Navsea awards LCS program contract mods

The Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) has awarded contract modifications for the Literal Combat Ship program to both Lockheed Martin Corp.and Austal USA.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Md., is being awarded an $11,855,315 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2300) exercising an option for core Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class services.  Lockheed Martin will assess engineering, baseline and configuration management services in support of the basic construction, post-delivery, test and trials phases of the LCS class.  Work will be performed in Hampton, Va. (20 percent); Virginia Beach, Va. (20 percent); Washington, D.C. (15 percent); Marinette, Wis. (13 percent); Moorestown, N.J. (12 percent); Baltimore, Md. (10 percent); Manassas, Va. (7 percent); and Arlington, Va. (3 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by December 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $7,917,425 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise an option for core Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class services for the LCS program.  Austal USA will assess engineering, baseline, and configuration management services in support of the basic construction, post delivery, test and trials phases of the LCS class.  Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala. (30 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (30 percent); Malvern, Pa. (20 percent); Newport News, Va. (13 percent); and various locations of less than two percent each, totaling (7 percent).  Work is expected to be completed by December 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

December 19, 2011