CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
W. W. Grainger, Inc., Lincolnshire, Ill., is being awarded a
$15,000,000 indefinite quantity contract for industrial and
commercial equipment and supplies. Thirty three proposals were
solicited and seven were received. Work is expected to be
completed by Feb. 12, 1998. Funds will not expire at the end of
the fiscal year. The Defense Supply Center Richmond, Richmond,
Va., is the contracting activity (SP0400-97-D-E003).
SI Handling Systems, Inc.*, Easton, Pa., is being awarded a
$8,023,809 firm fixed price contract for a mechanized material
handling system. Work will be performed in Red River, Texas, and
is expected to be completed by Feb. 12, 1999. Funds will not
expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Defense Supply Center
Richmond, Richmond, Va., is the contracting activity (SP0410-96-C-
0020).
ARMY
Sevedrup Facilities Inc., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a
$10,660,000 firm fixed price contract to design/build a Mission
Support Facility. Work will be performed at Peterson Air Force
Base, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30,
1998. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year. There were 122 bids solicited on Sept. 25, 1996,
and seven bids were received. The contracting activity is the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb. (DACA45-97-C-0021).
ILC Dover Inc., Frederica, Del., is being awarded an
$8,092,766 modification to a firm fixed price multi-year contract
for 47,205 M40A1 Masks, 24,451 M42A2 Masks, and 21,000 Spare
Facepiece Assemblies in support of the M40A1/M42A2 Chemical
Biological Protective Mask. Work will be performed in
Frederica**, Del., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 1,
2000. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year. There were two bids solicited on Sept. 30, 1996,
and two bids were received. The contracting activity is the U.S.
Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command, Armament and Chemical
Acquisition and Logistics Activity, Rock Island, Ill. (DAAE20-97-
C-0031).
NAVY
Texas Instruments, Inc., Defense Systems and Electronics,
Lewisville, Texas, is being awarded a $65,865,286 modification to
previously awarded contract N00019-91-C-0196 to exercise an
option for the Low Rate Initial Production of 111 JSOW/AGM-154
all-up-rounds
for the U.S. Navy (100) and the U.S. Air Force (11). This
modification provides for training, testing, and surveillance
hardware and support equipment. Work will be performed in
Lewisville, Texas, and is expected to be completed by January
1999. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the
current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Arlington,
Va., is the contracting activity.
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio, is
being awarded a $96,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to
conduct the next phase of the Joint Strike Fighter Alternate
Engine Program. Under this phase, General Electric will conduct
detailed design and begin hardware testing of YF120 derivative
engine components. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio,
and is expected to be completed by October 2000. 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, Va., is the contracting activity
(N00019-96-C-0176).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, St.
Louis, Mo., is
being awarded a $51,325,000 firm-fixed-price, delivery order for
three advance tactical
airborne reconnaissance systems, one advance tactical airborne
reconnaissance subsystem,
two radar upgrade/reconnaissance conversion kits, 12 radar
upgrade/reconnaissance
modification kits, production verification flight test support,
integrated logistics support,
training and technical publications for the F/A-18 aircraft.
Work will be performed in St.
Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed by November 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, Va., is the
contracting activity (N00019-95-G-0006).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded
a $7,280,000 modification
to previously awarded contract N00019-96-C-0208 for producing,
delivering, and installing Crash Survivable Flight Incident
Recorder retrofit kits into the VH-3D and VH-60N helicopters.
Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be
completed by August 1999. Contract funds would not have expired
at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems
Command, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems, Syosset, N.Y., is being
awarded a $6,401,443
firm-fixed-price contract for nine various items of Interim
Support Material including gyro
assemblies necessary to support deployment of the F/A-18 Advanced
Tactical Reconnaissance
System (ATARS). Work will be performed in Syosset, N.Y., and is
expected to be completed
by February 1999. Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively
procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa.,
is the contracting activity (N00383-97-G-001D).
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Wash.,
is being awarded a
$9,470,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, cost-plus-
fixed-fee price contract for
research and development in support of the Rapid Evolution and
Deployment of Effective Pathogen Countermeasures. Work will be
performed in Richland, Wash, and is expected to
be completed by February 2002. Contract funds will not expire at
the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was
competitively procured through a Broad Agency Announcement and
39 offers were received. The Naval Command, Control and Ocean
Surveillance Center RDT&E Division, San Diego, Calif., is the
contracting activity (N66001-97-D-8506).
Logicon Syscon, Falls Church, Va., is being awarded an
$11,085,973 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide combat system
engineering for digital computer-based shipboard combat systems.
This contract includes four options which, if exercised, would
bring the cumulative value of the contract to $57,233,604. Work
will be performed in Arlington, Va., and is expected to be
completed by February 1998. Contract funds will not expire at
the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was
competitively procured with 173 proposals solicited and five
offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Va.,
is the contracting activity
(N00024-97-C-5214).