ship repair

BAE Norfolk wins $25.2 million DDG 98 contract

 

Work will involve ship repair, maintenance, and modernization. 

The contract includes option items which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $26,651,350. 

Work will be performed in Norfolk and is expected to be completed by July 2016.  

Fiscal 2016 operation and maintenance (Navy); and fiscal 2016 other procurement (Navy) funding, in the amount of $25,236,623 will be obligated at time of award, and funds in the amount of $23,339,814 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  

The contract was competitively procured under full and open competition via the Federal Business Opportunities website; two offers were received.  

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, VA, is the contracting activity (N50054-16-C-0002).

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Plans for giant Brazil ship repair yard move ahead

Dave Saginaw, Commercial Director of McQuilling Services, LLC in New York and the project Director of the Brasil Basin Drydock Company (BBDC) project said today that the project has progressed into the next phase of implementation.

Additional early stage investment funds have been received and applications for environmental licenses have been submitted toauthorities in Brazil.

“We are extremely excited about the advancement of activities in the development of the new ship repair facility in the northeast of Brazil” said Mr. Saginaw, “We are receiving strong support from both our new investors and from state and local authorities in Paraíba and the municipality of Lucena. We couldn’t be more pleased with our current progress, in the midst of quite a challenging investment climate.”

Celso P. Souza, project manager for the BBDC project said from Rio de Janeiro, “The implementation of the new facility is on schedule. With the filing for the environmental permits and the creation of the environmental impact analysis underway, we are now moving forward with the next stage of facility design and engineering. We envision start of construction by late 2016/early 2017 with first repair operations commencing early in 2019.”

The BBDC shipyard in the Brazilian state of Paraíba will carry the name Empresa de Docagens Pedra do Ingá (EDPI). It will be located inside the harbor near the Port of Cabedelo in the municipality of Lucena and is positioned close to major shipping lanes in the Atlantic basin. The 600,000 square meter facility will be purpose-built for ship repairs, and its two graving docks and hydrolift facilities will be capable of drydocking any ship in the world merchant fleet.

Swiftships gets $10.9 million Iraq award

 

This effort encompasses one year of labor and the associated travel, basic life support services, and force protection services to operate and support the facility.  

Work will be performed at Umm Qasr Naval Base, Iraq, and is expected to be completed October 2016.  

Foreign military sales funding in the amount of $10,976,701 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.

BAE San Diego books Navy awards worth $104.25 million

The awards are for work on the USS Milius (DDG 69) and USS Cape St. George (CG 71).

The Milius award is a $53,633,494 modification to previously awarded, cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4408) for the ship’s fiscal 2015 extended selected restricted availability.

An extended selected restricted availability includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations, modernizations, and modifications that will update and improve the ship’s military and technical capabilities.

Work will be performed in San Diego, and is expected to be completed by December 2016.

Fiscal 2015 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $33,527,206; and fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $20,106,288 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds in the amount of $20,106,288 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The shipyard’s award for the Cape St. George is a $50,625,133 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee, incentive-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4400) for the ship’s fiscal 2015 extended drydocking selected restricted availability.

An extended drydocking selected restricted availability includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterations and modifications that will update and improve the ship’s military and technical capabilities.

This modification includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $51,016,432.

Work will be performed in San Diego, and is expected to be completed by September 2016.

Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $48,059,799; working capital funding in the amount of $2,392,527; and fiscal 2015 other procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $172,807 will be obligated at time of award.

Contract funds in the amount of $48,059,799 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, is the contracting activity for both awards.

BAE Norfolk awarded DDG 95 FY 2016 DSRA

AUGUST 20, 2015 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, VA is being awarded a $22,590,026 firm-fixed-price contract for USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) fiscal 2016 drydocking selected restricted availability (DSRA).

VT Halter promotes five, hires one

AUGUST 5, 2015 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. has announced a number of management moves. They come less than two months after the appointment of Jack Prendergast as President and CEO following

SCA launches Know Your Ship campaign

AUGUST 5, 2015 —Ahead of the first presidential debate this week, the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has launched Know Your Ship, a national campaign aimed at raising the awareness of the