S. KOREA ROBOT WINS FIRST PRIZE AT DARPA ROBOT FINALS

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT

Right:  Team Kaist’s robot DRC-Hubo uses a tool to cut a hole in a wall during the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, June 5-6, 2015, in Pomona, Calif. Team Kaist won the top prize at the competition. DARPA photo
   
Robots from South Korea, U.S. Win DARPA Finals
By Cheryl Pellerin
DoD News, Defense Media Activity

POMONA, Calif., June 7, 2015 – A robot from South Korea took first prize and two American robots took second and third prizes here yesterday in the two-day robotic challenge finals held by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Twenty-three human-robot teams participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, or DRC, finals competed for $3.5 million in prizes, working to get through eight tasks in an hour, under their own onboard power and with severely degraded communications between robot and operator.

A dozen U.S. teams and 11 from Japan, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Hong Kong competed in the outdoor competition.

DARPA launched the DRC in response to the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, in 2011 and the need for help to save lives in the toxic environment there.

Progress in Robotics

The DRC’s goal was to accelerate progress in robotics so robots more quickly can gain the dexterity and robustness they need to enter areas too dangerous for people and mitigate disaster impacts.

Robot tasks were relevant to disaster response -- driving alone, walking through rubble, tripping circuit breakers, using a tool to cut a hole in a wall, turning valves and climbing stairs.

Each team had two tries at the course with the best performance and times used as official scores. All three winners each had final scores of eight points, so they were arrayed from first to third place according to least time on the course.

DARPA program manager and DRC organizer Gill Pratt congratulated the 23 participating teams and thanked them for helping open a new era of human-robot partnerships.

Loving Robots

The DRC was open to the public, and more than 10,000 people over two days watched from the Fairplex grandstand as each robot ran its course. The venue was formerly known as the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds.

"These robots are big and made of lots of metal, and you might assume people seeing them would be filled with fear and anxiety," Pratt said during a press briefing at the end of day 2.

"But we heard groans of sympathy when those robots fell, and what did people do every time a robot scored a point? They cheered!” he added.

Pratt said this could be one of the biggest lessons from DRC -- “the potential for robots not only to perform technical tasks for us but to help connect people to one another."

South Korean Winning Team

Team Kaist from Daejeon, South Korea, and its robot DRC-Hubo took first place and the $2 million prize. Hubo comes from the words ‘humanoid robot.’

Team Kaist is from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, which professor JunHo Oh of the Mechanical Engineering Department called “the MIT of Korea,” and he led Team Kaist to victory here.

In his remarks at the DARPA press conference, Oh noted that researchers from a university commercial spinoff called Rainbow Co., built the Hubo robot hardware.

The professor said his team’s first-place prize doesn’t make DRC-Hubo the best robot in the world, but he’s happy with the prize, which he said helps demonstrate Korea’s technological capabilities.

Team IHMC Robotics

Coming in second with a $1 million prize is Team IHMC Robotics of Pensacola, Florida -- the Institute of Human and Machine Cognition -- and its robot Running Man.

Jerry Pratt leads a research group at IHMC that works to understand and model human gait and its applications in robotics, human assistive devices and man-machine interfaces.

“Robots are really coming a long way,” Pratt said.

“Are you going to see a lot more of them? It's hard to say when you'll really see humanoid robots in the world,” he added. “But I think this is the century of the humanoid robot. The real question is what decade? And the DRC will make that decade come maybe one decade sooner.”

Team Tartan Rescue

In third place is Team Tartan Rescue of Pittsburgh, winning $500,000. The robot is CHIMP, which stands for CMU highly intelligent mobile platform. Team members are from Carnegie Mellon University and the National Robotics Engineering Center.

Tony Stentz, NREC director, led Team Tartan Rescue, and during the press conference called the challenge “quite an experience.”

That experience was best captured, he said, “with our run yesterday when we had trouble all through the course, all kinds of problems, things we never saw before.”

While that was happening, Stentz said, the team operating the robot from another location kept their cool.

Promise for the Technology

“They figured out what was wrong, they tapped their deep experience in practicing with the machine, they tapped the tools available at their fingertips, and they managed to get CHIMP through the entire course, doing all of the tasks in less than an hour,” he added.

“That says a lot about the technology and it says a lot about the people,” Stentz said, “and I think it means that there's great promise for this technology.”

All the winners said they would put most of the prize money into robotics research and share a portion with their team members.

After the day 2 competition, Arati Prabhakar, DARPA director, said this is the end of the 3-year-long DARPA Robotics Challenge but “the beginning of a future in which robots can work alongside people to reduce the toll of disasters."

DARPRA DEMONSTRATES FIVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT

DARPA Officials Show Hagel Technologies Under Development

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2014 – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program personnel demonstrated five technologies under development to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in the secretary's conference room yesterday.
DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar provided the secretary with a demonstration of the agency's latest prosthetics technology.

The wounded warrior demonstrating the device was Fred Downs Jr., an old friend of Hagel's who lost an arm in a landmine explosion while fighting in Vietnam. Hagel hugged him and shook his mechanical hand, with Downs joking, "I don't want to hurt you."

"He and I worked together many years ago," said Hagel, who earned two Purple Hearts during his service as an enlisted soldier in Vietnam. "How you doing, Fred? How's your family?"

Downs demonstrated how he controls movements of the arm, which appeared to be partly covered in translucent white plastic, with two accelerometers strapped to his feet. Through a combination of foot movements, he's able to control the elbow, wrist and fingers in a variety of movements, including the “thumbs-up” sign he gave Hagel.

It took only a few hours to learn to control the arm, Downs said.
"It's the first time in 45 years, since Vietnam, I'm able to use my left hand, which was a very emotional time," he said.

Dr. Justin Sanchez, a medical doctor and program manager at DARPA who works with prosthetics and brain-related technology, told Hagel that DARPA's arm is designed to mimic the shape, size and weight of a human arm. It's modular too, so it can replace a lost hand, lower arm or a complete arm.
Hagel said such technology would have a major impact on the lives of injured troops.

"This is transformational," he said. "We've never seen anything like this before."
Next, Sanchez showed Hagel a video of a patient whose brain had been implanted with a sensor at the University of Pittsburgh, allowing her to control an arm with her thoughts.

Matt Johannes, an engineer from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, showed Hagel a shiny black hand and arm that responds to brain impulses. The next step is to put sensors in the fingers that can send sensations back to the brain.

"If you don't have line of sight on something you're trying to grab onto, you can use that sensory information to assist with that task," Johannes said.
The tactile feedback system should be operational within a few months, he said.
"People said it would be 50 years before we saw this technology in humans," Sanchez said. "We did it in a few years."

Next, officials gave Hagel an overview of the DARPA Robotic Challenge, a competition to develop a robot for rescue and disaster response that was inspired by the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident in Japan.

Virginia Tech University's entrant in the contest, the hulking 6-foot-2-inch Atlas robot developed by Boston Dynamics, stood in the background as Hagel was shown a video of robots walking over uneven ground and carrying things.

Brad Tousley, head of DARPA's Tactical Technology Office, explained to Hagel that Hollywood creates unrealistic expectations of robotic capability. In fact, he said, building human-like robots capable of autonomously doing things such as climbing ladders, opening doors and carrying things requires major feats of engineering and computer science.

Journalists were escorted out before the remaining three technologies could be demonstrated because of classified concerns. A defense official speaking on background told reporters that Hagel was brought up to date on the progress of three other DARPA programs:

-- Plan X, a foundational cyberwarfare program to develop platforms for the Defense Department to plan for, conduct and assess cyberwarfare in a manner similar to kinetic warfare;

-- Persistent close air support, a system to, among other things, link up joint tactical air controllers with close air support aircraft using commercially available tablets; and

-- A long-range anti-ship missile, planned to reduce dependence on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms, network links and GPS navigation in electronic warfare environments. Autonomous guidance algorithms should allow the LRASM to use less-precise target cueing data to pinpoint specific targets in the contested domain, the official said. The program also focuses on innovative terminal survivability approaches and precision lethality in the face of advanced countermeasures.

(From a pool report.)

U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS FOR AUGUST 15, 2014

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 

CONTRACTS

ARMY

American Contractor And Technology, Inc.,* Pensacola, Florida (W9127Q-14-D-0001); Can't Be Beat Fence And Construction, LLC,* Bay St Louis, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0002); Core Engineering and Construction, Inc.,* Winter Park, Florida (W9127Q-14-D-0003); Double H Contracting, LLC,* Poplarville, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0004); Drace Construction Corp.,* Ocean Springs, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0005); Fairley Construction Co., Inc.,* Petal, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0006); Flagstar Construction Company, Inc.,* Brandon, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0007); Gottfried Contracting, LLC.,* Covington, Louisiana (W9127Q-14-D-0008); The Green-Simmons Company Inc.,* Pensacola, Florida (W9127Q-14-D-0009); Gulf Pacific Contracting LLC,* Bonifay, Florida (W9127Q-14-D-0010); Hanco Corp.,* Hattiesburg, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0011); Hernandez Consulting LLC,* New Orleans, Louisiana (W9127Q-14-D-0012); Holliday Construction LLC,* Poplarville, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0013); J & J Contractors, Inc,* Collinsville, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0014); J & S Construction Company, Inc.,* Cookeville, Tennessee (W9127Q-14-D-0015); J. O. Collins Contractor, Inc.,* Biloxi, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0016); J. W. Puckett & Company, Inc.,* Gulfport, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0017); Jay-Van Co.,* Hattiesburg, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0018); Johnson-Laux Construction, LLC,* Orlando, Florida (W9127Q-14-D-0019); Larry J. Sumrall Contractors, Inc.,* Laurel, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0020); Laws Construction LLC,* Madison, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0021); LHT Services, Inc.,* Gretna, Louisiana (W9127Q-14-D-0022); Mac's Construction Co. Inc.,* Hattiesburg, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0023); Multi-Con, Inc.,* Jackson, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0024); Northwind Engineering, LLC,* 105 Main St, Shelocta, Pennsylvania (W9127Q-14-D-0025); OAC Action Construction Corp.,* Miami, Florida (W9127Q-14-D-0026); Orocon Construction, LLC,* Biloxi, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0027); RAF Contracting Inc.,* Columbus, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0028); RDT Semper Tek JV,* Florence, Alabama (W9127Q-14-D-0029); ReflecTech, Inc.,* Picayune, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0030); Southeast Cherokee Construction, Inc.,* Montgomery, Alabama (W9127Q-14-D-0031); Stewart Development, LLC.,* Hattiesburg, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0032); Tony Watson Electric, Inc.,* Brandon, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0033); Tradesmen Group, Inc.,* Plain City, Ohio (W9127Q-14-D-0034); Tri-Star Mechanical Contractors, Inc.,* Batesville, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0035); Universal Services, LLC.,* Leakesville, Mississippi (W9127Q-14-D-0036); and W. B. Construction and Sons, Inc.,* Deridder, Louisiana (W9127Q-14-D-0037), were awarded a $555,000,000 firm-fixed-price, multiple award task order contract (37 contracts, $15 million each) for maintenance, repair, construction, and design and building services for the Mississippi National Guard. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 14, 2019. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 49 received. National Guard Bureau, Jackson, Mississippi, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Massachusetts was awarded a $109,078,477 firm-fixed-price level-of-effort foreign military sales (Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine) contract with options for engineering services for the Patriot System Tracking Radar. Work will be performed in Andover, Tewksbury, and Burlington, Massachusetts; El Segundo, California; El Paso, Texas; Huntsville, Alabama; Pelham, New Hampshire; and White Sands, New Mexico, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2015. One bid was solicited and one received. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds ($58,886), fiscal 2014 research, development, test, and evaluation funds ($5,287,374), and fiscal 2014 and 2010 other procurement funds ($76,462,599) are being obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-14-C-0093).

Raytheon Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $59,486,000 modification (P00014) to foreign military sales (Taiwan) contract W31P4Q-11-C-0317 for advice and assistance in the training, planning, fielding, deployment, operation, maintenance, and sustainment of the Patriot Air Defense System, associated equipment, and logistics support elements. Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $59,486,000 were obligated at the time of
the award. Estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2017. Work will be performed in Taiwan. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Joseph B. Fay Co., Tarentum, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $58,578,541 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of the Charleroi Locks and Dam river chamber completion, monoliths M-22 to M-27, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania. Work will be performed in Monesson, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2018. Bids were solicited via the Internet with four received. Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $58,578,541 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W911WN-14-C-0003).

Global Engineering & Construction, LLC*, Renton, Washington (W91278-14-D-0068); John J. Kirlin Special Projects, LLC, Rockville, Maryland (W91278-14-D-0069); J&J Worldwide Services, Austin, Texas (W91278-14-D-0070); and Pioneer Contracting Co., Ltd*, Wahiawa, Hawaii (W91278-14-D-0071), were awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award task order contract for healthcare facility repair and construction for the Pacific Regional Medical Command with an estimated completion date of Aug. 14, 2019. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 11 received. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Exelis Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded an $18,170,444 fixed-price-incentive contract, with options, for information management/information technology enterprise services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Work will be performed in Vicksburg, Mississippi, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 14, 2019. Bids were solicited via the Internet with six received. Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $18,170,444 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi is the contracting activity (W91WMC-14-C-0001).

Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $9,501,000 multiyear contract for maintenance dredging, Delaware River. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2014. Bids were solicited via the Internet with two received. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $1,000,000 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W912BU-14-C-0026).

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, has been awarded a $240,653,315 primarily firm-fixed-price modification (PZ0001) for FA8620-13-C-3018 for three Block 30M RQ-4B Global Hawk air vehicles, each containing an Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite and an Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP), plus two additional ASIP sensors as retrofit kits. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $354,870,536. The contract modification is for the definitization of the advance purchase agreement. Work will be performed at San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2017. Fiscal 2012 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $240,653,315 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WIG (Global Hawk Program Office), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity.

Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Austin, Texas, has been awarded a $22,964,268 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-requirements contract (FA3047-13-D-0019) to exercise Option Year One for food service to 13 dining facilities, one flight kitchen, and two warehouses. Work will be performed at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, Texas; the Lackland Training Annex; and Camp Bullis, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds will be obligated on individual task orders. 502nd Contracting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity.

Harris RF Communication, Rochester, New York, has been awarded a $19,500,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of approximately 1,500 AN/PRC-152A radios and accessories. Work will be performed at Rochester, New York; the estimated completion date is June2019. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2012 other procurement funds in the amount of $248,900 and fiscal 2013 other procurement funds in the amount of $1,274,640 will be obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WISK, Battlefield Airmen, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8629 -14-D-2407).

Alion Science and Technology Corp., Burr Ridge, Illinois, has been awarded a $14,009,069 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (0075) on the Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Testing Information Analysis Center (AMMTIAC) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee sole-source (FA4600-06-D-0003) for advanced materials, components and systems for Anti-Tamper Systems Engineering, Test and Evaluation. AMMTIAC shall provide technical, engineering and expertise to perform research, development, test and evaluation utilizing emerging materials, components, and systems for technology protection. The work will be performed at Bloomington, Indiana, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 29, 2016. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $43,600 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Installation Contracting Agency/KD, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Carothers Construction Inc., Oxford, Mississippi (N69450-14-D-1266); Archer Western Construction, LLC,* Chicago, Illinois (N69450-14-D-1267); Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors, Birmingham, Alabama (N69450-14-D-1268); Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Orlando, Florida (N69450-14-D-1269); and M.A. Mortenson Construction Co., Minneapolis , Minnesota (N69450-14-D-1270), are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award design-build construction contract for construction projects located primarily within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). The maximum dollar value including the base period and two option years for all five contracts combined is $240,000,000. The work to be performed provides for primarily general building type projects (new construction, renovation, alteration, demolition, and repair work) including industrial, airfield, aircraft hangar, aircraft traffic control, infrastructure, administrative, training, dormitory, and community support facilities for Department of Defense activities. Carothers Construction Inc. is being awarded task order 0001 at $34,399,000 for the design and construction of an aircraft maintenance hangar at Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by September 2016. All work on this contract will be performed primarily in the NAVFAC Southeast AOR, including but not limited to North Florida and South Georgia. The term of the contract is not to exceed 36 months, with an expected completion date of August 2017. Fiscal 2013 military construction (Navy) and fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $34,419,000 are being obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 36 proposals received. These five contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $232,794,734 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to the previously awarded F-35 Lightning II Low Rate Initial Production Lot VI contract (N00019-11-C-0083). This modification provides for non-recurring sustainment activities, to include procurement of 19 training devices and 69 items of complex support equipment. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida (96 percent); Owego, New York (2 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2017. Fiscal 2012 aircraft procurement (Navy and Air Force) funds and international partner funds in the amount of $232,794,734 will be obligated at time of award, $190,999,120 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

GE Power Conversion USA, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $58,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design/bid/build services for an energy recirculation system at the Naval Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Building 633. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be completed by January 2017. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation and fiscal 2014 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $45,390,580 are being obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-14-C-5202).

Leo A. Daly Company, Atlanta, Georgia, is being awarded a maximum amount $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for complete architect and engineering services in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for preparation of design/build request for proposals and other design services. Task order 0001 is being awarded at $434,120 to develop plans and specifications for the construction of a new Explosive Ordinance Disposal Facility at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by October 2015. All work on this contract will be performed at various activities in the NAVFAC Southeast AOR. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of August 2019. Fiscal 2010 military construction (planning and design) contract funds in the amount of $434,120 are being obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 38 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (N69450-14-D-0025).

BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $13,684,941 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4408) for the USS Howard (DDG 83) fiscal 2014 selected restricted availability (SRA). A SRA includes planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by February 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Navy) and working capital fund contract funding in the amount of $13,684,941 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $12,793,832 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.

Drace Anderson Joint Venture*, Gulfport, Mississippi, is being awarded $12,536,888 for firm-fixed-price task order 0002 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N6950-13-D-1762) for construction of an aircraft crash/rescue and fire station headquarters at Naval Air Station, Key West. The work to be performed provides for construction of a new facility for combined aircraft crash, rescue and structural fire operations with pile foundation, reinforced concrete floors and concrete panel/block walls. The facility will include administrative areas; single-occupancy rooms for firefighters; male and female restrooms and showers; kitchen, break room and apparatus storage areas. The project will provide all utility connections to the new facility. Following the construction of the new facility, the existing hangar A-132 shall be demolished. Work will be performed in Key West, Florida, and is expected to be completed by January 2016. Fiscal 2014 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $12,536,888 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity.

Tetra Tech, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded $11,905,740 for firm-fixed-price task order FZ02 under a previously awarded natural resources multiple award contract (N62470-13-D-8016) for desert tortoises pre-translocation analyses at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. The work to be performed provides for the pre-translocation analyses including clearance-level surveys; health assessments; apply radio transmitters; perform radio telemetry monitoring and activity movement analyses; establish long term monitoring plots; and evaluate the initial density, demography, habitat and disease status of desert tortoises at these plots. The contractor shall also construct barrier fences, repatriation pens, and holding pens for the desert tortoises. The task order also contains three unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase the cumulative task order value to $23,633,220. Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, California, and is expected to be completed by May 2016. Fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance (Marine Corps) contract funds in the amount of $11,905,740 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is being awarded a $7,822,454 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-14-C-0026) for the maintenance and installation of nine engineering change proposals for the upgrade retrofits of 11 F-135B engines. Work will be performed in Middletown, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed in July 2015. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,822,454 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $7,397,159 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-08-C-4405) for the USS Ardent (MCM 12) fiscal 2014 selected restricted availability (SRA). A SRA includes planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship's military and technical capabilities. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by March 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Navy) and working capital funding in the amount of $7,397,159 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $7,339,333 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

US Foods – La Mirada Division, La Mirada, California, has been awarded a maximum $36,666,667 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for prime vendor food and beverage support. This contract was a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. This is a bridge contract. Location of performance is California, with a Dec. 5, 2014, performance completion date. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-14-D-3038).

Sysco Hampton Roads, Suffolk, Virginia, has been awarded a maximum $30,500,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for prime vendor food and beverage support. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. This is a bridge contract. Location of performance is Virginia, with a Dec. 14, 2014, performance completion date. Using services are Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-14-D-3031).

Science Applications International Corporation,* Fairfield, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $10,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for prime vendor maintenance, repair and operations support. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. This is a bridge contract. Location of performance is New Jersey, with a Dec. 17, 2014, performance completion date. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE8E3-14-D-0908).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, has been awarded a $6,577,033 modification (P00013), exercising the second option to an eight-month base contract (HR0011-13-C-0023) and a 21-month Phase 2/Option 1. The second option serves as Phase 3 to the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics (DLT) Integration program. This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Exercise of the option brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $15,555,013 from $8,977,980. Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with an expected completion date of Jan. 29, 2016 (end date of Phase 3). Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $3,092,251 are being obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

*Small business

U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS FOR JULY 11, 2014

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Pacific Energy Solutions LLC,* Boca Raton, Florida, is being awarded $334,135,534 for firm-fixed-price task order 0002 under a previously awarded solar power generation multiple award contract (N62742-11-D-1192) for the procurement of electricity produced from renewable energy generation systems. The work to be performed provides for purchase of reliable locally generated, alternating current, power from solar power generation systems that are designed, constructed, owned, operated, and maintained by the contractor on government property. The government will procure the power using the 10 USC §2922(a) authority. The sites under this task order include three roof tops and one ground mount location (Waipio Peninsula) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam; six roof tops and two elevated photovoltaic (PV) structures at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii; and one roof top and one elevated PV structure at Camp Smith, Aiea, Hawaii. Work will be performed in Oahu, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by July 2040. No funds will be obligated with this award. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Bethpage, New York, is being awarded a $198,901,412 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, development, and implementation of the Airborne Electronic Attack requirements for software configuration set upgrades to software and ancillary hardware in support of the EA-6B and EA-18G aircraft for the United States and the government of Australia. Work will be performed in Point Mugu, California, and is expected to be completed in July 2019. Fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $675,697 are being obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the United States ($179,011,271; 90 percent) and the Government of Australia ($19,890,141; 10 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, California, is the contracting activity (N68936-14-D-0018).

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is being awarded a $44,983,385 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the repairs of 214 various mission system components on the P-8A aircraft. Work will performed in Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2016. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Navy) 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-007F).

ARMY

Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc. Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a $62,266,368 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with options for petroleum, oil, lubricants; ammunition supply point; vehicle and equipment maintenance; warehousing; and logistics support to the National Training Center. Work will be performed at Fort Irwin, California, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2015. Bids were solicited via the Internet with five received. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $41,864,622 are being obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, is the contracting activity (W911S8-14-C-0006).
Michael Baker Jr. Inc., Moon Township, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $9,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for architectural and engineering services for Army Reserve projects nationwide and military projects within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division mission boundaries. Estimated completion date is July 10, 2019. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 32 received. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-14-D-0020).

Z Systems Corp. Logistics Engineering - Information Technology,* Greenbelt, Maryland, was awarded a $7,140,388 modification (0001) to contract W52P1J-12-G-0036 for maintenance and supply support at the Fort Hood, Texas, Logistics Readiness Center. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $238,349 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is July 10, 2019. Work will be performed in Killeen, Texas. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

AIR FORCE

Alion Science and Technology Corp., McLean, Virginia, has been awarded a $23,936,197 delivery order (0069) on the Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Testing Information Analysis Center (AMMTIAC) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost-plus-fixed-fee sole-source contract (FA4600-06-D-0003) for Rapid Engineering Solutions for Lifecycle Support. AMMTIAC's objective is to address issues of mechanical, electronic, and electro-mechanical systems and sub-systems obsolescence and hard-to-acquire parts. The work will be performed at Grantsburg, Wisconsin, and various Army locations, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 29, 2016. Fiscal 2014 Army aircraft procurement and operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $238,200 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Installation Contracting Agency/KD, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, 1580A Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, has been awarded a $11,895,370 modification (P00005), exercising the first option to a six month base contract (HR0011-14-C-0005) for Phase 1/Option 1 of the Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program. This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Exercise of the option brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $14,700,357 from $2,804,987. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, with an expected completion date of Jan. 9, 2016. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,300,000 are being obligated at time of the award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, located in Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

*Small business

U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS FOR JULY 2, 2014

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando, Florida, was awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for an amount not to exceed $200,000,000 for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Accelerated Acquisition program. Work will be performed at: Orlando/Melbourne, Florida; Troy, Alabama; Nashua, New Hampshire; Boulder, Colorado; and Cincinnati, Ohio, with an expected completion date of July 6, 2016. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $33,000,000 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR0011-14-C-0079).

ARMY

Zieson Construction Co. LLC, Riverside, Missouri (W912DQ-14-D-4000); Lavastida Development Group, Wichita, Kansas (W912DQ-14-D-4001); Blackhawk Constructors, San Antonio, Texas (W912DQ-14-D-4002); (Hanke Construction, Wentzville, Missouri W912DQ-14-D-4003); Ruiz-Tidewater JV, San Antonio, Texas (W912DQ-14-D-4004); and HGL Construction, Inc., Midwest City, Oklahoma (W912DQ-14-D-4005), were awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price multiple award multi-year contract to provide design and building services or construction to support military construction and design-build projects within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 25 received. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of July 1, 2017. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the contracting activity.

Alliant Techsystems Operations, LLC, Plymouth, Minnesota, was awarded a $23,005,070 modification (P00053) to contract W15QKN-10-C-0050 for a low rate initial production of the M829E4 120mm armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot, with tracer cartridge. Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $23,005,070 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is June 30, 2015. Work will be performed at Plymouth, Minnesota; Jonesborough, Tennessee; Orange, California; Cabot Pennsylvania; Radford, Virginia; Elkton, Maryland; and Rocket City, West Virginia. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.
Carothers Construction, Inc., Oxford, Mississippi, was awarded a $15,630,000 firm-fixed-price contract with options to construct a 36,000 square foot regional simulation center to include a controlled area, simulation communication rooms, simulation suites, secure communication infrastructure, network distribution nodes, operation centers, work cells, classrooms and administrative offices. Work will be performed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with an estimated completion date of April 22, 2016. Bids were solicited via the Internet with five received. Fiscal 2014 military construction funds in the amount of $15,630,000 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-4008).

ChemImage Bio Threat LLC*, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was awarded a $13,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to procure the enhancement, testing, and delivery of vehicle mounted Light Guard Mercury explosive detection systems. Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of July 1, 2015. One bid was solicited with one received. Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $6,370,000 are being obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-14-C-0059).

Northrop Grumman, Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a $10,844,000 modification (P00031) to foreign military sales (Afghanistan) contract W31P4Q-11-D-0019 to provide tactical support of the Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) Program Office including field level engineering, field level technical support, reset support, logistics support, training support and technical manuals. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is Jan. 2, 2015. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Academi Training Center, Moyock, North Carolina, was awarded a $7,384,413 modification (P00006) to contract W560MY-12-C-0006 for a five-month partial exercise of option year two providing private security services at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $7,384,413 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Oct. 31, 2014. Work will be performed in Afghanistan. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

NAVY

Safe Boats International, LLC*, Bremerton, Washington, is being awarded a $34,518,536 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of four MK VI Patrol Boats. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the total cumulative value of this contract to $52,295,843. Work will be performed in Tacoma, Washington (82 percent); Kent, Washington (7 percent); Wichita, Kansas (6 percent); New Zealand (3 percent); and in Canada and Berwick, Louisiana (less than 2 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2018. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 National Guard and Reserve Component equipment account funds in the amount of $34,518,536 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Under FAR Part 8.405-6 (a)(1)(i)(C) the new work is a logical follow on to an original Federal Supply Schedule delivery order, number N00024-l2-F-2223. The original order was placed competitively in accordance with the applicable Federal Supply Schedule ordering procedures. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-14-C-2230).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $29,574,329 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3002) to define the tasks required to update the F-35 Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter Air System to be in compliance with informational security functional constraints. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida (70 percent) and Fort Worth, Texas (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2017. No funds are being obligated at time of award. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense, Simsbury, Connecticut, is being awarded a $20,777,054 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of MK 165, MK 166, MK 167, MK 168, and MK 169 detonators in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. Work will be performed in Graham, Kentucky, and work is expected to be completed by July 2019. Fiscal 2014 defense procurement funds in the amount of $316,007 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with one offer received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-14-D-JR02).

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $20,210,437 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-6246) to migrate the AN/BYG-1 Weapons Control System from a Technology Insertion (TI-14) baseline to a TI-16, integrate Advanced Processing Build (APB-13 and APB-15), and deliver this capability in multiple variants to multiple submarine platforms. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (86.36 percent) and the Royal Australian Navy (13.64 percent), under the Armament Cooperative Project. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by June 2015. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds; fiscal 2012 and 2014 other procurement (Navy)funds; Armament Cooperative Project funds; and fiscal 2010 and 2011 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $3,297,231 will be obligated at the time of award, and $1,530 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
Accenture Federal Services, LLC, Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded $8,701,870 for delivery order 0007 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00104-13-D-QA04) for finance and audit business integration contractor support for the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning efforts. This contract contains a one year option, which, if exercised, will bring the contract value to $17,387,160. All work will be performed in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and the expected completion date is June 30, 2015. If the option is exercised, work will continue through June 30, 2016. Navy working capital funds and fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds will be used on the contract. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount $6,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, and three offers were received in response to this solicitation. The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, office is the contracting activity.

* Small Business

U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS FOR JUNE 9, 2014

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Dell Federal Systems L.P., Round Rock, Texas (91QUZ-07-D-0006, MOD P00019); IBM Corp., Bethesda, Maryland (W91QUZ-07-D-0007, MOD P00017); Unicom Government, Inc., Herndon, Virginia (W91QUZ-07-D-0008, MOD P00017); CDW Government LLC, Vernon Hills, Illinois (W91QUZ-07-D-0009, MOD P00022); Iron Bow Technologies, LLC, Chantilly, Virginia (W91QUZ-07-D-0010, MOD P00024); and World Wide Technology, Inc., Maryland Heights, Missouri (W91QUZ-07-D-0011, MOD P00019), were awarded a $774,000,000 modification to their existing contracts for the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - 2 Hardware, which encompasses all requirements for information technology, including hardware, software and related incidental services for providing end-to-end solutions. Funding and work locations will be determined with each order. The estimated completion date is June 23, 2015. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.
Miltec Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $44,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with options for labor, material, travel for research and development for the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon - Technology Demonstration for Space and Missile Defense Command, with an estimated completion date of June 5, 2019. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama. Fiscal 2013 research, development, testing and evaluation funds in the amount of $10,786,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Army Space and Missile Defense Command is the contracting activity (W9113M-14-C-0015).

A-T Solutions, Fredericksburg, Virginia, was awarded a $23,889,413 modification (P00004) to contract W911S0-13-C-0009 to exercise option one for the Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) operations support requirement. Option one will provide personnel, expertise and the skills required to support AWG’s mission to Army and joint forces worldwide to predict, mitigate, counter, and defeat asymmetric and emerging hybrid threats. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $6,847,926 and fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $17,041,487 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is June 14, 2015. Work will be performed at Fort Meade, Maryland. Army Contracting Command, Fort Eustis, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Raass Brothers, Inc., Provo, Utah, was awarded a $9,540,270 firm-fixed-price contract with options for constructing B-52 munitions storage igloos at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2015. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 10 received. Fiscal 2010 military construction funds in the amount of $1,891,908 and fiscal 2014 military construction funds in the amount of $7,648,362 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, is the contracting activity (W9128F-14-C-0009).

NAVY

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $64,056,766 modification under a previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) to procure advance material for the Mobile Landing Platform 4 Afloat Forward Staging Base platform. This action allows the procurement of ship sets for the purchase specifications supporting integrated propulsion, main diesel generator engines, propeller and shafting, integrated bridge, and voice communications. Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (38 percent); Beloit, Wisconsin (37 percent); San Diego (15 percent), Chesapeake, Virginia (9 percent); and Deerfield, Florida (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2017. Fiscal 2014 ship conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $48,042,574 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, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Virginia (N00421-10-D-0016); Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Virginia (N00421-10-D-0017); Engility Corp., Chantilly, Virginia (N00421-10-D-0018); and National Technologies, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia (N00421-10-D-0019), are each being awarded modifications to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to exercise options for business financial management and program, and business analysis services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). A not-to-exceed shared ceiling of $10,553,653 exists for the ordering period, and each contractor will be provided a fair opportunity to compete for individual task orders. Work will be performed at NAWCAD Patuxent River, Maryland (89.9 percent), and NAWCAD Lakehurst, New Jersey (10.1 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2015. No funding will be obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

AH Environmental Consultants, Inc.*, Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a maximum amount $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract for environmental consulting services located in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR). The work to be performed provides for professional architect-engineering services for potable water, wastewater, stormwater, spill control and other related miscellaneous environmental services, to include various forms of support for these environmental programs. All work on this contract will be performed at various activities in the NAVFAC Southeast AOR. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of June 2019. Task order 0001 is being awarded at $71,935 for a sanitary survey at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana. Work for this task order is expected to be completed by December 2014. Fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $71,935 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 14 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (N69450-14-D-0029).
Navmar Applied Sciences Corp.,* Warminster, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $7,958,350 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N68335-12-C-0353) to exercise an option for the procurement of logistic services and mission travel in support of the TigerShark Persistent Surveillance Unmanned Aerial System Air Vehicles. Work will be performed in Afghanistan (92 percent), and Warminster (8 percent), and is expected to be completed in June 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $7,958,350 are being obligated on this award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, Virginia, has been awarded a $10,457,663 modification (P00003) exercising the first option period on a seven-month base contract (HR0011-14-C-0014), with one 16-month option period. The contractor shall provide the personnel, equipment, materials, tools, facilities, and program management and technical effort to design, develop, integrate, test, and deliver the contractual requirements of the program for building two X-Plane aircraft. This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Locations of performance are Manassas, Virginia (81 percent); Indianapolis, Indiana (13 percent); Tucson, Arizona (1 percent); and Ventura, California (5 percent), with an Oct. 10, 2015, performance completion date. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation in the amount of $10,457,663. The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Raytheon Company, McKinney, Texas, has been awarded a maximum $8,735,016 firm-fixed-price contract for receiver exciters. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. This is a 30-month base contract with no option periods. Location of performance is Texas with a Dec. 31, 2016, performance completion date. Type of appropriation is Navy working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPRPA1-14-G-001X-1010).

UPDATE: Harlan Global Manufacturing LLC,* Kansas City, Kansas (SPE8EC-14-D-0020), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract issued against solicitation #SPM8EC-11-R-0001 announced Aug. 1, 2011.
*Small business

U.S. DEFNESE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS FOR JUNE 3, 2014

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems, Palmdale, California, has been awarded a ceiling $9,900,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for B-2 modernization and sustainment. The Flexible Acquisition Sustainment Team (FAST) II contract requirements include B-2 enhancements, sustainment logistics elements including sustaining engineering, software maintenance and support equipment. Also included is programmed depot maintenance of the fleet and other interim contractor support. Work will be performed at Palmdale, California, with performance at other locations, namely Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri; Tinker AFB, Oklahoma; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; Edwards AFB, California, and Hill AFB, Utah, and the base period work is to be completed May 2, 2019. If the option is exercised, the work is to be completed May 2, 2024. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,355,000 are being obligated at time of award on delivery order 0001 for Common Very Low Frequency Receiver Increment 1. The total price for delivery order 0001 is $26,584,648. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, B-2 Division Contracting, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWZK, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8616-14-D-6060).

L-3 Communications, IEC, Anaheim, California, has been awarded an $8,281,679 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00017) on FA8807-12-C-0011 for software coding and security certification on the military global positioning system user equipment contract. The contract modification is to mature the software coding of the GPS receiver cards being developed and perform security certification to enable faster fielding of military-code capable GPS receivers to the warfighter. Work will be performed at Anaheim, California, and is expected to be completed by April 15, 2015. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,000,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Space and Missile Systems Center Contracting Directorate, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Carlsbad, California, has been awarded a $7,217,926 cost-plus fixed-fee contract. The contract is to develop the PUMA Biosensor system, which is a new point-of-care hand-held device suitable for use in the field with molecular diagnostics for screening viruses, respiratory pathogens and bio threats. Work will be performed in Carlsbad, California, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2015. Fiscal 2014 applied research funding in the amount of $3,000,000 was obligated at the time of the award. The contracting activity is DARPA, Arlington, Virginia (HR0011-14-C-0083).

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

SeKON Enterprises, Inc., Herndon, Virginia is being awarded a potential $9,499,405 firm-fixed-price contract (HT0011-14-F-0009) to provide support to the Defense Health Agency’s Information Management office. The total potential contract value including the eight-month base period, four one-year option periods, and the transition-in and -out periods is $64,746,604. The contractor will provide analysis to support DHA IM office decisions on business need, mission priorities, alternatives solutions, business process change, policies, and funding. This contract will also support the development and management of business processes, health data management strategies and collaboration in the development and implementation of national health IT standards. Work will be performed in Virginia with an estimated completion date of Feb 14, 2015. Fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $5,630,761 are being obligated at award. This contract was competitively procured under the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center's CIO-SP3 Small Business government-wide acquisition contract. Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia is the contracting activity (HT0011-14-R-0004).

NAVY

Guam MACC Builders A JV, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded $39,699,700 for firm-fixed-price task order 0006 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62742-10-D-1309) for the design and construction of X-Ray Wharf improvements to Berth 1 at Naval Base, Guam. The work includes the rehabilitation and modernization of the north berth at X-Ray Wharf to provide berthing and utilities for Auxiliary Cargo and Ammunition Ship (T-AKE) class supply vessels; including dredging, sheet pile bulkhead, cement/soil mix gravity wall, mooring dolphin, relocation of buoys, wharf deck, fenders, cathodic protection, potable water, bilge and oily waste treatment, sewer, fire protection, and storm drain utility systems, security fencing and lighting, wharf deck lighting, and associated support buildings. Work will be performed in Santa Rita, Guam, and is expected to be completed by October 2016. Fiscal 2014 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $39,699,700 are being obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Six proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

Olin Corp. - Winchester Ammunition, East Alton, Illinois, is being awarded a $27,681,245 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 9mm frangible ammunition in support of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy. The 9mm frangible ammunition will be used for indoor and outdoor close quarter battle (CQB) training. CQB operations are in locations where there may be populated areas beyond the impact area of an operation for the Air Force, Coast Guard and Navy. Work will be performed in Oxford, Mississippi, and is expected to be completed by June 2019. Fiscal 2014 procurement, military ammunition funds in the amount of $1,955,248 will be obligated at time of contract award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-14-D-JN45).
American Rheinmetall Munition, Stafford, Virginia, is being awarded a $26,037,082 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 3,154,286 40mm day/night M1110 practice cartridges. The M1110 contains a chemiluminescent projectile for training of Marines in the use of the 40mm low velocity cartridge under day and night/low-light conditions. Work will be performed in Camden, Arkansas, and is expected to be completed by February 2016. Fiscal 2012 and 2014 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $26,037,082 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $14,531,088 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole-source procurement in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-14-D-7403).

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, is being awarded a $22,142,994 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support services at Isa Air Base, Bahrain and its outlying support sites including the Patriot Battery Site at Riffa, Bahrain. The work to be performed provides for all management, supervision, labor, materials, and equipment necessary to perform services for general information, management and administration, galley, housing (bachelor/unaccompanied housing), facility support (facility investment, facility management, custodial, pest control, integrated solid waste management, grounds maintenance and landscaping), electrical, wastewater, water and base support vehicles and equipment, and environmental. The maximum dollar value including the base period and four option years is $113,824,554. Work will be performed in Isa, Bahrain, and is expected to be completed by September 2019. Fiscal year 2014 operation and maintenance (Navy, Marine Corps, and Army) contract funds in the amount of $10,921,919 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62470-14-D-6012).

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is being awarded a $19,857,582 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-0112) for the procurement of one spare P-8A CFM-56 engine and one spare engine build-up unit in support of the P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be completed in August 2015. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $19,857,582 will be obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland is the contracting activity.

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $15,947,962 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option for the procurement of AN/ARC-210(V) electronic radios and ancillary equipment for a variety of aircraft. This option provides for the procurement of 182 RT-1990(C)/ARCs and conversion of four RT-1939(C)s to RT-1990(C)s. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in December 2015. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $15,947,962 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland is the contracting activity.

King Aerospace, Inc., Addison, Texas, is being awarded a $9,458,209 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-12-D-0014) to exercise an option for contractor logistics services in support of C-9B aircraft, including base site operations, depot planned maintenance interval inspections and engine shop visits. Work will be performed in Cherry Point, North Carolina (60 percent); Ardmore, Oklahoma (10 percent); Whidbey Island, Washington (10 percent); Addison, Texas (10 percent); and Miami, Florida (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2015. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated against individual delivery orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida, is being awarded a $9,270,465 modification to previously awarded contract (N40024-10-C-4406) for ship repairs, hull, machinery, electrical, electronics, ship alterations, and piping alteration as required on USS Carney (DDG-64). The primary focus of this repair package is to accomplish structural repairs and habitability upgrades. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida, and is expected to be completed by September 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations & maintenance (Navy), fiscal 2014 other procurement (Navy) and working capital funds (Navy) funding in the amount of $9,270,465 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $9,215,334 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southeast Regional Maintenance Center Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity.

ARMY

General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan was awarded an $11,421,811 modification (P00011) to contract W56HZV-14-C-B019 for the procurement of three additional DVH Stryker ECP ICVV prototype test vehicles, under Phase II of the Stryker Engineering Change Proposal Upgrade program. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,715,337 were obligated at the time of the award. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2016. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan is the contracting activity.
APPTRICITY Corp.*, Irving, Texas, was awarded a $10,543,119 firm-fixed-price contract for the annual license maintenance for the Transportation Coordinators Automated Information for Movements System II (TC-AIMS II) commercial supply chain solutions software: [Theater Operations Software (TOPS)]. Funding and work location will be determined with each order. The estimated completion date is Jan. 31, 2019. One bid was solicited and one received. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois is the contracting activity (W52P1J-14-D-0069).

ITT Exelis Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado was awarded a $9,490,510 modification (BA0343) to contract W911SE-07-D-0006 for the Army Prepositioned Stock-5 support to the Army Field Support Battalion-Qatar. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $4,198,314 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Dec. 31, 2014. Work will be performed in Qatar. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Sysco Seattle, Kent, Washington, has been awarded a maximum $173,507,460 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for subsistence prime vendor support for various customers in Seattle, Washington – Zone 1 (Ships). This contract was a competitive acquisition with two offers received. This is a two-year base contract with one two-year option period. Location of performance is Washington with an Aug. 3, 2016 performance completion date. Using military service is Navy. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-14-D-3009).

Sysco Seattle, Kent, Washington, has been awarded a maximum $110,818,565 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for subsistence prime vendor support for various customers in Seattle, Washington – Zone 2 (Land). This contract was a competitive acquisition with two offers received. This is a two-year base contract with one two-year option period. Location of performance is Washington with an Aug. 3, 2016 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE300-14-D-3010).

ScImage, Inc.,* Los Altos, California, has been awarded a maximum $45,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for digital imaging network-picture archive and communication system, components, system options and accessories, upgrades, training, maintenance services, and turnkey installation. This contract was a competitive acquisition with ten offers received. This is a two-year base contract with one one-year option period. Location of performance is California with a May 29, 2017 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2017 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE2D1-14-D-8302).

Genco Infrastructures Solutions, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a maximum $7,955,284 modification (P00006) exercising the first one-year option on a one-year base contract (SP3300-13-C-5002) with four one-year option periods. This is a fixed-price/incentive-firm and cost-reimbursable contract for warehousing and distribution support services. Location of performance is Pennsylvania with a May 31, 2015 performance completion date. Using service is Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Bahrain, Southwest. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2014 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. (Awarded May 16, 2014)

*Small Business

DARPA SEEKS TECHNOLOGY THAT CHANGES OUTCOMES

Above:  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking to develop the next generation of search technologies to revolutionize the discovery, organization and presentation of search results. The Memex program ultimately would apply to any public-domain content. Initially, DARPA plans to develop Memex to address a key Defense Department mission: fighting human trafficking. An index curated for the countertrafficking domain, along with configurable interfaces for search and analysis, would enable new opportunities to uncover and defeat trafficking enterprises, officials explained. DARPA photo.

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT  

DARPA Sows Seeds of Technological Surprise, Director Says

By Cheryl Pellerin

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2014 – Many of the advances that contribute to national security resulted from early investment in developing new technologies, the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency told Congress yesterday.

Dr. Arati Prabhakar represented the Defense Department at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing called to address concern that the national investment in research and development had shrunk since 2001, along with the education pipeline for young scientists and engineers.

The directors of the Office of Science and Technology Policy of the Executive Office of the President, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Energy Department also testified at the hearing.

“DARPA is part of Defense Department science and technology investments,” Prabhakar said. “We're also part of this much larger national ecosystem for R&D. But within those communities, we have one very specific role: to make the pivotal early investments that change what's possible so we can take big steps forward in our national security capabilities.”

DARPA’s output is technology, but the organization counts its mission complete only when the technologies change outcomes, she added.

“Every time a stealth fighter evades an air defense system, every time a soldier on the ground is able to place himself precisely with GPS and get the data he needs, every time a radar on an aircraft carrier allows us to see a threat to a carrier strike group before it sees us -- that's when we count our mission complete,” Prabhakar said.

In every case, DARPA made a pivotal early investment that showed the technologies were possible, and what followed from that, Prabhakar said, was equally important.

“That was the investment, often by our partners in other parts of the Defense Department and the military services -- their science and technology investments, their development investments or their acquisition programs,” the director said. “Of course,” she added, “many in industry were involved deeply in those efforts, and ultimately to make those technologies into real capabilities for our warfighters.”

Along the way, as DARPA focused on its mission of investments for national security, the organization’s scientists and engineers planted some of the seeds that formed the technology base that the U.S. commercial sector has built layer on layer above the foundation, Prabhakar said.

“Every time you pick up your cell phone and do something as mundane and miraculous as check a social networking site, you're living on top of a set of technologies that trace back to that early work we did,” she added. “Public investment laid that foundation. Billions of dollars of private investment and enormous entrepreneurship is what built those industries and ended up changing how we live and work with these technologies.”

DARPA’s mission of creating breakthrough technologies for national security is unchanged across more than five decades, she told the panel, but the world in which DARPA invests and pursues its mission continues to change, and so do the things DARPA does that reflect the national security and technology context in which the organization must operate today.

“In one arena, we see information at massive scale affecting every aspect of national security,” the director said. “So if you look in our portfolio today, you will find game-changing investments in cyber and in big-data programs.” One example is work DARPA is doing to tackle the networks that drive human trafficking around the world, she added.

In another arena, Prabhakar said, DARPA is looking at what's happening with the cost and complexity of military systems today.

“We recognize that [such systems] are becoming too costly and too inflexible to be effective for the next generation of threats we will face around the world,” Prabhakar explained, “so at DARPA we are investing in programs that are fundamentally rethinking complex military systems.”

DARPA is investing in technology its experts believe will lead to powerful new approaches for radar, communications, weapons and navigation, she said.
“And in a range of research areas, we can see the new seeds of technological surprise,” Prabhakar said. “One example is where biology is intersecting with engineering today, and in areas like that, we are making investments that will lead to new technologies like synthetic biology and neurotechnology.”
Another expert who testified before the committee, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, mentioned a breakthrough neuroscience project that Stanford University is working on with funding from NIH and DARPA and the National Science Foundation.

“Traditionally, researchers have studied the postmortem brain by cutting a specimen into slim slices. While all that slicing generates neat, two-dimensional images, it also makes it impossible to reconstruct the connections of the brain's tens of billions of neurons,” Collins said. “What if we could study the details of the wiring and the location of specific proteins in transparent 3-D?

“Using a chemical cocktail,” he continued, “researchers at Stanford University -- supported by NIH, NSF and DARPA -- have figured out a way to do just that. They've dubbed their technique ‘Clarity,’ and in an extraordinary technical feat, the team made possible a 3-D tour of an intact mouse brain illuminated by a green dye that marks the neurons.”

Clarity is now being applied to human brains, he added, and undoubtedly will advance the BRAIN Initiative, a research effort unveiled by President Barack Obama and Collins in April 2013. In his State of the Union message last year, the president addressed research and development and its value to the nation.
“If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas,” Obama said. “Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy -- every dollar. Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s. They’re developing drugs to regenerate damaged organs, devising new material to make batteries 10 times more powerful.
“Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation,” Obama added. “Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the space race.”

During her testimony yesterday, Prabhakar also discussed the nature of the world today and its relation to research and development.

“In many ways we are living in very challenging times,” she said. “Technology is getting more and more complex, [and] it's moving at a very rapid pace. Other nations are jockeying for position in global affairs, and many of them … are making their own aggressive moves to build their own science and technology capabilities.”

Meanwhile, here at home, she added, many are dealing with constrained resources, and many agencies are dealing with the corrosive effects of sequestration.

“But when I step back and look at what we have done over many decades in this country, I would observe that we have had a long and very successful commitment to investing in R&D as a nation,” the director told the panel. “And when we make that investment in R&D, we are investing in two things that are deeply American.”
One is the kind of creativity sparked by the open society that is the hallmark of the United States, she said, and in this case the nation is investing in the creativity of its scientists and engineers.

“The second thing is this drive to create a better future,” Prabhakar added. “And in a sense, this is the most productive kind of restlessness you could possibly imagine.”

U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS FOR APRIL 30, 2014

FROM:  U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 

CONTRACTS

ARMY

TMG Services*, Cleveland, Ohio (W9127S-14-D-6000); Aerostar SES LLC*, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (W9127S-14-D-6001); Zieson Construction Co., LLC*, Topeka, Kan. (W9127S-14-D-6002) were awarded a $200,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award task order contract for designing and building repairs to the infrastructure for U.S. Air Force Medical Service healthcare facilities nationwide. Funding and work performance location will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is April 29, 2017. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 25 received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock, Ark., is the contracting activity.

JCB Inc., Pooler, Ga., was awarded a $39,446,851 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for procurement of an estimated 90 High Mobility Engineer Excavators-Type-I (HMEE-I) and vehicle attachments. Funding and work performance location will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is Dec. 29, 2017. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-14-D-0066).

Columbia Helicopters Inc.*, Aurora, Ore., was awarded a $30,552,180 firm-fixed-price contract for the after rotor head and the forward rotor head for the Chinook weapons system. The minimum quantity (combined for the rotor heads) is ten and the maximum quantity is 198. Funding and performance location will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is April 24, 2019. Bids were solicited via the Internet with two received. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-14-D-0078).
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, Kongsberg, Norway, was awarded a $29,702,000 modification (P00079) to contract W15QKN-12-C-0103 for depot support for the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $29,702,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Work will be performed at in Johnstown, Pa., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 16, 2017. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity.

Hellfire Systems LLC, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $28,408,525 modification (P00083) to foreign military sales contract (Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Jordan) W31P4Q-11-C-0242 for 372 Hellfire II air-to-ground tactical containerized models: AGM-114R, AGM-114R-3, and AGM-114P-4A. Fiscal 2012, 2013 and 2014 other procurement funds in amount of $28,408,525 are being obligated at award. Work will be performed at Orlando, Fla., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2016. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.

Longbow LLC, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $25,197,219 modification (P00006) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0049 for the production of seventeen radar electronics units and unmanned aerial system tactical common data link assemblies, a P4.00 software upgrade, and associated gold standard hardware for production testing. Fiscal 2013 other procurement funds in the amount of $25,197,239 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is July 31, 2015. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. Army Contracting Command, Redstone, Ala., is the contracting activity.

L-3 Communications Corp., Muskegon, Mich., was awarded a $10,533,875 modification (P00122) to contract W56HZV-09-C-0098 for 26,752 hours for systems technical support for the Bradley transmission. Fiscal 2014 research, development, technology, and evaluation funds in the amount of $10,408,156 and fiscal 2010 other procurement funds in the amount of $125,719 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is June 30, 2015. Work will be performed Muskegon, Mich. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity.

ARMTEC, Coachella, Calif., was awarded a $9,900,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, sole-source contract to design, develop, maintain and manufacture systems using combustible and consumable type products technology for the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. Funding and work performance location will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is May 1, 2019. One bid was solicited and one received. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15QKN-14-D-0004).

Value Management Strategies Inc.*, Escondido, Calif. (W912DR-14-D-0001); Strategic Value Solutions Inc.* Independence, Mo. (W912DR-14-D-0002) were awarded a $9,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architectural and engineering management service for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Military, Environmental and Civil Works programs throughout the North Atlantic Division. Funding and work performance location will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is April 29, 2019. Two bids were solicited and two received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

SupplyCore*, Rockford, Ill., has been awarded a maximum $200,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for maintenance, repair, and operations tailored logistics support prime vendor programs. This is a competitive acquisition, and seven offers were received. This is a five-year base contract with no options. Location of performance is Illinois with a May 1, 2019 performance completion date. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2019 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM8EG-14-D-0002).

Signature Flight Support Corp., Newport News, Va., has been awarded a maximum $15,088,634 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for fuel. This is a competitive acquisition, and two offers were received. This is a four-year base contract with no options. Locations of performance are Virginia and California with a March 31, 2018 performance completion date. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 through fiscal 2017 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-14-D-0017).

NAVY

Contracting Solutions International LLC,* Tulsa, Okla. (N62645-14-D-5023); Distinctive Spectrum Healthcare Joint Venture,* Largo, Md. (N62645-14-D-5024); Protégé Health Services LLC,* Newington, Va. (N62645-14-D-5025); Saratoga Medical Center Inc.,* Fairfax, Va. (N62645-14-D-5026); TIST Corp., Inc.,* San Antonio, Texas (N62645-14-D-5027), are each being awarded a 36-month, firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award task order contract for various nursing services that include the labor bands of advanced practice nurse and nursing. The aggregate not-to-exceed amount for these multiple award contracts combined is $27,693,133. The five contractors will have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order. Work will be performed at military treatment facilities in the Southeast region of the United States to include: Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla. (25 percent); Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, Texas (25 percent); Naval Hospital Pensacola, Fla. (25 percent); Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, N.C. (10 percent); Naval Hospital Beaufort, S.C. (3 percent); Naval Hospital Cherry Point, N.C. (3 percent); Naval Health Clinic Charleston, S.C. (3 percent); Navy Medicine Operational Training Center Pensacola, Fla. (3 percent); and any associated branch clinics (3 percent). Work performed under these contracts is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2017. Fiscal 2015 defense health program funds in the amount of $1,999,801 will be obligated at the time of award and the funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Funding is predominantly from the Defense Health Program; however, other funding initiatives such as psychological health/traumatic brain injury, overseas contingency operations and wounded, ill, and injured may be used. These are all one-year funding types. These contracts were solicited via a multiple award electronic request for proposals as a 100 percent small business set-aside; 55 offers were received. The Naval Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded $26,725,000 for cost-plus-incentive-fee delivery order 0080 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) to provide seven flight critical engineering changes proposals for fracture and maintenance critical areas of the F/A-18 A-D airframe under the Service Life Extension Program Phase C1 effort. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (55 percent) and El Segundo, Calif. (45 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2015. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 aircraft procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $13,095,250 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
COLSA Corp., Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a potential $25,607,908 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to support the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) Integrated Voice Networks Branch to provide telephony network support. This is one of two contracts awarded: both awardees will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period. This three-year contract including two, one-year option periods, which, if exercised, would bring the potential ceiling value of this award to an estimated $43,071,400. Work will be performed at SSC Pacific facilities, on Navy ships, and at other government sites in San Diego, and work is expected to be completed April 29, 2017. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy and other procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $25,000 will be obligated at the time of award, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via full and open solicitation and publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website. Three proposals were received and two were selected for award. SSC Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-14-D-0100).

Engineering Services Network Inc., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a potential $24,530,896 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to support the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) Integrated Voice Networks Branch to provide telephony network support. This is one of two contracts awarded: both awardees will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period. This three-year contract including two, one-year option periods, which, if exercised, would bring the potential ceiling value of this award to an estimated $41,213,375. Work will be performed at SSC Pacific facilities, on Navy ships, and at other government sites in San Diego, and work is expected to be completed April 29, 2017. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy and other procurement, Navy funds in the amount of $25,000 will be obligated at the time of award, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via full and open solicitation and publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website. Three proposals were received and two were selected for award. SSC Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-14-D-0101).

Ball Aerospace Technologies Inc., Boulder, Colo., is being awarded a $23,933,170 firm-fixed-price contract for “Stalker” or long range electro-optical/infrared/laser range finder (SLREOSS) production. SLREOSS is used with the NATO Seasparrow Missile System MK 57 on the MK 9 Tracker Illuminator System. Work will be performed in Broomfield, Colo., and is expected to be completed by April 2016. Fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy and fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $13,419,877 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-14-C-5412).

Logos Technologies Inc.*, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $23,648,907 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for field service representatives, operators, and analysts required to support Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems Kestrel systems deployed outside of the continental United States for the U.S. Army. Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va. (68 percent); Afghanistan (28 percent); and Raleigh, N.C. (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $1,500,000 are being obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-14-C-0196).

Brady GCE II*, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a maximum amount $20,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect-engineering (A-E) contract for A-E services for comprehensive environmental response, Compensation Liability Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, underground storage tank studies and environmental engineering support services at Navy and Marine Corps installations in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) area of responsibility (AOR). No task orders are being issued at this time. All work will be performed at various Navy and Marine Corps installations in California (90 percent); Arizona (3 percent); Nevada (3 percent); Colorado (2 percent); Utah (1 percent), and other Department of Defense installations in the NAVFAC SW AOR (1 percent). The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months with an expected completion date of April 2019. Fiscal 2014 environmental restoration, Navy contract funds in the amount of $5,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-14-D-1405).

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $6,553,058 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for calendar years 2014-2016 Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) depot and intermediate level maintenance, all-up-round recertifications, and special maintenance tasks. This contract will provide for the repair, maintenance and recertification of ESSM Missiles, sections, assemblies, subassemblies, components and test or support equipment. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $15,007,740. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (89 percent), Camden, Ark. (8 percent), Huntsville, Ala. (2 percent), and Andover, Mass. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2016. Fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy and fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy funding in the amount of $4,379,678 is being obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $500,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-14-C-5411).

AIR FORCE

Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., has been awarded a $19,999,676 delivery order (0269) on the SENSIAC indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, sole source (HC1047-05-D-4000) for Systems Engineering, Modeling & Simulation, and Scientific Studies & Analysis Support on Emerging Threats Affecting National Security and DoD Acquisition Process. SENSIAC will provide recommendations for specified areas of study, United States/allies capability gaps concerning the threats, and how the U.S. should posture itself to counter these threats in order to favorably shape the battlespace. The work will be performed in Atlanta, Ga., and work is expected to be complete by Dec. 6, 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance and research and development funds in the amount of $2,384,604 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Installation Contracting Agency/KD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity.

Alion Science and Technology Corp., McLean, Va., has been awarded a $14,138,642 delivery order (0063) on the AMMTIAC indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, sole-source contract (FA4600-06-D-0003) for operational safety, suitability and effectiveness materials improvement program. AMMTIAC's goal is to increase C-5 aircraft safety and mission readiness while reducing maintenance requirements and cost. The work will be performed at Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., various U.S. Air Force locations, and at the AMMTIAC contractor facilities, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 29, 2016. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance and defense working capital funds funds in the amount of $2,075,098 are being obligated at time of award. AFICA/KD, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity.

Flight Safety Services Corp., Centennial, Colo., has been awarded an $11,787,928 firm-fixed-price modification (P00071) to FA8223-11-C-0003 for student aircrew training. The contract modification provides instructors to teach aircrew initial qualification courses, refresher courses, upgrade courses and others to fully qualify C-5 aircrews in all mission design series versions. This affects five training locations: Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Del., Travis AFB, Calif., Lackland AFB, Texas, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., and Martinsburg Air National Guard Base, W.Va., and the work is expected to be completed March 31, 2015 This effort also provides new student aircrew training pricing matrices for the remainder of the contract. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,860,395 are being obligated at time of award. Agile Combat Support, Simulators Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

Qinetiq North America Inc., Waltham, Mass., has been awarded a maximum $7,750,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge II (BATMAN II)-Advanced Technology Demonstration Program, and a $218,128 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order for BATMAN II. The BATMAN II program is designed to focus on advancing technologies relevant to the special operators of the Air Force. The complex nature of the ground operations conducted by Battlefield Airmen require advanced technologies to reduce fatigue and workload in austere environments, increase mission effectiveness, reduce tactical decision making time and errors, and enhance situational awareness. The technologies developed under the BATMAN II program will focus on accelerating the development, demonstration, and assessment timeline of critical, mission capabilities. Work will be performed in Waltham, Mass., and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2020. Task order 0001 is expected to be completed by April 30, 2015. The award is the result of a competitive acquisition, and five offers were received. Fiscal 2014 research and development funds in the amount of $218,128 are to be obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness-Biosciences Protection Contracting, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-14-D-6529 and Task Order 0001).

Northrop Grumman Corp., Aerospace Systems, El Segundo, Calif., has been awarded a $6,567,841 modification (P00264) to F19628-00-C-0100 for radar system development and demonstration schedule extension. The contract modification is for Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar system development and demonstration alignment with the Global Hawk Block 40 program schedule. Work will be performed at El Segundo, Calif., and is expected to be completed on Aug. 31, 20 14. Fiscal 2013 research and development funds in the amount of $3,843,413 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity.

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technologies Lab, Cherry Hill, N.J., has been awarded a $13,362,252 modification (P00016) to previously awarded contract (HR0011-11-C-0033) to incorporate new add work, Phase 3, to the DARPA Behavioral Learning for Adaptive Electronic Warfare (BLADE) program. The modification brings the estimated face value of the contract to $29,367,326 from $16,005,074. The objectives of the Phase 3 BLADE program are to refine and technically mature algorithms and software developed during Phase 2 of the program and to apply them in tactically relevant environments and timeframes on tactical military electronic attack platforms. The program will culminate in over-the-air and on-the-move testing and valuation of the BLADE system in an operationally representative environment. Work will be performed in Cherry Hill, N.J. (64.2 percent), Blacksburg, Va. (3.3 percent), Fort Wayne, Ind. (28.7 percent), and California, Md. (3.8 percent), and is expected to be completed by October 2015. Fiscal 2014 research and development funds in the amount of $8,000,000 will be obligated at the time of the award. The contracting activity is DARPA, Arlington, Va.

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

Cyberspace Solutions of Reston, Va., is being awarded a $35,556,730 firm-fixed-price contract for intelligence analyst support, in support of U.S. Special Operations Command. The work will be conducted at multiple locations in the United States and overseas and is expected to be completed May 1, 2015. Fiscal 2014 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,000,000 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was awarded through a competitive Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set-aside with 15 proposals received. U.S. Special Operations Command, Tampa, Fla., is the contracting activity (H92222-14-C-0019).

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