Army Textile Contracts Awarded

Mills Manufacturing Corporation, Asheville, North Carolina (W56HZV-14-D-0115), and Pioneer Aerospace Corporation, South Windsor, Connecticut (W56HZV-14-D-0116), were awarded a $25,350,000 firm-fixed-price, multiyear contract for a maximum quantity of 6,250 MC-6 personnel parachute systems and 3,125 MC-6 canopies Under the contract, the companies will compete for the maximum quantity of both the systems and canopies. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 15, 2021. Bids were solicited via the Internet, with three received. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan is the contracting activity.

Quincy Bag Co. Inc., Dubuque, Iowa, was awarded an $8,393,200 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with options, for standard and large sandbags, and poly sheets in support of the National Flood Fight Center. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2015. Bids were solicited via the Internet, with three received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W912EK-14-D-0005).