Electric Boat Gets $149M Deal

Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $149,359,918 cost reimbursement modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-02-C-2901) for the conversion of USS Florida from SSBN 728 to SSGN 728; and conversion installation planning for the conversion of USS Georgia from SSBN 729 to SSGN 729. Both conversions will be conducted concurrently with the ships engineered refueling overhaul being done at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va. (58 percent); Quonset Point, R.I. (30 percent); and Groton, Conn. (12 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity.

Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Conn., also is being awarded a $31,650,048 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for consolidated design agent, planning yard and engineering and technical support for active nuclear submarines. The contractor will also provide research and development support of designated submarine research vehicles. Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. (78%); Quonset R.I. (8%); Newport, R.I. (7 percent); Kings Bay, Ga. (4 percent); and Bangor, Wash. (3 percent); and is expected to be completed by September 2008. Contract funds in the amount of $8,562,866, will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (N00024-04-C-2100)