Alabama companies awarded defense contract

Steward Machine Co., Inc. of Birmingham was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $16,995,000 firm-fixed-price contract.

The Nashville District USACE Chickamauga Dam new lock construction is scheduled to start in the summer of FY2010.

This acquisition is part of the supporting material need for the doors and bulkhead valves for the operation of the lock. Work is to be performed in Birmingham, with an estimated completion date of June 1, 2011.

Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with six bids received.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville, Tenn., is the contracting activity.

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Gan Corp. of Huntsville, was awarded on Sept. 24, 2009 a $5,370,562 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.

This contract is for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Command / Armed Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC / ARSTRAT) Simulation Center operations and support.

This is a super computer center. Work is to be performed in Redstone Arsenal, and Huntsville, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2014.

Four bids solicited with four bids received. U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Redstone Arsenal, is the contracting activity.