According to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Exelis Systems Corporation, Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $79,807,790 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract, which contains firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable and cost-plus-fixed-fee CLINs, to provide day-to-day base operation and maintenance services.

This contract provides for multifunctional requirements to include program management, postal services and communications, safety and occupational health/industrial hygiene and ambulance services, civil engineering, force support services, logistics support, U.S. Customs operations, reservation assistance office operations, local national payroll services, and transient alert operations.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD) — Swiftships Shipbuilding, L.L.C.*, Morgan City, Louisiana, is being awarded an $18,000,000 not-to-exceed contract for the accomplishment of continuous lifecycle support for the Iraqi navy. This contract involves foreign military sales to Iraq. This contract will provide technical expertise in preventative and planned maintenance, emergent repairs, and platform overhaul support services for Iraqi patrol boats, off-shore vessels, and defender boats.

Work will be performed on Umm Qasr Naval Base, Iraq, and is expected to be completed by October 2015. FMS funding in the amount of $9,000,000 will be obligated at time of award and the contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.