Military Contracts Awarded On 4.9.2013

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FOR RELEASE AT
5 p.m. ET No. 222-13
April 09, 2013

CONTRACTS

ARMY

McCann World Group Inc., New York, N.Y., was awarded a modification (No. P00010), to a previously awarded fixed-price-award-fee contract (W9124D-11-D-0036), with a maximum value of $192,114,076 for professional marketing and advertising services in support of personnel recruitment and retention programs throughout the Army. The cumulative total face value of this contract is now $565,128,853. Work performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order. The Army Contracting Command, Fort Knox, Ky., is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Carson, Calif., was awarded a $12,443,001 modification (No. P00067), to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (W31P4Q-07-C-0335), for a four-month extension of services in support of Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar Command and Control System. The cumulative total face value of this contract is now $156,052,528. A combination of fiscal 2013 Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation, Army; and fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance, Army; contract funds are being obligated on this award. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity.

Akima Facilities Management LLC., Anchorage, Alaska, was awarded a $13,738,710 modification (No. P00128), to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (W911SE-07-C-0013), for installation support services at Fort Gordon, Ga. The cumulative face value of this contract is now $234,506,147. Fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance, Army contract funds are being obligated on this award. The Army Contracting Command, Fort Gordon, Ga., is the contracting activity.

Dell, Round Rock, Texas, was awarded a $9,604,789 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of desktop computers and tablets. Eleven bids were solicited, with five bids received. Fiscal 2011 Other Procurement, Army funds are being obligated on this award. The Army Contracting Command, Tobyhanna, Pa., is the contracting activity (W91QUZ-06-D-0002).

AIR FORCE

Northrup Grumman Information Systems, Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $40,500,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for research, development, enhancement, integration, deployment and sustainment the Secure Access Baseline for the EnterpRise multi-level access solutions for the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Defense Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence community and Department of Defense customers. Work will be performed at Herndon, Va., and is expected to be completed by April 9, 2018. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and offers were solicited electronically; one offer was received. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013. The contracting activity is Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKF, Rome, N.Y. (FA8750-13-D-0134)

Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif. is being awarded a $35,166,810 firm-fixed delivery order for AN/ALE-50 towed decoys. Work will be performed at Forest, Miss., and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2015. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2011. Delivery order is multiyear. AFLCMC/WNKCB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. is the contracting activity; (FA8523-04-D-0001-0087).

NAVY

Lion-Vallen Industries, Dayton, Ohio, is being awarded a $24,796,986 firm-fixed-priced requirements contract for logistics services to manage, support, and operate the Marine Corps consolidated storage program individual issue facility and unit issue facility warehouse network. Contractor support consists of managing infantry combat equipment, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense equipment, special training allowance pool, soft-walled shelters and camouflage netting, and contractor-owned contractor-operated asset visibility capability system. Work will be performed in Barstow, Calif. (23 percent); Camp Lejuene, N.C. (18 percent); Camp Pendleton, Calif. (13 percent); Okinawa, Japan (10 percent); Miramar, Calif. (9 percent); Camp Geiger, N.C. (7 percent); Twenty-nine Palms, Calif. (4 percent); Cherry Point, N.C. (4 percent); Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (3 percent); Yuma, Ariz. (2 percent); Beaufort, S. C. (2 percent); Iwakuni, Japan (2 percent); New River, N.C. (2 percent); and Bridgeport, Calif. (1 percent). Work is expected to be completed April 2014. Fiscal 2013 Operation and Maintenance funds in the amount of $24,796,986 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received. The Marine Corps Logistics Command, Albany, Ga., is the contracting activity (M67004-13-D-0002).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Cardinal health Inc., Waukegan, Ill., has been awarded a maximum $18,625,651 modification exercising the first option year on a one year base contract with four one-year options for various laboratory supplies. The modification is a fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Illinois with an April 12, 2014 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2013 Defense Working Capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM2DE-12-D-7346/P00002).

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1. Over half a billion dollars for advertising!

I personally would like to never hear another word about how underfunded veterans programs are ... clearly the problem in the military is one of priorities.

McCann World Group Inc., New York, N.Y., was awarded a modification (No. P00010), to a previously awarded fixed-price-award-fee contract (W9124D-11-D-0036), with a maximum value of $192,114,076 for professional marketing and advertising services in support of personnel recruitment and retention programs throughout the Army. The cumulative total face value of this contract is now $565,128,853. Work performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order. The Army Contracting Command, Fort Knox, Ky., is the contracting activity.

I would like to thank 'unhappycamper' for posting these military contract links. If there is any doubt from anyone that the military-industrial-lobbyist-complex is a gravy train for the private corporate 'defense' industry .... well, here is the proof.

The scale of this transfer of wealth from taxpayers to corporations via the Pentagon is absolutely stunning.