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CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, Va., is being awarded a
$750,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, firm fixed
price, labor hour, cost plus fixed fee, and cost reimbursable
contract. This Defense Message System (DMS) Sustainment acquisition
is for the sustainment of the current Defense Message System. The
resultant contract will provide for: uninterrupted integration and
engineering services supporting DMS technology enhancements; focus
on sustainment of fielded system; provide maintenance releases to
keep pace with technology; hardware components for purchase, system
software for purchase, integration, and maintenance, technical
support desk, system maintenance and support services. At this
time, $5,990,732 has been obligated. Solicitations began September
2005, and negotiations were complete March 2006. This work will be
complete April 2007 and nine one-year options. Public Affairs POC
is Monica Morales at (781) 377-8543. Headquarters Operations and
Sustainment Systems Group, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ga., is the
contracting activity (FA8771-06-D-0001).
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., Redondo Beach,
Calif., is being awarded a $16,657,419 cost plus award fee contract
modification to provide for the National Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System, to incorporate into the Acquisition
and Operations Contract and Engineering Change Proposal to mitigate
the adverse effects of radio frequency interference from
ground-based, anthropogenic transmitters on the Conical Scanning
Microwave Imager/Sounder (CMIS) instrument. The CMIS is being
developed by Boeing Satellite System (BSS), a subcontractor to
Northrop Grumman Space Technology. The modification will result in
a redesign of the system to incorporate sub-banding. This change
affects both satellites in the phase of this contract. At this
time, no funds have been obligated. The National Environmental
Satellite, Data and Information Service, Silver Springs, Md., is
the contracting activity (FO4701-02-C-0502/P00057).
AMTEC Corp., Janesville, Wis., was awarded on March 27, 2006, a
$78,521,300 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for
production of M385A1, M430A1, M433, M583A1, M781, and M918 40mm
ammunition. Work will be performed in Janesville, Wis., and is
expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2010. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole
source contract initiated on April 11, 2004. The Army Field Support
Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity
(W52P1J-05-C-0030).
DSE Inc., Tampa, Fla., was awarded on March 27, 2006, a $62,078,800
modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for production of
M430A1, M433, M583A1, M781, and M918 40mm ammunition. Work will be
performed in Tampa, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Sept.
30, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on April 11,
2004. The Army Field Support Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the
contracting activity (W52P1J-05-C-0036).
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