ARMY
O'Gara-Hess and Eisenhardt Armoring*, Fairfield, Ohio, is being awarded a
$7,038,900 modification to a firm fixed price contract to exercise the option
for 81 up-armor for XM1114 High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV). Work
will be performed in Fairfield, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by May
31, 1997. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year. This is a sole source contract initiated on March 29, 1994. The
contracting activity is the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command,
Warren, Michigan (DAAE07-94-C-0406).
Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation, Scranton Division, Scranton,
Pennsylvania, is being awarded an $18,355,589 increment as part of a
$36,600,000 (projected value, includes one option) fixed price contract for
79,468 M795 projectile metal parts. Work will be performed in Scranton,
Pennsylvania, and is expected to be completed by November 30, 1998. Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 3 bids
solicited on September 22, 1995, and 3 bids received. The contracting activity
is the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Picatinny Arsenal, New
Jersey (DAAE30-96-C-0020).
Penn-Co Construction, Eagan, Minnesota, is being awarded a $7,321,240 firm
fixed price contract for the alteration of the main aircraft hangar at NE Army
National Guard Base, Lincoln, Nebraska, and is expected to be completed by
September 9, 1997. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year. There were 45 bids solicited on November 9, 1995, and 8 bids
received. The contracting activity is the National Guard Bureau, Lincoln,
Nebraska (DAHA25-96-C-0001).
Raytheon Company, Equipment Division, Marlborough, Massachusetts, is being
awarded a $31,635,513 increment as part of a $44,425,513 firm fixed price and
time and materials contract for the Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical
Terminal (SMART-T). The SMART-T is a transportable, tactical satellite
communications terminal that operates with Milstar
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compatible communications payloads. The SMART-T will provide multi-channel
Medium Data Rate (MDR) communications and Low Data Rate (LDR) communications
simultaneously and provide range extension for the Mobile Subscriber Equipment
(MSE). Twenty Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) terminals will be purchased
in the basic year. Work will be performed in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and
is expected to be completed by August 30, 1999. Contract funds will not expire
at the end of the current fiscal year. There were two bids solicited on August
31, 1995, and two bids received. The contracting activity is the U.S. Army
Communications and Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
(DAAB07-96-C-A757).
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Electric Systems Group, Space Division,
Baltimore, Maryland, was awarded on February 1, 1996, A $4,743,000 increment as
part of a $6,585,008 cost plus fixed fee letter contract that will support an
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Advanced Concept Technology
Demonstration (ACTD) activity and satisfy a critical Department of Defense
(DOD) need. The Semi-Automated Image Intelligence (IMINT) processing system is
a DOD initiative to develop and field a set of integrated exploitation tools
which will greatly increase the ability of image analysis to exploit large
amounts of imagery generated by sensors on certain Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) and U-R2 aircraft. Since the project is intended to address the
warfighter's critical need for real-time or near real-time intelligence
information into the hands of battlefield commanders, it has been designated as
an ACTD activity which will be greatly expedited. Work will be performed in
Baltimore, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by November 15, 1997.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Bids
were solicited in November, 1995, and one bid was received. The contracting
activity is the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia
(MDA972-96-3-0005).
NAVY
Rockwell International Corporation, Collins Avionics and Communications
Division, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $9,800,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee
completion contract
to develop and demonstrate flyable brass boards of a next generation video and
data system
for weapons control under proposal entitled "Surgical Strike Adaptable Video
and Data Communications Systems." Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, and
is expected to be completed by February 2000. Contract funds will not expire
at the end of the current fiscal
year. This contract was competitively procured with 324 proposals solicited
and 10 offers received. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is
the contracting activity
(N00014-96-C-0089).
