Raytheon is helping the US Naval Oceanographic Office recover hydrographic educational materials lost in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. The office’s hydrographic training center located in south Mississippi was destroyed by the hurricane and 50% of the original hydrographic training curriculum was lost. Since then, about 25 percent of the materials have been recovered, leaving the remaining 25 percent, or about 222 hours, still missing, according to Kristin Patterson Jones with Raytheon Technical Services. Hydrographic information is used to draft nautical maps and enhance geospatial information.
A recent task order received by Raytheon directs the company to perform a gap analysis, develop the missing hours and fulfill the requirements of hydrographic recertification, she noted. The task order was issued under a $256.5 million contract vehicle awarded last year to 6 companies to provide education and training products and support services to the US Navy…
Under the 6 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts awarded Aug 22/08 by the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk’s Contracting Department Philadelphia Division, the companies will provide education and training products and support services for programs managed by the Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center (NETPDTC) in Pensacola, FL for the Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPT&E) Enterprise. The winners, their contract numbers, and maximum contract values are:
* EG&G Technical Services in Gaithersburg, MD (N00189-08-D-Z033), $41.5 million;
* General Dynamics Information Technology in Fairfax, VA (N00189-08-D-Z034), $46.4 million;
* Lockheed Martin Services in Cherry Hill, NJ (N00189-08-D-Z035), $36.7 million;
* Technical Software Services in Pensacola, FL (N00189-08-D-Z036), $43.2 million;
* Raytheon Technical Services in Reston, VA (N00189-08-D-Z038), $42.7 million;
* Carley Corp. in Orlando, FL (N00189-08-D-Z040), $46 million.
The contracts were competitively procured and solicited through Navy Electronic Commerce Online, with 18 offers received.
The recent Raytheon task order will assist the Naval Oceanographic Office in sponsoring the International Hydrographic Management and Engineering Program (IHMEP) for the education of junior officers of foreign navies in the essentials of hydrographic science. This 6 month course has been certified by the International Hydrographic Office (IHO)/Féderation Internationale Des Géométres (FIG) since 1989. The 887-hour undergraduate-level curriculum provides the hydrographic student with the requisite knowledge and hands-on skills to perform hydrographic surveys and to produce a chart suitable for navigation. The IHMEP course recertification package is due in the later half of 2010.