The following contracts were awarded to Maryland corporations by the U.S. Department o Defense in the past week.

ARMY

John C. Grimberg Co. Inc., Rockville, was awarded on Sept. 26, 2006, a $6,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Renovation of Building 120. Work will be performed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 6, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were ten bids solicited on July 27, 2006, and two bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-06-C-0043).

Coakley & Williams Construction Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded on Sept. 22, 2006, a $9,308,000 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a physical fitness center. Work will be performed at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 20, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on July 20, 2006, and four bids were received. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Md., is the contracting activity (W912DR-06-C-0046).

Functional Genetics Inc.*, Rockville, Md., was awarded on Aug. 16, 2006, a $28,041,647 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for generation of novel broad spectrum anti-viral compounds against hemorrhagic fever viruses. Work will be performed in Rockville, Md. (75 percent), Frederick, Md. (8 percent), and Evolva, Switzerland (17 percent), and is expected to be completed by Aug. 15, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on Oct. 31, 2005, and 130 bids were received. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (HDTRA1-06-C-0035).

Functional Genetics Inc.*, Rockville, Md., was awarded on Aug. 16, 2006, a $12,953,396 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for development of broad spectrum host oriented therapeutic antibodies for hemorrhagic fever viruses. Work will be performed in Rockville, Md. (98 percent), and Frederick, Md. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by Aug. 15, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on Oct. 31, 2005, and 130 bids were received. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (HDTRA1-06-C-0034).

NAVY

Sodexho Management, Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., is receiving a $71,784,384 modification (P00034) which provides funding and authorizes performance of Contract Year 5 (FY07 requirements) to previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract (M00027-02-C-0001) to provide food services to the Marine Corps and manage and operate their mess halls in the eastern region of the United States. This modification is only for the purpose of placing the required funding on this contract. This modification does not include any funding for work that is outside the scope of the original contract. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C. (40 percent); Parris Island, S.C. (20 percent); Quantico, Va. (15 percent); Norfolk, Va. (5 percent); Havelock, N.C. (5 percent); Washington D.C. (5 percent); Arlington, Va. (5 percent); and Beaufort, S.C. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Contract years 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (out of the five year base period) total $354,243,245. The Regional Contracting Office (Southeast), Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., is the contracting activity.

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