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New US Navy RoRo & LCS Contracts

April 16, 2013

American Overseas Marine Corp., of Quincy, Mass., and Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine, awarded Navy contract modifications.

The U.S. Department of Defense has issued the following contracts:

RoRo operation & mainenance
American Overseas Marine Corp is being awarded a $14,502,237 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00033-10-C-5300) to exercise a one-year option period for the operation and maintenance of seven large, medium speed, roll-on/roll-off ships.

When activated, these ships will transport equipment in support of deployed U.S. military forces worldwide.  Work will be performed in waters worldwide, and work is expected to be completed by April 2014. 

LCS class ships
Bath Iron Works , is being awarded a $12,599,317 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2302) to exercise an option for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Class Design Services.  These services provide necessary engineering, program, and technical support for LCS Class ships.  This effort includesclass baseline design services, class documentation services, class engineering studies, cost estimating support, LCS ship transition, and liaison for ship construction and post delivery with the class design agent for LCS 6 and follow. 

Work will be performed in Bath, Maine (52 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (47 percent); and Mobile, Ala. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2014. 
 

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