Contract: Austal, $11.8M

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded an $11,794,802 cost-plus-award-fee order against the previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00024-15-G-2304 to provide engineering and management services for advance planning and design in support of the post shakedown availability for the Littoral Combat Ship PCU Montgomery (LCS-8). Austal will provide design, planning, and material support services for the vessel. Efforts will include program management, advance planning, engineering, design, material kitting, liaison, and scheduling. Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala. (92.3 percent); Mayport, Fla. (4.5 percent); and San Diego, Calif. (3.2 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2017. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Gulf Coast, Pascagoula, Miss., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 05/05/16)