U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts

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FOR RELEASE AT		No. 466-07
5 p.m. ET		April 23, 2007

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NAVY

Force Protection Industries, Inc.,* Ladson, S.C., is being awarded $481,414,500 for firm-fixed-priced delivery order (#0003) under a previously awarded contract (M67854-07-D-5031) for additional Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) vehicles. The Government shall purchase 300 Category I Vehicles and 700 Category II Vehicles, for a total of 1,000 vehicles. Work will be performed in Ladson, S.C., and work is expected to be completed by May 2008. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $59,452,101 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-07-C-0008) to exercise an option for the Lot 7 production of AIM-9X tactical missiles for the U.S. Air Force (17) and U.S. Navy (1), and for the Governments of Finland (100), Singapore (40), and Switzerland (1 Lot (quantity classified)). In addition, this option provides for the procurement of Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs) for Finland (40) and Singapore (20), as well as containers for the U.S. Air Force (15), and the Governments of Finland (39), Switzerland (18), and Singapore (15). Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (93 percent) and Andover, Mass. (7 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This option combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($3,087,475; 5.2 percent), U.S. Navy ($172,475; 0.3 percent), and the Governments of Finland ($25,658,565; 43.2 percent); Singapore ($16,299,060; 27.4 percent), and Switzerland ($14,234,526; 23.9 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.

Ionatron, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $9,839,094 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development of a laser transportable demonstrator vehicle, physics modeling and experiments, laser guided energy effects, and advanced ultra short pulsed laser requirements. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (95 percent); Los Alamos, N.M. (3 percent); and Urbana, Ill. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by April 2009. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-07-C-8901).

McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $9,105,605 ceiling priced delivery order (# 7020) under previously awarded basic ordering agreement contract (N00383-07-G-005H) for repair of 27 F/1-18 outer wing panels. Work will be performed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (95 percent), and Mesa, Ariz. (5 percent), and work is expected to be completed by April 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not awarded competitively. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity.

Trimble Navigation Limited, Dayton, Ohio, is being awarded an $8,623,970 firm-fixed-price purchase order against GSA contract number GS-07F-5588P. This purchase order is for machine control simulation training software, survey simulation training software, grade control systems, base kit for graders, robotic total station, automatic self leveling laser package, automatic level, and associated accessories, warranties, training and cases for the Caterpiller 130G road grader. All items are available on the contract. Work will be performed in Dayton, Ohio, and work is expected to be completed September 2008. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. The initial GSA contract was solicited competitively. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-05-F-5041).

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Carson, Calif., is being awarded a $20,533,632 cost-plus-award-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification. This modification to the Space Based Surveillance contract transfers work from Northrop Grumman Mission Systems to Boeing as part of a program restructure. The work transferred includes external interface management, program protection support, on-orbit support and certification and accreditation. This modification also adds additional systems testing requirements to the contract. At this time, no funds have been obligated. This work will be complete December 2008. Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8819-04-C-0002/P00052).

ARMY

Alutiiq International Solutions*, Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded on April 19, 2007, a $15,578,576 firm-fixed-price contract for Design and construction of a brigade complex-transitional facilities. Work will be performed at Fort Lewis, Wash., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Nov. 24, 2006. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Wash., is the contracting activity (W912DW-07-C-0008).

Raytheon Co., Andover, Mass., was awarded on April 19, 2007, an $11,527,147 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable contract for an on-site depot level diagnostic, fault isolation, clean-up, and repair capability for the PATRIOT weapon system major items. Work will be performed in Korea (39.1 percent), El Paso, Texas (18.6 percent), Germany (14 percent), Killeen, Texas (2.5 percent), Fayetteville, N.C. (1.8 percent), Lawton, Okla. (1.8 percent), Andover, Mass. (7 percent), Japan (4.6 percent), and Kuwait (4.9 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 16, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Dec. 15, 2005. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-06-C-0352).

General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., was awarded on April 18, 2007, a $6,163,370 firm-fixed-price contract for customer support services. Work will be performed in Arlington, Va., and is expected to be completed by April 18, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on Feb. 28, 2007, and three bids were received. The Washington Headquarters Service, Rosslyn, Va., is the contracting activity (HQ0034-07-C-0121).

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