United States Department of Defense

J.T. Construction Company, Incorporated*, San Antonio, Texas, is being awarded a $5,268,610 (base year) firm fixed price contract with a cumulative total of $5,365,710 (includes two option years) for additions and alterations to the Wilford Hall Medical Center-Emergency Department. This construction project will be a one and one-half story building, with an enclosed four- floor non-ambulatory elevator tower. All systems will be integrated into the WHMC master system. The building will be constructed of a spread footing foundation, concrete structural floor, pre-cast concrete and structural steel wall system, and built-up roofing. Support facilities include utilities, signage, communications, alarm systems, drainage, parking, curbs/gutters, and site improvements. Work will be performed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and is expected to be completed by June 10, 1998. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 16 bids solicited on February 22, 1996, and three bids received. The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas (DACA63-96-C-0047).

Brown & Root Services Corporation, Houston, Texas, is being awarded $15,000,000 as part of a $75,000,000 (cumulative total with 4 option years at $15,000,000 per year) firm fixed price job order contract for construction repair requirements for a basewide construction effort. The contract is for a broad range of maintenance repair and minor construction work on real property at the following Army installations: Fort Richardson, Fort Wainwright, Fort Greely, Black Rapids, Kotzebue, Bethel, Nome, Whittier, Haines, Tok, and Seward, Alaska. Work is expected to be completed in June of 2001. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 20 bids solicited on February 12, 1996, and four bids received. The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Anchorage, Alaska (DACA85-96-D-0008).

Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, Long Island, New York, is being awarded a $12,050,000 ceiling-priced order for acquisition of operational and maintenance training development to support the French E-2C aircraft. This contract is for the government of France (100 %) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program. Work will be performed in Bethpage, New York (40%), and St. Augustine, Florida (60%), and is expected to be completed by August 1998. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00019-95-G-0050)

Scientific Atlanta Inc. is being awarded a 5,525,251 firm fixed price contract for a complete digital video compression and transmission system for the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) Satellite Network and an initial quantity of 650 receive units. Total estimated face value of the contract is $20,085,332 (if every line item were to be ordered over the period of the contract which is for a base year and four option years). The contact also contains an option to purchase a digital video compression and transmission system for satellite transmission direct to U.S. Navy ships at sea. Sixty-two firms were solicited and three proposals were received. Television- Audio Support Activity, Sacramento, Calif., is the contracting activity (MDA112-96-D-0005).

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