CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense

No. 1265-05
FOR RELEASE AT
Dec 07, 2005
(703)697-5131(media)
(703)428-0711(public/industry)

Wednesday, December 7, 2005 - 5:00 PM
Contracts, Wednesday, December 7, 2005


_CONTRACTS
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                                         ARMY

            McCann Erickson, New York, is being awarded an estimated $1.35 billion
firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the planning
and implementation of advertising, promotional and publicity programs to support
all recruiting and retention programs for the active-duty Army and the U.S. Army
Reserve.  This includes a full range of services from developing a tactical
advertising strategy to producing advertising using numerous communications methods
- including television, radio, print and Internet site, direct marketing,
promotions, and events.  The Request For Proposals was released Aug. 8, 2005 under
full and open competition.  Work will be performed at McCann Erickson in New York
City and is estimated to be completed by Dec. 6, 2011 - based on a five year
contract with the performance period consisting of a base period of two years and
three one year options.  The Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management
Command Acquisition Center at Fort Monmouth, N.J., is the contracting activity.
Army Public Affairs can be reached at (703) 697-2564.  *(W15P7T-06-D-C002)*

                                        NAVY

            Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $96,455,946
ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price,
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-05-D-0003) to exercise an
option for the development, testing, and incorporation of enhanced precision
targeting in support of the AN/APS-137D(V)5 radar system.  Work will be performed
in McKinney, Texas, and is expected to be completed in November 2006.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems
Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

            General Electric Aircraft Engines, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass.,
is being awarded a $49,184,773 modification to a previously awarded
firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-03-C-0361) for sustaining engineering, component
improvement program efforts, integrated logistics support, and depot material
management for fiscal 2006 for the F414 engine.  Work will be performed in Lynn,
Mass., and is expected to be completed in November 2006.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command,
Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.