DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 13, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 13, 2013

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 13, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  May 13, 2013  are undermentioned;

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

            Northrup Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems Sector, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a maximum ceiling $555,600,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Global Hawk modernization.  The tasks on each delivery or task order will fall into, but are not limited to, the following categories:  management, including program, business and technical areas; engineering efforts, including configuration management, data management, reliability, availability & maintainability, and related areas of concern such as technical refresh, diminishing manufacturing sources , etc.; studies and analyses; design, development, integration, test and evaluation; retrofit requirements; and integrated logistics support.  Work will be performed in San Diego, and is expected to be completed by May 14, 2015.  This award is the result of a sole source acquisition.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 and 2013 and obligations will be on subsequent individual task/delivery orders.  The contracting activity is Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WIGK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (FA8620-13-D-3014). 

NAVY

            Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va., is being awarded a potential estimated $79,344,625 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple award contract to support shore networks with sustainment services for the Base Level Information Infrastructure to include project management; engineering, technical and integrated logistics support; configuration management; certification and accreditation; and enterprise applications.  This is a multiple award and one of three contracts awarded (Science Applications International Corp., N66001-13-D-0030; Engility Corp., N66001-13-D-0031): all three awardees will compete for task orders during the ordering period.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and work is expected to be completed May 12, 2016.  Fiscal 2013 Operations & Maintenance, Navy and Fiscal 2013 Other Procurement, Navy funds will be obligated against individual task orders as they are issued, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via full and open solicitation via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with four proposals received and three selected for award.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-13-D-0029). 

(Read complete story on Defense-Technology News - Click on link undermentioned)

http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.ca/2013/05/dtn-news-us-department-of-defense.html