Engineering and Software System Solutions, San Diego, California and University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio have been collectively awarded a ceiling $277,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded contracts for landing gear engineering services. The purpose of this modification is to increase the total contract estimate for the Atlas 3 multiple award contract with no change to the scope of the contracts. The increase will allow continued execution of work to be performed to support landing gear engineering services, which ensure mission safety, improve system life cycle costs, improve operational capability and performance, improve sustainment including maintainability and support and improve environmental safety and friendliness. Work will be performed as indicated in contract award on each individual task order and is expected to be completed July 29, 2029. No funds are being obligated at the time of award but will be obligated on each individual task order. Air Force Sustainment Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity.
Month: September 2020
RFP For A Multiple Award IDIQ Contract for NAWCAD WOLF – Engineering Products and Technical Services
This is a Request for Proposal (RFP). The Government’s intent is to award a Multiple Award (MA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to each and all qualifying Offerors whose proposal is technically evaluated as “acceptable”, with an estimated award of 07 June 2021. The contract will have a five (5) year ordering period. The resulting contract will have Cost Reimbursable and Cost Plus Fixed Fee and Firm Fixed Price CLINS; therefore, successful awardee will be required to have an adequate accounting system upon contract award.
The Government will not accept or respond to telephone calls or requests for meetings with potential Offerors about this requirement. All questions regarding this procurement must be submitted via email to Brandon Reaser at [email protected]. It is requested that all questions be received within 10 calendar days of the date this solicitation is issued. Questions received after 10 calendar days may not be answered prior to the proposal due date.
- Product Service Code: D399 – IT AND TELECOM- OTHER IT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- NAICS Code: 541330 – Engineering Services
- Place of Performance: Webster Field Saint Inigoes , MD 20684 USA
- Updated Response Date: Nov 17, 2020 02:00 pm EST
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Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems Awarded $126.9M Contract Modification
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Manassas, Virginia, is awarded a $126,934,433 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost only contract modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-6259 to exercise and fund options for Navy engineering services, materials and spares. Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia; Clearwater, Florida; Syracuse, New York; and Marion, Florida and is expected to be completed by December 2021.
Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance, Navy (63%); and fiscal 2020 research development test and engineering, Navy (37%) funding in the amount of $1,400,676 will be obligated at time of award, of which $882,426 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, formerly known as Mission Systems and Sensors and then Mission Systems & Training, is a Lockheed Martin business segment, headquartered in Washington, DC. Wikipedia
Delali Dzirasa: CEO with a Mission to Build Software with a Soul
With the goal of providing sustainable technological solutions in Baltimore, Delali Dzirasa shares his experience and advice in building a successful business.
BACKGROUND
Delali Dzirasa graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and has over 15 years of experience leading different teams in creating agile software programs.
In 2009, Dzirasa founded Fearless Solutions, a digital services firm with a mission to create software with a soul through its wide variety of computer software solutions.
Apart from managing his company, he is also one of the founding members of the governing board of the Digital Services Coalition, an organization providing true digital transformation for the public.
And in the past, he chaired the inaugural activities DevOpsDays Baltimore and Hack Baltimore, two city-wide events aimed at IT professionals and like-minded individuals.
TRANSITIONING FROM A CONSULTANT TO A CEO
Dzirasa started as a consultant in a company wherein he learned about the business side of managing a business. With this, he then started to focus on his own company after talking to various mentors.
“So, I talked to my mentors that were there and said, ‘Hey, I’m thinking about jumping out now, what do you think?’ And honestly it was pretty split. Some said you’ll never be ready, just jump. Others were, you know, take your time. You know, there’s other pieces you can pick up before you go, you know. Limit the risk as you jump out, which is also good advice.”
However, in order for his company to be viable, Dzirasa cut his expenses, sold his house, moved in with mom, and asked to use her basement as his workspace for a year. Fortunately, they were able to gain success after 10 months in the basement.
“It really was really just this grind and very organic and so went from one and found enough revenue coming in to then bring on a second person and the third person. And so that was really kind of our growth of the last, the first few years actually.”
THE STORY BEHIND FEARLESS AND THE PURPLE COW
Dzirasa recognized that they needed to have a name that would stand out in the marketplace so they named their company, Fearless.
“I’d pick a name, Fearless, you know. I see it every day. It’ll be a consistent reminder to kind of press through it and to really not be afraid to be different, not being afraid to live on the bleeding edge and do things a little differently than what we’ve seen out in the market.”
Apart from their company’s name, one thing that also stands out is their mascot which is derived from a book written by Seth Goden entitled, “Purple Cow,’ which highlighted the importance of being remarkable.
“Imagine… we see a brown cow. You know, we get excited… You’ll have some time later, maybe driving, and see a second brown cow, you look around and it looks a lot like the first guy… Wasn’t as interesting as the first one, right? Pass the cow, keep driving. Before you know it, you’re passing cow after cow after cow and you get really good at that point about ignoring them, right? You barely even notice that cows are there in the distance… Wouldn’t it be something if you are driving and you saw a purple cow? Man, you pull over the car, you take pictures, and this wasn’t big back then, but baby, you put that all over social media.”
THE STORY BEHIND THE NEW HUBZONE MAP
Fearless is a HUBZone certified company and with its goal to give back to the community, they created a new HUBZone map.
“When we looked at the data, the data says, ‘Well, no one.’ And this is a generalization across the board on average, the government does not make its numbers. And so we’re engineers, we kept asking like why?… Something’s wrong. And so we took it upon ourselves and said, ‘Okay. Well, let’s look at what’s wrong and let’s see if we can figure out how we can help.’”
So, when they found that the map was dated and it was reporting the wrong information, they fixed the technical aspect of it. They scrapped all of the SBA data, built their own map, and used it internally to track, hire, and train people. That’s when Dzirasa’s team caught the attention of the Small Business Association.
“They called us one day and said, ‘Hey, we heard about this thing you’re doing. We want you to kind of stop. We want you to consider doing this for us.’ So we were awarded a contract to modernize all the HUBZone technology nationwide for SBA. And so the new map that you see is actually a map that we built for the program as a part of the modernization.”
ADVICE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES
Dzirasa advised business owners to really understand who you want to be and what you envision for your businesses.
“Start with why and why are you here? Why are you starting a business? What are you looking to get out? Why are you looking to do this? Where were you looking to help? They’re not clear about that. So I think that’s the first thing that it takes a little bit of soul searching to be able to figure that out.”
With this advice, he also encourages businesses to really have a clear focus on what you really do.
“I think in this new age, it’s gotta be led with capability, right? You ought to, you have to be good at something, right. And lead and sell with that.”
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Sources Sought For Enterprise Support For eXist
The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Foreign Service Institute, Office of the Executive Director, is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified large and small businesses, including small business set-asides, small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), 8(a) small businesses, woman-owned small businesses (WOSB), veteran owned small businesses (VOSB), service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), and Historically Under-utilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses capable of assisting the Government on options to improve its current arrangement for server administration and application development for the existing website, history.state.gov (HSG), and the existing content management system, cms.history.state.gov (CMS), which are both housed in the Amazon EC2 Cloud and administered by the Office of the Historian (FSI/OH).
Contact Jane Paek at [email protected]
- Product Service Code: D318 – IT AND TELECOM- INTEGRATED HARDWARE/SOFTWARE/SERVICES SOLUTIONS, PREDOMINANTLY SERVICES
- NAICS Code: 541511 – Custom Computer Programming Services
- Place of Performance: Washington , DC 20372 USA
- Original Response Date: Sep 30, 2020 12:00 pm EDT
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FPM Remediations Inc Awarded A Ceiling $60M IDIQ Contract
FPM Remediations Inc., Oneida, New York, has been awarded a ceiling $60,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base realignment and closure (BRAC) environmental construction optimization services to support the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) Installations Directorate (CIB). These performance-based remediation efforts support the AFCEC BRAC mission and enhance BRAC program capabilities within AFCEC/CIB. The requirements support a variety of environmental restoration services and construction necessary to maintain regulatory selected remedies, implement optimization to enhance remedial progress and advance sites to completion in a cost-effective manner.
The efforts will be executed in accordance with technical and regulatory requirements to ensure protection of human health and the environment. Work will be performed at the following deactivated Air Force bases: Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas; Brooks AFB, Texas; Carswell AFB, Texas; Eaker AFB, Arkansas; England AFB, Louisiana; Kelly AFB, Texas; Myrtle Beach AFB, South Carolina; Reese AFB, Texas; Buckley Annex, Colorado; and Lowry AFB, Colorado. Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2030. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and four offers were received. Fiscal 2020 BRAC funds in the amount of $2,466,636 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is the contracting activity.
Fpm Remediations, Inc. is located in FL, United States and is part of the Nonresidential Building Construction Industry. Fpm Remediations, Inc. has employees across all of its locations. There are 29 companies in the Fpm Remediations, Inc. corporate family. (dnb.com)
RFI: Custodial Services to the United States Military Academy Buildings
The Contractor shall provide and furnish all management, supervision, labor, material, equipment, and supplies, with the exception of those specified as Government furnished, to perform custodial services to the United States Military Academy buildings (Barracks/ Academic facilities), located at the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, New York 10996
- Original Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Product Service Code: S201 – HOUSEKEEPING- CUSTODIAL JANITORIAL
- NAICS Code: 561720 – Janitorial Services
- Place of Performance: West Point , NY 10996 USA
- Original Response Date: Sep 21, 2020 05:00 pm EDT
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Raytheon Technologies Corp. and Pratt and Whitney Military Engines Awarded a $579,837,316 IDIQ Contract
Raytheon Technologies Corp. and Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $579,837,316 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which includes $146,269,941 firm-fixed-price undefinitized line items and $433,567,375 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target, cost-plus-fixed-fee definitized line items. This contract provides unit and depot level F-135 propulsion system spare parts, spare engines and modules in support of the F-135 propulsion initial spares requirements for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-Department of Defense participants and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (93%); Indianapolis, Indiana (6%); and Bristol, United Kingdom (1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2024. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting aenginesctivity (N00019-20-D-0013).
Sources Sought: Technology Insertion (TI) for High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP)
The Government is seeking qualified vendors for Technology Insertion to provide supercomputers for its ongoing High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) support.
This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice. The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 334111 “Electronic Computer Manufacturing” for technology insertion. The small business size standard is 1,250 employees. This notice is for market research purposes only and IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach.
Responses are to be returned via email to the Contracting Officer, LaShonda Smith at [email protected], and Contract Specialist, Thomas Corum at [email protected]. All responses are to be received No Later Than 12:00 Noon Central Standard Time, Monday, 21 September 2020.
- Product Service Code: 7021 – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU, COMPUTER), DIGITAL
- NAICS Code: 334111 – Electronic Computer Manufacturing
- Place of Performance: USA
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RQ Construction Awarded $71,514,000 MACC For The Repair Of Michelson Laboratory
RQ Construction LLC, Carlsbad, California, is awarded a $71,514,000 firm-fixed-price task order under a multiple award construction contract for the repair of the Michelson Laboratory, Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of Michelson Laboratory Wings 2-5, Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California. The facility will include activities that comprise the Michelson Lab for weapons testing and development. This project will repair damage caused by the July 2019 earthquakes and provide seismic upgrades. The repair brings the building into compliance for health, life and safety codes and increases the reliability for power and environmental systems throughout the building.
The contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, engineering, materials, equipment, tools, parts, supplies and transportation to perform all work described in the request for proposal. The options, if exercised, provide repairs for Wing 5, extended contractor warranty, electronic security system requirements and physical security equipment for all Wings 2-5. The planned modifications, if issued, provide for furniture, fixtures and equipment. The task order also contains 17 unexercised options and two planned modifications, which if exercised would increase the cumulative task order value to $81,315,729. Work will be performed in Ridgecrest, California, and is expected to be completed by June 2023. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $71,514,000 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N62473-16-D-1885).
Rq Construction, LLC is located in CA, United States and is part of the Nonresidential Building Construction Industry. Rq Construction, LLC has 170 employees across all of its locations. There are companies in the Rq Construction, LLC corporate family. (dnb.com)