WASHINGTON (July 30, 2011)—The U.S. Department of Defense this past week announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support, Electronic Solutions, Nashua, N.H., is being awarded a $36,711,988 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0069) to exercise an option for the full rate production, lot one, of the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures AN/ALE-55 subsystems for the F/A-18E/F aircraft, including associated technical support for the Navy, Marine Corps, and the government of Australia. This contract combines purchases for the Navy/Marine Corps ($26,854,450; 73 percent), and the government of Australia ($9,857,538; 27 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. In addition, this option provides for recurring and non-recurring engineering efforts in order to fabricate, assemble, test and deliver the component hardware of the AN/ALE-55 subsystem. The AN/ALE-55 subsystem consists of an electronic frequency converter (EFC) and a fiber optic towed device (FOTD) round. This option further provides EFCs and FOTD rounds for the Navy and Marine Corps, and FOTD rounds for the government of Australia. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H. (80.6 percent); Mountain View, Calif. (12 percent); and Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom (7.4 percent). Work is expected to be completed in September 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $142,574 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-10-C-0069).
RDA, Inc., Doylestown, Pa., is being awarded a $9,986,704 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research project under Topics N98-035 and N06-011. The primary objective of this effort is continued development of advanced technology products in the field of undersea warfare research and development, and to transition this technology to the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) fleet. Applications to be further developed include acoustic and non-acoustic ASW systems, telemetry and recording systems, signal and data processing, algorithm development, mathematical modeling, prototyping, and analysis to predict the performance of the associated ASW systems. Work will be performed in Doylestown, Pa. (55 percent); Warrenton, Va. (35 percent); Patuxent River, Md. (5 percent); and various testing locations (5 percent) in and outside of the United States. Work is expected to be completed in July 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This Phase III was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-5. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-11-C-0269).
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded an $85,619,066 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 225 full rate production, lot seven, (FRP-7) AGM-154C-1 unitary joint stand-off weapon missiles, including associated support equipment. In addition, this contract provides for one AGM-154C-1 for performance characterization test. Work will be performed in Dallas, Texas (44 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (24 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (22 percent); and McAllester, Okla. (10 percent). Work is expected to be completed in June 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command,Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0032).
Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc., Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $7,556,127 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-08-C-0065) to exercise an option for maintenance, manufacturing of parts, instrumentation and engineering support for the C-2, E-2, Advanced Hawkeye (E-2D), and applicable platforms associated with airborne early warning equipment, rotor dome and vapor cycle system. Additionally, supportability/safety studies on various highly specialized and uniquely configured E-2 and C-2 aircraft and weapon systems maintenance engineering and logistics services will be performed. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in July 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corp., Warminster, Pa., is being awarded a $74,878,971 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research project under Topics 92-170, N94-178, and AF083-006 for the development and use of the Persistent Surveillance Unmanned Aerial Systems. This effort includes field service representative support; delivery, installation, operation, and maintenance of hardware; continued testing; engineering services; modeling, simulation, analysis; systems engineering and integration. Work will be performed in Afghanistan (35 percent); Yuma, Ariz. (30 percent); Patuxent River, Md. (20 percent); Warminster, Pa. (10 percent); and Johnstown, Pa. (5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in July 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $30,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This Phase III contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-5. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-11-C-0038).
L-3 Services, Inc., Mount Laurel, N.J., is being awarded an $8,788,309 modification to a previously award cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-11-C-0012) to exercise an option for engineering and technical services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Special Communications Requirements Division (at St. Inigoes). Services will support legacy, current and next generation telecommunication and related C-E system requirements for various Navy, Army, Air Force, special operations forces, and other agencies. Work will be performed at St. Inigoes, Md., and is expected to be completed in October 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.