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No. 075-99
February 24, 1999


AIR FORCE

Stanger Industries Inc., Kansas City, Mo., is being awarded a $5,024,407 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for upgrade of the commissary at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. There were 33 firms solicited and four proposals received. Expected contract completion date is March 18, 2000. Solicitation issue date was Dec. 14, 1998. Negotiation completion date was Feb. 5, 1999. Air Education and Training Command Contracting Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas, is the contracting activity (F41689-99-C-0408).

NAVY

Digital System Resources, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $27,242,710 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded fixed-price incentive contract N00024-98-C-6204 for 19 towed array multipurpose processors and 13 spare kits to support the acoustic rapid commercial-off-the-shelf insertion program. Multipurpose processors use "middleware" which is the software that allows the interface between operating systems and the application software. Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va. (60%); Manassas, Va. (30%); and a yet unknown location (10%), and is expected to be completed by June 2000. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

Sanders a Lockheed Martin Co., Countermeasure Division, Nashua, N.H., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price contract (appropriation number and dollar value will be issued with each delivery order) with an estimated not-to-exceed cumulative total of $30,000,000. This acquisition is for the procurement of 400 AN/ALQ-144A(V)1/3 or AN/ALQ-144(V)5 Infrared Countermeasure (IRCM) sets, 100 AN/ALM-178 test sets, support equipment, essential spare parts, maintenance training, and engineering and technical field support for Foreign Military Sales (Taiwan, Israel, and the Netherlands), and Department of Defense components. The AN/ALQ-144A(V)1/3s are IRCM systems that are used to protect helicopters against surface-to-air and air-to-air IR missiles when flown in a hostile environment. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 19, 2002. This is a sole source contract initiated on Aug. 24, 1998. The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Communications & Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, N.J. (DAAB07-99-D-B605).