Electric Boat awarded $310.7 million contract mod

Virginia Class submarine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded a $310,771,700 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-2104) for additional design agent, planning yard, engineering and technical support for active nuclear submarines.

The efforts provide for drawings and related technical data; design change documentation; logistics technical data; configuration management; hull, mechanical and electrical engineering; submarine safety design review; non-propulsion plant electrical system engineering; propulsion plant engineering; maintenance engineering; refit/availability technical support; on-site support; configuration change program design and installation support; configuration change program material support; submarine technical trade support; training and facility support; research, development, test and evaluation program support; research and development submarine/submersibles support; miscellaneous special studies; temporary alteration support; modernization of submarine/submersible systems/subsystems; and affordability/cost reduction technical support.

Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (73 percent); Bangor, Washington (9 percent); Norfolk, Virginia (6 percent); Newport, Rhode Island (4 percent); Quonset, Rhode Island (3 percent); Kings Bay, Georgia (3 percent); and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (2 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2016. Fiscal 2014 other procurement (Navy); fiscal 2014 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy); and fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation contract funds in the amount of $10,072,448 will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.