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No. 024-01
January 17, 2001


ARMY

Concord Companies Inc., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded $7,999,000 as part of an $8,416,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a physical fitness center. Work will be performed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed by April 16, 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There was an announcement in the Commerce Business Daily on Nov. 7, 2000, and five bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (DACA09-01-C-0002).

NAVY

United Defense, L. P., Armament Systems Division, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $6,726,839 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N00024-99-C-5206 for the procurement of seven MK 63 Mod 1 Weathershields, with options for an additional six shields. The MK 63 Mod 1 Weathershield provides all-weather protection for the 5"/62 caliber MK 45 Mod 4 naval gun. If the options are exercised, it will bring the total cumulative value of this contract to $12,492,701. Work will be performed in Minneapolis, Minn. (60%) and Louisville, Ky. (40%), and is expected to be completed by August 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.