The US DoD recently announced a 3-year, firm-fixed-price $353.7 million contract to Sig Sauer, Inc. in Exeter, NH. This contract covers Sig Sauer’s P226 and P228 pistols, as well as contractor furnished spare parts. Work is to be performed in Exeter, NH, and the contract will run until April 25/12. One bid was solicited, with one bid received.
The P226 lost out to Beretta’s 92F as the US military’s “M9” main sidearm, but the Navy SEALs subsequently adopted it. The P228/ M11 is a compact version that serves with US Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps flight crews, as well as criminal investigation units like Army CID, Air Force OSI, and Navy CIS. Pistol reviews of the SIG P226 9mm and the P228 9mm can be found on The Arms Site.
Inquiries to TACOM Rock Island, IL, who manages the contract, revealed that this particular contract is not targeted at the American military…
M.A. Mortenson in Minneapolis, MN won a $35.7 million firm fixed price contract for design and construction of maintenance facilities at Fort Benning, GA. The contractor expects to complete construction by Feb 28/11. For the contract, 5 bids were solicited with 5 bids received by the US Army Engineer District in Savannah, GA. This contract was issued under a broader Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility (TEMF) contract vehicle (W912HN-09-D-0030) awarded to M.A. Mortenson April 14/09 and worth up to $450 million.
Fort Benning is a US Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama. According to Wikipedia, the fort is the home of the US Army Infantry Center and School, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, elements of the 75th Ranger Regiment, the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), and the 14th Combat Support Hospital.
The Fort Benning construction project includes a number of facilities…
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a US Department of Defense combat support agency, awarded GeoEye (formerly Orbimage) in Dulles, VA a $214.2 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to supply satellite imagery to US government customers from the company’s satellite constellation.
Under the modification, the basic contract service level agreement (SLA) will be extended 4-month through Mar 31/10 ($50 million SLA value, $51.7 million miscellaneous), followed by one 9-month option (April 2010 to December 2010, $112.5 million). Work will be performed in Dulles, VA.
GeoEye’s predecessor Orbimage received the original NextView contract (HM1573-04-C-0014), worth up to $500 million, in 2004…
Raytheon received a $77.4 million foreign military sales contract to produce 266 AGM-65D and AGM-65G2 infrared-guided Maverick air-to-surface all up rounds (AURs) missiles and 1 ground control system for the governments of Korea and Taiwan. AURs are missiles in storage containers that contain appropriate electronics and can be moved from storage to loading as is.
AGM-65 rose to prominence during Desert Storm, when many of TV’s missile-eye views of air strikes came from Mavericks. The missile is produced in 3 versions: TV-guided, imaging infrared (IIR) guided, and laser-guided. “Raytheon Restarts Production of Laser Maverick Missiles” has more on the laser-guided variety.
The current contract is for the IIR-guided missiles, which are effective at night or in bad weather…
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors – Tactical Systems in Eagan MN received a $28.1 million contract to install an air command and control (C2) system at Ali Air Base, an airbase located near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. The Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA manages the contract (FA8706-09-C-0004).
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will deliver a sector operation center (SOC), a SOC training suite, a ground-to-air transmitter and receiver (GATR) site, communication network infrastructure, and a long-range radar system…
CH2M Hill in Englewood, CO won a $95 million multiple award indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity with a resulting fixed firm price contract for architect-engineering services for the National Guard (Army and Air) nationwide (52 states and territories).
CH2M expects to complete the work by Sept 8/14. For the solicitation, 59 bids were received by the NGB-PARC-S (W90FYQ-09-D-0003).
Intelligent Software Solutions in Colorado Springs, CO received a 5-year, $300 million software development contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate in Rome, NY. At this time, $5 million has been obligated. AFRL manages the contract (FA8750-09-D-0022).
The contract encompass more than 100 software projects for 50 different user communities. These projects range from research and development for machine learning and complex event processing to the development and deployment of command and control applications and intelligence analysis tools.
In addition to software development efforts, ISS will continue its development and fielding of the Combined Information Data Network Exchange (CIDNE) used by CENTCOM to analyze campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq…
Boeing Aerospace Operations in San Antonio, TX received a $102.3 million modified contract for KC-10/KDC-10 aerial tanker logistics support for the period Oct 1/09 through Jan 1/10. The modified contract is a “bridge” to a 10-year logistics support contract that is expected to be awarded at the end of September 2009, according to Boeing’s Deborah VanNierop.
Boeing secured the previous 10-year KC-10/KDC-10 logistics support contract, which expired at the end of January 2008. Boeing then received a number of contract extensions to take the company through the end of September 2009, when the new 10-year logistics support contract is expected to be awarded, noted VanNierop. The $102.3 million bridge would cover the hand over of work to a new contractor should Boeing not win the new 10-year contract, she said.
The competition for the 10-year KC-10/KDC-10 logistics support contract pits Boeing against Northrop Grumman…
Straub Construction in Fallbrook, CA received a $16.7 million firm-fixed price task order #0006 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8616) for the design and construction of a human resource service center (HRSC) at US Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, CA.
Straub will design and build a new multi-story consolidated administration facility that will include administrative space, legal services spaces, waiting areas, file storage, lounges, computer network room, conference and training rooms. Straub expects to complete construction by March 2011. For this task order, 6 proposals were received by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest in San Diego, CA.
Small business qualifier C.F. Roark Welding & Engineering Co. in Brownsburg, IN won a maximum $17.3 million firm fixed price, total set aside contract to supply aircraft exhaust ducts to the US Air Force.
There were originally 4 proposals solicited with 2 responses. The date of performance completion is July 31/13. The Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR-ZBAB) at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma manages the contract (SPRTA1-09-C-0169).
Defense Supply Center Richmond is Defense Logistics Agency’s aviation demand and supply chain manager…
