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No. 581-96
October 09, 1996


CONTRACTS

ARMY

GET, Government Systems Corporation, Taunton, Massachusetts, was awarded on October 8, 1996, a $13,800,000 modification to a firm fixed price contract for asynchronous transfer mode- acquisition of all non-recurring engineering services for four modified node center switches, six modified small extension nodes, one modified circuit switch and sixteen modified shelters to improve the data throughput of the circuit switch networks and incorporate video teleconferencing capability. Work will be performed in Taunton, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by September 30, 1999. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated on July 29, 1996. The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey (DAAB07-86-C-K022).

NAVY

Hughes Missile Systems Company (HMSC), Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $36,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to procure 135 Guided Missile Round Packs (GMRPs) in support of the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM). Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (50%), and Riemerling, Germany (50%), and is expected to be completed by September 1999. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00024-96-C-5402).