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

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FOR RELEASE AT		No. 1084-07
5 p.m. ET		September 06, 2007

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NAVY

KEYS Energy Services, Key West, Fla., a municipal electric energy provider, is being awarded an estimated $75,181,200 contract to provide electrical utility services to naval activities in the Key West, Florida area. The work to be performed provides for the supply of electrical service utilities to include providing of the electrical commodity and the equipment required to transport the commodity to the activities. Work will be performed in Key West, Fla., and work is expected to be completed September 2017. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. In accordance with Florida statues, KEYS Energy Services was the only source solicited as they are the current provider of electrical utility services for naval activities in the Key West area. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-07-C-0096).

ITT Night Vision, Roanoke, Va., is being awarded a maximum $37,099,828 fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a maximum of 5,200 submersible monocular night vision systems (Navy); 2,500 submersible monocular night visions systems (Coast Guard); 3,000 head mount face mask assemblies; 7,500 head mounts; 3,000 head straps for personnel armor system for ground troops helmet; 3,000 head straps for modular integrated communications helmet (MICH); 3,000 low profile 3-hole MICH mounting brackets; and associated data. Work will be performed in Roanoke, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $5,610,300 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured by a request for proposals with multiple firms solicited and one offer received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-07-D-8550).

Dockwise USA, Houston, Texas, is being awarded a $25,156,325 firm-fixed-price contract with reimbursables for the charter of a contractor-owned heavy lift ship for the Navy’s MPF(F) R&D Program. The ship covered under this contract is the MV TRANSSHELF, which is Netherlands Antilles-flagged and is contractor-owned and operated. The ship will support research and development efforts of the Department of Defense through testing and demonstration of various maritime preposition force future concepts and technologies. Work will be performed primarily in waters off Norfolk, Va., and work is expected to be completed by October 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with more than 200 proposals solicited and one offer received. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command is the contracting authority (N00033-07-C-3100).

Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif., is being awarded an $8,303,584 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-05-G-0008). This delivery order is for the procurement of AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers, enhanced antenna detectors (EAD) and enhanced integrated antenna detectors (EIAD) in support of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Finnish Air Force (FiAF) for the F/A-18 aircraft. This order provides for 88 each EADs and EIADs for the RAAF; and six each EADs and EIADs for the FiAF. Work will be performed in Lansdale, Pa., and is expected to be completed in December 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the RAAF ($7,773,568; 94 percent) and the Finnish Air Force, ($530,016; 6 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Correction: The contract awarded on August 27, 2007, to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Sudsbury, Mass., (N000104-07-D-ZD51), does not contain a provision for options. The total amount of the contract will be $49,081,437 from orders issued.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Sinclair Refining Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a $48,477,000.00 fixed price with economic price adjustment, partial set aside contract for fuel. Using services are Defense Energy Support Center. Other locations of performance are Wyoming. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 69 proposals originally solicited with 15 responses. Date of performance completion is October 30, 2008. The contracting activity is Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-07-D-0507).

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