WASHINGTON (May 5, 2014)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance, Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $7,927,579 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0024) to exercise an option for organizational, selected intermediate, and limited depot-level maintenance for aircraft operated by adversary squadrons. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, Fla. (40 percent); NAS Fallon, Nev. (30 percent); and the Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy Reserve funds in the amount of $7,927,579 are being obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded $26,725,000 for cost-plus-incentive-fee delivery order 0080 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) to provide seven flight critical engineering changes proposals for fracture and maintenance critical areas of the F/A-18 A-D airframe under the Service Life Extension Program Phase C1 effort. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (55 percent) and El Segundo, Calif. (45 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2015. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 aircraft procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $13,095,250 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, Md., is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $10,833,670 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development and integration of a Multi Capability Pod (MCAP) onto the MQ-8C, including the purchase of two MCAPS and one MCAP Mass Model. The MCAP provides multiple electronic warfare sensors for employment in the littorals. Work will be performed in Rancho Bernardo, California (59 percent); Chantilly, Virginia (40 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2015. Fiscal 2013 research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-wide and fiscal 2013 procurement, Defense-wide funds in the amount of $10,833,670 are being obligated at time of award, $4,219,667 of which will 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 (N00019-14-C-0011).
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is being awarded a $105,170,571 fixed-price-incentive-fee advance acquisition contract to procure long-lead components, parts and materials in support of 34 low rate initial production Lot IX F-135 propulsions systems for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, including 26 F-135-PW-100 for the U.S. Air Force; six F-135-PW-600 for the U.S. Marine Corps; and two F-135-PW-100 for the U.S. Navy. In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of 13 F-135-PW-100 and 6 F135-PW-600 systems for international partners and foreign military sales customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (67 percent); Indianapolis, Indiana (16.5 percent); and Bristol, United Kingdom (16.5 percent); and is expected to be completed in September 2017. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement, Air Force and Navy funds, as well as international partner and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $105,170,571 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($32,259,578; 31 percent); the U.S. Navy ($27,321,004; 26 percent); international partners ($36,484,998; 35 percent) and international participants ($9,104,991; 8 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-14-C-0004).
Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $6,587,938 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option for the procurement of AN/ARC-210(V) electronic radios and ancillary equipment for a variety of aircraft. Equipment being procured includes (14) C-12561A/ARCs; (46) MT-6567/ARCs; (15) MT-7006/ARCs; (14) AM-7526/ARCs; (14) MX-11745/ARCs; (2) communication security reprogramming kits; (2) C-12561A reprogramming kits, and (66) RT-1990(C)/ARCs. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in December 2014. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $6,587,938 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, Md., is the contracting activity.