WASHINGTON (May 13, 2014)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is being awarded a $1,244,677,064 fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Presidential Helicopter Replacement program. This contract provides for the procurement of six test aircraft and the associated support equipment, integration of mature government-defined mission systems, a training system including a flight training device and a maintenance training device, logistics, engineering, and test and evaluation support. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, (62.22 percent); Owego, New York, (19.38 percent); Coatesville, Pennsylvania, (14.25 percent); Orlando, Florida, (1.44 percent); Phoenix, Arizona, (.86 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (.85 percent); Vergennes, Vermont, (.53 percent); and Torrance, California, (.47 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2020. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation, Navy funds in the amount of $42,000,000 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals and one offer was received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-14-C-0050).
General Atomics, San Diego, California, is being awarded an undefinitized contract action with a not-to-exceed value of $26,607,250 for the procurement of Advanced Arresting Gear and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System long-lead time materials in support of the CVN 79 full production. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, (47 percent); Mankato, Minnesota, (35 percent); Spring Grove, Illinois, (16 percent), and Detroit, Michigan, (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2017. Fiscal 2013 ship conversion, Navy funds in the amount of $15,382,408 are being obligated at time of award, none 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, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-14-C-0037).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is being awarded a $7,920,664 firm-fixed-price delivery order (#4007) against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-14-G-0004) for Aircraft Mine Counter Measure Removable Mission Equipment B Kits in support of the MH-60S aircraft. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed in April 2016. Fiscal 2012 and 2013 aircraft procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $7,920,664 will be obligated at time of award, $4,300,564 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $50,121,721 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-13-C-0161) to exercise an option for the procurement of 16 APY-10 radar kits for full rate initial production Lot I P-8A Poseidon aircraft. In addition, this option provides for installation and checkout technical support, configuration management, reliability and maintainability failure reporting and corrective actions, engineering change orders/proposals, integrated logistics support, technical data, and repair of repairables. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas (53.38 percent), Reston, Virginia (8.35 percent); Little Falls, New Jersey (7.78 percent); Spring Valley, California (6.51 percent); Black Mountain, North Carolina (4.24 percent); Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada (2.73 percent); Poway, California (2.50 percent); Simsbury, Connecticut (2.43 percent); Leesburg, Virginia (2.33 percent), and various locations throughout the United States (9.75 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2016. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement, Navy funds in the amount $50,121,721 will be obligated at time of award; none of which expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.