Navy Buying Hydrophones
Contracts Solicited:
AEGIS RCS Engineering and Technical Services: This justification and approval authorizes and approves, on a sole source basis, a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract between the existing contract N00421-01-C-0077 (a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Completion contract) and the follow-on contract Solicitation # N00421-10-R-1042. This contract will ensure continued support of the Program Executive Office for Ships (PEO for Ships), NAVSEA, and PEO C4I. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is tasked to design, provide materials, integrate, test, train, deliver and support C4I electronic radio communication systems for two Naval Surface Combatants (NSC) of the U.S. Navy. Work will begin on the first NSC in FY11 and work on the second NSC is estimated to begin six months later in FY12.
Hydrophones: The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River, MD intends to purchase on a firm fixed-price basis and to solicit and negotiate the proposed purchase order on a sole source basis with RESON INC, under the authority of FAR Part 12 and 13; and FAR Part 6.302-1. This requirement is set-aside for small business in accordance with FAR 52.219-6.
Contracts Awarded:
Sikorsky Aerospace Maintenance, Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $23,169,547 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0024) to exercise an option for organizational, selected intermediate, and limited depot-level maintenance for 44 F-5 aircraft operated by adversary squadrons. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, Fla. (40 percent); NAS Fallon, Nev. (30 percent); and the Marine Corp Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. (30 percent). Work is expected to be completed in December 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $23,169,547 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $17,405,515 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-11-C-0057) to provide engineering support for the development of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and advanced arresting gear configurations for the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier Program. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed in June 2012. 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.
