BAE Systems gets $6.9m modification to Navy contract

BAE Systems, Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $6,995,080 modification to a previously awarded multi-ship, multi-option cost-plus incentive fee contract (N40024-10-C-4406) to provide for the availability of USS Vicksburg (CG 69) to include ship repairs, hull, machinery, electrical, electronics, ship alterations and piping as required, the US Department of Defense contract announcement said.

The primary focus of this repair package is to accomplish structural repairs and to accomplish the five-year boiler certification and the flight deck certification. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and is expected to be completed by September 2013. Fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance, Navy funding in the amount of $6,995,080 will be obligated at the time of the award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Southeast Regional Maintenance Center, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.