Coast Guard Awards HII Advanced Procurement for Seventh NSC
A little more than a month after receiving a nearly $500 million contract for construction of the sixth National Security Cutter (NSC), Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] has been awarded a $76.8 million contract to purchase long-lead materials for the seventh NSC. “This advance procurement contract allows us to maintain production line and supplier base momentum while we prepare for the ship construction contract,” says Jim French, NSC program manager at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. “Advance procurement funding helps us procure equipment and materials at favorable prices from our suppliers, and it keeps their production line flowing as well.” The 418-foot Kimball (WMSL 756) will be built at HII’s facilities in Pascagoula, Miss. The company has delivered three of the planned eight NSCs to be built. The fourth cutter, Hamilton (WMSL 753), is slated to be delivered later this year. In late April the Coast Guard awarded HII a $487.1 million contract for construction of the sixth cutter, the Munro (WMSL 755).
BAE Awarded DHS Geospatial Contract
The Geospatial Management Office within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has selected BAE Systems to provide geospatial imagery and analysis for real-time intelligence products. The company is one of four selected by DHS for the Remote Sensing Services to Support Incident Management and Homeland Security indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract that is worth up to $50 million over five years. BAE says its intelligence experts will acquire, process and disseminate geospatial data and airborne imagery to produce high resolution maps that reflect current environmental conditions in support of a variety of DHS missions, including emergency management of natural and manmade disasters, and possibly security planning for special events.DHS Makes Additional Awards to Small Firms under EAGLE II
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded contracts to six additional small businesses under the EAGLE II program. Six of the awards were made to service-disabled, veteran-owned small firms for the Functional Category I, which will provide a full range of services and solutions in support of developing, implementing, and maintaining technology to support the DHS mission and business functions across the entire life-cycle of a program. The awardees are: Cambridge International Systems, Inc.; Knight Point Systems, LLC; Leader Communications, Inc.; Technatomy Corp.; Tri-Cor Industries, Inc.; and Trofholz Technologies, Inc. DHS also one additional contract under the unrestricted track of Functional Category 3 to Quality Software Services, Inc. Functional Category 3 is for Independent Test, Validation, Verification and Evaluation (IV&V), which will provide IV&V solutions to ensure that all information technology products and services meet DHS standards and are performing to defined specifications. The EAGLE II contract has an estimated ceiling value of $22 billion over seven years.
Coast Guard Awards $13M for RB-S, Cutter Boats-OTH
The Coast Guard has awarded more than $13 million in two separate contracts for 20 Response Boast-Small (RB-S) and 16 Cutter Boats-Over the Horizon-IV. Louisiana-based Metal Shark Aluminum Boats received a $6.6 million order for the RB-S, bringing the current number of the 29-foot boats on order to 84. So far 41 of the boats have been delivered. The RB-S is assigned to various units including the Maritime Safety and Security Teams, the Maritime Security Response Team, Marine Safety Unites, and to shore stations throughout the coastal U.S. Washington-based SAFE Boats International LLC received a $6.6 million contact for the CB-OTH-IVs, with 14 of the boats ordered assigned to be deployed on Fast Response Cutters and the other two for the National Security Cutter fleet. Under the current CB-OTH-IV acquisition plan, up to 101 boats can be orders over a seven-year period. The Coast Guard can order up to 71 boats, Customs and Border Protection 20, and the Navy 10. The contract has a ceiling value of $58.9 million.
Implant Sciences Nabs Additional Air Cargo Security Orders
Implant Sciences [IMSC] has sold a Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 desktop explosive trace detector to Air Freight Atlanta, which is a Certified Cargo Screening Facility. Air Freight Atlanta says the QS-B220 replaces an older ETD system, providing a lower cost of ownership and better performance. The QS-B220 is approved by the Transportation Security Administration to screen air cargo for explosives. Separately, Implant has sold QS-B220 systems to a major international airport in the European Union for use in air cargo screening. The buyer was not disclosed. The QS-B220 is the only TSA-approved trace detector that does not incorporate radioactive isotopes. The orders follow a recent sale of multiple QS-B220s to one of the largest freight forwarders in the world for cargo security (HSR, June 5). The customer in that transaction was also not disclosed.