DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 3, 2011....NSI News Source Info # 1660

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 3, 2011....NSI News Source Info # 1660

Source: U.S. DoD issued No. 169-11 March 3, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - March 3, 2011: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued March 3, 2011 are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee contract to Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz. The total award value is $75,000,000. Under this contract, Raytheon Missile Systems will serve as the all up round design agent providing the engineering development, testing, support and necessary material to complete the design and delivery of the SM-3 Block IB missile for flight test mission (FTM) 16 and support FTM-15. This undefinitized contract action will award contract lines items for in service engineering support and travel. The work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. The performance period is from February 2011 through May 2011. Fiscal 2011 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds will be used to incrementally fund this effort in the amount of $20,000,000. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity (HQ0276-11-C-002).

NAVY

BAE Systems Land and Armaments, Inc., Louisville, Ky., is being awarded a $33,920,480 undefinitized firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for MK38 Mod 2 machine gun systems. The MK 38 Mod 2 machine gun system ordnance alteration (ORDALT) kit consists of two-axis stabilization with remote control capability and an on-mount day/night electro-optical suite along with an eye-safe laser range finder. This procurement is to acquire a quantity of up to 150 ORDALT kits spanning fiscal 2010 through 2013, with deliveries starting in February 2012. Additionally, there will be line items established for the procurement of installation and checkout spares; on-board repair parts; ORDALT kits; engineering and field services; training; and provisioning item orders. Work will be performed in Hafia, Israel (67 percent), and Louisville, Ky. (33 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting activity (N00174-11-C-0015).

Centurum Information Technology, Inc., Marlton, N.J., is being awarded a $15,593,018 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract to provide tactical cryptologic systems support for the Navy and the United Kingdom Navy shipboard and shore cryptologic systems worldwide in the areas of test and evaluation. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $82,000,000. Work will be performed in Charleston, S.C., and is expected to be completed by March 2012. If all options are exercised, work could continue until March 2016. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Commerce Business Daily’s Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N65236-11-D-6857).

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