Florida Defense Contracts Monitor

Distributed monthly by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for the Florida Defense Alliance. 

Includes all Defense Department contract awards of over $5 million that include Florida-based activity. 

Space-related activities are highlighted.

April 1-30, 2008

  • ·   Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $190,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-07-C-0097) for special tooling and special test equipment associated with the Lot two Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP II) of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., (25 percent), Ft. Worth, Texas, (25 percent); Warton, United Kingdom, (15 percent); Orlando, Fla., (10 percent); Torrance, Calif., (5 percent); Eagan, Minn., (5 percent); Nashua, N.H., (5 percent); Broomfield, Colo., (5 percent); and San Jose, Calif., (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in Apr. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Honeywell International Corp., of Clearwater Fla., is being awarded a firm fixed price modification contract for $15,433,853. This action will provide one hundred eighty-one EGI production units, thirty EGI retrofit units, twenty-one EGI contractor depot repairs and one EGI mount. The embedded GPS/INS (EGI) unit is a non-development Item being procured to meet the navigation requirements of Tri-Service and Foreign Military Sales platforms. This is a modification to exercise options for the aforementioned efforts. At this time $15,433,853 has been obligated. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Harry Pepper & Associates, Inc. Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded $12,593,600 for firm-fixed-price task order #0006 under previously awarded contract (N62467-03-D-0188) for design and construction of a Littoral Warfare Systems Facility at Naval Support Activity, Panama City, Fla. The work to be performed includes the provision of a two-story facility with high bays, administrative, and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) facility spaces. The structure will be a secure limited access facility. Work will be performed in Panama City, Fla., and work is expected to be completed Nov. 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The project was solicited among the four Florida Multiple Award Construction Contract contractors. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Lockheed Martin Corp., of Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a modified contract for $5,516,070. This action provides for twenty (20) Common Organizational Level Tester (COLT) for the F/A-22 options five and twenty (20) Common Organizational Level Tester (COLT) Accessory Kits for the F/A-22 options five. At this time $5,516,070 has been obligated. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Cardinal Health, Inc., Dublin, Ohio is being awarded a maximum $12,939,007.00 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity, prime vendor contract for pharmaceutical supplies. Other locations of performance are in Virginia, Calif., Wash., Florida., Maine, Texas, Miss., and N. J.. Using service is Navy Fleet and Hospital Ships USNS Comfort and Mercy. There were originally 11 proposals solicited with three responses.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is May 31, 2009. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.

 

  • ·   Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Lexington Park, Md., is being awarded a $9,861,283 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-04-C-0058) to exercise an option for technical and engineering services for Communications-Electronics Advanced Technologies (CEAT), supporting the Special Communications Requirements Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland. These services and supplies shall provide research, design, development, integration, test and evaluation, installation, fielding, analysis, maintenance, material procurements, training, and logistics of CEAT Systems. The estimated level of effort for this option is 79,361 man-hours. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Md., (60 percent); Tampa, Fla., (20 percent); and Crystal City, Va., (20 percent), and work is expected to be completed in Oct. 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Honeywell International, of Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a modified contract for $7,327,481. This action will provide research and development under Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) VS-07-03, call 00007), entitled “Advanced Inertial Measurement Unit” for the Advanced Ballistic Missile Technologies Program. At this time $225,558 has been obligated. Kirtland AFB, N.M., is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   East Coast Fruit Co., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a maximum $6,207,134 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for fresh fruit and vegetable support in the Georgia Zone. Other locations of performance are Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., and Gainesville, Fla. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and USDA schools.  This proposal was originally DIBBS solicited with three responses.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is Oct. 15, 2009.  The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.

 

  • ·   Foster Fuels, Inc., Brookneal, Va.* is being awarded a maximum $55,000,000.00 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for providing complete ground fuel support. Other locations of performance are in Texas, Louisiana, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Using services are Federal Civilian Agencies.  This proposal was originally solicited on FedBizOps with one response.  This contract has a one year base period and two one-year option periods. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is April 10, 2009. The contracting activity is Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va.

 

  • ·   DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems, Optronics Division, was awarded on April 10, 2008, a $23,300,110 firm-fixed price contract for 7,991 driver’s vision enhancer b-kits and associated spares for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Program.  Work will be performed in Melbourne, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 30, 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Web bids were solicited on Nov. 21, 2003, and three bids were received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded an $11,738,328 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-03-C-0057) for non-recurring efforts for the E-2D halon system replacement in support of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye System Development and Demonstration Program. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y., (87.3 percent) and St. Augustine, Fla., (12.7 percent) and is expected to be completed in Sep. 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., is being awarded a $9,174,475 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-05-C-0044) to exercise an option for the procurement of 133 Tactical Aircraft Moving Map Capability (TAMMAC) Digital Map Computers (DMC); 66 TAMMAC Digital Video Map Computers (DVMC); and 251 TAMMAC DMC Extension Housings for U.S. Navy use in F/A-18C/D/E/F, EA-18G, AV-8B, UH-1Y/ AH-1Z aircraft. In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of 12 TAMMAC DVMC and 12 TAMMAC DMC Extension Housings for the Government of Australia. Work will be performed in Malabar, Fla., (80 percent) and Palm Bay, Fla., (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in Mar. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($8,452,663; 92 percent); and the Government of Australia ($721,812; 7 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Honeywell International, of Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a modified contract for $7,598,610. This action will provide research and development under Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) VS-05-01, exercise option five, Strategic Resonating Beam Accelerometer (SRBA Stage 3)” for the Advanced Ballistic Missile Technologies Program. At this time $735,000 has been obligated. Kirtland AFB, N.M., is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Boeing Co., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $14,940,700 indefinite-delivery requirements contract with both firm-fixed-price and time and material components. The contract will provide life cycle support services for the F/A-18 series aircraft in support of the Commander, Naval Reserve Forces Command (CNRFC) in New Orleans, La. The services include all levels of aircraft maintenance including depot level maintenance; emergency repair; aircraft modification; engineering; logistics; program management support; technical advisor services and associated materials and services as may be required to support the continued safe, reliable, and available operation of the aircraft cited. This contract contains two one-year options. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and work is expected to be completed Mar. 2009 (Mar. 2011 with options exercised).   Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not awarded competitively. The Fleet Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Philadelphia Office, is the contracting activity.

 

  • ·   Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on March 31, 2008, a $91,340,065 firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of a building complex to support United States Southern Command and their collaborative partners. Work will be performed at U.S. Southcom Headquarters, Miami-Doral, Florida. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Work is expected to be completed by April 16, 2009. Web bids were solicited on Aug. 8, 2007 and three bids were received. Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala. is the contracting agency.

 

    • ·   Lockheed Martin Corp., St. Paul, Minn., is being awarded a $9,204,957 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-04-D-0082) to procure thirty-seven (37) advanced data storage systems and install, along with R-4100-02 chassis, into P-3 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASuW) Improvement Program (AIP) aircraft. Work will be performed in Oldsmar, Fla. (65 percent); and Eagan, Minn. (35 percent) and is expected to be completed in April 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $1,208,550 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

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    Edward Ellegood

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

    Cape Canaveral Spaceport

    321-698-9101 (mobile)

    edward.ellegood@erau.edu

    http://spacereport.blogspot.com

     

     
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