Testing over the spring and summer of biometric technologies to record the departure of foreign nationals from U.S. airports was successful, according to an official with the program office that managed the pilot project. The pilot projects, part of the US-VISIT program, were conducted at two airports by two different Homeland Security agencies, Customs and Border Protection at an airline departure gate and the Transportation Security Administration at an airport checkpoint. "What it proved was you could do it at…
Contract Updates
Intertrade Limited (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – $9,272,637
Intertrade Limited, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a maximum $9,272,637 firm-fixed-price contract for F-16 generator controls. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a four-year…
Cottonwood Inc. (Lawrence, Kansas) – $44,370,000
Cottonwood Inc.,** Lawrence, Kansas, has been awarded a maximum $44,370,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for aircraft cargo tie down straps. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(5), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 8.7. This is…
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Parsippany, New Jersey) – $46,087,497
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Parsippany, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $46,087,497 modification (P00009) exercising the third one-year option period of a five-year base contract (SPE2DP-20-D-0002) with five one-year option periods for adenovirus type 4 and type 7 vaccines.…
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) – $64,111,631
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded an estimated $64,111,631 delivery order (SPRTA1-26-F-0034) and modification (P00015) to a four-year subsumable base contract (SPRTA1-19-D-0001) with one five-year option period for additional pricing for the manufacture and production of…