Tuesday, October 5, 2021

DoD regional contract Oct. 5

Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, was awarded a $144,623,645 fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-21-C-2209) for the detail design and construction of two towing, salvage, and rescue ships (T-ATS 11 and 12). The contract modification establishes options for up to three additional ships, which, if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value of the contract to $385,084,067. Work will be performed in Mobile (54%); Chesapeake, Virginia (20%); Jacksonville, Florida (6%); Boca Raton, Florida (4%); New Orleans (3%); and suppliers each representing less than 1% of contract value (13%). Fiscal 2021 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funding in the amount of $144,623,645 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 10/05/21) Awarded Sept. 30. The award is the first steel-hull ship that Austal will build.

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