-D-1258) with four one-year option periods for various types of trousers. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The ordering period end date is April 20, 2024. Using military services are Army and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

UPDATE: Covidien Sales LLC, Mansfield, Massachusetts (SPE2D1‐23‐D‐0003, $450,000,000), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for patient monitoring systems, accessories and training for the Defense Logistics Agency Electronic Catalog, issued against solicitation SPE2D1-17-R-0001 and awarded Dec. 14, 2018. 

UPDATE: Avfuel Corp., Ann Arbor, Michigan (SPE607-23-D-0049, $35,546,743), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for fuel support at Corpus Christi International Airport, Texas, issued against solicitation SPE607-23-R-0202 and awarded March 6, 2023.

UPDATE: Freeman Holdings of Louisiana LLC, doing business as Million Air Lake Charles, Lake Charles, Louisiana (SPE607-23-D-0047, $29,083,585), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for fuel support at Chenault International Airport, Alabama, issued against solicitation SPE607-23-R-0202 and awarded March 6, 2023. 

*Small business
**Small business in historically underutilized business zones

4/19

NAVY

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $313,434,366 modification (P00046) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001918D0001). This modification increases the ceiling to provide non-recurring engineering, system engineering program management, and additional aircraft inductions in support of extending the service life for up to 25 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets from 6,000 flight hours to 10,000 flight hours and incorporating Block III avionics capabilities. Work will be performed in San Antonio, Texas (95%); and St. Louis, Missouri (5%), and is expected to be completed in February 2025. No funds are being obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, is awarded a $308,456,187 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-only modification to previously awarded contract N00024-22-C-5522 for an option exercise of Combat System engineering, miscellaneous material, and travel supporting Combat System installation, integration, development, testing, correction, maintenance, and modernization of Zumwalt-class mission systems and mission system equipment. Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Massachusetts (37%); Portsmouth, Rhode Island (37%); San Diego, California (22%); Nashua, New Hampshire (2%); Pascagoula, Mississippi (1%); and Fort Wayne, Indiana (1%), and is expected to be completed by April 2024. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $17,806,180 (44%); fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $12,311,437 (30%); fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,613,206 (14%); fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,452,543 (9%); and fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,040,537 (3%) will be obligated at time of award, and $17,806,180 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. In accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), contract N00024-22-C-5522 for Zumwalt Combat System activation, sustainment, and modernization was not competitively awarded. Raytheon Missiles & Defense is the only responsible source, and no other supplies or services could fulfill the Navy’s requirement. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Black Micro Corp., Barrigada, Guam, is awarded a $221,690,757 firm-fixed-price contract for construction at Tinian International Airport, Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The work to be performed provides for the construction of a cargo pad with taxiway extension, fuel tanks with receipt pipeline and hydrant system, airfield development Phase I roads, and a maintenance support facility, under the Asia Pacific Stability Initiative. Work will be performed in CNMI, and is expected to be completed by October 2026. Fiscal 2019 military construction (MILCON) (Air Force) funds in the amount of $86,470,507 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2020 MILCON (Air Force) funds in the amount of $12,663,908 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2023 MILCON (Air Force) funds in the amount of $82,503,810 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Fiscal 2020 MILCON (Air Force) in the amount of $20,163,124, and fiscal 2024 MILCON (Air Force) in the amount $19,889,408, will complete the total contract obligation amount for construction of the fuel tanks with receipt pipeline and hydrant system. The contract also includes one option item, construction of the maintenance support facility, that is being exercised at time of award, and is included in the fiscal 2019 MILCON (Air Force) funds of $86,470,507. The contract also contains three unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $225,667,367. This contract was competitively procured via the Sam.gov website, with one proposal received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity (N62742-23-C-1314).

Bruker Detection Corp., Billerica, Massachusetts, was awarded a $37,572,328 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a five-year ordering period to procure Improved Point Detection System-Lifecycle Replacement (IPDS-LR), IPDS-LR Heater/condensation kits, on board repair kits, and spare parts as needed for recouped systems to support the Naval Fleet. Work will be performed in Billerica, Massachusetts. This requirement will be funded on as needed basis over the five-year ordering period, and will continue through April 2028. Fiscal 2023 New Ship Construction funds in the amount of $23,660 will obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This action was awarded on a sole source basis under 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 – Only one responsible source or a limited number of responsible sources and no other suppliers will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0017423D0007). (Awarded April 18, 2023)

Merrick-RS&H JV LLP, Greenwood Village, Colorado, is awarded a $12,841,950 firm-fixed-price task order (N6945023F0421) for professional architectural and engineering services at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. The work to be performed provides for finalization of design documentation for bidding and construction, and construction administrative services in support of a new Joint Interagency Task Force-South Command and Control headquarters facility. Work will be performed in Key West, Florida, and is expected to be completed by December 2024. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and option is $12,814,950. Fiscal 2023 military construction, (Navy) design funds in the amount of $12,814,950 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (N69450-21-D-0003).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

SOPAKCO Inc.,* Mullins, South Carolina, has been awarded a maximum $38,427,000 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the first strike ration. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a three-year contract with no option periods. The ordering period end date is April 18, 2026. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2026 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE3S1-23-D-Z156).

UPDATE: Signature Flight Support, Houston, Texas (SPE607-23-D-0054, $62,373,362), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for fuel support at Ellington Airport, Texas, issued against solicitation SPE607-23-R-0202 and awarded March 6, 2023. 

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

Jaria LLC, Manassas, Virginia, is awarded a task order (P00005) valued at $16,568,920 on a firm-fixed-price contract (HQ0034-22-F-0131) to provide business administrative management and consulting services to the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The contractor will support DIU technology advancement efforts in the following areas: artificial intelligence, human systems, autonomy, cyber, advanced energy and materials, information technology, and space. The contractor will provide executive administration, program management, network support, security operations, business development, commercial executive support, and engineering services support. The work will be performed at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, and at satellite DIU offices in Mountain View, California; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Austin, Texas. The estimated contract completion date is April 18, 2024. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $2,924,829; and fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,773,806 are being obligated at the time of award, for a total of $7,698,635. The cumulative total of the contract is $27,523.217. The total value of the contract if all options are exercised is $62,752,865. Washington Headquarters Services, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

JMJR Companies LLC,* Glens Falls, New York, was awarded an $11,241,000 firm-fixed-price contract for building demolition, foundation removal and hazardous material removal. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Watervliet, New York, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 10, 2024. Fiscal 2022 military construction, Army funds in the amount of $11,241,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York, New York, is the contracting activity (W912DS-22-C-0018).

Torch Technologies Inc.,* Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $7,521,440 modification (P00101) to contract W31P4Q-21-F-0038 for engineering services for virtual simulators. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 19, 2024. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. (Awarded April 18, 2023)

*Small business

4/20

ARMY

Engineering Research and Consulting, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $70,684,809 modification (P00018) to contract W91CRB-22-F-0282 for support services for the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center. Work will be performed at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 20, 2023. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $8,000,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Torch Technologies Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $12,282,735 modification (P00057) to contract W31P4Q-21-F-0052 for various types of simulation support for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of April 19, 2024. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds and fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation, defense-wide funds in the amount of $12,282,735 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Summit Technical Solutions,* Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $12,090,885 modification (P00009) to contract W91260-18-D-0001 for support services for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of May 15, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, was awarded $35,709,509 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-13-C-5116 for AEGIS Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) efforts, which include the design, development, integration, test and delivery of Advanced Capability Build 20. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey, and is expected to be completed by December 2023. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $15,412,322 were obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded April 14, 2023)

FFE Heapy JV LLC,* Cincinnati, Ohio, is awarded a $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for multi-discipline architect-engineer (A-E) services in the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane, Indiana, area of operations. The work to be performed provides for A-E design and engineering services for various planned projects for construction, repair, replacement, demolition, alteration, and improvements for special projects and military construction (MILCON) facilities. Task order 0001 is being awarded at $104,521 for the seed project of the residential area water line, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Building 4, NSA Crane. Work will be performed primarily in Crane and Sullivan, Indiana. The term of the contract is not-to-exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of April 2028. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance, Navy (O&M,N) funds in the amount of $104,521 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by O&M,N and MILCON funds. This contract was competitively procured via the Sam.gov website, with four offers received. NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-23-D-0017). 

AIR FORCE

Newbegin Enterprises Inc., Piney Flats, Tennessee, has been awarded an $18,480,000 modification (P00003) to previously awarded contract FA4890-22-C-0012 to exercise Option Year One. The contract is a hybrid cost-reimbursable/firm-fixed-price definitive supply contract for an internet-based contractor operated parts store for the U.S. Air Forces Central. This contract provides for automotive and related vehicle parts, automotive chemicals, corrosion control materials, upholstery material, and accessories for vehicles and equipment. Work will be performed in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2027. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $6,298,600 are being obligated at the time of award. Headquarters Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sierra Vista, Arizona, has been awarded a $16,372,416 modification (P00023) to previously awarded contract FA8690-21-C-1001 for Global Hawk (RQ-4) aircraft sustainment. The contract modification is for the purchase of replenishment spares for operational use and to support depot repair, as well as two engineering change proposals to support diminishing manufacturing sources being produced under the basic contract. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $250,409,843. Work will be performed in the Republic of Korea, and Sierra Vista, Arizona. This modification involves Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to the Republic of Korea. The work is expected to be completed by Feb. 24, 2028. FMS funds in the amount of $16,372,416 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

L3 Harris Technologies Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $14,314,050 modification (P0009) to previously awarded contract FA8819-22-C-0001 for the production of Counter Communication Systems for the Space Systems Command portfolio of ground-based electronic warfare. Work will be performed at Palm Bay, Florida, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 23, 2026. Fiscal 2023 procurement funds in the amount of $14,314,050 are being obligated at time of award. Space Systems Command, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Symmetry Energy Solutions LLC, Houston, Texas (SPE604-23-D-7515, $18,219,922); Direct Energy Marketing LLC, Princeton, New Jersey (SPE604-23-D-7507, $15,010,403): and Tiger Natural Gas Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma (SPE604-23-D-7516, $11,990,293), have each been awarded a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, requirements contract under solicitation SPE604-22-R-0408 for pipeline quality direct supply natural gas. This was a competitive acquisition with 16 responses received. These are two-year contracts with a possible six-month carryover. Locations of performance are Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, with a May 31, 2025, performance completion date. Using customers are Army, Air Force and federal civilian agencies. No money is obligated at time of award, using customers are solely responsible to provide funding and vary in appropriation type and fiscal year. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Fechheimer Brothers Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $16,048,530 modification (P00010) exercising the second one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-21-D-1466) with four one-year option periods for men’s uniform dress coats. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Illinois, with an April 26, 2024, ordering period end date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

UPDATE: Aero-One Aviation, Dothan, Alabama (SPE607‐23‐D‐0048, $11,211,340), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for fuel support at Dothan Regional Airport, Alabama, issued against solicitation SPE607‐23‐R‐0202 and awarded March 6, 2023. 

*Small business

4/21

ARMY

Lockheed Martin, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $2,451,432,304 modification (P00084) to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0023 for Phased Array Tracking Radar Intercept on Target (PATRIOT) Advanced Capability-3 missile production. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2029. Fiscal 2023 missile procurement, Army funds; and 2023 Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $2,451,432,304 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

DRS Network and Imaging Systems LLC, Melbourne, Florida, was awarded a $94,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Family of Weapons Sights-Sniper Improved Night/Day Observation Device Block III system. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 17, 2028. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W91CRB-23-D-0007). 

Slayden Constructors Inc., Stayton, Oregon, was awarded a $48,243,000 firm-fixed-price contract for improvements to the Dexter Dam Adult Fish Facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Fall Creek, Oregon, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 1, 2026. Fiscal 2022 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $48,243,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon, is the contracting activity (W9127N-23-C-0006).

CORRECTION: The April 14, 2023, announcement of a $22,500,000 contract awarded to Moffatt & Nichol, Walnut Creek, California, for architect and engineering for marine engineering services, contained an incorrect contract number and award date. The contract was awarded on April 20, 2023, and the correct contract number is W912B-U-23-D0001.

NAVY

General Dynamics – NASSCO, Norfolk, Virginia, is awarded a $847,262,229 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support emergent work, continuous maintenance availabilities, pre-refueling complex overhaul availabilities, ship terminal offload program availabilities, and Chief of Naval Operations scheduled availabilities for Navy aircraft carriers in the Mid-Atlantic region, and is expected to be completed by April 2030. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was competitively procured and solicited via the System for Award Management (SAM) website. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-23-D-4100).

Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, was awarded a $100,672,908 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-only modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-20-C-5601 to exercise options for sustainment of the Littoral Combat Ship Component Based Total Ship System – 21st Century (COMBATSS-21) and associated Combat System elements. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey (84%); Camden, New Jersey (5%); Virginia Beach, Virginia (5%); Deer Creek, Colorado (2%); Manassas, Virginia (1%); Orlando, Florida (1%); and various other locations under 1% (2%), and is expected to be completed by April 2024. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,059,292 (78%); and fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $2,873,099 (22%) will be obligated at time of award and $2,873,099 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded April 18, 2023)

General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Falls Church, Virginia (N00039-23-C-0002), was awarded a $95,471,866 cost and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, including options, for continued operation and sustainment of the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) and NSIPS integration with the Navy Personnel and Pay (NP2) solution. This contract was not competitively procured because it is a sole source acquisition pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) – Only One Responsible Source (Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 6.302-1). Work will be performed in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is expected to be completed by May 14, 2025, if all options are exercised. The contract base year will be funded with fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance, Navy funds. Throughout the life of the contract, $32,974,596 will be funded with research, development, test and evaluation funds; the remaining $62,497,270 will be funded with operations and maintenance, Navy funds. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity. (Awarded April 20, 2023)

L3 Technologies, Communication Systems – West, Salt Lake City, Utah, is awarded a $16,035,924 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-only contract to develop, test, manufacture, deliver, manage, and support the AN/SRQ-4 Radio Terminal Set (RTS) Common Data Link (CDL) Hawklink on surface combatants. This contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $141,805,501. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is expected to be completed by April 2024. If all options are exercised, work will continue through April 2028. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,173,676 (39%); fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,139,942 (32%); and fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,722,306 (29%) will be obligated at the time of award, of which $5,139,942 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the SAM.gov website with one offer received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-23-C-5206).

U.S. Marine Management Inc., Norfolk, Virginia, is awarded a $14,870,500 firm-fixed-price contract with reimbursable elements (N3220523C4225) for a time charter of one U.S. Flag tanker, Pohang Pioneer, with segregated ballast tanks that is capable of carrying a minimum of 40,000 barrels of clean product (intentions F76, JP5, JP8, or JA1) within the vessel’s natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double valve isolation. This contract includes a 12-month base period with three 12-month option periods, and one 11-month option, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $73,397,914. Work will be performed in Hawaii and worldwide, and is expected to be completed if all options are exercised, by March 2028. Working capital funds (Transportation) in the amount of $14,870,500 are obligated for fiscal 2023, and will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the System Award Management website and two offers were received. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, is awarded a $12,966,069 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0032) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0007). This order provides for sustainment of delivered block fleet releases, as well as ongoing development of flight test and fleet releases and analysis in support of implementation of future sustainment block fleet releases for the V-22 avionics systems. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed in April 2024. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $5,654,118; fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,330,466; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $1,061,272; fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of  $404,764; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $274,999; and fiscal 2023 research, development, test, evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $206,888 will be obligated at time of award, $8,984,584 of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Rocky Brands Inc., Nelsonville, Ohio, has been award a maximum $45,258,433 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for hot weather combat boots. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a three-year contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Puerto Rico, with an April 20, 2026, ordering period end date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2026 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE1C1-23-D-0043).

AIR FORCE

Galapagos LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, has been awarded a $12,576,484 contract for the Space Force, Space Systems Center, National Space Test and Training Complex. This contract provides for advisory and assistance support services. The location of performance is Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2028.   This award is the result of sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 research and development funds in the amount of $ 9,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Space Force, Space Systems Center, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity (FA8820-23-C-0002).

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, Greenville, Texas, was awarded a $10,502,761 modification (P00002) to previously awarded contract FA8620-22-F-4867 for procurement of integrated logistics support and acquisition spares. Work will be performed in Greenville, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2024. This contract involves 100% Foreign Military Sales (FMS). FMS funds in the amount of $10,502,761 are being obligated at the time of award. The 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,  Ohio, is the contract activity.

U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

Schuyler Line Navigation Co. LLC, Annapolis, Maryland, was awarded a contract modification (P00014) on fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract HTC711-19-D-W001 in the amount of $10,000,000. This modification increases the ceiling amount for continued ocean liner service of containerized and breakbulk cargo between Jacksonville/Blount Island, Florida, and U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The location of performance includes Blount Island, Florida; and U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The current period of performance began March 1, 2023, and continues through Feb. 29, 2024. Fiscal 2023 transportation working capital funds were obligated at award. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $36,348,054 to $46,348,054. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity. (Awarded April 20, 2023)

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

General Dynamics Applied Physical Sciences Corp., Groton, Connecticut, was awarded a $9,361,048 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, excluding unexercised options, for the Advanced Propulsor, Experimental (APEX) program. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (41%); Concord, Massachusetts (17%); San Diego, California (14%); Niskayuna, New York (9%); Arlington, Virginia (7%); Cheswick, Pennsylvania (6%); Imperial, Pennsylvania (4%); and Suffolk, Virginia (2%), with an expected completion date of April 2024. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test, and engineering funds in the amount of $7,024,853 were obligated at time of award. This contract stems from a competitive acquisition for which three proposals were received. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR001123C0054).

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