WASHINGTON (Aug. 31, 2015)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
L-3 Vertix Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi, is being awarded a $21,371,269 firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursement, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of business jet training services in support of contracted air services basic training, large national exercises, and small, single unit training exercises. Missions include maritime air patrol, low/slow terrorist aircraft, air interdiction training, helicopter maritime strike weapons school, laser training, fixed-wing ground control approach training, lost homing direction training, and air intercept/anti-submarine training. These services support training requirements through air intercept control, anti-submarine tactical attack control, tracking exercises, electronic warfare missions, banner tows and target tows. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia (51 percent); and the Naval Air Station North Island, California (49 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2016. Fiscal 2015 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,856,903 are being obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposal; and one offer was received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-15-D-0022).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $430,878,490 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for non-air vehicle spares, support equipment, Autonomic Logistics Information System hardware and software upgrades, supply chain management, full mission simulators and non-recurring engineering services in support of low-rate initial production Lot 9 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-Department of Defense participants, and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida (70 percent); Fort Worth, Texas (17 percent); El Segundo, California (7 percent); Owego, New York (4 percent); Greenville, South Carolina (1 percent); and Samlesbury, United Kingdom (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2022. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 aircraft procurement (Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy); fiscal 2014 and 2015 other procurement (Navy); non-Department of Defense participants, and FMS funds in the amount of $430,878,490 will be obligated at time of award, $3,889,294 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force ($136,308,496; 32 percent); Navy ($30,326,973; 7 percent); Marine Corps ($32,762,358; 8 percent); non-Department of Defense participants ($187,885,664; 44 percent); and FMS customers ($43,594,999; 10 percent) under the FMS program. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-15-C-0114).
Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana, is being awarded $37,359,552 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 2100 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-10-G-0006) for the procurement of 228 LAU-115 guided-missile launchers for the Navy (220) and the government of Switzerland (8) and 30 LAU-116 guided-missile launchers for the Navy. These missile launchers will enable F/A-18 aircraft to carry and launch AIM-120 and AIM-9X missiles. Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed in October 2018. Fiscal 2013 and 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $37,359,552 are being obligated on this contract, $29,660,180 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($36,281,000; 97 percent) and the government of Switzerland ($1,078,552; 3 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is being awarded a $33,000,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-13-C-0012) for the procurement of 10 MH-60R full-rate production Airborne Low Frequency Sonar Lot XII systems. Work will be performed in Brest, France (59 percent); Portsmouth, Rhode Island (37 percent); and Johnstown, Pennsylvania (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2018. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $33,000,000 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, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia, is being awarded a $26,765,034 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable contract to provide services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Special Communications Mission Solutions Division. Services to be provided include engineering, research, design, development, integration, installation, test and evaluation, fielding, analysis, maintenance, material procurements, training, and logistics services for communications-electronics advanced technology systems. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Maryland (98 percent); and Indiana, Pennsylvania (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2017. Fiscal 2015 Navy working capital funds in the amount of $4,288,803 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 10 U.S.Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-15-C-0027).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Falls Church, Virginia, is being awarded a $14,150,405 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System Increment 1, dismounted operations variant. Northrop Grumman will procure and integrate the handheld operator control unit, communications link, mobility capability module, master capability module, power capability module, manipulator capability module, end effector capability module, visual sensors capability module, autonomous behaviors capability module and other minor components that comprise the dismounted operations system. The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $483,328,860. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and is expected to be complete in August 2017. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $3,482,667 is being obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website with five offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00174-15-D-0011).