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General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a
$5,401,936 cost plus fixed fee contract for the research,
development, test and evaluation of advanced in-core thermionic
technologies to support long duration space missions for national
security purposes.
Focus is on the advancement of thermionic
performance rather than an overall system design improvement
since no specific mission has yet been identified on which to
base detailed system requirements.
The objectives of the
Advanced Thermionic Program (ATP) are to advance the state of the
art of thermionic power conversion in the United States, develop
high performance and highly reliable thermionic converters that
provide high output power per unit of system mass, demonstrate
the capabilities of these thermionic converters, show their
feasibility for use in thermionic systems, and develop
corresponding system level conceptual designs.
Work will be
performed in San Diego, Calif. (91%); and Auburn, Ala. (9%), and
is expected to be completed by August 14, 1999.
Contract funds
will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
There
were 32 bids solicited on Oct. 18, 1996, and three bids were
received.
The contracting activity is the Defense Special
Weapons Agency, Alexandria, Va. (DSWA01-97-C-0088).
Soza Co. Ltd.*, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a cost plus
fixed fee/indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contract
(appropriation number and dollar value will be issued with each
delivery order) with a cumulative total of $12,866,804, for
automatic data processing technical support services.
Work will
be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed
by April 22, 2002.
There were 60 bids solicited on Sept. 27,
1996, and four bids were received.
The contracting activity is
the Defense Supply Service-Washington, Washington, D.C. (DASW01-
97-D-0033).
VGS, Inc.*, McLean, Va., is being awarded a cost plus fixed
fee/indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contract
(appropriation number and dollar value will be issued with each
delivery order) with a cumulative total of $13,162,771, for
automatic data processing technical support services.
Work will
be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be
completed by April 22, 2002.
There were 60 bids solicited on
Sept. 27, 1996, and four bids were received.
The contracting
activity is the Defense Supply Service-Washington, Washington,
D.C. (DASW01-97-D-0037).
Lockheed Martin Vought Systems Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas,
is being awarded a $51,357,310 modification to a firm fixed price
contract option for 97 Army Tactical Missile System Block IA
Guided Missile and Launching Assemblies (GMLAs), less long lead
time items and associated warranty.
Work will be performed in
Dallas, Texas (98.2%); and Horizen City, Texas (1.8%), and is
expected to be completed by July 31, 1999.
Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This is a sole
source contract initiated on Oct. 28, 1994.
The contracting
activity is the U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
(DAAH01-92-C-0038).
NAVY
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Baltimore, Md., is being
awarded a $25,872,400 firm-fixed-price contract for
Repair/Rehabilitation of Wing 4 in Bancroft Hall, (Phase IV), at
the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
Work will be performed in
Annapolis, Md., and is expected to be completed by August 1998.
Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This contract was competitively procured with five proposals
solicited and two offers received.
The Engineering Field
Activity Chesapeake, Naval Facilities Command, Washington, DC, is
the contracting activity (N62477-95-C-0096).
