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04/11/2005
Defense homeland security industries rack up lobbying
dollars
By Alice Lipowicz
Staff Writer
Washington Technology
Defense firms spent $277 million to lobby the federal government
from 1998 through June 2004, including $44 million in 2003 alone,
according to a new report.
Northrop Grumman Corp. led the list with $93 million spent on
lobbying over the five and a half years, followed by Lockheed
Martin Corp., $88.9 million; Raytheon Co., $30.6 million; United
Defense Industries Inc., $16.8 million; Alliant Techsystems Inc.,
$4.8 million; and Thales Inc., $4 million, said the Center for
Public Integrity, a non-profit think tank in Washington.
In 2003, 1,615 lobbyists represented 108 defense companies or
organizations, the report said. The top lobbying firms representing
the industry were Piper Rudnick, the PMA Group, Interpublic Group
of Companies Inc.; WPP Group PLC and Van Scoyoc Associates Inc.
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04/11/2005
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Del-Jen International Corp., Rolling Hills Estate, Calif., is being
awarded an estimated $8,057,822 combination firm-fixed-price,
indefinite-quantity award fee type contract for base support
services at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The work to
be performed under this contract is to provide family housing
maintenance and repair, bachelor housing operations, sustainment
restoration and modernization consisting of maintenance and repair
of air conditioning and refrigeration, maintenance and repair of
elevators, maintenance and repair of fire protection systems,
maintenance of buildings and structures, operation and maintenance
of base support vehicles and equipment, janitorial services, pest
control services, refuse collection/disposal services, grounds
maintenance services and Joint Task Force services. This contract
contains options, which if exercised, will bring the total
cumulative value of this contract to $41,927,814. Work will be
performed at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is
expected to be completed by June 2010. Contract funds will expire
at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was
competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website with
five offers received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Atlantic, Norfolk, Va. is the contracting activity
(N62470-03-D-4200).
04/11/2005
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of
Defense
Department of Defense Releases Selected Acquisition Reports
The Department of Defense has released details on major defense
acquisition program cost and schedule changes since the September
2004 reporting period. This information is based on the Selected
Acquisition Reports (SARs) submitted to the Congress for the
December 31, 2004 reporting period.
SARs summarize the latest estimates of cost, schedule, and
technical status. These reports are prepared annually in
conjunction with the President's budget. Subsequent quarterly
exception reports are required only for those programs experiencing
unit cost increases of at least 15 percent or schedule delays of at
least six months. Quarterly SARs are also submitted for initial
reports,
The total program cost estimates provided in the SARs include
research and development, procurement, military construction, and
acquisition-related operation and maintenance (except for
pre-Milestone B programs which are limited to development costs
pursuant to 10 USC 2432). Total program costs reflect actual costs
to date as well as future anticipated costs. All estimates include
anticipated inflation allowances.
The current estimate of program acquisition costs for programs
covered by SARs for the prior reporting period (September 2004) was
$1,370,943.2 million.
After adding the costs for four new programs (Aerial Common Sensor
(ACS), Patriot/Medium Extended Air Defense System Combined
Aggregate Program (PATRIOT/MEADS CAP), Standard Missile-6 (SM-6),
and B-2 Radar Modernization Program (RMP)) from the September 2004
reporting period, the adjusted current estimate of program
acquisition costs was $1,412,567.9 million.
For the December 2004 reporting period, there was a net cost
increase of $59,616.4 million or +4.2 percent for programs that
have reported previously, resulting in a new current estimate of
$1,472,184.3 million. The net cost increase was due primarily to
additional engineering changes (hardware/software) (+$35,203.8
million), the application of higher escalation rates (+$32,127.1
million), a net stretch-out of development and procurement
schedules (+$20,112.9 million). These increases were partially
offset by a net decrease of planned quantities to be purchased
(-$24,478.7 million) and lower program cost estimates (-$6,603.4
million).
Further details of the most significant changes are summarized
below by program.
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