Up to $266.5M to 3PSC to Operate U.S. Navy Oceanographic Survey Ships

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3PSC LLC in Cape Canaveral, FL won a $19.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of 6 U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) oceanographic survey ships worldwide. This contract includes options, including a 7th-vessel option, 4 one-year options and 5 six-month award-term options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $266.5 million.

3PSC will perform the work worldwide and expects to complete it by Sept. 30/10. If all options are exercised, work is expected to be completed in March 2017. This contract was competitively procured via the MSC website, with multiple proposals solicited and 5 offers received by the Military Sealift Command in Washington, DC (N00033-09-C-2504).

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Alion to Provide Analysis for U.S. Army Enterprise Transformation

Alion Science and Technology received a 3-year, $6.4 million contract (N61339-03-D-0300-221) to provide research and analysis to the U.S. Army Enterprise Task Force (ETF) Director for the Army’s enterprise transformation effort.

Alion is leading a team of contractors, including BRTRC, ICF International and Ascendant Strategy Management Group. The contract period of performance runs from May 2009 through February 2012. The Defense Technical Information Center in Fort Belvoir, VA manages the contract (N61339-03-D-0300-221).

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General Dynamics To Upgrade Submarine Weapons Control Systems

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems won a $10.2 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to upgrade the submarine weapons control system (WCS) portion of the AN/BYG-1 submarine combat system.

General Dynamics will develop weapon control software and commercial off-the-shelf hardware upgrades for the AN/BYG-1 combat system on several classes of submarines. The AN/BYG-1 integrates the tactical control, weapons control and tactical network subsystems on U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy submarines.

DID has more on the submarine classes General Dynamics will be supporting…

Barton Malow Gets $40.9M to Renovate Galleys at U.S. Naval Academy

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Barton Malow Co. in Linthicum, MD won a $40.9 million firm-fixed price contract to renovate the King Hall Galley and midshipmen food service operations at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. The company will also provide temporary food service facilities while the galleys undergo renovations.

The company expects to complete contruction by August 2011. Funds are provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This contract was competitively negotiated via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with 10 proposals received by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Washington, DC (N40080-09-C-0165).