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

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FOR RELEASE AT		No. 1107-07
5 p.m. ET		September 12, 2007

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UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

Air Transportation International, of Little Rock, Ark., is being awarded one of nine multiple awards of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, fixed-price contract with a total maximum value of $400,000,000.00 (base year plus three one-year options). The contract award value is $2,500.00. The contractor is to perform international express delivery of packages and letters weighing 300 lbs or less. Work will be performed internationally. The performance period is from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and nine offers were received. The United States Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-08-D-0002).

Continental Airlines, Inc., of Houston, Texas, is being awarded one of nine multiple awards of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, fixed-price contract with a total maximum value of $400,000,000.00 (base year plus three one-year options). The contract award value is $2,500.00. The contractor is to perform international express delivery of packages weighing 151 to 300 lbs. Work will be performed internationally. The performance period is from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and nine offers were received. The United States Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-08-D-0003).

Federal Express Corporation, of Washington, D.C., is being awarded one of nine multiple awards of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, fixed-price contract with a total maximum value of $400,000,000.00 (base year plus three one-year options). The contract award value is $2,500.00. The contractor is to perform international express delivery of packages and letters weighing 300 lbs or less. Work will be performed internationally. The performance period is from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and nine offers were received. The United States Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-08-D-0009).

Miami Air International, of Miami, Fla., is being awarded one of nine multiple awards of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, fixed-price contract with a total maximum value of $400,000,000.00 (base year plus three one-year options). The contract award value is $2,500.00. The contractor is to perform international express delivery of packages weighing 151 to 300 lbs. Work will be performed internationally. The performance period is from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2011. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and nine offers were received. The United States Transportation Command Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC711-08-D-0004).

NAVY

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $134,380,000 firm-fixed price contract for design and construction of a Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Complex at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune. The work to be performed provides for construction of five FY 2007 projects (MARSOC Headquarters, MARSOC Intel Facility, Maintenance Complex, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, and Battalion Aid Station) and six FY2008 projects (Supply/Deployment/Isolation Facility, Academic Instruction Facility, Special Operations Equipment Facility, Operational Support Facilities, MARSOC Training Facilities, and Fitness Center/Training Pool), consisting of 34 new structures comprising nearly 1 million square feet. Collectively, these projects will construct the necessary administrative/headquarters, operational/maintenance/mission support, training and housing facilities to support approximately 1,950 MARSOC Marines to be stationed at Stone Bay. The contract contains three options totaling $82,780,000, which may be exercised within 365 calendar days, bringing the total contract amount to $217,160,000. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by October 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Naval Facilities Engineering Command e-solicitation website with 139 offers solicited and four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-07-C-1900).

Rockwell Collins Network Enabling Software, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a maximum $45,500,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Tactical Air Control Party, Close Air Support System (TACP CASS) software development, deployment, maintenance, and training. The TACP CASS provides digital communications between the tactical air control party, close air support aircraft and various air and battlefield Command and Control (C2) and Situational Awareness (SA) systems. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., and is expected to be completed in July 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind. is the contracting activity (N00164-07-D-6686).

Planning Consultants, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. is being awarded a $10,994,087 modification under previously awarded contract (N00178-04-C-2004) to exercise an option for engineering expertise in support of Research and Development, Total Ship System Engineering and Combat System Engineering advanced technology initiatives for modernization of current systems on surface ship combatants. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (97 percent) and the Governments of Japan (1 percent); South Korea (1 percent); and Spain (1 percent) for the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Dahlgren, Va. (90 percent) and Virginia Beach, Va. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corporation of Sunnyvale California is being awarded a contract modification for $78,600,773. This is contract modification to the existing engineering, manufacturing, and development contract for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High Component. This contract action will exercise the option that provides for FY2008 continued sustainment to the Contractor Logistics Support and Legacy Sustainment effort. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corporation will provide personnel and infrastructure including supplies and services, to specifically perform space and ground software maintenance, depot maintenance, training, communications maintenance, increment “2” Tactical Intelligence off-line processing and Integrated Training Suite operations. At this time no funds have been obligated. For more information please call (310) 653-4505. Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Based Infrared Systems Wing, 483 N. Aviation Boulevard, Los Angeles AFB, El Segundo CA 90245-4659 is the contracting activity (F04701-95-C-0017, P00459)

McDonnell Douglas Corporation, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, of Long Beach, California, is being awarded a contract modification for $35,336,603.42 (increase). This is a contract modification to the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership (GSP) contract to increase funding for FY05 and FY07 Material Improvement Projects (MIPS) for the USAF. The MIP program was established on P00037 based on estimated performance requirements for non-recurring engineering and retrofit. This estimated annual program does not identify specific MIPs to be performed, just general requirements. At this time $43,336,603.42 has been obligated. For more information please call (937) 656-9310. MSW/516 AESG/PK, Building 558, Room 118B, 2590 Loop Road West, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7142 is the contracting activity (FA8614-04-C-2004, P000195).

Harris Technical Services Corporation of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is being awarded a contract option for $23,719,438 (Estimated). This action provides for operations and maintenance, Services to be provided to Air Force Space Command’s 50th Space Wing, to include: configuration management, electrical power system management, small computer hardware maintenance, and database applications support, 24 hour maintenance management, industrial safety, communications security, information management, Local Area Network management, communications network control center operations, telephone operations, and visual information management, communications circuit management, satellite control center support, computer operations support, communications-computer system maintenance and operation for the Defense Satellite Communications System, Secure Communication Systems, MILSTAR, and other operations in support of the Air Force Satellite Control Network. At this time all funds have been obligated. For more information please call (719) 567-7342. 50th Contracting Squadron, 210 Falcon Parkway, Suite 2116, Schriever AFB, CO 80912-2116 is the contracting activity (FA2250-02-C-0007, modification number P00078).

Marvin Engineering Company Incorporated of Inglewood, California is being awarded a firm fixed price contract for $20,937,965. This action provides for MAU-12 Bomb Ejector Rack and related spares applicable to F-16 aircraft. First order quantity is 120, total maximum quantity is 1408. This effort support foreign military sales to Greece. At this time $1,353,220 has been obligated. For more information please call (478) 926-9264. 542nd Combat Sustainment Wing, Contracting Flight, 782nd CBSSS/GBKAA, 460 Richard Ray Boulevard, Suite 200, Robins AFB GA 31098-1813 is the contracting activity (FA8520-07-D-0018)

Boeing Company, of St Louis MO, is being awarded a contract for $16,141,431. This action provides for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS), Full Rate Production 4 (FRP4) for the F-15E, Retrofit Kits and Group B Hardware. At this time $16,110,949 has been obligated. For more information please call (937) 656-6119. 641 AESS/PK, 2725 C Street, Blgd 553, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7425 is the contracting activity (F33657-01-D-0026, Delivery Order 0066).

Raytheon Company of Marlborough, Massachusetts, is being awarded a contract modification for $15,999,871. The ultimate objective of this contract is to build an array of sub-apertures capable of transmitting, receiving, and rapidly steering spatially phased optical energy and images in which each sub-aperture should be transmissive; demonstrate a modular, scaleable architecture capable of scaling to large apertures and high powers with applications of interest include: laser weapons, laser targeting/sensing, laser communications, and laser countermeasure. At this time $4,170,833 has been obligated. For more information please call (937) 656-7197. AFRL/PKDB, Bldg 167, 3210 8th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7801 is the contracting activity (FA8650-05-C-7211; P00003)

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