Antigua and Barbuda
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Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Rodney Williams (2014)
Prime Minister: Gaston Browne (2014)
Total area: 170 sq mi (440 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 91,295 (growth rate: 1.25%); birth rate: 15.94/1000; infant mortality rate: 13.29/1000; life expectancy: 76.12
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): St. John's, 27,000
Other large cities: English Harbour, 2,900; Codrington (capital of Barbuda), est. pop. 870
Monetary unit: East Caribbean dollar
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Geography
Antigua, the larger of the two main islands, is 108 sq mi (280 sq km). The island dependencies of Redonda (an uninhabited rocky islet) and Barbuda (a coral island formerly known as Dulcina) are 0.5 sq mi (1.30 sq km) and 62 sq mi (161 sq km), respectively.
Government
Constitutional monarchy.
History
The island of Antigua was explored by Christopher Columbus in 1493 and named for the Church of Santa Maria de la Antigua in Seville. Antigua was colonized by Britain in 1632; Barbuda was first colonized in 1678. Antigua and Barbuda joined the West Indies Federation in 1958. With the breakup of the federation, it became one of the West Indies Associated States in 1967, self-governing its internal affairs. Full independence was granted Nov. 1, 1981.
The Bird family has controlled the islands since Vere C. Bird founded the Antigua Labor Party in the mid-1940s. While tourism and financial services have turned the country into one of the more prosperous in the Caribbean, law enforcement officials have charged that Antigua and Barbuda is a major center of money laundering, drug trafficking, and arms smuggling. Several scandals tainted the Bird family, especially the 1995 conviction of Prime Minister Lester Bird's brother, Ivor, for cocaine smuggling. In 2000, Antigua and 35 other offshore banking centers agreed to reforms to prevent money laundering.
Bird Dynasty Ends
In March 2004, the Bird political dynasty came to an end when labor activist Baldwin Spencer defeated Lester Bird, who had been prime minister since 1994. In 2005, income tax, which had been eliminated in 1975, was reintroduced to help alleviate Antigua's deficit.
On July 17, 2007, Louise Lake-Tack became the first woman governor-general of Antigua and Barbuda. In June 2014, Gaston Browne led the Antigua Labour Party to victory in the general election. It was a return to power for the Antigua Labour Party after ten years as the opposition. The party won 14 of 17 seats. Brown was sworn in as prime minister on June 13. Governor-General Dame Louise Lake-Tack left office in August 2014. Antigua Labour Party member Rodney Williams replaced her.
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Space System Co., Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $735,514,938 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for satellite sustainment. Contractor will provide sustainment of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), Milstar, and Defense Satellite Communications System III. Work will be performed at Sunnyvale, California, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, and Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, and is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, 2015. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $36,646,878 are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Systems Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity (FA8823-15-C-0001).
General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $23,075,907 firm-fixed-price delivery order (0087) under basic ordering agreement FA8620-10-G-3038 for MQ-9 Block 20A Lynx SAR retrofit kits. Contractor will provide 72 MQ-9 Block 20A Lynx SARretrofit kits for the MQ-9 aircraft. Work will be performed at Poway, California, and is expected to be complete by May 21, 2017. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $23,075,907 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $12,454,485 modification (P00299) to previously awarded contract FA8807-08-C-0010 for the alternate payload processing facility. Contractor will assure implementation of testing capabilities for launch of Global Positioning System III. Work will be performed at Littleton, Colorado, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2017. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $2,749,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity (FA8807-08-C-0010).
ARMY
Alpha-Omega Change Engineering, Hampton, Virginia (W91260-15-D-0001); Boecore Inc.,* Colorado Springs, Colorado (W91260-15-D-0002); PeopleTec Inc.,* Huntsville, Alabama (W91260-15-D-0003); and Summit Technical Solutions LLC,* Colorado Springs, Colorado (W91260-15-D-0004) were awarded a $496,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for advisory and assistance services for Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command and supported agencies for various missions. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2020. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 10 received. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.
Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $160,219,917 modification (P00020) to contract W91RUS-13-C-0006 for operations and maintenance support to communications equipment and information systems, Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, 160th Signal Brigade and subordinate units, Southwest Asia Theater. Work will be performed in Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Jordan with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2016. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $160,219,917 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, is the contracting activity.
Jacobs Project Management Co., Arlington, Virginia (W912DY-15-D-0084); M.C. Dean Inc., Sterling, Virginia (W912DY-15-D-0085); Shearer & Associates Inc.,* Huntsville, Alabama W912DY-15-D-0086); Spectrum Solutions Inc., Madison, Alabama (W912DY-15-D-0087); and URS Group Inc., Washington, District of Columbia (W912DY-15-D-0088), were awarded a $150,000,00 firm-fixed-price contract with options for technical and programmatic support services for the utility monitoring and control systems and electronic security systems programs. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of May 21, 2020. Bids were solicited via the Internet with seven received. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Michael Baker Jr. Inc, Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $48,000,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery contract with options for architectural and engineering services for the Department of Homeland Security. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of May 20, 2020. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 20 received. Army Contracting Command, Ft. Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-15-D-0009).
Colt Defense LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut, was awarded a $36,104,812 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity foreign military sales contract (Jordan, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Colombia, Hungary, Oman, Panama, Romania, Senegal, Lebanon, Romania) for M4/M4A1 carbines. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of May 21, 2018. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-15-D-0038).
BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $16,647,049 modification (P00005) to contract W56HZV-14-C-0238 to exercise Option 2 for installing the Paladin Fire Control System in M109A6 Paladin vehicles. Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2018. Fiscal 2015 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $16,647,049 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Illinois, was awarded an $11,492,530 firm-fixed-price contract with options for hopper dredging, Galveston Ship Channel, Texas, Entrance, Outer and Inner Bar Channels, and Bolivar Roads to Redfish Reef in Galveston and Chambers Counties, Texas. Maintenance dredging will remove approximately 433,000 cubic yards (CY) from Galveston Entrance Channel and Outer Bar Section numbers 7-9; 725,000 CY from Inner Bar Channel, Section numbers 10-13; and 387,000 CY from Houston Ship Channel, Bolivar Roads to Redfish Reef, Section numbers 16-19. (Option 1 is for maintenance dredging of 386,000 CY from Galveston Extended Entrance Channel, Section numbers 1-4; Option 2 is for maintenance dredging of 463,000 CY from Galveston Entrance Channel, Section numbers 5 and 6; and Option 3 is for maintenance dredging of 13,000 CY from Houston Ship Channel, Bolivar Roads to Redfish Reef, Section numbers 14 and 15). Work will be performed in Galveston, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 7, 2015. Bids were solicited via the Internet with two received. Fiscal 2014 and 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $11,492,530 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-15-C-0014).
LAPAC Manufacturing Inc.,* Crowley, Louisiana, was awarded a $9,322,795 firm-fixed-price multi-year contract with options for sandbags and poly sheeting for the National Flood Fight Center, Rock Island, Illinois. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2017. Bids were solicited via the Internet with three received. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W912EK-15-D-0003).
DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
Parma Fruit MPG West, Orange, California, is being awarded an indefinite-delivery, requirements-type contract to provide fresh fruits and vegetables for resale at 20 commissary store locations throughout the Defense Commissary Agency’s (DeCA) Pacific Area commissaries in South Korea and Japan (to include Okinawa). The estimated award amount is $55,080,703. The contractor will deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to the store locations as needed. The contract is for a 24-month base period beginning July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017. Three one-year option periods are available. If all three option periods are exercised, the contract will be completed June 30, 2020. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Eighteen firms were solicited and six offers were received. The contracting activity is the DeCA, Resale Contracting Division, Contracting Branch Europe, Kapaun Air Station, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
International Distributors Inc., Barrigada, Guam, is being awarded an indefinite-delivery, requirements-type contract to provide fresh fruits and vegetables for resale at two commissary store locations throughout the Defense Commissary Agency’s (DeCA) Pacific Area commissaries in the U.S. territory of Guam. The estimated award amount is $16,084,903. Contractor will deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to the store locations as needed. The contract is for a 24-month base period beginning July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017. Three one-year option periods are available. If all three option periods are exercised, the contract will be completed June 30, 2020. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Eighteen firms were solicited and six offers were received. The contracting activity is the DeCA, Contracting Branch Europe, Kapaun Air Station, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
NAVY
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is being awarded a $21,252,474 modification to a previously awarded advance-acquisition contract (N00019-14-C-0067) for the procurement of additional long-lead items for the manufacture and delivery of nine full-rate production Lot II P-8A MMA aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be completed in April 2018. Fiscal 2014 and 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $21,252,474 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana, is being awarded an $11,602,950 cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for systems and software engineering services for the ALQ-227 communication countermeasures set for the EA-18G aircraft for the Navy and the government of Australia. This contract provides for up to 48,100 hours of engineering, integration and testing services for the low-band geo-location program. Work will be performed in Fort Wayne, Indiana (99 percent); and Forest, Mississippi (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2018. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation and fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $145,595 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($10,442,655; 90 percent), and the government of Australia ($1,160,295; 10 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, California, is the contracting activity (N68936-15-D-0018).
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded $9,540,000 for delivery order 7009 under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00383-11-G-003D) for repairs in support of the H-53 and V-22 aircraft. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida, and work is expected to be completed by May 2016. Fiscal 2014 working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $9,540,000 will be obligated at the time of award and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Corp., El Segundo, California, is being awarded $7,335,202 for undefinitized repair delivery order 7394 placed under a previous existing basic ordering agreement (N00383-12-G-034G) for door repair configurations used on the F/A-18 aircraft. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and work is expected to be completed by October 2015. Fiscal 2015 working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $3,667,603 will be obligated at the time of award and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One firm was solicited for this non-competitive requirement, and one offer was received in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity.
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