EB gets contract worth up to $32.3 million

AUGUST 21, 2014 — General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded a $8,990,973 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the ongoing acquisition of the weapons systems shipboard development, integration requirements, and shipboard engineering for refueling support for the United States and United Kingdom Trident II D5 missile program. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and two option years is $32,334,273.

The work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (21 percent); Norfolk, Virginia (20 percent); Silverdale, Washington (19 percent); Bremerton, Washington (18 percent); St. Marys, Georgia (16 percent); and Cape Canaveral, Florida (6 percent), with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2014. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $8,990,973 are being obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

This contract is a sole source acquisition negotiated under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Strategic Systems Program, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity (N00030-14-C-0023).