NAVY United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engine, East Hartford, Connecticut, is being awarded a $591,919,496 modification to the previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm target Low Rate Initial Production Lot VII F135 propulsion systems contract (N00019-12-C-0060). This modification provides for the procurement of 19 F135-PW-100 Conventional Take Off and Landing propulsion systems for the U.S. Air Force; six F135-PW-600 Short Take-off and Vertical Landing propulsion systems for the U.S. Marine Corps; and four F135-PW-100 propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy. In addition, this modification provides for five F135-PW-100 propulsion systems, one F135-PW-100 spare propulsion system and one F135-PW-600 propulsion system for international partners, including program administrative labor, engineering assistance to production, initial spare modules and long-lead hardware. Work will be performed in Middletown, Connecticut (67 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (16.5 percent); and Indianapolis, Indiana (16.5 percent). Work is expected to be completed in September 2016. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 aircraft procurement funds (Air Force and Navy), international partner and foreign military sales funds will be obligated at time of award, $472,901,335 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force ($240,078,577; 41 percent); the Navy/Marine Corps ($237,082,879; 40 percent); international partners ($114,720,882; 18 percent); and foreign military sales ($37,158; 1 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Austal USA, LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded an $8,440,860 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise an option for Littoral Combat Ship Core Class Services. Austal USA, LLC, will assess engineering and production challenges, as well as develop, evaluate costs and schedule risks for engineering change proposals and class baseline documentation in support of production efforts. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama (60 percent), and Pittsfield, Massachusetts (40 percent), and work is expected to be completed October 2015. Fiscal 2014 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $8,440,860 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 05:42:11 +0000
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