New service contracts awarded among armed forces

The Defense Department recently announced several contracts awarded among the armed forces.

Army

Affigent in Herndon, Virginia; Telos in Ashburn, Virginia; Unicom of Herndon, Virginia; IBM in Maryland; Dynamic Systems of El Segundo, California; Dell in Round Rock, Texas; GTRI in Denver, Colorado; Hewlett-Packard, also in Herndon; CDW-G in Vernon Hills, Illinois; Iron Bow of Chantilly, Virginia; Wildflower in Santa Fe, New Mexico; WWT of St. Louis, Missouri; GovConnection in Rockville, Maryland; Force3 in Crofton, Maryland; Government Acquisitions of Cincinnati, Ohio; Intelligent Decisions in Ashburn, Virginia; and MicroTech of Vienna Virginia received a $5 billion maximum-award order for commercial computers for the Army, Department of Defense and other federal departments. The order is to be completed by Feb. 21, 2021, with work completed in several locations. The Army Contracting Command of Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting entity.

PAR Systems Inc. in St. Paul, Minnesota, received a $7,238,168 contract to identify any design flaws and to repair or replace any components necessary in the Henry M. Shreve crane. Work on the crane will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, and completed by Oct. 24, 2017. The Army Corps of Engineers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting entity.

Defense Logistics Agency

SupplyCore Inc. of Rockford, Illinois, received a $97 million maximum award for storage, supply and distribution of water-purification systems. The contract lasts for four years, with two periods for six-month options. The Army and Marine Corps will be using the systems, and work will be conducted in Illinois and completed by Feb. 21, 2020. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime of Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting entity.

Navy

Cardno TEC-AECOM Atlantic JV in Charlottesville, Virginia, was awarded a $50 million maximum-price contract for environmental and engineering services. Work will include analysis and reporting on included ports and bases concerning necessary infrastructure changes and improvements. The contract includes locations covered by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic's jurisdictional area and their areas of control (AOR), as well as any waters near the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean borders, including the continental U.S., Caribbean, Europe and North Africa. The work will be conducted mostly in Virginia, California, Florida and Washington. The work should be completed by February 2021, and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command of the Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting entity.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in St. Petersburg, Florida, was awarded $11,410,990 as a modification to a previous contract. The former contract procured engineering services and testing for the cooperative engagement capability (CEC) common array block type of antennae for further sensor-netting. Work will be conducted in St. Petersburg; McKinney, Texas; Largo, Florida; and Andover, Massachusetts. The work is to be finished by August 2017 and was contracted by the Naval Sea Systems Command of Washington D.C.

Air Force

Lockheed Martin of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas, received a $45,478,941 award as part of a former contract. The previous contract was for improvement in the flight hours of the F-22 weapons group. Work will be finished by Dec. 31, 2016, and conducted in Fort Worth, as contracted by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center of Hill Air Force Base in Utah.