NASSCO gets LCS work award worth potential $96.3 million

The littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) seen departing San Diego this January for Pensacola, FL

APRIL 21, 2015 — General Dynamics, National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is being awarded a $24,161,138 cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, with firm-fixed-priced and cost-only components contract for littoral combat ships (LCS) sustainment execution in support of LCSs homeported in or visiting San Diego, California. The contract includes two options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $96,338,503.

This sustainment execution contract is for both LCS variants. The company will provide planned maintenance, facility maintenance, execution planning, accomplishment of Chief of Naval Operations availabilities, emergent and continuous maintenance, fly-away support and engineering support.

Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by April 2016. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $6,138,041 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-15-C-4313).