Detyens awarded $15.82 million T-AKE 1 drydocking

USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1)

APRIL 7, 2015 — Detyens Shipyards, Inc., North Charleston, SC, is being awarded a $15,812,647 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1).

Work will include bridge equipment annual service, main diesel generator overhaul, life raft annual certification, drydocking, propeller shaft inspection, underwater hull cleaning and painting, freeboard cleaning and painting, overhaul sea valves, blast and coat tanks, and renew flight deck non-skid.

The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $16,157,314. Work will be performed in North Charleston and is expected to be completed by July 3, 2015.

Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $15,812,647 are being obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured, with proposals solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received.

The U. S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity (N32205-15-C-3012).