Department of Defense: DefenseLINK

K2 Solutions, Inc.*, Southern Pines, N.C., is being awarded an $8,733,779 firm-fixed price contract for the purchase of 112 trained and certified Improvised Explosive Device Detector Dogs (IDD). This requirement also involves procuring and maintaining a pool of 247 IDDs; training for the selected IDDs; and five weeks of training of IDD handlers. The contract will also provide for kenneling of the IDDs, to include feeding and medical care of IDDs during the period of performance; team integration training for four weeks at a training venue designated by the United States Marine Corps, currently Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.; and contractor field support services to assist the USMC after deployment.

This contract will include an option for the procurement of replacement IDDs, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $8,763,779. The work will be performed in Southern Pines, NC, and Twentynine Palms, CA, and work is expected to be completed Aug. 4, 2010.  Contract funds in the amount of $8,733,779 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via a request for proposals, with three proposals solicited and three offers received. The USMC, Regional Contracting Office, National Capitol Region, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M00264-09-C-002).

* Small Business