Army ITEC4-West Names Four for O&M of
Communications Systems
On November 12, 2004, the U.S. Army Contracting
Activity, Information Technology, E-Commerce and
Commercial Contracting Center - West (ACA ITEC4-W)
(Ft. Huachuca, NM) awarded four parallel, five-year,
$25 million, firm-fixed-price, IDIQ contracts for
operation and maintenance (O&M) of communication
systems under the cognizance of the Directorate of
Information Management (DOIM).
The recipients were:
— Altech Services, Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK
(W91RUS-05-D-0001).
— Cordev, Inc. (Falls Church, VA) (W91RUS-05-
D-0002).
— GSTek, Inc. (Chesapeake, VA) (W91RUS-05-
D-0003).
— Space Mark International, Inc. (SMI)
(Colorado Springs, CO) (W91RUS-05-D-0004).
Under the multiple-award program, these companies
now will compete for task orders to provide
administrative telephone services (ATS) and
information
technology (IT) services.
The contract was competitively procured through
solicitation W91RUS-04-R-0024, which was issued on
June 4, 2004, and called for up to seven awards under
competition limited to small businesses only (NAICS
517110).
Army SMDC Chooses CAS to Support Advanced
Measurements Optical Range (AMOR)
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
(SMDC) (Huntsville, AL) awarded CAS, Inc. (Huntsville,
AL) a five-year, $7.3 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee
contract (W9113M-05-C-0006) for Advanced
Measurements Optical Range (AMOR) support.
Under the contract, the company will provide
operation, maintenance, calibration, repair services,
perform technical assessments in the areas of
technology evaluation, data analysis, system analysis,
design, fabricate and test active and passive electro-
optical measurement hardware, and gather data for
databases using ladars and other equipment relating to
the operation of the AMOR on Redstone Arsenal, AL.
Navy SPAWAR SSC-SD Inks Koam Engineering
Services for Test Bed O&M
The U.S. Naval SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego
(SSC-SD) (San Diego, CA) awarded Koam Engineering
Systems, Inc. (KES) (San Diego, CA) a five-year, $28.9
million, cost reimbursement, IDIQ contract (N66001
-05-D-0009) to provide Combined Test Bed (CTB)
operation and maintenance (O&M) support services in
support of SSC-SDs Tactical Systems Integration and
Interoperability Div. (Code 245).
Under the contract, which has an estimated level of
effort (LOE) of 84,480 labor-hours per year, the
company will support laboratory equipment, including
Joint Tactical Information Distribution Systems (JTIDS),
Multifunctional Information Distribution System
(MIDS), AEGIS systems and equipment and supporting
equipment or software provided for use with U.S.
military tactical data link communications. Work will
be performed in San Diego, CA.
The contract was competitively procured through
solicitation N66001-04-R-0037, which was issued on
June 1, 2004, and called for competition limited to 8(a)
firms only (NAICS 541330; $23 million).
USAF AFSPC Chooses Four for CAASETA
Program
The U.S. Air Force Space Command, 21st Contracting
Squadron (AFSPC 21 CONS) (Peterson AFB, CO)
awarded four parallel, five-year, IDIQ contracts, worth
$610 million collectively, to provide Contract Advisory
& Assistance Services and Systems Engineering &
Technical Assistance (CAASETA).
The recipients were:
— SI International (Colorado Springs, CO)
(FA2517-04-D-9000).
— Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (McLean, VA)
(FA2517-04-D-9001).
— Scitor Corp. (Colorado Springs, CO)
((FA2517-04-D-9003).
— bd Systems, Inc. (Torrance, CA) (FA2517-04-
D-9002), teamed with Aero Thermo Technology; Allegis
Group; Anteon ISG - Air Force Programs (Fairfax, VA);
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) (Albuquerque,
NM); CACI, Inc. - Federal (Arlington, VA); General
Dynamics; L-3 Communications; CollaborX; RI; Morgan
Research Corp. (Huntsville, AL); Office Technology
Systems, Inc.; Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc.
(Vienna, VA); Robbins-Gioia, LLC (Alexandria, VA);
SAIC Federal Business (McLean, VA); Shape
Technologies LLC; and Multimax, Inc. (Largo, MD).
Under the multiple-award program, these companies
now will compete for task orders to provide
management, planning, and engineering and technical
assistance support needed by AFSPC and supported
organizations to successfully conceptualize, plan for,
advocate, define, develop, field, test, and sustain
Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) systems (hardware,
software, facilities, people, procedures); and integrate
and synergize new command and control (C2)
capabilities with capabilities being planned, developed,
and delivered by other organizations. In addition, task
orders will assist AFSPC in evolving BMD procurements
from platform-centric to capabilities-based acquisitions
in accordance with DoD new and evolving direction.
The contract called for full & open competition. Two
awards were reserved for small businesses only
(NAICS 541710).
USAF AFSPC Chooses LinQuest Corp. for Milstar
Engineering and Communications Services (MECSS)
The U.S. Air Force Space Command, 50th Contracting
Squadron (AFSPC 50 CONS) (Schriever AFB, CO)
awarded LinQuest Corp. (Los Angeles, CA) a five-year,
$10 million, IDIQ contract (FA2550-05-D-8000) for
Milstar Engineering and Communications Services
(MECSS).
Under the contract, the company will support the 4th
Space Operations Squadron (4 SOPS) at Schriever AFB
and the Space and Missile Center, Detachment 11 (SMC
Det 11) MILSATCOM Systems Sustainment Office
(MSSO) Mission Planning Element (MPE) at Peterson
AFB by providing technical communications services to
both strategic and tactical users of the Milstar satellite
constellation in support of the government's secure,
global communications mission (Army, Navy, Air
Force). LinQuest also will support the 4 SOPs
Cryptographic Re-key mission. The company will
support training 24-hour crews in basic
communications troubleshooting techniques and
explain complicated communications processes
necessary for system usage. The company will
perform analysis, trouble-shooting, and problem
resolution on Milstar software tools supporting
resource management and communications planning.
The work will be performed at Schriever AFB, CO.
The contract was competitively procured through
solicitation FA2550-04-R-3000, which was issued on
June 29, 2004, and called for competition limited to
small businesses only (NAICS 541330).
The procurement is considered a follow-on effort. The
incumbent was LinCom Corp., which performed the
work previously under a five-year, $12.2 million
contract (F04701-98-C-0046) awarded in January 1999.
LinCom was acquired by Titan Corp. in 2000. In July
2001, LinCom was renamed Titan Communications &
Software Solutions Div. (CSSD). Then, in November
2003, Titan divested most of the contracts being
performed by CSSD to a newly formed company called
LinQuest Corp. in an effort to avoid potential
organizational conflict of interest (OCI) issues due to a
possible merger with Lockheed Martin, the Milstar
prime contractor.
USAF ASC Picks QTSI Over Incumbent SAIC in US
NDC Support Recompete
The U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC)
(Wright-Patterson AFB, OH) awarded Quantum
Technology Services Inc. (QTSI) (Cocoa Beach, FL) a
five-year, $28 million, cost-plus-award-fee contract
(FA8620-05-C-4301) for the sustainment and continual
development of the United States National Data Center
(US NDC).
Under the contract, dubbed US NDC Phase 3, the
company will support the U.S. Atomic Energy Detection
Systems (USAEDS) Squadron (DET 3 ASC) (Patrick
AFB, FL) by operating and sustaining the present
operational systems, increasing performance by fine-
tuning current systems, and adding increased
functionality to the current baseline. The work will be
performed at AFTAC, Patrick AFB, FL.
The procurement is considered a follow-on effort. The
incumbent was SAIC.
USAF ESC Selects Five Firms for Mission Planning
Enterprise Contract (MPEC)
The U.S. Air Force Electronics Systems Center (ESC)
(Hanscom AFB, MA) awarded five parallel, 15-year,
IDIQ contracts, worth $2 billion collectively, for the
Mission Planning Enterprise Contract (MPEC).
The recipients were:
— BAE Systems Mission Solutions - Intelligence
Systems (San Diego, CA), teamed with BAE Systems
IEWS - Information Dominance Systems (Nashua, NH)
(FA8720-04-D-0002).
— TYBRIN Corp. (Ft. Walton Beach, FL) (FA8720
-04-D-0003).
— Northrop Grumman Mission Systems -
Defense Mission Systems (DMS) (McLean, VA)
(FA8720-04-D-0004). Work will performed in San
Pedro, CA.
— Boeing Military Programs - Wichita Div.
(Wichita, KS) (FA8720-04-D-0005).
— Lockheed Martin IS&S - Joint C3 Systems
(Colorado Springs, CO) (FA8720-04-D-0006).
Under the multiple-award program, these companies
now will compete for task orders to perform all
mission planning software development, test and
evaluation (T&E), maintenance, integration, training
and fielding. These efforts may include:
— Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS)
common capabilities development, evolution, and
maintenance.
— JMPS aircraft and weapon unique planning
components (UPCs) development, evolution, and
maintenance.
— Evolution and maintenance of the JMPS
framework.
— Migration of aircraft and weapon platforms
from legacy mission planning systems to JMPS.
— Maintenance of legacy system software -
core systems, installable software modules, and/or
platform components.
— Development and evolution of future mission
planning systems.
— Performance of mission planning and related
C4I trade studies and/or prototyping.