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MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS:                   August 19, 1992 


     The Department of the Army announced today six recipients of the fiscal
year 1991 Secretary of the Army Energy Conservation Awards for achieving energy
management excellence.  

     Awards were presented in three categories: 

     - Active Army:  first place - Fort Gordon, Ga.; second place - Base
Support Battalion, Heidelberg, Germany; third place - Iowa Army Ammunition
plant, Middletown, Iowa.  

     - U. S. Army Reserve:  first place - 121st Army Reserve Command. 

     - Army National Guard:  first place - Indiana Army National Guard; second
place - Tennessee Army National Guard.  

     The Army achieved dollar savings and cost avoidance of more than $325
million in FY 91.  Installations retain all energy saving dollars fro reinvest-
ment in installation projects.

     Under Secretary of the Army John Shannon remarked during today's ceremony,
"In fiscal year 1991, the Army continued to capitalize on momentum gained
during previous years which resulted in a 17.2 percent reduction in facility
energy consumption and a 31.6 percent reduction in mobility energy consumption
from FY 85 levels."

                                    END



                                                                               



MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS:                                   August 19,
                                                                 1992 


     The Department of the Army announced today the availability of the
Environmental Assessment (EA) and its Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI)
for realignments at Letterkenny Army Depot, Pa.

      The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission was mandated by
Public Law 101-510, the Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, to recommend
military installations for realignment and closure.  The commission's recommen-
dations were presented to the President in their report on July 1, 1991, and
were approved by the President and forwarded to Congress on July Il, 1991.
Those recommendations became law on October 2, 1991.  Included in the commis-
sion's report was the recommendation to realign the U. S. Army Depot Systems
Command (DESCOM) and the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Systems Integration and
Management Activity (SIMA) from Letterkenny Army Depot to Rock Island Arsenal,
Ill.  

     Public Law 101-510 exempted the decision-making process of the commission
in recommending installations to be closed or real igned from the provisions of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.  The law also exempted the
Department of Defense from considering the need for closing, real igning or
transferring functions and from looking at alternative installations to realign
or close.  The Department of the Army still must prepare environmental impact
analyses to assess the environmental effects of realignment on installations
receiving functions from other installations and the environmental effects of
property disposal.  This FA meets that requirement.  

     Several other actions addressed in this EA include:  

     -  Transfer to Letterkenny Army Depot of tactical missile maintenance
workloads from contractor facilities, Anniston Army Depot, Ala.; Tobyhanna Army
Depot, Pa.; Red RiverArmy Depot, Texas; and U. S. Navy and iU. S. Air Force
facilities.  

     -  Realignment of the Firefinder Radar maintenance workload from Sacra-
mento Army Depot, Calif., subject to the outcome of the "public-to-public"
competition between Letterkenny Army Depot and the Sacramento Air Logistics
Center, McClellan AFB, Calif.  

     -  Realignment of the tactical vehicle maintenance workload from Let-
terkenny Army Depot to Tooele Army Depot, Utah.  

     -  Realignment of the self-propelled and towed artillery maintenance
workload from Letterkenny Army Depot to Red River Army Depot.  

                      Missile maintenance will transfer to Letterkenny Army
Depot during 1993-97.  The Defense Appropriations Act of 1992 directs that at
least 50 percent of the Joint Service Missile Mission be in place at Let-
terkenny Army Depot by the time DESCOM headquarters and SIMA are scheduled to
relocate.  innder the current schedule, 50 percent of the missile mission will
be at Letterkenny Army Depot by September 1994.

            The artillery and vehicle maintenance will transfer from Let-
terkenny Army Depot by 1994.  The public-to-public competition for the Fire-
finder Radar maintenance will be initiated by September of this year, with the
workload scheduled for transfer by 1994.  

                   The realignment of Headquarters, DESCOM will result in the
transfer of approximately 29 military positions and 516 civilian positions.
Realignment of SIMA will result in the transfer of approximately 11 military
positions, 359 civilian positions and 120 contractor positions.  The realign-
ment of missile maintenance from various sites will result in the transfer to
           Letterkenny Army Depot of approximately 1,030 civilian positions.  

                Realignment of arti1lery tactical vehicle maintenance from
Letterkenny Army Depot to Tooele Army Depot will result in the loss of 102
positions.  Transfer of artillery and tactical vehicle maintenance from
           Letterkenny Army Depot to Red River Army Depot will result in the
           loss of 262 positions.  

                 If Letterkenny Army Depot wins the competition for Firefinder
Radar maintenance, 157 civilian positions will transfer to Letterkenny Army
           Depot from Sacramento Army Depot.  

                 Overall, the realignments will result in a net loss of approx-
imately 52 civilian positions and 39 military positions at Letterkenny Army
           Depot.  

                 This EA evaluates the Army's preferred alternative and three
other alternatives to determine the environmental impact of renovations of
depot buildings and the impact on resources at the depot.  No long term adverse
           environmental impact is expected to result from these realignments.


                 For more information, or to obtain a copy of the EA and FNSI,
contact Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, ATTN:
CENAB-PL-E (Mr. Larry Eastman), P. O.  Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203-1715, or
call (410) 962-4938.  There will be a 30-day public comment period on the EA
          and FNSI before the Army takes any action on these proposals.  


                                               -END- 




MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS:                               August 19, 1992 


        The Department of the Army announced today the availability of the
Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) for
the realignment of Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Ala.  

        The EA evaluated four alternatives for implementing the realignment to
determine the environmental impact of renovation  and on resources at Anniston.
The result of the EA is a FNSI.  No long-term adverse environmental impacts are
expected to result from the realignments.  

        The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission was mandated by
Public Law 101-510, the Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, to recommend
military installations for realignment and closure.  The commission's recommen-
dations were presented to the President in their report on July 1, 1991, and
were approved by the President and forwarded to Congress on July 11, 1991.
Those recommendations became law on October 2, 1991.  Included in the commis-
sion's report was the recommendation to realign Anniston Army Depot.  

        Public law 101-510 exempted the decision making process of the commis-
sion in recommending installations to be closed or realigned from the provi-
sions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.  The law also exempted
the Department of Defense from considering the need for closing, realigning or
transferring functions and from looking at alternative installations to realign
or close.  The Department of the Army still must prepare environmental impact
analyses to assess the environmental effects of realignment on installations
receiving functions from other installations and the environmental effects of
property disposal.  This EA meets that retirement.  

        Actions addressed in this EA include:  

        - Realignment of the electro-optics/night vision maintenance workload
from Sacramento Army Depot, Calif., to Anniston Army Depot in accordance with a
July 1, 1991, recommendation by the President's Commission on Base Closure and
Realignment to close Sacramento Army Depot.  This realignment is subject to the
outcome of public-to-public competition between Anniston Army Depot and
Sacramento Air Logistics Center at McClellan Air Force Base, Calif.  

     - Realignment of the tank maintenance workload from Mainz Army Depot,
Germany, to Anniston Army Depot under Army realignment initiatives. 

     - Realignment of the tactical missile maintenance workload from Anniston
Army Depot to Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pa.

     The transfer of workload from electro-optics/night vision maintenance
would result in the transfer of approximately 242 civilian positions from
Sacramento Army Depot to Anniston Army Depot.  Moving tactical missile mainte-
nance from Anniston Army Depot to Letterkenny Army Depot would involve approxi-
mately 293 civilian positions.  Transferring the tank maintenance workload from
Mainz Army Depot to Anniston Army Depot would involve about 65 civilian
positions.  The overall effect of these realignments would be a net increase of
14 civilian positions at the Alabama depot.  

     A 30-day public comment period will begin prior to the realignments.  The
realignments are scheduled to be completed by July 1997.  

     For more information, or to obtain a copy of the EA and FNSI, contact Dr.
Neil Robison, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, ATTN: CESAM-
PD-ER, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628, or call (205) 694-4112.  

                                    -END- 




NOT FOR USE UNTIL 5:00 P.M.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1992				(703) 697-5131 - Info

                             DEPARTMENT FO DEFENSE
                                CONTRACT AWARDS

                                     ARMY

	The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, is being awarded a
$7,844,512 modification to a cost plus fixed fee contract for research and
studies for various defense activities to provide:  a) independent, interdisci-
plinary research capabilities covering a broad range of relevant specialities;
b) enhance mechanisms for technology transfer among OSD components; and, c)
further institutionalize capabilities for analysis and integration of defense
issues that cut across the responsibilities of individual DoD components.  Work
will be performed in Santa Monica, California (79%) and Washington, DC (21%,
and is expected to be completed by September 30, 1994. Of the total contract
funds, $1,749,295 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This is a
sole source contract initiated on July 1, 1989.  The contracting activity is
the Defense Supply Service-Washington, Washington, D.C. (MDA903-90-C-0004).

                          CIVIL WORKS - NON MILITARY

	Perland Environmental Technologies, Incorporated, Burlington, Massachu-
setts, is being awarded a $19,357,720 firm fixed price construction contract
for remediation of hazardous waste New Bedford Harbor-hot spot.  Work will be
performed in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by
March 30, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  There were 151 bids solicited on December 19, 1991, and 8 bids
received.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army of Corps, Omaha, Nebraska
(DACW45-92-C-0101).

	Halifax Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia, is being awarded a $126,608
increment as part of a $7,782,130 firm fixed price contract for facility
maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway under Norfolk District
jurisdiction.  Work will be performed in Chesapeake, Virginia, and is expected
to be completed by September 30, 1997.  Contract funds will not expire at the
end of the current fiscal year.  There were 45 bids solicited on June 3, 1992,
and 4 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia (DACW65-92-C-0117).

                                     NAVY

	Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is receiving
a $20,000,000 undefinitized letter contract for research in the form of a
center of excellence in metal working technology.  Work will be performed in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be completed by September 1994.
Contract funds in the amount of $1,200,000 will expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval
Regional Contracting Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting
activity (N00140-92-C-BC49).

	FMC Corporation, Naval Systems Division, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is being
awarded a $15,662,180 (including options) firm-fixed-price contract for the
services to overhaul and repair four shipsets of MK 26 guided missile launching
systems (GMLS) from the USS Texs (CGN 29), USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), USS
Vincennes (CG 49) and the USS Valley Forge (CG 50).  Options are included in
the contract for $2,152,184 as follows:  the installation of ORDALT 15781 to
upgrade the MK 26 GMLS shipsets on-board the USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), the
USS Yorktown (CG 48), the USS Vincennes (CG 49) and the USS Valley Forge (CG
50), respectively; and the installation of ORDALTs 15781, 15952 and 16083 to
upgrade the MK 26 GMLS shipsets on-board the USS Ticonderoga (CG 47).  Work wil
be performed in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is expected to be completed by
February 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Sea Systems
Command is the contracting activity (N00024-92-C-5416).

	National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is being
awarded a $5,027,331 firm-fixed-price contract for the drydocking phased
maintenance availability (DPMA) of USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).  Work will be
performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by January
1993.  Contract funds in the expected to be completed by January 1993.  Con-
tract funds in the amount of $4,487,766 will expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured with two proposals
solicited and two bids received.  The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion
and Repair, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N62791-92-
B-0115).

	Mason Technologies, Inc., Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, is being
awarded a $12,459,977 combination firm-fixed-price and indefinite quantity
award fee contract.  If the contract is extended for first through fourth
option years, the total for five years is $60,764,743.  Support services will
be performed at the United States Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico,
and is expected to be completed by August 1997.  Contract funds will expire at
the end of each year.  This contract was competitively procured with three bids
received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division,
Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N62470-90-C-9340).

                                   AIR FORCE

	Frick Company, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $5,027,127
firm-fixed-price contract for three R-22 regrigeration units for use in
climatic testing hangars at the Air Force Development Test Center, Eglin Air
Force Base, Florida.  Contract is expected to be completed in January 1994.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Thirty-
three bids were solicited and one proposal was received.  The solicitation was
issued in February 1992 and negotiations were completed in August 1992.  The
Air Force Development Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the
contracting activity (F08635-92-C-0017).

	Martin Mariettas Electronic Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, is being
awarded a $36,000,000 face value increase to a fixed price contract for a scale
development (FSD) revision (establihsment of new baselines, delivery dates for
new line items, new requirements, definitization of undefinitized contractual
actions) to the Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System (ATARS) used on the
RF-4C and F/A-18 aircraft.  Contract is expected to be completed in February
1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the
contracting activity (F33657-87-C-0103-P00078).

	United Technologies Corporation, Pratt & Whitney, Government Engine
Business, West Palm Beach, Florida, is being awarded a $6,523,000 face value
increase to a fixed-price contract for an extension of long lead funding for
sixteen F117-PW-100 engines for the Lot IV C-17 aircraft.  The work will be
performed at Middletown, Connecticut.  Contract is expected to be completed in
April 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  The Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio,
is the contracting activity (F33657-89-C-0032, P00013).

							END


NOT FOR USE BEFORE 5 P.M. (EDT)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1992				(703) 697-5131 - Info.

                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                CONTRACT AWARDS

                                     ARMY

	Olin Defense Systems/Winchester Group, Independence, Missouri, is being
awarded a $5,482,403 modification to a cost plus award fee contract for
operation and maintenance of a government owned contractor operated facility.
Work will be performed in Independence, Missouri, and is expected to be
completed by September 30, 1992.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year.  There were 17 bids solicited on October 3, 1984, and
7 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Armament, Muni-
tions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois (DAAA09-91-Z-0009).

	Ryan-Walsh, Incorporated, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a $100.00
increment as part of a $6,993,625 fixed price indefinite quantity contract for
stevedoring and related terminal services.  Work will be performed in North
Carolina, and is expected to be completed by August 31, 1994.  Contract funds
will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 34 bids
solicited on February 11, 1992, and 3 bids received.  The contracting activity
is the Military Traffic Management Command, Falls Church, Virginia
(DAHC24-92-D-0004).

	Boeing Defense and Space Group (Helicopter Division), Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $11,500,000 unpriced contractual action to be
definitized as firm fixed price contract for two (2) new CH-47D Helicopters.
Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be
completed by February 28, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on January
24, 1992.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Aviation Systems Command,
St. Louis, Missouri (DAAJ09-92-C-0266).

                                   AIR FORCE

	GTE Government Systems Corporation, Data Systems Services Organization,
Marina del Rey, California, is being awarded a $13,580,945 face value increase
to a firm-fixed-price contract for contractor logistics support to provide
services, materials, and support, equipment for maintenance of the Worldwide
Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) Automated Data Processing Modern-
ization (WAM) Early Product Equipment at various locations worldwide.  The work
will be performed at approximately 300 sites worldwide.  Contract is expected
to be completed in September 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end
of the current fiscal year.  The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robbins
Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (F09603-90-D-1485-P00003).

	GTE Government Systems Corporation, Data Systems Services Organization,
Marina del Rey, California, is being awarded a $80,069,679 face value increase
to a firm-fixed-price contract for services, materials and support equipment
for the on-site and per-call preventive/remedial maintenance for the
AN/GYQ-21(V) Intelligence Data Handling System at worldwide locations.  The
work will be performed at approximately 132 locations in the continental United
States and worldwide.  Contract is expected to be completed in September 2001.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the
contracting activity (F09603-91-D-0999-P00001).

	Lockheed Sanders, Incorporated, Countermeasures Division, Nashua, New
Hampshire, is being awarded a $9,413,915 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for
engineering services required for the design, development, fabrication and
demonstration of a Preproduction Test Program Set for testing of line replace-
able units on the AN/ALQ-137 electronic countermeasures system in support of
the F-111 aircraft.  Contract is expected to be completed in December 1993.
Contract funds of $9,413,915 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
One bid was solicited and one proposal was received.  The solicitation was
issued in August 1991 and negotiations were completed in August 1992.  The
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the
contracting activity (F09603-92-C-0921)

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