Founder of the Fairness in Procurement Alliance (FPA) Publishes OP-ED on Small Business Forum

November 10, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Editorial 

Mr. Raul Espinosa the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of the Fairness in Procurement Alliance (FPA) had an OP-ED published at OhMyGov.com on twelve specific recommendations by the FPA Think Tank at UNF highlighting the work of The Umbrella Initiative whose goal is “to double the number of small business doing business with the government by the year 2020.”

You may find the OP-ED here.

Army Buys More Strykers From General Dynamics

The U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics a contract to build a further 352 Stryker vehicles. The total contract has a value of over $640 million. The Styrker wheeled vehicle is made in several variants from a basic troop carrying one to others with different weapons such as mortars, anti-tank missiles and even a large gun.

The Stryker initially was intended to be the bridge vehicle between the current heavy brigades and the upcoming Future Combat Systems (FCS) which was based on wheeled vehicles as well. FCS has been canceled by the Obama Administration but the number of Stryker equipped brigades is planned to increase. The vehicle has been deployed to Iraq and operated fairly successfully. General Dynamics has built almost three thousand of the vehicles. They are based on systems originally developed and built for the Canadian military.

Army orders 48 mine clearance vehicles

September 29, 2009 by admin · Comment
Filed under: Syndicated Industry News 

LADSON, S.C., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The tank and armaments division of the U.S. Army ordered 48 mine protected clearance vehicles from Force Protection Inc. in South Carolina.

CTC selected for TARDEC Omnibus Program

September 11, 2009 by admin · Comment
Filed under: Syndicated Industry News 

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted Concurrent Technologies Corp. to help the Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center with acquisition support.

U.S. Army Contracts Awarded on August 18th, 2008

August 18, 2008 by admin · Comment
Filed under: Contract Additions, Contract Awards, U.S. Army 

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Hellfire Systems Limited Liability Co., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Aug. 15, 2008, a $356,665,089 firm-fixed price contract for Hellfire II High-Energy Anti-Tank missiles. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Oct. 22, 2007. U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-08-C-0361).

BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Inc., York, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 15, 2008, a $11,160,117 cost-plus fixed fee contract for Bradley M2/M3 improved explosive device mine armor kits and mine armor kits. Work will be performed in York, Penn., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Dec. 17, 2007. U.S. Army TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-G-0005).

GE Engine Services, Inc., Cincinatti, Ohio, was awarded on Aug. 14, 2008, a $9,999,400 firm-fixed price contract for maintenance and overhaul of 10 conversion / recapitalization T701C to T701D engines. Work will be performed in Arkansas City, Kan., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three bids were solicited on Jan. 17, 2008, and three bids were received. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-D-0226).

L-3 Communications System West, Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded on Aug. 14, 2008, a $7,195,110 firm-fixed price contract for E-ROVER systems. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One bid was solicited on Jun. 4, 2008. U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contract activity (W58RGZ-07-C-0209).

Taylor Brothers Construction Co., Inc., was awarded on Aug. 12, 2008, a $6,024,699 firm-fixed price contract for rehab project of five buildings. Work will be performed in Butlerville, Ind., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 7, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Seven bids were solicited on Jun. 10, 2008, and two bids were received. USPFO, Indianapolis, Ind., is the contract activity (W912L9-07-D-0004).

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