1) United States Department of Defense Contract
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FOR RELEASE AT 252-02
5 p.m. ET May 17, 2002
CONTRACTS

NAVY
AMSEC LLC, Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded a $62,217,467 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00189-01-D-0290) to exercise an option for mission-essential engineering and technical services for direct fleet support of the Carrier Engineering Maintenance Assist Team (CEMAT). Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., (40 percent); San Diego (30 percent); Everett, Wash., Bremerton, Wash. (20 percent); Mayport, Fla. (five percent), and other areas, including outside the U.S. (five percent), and is to be completed by June 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

ARMY
Roy F. Weston, Inc., Manchester, N.H., is being awarded a $10,201,814 modification to a cost-plus fixed-fee task order under an indefinite delivery type contract (DACW33-00-D-0006), for construction activities associated with the 1.5 removal action at the GE and Housatonic River Project. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Mass., and is to be completed by Dec. 31, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web in Aug. 19, 1999, and four bids were received. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Concord, Mass., is the contracting activity.

Woods Hole Group Environmental Laboratories, Raynham, Mass., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price task-order with a cumulative total contract ceiling of $5,000,000 for environmental laboratory services in support of the New England District. Work will be performed in Mass., (10 percent), New Hampshire (10 percent), Rhode Island (10 percent), Connecticut (five percent), Vermont (10 percent), Maine (10 percent), New York (10 percent), New Jersey (five percent), Pennsylvania (five percent), Maryland (five percent), Virginia (five percent), Delaware (five percent), West Virginia (five percent), and is to be completed by May 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on June 11, 2001, and six bids were received. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Concord, Mass., is the contracting activity, (DACW33-02-D-0006).

CDM Federal Programs Corp., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a firm-fixed-price task-order with a cumulative total contract ceiling of $10,000,000 for a watershed assessment study. Work will be performed in Massachusetts (20 percent), New Hampshire (20 percent), Rhode Island (20 percent), Connecticut (20 percent), Vermont (20 percent), and is to be completed by May 17, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on Nov. 13, 2001, and six bids were received. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Concord, Mass., is the contracting activity, (DACW33-02-D-0005).

On May 16, 2002, Rafael Construction, Inc., Henderson, Nev., was awarded a $8,779,076.46 firm-fixed-price contract for F-1 channel, Hualapai Way to beltway, Las Vegas, Washington, and tributaries. Work will be performed in Las Vegas, and is to be completed by April 30, 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the Commerce Business Daily on Feb. 19, 2002, and four bids were received. The U. S. Army Engineer District, Los Angeles, is the contracting activity (DACW09-02-C-0004).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
New Maryland Clothing Mfg.*, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded a $5,925,127 firm-fixed-price with indefinite quantity and delivery type contract for Af Shade #1620 Man's Coat (72,000 each Min./85,000 each Max.) and Af Shade #1620 Woman's Coat (27,852 each Min./33,422 each Max.) for the U.S. Air Force. Work will also be performed at New York, N.Y. This contract is exercising its first year option. Performance completion date is expected to be May 27, 2003. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 17 proposals and three were responded. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (SP0100-01-D-0318).

Parker Hannifin, Irvine, Calif., is being awarded a $13,060,794 firm-fixed-price with indefinite quantity and delivery type contract for 81 NSNs aircraft parts for the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps. This contract is a three-year contract with three-year option periods (up to total of 12 years). Performance completion date is to be Sept. 28, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 11 proposals and one was responded. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Columbus, Ohio. (SP0740-01-D-9726).

Alliant Food Service, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, N.M., is being awarded a $5,700,000 firm-fixed-price with indefinite-quantity and delivery-type contract for prime vendor full line food distribution for the U.S. Army, federal civilian agencies. Work will also be performed at El Paso and Ft. Bliss, Texas. This contract is exercising its first year option. Performance completion date is scheduled for June 2, 2003. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 21 proposals solicited and three were responded. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (SP0300-02-D-3008).

Sigcorp Energy Services; Evansville, Ind. was awarded a $22,089,651 fixed-price with economic-price adjustment type contract for 8,626,780 decotherms of natural gas for the U.S. Army and federal civilian agencies. Work will be performed in Nashville and Oak Ridge, Tenn., Miamisburg, Ohio and Fort Knox, Ky. Work is to be completed by Sept. 30, 2005. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were eight proposals solicited with two responses. The contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-02-D-7705).

The NTC Group*, Kennesaw, Ga., is being awarded a $5,000,000 competitive task orders type contract for recycling service of electronic scrap for the Defense Logistics Agency. The performance completion date is expected to be November 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was an Internet proposal with eight responses. The contracting activity is the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, Battle Creek, Mich. (SP4410-02-D-5003).

Global Investment Recovery*, Tampa, Fla., is being awarded a $5,000,000 competitive task orders type contract for recycling service of electronic scrap for the Defense Logistics Agency. The performance completion date is expected to be November 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was an Internet proposal with eight responded. The contracting activity is the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, Battle Creek, Mich. (SP4410-02-D-5002).

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CONTRACTS
NAVY
Caterpillar Inc. Defense and Federal Products, Peoria, Ill., is being awarded a $34,880,674 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for FFG 7 class ship's service diesel engines, training, spare parts and related technical and logistics data. Work will be performed in Lafayette, Ind. (95 percent); San Diego (two percent); Norfolk, Va. (two percent); and Mayport, Fla. (one percent), and is to be completed by May 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and advertised in the Commerce Business Daily with 23 proposals solicited and two offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Philadelphia is the contracting activity (N65540-02-D-0045).

DG21, Dallas is being awarded a $20,000,000 modification to the third option. Under the previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract (N62742-98-D-4500) (A00168) for base operating support services. The award of this increase to option three brings the total contract value to $247,672,961, which originally was awarded on 8 March 1999. Work will be performed in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and is to be completed by September 2002. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering, Pacific Division, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.

ST Production Systems, Inc., Farmingdale, N.J., is being awarded a $6,239,516 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00024-96-C-6395) to exercise an option to acquire four AN and SRQ-4 Radio Terminal Sets. Work will be performed in Farmingdale, and is to be completed by June 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Symetrics Industries, Inc.*, Melbourne, Fla., is being awarded a $5,627,543 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity and indefinite-delivery contract for the procurement of up to 501 Technique Control Modulators. These modulators are used in the AN and ULQ-21 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) Set, which provides realistic simulation of present and projected ECM threats to evaluate ECM capabilities of weapon systems and training weapon system operators. Work will be performed in Melbourne, and is to be completed by May 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with 32 proposals solicited and 10 offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Pt. Mugu, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-02-D-0026).

AIR FORCE
Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego is being awarded an $18,900,000 cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to provide for Engineering and Manufacturing Development Stage IIB activities for the Global Hawk Program including ground segment improvements, (SIGINT), Capability Development, and Spares. At this time, $6,568,400 has been obligated. This work will be complete December 2006. The Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson, Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-C-4600 P00009).

ARMY
Integrated Construction, Belleville, N.J., is being awarded a $13,402,094 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of six admin facilities for use by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection staff. Work will be performed in New York and is to be completed by July 20, 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 40 bids solicited on January 30, 2002, and 3 bids were received. The U. S. Army Engineer District, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (DACA65-02-C-0030).

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded a $21,610,507 increment as part of a $46,025,787 cost-plus fixed-fee contract for research and development on the Missile Defense System Exerciser. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is to be completed by April 23, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole-source contract initiated on Oct. 26, 2001. The U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (DASG60-02-C-0051).

On May 15, 2002, Osborne Construction Company, Kirkland, Wash., was awarded a $12,892,761 firm-fixed-price contract for design and build of vehicle maintenance facilities. Work will be performed in Fort Lewis, Wash., and is to be completed by August 3, 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on Feb. 8, 2002, and five bids were received. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle is the contracting activity (DACA67-02-C-0212).

On May 15, 2002, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla., was awarded a $7,995,804 increment as part of a $21,552,423 cost reimbursement contract for research and development of a generic micro-monitoring instrument capable of characterizing the chemical and physical constituents of its environment. Work will be performed in Tampa, Fla., and is to be completed by May 14, 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on August 26, 1999, and eight bids were received. The U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity (DASG60-00-C-0089).

On May 14, 2002, General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., was awarded a delivery order amount of $2,919,700 as part of a $5,839,400 (cumulative total) un-priced contractual action for nine lines of spare parts in support of the M1A2 SEP Abrams Tank. Work will be performed in Lima, Ohio (10 percent), Imperial, Calif., (40 percent), Tallahassee, Fla., (40 percent), Anniston, Ala., (10 percent), and is to be completed by Oct. 30, 2003. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole-source contract initiated on Feb. 14, 2002. The U. S. Army Tank and Automotive Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (DAAE20-97-G-0002).

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
TRW Systems, Carson, Calif., was awarded on May 15 a $12,590,306 increment of a $14,786,525 modification to a previously awarded other transaction for prototypes (fixed-price) for demonstration two of the Future Combat Systems Communications program. Work will be performed in Carson, Calif. (43 percent), Cambridge, Mass. (16 percent), Atlanta (five percent), Fort Wayne, Ind. (4 percent), Columbia, Md. (four percent), Westminster, Colo. (10 percent), Cedar Rapids, Iowa (5 percent), Salt Lake City (four percent), and multiple additional locations. Work is to be completed by Sept. 30, 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity (MDA972-01-9-0023, P00005).

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3) Missile defense work set for summer
FORT GREELY: U.S. will be clear of ABM treaty restrictions on June 14.

By Robert Burns
The Associated Press

(Published: May 15, 2002)
Washington -- Work on underground silos for missile
interceptors will begin in Alaska on June 14, the
first day the government will be freed from a 1972
treaty that bans major missile defenses, the head of
the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said Tuesday.

Withdrawal from the treaty also gives the U.S.
military more freedom to explore the use of additional
radars as part of a missile defense system, Lt. Gen.
Ronald Kadish said in an Associated Press interview.
For example, a ship-borne Aegis radar will be used in
a July missile intercept test.

The timing of the actions suggests an urgency within
the administration to get moving on a missile defense
system.

In January, President Bush gave the required six
months notice of U.S. intent to withdraw from the
Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, despite strong
objections by Russia and doubts among U.S. allies.

The radar test "was specifically prohibited by the
treaty, so it's never been done before," said Kadish,
a three-star Air Force general.

He answered questions in his office, which is adorned
with models of military aircraft, including one of a
modified Boeing 747 designed to shoot down missiles in
flight with a laser.

Withdrawal from the ABM treaty puts Kadish's agency at
an important crossroads. It opens new possibilities
for missile defense technologies but without a
blueprint for how the pieces might be put together.

Because of the treaty restrictions, the military has
steered clear of certain technologies for many years,
but "now we're going back and retracing those steps,"
he said.

The work in Alaska on underground silos for missile
interceptors is an example of a project that would
have collided with ABM restrictions. The plan is to
build five missile interceptor silos and associated
communications systems this summer so that by
September 2004 the site, at Fort Greely near
Fairbanks, could be available in an emergency.

The United States currently has no land-, sea- or
space-based means of shooting down long-range
missiles. Kadish said he has no doubt that the United
States one day will be threatened with a missile
attack.

"It's only a matter of time, from my point of view,
that we'll be facing this threat, up close and
personal, I'm afraid," he said.

Kadish could look out his office window on Sept. 11
and see flames and billowing clouds of smoke from the
airliner attack on the Pentagon.

The Fort Greely site in Alaska is intended for use
mainly as a testing ground for land-based
interceptors. It is part of a broader Pentagon effort
to expand the scale and types of missile defense
testing.

"We've been criticized for a long time for not doing
realistic, robust testing, and this is part of our
plan to do that," Kadish said. "It's expensive, but
it's the right thing to do."

The Bush administration's proposed 2003 defense budget
contains $7.8 billion for missile defense, and
projected spending for the four years beyond that
exceeds $30 billion in total. The Congressional Budget
Office estimates that the cost could reach $64 billion
by the year 2015.

Kadish said he is convinced the cost is worth the
benefit of having a means to defend against long-range
missiles, although missile defense work will have to
continue indefinitely.

"Over time, once you start building a defense system
of this nature, you're never done," he said. "You
should never be done. If you are done then one of two
things happened -- either you no longer need the
system or the threat has stayed still. In the history
of war and military affairs, threats never stay
still."

Russia, which objected to Bush's decision to withdraw
from the ABM treaty but ultimately accepted the move,
does not dispute that long-range missiles are a threat
to the United States and other countries. But it
prefers to emphasize political efforts to stop missile
proliferation.

In Moscow on Tuesday, U.S. Undersecretary of State
John Bolton and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy
Mamedov met to discuss the two countries' strategic
priorities. The Foreign Ministry said they focused
particularly on "regulating their future relations in
the area of missile

5) US Air Force sees urgent need to replace tankers

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Replacing the oldest U.S. refueling aircraft remains an Air Force priority, the service's secretary and chief of staff told Congress Wednesday amid controversy over a proposed lease of commercial aircraft from Boeing Co. <BA.N>.

The Air Force said concern about the 43-year-old KC-135Es in its fleet had been heightened by the increased pace of aerial refueling after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

"In the last several years we've doubled the amount of time from about 180 days to more than 300 days it takes to take one of these aircraft apart, fix all the corrosion and the things that are wrong with them and put them back together," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper told the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

Air Force Secretary James Roche rejected suggestions that the Air Force could get by with its current refueling fleet for 15 years or more.

"That is one of the reasons we are trying to jump-start more quickly, so that we can retire some of the oldest ones -- the E models -- which are facing about $3.2 billion worth of work in the next couple of years," he said.

Replacement needs to start as soon as possible, the Air Force said in a separate letter replying to criticism of the proposed lease deal.

'BACKDOOR HANDOUT'

In December, Congress authorized the Air Force to negotiate a lease with Boeing for 100 767s that would be converted into tankers.

Critics blasted the proposed lease as a backdoor handout to Boeing after the hijack attacks caused airlines to slash aircraft orders.

White House and congressional budget experts have said it would be cheaper to buy new planes or refurbish the old rather than a 10-year lease with an estimated cost of $26 billion to $37 billion.

The Senate Armed Services Committee moved last week to force the Air Force to get specific funding for any lease of Boeing tankers -- a process that could delay any deal until the next budget cycle.

A report issued on Wednesday by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said the urgency for new tankers in the short term was "unclear."

But in its response to the report, received on May 13, the Air Force wrote that leasing offered an opportunity to jump-start its tanker replacement effort earlier than a purchase program.

During the war in Afghanistan "every bomb, bullet and bayonet brought into the theater got there thanks to our aging air refueling tanker fleet," wrote Lt. Gen. Stephen Plummer, the Air Force's top uniformed acquisition official.

The increased demands of the ongoing war, rising costs and the uncertain condition of the KC-135 fleet "demand our beginning to recapitalize the oldest combat fleet in our nation's history as soon as possible," Plummer said.

05/15/02 17:40 ET