WASHINGTON (March 15, 2011)—The U.S. Department of Defense this week announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
L-3 Communications Systems Field Support, Vertex Aerospace, LLC, Madison Miss., was awarded on March 14 a $25,607,255 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity requirements contract for aircraft maintenance and logistical life cycle support for 65 Navy C-12 aircraft at 21 global locations. Services to be provided include: scheduled/unscheduled organizational maintenance; aircraft servicing; depot level maintenance; support equipment maintenance; modifications; and engineering support. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas (12 percent), Lincoln, Neb. (34 percent), Winnipeg, Canada (34 percent), and various locations both inside and outside the continental United States (20 percent) including: Naval Air Facility (NAF) Andrews, Md.; Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, S.C.; Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Belle Chase, La.; JRB Fort Worth, Texas; Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Fla.; MCAS Miramar, Calif.; MCAS New River, N.C.; NAS Norfolk, Va.; NAS North Island, Calif.; NAS Patuxent River, Md.; Marine Corp Air Facility (MCAF) Quantico, Va.; JRB Willow Grove, Pa.; MCAS Yuma, Ariz.; Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Md.; Edwards AFB, Calif.; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; and Holloman AFB, N.M. Work is expected to be completed in September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals; two offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-D-0010).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $135,504,076 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract action to procure 14 outer wing assembly kits for the Navy P-3C aircraft, including engineering analysis support, integrated logistics support and associated technical data. Work will be performed in Marietta, Ga. and is expected to be completed in June 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals, with one offer received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0037).
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $48,389,120 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead parts and components required for the manufacture of 26 Lot 9 UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters for the Marine Corps: 15 UH-1Y build new aircraft; four AH-1Z remanufactured aircraft; and seven AH-1Z build new aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (60 percent), and Amarillo, Texas (40 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0023).