South, West Ala. Navy pacts

 Florida State University - Center for Advanced Power Systems, Tallahassee, Florida, is awarded a $31,449,692 five-year (no options), cost-only contract action for research and development associated with shipboard electrical systems. Work will be performed in Tallahassee, Florida (89%); Austin, Texas (4%); Tuscaloosa, Alabama (3%); Columbia, South Carolina (2%); and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2%), and is expected to be completed by June 2026. Fiscal 2020 Navy research, development test and evaluation funds in the amount of $81,000 will be obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via white paper selection under a broad agency announcement via the beta.sam.gov website, with multiple offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

* International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC, Spanish Fort, Alabama, is awarded a $13,762,373 firm-fixed-price contract for preservation work onboard USS Toledo (SSN-769). The services under this contract include blasting, preservation, and surface preparation; touch-up, blasting, and painting of high solid coatings and non-high solid coatings; cleaning of sanitary and other tanks; construction of scaffolding required to accomplish taskings; general shipboard cleaning; containment/blast protection; preparation and preservation of dampening tiles; zinc replacement; lead ballast removal and installation; and special hull treatment removal, preparation, preservation, and installation. This contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $16,997,778. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by May 2022. If all options are exercised work will continue through September 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $8,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.sam.gov website, with three offers received. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 06/11/21)