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By Lisa Daniel
American Forces Press Service
Aug. 29, 2008 - Military members receive some buffers from hard times through benefits like housing and meal allowances, commissaries and a strong support network. But they feel the crunch of increasing prices like everyone else. Finance professionals who work directly with servicemembers say they are seeing more requests for help from soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.
"We're really seeing a lot of people asking for assistance," said Kelly Stewart, a community readiness consultant who counsels airmen about their finances on Andrews Air Force Base, Md. "It just seems to get worse with the economy."
On Camp Pendleton, Calif., "We're seeing the Military folks cut back on food," said Mike Hire, director of the Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society there. "Just like with other Americans, folks are looking for bargains and store brands, and they're buying things that go further. Maybe you haven't eaten rice or spaghetti as much as you do now."
The pinch has been especially hard on young servicemembers who aren't old enough to remember the last economic slowdown, let alone have never juggled finances through a recession, financial advisors say.
"You have a number of folks who come into the Military and are making more money than they ever thought they would," Hire said. "The problem is, they don't understand how much it is going to cost. They don't think in terms of hard economic times; they think in terms of how much money they have."
Where people tend to make mistakes is in not having enough savings to cover unexpected costs, Hire said. When people put pen to paper and create a budget, most draw a fixed income line and fixed expense line. That's a mistake, Hire said. "Expenses are never solid. They move up and down all the time. That's where people get into trouble," he said.
Lynn Olavarria, manager of the financial readiness program on Fort Bragg, N.C., agreed that education and self control on spending are key to keeping finances in check. "What I'm seeing is young people coming out of their parents' home and they have no kind of background for dealing with finances," she said. "Everybody wants everything now. I'm seeing that change more all the time. It's the instant-gratification generation. They incur debt quickly because we all know how easy it is to get credit."
Financial readiness programs are widespread to educate military members about their personal finances and classes are mandatory at first-duty stations, Olavarria said. The services offer financial counselors free of charge, as well as outreach programs, because of its impact on Military readiness.
"When financial problems are introduced into an airmen's life, their mind might be other places and it can affect the mission," Stewart said.
Servicemembers go to financial counselors for basic budgeting, referrals for interest-free loans, and sometimes because they are in danger of losing their security clearances due to financial problems, Stewart said. "Some clients I see have hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt -- credit card debt, judgments, it varies," she said.
Finance experts have this advice for military members to improve their financial shape: Take advantage of your benefits and support network; make smart spending choices; and save more.
There are many programs set up for Military members to save money. The Military Savings Deposit Program allows those deployed to combat zones to have money automatically taken out of their paychecks and placed into a savings account. Servicemembers earn 10 percent on the balance of the savings up to three months after their deployment ends, said Maj. Burke Beaumont, comptroller of the 316th Mission Support Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Contributing to an interest-bearing savings account and also to the government's Thrift Savings Plan for retirement "is a no-brainer," Beaumont said. The challenge is in making those contributions rather than spending additional money, such as those made from combat deployments, on things like expensive vehicles, iPhones and other status symbols, he said.
"You need to put that money to something you could use in the future," Beaumont said. "I'm seeing a lot of really nice cars on base: corvettes, brand new Mustangs, Hummers. That's money you could be investing."
Military members also must be careful not to use predatory lenders that charge very high interest, solicit around military bases, and make it simple to get a loan, Beaumont and other financial advisors said. The problem has gotten so bad that Congress last year passed a law that caps the interest rate on loans to military members at 36 percent.
"But 36 percent is still a lot, and they really reach out to Military members," Stewart said. People get themselves in trouble with loans by not considering the impact of paying off the full amount with interest, she said. "People say, 'I can afford to pay $115 a month. What they're not looking at is that they are going to pay back $5,000 on a $3,000 loan."
Predatory or "payday" lenders have gotten so common around bases that most financial readiness programs offer free classes on base to teach about their dangers, the financial advisors said. Also, Army Emergency Relief has started a new program that soldiers can use in place of private lenders. Under the Commanders' Referral Plan, a soldier can receive interest-free loans of up to $1,000 twice per year with a commander's referral, Olavarria said.
In fact, all four services have relief societies represented at most bases that give interest-free loans and, occasionally, grants. If a servicemember has to choose between paying a bill late -- and possibly messing up his credit rating for years -- or getting an interest-free loan from the relief society, then they should choose the society's help, advisors say.
"Military members are lucky because they have relief societies like ours," Hire said.
The Navy/Marine Corps society at Camp Pendleton doled out $3.8 million in emergency aid in 4,668 cases in 2007, he said. Those numbers will be similar for this year and are up from $2 million in 2005 and 2006, he said.
Here are some other tips from Military financial advisors:
-- Be hesitant about trading in your vehicle for one that uses less gas. Because of the devaluation of vehicles and the increased taxes required on a newer model, you may be better off to maintain the one you have.
-- Live near your work. High gas prices can diminish the savings on rent and mortgage farther away. Living on base also saves on utilities.
-- Save for emergency expenses. "We see people everyday for whom something has happened and they don't have the money to pay for it," Stewart said. "Just having the piece of mind of having that money in your account is a good way to live."
-- Use cash and check books more than credit and debit cards. "Because of debit cards, people overextend themselves constantly," Stewart said.
-- File travel vouchers on time and keep your government credit card paid off. Officials recommend setting up automatic withdrawals from servicemembers' paychecks that will move money into their travel card accounts. "The servicemember is 100 percent responsible for paying off the balance of the card" when the individual charges costs that aren't covered by per diem, Beaumont said.
Like those working for other services, Olavarria said it is important that soldiers reach out for the many ways that the Military can help with personal finances. "Everything a soldier can possibly need, the Army is going to do its very best to help them," Olavarria said.
An Army Community Service office is located on every post and can help soldiers or give referrals of help for almost any problem, she said. Furthermore, all installations and their surrounding communities sign onto what is known as an Army Family Covenant, which is a vow to support soldiers in any way possible, she said.
By Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden
American Forces Press Service
Aug. 27, 2008 - In Oakland County, Mich., every day is Veterans Day, thanks to strong military support from Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. The department is one of 15 organizations receiving the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award for outstanding support of its employees in the National Guard or Reserve. The department also is a co-recipient of the 2008 Michigan Employer Support Guard or Reserve Pro Patria Award.
Initiatives such as the "Every Day is Veterans Day" campaign launched by Bouchard's department and other local organizations are a testament of the department's respect and efforts to support military veterans.
The department is the first Michigan law enforcement agency to partner with the Army in the "Partnership for Youth Success Program," which actively recruits armed forces members for employment. Because of the program and other initiatives, a number of reserve-component servicemembers, including 12 deputies, now work for the sheriff's department.
Servicemembers welcomed into the department's work force are provided the difference between their military pay and their sheriff's department salary and full benefits for themselves and their families throughout their military career.
Deploying employees are given laptop computers purchased by the department for their personal use, while the department provides employees returning from deployments 10 days of paid time off in appreciation for their service.
The department also remembers its employees who were injured in combat. Employees recovering from wounds and undergoing rehabilitation continue to receive benefits and support from the department.
Bouchard recently was recognized by the Michigan Army National Guard with the Michigan Distinguished Service Medal for his exceptional support to deputy sheriff and Army Sgt. James McKelvey and his family while McKelvey recovered from injuries suffered during a deployment to Iraq.
Bouchard personally visited McKelvey on multiple occasions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here, and provided weekly updates of his recuperation to the department as well.
"It's been an honor and privilege to work for the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office," said Shawn Wilson, who also is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve corporal. "They continue to be a tremendous support system to the individuals who are deployed around the world and their families."
Whether employees are deployed or at weekend and annual drills, they feel they are able to concentrate more on their military missions and obligations and worry less about their families because of the high level of support the department provides, Wilson said.
"Knowing that our families are taken care of at home allows us to more effectively focus on the mission at hand," he said. "I will always be in debt to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and its employees for providing my family with the assistance they did while I was deployed."
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office will receive the Freedom Award along with 14 other companies in a ceremony Sept. 18 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center here. The Freedom Award was instituted in 1996 under the auspices of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve to recognize exceptional support from the employer community.
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P., Waco, Texas, is being awarded a $60,630,244 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract action for the fabrication and delivery of four P-3 Outer Wing Assembly kits in support of the P-3 recovery plan. Work will be performed in South Korea, (51 percent) and Waco, Texas, (49 percent), and is expected to be completed in Jun. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-08-C-0065).
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $13,990,687 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-4404) to exercise an option for alterations and repairs for the USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) FY08 docking selected restricted availability. The modification provides the following major alterations and repairs: repairs to underwater hull, repairs to propeller shafts and struts, repairs to sonar dome, and bow-strengthening alteration. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by Nov. 2008. Contract funds in the amount of $12,266,074 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
AGVIQ-CH2M Hill Joint Venture III, Anchorage, Ala., is being awarded a $9,322,161 modification 01 to contract task order JM04 under previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N62470-08-D-1006). The work to be performed is for corrective remedial actions of various sites, including Solid Waste Management Units 7/8, 54 and 55 at the U.S. Naval Activity. Work will be performed primarily in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, and work is expected to be completed Nov. 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.
TAOS Industries, Inc., Madison, Ala., is being awarded a $5,786,059 firm-fixed priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The preponderance of the contract is firm-fixed-priced for recurring services. Less than one percent of the contract value is for annual indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract line item numbers. The contract is for the Consolidated Storage Program, which consists of: program management support and facilities operation (encompassing individual and organizational bulk issue, recovery, warehousing, organizational maintenance, asset management including visibility, accountability, automated shelf-life management, replenishment and replacement for the Marine Corps families of individual combat equipment; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense equipment; special training allowance pool (cold, hot, wet weather clothing and equipment, humanitarian effort assets, and any other specialty clothing and equipment item); and shelters & camouflage netting. This contract includes six option years, which if exercised, would bring the potential cumulative value of the contract to $140,000,000. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., (21.5 percent); Okinawa, Japan, (20.5 percent); Oceanside, Calif., (18.0 percent); Madison, Ala., (10.0 percent); San Diego, Calif. (05.0 percent); Yuma, Ariz. (05.0 percent); Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, (05.0 percent); Awaken, Japan, (05.0 percent); Barstow, Calif., (02.5 percent); Bridgeport, Calif., (02.5 percent); Havelock, N.C., (02.5 percent); Beaufort, S.C., (02.5.0 percent), and work is expected to be completed Aug. 2009 (Aug. 2015 with exercised options). Contract funds in the amount of $5,786,059 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with 31 proposals solicited and six offers received. Marine Corps Logistics Command, Albany, Ga., is the contracting activity (M67004-08-D-0018).
General Atomics, San Diego, Ca., was awarded on Aug. 18, 2008, a $11,449,606 time & materials contract for modification to extend the period of performance for support services to Highlighter operations in Iraq. Work will be performed in Iraq with an estimated completion date of Dec. 21, 2008. One bid was solicited and one bid received. CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity (W15P7T-08-C-T205).
I.L. Fleming, Inc., Midway, Ga., was awarded on Aug. 18, 2008, a $15,580,056 firm-fixed price contract to construct a 120 person multi-story 3,958 square meter facility with reinforced concrete foundation and floor slabs, insulated maintenance free exterior walls and exterior stairs, standing seam metal roof, force protection system, utilities, parking, access road and site improvements. Facility includes room-bath-room modules, kitchens, fan-coil units with individually controlled thermostats, communication, fire suppression, elevator, lounge, laundries, storage areas and all other support necessary to provide a complete and usable facility. Project will comply with all DoD force protection standards. Work will be performed at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 20, 2009. 100 proposals were solicited with four bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-C-0033).
General Atomics Aeronautical System, San Diego, Ca., was awarded on Aug. 15, 2008, a $7,896,513 cost plus fixed fee contract to acquire three extended-range multi-purpose Block 0 Unmanned Aircraft in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Work will be performed in San Diego, Ca., with an estimated completion date of Mar. 31, 2010. One bid was solicited and one bid received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-06-C-0208).
Alcan General, Anchorage, Ala., was awarded on Aug. 15, 2008, a $54,178,881 firm-fixed price contract to design and build a battalion complex at Fort Richardson, Ala., (FTR195 & FTR 197). Work will be performed at Fort Richardson, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 10, 2010. Bids were solicited via the Web with two bids received. U.S. Army Engineer District Ala., Elmendorf Air Force Base, Ala., is the contracting activity (W911KB-08-C-0014).
CPI Aerostructures, Inc., of Edgewood, N.Y.; GSE Dynamics Inc. of Hauppauge, N.Y.; and Top Flight Aerostructures, Inc., of Marietta, Ga., are being awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for a maximum of $40 million. This action will provide 108 aircraft spare parts included in the scope of the contract and applicable to multiple platforms including the C-5 Galaxy, A-10, H-53 helicopter, C-135, B-52, B-1, A-10, and T-38. Quantities will be negotiated as requirements generate. At this time $12,116 has been obligated to CPI Aerostructures; $353,316 has been obligated to GSE Dynamics Inc.; and $53,980 has been obligated to Top Flight Aerostructures. 603 SCMS/GUBA, Robins AFB, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8537-08-D-0001, FA8537-08-D-0003, FA8537-08-D-0004).
By Sara Moore
American Forces Press Service
Aug. 18, 2008 - Because it always has been a family-owned and -operated business, it's no surprise that Coastal Windows, a small Hawaii company, knows how to take care of its employees. Coastal Windows applies its family philosophy in taking care of all employees, including those who serve in the National Guard and Reserve. For its support of employees who serve part-time in the military, Coastal Windows is being awarded the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
Coastal Windows has 62 employees, and at present, only one of them serves in the National Guard, said Bob Barrett, Coastal Windows vice president. However, that one employee, Army Sgt. Mike Echiverri, is well taken care of when he's at home and when he's deployed.
Echiverri has been on two deployments and is preparing to leave for his third. While he's gone, Coastal Windows maintains all his benefits, including health, dental, vision and retirement plans. He also continues to earn sick leave and vacation time, and he's given additional time off to spend with his family before and after each deployment. The company also takes care of Echiverri's family, Barrett said, including them in company functions and keeping them informed with the company newsletter.
Supporting an employee who serves in the military is something that comes naturally to this small company, Barrett said. "We're a family-run business, and people who work here are part of the family," he said. "To us, it's not just an employee that goes to war, it's a family member."
Coastal Windows extends its support of the military to the community. The company participates in the Marine Corps "Toys for Tots" program each year and has provided a window for a vehicle used by the Army Rangers.
"It's our way of serving the country," Barrett said of the company's efforts. "It's kind of like serving the country through proxy. We can help support them so they can do their job."
Having an employee who serves in the military benefits the company in more than one way, Barrett said. Servicemembers are disciplined and work well on a team, which helps with daily tasks, he said, and having Echiverri as part of the team brings all the employees closer together.
"It gives everyone something to cheer for," Barrett said. "They all know [Echiverri] really well, and they're happy to see him come back in one piece. It gives us something to bring us together."
Coastal Windows also employs many people who have spouses or other relatives in the military, Barrett said, and the company is happy to assist them as well. The company is flexible with time off and helps with communication when family members are deployed. "Pretty much whatever they need, we'll help with," he said.
Barrett said he is honored that Coastal Windows is receiving the Freedom Award. He said it came as a surprise, however, because no one in the company was looking for recognition when they were supporting Echiverri.
"To us, it's not something that we really have to work at; it's just taking care of your family," Barrett said. "It's something that comes natural to us."
Coastal Windows will receive the Freedom Award along with 14 other companies in a ceremony Sept. 18 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center here. The Freedom Award was instituted in 1996 under the auspices of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve to recognize exceptional support from the employer community.
Securiguard, Incorporated of McLean,Virginia is being awarded a firm-fixed price contract for $95,382,517. The purpose of this contract is to provide a comprehensive security force to effectively execute and manage security operations on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) and its associated Florida Annexes (Jonathan Dickinson Missile Tracking Annex, Cocoa Beach Tracking Annex, Fort Pierce Microwave Relay Annex, Malabar Transmitter Annex, Melbourne Beach Optical Tracking Annex, Stuart Microwave Relay Annex, Port Canaveral Cable Terminal Annex, Wabasso Microwave Relay Annex). The contractor will be required to provide a fully trained, armed, and uniformed security force whose capability and quality meets Air Force standards in accordance with Air Force Instruction (AFI) 31-101 and AFI 31-20. Performance requirements include: Protect the capability to launch; protection of National, DoD, and commercial space-lift resources; provide command and control of security forces; provide dedicated response to protection level 1-4 resources; provide installation and restricted area entry control; maintain law and order; provide law enforcement patrols and traffic enforcement; provide security for launch and hazardous operations; manage and operate Security Force Control Center; monitor and survey installation electronic security systems; provide marine security operations; develop installation security plans and procedures; provide resource protection; Pass & ID services; perform services during crisis and contingency. At this time no funds have been obligated. Patrick AFB, Fl is the contracting activity (FA2521-08-C-0011)
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, VA, is being awarded a contract for $34,500,105. The action will provide survivability research and development analysis to European Security Operations Center and the 66th Military Intelligence Group. The location of performance is Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va. At this time $1,856,358 has been obligated. Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380).
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, VA, is being awarded a contract for $18,941,252. The action will provide U.S. Marine Corps logistics chain survivability analysis. The location of performance is McLean, Va. At this time $454,000 has been obligated. Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380).
Henry M. Jackson Foundation of Rockville, Md., is being awarded a contract for $20,992,931. The objective of this effort is to provide research and research support for the Biosciences and Protection Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Biosciences and Protection Division has four key technology mission areas: 1) biotechnology, 2) bio-behavioral performance, 3) biomechanics, and 4) counterproliferation. This effort will develop innovative science and technology to advance the state-of-art in each of these mission areas. This effort will provide for an integrated administrative and management test-bed venue focused on innovative technology concepts required to capitalize on advances in the biosciences and to provide radically new Air Force capabilities. These capabilities will improve warfighter performance and combat effectiveness, as well as provide a general public benefit through appropriate civilian applications. The location of performance is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Brooks City Base, Texas. At this time $700,000 has been obligated. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-05-2-6518).
L-3 Communications of Pittsburgh, Penn., is being awarded a contract for $6,128,869. This action will provide design and development of two, 1 meter primary, on axis Cassegrain, azimuth/elevation mount telescopes for use in laser propagation and turbulence sensing experiments at the Starfire Optical Range at Kirtland AFB, N.M. At this time $1,500,000 has been obligated. Kirtland AFB, N.M., is the contracting activity (FA9451-08-C-0262).
Survival Innovations, Inc of Arden North Carolina is being awarded a contract for $5,999,044. The objective of this effort if to tailor development, integration and testing of a head and neck restraint system to provide improved head and neck injury protection within acceptable limits for the smaller anthropometric population range of fighter aircraft, thereby optimizing warfighter injury tolerance and protection during emergency escape. This research will potentially benefit all aircraft ejection systems. At this time $5,999,044 has been obligated. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-08-C-6925).
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Huguenot Energy LLC., Charleston, S.C.* is being awarded a maximum $53,153,997 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are in Charleston, South Carolina. Using services are Army, Navy, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were originally 55 proposals solicited with 18 responses. The date of performance completion is April 30, 2011. The contracting activity is Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-08-D-0357).
US Foodservice/Joseph Webb Division, Vista, Calif. is being awarded a maximum $34,585,000 firm fixed price, prime vendor contract for full line food distribution services. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. There are no other locations of performance. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is exercising second option year. This proposal was originally Web solicited with 3 responses. The date of performance completion is August 17, 2009. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-08-D-3206).
Midstream Fuel Service LLC., Houston, Texas* is being awarded a maximum $6,064,080 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Other locations of performance are Carrabelle, Florida and Beaumont, Texas. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were originally 55 proposals solicited with 18 responses. The date of performance completion is April 30, 2011. The contracting activity is Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-08-D-0362).
Caddell Construction Co., Montgomery, Ala., was awarded on Aug. 13, 2008, a $48,463,000 firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of three simulation training facilities with a gross square footage of 240,043 for non-motion based and motion based simulations. Work will be performed in Fort Benning, Ga., and is expected to be completed by March 2, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four bids were solicited on May 2, 2008, and two bids were received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-07-D-0056).
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Aug. 13, 2008, an $8,904,288 firm-fixed price contract for procurement of spares and ground support equipment for the Bahrain Defense Force. Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Oct. 20, 2005. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).
Ttec-Tesoro, Norcross, Ga., was awarded on Aug. 12, 2008, a $8,716,000 firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of company operations facilities. Work will be performed at Fort Bragg, N.C., and is expected to be completed by Jan. 11, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four bids were solicited on June 23, 2008, and two bids were received. U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity (W912HN-07-D-0058).
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $17,394,620 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost plus fixed fee contract (N00383-06-D-001J) to incorporate post production and performance based logistics support requirements necessary for the continued safe and effective operations of fielded F/A-18 A-D aircraft. This modification provides support for the Navy, Marine Corps; and the governments of Australia, Canada, Spain, Finland, Switzerland, Kuwait, and Malaysia. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (76 percent); El Segundo, Calif. (21 percent); Warner Robins, Ga. (2 percent); and Santa Clarita, Calif. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in Dec. 2008. Contract funds in the amount of $903,305 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($12,574,529; 72 percent) and the Governments of Canada ($1,461,918; 8 percent); Spain ($1,016,986; 6 percent); Australia ($794,520; 5 percent); Finland ($677,991; 4 percent); Kuwait ($423,744; 2 percent); Switzerland ($360,183; 2 percent); and Malaysia, ($84,749; 1 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
American Electronic Warfare Assoc., California, Md., is being awarded a $14,777,791 cost-plus-fixed-fee bridge contract for the continuation of engineering and ground test support services at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Atlantic Ranges and Facilities Department, Integrated Combat Environments Division and Modeling and Simulation Division. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. and is expected to be completed in Feb. 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $2,463,347 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-08-C-0074).
Nan, Inc. dba Ocean House Builders, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded $11,432,000 for firm-fixed-price task order #0002 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity design-build multiple award construction contract (N62478-08-D-4009) for all design, construction and incidental related work to construct a new 1-story facility which combines a fleet store and MWR outdoor gear facility into one building. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and work is expected to be completed by May 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The basic contract was competitively procured with 41 offers solicited, 12 proposals received and award made on Feb. 28, 2008. The total contract amount is not to exceed $100,000,000, which includes the base period and four option years. The multiple contractors (five in number) may compete for task order under the terms and conditions of the existing contract. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is the contracting activity.
Cameron Bell Corporation, Government Solutions Group,* Charleston, S.C., is being awarded a potential maximum $9,980,891 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (delivery order), cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide technical and engineering services in support of the Cyber Asset Reduction Security (CARS) program at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego, Information technology Enterprise networking environment. Support includes: knowledge management, content management, systems mapping, architectural integration, analysis, planning, design and implementation of new systems, subsystems and critical items to support requirements. Work will be performed at selected Space and Naval Warfare Systems activities within the United States, including: San Diego, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; Norfolk, Va.; New Orleans, La.; and Charleston, S.C., and work is expected to be completed Aug. 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was negotiated as a sole source agreement in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source (FAR Subpart 6.302-1). There is only one source, Government Solutions Group, qualified and capable of performing the work at a reasonable price to the Government. The use of any other contractor would involve a substantial duplication of costs not expected to be recovered through competition. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N66001-08-D-0078).
Rockwell Collins Government Systems, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $5,598,148 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-05-C-0050) to exercise an option for the FY 2008 production of AN/ARC-210(V) Electronic Protection Radio System for the Air Force F-16 aircraft. This modification includes 74 RT-1851A(C) ARC-210 receiver-transmitter radios; 59 MT-6567 mounting bases; 62 C-12719 controls; and 59 RF filter diplexers. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in Dec. 2008. Contract funds in the amount of $1,773,551 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
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