PPG gets $8.9 million MSC paint contract

NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — PPG Industries Inc., Alexander, Arkansas, is being awarded a $8,931,277 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00033-14-D-8010) with firm-fixed-price delivery orders to exercise a one-year option for the worldwide supply, delivery, and services for shipboard paint, coatings, solvents, and preservation products for Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships and any other government-owned or government-chartered ships designated by MSC. Work will be performed worldwide and is expected to be completed by November 2015. Working capital contract funds in the amount of $8,931,277 are obligated in fiscal 2015 and the funds will expire at the end of that fiscal year. The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.