Ocean City aims to have the beach fully reopened to swimmers by the upcoming weekend, reports WBOC. Swimming was banned at beaches on Sunday in Ocean City and on the 37-mile-long Assateague Island in Maryland and Virginia after used hypodermic needles and other medical waste washed ashore, reports The Washington Post. Parts of Delaware are also impacted, including Dewey Beach, where town officials also barred swimming. Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control reported minimal amounts of medical waste on Delaware beaches. In Maryland, the Department of Emergency Management leads an investigation into the source of the medical waste, first appearing on shorelines on Sunday.
Navy Pilots Must Finish 2nd Sea Tour
An HMS Prince of Wales aircraft handler marshals an F-35B Lightning II on the flight deck of the UK’s newest aircraft carrier Nov. 5, the last day of F-35 flight trials aboard Britain’s biggest warship. (Photo by Michael D. Jackson)
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Navy pilots will now have to serve past their minimum service requirement if needed to complete their second, two-year sea tour. Military Times describes the policy as the Navy’s latest attempt to boost retention in the aviation community. The policy applies to officers serving in their first shore tour with a projected rotation date of October 2025 and beyond. Roughly a quarter of unrestricted line aviators request to leave once they reach their minimum service requirement, sometimes in the midst of that second two-year sea tour.
The massive strike by tens of thousands of Boeing machinists in Washington state will affect the company’s work on the KC-46 Pegasus refueling tanker, the company’s CFO Brian West said on Friday, hours after more than 30,000 union members voted to strike, reports Defense News. The machinists strike could also impact the Navy P-8, built at the same Boeing facilities as the Air Force’s KC-46 tanker. A protracted strike could disrupt aircraft deliveries to the Pentagon, reports Defense One.
The military construction projects delayed for more than a year has doubled in the last five years, reports Stars and Stripes, jumping from 73 to 158 from 2019 to 2024. The Government Accountability Office report focused mostly on the design phase typically overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and said DoD could mitigate the problems with better oversight.
Russian disinformation groups are posting fake videos and other sham content targeting VP Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s White House ticket, according to Clint Watts, head of Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center. One inauthentic video, according to Microsoft, depicted alleged Harris supporters attacking what the video said was a Trump rally attendee. It has received millions of views online, reports Defense One.
The sailor detained by Venezuelan authorities last month, alleged to be part of a plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro and overthrow his regime, is a US Navy SEAL. Military.com reports Wilbert Joseph Castaneda, who has been held in Venezuela for more than two weeks, is a petty officer first class and Navy SEAL who has been in the service since 2007, according to the records provided by the Navy.
Marine fighter pilots now have a missile that can strike targets up to 230 miles away, keeping aviators out of the range of many enemy air defense systems, reports Defense News.
The Air Force has hit its active-duty, Guard, and reserve recruiting goals with help from tweaks to body fat standards and tattoo policy. According to Military.com, the 2023 changes to body composition were a major contributing factor. Recruiters had a goal of hitting 27,100 non-prior military enlisted active-duty airmen and squeaked by with 27,139 as of Tuesday.
Troops and their families can now purchase Narcan through their Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores, reports Air and Space Forces Magazine. “If you look at where our bases are, there’s a very definite Venn diagram [overlap] over areas that are being affected, unfortunately, by this epidemic,” LTCOL Sharon Arana said at AFA’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor on Sept. 17. The naloxone nasal spray can reverse an opioid overdose within minutes.
The head of NATO’s military committee says Ukraine has the solid legal and military rights to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage — reflecting the beliefs of a number of US allies — even as the Biden administration balks at allowing Kyiv to do so using American-made weapons, reports Military.com.
US military aid packages for Ukraine have been smaller in recent months, as the stockpiles of weapons and equipment that the Pentagon is willing to send Kyiv from its own inventory have dwindled. The shift comes amid concerns about US military readiness being impacted as US arms manufacturers play catchup to the huge demand created by the war against Russia. CNN reports the Biden administration still has $6 billion in funds to arm and equip Ukraine, but the Pentagon lacks the inventory it is willing to deliver more than two years into the war.
Many pro-Ukraine westerners denounce Russian-Canadian documentarian Anastasia Trofimova’s new film “Russians at War,” as Russian propaganda, Military.com reports. No way, says Toronto-based Trofimaova, who embedded with a Russian battalion for seven months in Eastern Ukraine during the 2022 invasion. Being a Russian citizen and former RT journalist, she said, a documentary about both sides would have labeled her a spy. “I unequivocally believe that Russia’s invasion on Ukraine was unjustified, illegal and acknowledge the validity of the International Criminal Court investigation of war crimes in Ukraine.”
Even more than the missiles North Korea has sent Russia, the new pact between the counties worries Army LTGEN Xavier Brunson. Stars and Stripes reports Brunson, nominated to command American and US forces in South Korea, told senators this week that it was unclear what Russia was providing North Korea in exchange for the ballistic missiles and artillery shells. “We have to see what’s coming back in” to North Korea, Brunson said, adding that tracking down that information would be among his priorities if confirmed.
Salvagers successfully towed a Greek-flagged oil tanker, ablaze for weeks after attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, to a safe area without any oil spill, reports AP News. The Sounion reached waters away from Yemen while the Houthis claimed that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone. Video circulating online showing what appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike and flaming wreckage strewn across the ground. The US military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Houthis’ claimed downing of a drone over the country’s southwestern Dhamar province, according to Military.com.
An “election crime” group helmed by MyPillow founder Mike Lindell sent out emails requesting personal information from local election officials as well as information about security programs designed to detect threats in those counties, according to emails obtained by Rolling Stone and American Doom. The Center for Internet Security issued an advisory warning to election officials about an “Email Impersonating CIS,” from the “‘Election Crime Bureau.” The CIS recommends election officials instruct their staff “to not click on any links in these emails or respond to them.”
Living Medal of Honor recipients could get a significant boost in their pensions under a bill recently introduced in the Senate. Military.com reports the monthly pension for Medal of Honor recipients would jump from $1,406.73 per month to $8,333.33. That’s an annual increase from about $16,880 to $100,000.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is seeing increased demand, with Romania set to purchase 32 jets for $7.2 billion. This sale would make Romania the third Eastern European NATO member to operate the F-35, enhancing regional security and interoperability with the US and NATO. Delivery is expected in the early 2030s, reports National Interest. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates is considering reviving its F-35 deal if Donald Trump wins a second term, despite concerns over the UAE’s use of Huawei’s 5G network.
Italy is to purchase 25 extra F-35 jets as well as new Eurofighters as its defense procurement spending rises 16.8% this year to $10.3 billion, a new budget document revealed on Tuesday, reports Defense News.
Germany sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait last week, its first transit of the disputed waters in more than two decades, as Berlin seeks to increase its defense engagement in the Asia-Pacific region, reports AP News. China claims the self-governing democratic island of Taiwan as its own and views such transits as provocative actions. To challenge China’s claims, the United States and allies including Australia, Canada, Britain, and France, have regularly conducted “freedom of navigation” operations there, sailing through the strait to emphasize that it is international waters.
Former defense secretary and retired four-star Marine general, Jim Mattis called on leaders across the country to push young Americans toward public service, including in the military, as the Pentagon copes with recruiting shortfalls, and the nation faces an increasingly volatile world and global power challenges from adversaries such as China and Russia, reports Stars and Stripes.
Contracts:
Grose Constructions LLC, Aberdeen, Maryland, was awarded a $50,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for minor construction services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 17, 2027. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W911QX-24-D-0025).
Western Door Federal LLC, Fredericksburg, Virginia, is awarded an $8,347,612 modification to exercise Option Year Three of a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (HT001121C0021) to provide programming, budget development and execution, accounting, administrative, and training support services to the Defense Health Agency Direct Care Financial Management Division. Work will be primarily performed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance funds will be obligated at time of award. The contract was an 8(a) sole source award through the Small Business Administration 8(a) program in accordance with 15 US Code 637 as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-5(b)(4). The period of performance for this option period is Sept. 30, 2024, to Sept. 29, 2025. The Defense Health Agency, Professional Services Contracting Division, Falls Church, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
Canadian Commercial Corp., Ontario, Canada, is awarded a $13,312,838 firm-fixed-price, cost, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide contractor-owned, contractor-operated target presentations to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) programs, Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System Combat System programs, Navy ships, and coalition partners. Additionally, this effort will meet urgent live-fire testing requirements with highly skilled and mission-focused turnkey training solutions. Work will be performed in San Nicolas Island, California (60%); Dam Neck, Virginia (20%); Alberta, Canada (10%); Kauai, Hawaii (5%); China Lake, California (2%); Wallops Island, Virginia (2%); and Gulf Coast, Florida (1%), and is expected to be completed in September 2029. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. NAWCWD, China Lake, California, is the contracting activity (N6893624D0015).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, was awarded a $54,713,276 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the defense experimentation using commercial space internet. This contract seeks multi-band, satellite communications antennas capable of use on military aircraft. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by March 16, 2027. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and 15 offers were received. Fiscal 2024 research and development funds in the amount of $10,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA2385-24-C-B040).
Griffon Aerospace LLC, Lorton, Virginia (W900KK-24-D-0025); QinetiQ Inc., Lorton, Virginia (W900KK-24-D-0026); KBM Wyle Services LLC, Chantilly, Virginia (W900KK-24-D-0027); AEVEX Aerospace LLC, Solana Beach, California (W900KK-24-D-0028); and COLSA Corp., Huntsville, Alabama (W900KK-24-D-0029), will compete for each order of the $95,085,894 firm-fixed-price contract for the Aerial Target Systems 3. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 16, 2024. Army Contracting Command, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity.
The MITRE Corp., Bedford, Massachusetts, was awarded a $541,295,723 cost-reimbursement option contract for support to the Air Force from MITRE. The contract provides for MITRE to be administrator of the National Security Engineering Center Federally Funded Research and Development Center. Work will be performed in Bedford, Massachusetts; McLean, Virginia; and various locations inside and outside the continental US; and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2025. This contract involves Foreign Military Sales to various countries. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2024 research and development funds in the amount of $13,272,319 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8702-19-C-0001).
Amentum Services Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, was awarded an $18,159,699 modification (P00007) to contract W912NW-22-F-0087 for contractor support to management and the supporting workforce for Corpus Christi Army Depot aircraft and aircraft component production. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2024 Army working capital funds in the amount of $18,159,698 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Derivative LLC, Arlington, Virginia, was awarded an $11,189,271 modification (P00002) to contract W912NW-22-F-0085 to provide contractor support to management and the support workforce for Corpus Christi Army Depot aircraft and aircraft component production. Work will be performed in Corpus Christi, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2024 Army working capital funds in the amount of $11,189,271 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Direct Viz Solutions, Chantilly, Virginia, was awarded a $10,241,622 modification (P00043) to contract W91RUS-19-C-0014 for information technology support services. Work will be performed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2024. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $10,241,622 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
AICI-Archirodon JV LLC, McLean, Virginia, was awarded a $9,688,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 10 received. Work will be performed in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with an estimated completion date of March 21, 2027. Fiscal 2020 and 2021 military construction, defense-wide funds in the amount of $9,688,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-24-C-0033).
Storage Strategies Inc., Manassas Park, Virginia, is awarded $21,375,393 for a firm-fixed-price contract for information technology support services in support of Commander, Navy Region Southeast. The contract includes a seven-month base period, four 12-month options, one five-month option period plus a six-month extension in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-8, option to extend services. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida (32%); Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (21%); Fort Worth, Texas (9%); Meridian, Mississippi (6%); Corpus, Christi, Texas (6%); Milton, Florida (6%); Kingsville, Texas (6%); Millington, Tennessee (6%); Panama City, Florida (4%); and Key West, Florida (4%). Work is expected to be completed April 2025; if all options on the contract are exercised, work will be completed by March 2030. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the full amount of $21,375,393 will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This requirement was competitively solicited as a 100% small business HUBZone set-aside on GSA eBuy with five offers received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity (N68836-24-F0293).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Charlottesville, Virginia, is awarded $17,925,512 for a firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of inertial measuring units in support of the WSN-7 Weapon System. This contract has no options. All work will be performed in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by June 2030. Working capital funds (Navy) in the full amount of $17,925,512 will be obligated at time of award, and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One company was solicited for this sole-source post-negotiation business clearance pursuant to the authority set forth in 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00104-24-C-UA22).
Systems Planning and Analysis Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, is awarded a $13,884,462 modification (P00034) to a previously awarded and announced contract (N00030-21-C-6019) to provide support services for the Trident II Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile Strategic Weapons System. Tasks to be performed include technical services, program support services, assessments, special studies, and systems engineering services. Work will be performed in Alexandria, Virginia (86%); and Strategic Systems Programs Headquarters, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, (14%). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance, Navy (OMN) funds in the amount of $928,944; and fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation, Navy funds in the amount of $2,392,276, will be obligated on this award. The remaining balance of funding will be obligated subject to the availability of funds. Fiscal 2024 OMN funds in the amount of $928,944.00 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was awarded as a sole source acquisition with the authority of 10 US Code 3204(a)(1). Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
L3Harris Interstate Electronics Corp., (L3-IEC), Anaheim, California, is awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee $43,461,820 modification (P00028) to a previously awarded contract (N00003022C2001) for Trident II (D5) flight test instrumentation systems support. This contract award also benefits a foreign military sale to the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Anaheim, California (56%); Cape Canaveral, Florida (30%); Washington, DC (7%); Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom (3%); Kings Bay, Georgia (2%); Bremerton, Washington (1%); and Silverdale, Washington (1%). Work is expected to be completed by March 12, 2027. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $268,753; and fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,048,065, are being obligated at time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The total dollar value of the modification, including options, is $43,461,820 and the total cumulative face value of the contract is $356,046,972. This contract is being awarded on a sole source basis under 10 US Code 3204(a)(1) and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management online portal. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.
Northrup Grumman Systems Corp., Melbourne, Florida, is awarded an $18,518,043 modification (P00089) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost contract (N0001918C1037). This modification adds scope to provide continued engineering, logistics, support equipment, obsolescence, software, hardware, trade studies, incidental material, impact assessment, risk and program analysis activities support in support of production cut in integration to implement, analyze and evaluate the life cycle software and hardware updates encompassing a broad spectrum of software and/or hardware engineering, design, programming, integration, manufacturing and quality, and test activities with varying levels and periods of intensity for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Florida (95.5%); and McLean, Virginia (4.5%), and is expected to be completed October 2028. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $18,518,043; and fiscal 2023 (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,000,000, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
S2i2 Inc., Oakton, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0003); Echelon Xcelerate JV LLC, Manassas, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0004); Dobbs Defense Solutions LLC, College Park, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0005); Barex Technologies II LLC, Chantilly, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0007); OCH-Sawdey JV, Leesburg, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0008); Electrosoft Services Inc., Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0009); Wits Solutions Inc., Ashburn, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0011); Nisga’a Tek LLC, Chantilly, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0012); Diné Source LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona (SP4709-24-D-0013); ITfrastructure LLC, Fairfax, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0014); Northern Technologies Group Inc., Tampa, Florida (SP4709-24-D-0015); C2 United LLC, Columbia, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0016); Basecamp Consulting and Solutions LLC, Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0017); Autonomic Enterprise Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0018); B.E.A.T. LLC, doing business as Business Enabled Acquisition & Technology, San Antonio, Texas (SP4709-24-D-0019); FedWriters Inc., Fairfax, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0020); Credence Dynamo Technologies LLC, Vienna, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0021); DayCom LLC, Dayton, Ohio (SP4709-24-D-0022); Cardinal Technology Systems Corp., Leesburg, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0023); TA Federal LLC, Vienna, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0024); RCHP LLC, Leesburg, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0025); AccelGov LLC, Bethesda, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0026); Enterprise Solutions & Management Corp., Springfield, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0027); AIX Tech LLC, Brambleton, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0028); Soft Tech Consulting Inc., Chantilly, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0029); AGE Solutions LLC, Alexandria, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0030); TRI-COR Industries Inc., Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0031); Pioneer Technologies Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, (SP4709-24-D-0032); Diligent Consulting Inc., San Antonio, Texas (SP4709-24-D-0033); Zantech-Calibre Solutions JV LLC, Vienna, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0034); LOGC2 Inc., doing business as Connected Logistics, Decatur, Alabama (SP4709-24-D-0035); Emagine IT Inc., North Bethesda, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0036); NexGen Data Systems Inc., Goose Creek, South Carolina (SP4709-24-D-0037); Technatomy Corp., Fairfax, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0038); iP-Plus Consulting Inc., Washington, DC (SP4709-24-D-0040); Horizon Industries Ltd., Vienna, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0041); Silotech Group Inc., San Antonio, Texas (SP4709-24-D-0042); Tryfacta Inc., Pleasanton, California (SP4709-24-D-0043); Clear Vantage Point Solutions II, Fairfax, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0044); CompTech Computer Technologies Inc., Dayton, Ohio (SP4709-24-D-0045); Ardent Technologies Inc., Dayton, Ohio (SP4709-24-D-0046); Beshenich Muir & Associates LLC, Huntsville, Alabama (SP4709-24-D-0047); Tuba Group Inc., Vienna, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0048); EDC Consulting LLC, McLean, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0049); Phoenix Data Security Inc., doing business as Phoenix Cyber, Scottsdale, Arizona (SP4709-24-D-0050); Unity Technologies Corp., Myersville, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0051); BridgePhase LLC, Mount Jackson, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0052); MicroSystems Automation Group, Falls Church, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0053); New River Systems, Ashburn, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0054); Autonomic Integra LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0055); OneGlobe LLC, Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0056); MANDEX Inc., Fairfax, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0057); Yahya Technologies LLC, Upper Marlboro, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0058); Information Technology Strategies LLC, Sterling, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0059); NetVision Resources Inc., Chantilly, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0060); T and T Consulting Services LLC, Falls Church, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0061); CAN Softtech Inc., Herndon, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0062); SolutionPoint Innovations LLC, Huntsville, Alabama (SP4709-24-D-0063); Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0064); CACI Inc. – FEDERAL, Chantilly, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0065); Sawdey Solution Services Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (SP4709-24-D-0066); Celerity Government Solutions LLC, doing business as Xcelerate Solutions, McLean, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0067); Amyx Inc., Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0068); TekSynap Corp., Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0069); Peraton Inc, Herndon, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0070); Vertex Aerospace LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado (SP4709-24-D-0071); Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0072); CollabraLink Technologies Inc., doing business as Groundswell, McLean, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0073); General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Falls Church, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0074); Credence Management Solutions LLC, McLean, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0075); Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions Inc., Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0076); KPMG LLP, McLean, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0077); By Light Professional IT Services LLC, McLean, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0078); Accenture Federal Services LLC, Arlington, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0079); ITility LLC, Chantilly, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0080); Tantus Technologies Inc., Arlington, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0081); Trace Systems Inc., Vienna, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0082); iGov Technologies Inc., Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0083); MetroStar Systems LLC, Reston, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0084); Business Integra Technology Solutions Inc., Bethesda, Maryland (SP4709-24-D-0085); Alamo City Engineering Services Inc., Spring Branch, Texas (SP4709-24-D-0086); CompQsoft, Leesburg, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0087); 22nd Century Technologies Inc., McLean, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0088); Harmonia Holdings Group LLC, Blacksburg, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0089); and BCF Solutions Inc., Chantilly, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0090), are sharing an estimated $11,930,670,028 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under solicitation SP4709-23-R-0001 for J6 Enterprise Technology Services 2.0. This was a competitive acquisition with 259 responses received. These are five-year base contracts with one five-year option period. The estimated dollar amount is for the life of the contract; however, no money has been obligated. Money will be obligated when task orders are placed. Locations of performance are inside and outside the continental United States, with an Oct. 20, 2029, performance completion date. Using customers are Defense Logistics Agency and Defense Department activities requiring information technology support services. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2024 through 2030 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Contracting Services Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Carahsoft, Inc. Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a follow-on task order (HS002124F0076) in the amount of $284,226,178. This is a brand name, Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative delivery order to the sole supplier, Carahsoft Inc., for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). Work will be performed at the contractor site Reston, Virginia, with an estimated completion of Sept. 16, 2029. Fiscal 2024 defense working capital and operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $34,882,374 were obligated at the time of award. The cumulative face value of the contract to date is $284,226,178. The DCSA Contracting and Procurement Office, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
Advance Matrix Inc, Plymouth, Michigan (W911XK-24-D-0003); Advanced Environmental Management Group, Plymouth, Michigan (W911XK-24-D-0004); BLDI LLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan (W911XK-24-D-0005); Crawford Environmental Services LLC, Roanoke, Virginia (W911XK-24-D-0006); ESI-ATC JV III LLC, Westland, Michigan (W911XK-24-D-0007); Great Lakes Environmental Center Inc., Traverse City, Michigan (W911XK-24-D-0008); and Plexus Scientific Corp., Alexandria, Virginia (W911XK-24-D-0009), will compete for each order of the $25,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for environmental services, including sampling, assessment and analytical services. Bids were solicited via the internet with 10 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 16, 2029. US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit, Michigan, is the contracting activity.
Anduril Industries Inc., Washington, DC, was awarded a $9,000,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract to develop and demonstrate launched effects technology using the Agile-Launched, Tactically Integrated Unmanned System. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 16, 2029. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W911W6-24-D-0008).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, has been awarded a $16,740,876 firm-fixed-price modification (P00118) to a previously awarded contract (FA8615-17-C-6047) for active electronically scanned array radars of Air Force F-16 aircraft. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract is $1,633,087,075. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, and is expected to be completed May 30, 2031. Fiscal 2024 aircraft research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $16,740,876 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
