CONTRACTS
AIR FORCE
Astrium Services Government, Inc., Rockville, Maryland (FA8814-14-D-0001); Harris Corp. Government Communications Systems Business Unit, Palm Bay, Florida (FA8814-14-D-0002); Space Systems/Loral, LLC, Palo Alto, California (FA8814-14-D-0003); Millennium Engineering & Integration Company, Arlington, Virginia (FA8814-14-D-0004); Surrey Satellite Technology, Englewood, Colorado (FA8814-14-D-0005); Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Virginia (FA8814-14-D-0006); The Boeing Co., El Segundo, California (FA8814-14-D-0007); Exoterra Resources, Littleton, Colorado (FA8814-14-D-0008); Lockheed Martin Corp., Littleton, Colorado (FA8814-14-D-0009); Merging Excellence and Innovation Tech, Inc., Houston, Texas (FA8814-14-D-0010); ViviSat, LLC, Beltsville, Maryland (FA8814-14-D-0011); Intelsat General Corp., Bethesda, Maryland (FA8814-14-D-0012); SES Government Solutions, McLean, Virginia (FA8814-14-D-0013); and Eutelsat America Corp., Washington, District of Columbia (FA8814-14-D-0014), have each been awarded a $494,900,000 maximum firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) program. The purpose of the multiple awarded HoPS IDIQ contract is to provide a rapid and flexible means for the government to acquire commercial hosting capabilities for government payloads. The contract is designed to create a pool of qualified vendors to meet the government's needs for various hosted payload missions. The HoPS IDIQ scope includes procurement of hosted payload missions and procurement of hosted payload studies. Procurement of hosted payload missions includes a fully-functioning on-orbit hosted payload space and ground system for government-furnished payloads on commercial platforms. In addition to the space and ground systems, the HoPS mission will also include related on-orbit support for data transfer from the hosted payload to the government end-user(s). The HoPS studies include those study activities related to enabling hosted payloads. This award is the result of a full and open competitive acquisition. The contract has a five-year ordering period from the date of award. Work will be performed predominantly at the contractors' locations mentioned above, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2029. A total of 19 firms were solicited and a total of 14 offers were received. This is not a multiyear contract. Fiscal 2014 research and development funds in the amount of $975,696 are being obligated at time of award. The Space and Missile Systems Center Contracting Directorate, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
MW Builders, Inc., Temple, Texas, was awarded a $47,777,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services for a new five-story barracks/company operations facility, a common cooling tower with support facility, and associated site improvements. Work will be performed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, with an estimated completion date of June 21, 2016. Bids were solicited via the Internet with eight received. Fiscal 2014 military construction funds in the amount of $47,777,000 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the contracting activity (W912DQ-14-C-4009).
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $15,581,037 firm-fixed-price multi-year foreign military sales contract (Australia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, New Zealand, Norway, Oman and Taiwan) for Javelin Life Cycle contractor support for maintenance of command launch units and training devices. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of July 8, 2016. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $6,429,497, and foreign military sales funds in the amount of $1,207,760, are being obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-14-C-0127).
Carothers Construction, Inc., Oxford, Mississippi, was awarded a $13,543,293 firm-fixed-price contract with options for construction of the Bridgeport Army Reserve Center. Work will be performed in Branford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 13, 2015. Bids were solicited via the internet with seven received. Fiscal 2010 ($13,080,293) and fiscal 2011($282,000) military construction funds, and fiscal 2014 ($181,000) operations and maintenance (Army) funds, are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-14-C-0024).
Fortis Networks, Inc.*, Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $9,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract with options for military and civil works construction services in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division with an estimated completion date of July 9, 2019. Bids were solicited via the internet with 14 received. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (W912BV-14-D-0005).
Raass Brothers, Inc.*, Provo, Utah, was awarded an $8,898,317 firm-fixed-price contract with options for building renovation. Work will be performed in buildings 7416 and 7418, Fort Carson, Colorado, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 14, 2016. Bids were solicited via the internet with 12 received. Fiscal 2010 military construction funds in the amount of $892,148 and fiscal 2013 military construction funds in the amount of $7,091,169 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, is the contracting activity (W9128F-14-C-0018).
Parsons Government Services, Inc., Pasadena, California, was awarded an $8,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery contract for architectural and engineering services for construction management support for the Mobile District and South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with an estimated completion date of July 9, 2019. Bids were solicited via the internet with 97 received. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama is the contracting activity (W91278-14-D-0044).
NAVY
General Technical Systems,* Virginia Beach, Virginia, is being awarded an $11,825,274 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of a prototype Gatekeeper On The Move - Biometrics (GOTM-B) in support of reconnaissance and surveillance payloads, sensors, delivery systems and platforms. The GOTM-B system is an innovative, non-contact, on the move, multimodal biometric (3D Finger, Face, and Iris) identity operations and force protection capability. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia (80 percent) and Tampa, Florida (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2017. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation (defense-wide) funds in the amount of $3,312,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via a Broad Agency Announcement and one offer was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N68335-14-C-0183).
Triumph Gear System, Inc., Park City, Utah, is being awarded a $9,640,283 five year firm-fixed-price contract for the repair of a gearbox accessory in support of F/A-18 aircraft. Work will be performed in Park City, Utah, and work is expected to be completed by July 2020. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Fiscal 2014 Navy working capital funds will be obligated as delivery orders are issued. No contract funds will expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole source requirement in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The NAVSUP Weapon System Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00383-14-D-025D).
CACI Inc.-Federal, Chantilly, Virginia, is being awarded a $9,423,610 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00033-09-D-6503) with firm-fixed-price and/or firm-fixed-price level-of-effort task orders for systems development support services in support of Military Sealift Command’s Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems directorate. Work will be performed in Chantilly, Virginia (70 percent); Arlington, Virginia (5 percent); Norfolk, Virginia (3 percent); Ledyard, Connecticut (20 percent), and overseas worldwide (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2015. Fiscal 2014 working capital funds in the amounts of $9,423,610 will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00033-09-D-6503).
Defense Logistics Agency
CORRECTION: The contract announced on July 8, 2014, for BP Products North America Inc., Chicago, Illinois (SP0600-14-D-8542), for $25,706,502, was announced with an incorrect maximum dollar amount and an incorrect award date. The correct maximum dollar amount is $112,842,240 and the correct award date is July 9, 2014.
*Small Business