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DoD Contracts: Leidos, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Week of 11-7-22 to 11-10-22
10/7
NAVY
GHD Setiadi Kaula AE JV, Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded a $30,000,000 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N-62742-18-D-0005) for architect-engineer services for various base infrastructure and other projects. This modification is to increase the total ordering capacity of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to $70,000,000. Work will be performed at various Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and other government facilities within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific area of responsibility including, but not limited to, Australia (77%), Virginia (13%), Guam (7%), and Philippines (3%). No funds will be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual task orders and task order modifications as they are issued. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $10,258,510 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to the previously awarded delivery order N00024-19-F-6201 under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00024-19-D-6200 for design, prototyping, and qualification testing of submarine electronic warfare equipment. Work will be performed in Syracuse, New York, and is expected to be completed by February 2023. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,258,510 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.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Elkton, Maryland, is awarded an $8,997,210 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the manufacture of initiating propellant used on the MK48 heavyweight torpedo. This contract includes a three-year ordering period with no options. All work will be performed in Elkton, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by November 2025. Weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,203,980 will be issued for delivery order N00104-22-F-ZN01 that will be awarded concurrently with the contract and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One company was solicited for this sole-source requirement under authority 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00104-22-D-ZN01).
AIR FORCE
BBIX LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $29,807,000 firm-fixed-price contract for repair and sustainment of the Central Plant at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The general scope of this contract includes, but is not limited to, replacement of a boiler; replacement of an electric chiller with an absorption chiller; repairs, replacement, and modernization of the mechanical and electrical infrastructure, controls, and equipment; repairs and upgrades to plant architectural elements; new catwalks; abatement of hazardous materials; repairs to existing metal stacks; and replacement of existing generator. Work will be performed at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 7, 2024. These awards are the result of a competitive acquisition, and three technical proposals were received. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $29,807,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA2835-23-C-0001).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Optex Systems Inc.,* doing business as Applied Optics Center, Dallas, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the production of spare parts used on various night vision devices. This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. The performance completion date is Nov. 6, 2027. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2022 through 2027 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (SPRBL1-23-D-0001).
*Small business
10/8
ARMY
Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, Louisiana, was awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for rental of a cutterhead pipeline dredge for dredging projects in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 8, 2024. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91278-23-D-0026).
NAVY
Donley Construction LLC,* Aberdeen, Maryland, is awarded an $11,759,218 firm-fixed-price modification to exercise Option Year One under previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N40080-22-D-0002 for paving within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington area of operations. This mod increases the total cumulative contract value to $23,287,864. Work will be performed in, but is not limited to, Maryland (35%), Virginia (35%), and Washington, D.C. (30%), and is expected to be completed by November 2023. No task orders are being issued at this time. Task orders will be primarily funded by fiscal 2023 military construction (Navy), and fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Eolian VR Inc., Nutley, New Jersey, was awarded a $9,999,980 firm-fixed-price, production, other transaction agreement (H92405-23-9-P001) with a period of performance from Nov. 7, 2022, through Nov. 6, 2025. The agreement will provide U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with an enterprise-level augmented reality and virtual reality production system that will provide a rapid and efficient solution for an emerging capability opportunity to operational users across the Special Operations Forces enterprise. The work will be performed in Nutley, New Jersey, and is expected to be complete by Nov. 6, 2025. Fiscal 2022 procurement funds were obligated at the time of award. This contract is awarded as a follow-on production after full and open competition from the initial prototype, other transaction agreement H92405-20-9-P012. This organization is a small, disadvantaged business. USSOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Nov. 7, 2022)
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
EOS Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, has been awarded an estimated $9,292,787 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, long-term contract for crank case dampers. The first delivery order (SPRDL1-23-F-0005, $1,789,623) was awarded at the same time. 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 five-year contract with no option periods. The performance completion date is Nov. 8, 2027. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Warren, Michigan (SPRDL1-23-D-0005).
*Small business
10/9
NAVY
Oceanetics Inc., Annapolis, Maryland, is awarded a $99,989,368 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for ocean infrastructure support services. This contract provides for support to the NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) Oceans Technical Department at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, California. No task orders are being issued at this time. Work will be performed at various locations worldwide and is expected to be completed by November 2027. This contract includes an option which, if exercised, would extend the period of performance to May 2028. Fiscal 2023 working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,000 will be obligated at time of award in order to satisfy the minimum guarantee and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Future task orders will be primarily funded by operations and maintenance (Navy) funds; working capital (Navy) funds; research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds; and other procurement (Navy) funds. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website, with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity (N39430-23-D-4050).
Metro Machine Corp., doing business as General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, is awarded a $76,698,633 firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2023 dry-docking selected restricted availability for the USS Bainbridge (DDG-96). This contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $79,600,222. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by August 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through August 2023. Fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $76,698,633 will be obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition solicited on the System for Award Management Contract Opportunities website and two offers were received. Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N5005423C0002).
Raytheon Missile and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $60,423,838 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-22-C-5400 to exercise options for fiscal 2023 U.S. Navy and Federal Republic of Germany procurements for Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2B guided missile round pack requirements. Work will be performed in Ottobrunn, Germany (62%); Bedford, New Hampshire (12%); Glenrothes Fife, Scotland (9%); Middletown, Pennsylvania (7%); Tucson, Arizona (5%); Keyser, West Virginia (2%); and various other locations each under 1% (3%), and is expected to be completed by January 2026. Fiscal 2023 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $52,688,938 (87%); and Memorandum of Understanding funds in the amount of $7,734,900 (13%) will be obligated at the 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.
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $37,349,809 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00024-20-C-2114 to exercise options for Reactor Plant Planning Yard support for nuclear-powered submarines and Support Yard for the Navy’s moored training ships. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (89%); and Charleston, South Carolina (11%). Fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,428,540 (73%); and fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) in the amount of $2,400,000 (27%) will be obligated at time of award, of which $2,400,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Detyens Shipyards Inc.,* North Charleston, South Carolina, is awarded a $21,007,304 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C4017) for a 91-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul/dry-docking availability of Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196). This contract includes a base period and four options which, if exercised would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $22,090,004. Work will be performed in North Charleston, South Carolina, beginning May 18, 2023, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 12, 2023. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $21,007,304 are obligated for fiscal year 2023 and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was a small business set-aside with proposals solicited via the Government Point of Entry website and three offers received. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $13,254,327 firm-fixed-price order (N0001923F2540) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This order procures spares in support of Harpoon Weapon System sustainment for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Black Mountain, North Carolina (34.04%); Fairfield, California (11.98%); Joplin, Missouri (11.12%); Galena, Kansas (4.62%); Fort Worth, Texas (4.49%); Beverly, Massachusetts (3.99%); Chandler, Arizona (3.00%); McKinney, Texas (2.45%); Lititz, Pennsylvania (2.03%); Lancaster, Pennsylvania (1.92%); Newtown, Pennsylvania (1.38%); O Fallon, Missouri (1.12%); Grove, Oklahoma (1.09%); Springfield, Ohio (1%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (15.77%), and is expected to be completed in October 2025. FMS customer funds in the amount of $13,254,327 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
AeroVironment Inc.,* Simi Valley, California, was awarded an $86,424,635 firm-fixed-price contract for the RQ-20B All Environment 3 and the Long Endurance Puma unmanned aircraft systems. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 29, 2023. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $86,424,635 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-23-C-0007).
AIR FORCE
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado, has been awarded $78,298,370 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00059) to previously awarded FA8810-18-C-0002 for development and fabrication of the weather system follow-on microwave Space Vehicle 2. Work will be performed in Boulder, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 15, 2027. Fiscal year 2022 and 2023 research and development funds in the amount of $24,411,492 are being obligated at the time of award. Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity.
*Small business
10/10
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Science Applications International Corp.,* Fairfield, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $99,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a 365-day bridge contract with no option periods. Locations of performance are California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, with a Nov. 11, 2023, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE8E3-23-D-0007).
Noble Supply and Logistics,* Rockland, Massachusetts, has been awarded a maximum $90,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a 395-day bridge contract with no option periods. Locations of performance are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont, with a Dec. 11, 2023, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE8E3-23-D-0002).
SupplyCore,* Rockford, Illinois, has been awarded a maximum $90,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a 365-day bridge contract with no option periods. Location of performance is California, with a Nov. 11, 2023, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE8E3-23-D-0006).
SupplyCore,* Rockford, Illinois, has been awarded a maximum $60,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a 395-day bridge contract with no option periods. Locations of performance are California, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, with a Dec. 11, 2023, ordering period end date. Using customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE8E3-23-D-0004).
NAVY
Cardno TEC-AECOM Atlantic JV, Charlottesville, Virginia, is awarded a $75,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for environmental planning and engineering services. Work will be performed within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic’s area of responsibility which includes, but is not limited to, Virginia, California, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, and Washington, and will be completed by November 2027. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website, with four offers received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62470-23-D-0001).
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $20,126,303 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00013) to a previously awarded contract (N0003022C6001). This modification exercises fiscal 2023 options to provide support services for the U.S. Trident II D5 Strategic Weapon Systems program, Attack Weapon System program, and the Nuclear Weapon Security program. Work will be performed in Rockville, Maryland (59.9 %); Washington, D.C. (23.8%); Saint Marys, Georgia (3.3%); Cape Canaveral, Florida (2.3%); Bremerton, Washington (1.3%); Portsmouth, Virginia (1.0%); and various other locations (less than 1% each; 8.4% total). Work is expected to be completed on Sept. 30, 2023. Fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,540,000; fiscal 2023 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $853,887; fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,213,970; and shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,268,022 will be obligated at time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was awarded as a sole-source acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $11,506,002 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00060) to a previously awarded contract (N0001918C1048). This modification exercises an option to extend services to provide ongoing sustainment services and outcomes, to include supporting daily flight operations with the Freedom of Action specific capabilities required at various F-35 operating sites for the government of the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in March 2023. Non-U.S. Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $11,506,002 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
Gideon Contacting LLC,* San Antonio, Texas (W912BV-23-D-0001); B&H Contracting Company Inc., doing business as Dawson BH Co.,* Fort Bragg, North Carolina (W912BV-23-D-0002); Red Eagle JV,* Coweta, Oklahoma (W912BV-23-D-0003); and Vazquez Reasbeck Construction LLC,* Kansas City, Missouri (W912BV-23-D-0004), will compete for each order of the $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design-build or design-bid-build construction services in support of various military and civil works projects. Bids were solicited via the internet with 12 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 10, 2027. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity.
Brice Engineering LLC,* Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded a $27,631,569 firm-fixed-price contract for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances soil-washing treatment. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 10, 2026. Fiscal 2022 military construction, Air Force funds in the amount of $27,631,569 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Anchorage, Alaska, is the contracting activity (W911KB-23-C-0005).
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, was awarded a $9,182,692 modification (P00003) to contract W911W6-18-C-0050 for research and development of complex-shaped fiber-reinforced composites. Work will be performed in Bozeman, Montana, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $9,182,692 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
CORRECTION: The Aug. 24, 2022, announcement of a contract to BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., York, Pennsylvania (W56HZV-22-F-0413), for Bradley Fighting Vehicles, included an incorrect award amount. The contract was actually awarded for $49,699,881.
AIR FORCE
Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a $48,603,195 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development. This contract is to research, develop and demonstrate advanced component prototype solutions to evolve and expand emerging open architecture standards and approaches for current and next-generation Air Force and Department of Defense weapon systems. Work will be performed in Reston, Virginia, and is expected to be completed Jan. 29, 2027. This is the result of a competitive acquisition and six offers were received. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,850,726 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-23-C-1043).
Riverside Research Institute, Arlington, Virginia, has been awarded a $30,591,985 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development. This contract is to research, develop and demonstrate advanced component prototype solutions to evolve and expand emerging open architecture standards and approaches for current and next-generation Air Force and Department of Defense weapon systems. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, and is expected to be completed Jan. 29, 2027. This is the result of a competitive acquisition and six offers were received. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $618,000 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-22-C-1043).
Kratos Technology & Training Solutions, Inc., San Diego, California, has been awarded a $22,767,869 modification (P00169) to contract FA8808-13-C-0002 for control system consolidated production and sustainment services. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 3, 2023. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $5,691,967 are being obligated at the time of award. Space Systems Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.
Prime Response Inc., Accokeek, Maryland, has been awarded a $15,475,703 firm-fixed-price contract for research and development logistics support services. The contractor will provide material control, material handling, transportation, maintenance programs, hazardous materials, lab gases and cryogenics, lab safety programs, facility management and lab supply and stock needs of research and development programs at Phillips Research Site, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Work will be performed in Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, and is expected to be completed Aug. 10, 2027. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, and three offers were received. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $595,547 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, is the contracting activity (FA9453-23-C-A001).
