CONTRACTS
ARMY
Raytheon Co., Raytheon Electronics Systems, Marlborough,
Mass., is being awarded a $6,644,979 modification to a firm fixed
price/fixed price with economic price adjustments/time and
materials hybrid type contract for five Low Rate Initial
Production (LRIP) Army Super High Frequency Tri-Band Advanced
Range Extension satellite terminals (STAR-Ts). These STAR-Ts
will be used for battlefield satellite terminal communications
for use at an echelon level of corps and above. The mobile STAR-
T shall operate in Super High Frequencies (SHF) over commercial
and military satellites utilizing C.X. and Ku (Ka when upgrade is
complete) bands to support voice, data, imagery, video
teleconferencing (VTC), and other communications. Each STAR-T
must be capable of being mounted on a Heavy High Mobility Multi-
Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Variant (HHV). In addition, the
START-T must be compact enough to be air transportable and sturdy
enough to be rail transportable. This award is to exercise an
option. Work will be performed in Marlborough, Mass., and is
expected to be completed by Aug. 28, 2004. Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There was an
announcement on the electronic bulletin board on April 15, 1996,
and 16 bids were received. The contracting activity is the U.S.
Army Communications and Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, N.J.
(DAAB07-96-C-A610).
AIR FORCE
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on
February 18, a $19,228,246 face value increase to a indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for retrofit
kits to upgrade 113 Digital Engine Controls and 115 Mechanical
Controls on the F110-100 engine applicable to the F-16 engine.
Contract is expected to be completed December 1998. Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the
contracting activity (F33657-94/D-2000, SB06).
Modern Electronics Establishment, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was
awarded on February 18, a $8,232,228 firm fixed price contract to
provide for 77 line items of Type II Precision Measuring
Equipment Laboratory Equipment applicable to the F-15 aircraft.
Contract is expected to be
completed December 1997. Contract funds will not expire at the
end of the current fiscal year. There was one firm solicited and
one proposal received. This effort supports foreign military
sales to Saudi Arabia. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-
Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F09603-97/C-
0065).
Textron Systems Corporation, Wilmington, Mass., was awarded
on February 18, a $142,489,860 fixed price incentive contract to
provide for 542 CBU-97A/B Sensor Fused Weapons, 90 BLU-108A/B
Joint Stand Off Weapons, associated warranty and data. Contract
is expected to be completed March 1999. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There was one firm
solicited and one proposal received. Solicitation began August
1996; negotiations were completed February 1997. Aeronautical
Systems Center, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the contracting activity
(F08626-97/C-0003).
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Long Beach, Calif., was
awarded on February 18, a $13,511,000 face value increase to a
fixed price incentive firm contract to provide for the following
work on thirty-two C-17 aircraft: upgrade of the Air Mobility
Precision Approach Capability and Software, upgrade of the Block
VIII software, deletion of the Transponder Test Unit, and
elimination of the Ground Proximity Warning System Panel.
Contract is expected to be completed October 1997. Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the
contracting activity (F33657-95/C-2027, P00046).
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded
a $17,185,838 face value increase to a firm fixed price contract
to provide for upgrade to production engine configuration of 19
F118-GE-100 flight test engines applicable to the B-2 aircraft.
The work will be performed at General Electric Company, Mojave,
Calif. Contract is expected to be completed December 1999.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year. There was one firm solicited and one proposal received.
Solicitation began This effort supports foreign military sales to
Saudi Arabia. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-86/C-2040, P00072).
Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Great River, N.Y., is being
awarded a $14,857,867 face value increase to a firm fixed price
contract to provide for 41 Electronic Systems Test Set Test
Program Sets applicable to the F-15 aircraft. Contract is
expected to be completed April 2000. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Aeronautical
Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting
activity (F41608-93/D-0064, 0016).
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded
a $9,095,790 face value increase to a firm fixed price contract
to provide for 304 Reliability Improvement Retrofit kits
applicable to the Digital Electronic (DEC) on the F110-GE-129
engine which supports the F-16
aircraft. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-
Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-94/D-
2000, 0038).
Nichols Research Corp., Huntsville, Ala.; Sentel Corp.,
Alexandria, Va.; and Scientific Research Corp., Hunstville, Ala.,
are each being awarded a firm fixed price contract to provide for
joint test and evaluation, engineering, analysis and test support
through 18 February 1998 for various Department of Defense
programs. Task order requirements will be competed between the
contractors and funded from the program maximum of $400,000,000.
Funds will be obligated as task orders are awarded. Contract is
expected to be completed February 1998. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 84
firms solicited and 13 proposals received. Solicitation began
August 1996 and negotiations were completed January 1997. Air
Force Development Test Center, Eglin AFB, Fla., is the
contracting activity (F08635-97/D-0001, 0016, 0017).
NAVY
C Construction Co., Inc., Tyler, Texas, is being awarded a
$15,455,000 firm-fixed-
price contract for construction of Phase III of a Bachelor
Enlisted Quarters at the Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C.
The work to be performed provides for demolition of existing
buildings and construction of two three-story and two four-story
load bearing masonry structures. Work will be performed in
Beaufort, S.C., and is expected to be completed by October 1998.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year. This contract was competitively procured, with 42
proposals solicited and four offers received. The Naval
Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division, North
Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N62467-96-C-0754).
Cambridge Research Associates, McLean, Va., is being awarded
a $5,862,175 indefinite delivery, indefinite-quantity contract
for the Joint Strike Fighter requirements analytic support
program. This contract includes two options which, if exercised,
would bring the cumulative value of the entire contract to
$18,091,317. Work will be performed in McLean, Va., and is
expected to be completed by December 1997. Contract funds would
not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. This
contract was competitively procured by request for proposals and
five offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command,
Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00019-97-D-0101).
