Contract: ABS, $55M

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Houston, Texas, is being awarded a $55,000,000 contract to provide for ship classification and classification-related services for surface ships procured by Navy. New construction contracts require the ships be designed and constructed in accordance with ABS rules. About 46 percent of the work will be in support of new DDG ships in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss., and in Bath, Maine. Another 46 percent will be in support of future LCS construction at sites to be determined. The remaining 8 percent of services will be performed in Norfolk, Va., San Diego, Calif. and various worldwide points. Work will be completed by December 2013. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 12/29/08)