Former Undersecretary of Acquisition criticizes Boeing
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, GAO, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Proposal, Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
For more see The Guardian.
Navy orders training systems for the V-22
Filed under: Bell, Boeing, Contract Awards, Military Aviation, U.S. Navy, development program, logistics, production program
The Navy ordered from the Boeing-Bell team manufacturing the V-22 Osprey training devices and related equipment today. The contract is worth about $78 M. See a story here. The Osprey has just finished a successful deployment in Iraq where it carried out heavy lift missions, usually for logistics purposes. The contract will pay for the development and production of training equipment.
Air Force to award GPS III satellite contract
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin, Satellites, U.S. Air Force, space
The GPS III satellite had a successful DAB recently which allowed Mr. Young, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OSD(AT&L) to allow the contract award. See an article here. As part of this authorization, though, he directed that the requirements be frozen as to what was presented at the DAB. The contract could be worth $1.8 B, and will go to either Boeing or Lockheed Martin. The award could come early next week.
OSD expresses concern over protests
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, Federal Budget Process, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, development program, logistics
In this story Mr. Young, the Assistant Secretary of Defense of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics expresses concern over the recent amount of protests with large systems. Part of the story is letting Boeing know not to focus on the recent lost KC-45 award, but to look to future competitions. He also generally agreed with the recent GAO report that systems are over cost and behind schedule, but that is to be expected. Read more
Roby’s Country Gardens recieves order for produce
Roby’s Country Gardens, a Kentucky company, recieved an order for over $18 M of produce for the US Navy, Air Force and Marines. More detail from the Business First site here.
Uniforms are expensive
DoD awarded a contract for clothing, as announced yesterday on Defenselink.mil
“Golden Manufacturing Co. Inc., Golden, Miss.,* is being awarded a maximum $52,527,000.00 firm fixed price contract for cold weather coats and universal field combat uniforms. There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. This proposal was originally Web solicited with 11 responses. This contract is awarding base year only at this time. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is Mar. 31, 2009. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM1C1-08-D-1036).”
Trucks are Expensive as well
This contract award from 24 December shows that once you buy the supplies, it costs to haul them around too.
“Oshkosh Truck Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Dec. 19, 2007, a $179,309,413 firm-fixed-price contract for heavy equipment mobility truck systems. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wis., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There was one bid solicited on Oct. 23, 2006, and one bid was received. The Tank Automotive and Armaments Command, Warren Mich., is the contracting activity W56HZV-07-C-0248.”
See also Oshkosh Truck Company.
DOD Awards Contract for Training Ammunition
As this contract award reported Monday on Defenselink.mil shows, even training in DOD costs a great deal.
“Olin Corp., Winchester Ammunition, East Alton, Ill. is being awarded a maximum $29,000,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 5.56 mm ammunition used by the Navy and Air Force as training rounds. Work will be performed in East Alton, Ill. and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was conducted on a competitive basis with the solicitation being publicized on the World-Wide Web with three offers received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-08-D-JN10).”
Bell Boeing Awarded Contractor Support Contract for V-22
On Friday, Bell Boeing was awarded a contract to provide Interim Contractor Support (ICS) for the US Air Forces V-22 aircraft. The contract is worth almost $48 million and will support aircraft in Florida and New Mexico. The company is also required to support any operationally deployed aircraft. Details about the award are here. Since the program is managed by the Navy for all the Services they awarded the contract, although this is for the US Air Force aircraft.
One of the issues with Contractor Logistics Support (CLS), although ICS is not traditional CLS it just provides a bridge until the service stands up their organic support, is that if you are using it you will need to make provisions to deploy your maintenance contractor. That means in Iraq and Afghanistan there are a large number of contractors providing logistic services for aircraft, vehicles and in general.
BAE Announces That It Is Buying MTC Tech
Yesterday BAE announced that it would purchase MTC Technologies for a total price of $450 Million. The news story is here. Information about the Dayton, Ohio headquartered MTC Technologies can be found here.
Department of Defense Invests in Biodiesel
Filed under: Battelle Memorial Institute, Contract Awards, Department of Defense
This article in The Phoenix Business Journal details how a local company won a contract from DoD to build a portable renewable fuel system. The primary process used is one that two German chemists, Fischer-Tropsch, invented prior to WW II. The contract may have a total value of $100 million. The goal is two-fold: reduce cost and increase logistic flexibility. See the article here.
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