Hornbeck Offshore awarded $291.8M Military Sealift Command contract
Written by Nick Blenkey
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Hornbeck Offshore Operators LLC, Covington, La., has been awarded a $291,794,000 firm-fixed-price Military Sealift Command contract (N3220526C4004) to provide operation and maintenance of four government-owned Transportation Auxiliary General Submarine Escort (T-AGSE) vessels — or “blocking boats.”
The vessels under this contract will include USNS Arrowhead, USNS Eagleview, USNS Westwind, and USNS Black Powder.
All four were originally built as Hornbeck Offshore Services HOS 240 class OSVs.
The contract includes a one-year base period, four 12-month options, and a six-month option under Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-8.
The contract will be performed in Kings Bay, Georgia; and Bangor, Washington, beginning March 1, 2026, and will conclude Aug. 31, 203.
Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.
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