ARMY

      Atlantic Diving Supply Inc., Virginia Beach, VA (W81XWH-19-A-0003); and American Purchasing Services LLC, Miramar, FL are the small businesses among the companies that will compete for each order of the $20,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for brand-name medical equipment repair parts. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, MD is the contracting activity.

      Sevenson Environmental Services Inc., Niagara Falls, NY was awarded a $99,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for remedial action at the Raymark Superfund Site in Stamford, CT. Bids were solicited via the internet with eight received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Concord, MA is the contracting activity (W912WJ-19-D-0012).

      Aerovironment, Simi Valley, CA was awarded an $11,176,242 modification (P00014) to contract W31P4Q-17-C-0193 for All Up Rounds. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL is the contracting activity.

      Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., Huntsville, AL was awarded a $36,479,628 modification (0014 45) to Foreign Military Sales (Taiwan) contract W31P4Q-09-A-0016 to provide rapid response and cost effective hardware solutions. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL is the contracting activity.

      Zodiac-Poettker HBZ JV LLC, St. Louis, MO was awarded a $7,330,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Department of Energy Interpretive Center. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in St. Charles, MO. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis, MO is the contracting activity (W912P9-19-C-0002).

NAVY

     Sentient Digital Inc., doing business as Entrust Government Solutions, of New Orleans, LA is being awarded a $49,000,000 IDIQ contract for information technology (IT) engineering support services. IT services in this contract will assist Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Command, Control, Communications, And Computer Systems (C4S) Division (N6) in providing and sustaining Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy (DoN) compliant technical C4S solutions. Work will be performed at Norfolk, VA. This contract was a small business set-aside, with more than 10 companies solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website, and 10 offers received. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, VA is the contracting activity (N3220519D1003).

      Baldi Bros. Inc., Beaumont, CA (N62473-19-D-2438 is the small business among the companies each awarded an IDIQ multiple award construction contract for new construction, renovation, and repair of airfield paving construction at various government installations located in CA (80%); AZ (16%) and CO, NM, NV and UT. The maximum dollar value including the base period and one option period for all five contracts combined is $495,000,000. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with nine proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, CA is the contracting activity.

      Vet Industrial Inc., Bremerton, WA is awarded $7,462,050 for firm-fixed-price task order N4425519F4105 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N44255-17-D-4007) for the Special Project RM #18-1086 Farragut Tunnel asbestos cleanup and mechanical corrections, Naval Base Kitsap and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, WA. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, WA is the contracting activity.

      Joyce & Associates Construction Inc., Newport, NC (N40085-19-D-8044); Olympic Enterprises Inc., Hubert, NC (N40085-19-D-8045); Owens Construction Inc., Beaufort, NC (N40085-19-D-8046); Pyramid Contracting LLC, Irmo, SC (N40085-19-D-8047); and TE Davis Construction Co., Jacksonville, NC (N40085-19-D-8048) are being awarded a $40,000,000 firm-fixed-price IDIQ multiple award construction contract for maintenance and repair project. Work will be performed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC and the surrounding area. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with 12 proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, VA is the contracting activity.

      NCS/EML SB JV LLC, Louisville, KY is awarded an $11,981,174 IDIQ contract for base operations support services at Naval Air Station Whiting Field and outlying areas. The maximum dollar value including the base period and seven option years is $96,721,878. Work will be performed in Milton, FL (67%); and outlying areas (33%). This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with eight proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, FL is the contracting activity (N69450-19-D-1740).

DARPA

     Agile Defense Inc., Reston, VA has been awarded a $7,157,890 modification (P00042) to previously awarded task order HR0011-15-F-0002 for unclassified information technology services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the task order to $139,054,004 from $131,896,114. Work will be performed in Arlington, VA. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, VA is the contracting activity.

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