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New Navy Contracts

October 25, 2009

Gulf Copper Ship Repair*, Corpus Christi, Texas (N55236-10-D-0001); JCI Metal Products, Inc.*, Lemon Grove, Calif. (N55236-10-D-0002); Marine and Restaurant Fabricators*, San Diego, Calif. (N55236-10-D-0006); Miller Marine, Inc., National City, Calif. (N55236-10-D-0003); Pacific Ship Repair and Fabrication, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif. (N55236-10-D-0004); and Tecnico Corporation*, Chesapeake, Va. (N55236-10-D-0005), are each being awarded an firm-fixed-price  multiple award five-year term contract.  The total maximum ceiling amount value for all six contracts combined is $202,000,000.  Contract will provide for sheet metal repair and fabrication services onboard Navy ships and other government vessels within a 50-mile radius of San Diego, Calif.  These six contracts shall compete for delivery orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract.  Each contractor shall provide all personnel, management, administrative and production services, material, tools, equipment, and required support to accomplish sheet metal repair and fabrication services.  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by October 2014.  Contract funds in the amount of $18,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 12 proposals solicited and six offers received.  The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
*Small Business

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $79,452,144 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) to exercise an option for additional class services associated with the detail design and construction of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class destroyer.  This work will provide technical and industrial engineering in the interpretation and application of the detailed design to support construction and the maintenance of a safe and operable ship design.  Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by November 2010.  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.

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