The Headquarters Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base, UT has awarded the $1.9 billion indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity Design and Engineering Support Program II program contract, with a total of 10 more winners. According to the sources DID talked to, no new companies will become part of the DESP II contract so this is the last of the announcements and the 20 companies listed below are it. The contract is not to exceed $1.9 billion over a five-year period (including last year) for all 20 companies.
The contract, dubbed Design and Engineering Support Program (DESP II), has a wide scope aimed at technology and engineering services. The purpose of the contract is to provide rapid, high quality engineering and technical services to the Air Force Air Logistics Center, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), the Army’s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), Department of Defense agencies, and other government entities (e.g., NASA, DOT, DOS, EPA, OSHA, etc).
Work will be complete in June 2012, and there was one error in the announced roster that was clarified when we talked to Ogden Logistics Center. All DESP II winners are listed below:
* Aerospace and Commercial Technologies in Aldeo, TX (FA8222-06-D-0001) – erroneously announced on DefenseLINK as “Aerospace Engineering Spectrum Ltd., South Ogden, UT”
* General Dynamics subsidiary Anteon Corporation in Fairfax, VA(FA8222-06-D-0002)
* CACI Technologies, Inc. in Chantilly, VA (FA8222-06-D-0003)
* DRS Technical and Management Service, Beltsville, MD (FA8222-06-D-0008). See October 16, 2006 release.
* Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems in Bethesda, MD (FA8222-06-D-0004)
* MTC Technologies in Dayton, OH (FA8222-06-D-0005)
* Science Applications International Services (SAIC) in San Diego, CA (FA8222-06-D-0006)
* TCS Design and Management Services in Warner Robins, GA (FA8222-06-D-0007)
* TYBRIN Corporation in Fort Walton Beach, FL (FA8222-06-D-0009)
* The University of Dayton Research Institute in Dayton, OH (FA8222-06-D-0010)
These are added to the 2005 roster, which was announced on June 29, 2005 and included:
* Aerospace Engineering Spectrum in Ogden, UT (FA8222-05-D-0001)
* ARINC Engineering Services in Annapolis, MD (FA8222-05-D-0002)
* Battelle Columbus Operations in Columbia, OH (FA8222-05-D-0003)
* Dynamics Research Corp. in Midwest, OK (FA8222-05-D-0004)
* Karta Technologies in San Antonio, TX (FA8222-05-D-0006)
* Manufacturing Technology in Fort Walton, FL (FA8222-05-D-0007)
* Northrop Grumman in Fairfax, VA (FA8222-05-D-0008)
* Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX (FA8222-05-D-0009)
* Support Systems Associates in Melbourne, FL (FA8222-05-D-0010)
* Sverdrup Technology in Fort Walton Beach, FL (FA8222-05-D-0005)
The Air Force can issue delivery orders to the 20 winning companies totaling up to maximum $1.9 billion amount indicated, though actual requirements may necessitate less. Solicitation began October 2004, and the contract will end by June 2012.
DESP II includes tasks like technology development, deployment, reliability and maintainability; software development, courseware development, information management systems; environmental and safety compliance. DESP II also includes engineering tasks such as concept exploration, systems design & analysis, prototype manufacturing, system integration, technical documentation, testing, modeling, simulation, and laboratory services.