Vertex awarded $98.9M T-1A pact

* L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi, was awarded a $93,995,000 firm-fixed-price contract for contractor-operated and -maintained base supply of the Air Education and Training Command fleet of 177 T-1A Trainer aircraft. Work will be performed at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Laughlin AFB, Texas; Vance AFB, Oklahoma; Columbus AFB, Mississippi; and Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2023. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and three offers were received. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $14,131,472 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity. 

* Textron Systems Corp., New Orleans, Louisiana, is awarded a $9,021,994 firm-fixed-price contract modification to the previously awarded contract N00024-12-C-2401. This effort is to provide Major Shore Based Spares (MSBS) to support Landing Craft Air Cushion 100 class vessels at Assault Craft Unit-4. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio (83%); and Indianapolis, Indiana (17%), and is expected to be completed by April 2025. Fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,021,994 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair, Gulf Coast, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is the contracting activity. 

* TyBe-Garney Federal JV LLC,* Newbern, Tennessee, is awarded a $21,395,660 firm-fixed-price contract for design and installation of a potable water distribution system at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland. This contract also contains two unexercised options which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $25,072,790. Work will be performed at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, South Potomac, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by November 2024. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 military construction (Navy) funds in the amount of $21,395,660 will be obligated at time of award, and $5,405,672 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (DoD 11/30/22) Newbern, Tenn., is about 55 miles north of Jackson, Tenn.