DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS VALUED AT $7 MILLION AND ABOVE
NAVY
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $5,134,324,189 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-2117. This modification procures missile tube long-lead-time material; missile tube manufacturing; additional advance procurement, including advance construction and multi-program material-procurement, and production backup units; planned program equipment replacement and spare material for follow-on Columbia-class submarines; and logistics/sustainment support for the U.S. and United Kingdom programs. This modification also includes additional Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) enhancements as part of the Integrated Enterprise Plan and multi-program material procurement supporting Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the nuclear shipbuilding enterprise (Virginia-class and Ford-class). The industrial base development work is for the furtherance of the Navy’s plan of serial production of Columbia and Virginia submarines. Pursuant to the president’s budget for fiscal 2023, the requirements are included for SIB investment for strategic sourcing, supplier development, workforce development, and technology opportunities. Funding is pursuant to the president’s budget for fiscal 2023 and the Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-229). Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (70%); Newport News, Virginia (25%); and Quonset Point, Rhode Island (5%), and is expected to be completed by June 2028. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $36,024,953 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-21-C-2443 for life cycle engineering and support for the LPD 17-class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (95%); and Norfolk, Virginia (5%), and is expected to be completed by December 2023. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,996,628 (31%); fiscal 2015 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,036,060 (24%); fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,942,709 (23%); fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,500,000 (12%); fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) in the amount of $1,000,000 (8%); and fiscal 2022 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $441,112 (3%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Huntington-Ingalls Industries – Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $10,132,041 cost-plus-award-fee delivery order (N69316-23-F-6000) against previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00024-22-G-2303 to provide program management, advanced planning, engineering, and design in support of the post shakedown availability for DDG 125. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (70%); and San Diego, California (30%), and is expected to be completed by December 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $10,132,041 will be obligated at time of delivery order release. These contract funds in the amount of $10,132,041 will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) – only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair Gulf Coast, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is the contracting activity.
U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND
ABX Air Inc., Wilmington, Ohio (HTC71123DC001); Alaska Airlines Inc., Seattle, Washington (HTC71123DC002); American Airlines Inc., Fort Worth, Texas (HTC71123DC003); Amerijet International Inc., Miami, Florida (HTC71123DC004); Air Transport International Inc. (ATI), Wilmington, Ohio (HTC71123DC005); Atlas Air Inc., Purchase, New York (HTC71123DC006); Delta Air Lines Inc., Atlanta, Georgia (HTC71123DC007); Eastern Airlines LLC, Wayne Pennsylvania (HTC71123DC008); Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd., doing business as Everts Air Cargo, Fairbanks, Alaska (HTC71123DC009); Hawaiian Airlines Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii (HTC71123DC010); JetBlue Airways Corp., Long Island City, New York (HTC71123DC011); Kalitta Air LLC, Ypsilanti, Michigan (HTC71123DC012); Lynden Air Cargo LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (HTC71123DC013); National Air Cargo Group Inc., Orlando, Florida (HTC71123DC014); Northern Air Cargo LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (HTC71123DC015); Omni Air International LLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma (HTC71123DC016); Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc., Purchase, New York (HTC71123DC017); Sun Country Airlines Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota (HTC71123DC018); Swift Air LLC, doing business as iAERO Airways, Greensboro, North Carolina (HTC71123DC019); United Airlines Inc., Chicago, Illinois (HTC71123DC020); United Parcel Service Co. (UPS), Louisville, Kentucky (HTC71123DC021); and Western Global Airlines Inc., Estero, Florida (HTC71123DC022), have been awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contracts with an estimated total face value of $1,503,340,118, under the Global Heavyweight Service-2 program to provide heavyweight delivery services for domestic and international shipments. Work will be performed globally. The base period of performance is from Feb. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2032. Funds will be obligated at the agency task order level. This contract was a competitive acquisition in which all Civil Reserve Air Fleet carriers were eligible to submit a proposal and 22 offers were received. U.S. Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity.
AIR FORCE
Raytheon Co., Woburn, Massachusetts, was awarded a $412,601,063 firm-fixed-price contract for follow-on sustainment. This contract provides contractor logistics support, engineering services, technical updates, spare parts, and other related elements of logistical and program support under the Taiwan Surveillance Radar Program. Work will be performed in Taiwan and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2027. This contract involves Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Taiwan. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 FMS funds in the amount of $406,494,003 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8730-23-C-0003).
SAIC, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $63,451,488 firm-fixed-price, level of effort contract for Headquarters Air Combat Command, Advanced Programs Division. This contract provides for operational, logistics, planning, electronic warfare, information technology, and security disciplines supporting Headquarters Air Combat Command, Advanced Programs Division. Work will be performed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nellis AFB, Nevada; and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The work is expected to be complete by Feb. 29, 2028. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and two offers were received. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $881,737 are being obligated at the time of award. The Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, is the contracting activity for this task order (FA489023F0014).
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $49,102,007 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development of Microelectronics and Embedded System Assurance. This contract provides for operational system development as well as advanced and applied research and development to evaluate current and future state-of-the-art microelectronics security technology, integrity in microelectronics and embedded systems against current and emerging nation-state adversaries working to exploit the chip-package interaction using non-invasive, semi-invasive, and invasive reverse engineering techniques. Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Columbus, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by March 22, 2028. This contract was a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Fiscal 2022, research and development funds in the amount of $350,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-23-C-1000).
GE Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded a $29,293,008 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for contractor engineering and technical services (CETS). This contract provides for CETS personnel to assist in improving the skills and abilities of Air Force military and civilian personnel with the aim to become self-sufficient in the maintenance of aircraft systems. Work will be performed at Air Force, Air National Guard, Navy, and various Foreign Military Sales customer locations and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2025. This contract involves unclassified Foreign Military Sales to Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $13,010,652 will be obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (FA8604-23-D-B001)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, was awarded a $15,877,526 firm-fixed-price modification (P00080) to previously awarded FA8615-17-C-6047 for Active Electronically Scanned Array radars of Air Force F-16 aircraft. This modification is for the exercise of options to include production radars, an initial spare kit, antenna lifting fixtures, and polyalphaolefin pumps. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, and is expected to be completed July 31, 2025. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $1,361,921,177. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $7,739,606; and fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $8,137,920 for a total of $15,877,526 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE
Ernst & Young LLP, New York, New York, has been awarded a modification (P00008) with a maximum value of $42,559,951 to previously awarded contract HQ0423-21-F-0002 for financial statement audit services for the Navy. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $154,880,685 from $112,320,734. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Virginia, with an expected completion date of Dec. 31, 2023. The contract has a one-year base period with four individual one-year option periods. This contract is the result of a competitive acquisition for which one quote was received. Award is subject to availability of funds. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds are being added to the base and first option period for a total of $154,880,685. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Contract Services Directorate, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
ARMY
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, was awarded a $35,360,982 firm-fixed-price contract for the Next Generation Automated Test System. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 21, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-23-D-0007).
Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was awarded a $31,056,653 firm-fixed-price contract for the Vertical Skills Engineering Construction Kit. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 19, 2028. U.S Army contracting Command, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-23-D-0003).
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin JV, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $25,224,984 modification (P00157) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0038 for Engineering Services Memorandum 23.04.02 Javelin Outdoor Trainer System Qualification. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of July 29, 2024. Fiscal 2022 missile procurement, Army funds in the amount of $25,224,984 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Callan Marine Ltd., Galveston, Texas, was awarded a $13,845,450 firm-fixed-price contract for pipeline deep-draft dredging of the Houston Ship Channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Houston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 11, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $13,845,450 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912HY-23-C-0002).
Lemoine-Frazier JV LLC,* Lafayette, Louisiana, was awarded a $9,351,590 firm-fixed-price contract for road construction, excavation of drainage canals, placing culverts and other incidental work. Bids were solicited via the internet with 11 received. Work will be performed in Garyville, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 4, 2024. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $9,351,590 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, is the contracting activity (W912P8-23-C-0006).
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $7,500,000 modification (P00046) to contract W9132V-19-F-0005 for the Map Based Mission Planning Program. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 28, 2023. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the contracting activity.
*Small business
