WASHINGTON (October 13, 2012)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
Arnold Defense and Electronics L.L.C., Arnold, Mo., is being awarded a $10,000,000 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price supply contract (N00174-09-D-0034) to provide additional 2.75-inch aircraft rocket launchers and/or subcomponents to support Navy, Marine Corp and Air Force operations (training and in theatre). Work will be performed in Arnold, Mo., and is expected to complete by September 2014. No funds will expire at the end of the fiscal year. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity.
QinetiQ North America Inc., Waltham, Mass., is being awarded a $6,802,527 firm-fixed-price contract for Talon Generation IV robot vehicles, spares and accessories, depot level repair parts, shipping and training. Work will be performed in Waltham, Mass (99.64 percent) and Poland (.36 percent), and is expected to complete by March 2013. This contract includes Foreign Military Sales to Poland (100 percent). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-13-C-0001).
Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Electronic Warfare Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $15,802,292 firm-fixed price contract for 48 integrated multi-platform launch controllers (IMPLCs) for installation on F/A-18 aircraft. The IMPLC is a component of the AN/ALE-50(V) countermeasures decoy dispensing set and the Integrated Defensive Electronics Countermeasure System. Work will be performed in Forest, Miss. (66 percent), Goleta, Calif. (25 percent), and Nashua, N.H. (9 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2014. Contract funds in the amount of 7,881,260 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to the FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-13-C-0006).
ManTech Systems Engineering Corp., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded an $11,480,586 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-11-D-0027) to exercise an option for engineering and technical support for reliability, maintainability, testability, quality assurance and diagnostic and system safety analysis during the design, development, production and in-service life cycles of all naval aircraft platforms and their systems. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (90 percent), China Lake, Calif. (5 percent), and Lakehurst, N.J. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2013. 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.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $24,476,978 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0003) for spare parts and supplies in support of the MQ-8B vertical take-off and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (36 percent), Horseheads, N.Y. (30 percent); Salt Lake City, Nev. (11 percent); Sparks, Nev. (11 percent); and various other locations within the United States (12 percent); and is expected to be completed in April 2014. 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.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $28,620,000 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0004) to provide additional funds for long lead-time parts, material and components required to protect the delivery schedule of four Low Rate Initial Production Lot VII F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Takeoff and Landing aircraft for the Government of Italy. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (35 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom (20 percent); Orlando, Fla. (10 percent); Nashua, N.H. (5 percent); and Baltimore, Md. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2013. 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.