San Diego, California based General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) was awarded a not-to-exceed $64,056,766 modification under a previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) to procure advance material for the Mobile Landing Platform 4 Afloat Forward Staging Base platform, the U.S. DoD said in contract announcements.
This action allows the procurement of ship sets for the purchase specifications supporting integrated propulsion, main diesel generator engines, propeller and shafting, integrated bridge, and voice communications. Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (38 percent); Beloit, Wisconsin (37 percent); San Diego (15 percent), Chesapeake, Virginia (9 percent); and Deerfield, Florida (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by March 2017. Fiscal 2014 ship conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $48,042,574 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, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
Located on San Diego Bay, and part of General Dynamics Marine Systems, NASSCO has been building ships since 1960. A full service shipyard, NASSCO is the only major shipyard on the West Coast, specializing in auxiliary and support ships for the U.S. Navy and oil tankers and dry cargo carriers for commercial markets.
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