WASHINGTON (May 23, 2009) - The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $7,298,041 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-07-G-0008) for non-recurring engineering to retrofit 7 CV-22 aircraft with single configuration retrofit engineering change proposal V-22-0802; and provide the associated retrofit kits for 3 CV-22 aircraft. Effort will bring the 7 aircraft to a Block B/10 configuration. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., (60 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas, (40 percent) and is expected to be completed in Nov. 2012. 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.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $32,373,219 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0055) to exercise an option for the manufacture, test and delivery of 23 reconfigurable transportable consolidated automated support systems for the Navy, (21) and the Air Force, (2). In addition, this modification provides for 12 Self Maintenance and Test/Calibration Interface Devices for the Navy, (10) and the Air Force, (2). Work will be performed in North Reading, Mass., (60 percent) and St. Louis, Mo., (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in Sept. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy, ($29,466,863; 91 percent) and the U.S. Air Force, ($2,906,356; 9 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Bowhead Information Technology Services, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded $6,292,697 modification to increase the ceiling amount to previously awarded contract N00178-04-D-3093 for engineering, scientific analysis, technical, information technology and engineering services for non-NMCI systems and operational support. Work will be performed in Dahlgren, Va., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity.