Study Reviews Environmental Impact of Navy’s Offshore Training, Activities

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The Department of the Navy and US Coast Guard have published information evaluating the reasonably foreseeable effects to the human environment of Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard training and testing activities conducted in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing study area, reports The Southern Maryland Chronicle.  The study area includes areas of the Atlantic Ocean along the East Coast, portions of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and some inland and nearshore waterways. The public is encouraged to submit comments on the AFTT Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement. The comment period will end Nov. 21, 2024.

The Chesapeake Bay is cleaner than it used to be, but it is still falling short of 2025 targets for reducing pollution, reports Capital News Service. “The short version is that it’s going in the right direction. The longer story is that we’re still behind,” Adam Ortiz, administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mid-Atlantic region, said at a news conference on Capitol Hill last week.

House and Senate lawmakers finalized a three-month federal funding extension Wednesday that prevents a partial government shutdown next month but will still create some budget complications for military officials as they enter the new fiscal year Oct. 1, reports Military Times.

ArmySec Christine Wormuth warned lawmakers that the short-term funding could have “significant consequences” on the service, ranging from delays in construction projects to weapons acquisition, reports Military.com. DefSec Lloyd Austin said short-term, temporary funding measures create uncertainty throughout the US military and put the services at a strategic disadvantage. “A lack of long-term funding delays missions, undermines readiness, and inflicts unnecessary disruptions on our military families and recruitment efforts. Furthermore, functioning under a CR impedes military readiness and makes it impossible in most cases to begin or accelerate new programs,” he said in a statement.

The US Senate has confirmed several senior military posts, reports Marine Corps Times. Among them are Air Force LTGEN Steven Nordhaus as the next chief of the National Guard Bureau, Navy VADM Alvin Holsey, head of Southern Command; Air Force LTGEN Randall Reed head of Transportation Command; and Army LTGEN Xavier Brunson, head of US Forces Korea. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said the Senate confirmed “more than 6,000 of our highly qualified military nominees in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Space Force,” DoD News reports. Some were promotions to new ranks and in some cases to new jobs.

CMDR Stacey O’Neal has lost her job as head of Navy Talent Acquisition Group San Antonio “due to a loss of confidence in her ability to perform her duties,” reports Navy Times.

The Marine Corps has retained more first-term Marines in a single year than it has in more than a decade, reports Military Times. The Corps hit 114% of its stated first-term Marine retention goal this fiscal year.
In recent years, the Corps conducted an overhaul of its talent management mechanisms, looking at ways to improve Marine quality of life and doing more to reach out to Marines earlier in their contracts to encourage re-enlistment or a move to the Reserve from active duty.

The Pentagon is asking the House and Senate Armed Services committees to stop a legislative proposal that would mandate an independent assessment of the establishment of a separate cyber service, reports Breaking Defense. Last year, officials warned that even though the service would confer some benefits, it’s likely that it would create confusion and overlap between the existing services’ cyber initiatives.

Afghan LTGEN Sami Sadat has described his first encounter with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in his book, “The Last Commander,” reports Air Force Times. Sadat gives an account of an early F-35 mission, shortly after the jet began deploying to Afghanistan. He suggested a code name for the jet, “Cool Birds,” and it stuck. Sadat was the last person to command Afghan National Army forces in Afghanistan prior to the fall of Afghanistan’s government, amid the 2021 US military withdrawal.

While few Afghan generals over the course of the 20-year war became internationally known, Sadat’s profile rose higher than most. Sadat believes “tens of thousands” of Afghan fighters would rally to defeat the Taliban if called upon to do so.

Abouzar Rahmati of Great Falls, VA, a contractor with the Federal Aviation Administration National Airspace System, has been indicted for working as a secret agent for the Iranian government, reports WJLA TV via MSN.

The United States will end its current mission in Iraq against ISIS by the end of 2026 and transition to a new phase that likely will involve a significant withdrawal of American forces in the country, according to senior US officials, reports The Hill.

The US Army has introduced an artificial intelligence component, dubbed “Recruit 360,” to revitalize its recruiting efforts that have missed goals for many years, reports Army Times. Following shortfalls in recruiting, the service has embarked on an ambitious restructuring of its recruiting force and added a host of new initiatives.

The Boeing employees’ strike has cost the airplane manufacturer $1.4 billion, reports The Hill. The company’s cost-saving measures include a hiring freeze, furloughs, leadership pay cuts, and halted payments to most of its hired DC lobbying firms in an effort to reserve cash. The strike will have cost the company, employees, and suppliers a combined $1.4B through Sept. 27.

Lockheed Martin was among the companies represented last week during a visit to Maryland by Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, the king of Jordan, reports Maryland Matters. Abdullah and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore attended a roundtable discussion on how Maryland and Jordan can collaborate on future economic opportunities. “This is where you come together to talk about common goals, talk about common interests and talk about collaboration,” Moore said in opening remarks.

Four companies — L3Harris, Astranis, Axient, and Sierra Space — will compete to build the US Space Force’s first batch of Resilient GPS satellites, aimed at ensuring military and civilian users have access to reliable positioning, navigation, and timing signals, reports C4ISRNET. After prototypes are finalized, one or more of the firms will build the first eight satellites.

BAE Systems is pitching its new ATLAS — Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System — 8×8 vehicle ground robot to the Australian Army, reports C4ISRNET. The new ATLAS is slightly smaller than the LAV-25 8×8 armored vehicles currently used by the Australian Army and US Marine Corps.

The family of World War II medic Waverly B. Woodson Jr. received his Distinguished Service Cross last week, reports The Associated Press. Woodson was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during WWII, and he spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy German fire — all while injured himself. Decades later, he was awarded posthumously for his heroism. Woodson died in 2005.

Veterans Affairs is calling on Congress to address a $12 billion budget shortfall by the end of the year, to ensure it can keep providing health care to a record number of veterans, reports Federal News Network.

A RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute report found that military and veteran caregivers save the federal government hundreds of billions in medical costs annually but still face significant challenges getting support and care for themselves, reports Air Force Times. The report released Sept. 24 also found that nearly one in 10 adults in America provided some level of caregiver services to a veteran or wounded military member in the past two years.

Contracts:

The Compass Systems Inc., Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $19,126,914 modification (P00007) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N6833523F0389) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N6833518G0035). This modification realigns contract ceiling to provide continued engineering, technical and program management support, as well as incidental supplies in support of technology advancement in the fields of machine learning; artificial intelligence; augmented reality; and command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Aircraft Prototype Systems Division. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in September 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Defense-wide) funds in the amount of $12,989,531 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. NAWCAD, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Aug. 8, 2024)

The Compass Systems Inc., Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $9,836,304 modification (P00005) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N6833523F0389) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N6833518G0035). This modification exercises an option to provide continued engineering, technical, and program management support, as well as incidental supplies in support of technology advancement in the fields of machine learning; artificial intelligence; augmented reality; and command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Aircraft Prototype Systems Division. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in September 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation (Defense-wide) funds in the amount of $6,446,677 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. NAWCAD, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Aug. 8, 2024)

Chesapeake Technology International Corp., California, Maryland, is awarded a $24,523,553 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Topic No. N151-021, “Advanced Modeling and Visualization of Effects for Future Electronic Warfare.” This contract provides for software development and engineering services. Work will be performed at Camp Pendleton, California, with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2029. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and four option years is $24,523,553. No funds will be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 6.302-5. The Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, Camp Pendleton, California, is the contracting activity (M68909-24-D-7611).

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $76,832,622 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides weapons integration services to include engineering, test support, and manufacturing services, as well as provides analyses, test reports, and studies in support of the development and integration of weapon systems and weapon system software and hardware upgrades onto the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft for the Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, and other Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri (40%); Patuxent River, Maryland (40%); Tullahoma, Tennessee (8%); Mountain View, California (8%); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2%); and Buffalo, New York (2%), 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 10 US Code 2304(c)(1). Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, activity (N0001924D0117).

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded a $13,842,844 modification (P00059) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N6134017C0007). This modification increases the contract ceiling to procure 239 operational data-recording devices, 62 maintenance data recording devices, nine mission operator consoles, Full Rate Production Two (FRP II) supplemental spares, installation of FRP II subsystems at Naval Air Station Key West, NAS Oceana, and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort; security patches and updates, and producibility improvements for the Navy’s Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS II) program. Work will be performed at Cedar Rapids, Iowa (40%); Lemoore, California (10%); Richardson, Texas (15%); Patuxent River, Maryland (5%); Key West, Florida (10%); Virginia Beach, Virginia (10%); and Beaufort, South Carolina (10%), and is expected to be completed December 2026. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,540,686; and other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,371,033, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity.

R Cubed Engineering LLC, Palmetto, Florida, is awarded a $19,964,957 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N6833524F0207) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N6833522G0041). This order procures 1200 KIV-79 end cryptographic units (ECU) to meet the new requirements for both National Security modernization for ECUs, and the latest mode five Department of Defense and North Atlantic Treaty Organization transponder requirements for positive cooperative combat identification. These systems are fundamental in reducing fratricide, for entry into controlled airspace, coalition battlespace management, Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems and to be used in standalone and platform integrations universally employed by the Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Army, in support of Small Business Innovation Research Phase III effort for Topic N142-102 entitled “Micro Identification Friend of Foe (IFF)”. Work will be performed in Palmetto, Florida (90%); Lexington Park, Maryland (5%); and St. Inigoes, Maryland (5%) and is expected to be completed in September 2026. Fiscal 2024 procurement (Defense-Wide) funds in the amount of $19,964,957 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.

Advanced Acoustic Concepts LLC, Great River, New York, is awarded a $10,816,454 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost contract for Littoral Combat Ship mission package computers, software, and trainer engineering, installation, and sustainment support. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $57,812,295. Work will be performed in Great River, New York (50%); Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania (35%); and Washington, DC (15%) and is expected to be completed by September 2025. If all options are exercised, work will continue through September 2029. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $601,567 (55%); and fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $485,000 (45%), will be obligated at time of award, of which $601,567 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 US Code 3204 (a)(5). Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-24-C-6311).

Special Psychological Applications Corp., Southern Pines, North Carolina, is being awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering period for behavioral analysis support in the areas of behavioral assessment, leadership development and training, and assessment and selection board support services to various Assessment and Selection programs for the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group Recruiting, Assessment and Selection program. Work will be performed on Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia, with an expected completion date of Sept. 29, 2029. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $112,500 will be obligated at the time of award for task order one and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Subsequent task orders will utilize fiscal operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds available at the time of task order award. This contract was competitively procured via the SAM.gov website, with two proposals received. The Marine Corps Installations National Capital Region, Regional Contracting Office, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M00264-24-D-0010).

Special Psychological Applications Corp., Southern Pines, North Carolina, is being awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering period for behavioral analysis support in the areas of behavioral assessment, leadership development and training, and assessment and selection board support services to various Assessment and Selection programs for the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group Recruiting, Assessment and Selection program. Work will be performed on Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia, with an expected completion date of Sept. 29, 2029. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $112,500 will be obligated at the time of award for task order one and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Subsequent task orders will utilize fiscal operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds available at the time of task order award. This contract was competitively procured via the SAM.gov website, with two proposals received. The Marine Corps Installations National Capital Region, Regional Contracting Office, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M00264-24-D-0010).

CORRECTION: The $50,271,379 contract announced Sept. 26, 2024, to Cognito Systems LLC, Newport News, Virginia, for the Certified Athletic Trainer and Strength Conditioning Specialist/Sports Medicine and Injury Program has not yet been awarded.

UPDATE: Novus JV LLC, Herndon, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0010, $11,930,670,028) has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for J6 Enterprise Technology Services 2.0, issued against solicitation SP4709-23-R-0001 and awarded Sept. 17, 2024.

Agile Decision Sciences LLC, Huntsville, Alabama, has been awarded a $8,721,800 firm-fixed-price modification (P00019) to a previously awarded contract (HS0021-22-C-0004) for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) to provide enterprise cybersecurity support services. Work will be performed at Quantico, Virginia, with an estimated completion of June 28, 2025. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,721,800 were obligated at the time of award. The cumulative face value of the contract to date is $169,320,239. DCSA Contracting and Procurement Office, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $18,040,918 cost-only cooperative agreement to test a project that will determine if a single intravascular cannula can be used to manage and resuscitate complex polytrauma patients from the point of injury through evacuation. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Maryland (45%); Boston, Massachusetts (24%); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (5%); Lowell, Massachusetts (9%); and Nashville, Tennessee (16%). Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funds in the amount of $1,050,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The period of performance is September 2024 to March 2027. This agreement was competitively procured via a DARPA broad agency announcement solicitation (HR001124S0024) on the beta.SAM.gov website. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-24-2-4024).

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Marlborough, Massachusetts, is awarded a $16,199,197 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-22-C-5500 for spares in support of the AN/SPY-6(V) Family of Radars program. Work will be performed in Andover, Massachusetts (41%); Tulsa, Oklahoma (13%); Forest Grove, Washington (7%); Sterling, Virginia (4%); Hudson, Massachusetts (3%); Marlborough, Massachusetts (3%); Santa Ana, California (3%); Prescott, Wisconsin (3%); Peabody, Massachusetts (3%); Minden, Nevada (2%); Westfield, Massachusetts (2%); Lawrence, Massachusetts (2%); Foxborough, Massachusetts (2%); Riverside, California (2%); Fort Worth, Texas (2%); San Diego, California (1%); and various locations across the US, each less than 1% (8%), and is expected to be completed by May 2027. Fiscal 2024 working capital (Navy) funds in the amount of $16,199,197 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Falls Church, Virginia, is awarded a $16,166,621 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N6339423C0009 to exercise options for engineering services to upgrade, inspect, test, and deliver components of the MK 41 Vertical Launching System. Work will be performed in Falls Church, Virginia (85%); Germany (12%); South Korea (2%); and Australia (1%), and is expected to be completed by October 2025. Fiscal 2024 presidential drawdown authority funds in the amount of $2,000,000 (49%); fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $583,000 (14%); and Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $1,480,000 (37%), will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the US government (64%); and the governments of Germany (29%), South Korea (6%), and Australia (1%), under The Foreign Military Sales program. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity.

General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts, is awarded a $15,973,912 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost contract for development of the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset System. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $58,067,733. Work will be performed in Quincy, Massachusetts (39%); Taunton, Massachusetts (35%); Fairfax, Virginia (7%); Manassas, Virginia (7%); Scottsdale, Arizona (6%); Middletown, Rhode Island (3%); and Greensboro, North Carolina (3%), and is expected to be completed by September 2026. If all options are exercised, work will continue through January 2032. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $12,951,862 (84%); and fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,411,421 (16%), will be obligated at time of award, of which $2,411,421 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via SAM.gov, with three offers received. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity (N00024-24-C-6315).

Range Generation Next LLC, Sterling, Virginia, has been awarded a $199,078,033 fixed-price incentive (firm-target), cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable modification (P00677) to a previously awarded contract (FA8806-15-C-0001) for the launch and test range system integrated support contract. Work will be performed at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida; Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida; and Vandenberg SFB, California, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2025. No funds are being obligated at the time of award. The 45th Contracting Squadron, Patrick SFB, Florida, is the contracting activity.

Omitron Inc., Beltsville, Maryland, was awarded a $46,464,906 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for modernization activities for space command and control operational technologies. This contract provides for the creation of a scalable command and control red IP overlay mission network to transport space domain awareness and command and control data. Work will be performed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California; Peterson SFB, Colorado; Schriever SFB, Colorado; Navy Support Facility-Dahlgren, Virginia; and Yokota Air Force Base, Japan, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2029. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,000,000; and fiscal 2024 research and development funds in the amount of $11,192,000, are being obligated at the time of award. Space Systems Command, Los Angeles AFB, California, is the contracting activity (FA8806-24-C-B001).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, has been awarded an $10,668,931 firm-fixed-price modification (P00096) to a previously awarded contract (FA8615-17-C-6047) for active electronically scanned array radars of F-16 aircraft. The modification brings the total face value of the contract is $1,644,219,897. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, and is expected to be completed May 30, 2031. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $10,668,931 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.

Assent Advisory Group, Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded an $8,442,737 firm-fixed-price contract for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations quality assurance program. This contract provides for administration of a base financial management quality assurance program, which includes training, program management, quality assurance review tools, financial services, accounting functional support, metrics solutions support, advisory services, data analytics, and SharePoint development. Work will be performed in the National Capital Region and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2028. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and ten offers were received. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $1,110,783 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force District of Washington, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, is the contracting activity (FA7014-24-C-0054).

J&J Worldwide Services, Austin, Texas (W91278-24-D-0040); Facility Services Management Inc., Clarksville, Tennessee (W91278-24-D-0041); Korte Construction Co. doing business as The Korte Co., St. Louis, Missouri (W91278-24-D-0042); Poettker Construction Co., Breese, Illinois (W91278-24-D-0043); Robins & Morton, Birmingham, Alabama (W91278-24-D-0044); StructSure Projects, Kansas City, Missouri (W91278-24-D-0045); Areli Inc., Bel Air, Maryland (W91278-24-D-0046); ESA South Inc., Cantonment, Florida (W91278-24-D-0047); Global Engineering & Construction LLC, Renton, Washington (W91278-24-D-0048); Royce Construction Services LLC, Reston, Virginia (W91278-24-D-0049); and Valiant Construction LLC, Louisville, Kentucky (W91278-24-D-0050), will compete for each order of the $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for design-build construction projects. Bids were solicited via the internet with 25 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 26, 2029. US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Radford, Virginia, was awarded a $135,998,210 firm-fixed-price contract for special ammunition and weapons systems requirements. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 17, 2025. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-24-F-0508).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Radford, Virginia, was awarded a $94,704,158 firm-fixed-price contract for special ammunition and weapons systems requirements. 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 Dec. 16, 2025. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W519TC-24-F-0485).

Cottrell Contracting Corp., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $31,520,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2025. Fiscal 2024 revolving funds in the amount of $31,520,000 were obligated at the time of the award. US Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W912BU-24-C-0037).

MEB General Contractors Inc., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a $30,272,000 firm-fixed-price contract for a petroleum, oil and lubricants complex. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Great Falls, Montana, with an estimated completion date of April 21, 2026. Fiscal 2024 military construction, defense-wide funds in the amount of $30,272,000 were obligated at the time of the award. US Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Washington, is the contracting activity (W912DW-24-C-0019).

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc., Radford, Virginia, was awarded a $29,215,615 modification (P0002) to contract W519TC-23-F-0412 for an energy conservation and steam distribution rehabilitation/repair project. Work will be performed in Radford, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2025 ammunition procurement, Army funds in the amount of $20,751,663 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity.

Bio Response Solutions Inc., Danville, Indiana, was awarded a $23,390,000 firm-fixed-price contract for an effluent decontamination system. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed at Fort Detrick, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of March 26, 2027. Fiscal 2022, 2023, and 2024 Defense Health Program funds in the amount of $23,390,000 were obligated at the time of the award. US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W912DR-24-C-0047).

Nichols Contracting Inc., Columbia, Maryland, was awarded a $20,767,000 firm-fixed-price contract to modernize elevators. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 27, 2028. Fiscal 2021 defense working capital funds in the amount of $20,767,000 were obligated at the time of the award. US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W912DR-24-C-0052).

Sigmatech Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $14,834,704 modification (P00013) to contract W91CRB-20-C-0026 for technical, analytical and administrative support services in support of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 14, 2025. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance, Army funds and fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $3,957,775 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Archetype I LLC, Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a $9,148,177 modification (P00004) to contract W9124J-23-F-0106 for financial, real estate analytical, advisory and consulting support services. Work will be performed in Herndon, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 18, 2028. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $9,148,177 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Field Directorate Office, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is the contracting activity.

Motorola Solutions Inc., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, was awarded a $35,000,000 non-competitive contract to provide Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) enterprise land mobile radio (ELMR) sustainment for its global first responder community. This contract will effectively procure the equivalent of a full maintenance warranty for the CNIC ELMR system with associate equipment and software, including all hardware, firmware, and cabling or other signal and data transmission sub-systems necessary for the system to function as intended during operations. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $191,000,000. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance funds will be used. Performance will be at Navy locations worldwide. The period of performance includes a one-year base period from Sept. 28, 2024, Sept. 27, 2025, with four, one-year option periods for a total contract life cycle of five years, from Sept. 28, 2024, to Sept. 27, 2029. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity (HC102824C0022).

Valiant Global Defense Services Inc., Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a $408,720,918 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for mission support services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed at Fort Johnson, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 26, 2029. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $1,900,000 were obligated at the time of the award. 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, is the contracting activity (W911S8-24-C-0004).

ANAH LLC, Warren, Michigan (W912DY-24-D-0028); Davenergy-VCI JV LLC, Apex, North Carolina (W912DY-24-D-0029); Health Facility Solutions Co., San Antonio, Texas (W912DY-24-D-0030); LRS Hill JV LLC, Severna Park, Maryland (W912DY-24-D-0031); Polu Kai Services-Tidewater JV II LLC, Falls Church, Virginia (W912DY-24-D-0032); VW International Inc., Alexandria, Virginia (W912DY-24-D-0036); Spectrum Solutions Inc., Madison, Alabama (W912DY-24-D-0034); and The Outfit Inc., New Braunfels, Texas (W912DY-24-D-0035), will compete for each order of the $289,851,652 firm-fixed-price contract for medically related project and program support services in support of the Defense Health Agency. Bids were solicited via the internet with 13 received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 6, 2030. US Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, was awarded a $196,719,957 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Coyote Interceptors. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Dulles, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2027. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement, Army funds in the amount of $196,719,957 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-24-C-0018).

Tetra Tech Inc., San Diego, California, was awarded an $11,252,305 firm-fixed-price contract for petroleum facility maintenance and repair. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Flanders, Connecticut; Bangor, Maine; Augusta, Maine; Concord, New Hampshire; Dover, New Jersey; Latham, New York; Fort Drum, New York; Rochester, New York; Ronkonkoma, New York; West Point, New York; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Fort Meade, Maryland; New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Annville, Pennsylvania; Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Coolbaugh Township, Pennsylvania; Sandston, Virginia; Blackstone, Virginia; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia; Arlington, Virginia; Bowling Green, Virginia; Kingwood, Virginia; Red House, Virginia; Wheeling, West Virginia; and Williamstown, Virginia, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2030. Fiscal 2024 defense working capital funds in the amount of $11,252,305 were obligated at the time of the award. US Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W912DY-24-F-0371).

United Capital Investments Group Inc., Mclean, Virginia (SPE605-24-D-1254, $688,879,634); Associated Energy Group LLC, Miami, Florida (SPE605-24-D-1253, $39,193,035); and Stonewin International LLC, Dover, Delaware (SPE605-24-D-1252, $8,436,759), have each been awarded a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract under solicitation SPE605-24-R-0205 for various types of fuel. This was a competitive acquisition with sixteen responses received. These are 36-month base contracts with one six-month option period. Location of performance is Africa, with an Oct. 30, 2027, performance completion date. Using customer is Defense Department. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2024 through 2027 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

UPDATE: Pueo Business Solutions LLC, Fredericksburg, Virginia (SP4709-24-D-0002, $11,930,670,028), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for J6 Enterprise Technology Services 2.0, issued against solicitation SP4709-23-R-0001 and awarded Sept. 17, 2024.

Marine Contracting Corp., Chesapeake, Virginia (N4008524D2503); Doyon Management Services LLC, Federal Way, Washington (N4008524D2504); Etolin Strait Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia (N4008524D2505); Marine Solutions Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia (N4008524D2506); and Ocean Construction Services, Virginia Beach, Virginia (N4008524D2507), are awarded a combined $249,000,000 multiple award construction contract for construction projects. This contract provides for, but is not limited to, the following elements: piers; wharves; quay walls; dry docks; bulkheads; crane rail systems; fender systems; berthing and mooring; and waterfront utilities. Work will be performed within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic Hampton Roads area of operations and will be completed by Sept. 2029. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,336,104 are awarded to Marine Contracting Corp. at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The remaining four awardees will be awarded $5,000 (minimum contract guarantee per awardee) at contract award. These five contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. This contract was competitively procured via the www.SAM.gov website with five proposals received. NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Sodexo Management Inc., North Bethesda, Maryland, is awarded a $148,256,326 firm-fixed-price modification P00090 to exercise Option Year Six under a previously awarded contract (M95494-18-C-0016) for the management and operation of West Coast mess halls in support of the Marine Corps Regional Garrison Food Services Program. Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, California; San Diego, California; Twentynine Palms, California; Miramar, California; Yuma, Arizona; and Bridgeport, California, with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2025 military personnel (Marine Corps) funding will be obligated to the contract and will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Marine Corps Installations Command, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Sodexo Management Inc., North Bethesda, Maryland, is awarded a $146,947,079 firm-fixed-price modification to fund exercised Option Year Six under previously awarded contract (M95494-18-C-0018) for the management and operation of east coast mess halls in support of the Marine Corps Regional Garrison Food Services Program. Work will be performed Washington, DC; Indian Head, Maryland; Quantico, Virginia; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina; Bogue, North Carolina; New River, North Carolina; Beaufort, South Carolina; and Parris Island, South Carolina, with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2025 military personnel (Marine Corps) funding will be obligated to the contract and will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Marine Corps Installations Command, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $51,027,792 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (P00028) to a previously awarded and announced contract (N00030-22-C-6001) to provide support services for the Trident II D5 Strategic Weapon Systems program, Attack Weapon System program, and the Nuclear Weapon Security program. Tasks to be performed include systems engineering and integration, test engineering, data analysis, and safety engineering support services. This contract modification also benefits a foreign military sale to the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Rockville, Maryland (48.9%); Washington, DC (18.3%); Cape Canaveral, Florida (5.2%); Frederick, Maryland (4.8%); Silverdale, Washington (3.6%); Saint Marys, Georgia (2.7%); King’s Bay, Georgia (2.4%); York, Pennsylvania (1.8%); Fort Walton Beach, Florida (1.6%); Rochester, United Kingdom (1.2%); Conway, South Carolina (1.0%); and various other locations (less than 1% each, 8.5% total). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2025. While this action is an option exercise, no funding will be obligated at this time. This action is being awarded subject to the availability of funds and no funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was originally awarded as a sole source acquisition pursuant to 10 US Code 2304(c)(1)(4). Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.

Cognito Systems LLC, Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $50,271,379 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Certified Athletic Trainer and Strength Conditioning Specialist/Sports Medicine and Injury Program. This contract provides for on-site Certified Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Specialist services for the Training and Education Command in support of the Marine Corps operational forces. Work will be performed at the following locations: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (22%); Camp Pendleton, California (9%); Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (9%), Camp Schwab, Okinawa (7%), Twentynine Palms, California (5%); Miramar, California (5%); Camp Horno, California (4%); Camp Mateo, California (4%); Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina (4%); Camp Courtney, Okinawa (4%); Del Mar, California (3%); New River, North Carolina (3%); San Diego, California (2%); Camp Foster, Okinawa (2%); Camp Hansen, Okinawa (2%); Camp Kinser, Okinawa (2%); Futenma, Okinawa (2%); Beaufort, South Carolina (2%); Parris Island, South Carolina (2%); Yuma, Arizona (1%); Iwakuni, Japan (1%); Marine Corps Detachment-Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri (1%); Ft. Sill, Oklahoma (1%); Bridgeport, California (1%); Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida (1%); and Quantico, Virginia (1%). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 27, 2029. This contract includes a five-year ordering period with a maximum value of this contract to $50,271,379. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance, Marine Corps funds in the amount of $3,000,000 are being obligated at time of award for the first task order and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the SAM.gov website with 11 proposals received. The Marine Corps Installation National Capital Region-Regional Contracting Office, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M00264-24-D-0012).

Marine Systems Corp., Boston, Massachusetts, is awarded a $9,243,422 firm-fixed-price contract for messing and berthing barge ship-check assessment and report writing services. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia (37%); San Diego, California (23%); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (12%); Bremerton, Washington (11%); Mayport, Florida (7%); Kittery, Maine (5%); Yokosuka, Japan (3%); and Guam (2%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 25, 2025. If the option is exercised, work will continue through March 2026. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) appropriation account funds in the amount of $9,243,423 will be obligated at time of award. This contract was competitively procured via the Seaport website, with one offer received. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington, is the contracting activity (N4523A24F3000).

Progeny Systems Corp., Manassas, Virginia, is awarded an $8,296,098 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-19-C-6102) to exercise options for payload control system capabilities for a technical insertion advanced processing build. Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by September 2025. Royal Australian Navy funds in the amount of $1,207,899 (52%); fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $516,627 (22%); fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $360,499 (15%); fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $242,929 (10%); and fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $13,257 (1%), will be obligated at the time of award, and funds in the amount of $256,186 will expire at the end of fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.

Western Door Federal LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded $17,462,203, to exercise Option Period One of a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (HT001123C0099), to provide financial analysis, accounting, and program management support services for the Defense Health Agency, Direct Care Financial Management Division. Work will be primarily performed at San Antonio, Texas; and Falls Church, Virginia. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance funds are obligated at the time of option exercise. 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) and was executed Sept. 22, 2023. The period of performance for this option period exercise is Sept. 30, 2024, to Sept. 29, 2025. The Defense Health Agency, Professional Services Contracting Division, Falls Church, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

ABSS Solutions Inc., Upper Marlboro, Maryland, is awarded a $11,189,088 firm-fixed-price bridge contract (H9425-24-C-0007) to continue technical and professional support services, including clinical and translational research activities, for developing research execution plans and protocols, consultation, support, and/or execution services for the Air Force 59th Medical Wing. Work will be performed in San Antonio, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 25, 2025. This contract is a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 and 2024 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,861,470 will be obligated at the time of award. The US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sep. 25, 2024.)