Gives me goosebumps every single time I hear Mr. Charles sing this song. The utmost respect... "America, The Beautiful"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USfEOblpZt8
Thursday, March 27, 2014
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.” ~John Lennon
I need to leave you now. I am sure my co-conspirator is up by now. Don't give her any backtalk ... between her and me, I think we're both ready to hit someone upside the head ... with a 2x4.
With that said ... Good morning, Good Afternoon, and Good evening to each and every one of the 10,790 members of the worldwide PEA family! We are so glad you are with us
I leave you with this...
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” ~Frank Herbert
With that said ... Good morning, Good Afternoon, and Good evening to each and every one of the 10,790 members of the worldwide PEA family! We are so glad you are with us
I leave you with this...
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” ~Frank Herbert
On 27 March 2014, Private Eyes Advocacy Honors...
Pfc. Darrell W. Butts, United States Army
Darrell Wayne Butts was born on March 27, 1948 and hailed from Wichita, Kansas.
During the Vietnam Theater, Darrell Butts was recruited by the United States Army where he achieved the rank of Private First Class.
On June 22, 1967, Pfc Darrell Butts was killed in action in the Kontum province. He was 19 years old.
Darrell Wayne Butts is honored on Panel 22E, Row 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Comments at The Wall: We Remember POSTED ON 9/27/09 - BY ROBERT SAGE RSAGE@AUSTIN.RR.COM
Darrell is buried at Lakeview Gardens Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas
Comments at The Wall: Jump School Photo POSTED ON 9/5/00 - ERIC BUTTS
(Posted Jump School picture. Before 9/5/2000 there was no picture of record by the VVM).
#HonorTheFallen #PfcDarrellWButts #USArmy #Vietnam#TheWall #Panel22E_Row36 #Military #History #NeverForgotten
Pfc. Darrell W. Butts, United States Army
Darrell Wayne Butts was born on March 27, 1948 and hailed from Wichita, Kansas.
During the Vietnam Theater, Darrell Butts was recruited by the United States Army where he achieved the rank of Private First Class.
On June 22, 1967, Pfc Darrell Butts was killed in action in the Kontum province. He was 19 years old.
Darrell Wayne Butts is honored on Panel 22E, Row 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Comments at The Wall: We Remember POSTED ON 9/27/09 - BY ROBERT SAGE RSAGE@AUSTIN.RR.COM
Darrell is buried at Lakeview Gardens Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas
Comments at The Wall: Jump School Photo POSTED ON 9/5/00 - ERIC BUTTS
(Posted Jump School picture. Before 9/5/2000 there was no picture of record by the VVM).
#HonorTheFallen #PfcDarrellWButts #USArmy #Vietnam#TheWall #Panel22E_Row36 #Military #History #NeverForgotten
On 27 March 2014 Private Eyes Advocacy Honors...
Medal of Honor Recipient, Lt. Thomas G. Kelly, United States Navy
Rank: Lieutenant
Organization: U.S. Navy
Company:
Division: River Assault Division 152
Born: 13 May 1939, Boston, Massachusetts
Departed: No
Entered Service At: Boston, Massachusetts
G.O. Number:
Date of Issue: 05/14/1970
Accredited To: Boston, Massachusetts
Place / Date: Ong Muong Canal, Kien Hoa province, Republic of Vietnam, 15 June 1969
Citation
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in the afternoon while serving as commander of River Assault Division 152 during combat operations against enemy aggressor forces.
Lt. Comdr. (then Lt.) Kelley was in charge of a column of 8 river assault craft which were extracting 1 company of U.S. Army infantry troops on the east bank of the Ong Muong Canal in Kien Hoa province, when 1 of their moored troop carriers reported a mechanical failure of a loading ramp.
At approximately the same time, Viet Cong forces opened fire from the opposite bank of the canal. After issuing orders for the crippled troop carrier to raise its ramp manually, and for the remaining boats to form a protective cordon around the disabled craft, Lt. Comdr.
Kelley realizing the extreme danger to his column and its inability to clear the ambush site until the crippled unit was repaired, boldly maneuvered the monitor in which he was embarked to the exposed side of the protective cordon in direct line with the enemy's fire, and ordered the monitor to commence firing.
Suddenly, an enemy rocket scored a direct hit on the coxswain's flat, the shell penetrating the thick armor plate, and the explosion spraying shrapnel in all directions.
Sustaining serious head wounds from the blast, which hurled him to the deck of the monitor, Lt. Cmdr. Kelley disregarded his severe injuries and attempted to continue directing the other boats.
Although unable to move from the deck or to speak clearly into the radio, he succeeded in relaying his commands through 1 of his men until the enemy attack was silenced and the boats were able to move to an area of safety.
Lt. Comdr. Kelley's brilliant leadership, bold initiative, and resolute determination served to inspire his men and provide the impetus needed to carry out the mission after he was medically evacuated by helicopter.
His extraordinary courage under fire, and his selfless devotion to duty sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
#HonorOurVeterans #LtThomasGKelly #USNavy #MoH #MedalofHonor #Vietnam #Military #History #NeverForgotten
Medal of Honor Recipient, Lt. Thomas G. Kelly, United States Navy
Rank: Lieutenant
Organization: U.S. Navy
Company:
Division: River Assault Division 152
Born: 13 May 1939, Boston, Massachusetts
Departed: No
Entered Service At: Boston, Massachusetts
G.O. Number:
Date of Issue: 05/14/1970
Accredited To: Boston, Massachusetts
Place / Date: Ong Muong Canal, Kien Hoa province, Republic of Vietnam, 15 June 1969
Citation
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in the afternoon while serving as commander of River Assault Division 152 during combat operations against enemy aggressor forces.
Lt. Comdr. (then Lt.) Kelley was in charge of a column of 8 river assault craft which were extracting 1 company of U.S. Army infantry troops on the east bank of the Ong Muong Canal in Kien Hoa province, when 1 of their moored troop carriers reported a mechanical failure of a loading ramp.
At approximately the same time, Viet Cong forces opened fire from the opposite bank of the canal. After issuing orders for the crippled troop carrier to raise its ramp manually, and for the remaining boats to form a protective cordon around the disabled craft, Lt. Comdr.
Kelley realizing the extreme danger to his column and its inability to clear the ambush site until the crippled unit was repaired, boldly maneuvered the monitor in which he was embarked to the exposed side of the protective cordon in direct line with the enemy's fire, and ordered the monitor to commence firing.
Suddenly, an enemy rocket scored a direct hit on the coxswain's flat, the shell penetrating the thick armor plate, and the explosion spraying shrapnel in all directions.
Sustaining serious head wounds from the blast, which hurled him to the deck of the monitor, Lt. Cmdr. Kelley disregarded his severe injuries and attempted to continue directing the other boats.
Although unable to move from the deck or to speak clearly into the radio, he succeeded in relaying his commands through 1 of his men until the enemy attack was silenced and the boats were able to move to an area of safety.
Lt. Comdr. Kelley's brilliant leadership, bold initiative, and resolute determination served to inspire his men and provide the impetus needed to carry out the mission after he was medically evacuated by helicopter.
His extraordinary courage under fire, and his selfless devotion to duty sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
#HonorOurVeterans #LtThomasGKelly #USNavy #MoH #MedalofHonor #Vietnam #Military #History #NeverForgotten
No: CR-055-14 | March 26, 2014 | CONTRACTS
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Siemens Medical Solutions Inc., Malvern, Pa., has been awarded a maximum $1,789,537,539 modification (P00101) exercising the fifth option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D1-09-D-8314) with seven one-year option periods for radiology systems, subsystems, accessories, service, and repair and parts. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Pennsylvania with a March 30, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc., Twinsburg, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $90,254,284 modification (P00017) exercising the fifth option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D1-09-D-8331) with seven one-year option periods for radiology systems, components, upgrades, accessories, and installation. This is a fixed-price with economic-price adjustment contract. Location of performance is Ohio with a March 29, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
AIR FORCE
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga., has been awarded a maximum $102,062,349 modification (P00002) exercising option period one on firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (FA8106-13-D-0002) for contractor logistics support services to the C-20 and C-37 fleet for Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. Work will be performed worldwide, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard funds in the amount of $60,841,191 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WLKLB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity.
The Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., has been awarded a maximum $33,680,614 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the hypertemporal imaging space experiment payload. The primary objective of the hypertemporal imaging space experiment payload effort is to design, fabricate, test, and deliver a space-flight ready instrument capable of conducting hypertemporal imaging from a geosynchronous earth orbit. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., and is expected to be completed in January 2017. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,387,630 are being obligated at award. This award is the result of a broad agency announcement, and two proposals were received. Detachment 8, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is the contracting activity (FA9453-14-C-0211).
Beechcraft Corp., Wichita, Kan., has been awarded a $24,500,000 firm-fixed-price and cost- reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for King Air 350 aircraft maintenance training. Contractor provided training shall be based on standard commercial-off-the shelf configured King Air 350 proline 21 avionics. Work will be performed at New Al-Muthana Airbase, Iraq and Wichita, Kan., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2015. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. This is 100 percent foreign military sales for Iraq. 338 Specialized Contracting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA3002-14-D-0003).
Newbegin Enterprise Inc.*, Johnson City, Tenn., has been awarded a $15,000,000 modification (P00005) on indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract (FA4803-11-D-0001) to exercise option year three for U.S. Air Forces Central (USAFCENT) Internet-Based Contractor Operated Part Store. The contract modification provides for the contractor to provide automotive and related vehicle parts, automotive chemicals, corrosion control materials, upholstery material, and accessories for USAFCENT vehicles/equipment located in USAFCENT area of responsibility. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funding for this modification will be issued against individual delivery orders. Work will be performed at Johnson City, Tenn., and is expected to be completed March 31, 2015. 20th Contracting Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., is the contracting activity.
NAVY
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $58,488,748 indefinite-delivery, requirements contract to provide logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance required to support T45TS aircraft based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss.; NAS Kingsville, Texas; and NAS Pensacola, Fla. This requirement also includes the support and maintenance of the T-45 aircraft at all operational sites, numerous outlying fields, and various detachment sites. Work will be performed in Kingsville, Texas (58 percent); Meridian, Miss. (36 percent); and Pensacola, Fla. (6 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2014. Contract funds will not be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-14-D-0019).
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $39,599,668 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for the procurement of 26,495 V-22 flight hours and 26 low power MV-22 repairs under the Mission Care™ contract. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent) and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy and U.S. Special Operations funds in the amount of $39,599,668 are being obligated on this award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
CasePro Inc., San Antonio, Texas (N62645-14-D-5003); Catalyst Professional Services Inc.*, Colorado Springs, Colo. (N62645-14-D-5004); Cherokee Medical Services LLC*, Stillwell, Okla. (N62645-14-D-5005); Chesapeake Educational Services LLC*, Vienna, Va. (N62645-14-D-5006); OMV Medical Inc., Takoma Park, Md. (N62645-14-D-5007); Professional Performance Development Group Inc., San Antonio, Texas (N62645-14-D-5008); Saratoga Medical Center Inc.*, Fairfax, Va. (N62645-14-D-5009); TCMP Staffing Services LLC, Springfield, Va. (N62645-14-D-5010) are each being awarded a nine-month, firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award task order bridge contract to continue extending physician, allied health, nursing, technologist, technician and assistant services currently being provided in support of the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla.; Naval Health Clinic Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, Texas, and their affiliated clinics within Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. The aggregate not-to-exceed amount for these multiple award contracts combined is $28,000,000. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla. (46 percent); Pensacola, Fla. (44 percent); Corpus Christi, Texas (10 percent) and affiliated clinics within Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, and work is expected to be completed January 31, 2015. Fiscal 2014 Defense Health Program contract funding in the amount of $21,391,455 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $5,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Other funding initiatives such as psychological health/traumatic brain injury, overseas contingency operations and wounded, ill, and injured may be used. These contracts were issued as sole source requirements in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)-only one responsible source or only a limited number of responsible sources. The Naval Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics-Advanced Information Systems, Pittsfield, Mass., is being awarded a $10,485,397 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-6206) for fiscal 2014 and 2015 multi-purpose processor (MPP) cabinet and the Total Ship Monitoring System (TSMS). The contract provides funding for the development and production of the MPPs and TSMS (TI-14) for the U.S. submarine fleet. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Mass. (70 percent), and Fairfax, Va. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2015. Fiscal 2014 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy; fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy; fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation; and fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount $5,736,478 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $10,242,104 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-13-C-0016) for long-lead components, parts and materials associated with the low rate initial production Lot VIII of eight F135 conventional take off and landing propulsion systems for the governments of Japan (6) and Israel (2). Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (67 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (16.5 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (16.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2016. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $10,242,104 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Japan; ($7,681,578; 75 percent); and Israel ($2,560,526; 25 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Detyens Shipyards Inc.*, North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded an $8,529,497 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55-calendar day regular overhaul and dry-docking of USNS Laramie (T-AO 203). Work will include clean and gas free tanks, voids, and cofferdams; deck non-skid resurfacing; ballast tank preservation, cylinder head and liner overhaul, main engine turbo overhaul, cargo system wire replacement; cargo console mechanical support; auxiliary boiler maintenance and inspection; annual lifeboat certification; house ventilation system cleaning; docking and undocking; propeller system maintenance and hub replacement; overhauling sea valves; and underwater hull cleaning and painting. Laramie’s primary mission is to provide fuel to U.S. Navy ships at sea and jet fuel to aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. The contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $9,520,492. Work will be performed in Charleston, S.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2014. Fiscal 2014 Navy working capital funds in the amount of $8,529,497 are obligated and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as a small business set-aside, with proposals solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two proposals received. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N32205-14-C-1001).
ARMY
Olin Corp.-Winchester Division, East Alton, Ill., was awarded a $28,748,479 modification (P00036) to contract W52P1J-11-C-0038 to exercise option period three to procure .50 caliber and 5.56mm ammunition. Fiscal 2013 other procurement funds in the amount of $2,132,226 and fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $21,124,202 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Sept 30, 2016. Work will be performed at East Alton, Ill. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., is the contracting activity.
Holland and Holland, Hinesville, Ga., was awarded a $9,035,374 modification (P00004) to indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract W9124M-12-D-0005 for paving at Fort Stewart, Ga. Funding and performance locations will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is March 31, 2015. Army Contracting Command, Fort Stewart, Ga., is the contracting activity.
*Small Business
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Siemens Medical Solutions Inc., Malvern, Pa., has been awarded a maximum $1,789,537,539 modification (P00101) exercising the fifth option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D1-09-D-8314) with seven one-year option periods for radiology systems, subsystems, accessories, service, and repair and parts. This is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is Pennsylvania with a March 30, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc., Twinsburg, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $90,254,284 modification (P00017) exercising the fifth option period on a one-year base contract (SPM2D1-09-D-8331) with seven one-year option periods for radiology systems, components, upgrades, accessories, and installation. This is a fixed-price with economic-price adjustment contract. Location of performance is Ohio with a March 29, 2015 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 through fiscal 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa.
AIR FORCE
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga., has been awarded a maximum $102,062,349 modification (P00002) exercising option period one on firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (FA8106-13-D-0002) for contractor logistics support services to the C-20 and C-37 fleet for Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. Work will be performed worldwide, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard funds in the amount of $60,841,191 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WLKLB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the contracting activity.
The Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., has been awarded a maximum $33,680,614 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the hypertemporal imaging space experiment payload. The primary objective of the hypertemporal imaging space experiment payload effort is to design, fabricate, test, and deliver a space-flight ready instrument capable of conducting hypertemporal imaging from a geosynchronous earth orbit. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., and is expected to be completed in January 2017. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,387,630 are being obligated at award. This award is the result of a broad agency announcement, and two proposals were received. Detachment 8, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is the contracting activity (FA9453-14-C-0211).
Beechcraft Corp., Wichita, Kan., has been awarded a $24,500,000 firm-fixed-price and cost- reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for King Air 350 aircraft maintenance training. Contractor provided training shall be based on standard commercial-off-the shelf configured King Air 350 proline 21 avionics. Work will be performed at New Al-Muthana Airbase, Iraq and Wichita, Kan., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2015. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. This is 100 percent foreign military sales for Iraq. 338 Specialized Contracting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA3002-14-D-0003).
Newbegin Enterprise Inc.*, Johnson City, Tenn., has been awarded a $15,000,000 modification (P00005) on indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract (FA4803-11-D-0001) to exercise option year three for U.S. Air Forces Central (USAFCENT) Internet-Based Contractor Operated Part Store. The contract modification provides for the contractor to provide automotive and related vehicle parts, automotive chemicals, corrosion control materials, upholstery material, and accessories for USAFCENT vehicles/equipment located in USAFCENT area of responsibility. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance funding for this modification will be issued against individual delivery orders. Work will be performed at Johnson City, Tenn., and is expected to be completed March 31, 2015. 20th Contracting Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., is the contracting activity.
NAVY
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded a $58,488,748 indefinite-delivery, requirements contract to provide logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance required to support T45TS aircraft based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss.; NAS Kingsville, Texas; and NAS Pensacola, Fla. This requirement also includes the support and maintenance of the T-45 aircraft at all operational sites, numerous outlying fields, and various detachment sites. Work will be performed in Kingsville, Texas (58 percent); Meridian, Miss. (36 percent); and Pensacola, Fla. (6 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2014. Contract funds will not be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-14-D-0019).
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $39,599,668 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0020) for the procurement of 26,495 V-22 flight hours and 26 low power MV-22 repairs under the Mission Care™ contract. Work will be performed in Oakland, Calif. (70 percent) and Indianapolis, Ind. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2015. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy and U.S. Special Operations funds in the amount of $39,599,668 are being obligated on this award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
CasePro Inc., San Antonio, Texas (N62645-14-D-5003); Catalyst Professional Services Inc.*, Colorado Springs, Colo. (N62645-14-D-5004); Cherokee Medical Services LLC*, Stillwell, Okla. (N62645-14-D-5005); Chesapeake Educational Services LLC*, Vienna, Va. (N62645-14-D-5006); OMV Medical Inc., Takoma Park, Md. (N62645-14-D-5007); Professional Performance Development Group Inc., San Antonio, Texas (N62645-14-D-5008); Saratoga Medical Center Inc.*, Fairfax, Va. (N62645-14-D-5009); TCMP Staffing Services LLC, Springfield, Va. (N62645-14-D-5010) are each being awarded a nine-month, firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award task order bridge contract to continue extending physician, allied health, nursing, technologist, technician and assistant services currently being provided in support of the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla.; Naval Health Clinic Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, Texas, and their affiliated clinics within Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. The aggregate not-to-exceed amount for these multiple award contracts combined is $28,000,000. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla. (46 percent); Pensacola, Fla. (44 percent); Corpus Christi, Texas (10 percent) and affiliated clinics within Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, and work is expected to be completed January 31, 2015. Fiscal 2014 Defense Health Program contract funding in the amount of $21,391,455 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $5,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Other funding initiatives such as psychological health/traumatic brain injury, overseas contingency operations and wounded, ill, and injured may be used. These contracts were issued as sole source requirements in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)-only one responsible source or only a limited number of responsible sources. The Naval Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity.
General Dynamics-Advanced Information Systems, Pittsfield, Mass., is being awarded a $10,485,397 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-6206) for fiscal 2014 and 2015 multi-purpose processor (MPP) cabinet and the Total Ship Monitoring System (TSMS). The contract provides funding for the development and production of the MPPs and TSMS (TI-14) for the U.S. submarine fleet. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Mass. (70 percent), and Fairfax, Va. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2015. Fiscal 2014 shipbuilding and conversion, Navy; fiscal 2014 other procurement, Navy; fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation; and fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance, Navy contract funds in the amount $5,736,478 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $10,242,104 modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-13-C-0016) for long-lead components, parts and materials associated with the low rate initial production Lot VIII of eight F135 conventional take off and landing propulsion systems for the governments of Japan (6) and Israel (2). Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (67 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (16.5 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (16.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2016. Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $10,242,104 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Japan; ($7,681,578; 75 percent); and Israel ($2,560,526; 25 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Detyens Shipyards Inc.*, North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded an $8,529,497 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55-calendar day regular overhaul and dry-docking of USNS Laramie (T-AO 203). Work will include clean and gas free tanks, voids, and cofferdams; deck non-skid resurfacing; ballast tank preservation, cylinder head and liner overhaul, main engine turbo overhaul, cargo system wire replacement; cargo console mechanical support; auxiliary boiler maintenance and inspection; annual lifeboat certification; house ventilation system cleaning; docking and undocking; propeller system maintenance and hub replacement; overhauling sea valves; and underwater hull cleaning and painting. Laramie’s primary mission is to provide fuel to U.S. Navy ships at sea and jet fuel to aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. The contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $9,520,492. Work will be performed in Charleston, S.C., and is expected to be completed by June 2014. Fiscal 2014 Navy working capital funds in the amount of $8,529,497 are obligated and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured as a small business set-aside, with proposals solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two proposals received. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N32205-14-C-1001).
ARMY
Olin Corp.-Winchester Division, East Alton, Ill., was awarded a $28,748,479 modification (P00036) to contract W52P1J-11-C-0038 to exercise option period three to procure .50 caliber and 5.56mm ammunition. Fiscal 2013 other procurement funds in the amount of $2,132,226 and fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $21,124,202 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Sept 30, 2016. Work will be performed at East Alton, Ill. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., is the contracting activity.
Holland and Holland, Hinesville, Ga., was awarded a $9,035,374 modification (P00004) to indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract W9124M-12-D-0005 for paving at Fort Stewart, Ga. Funding and performance locations will be determined with each order. Estimated completion date is March 31, 2015. Army Contracting Command, Fort Stewart, Ga., is the contracting activity.
*Small Business
DoD Strives for Balance Between Military Lifestyle, Readiness
By Terri Moon Cronk | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2014 – The Defense Department must slow compensation and benefits growth to balance military lifestyle with readiness and modernization, DOD’s top personnel specialist testified on Capitol Hill yesterday.
Jessica L. Wright, acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told the House Armed Services Committee’s military personnel subcommittee that DOD’s vision for balance is reflected in its recommendations for pay and benefits in the department’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal.
Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for personnel; Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Cox, the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services; Navy Vice Adm. William F. Moran, chief of naval personnel and deputy chief of naval operations, manpower, personnel, training and education; and Sheryl E. Murray, the Marine Corps’ assistant deputy commandant for manpower and reserve affairs, also testified at the hearing.
Service members’ lifestyles are good, Wright said, and the budget proposal seeks to slow the rate of growth in compensation.
“And that's why we're asking for a 1 percent [military pay raise], as opposed to a higher percentage, so we can slow that growth of a military member's pay, and also be able to bolster their readiness and bolster [the] force and bolster their modernization,” she added.
“Our going-in proposition is to provide benefits to the service member and the family, but also to keep them trained and well-equipped so they can do their jobs,” she said.
Paraphrasing Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Wright said, “Instead of doing a Band-Aid approach … we wanted to go in with a holistic package [for] what we would like to do for compensation and benefits, so we can take that balance and use it for readiness.”
Photo L to R: (courtesy of DoD)
Jessica L. Wright, Undersecretary of Defense For Personnel and Readiness
Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, The Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff For Personnel
Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Cox, The Air Force’s Deputy Chief of Staff For Manpower, Personnel and Services
Navy Vice Adm. William F. Moran, Chief of Naval Personnel And Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower, Personnel, Training And Education.
Sheryl E. Murray, The Marine Corps’ Assistant Deputy Commandant For Manpower And Reserve Affairs [No Picture Found]
By Terri Moon Cronk | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2014 – The Defense Department must slow compensation and benefits growth to balance military lifestyle with readiness and modernization, DOD’s top personnel specialist testified on Capitol Hill yesterday.
Jessica L. Wright, acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told the House Armed Services Committee’s military personnel subcommittee that DOD’s vision for balance is reflected in its recommendations for pay and benefits in the department’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal.
Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for personnel; Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Cox, the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services; Navy Vice Adm. William F. Moran, chief of naval personnel and deputy chief of naval operations, manpower, personnel, training and education; and Sheryl E. Murray, the Marine Corps’ assistant deputy commandant for manpower and reserve affairs, also testified at the hearing.
Service members’ lifestyles are good, Wright said, and the budget proposal seeks to slow the rate of growth in compensation.
“And that's why we're asking for a 1 percent [military pay raise], as opposed to a higher percentage, so we can slow that growth of a military member's pay, and also be able to bolster their readiness and bolster [the] force and bolster their modernization,” she added.
“Our going-in proposition is to provide benefits to the service member and the family, but also to keep them trained and well-equipped so they can do their jobs,” she said.
Paraphrasing Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Wright said, “Instead of doing a Band-Aid approach … we wanted to go in with a holistic package [for] what we would like to do for compensation and benefits, so we can take that balance and use it for readiness.”
Photo L to R: (courtesy of DoD)
Jessica L. Wright, Undersecretary of Defense For Personnel and Readiness
Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, The Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff For Personnel
Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Cox, The Air Force’s Deputy Chief of Staff For Manpower, Personnel and Services
Navy Vice Adm. William F. Moran, Chief of Naval Personnel And Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower, Personnel, Training And Education.
Sheryl E. Murray, The Marine Corps’ Assistant Deputy Commandant For Manpower And Reserve Affairs [No Picture Found]
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