DESP II Dynamics Research Team - DESP II News and Events

DESP II News and Events

Highlights—as of 20 June 2008:

June 23, 2008: Dynamics Research Corporation Receives Air Force Aircraft Landing Gear Depot Work Worth $2.2 Million
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June 16, 2008: DRC and team member General Atomics Awarded $2.2 Mil Aging Landing Gear Life Extension 08 (ALGLE 08) Program award at OO-ALC.

DRC received its 12th task order under the Air Force’s Design and Engineering Support Program (DESP II) contract. DRC has now been awarded 12 tasks on the DESP II contract valued at $45.3 million, with options, and ranks second among the eight small business prime contractors and third overall among all 20 large and small business DESP II primes.

Under the terms of the task order, which has a period of performance of 12 months, DRC and subcontractor General Atomics will provide engineering design, prototyping, testing, providing documentation, and/or preparing Production Phase Plans (including cost and schedule parameters). The contract work will be done at Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

June 11, 2008: Kick Off Meeting held for new DESP II team members.

May 22, 2008: Government DESP II Program Office issues MOD adding 17 new DRC Team members. Congratulations to the following new team members:

AAI Services Corporation, Large Business (LB)	Logistics Management Institute (LMI), LB NFP
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. (CCAT), LB Not for Profit (NFP)	McLane Advanced Technologies, LLC, LB
Digital Fusion Solutions, Inc., Small Business (SB)	Monode Marking Products, Inc., SB
Dynastrosi Laboratories, Inc., SB	Simply Better Inc., SDVOSB and a WOSB
GMRE, Inc, VOSB	SkillStorm, Inc d/b/a SGIS; 8A
HJ Ford Associates, SB	The Ahrens Consulting Group (TACG), VOSB
Horizons, Inc., SB	THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc., SB
Kelley's Logistics Support Systems (KLSS), WOSB	Turbine Controls Inc. (TCI), SB
L-3 Communications TCS, Inc., LB

April 25, 2008: DRC and team member General Atomics Awarded $827,896 for additional ASEP Technical Response tasks under DESP II

DRC and team member General Atomics Awarded $827,896 for additional ASEP Technical Response tasks to existing C/KC-135 Aircraft Systems Engineering Program (ASEP) On Task Order FA8222-05-D-0004-SD02. Tasks include:

Evaluation of Military/Commercial Fleet Experience with Carbon Brakes
Conversion of PDM Work Specification Maintenance Tool to a Web Client
Review and Consolidation of the 2-7 (Landing Gear) and 2-13 (Hydraulic Pressure Supply System) Technical Orders

April 16, 2008: DRC Awarded $12.2 Million Task Order to Support Army Food Management System

This marks DRC’s eleventh task order award under DESP II.
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OO-ALC, WR-ALC, & OC-ALC Competitive Task Order Award Announcements

DESP II Competitive Award Summary
Companies	Number Won	Value W/Opts	% of Total
AES (SB)	52	$137,399,338	38.75%
NG (LB)	6	$50,662,522	14.29%
DRC (LB)	11	$43,045,021	12.14%
Karta (SB)	16	$35,524,487	10.02%
ARINC (LB)	7	$30,576,424	8.62%
UDRI (LB)	3	$15,212,904	4.29%
SWRI (LB)	8	$12,960,371	3.66%
Sverdrup (LB)	4	$7,986,289	2.25%
MTI (SB)	3	$7,534,965	2.13%
SSAI (SB)	4	$4,040,096	1.14%
Battelle (LB)	1	$1,449,766	0.41%
MTC (LB)	4	$2,991,002	0.84%
L-3 Comm/TCS	2	$4,792,808	1.35%
SAIC	1	$408,433	0.12%
Total	122	$354,584,427	100%

DESP II Stats and RFP Analysis 20 May 08

Update on RFP Activity

74 Competitive RFPs Issued to date (Note: we have no visibility of Sole Source awards)

DESP II Summary Stats	By Category	F&O	Set Aside	Number of Awards
RFPs Issued	100	82	34	116
Awarded	116
Awaiting Award	0
Cancelled	0
Total	216

Bottom Line of Analysis – All competitions to date have been won by either the incumbent or the company that worked with the customer in developing the opportunity