Covington firm earns Navy mod pact

Hornbeck Offshore Services of Covington, La., is being issued a $19,754,900 modification under a previously awarded Navy contract to exercise a 180-day option to extend services for the long-term time charter of U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, contractor-owned and -operated surface escort vessels HOS Black Powder, HOS Westwind, HOS Eagle View, and HOS Arrowhead. The vessels are used to escort U.S. Navy assets transiting in and out of Navy ports. Work will be performed on the East and West coasts and is expected to be completed by February 2015. Navy working capital funds in the amount of $19,754,900 will be obligated in fiscal 2014, and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. Military Sealift Command of Washington, DC, is the contracting activity. (Source: DOD 08/29/14)