Contract: U.S. Marine Mgmt, $32M

U.S. Marine Management Inc. of Norfolk, Va., was issued a $31,968,664 modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option to extend a six-month service period for the operation and maintenance of six Navy oceanographic survey ships. These ships support the Naval Oceanographic Office performing acoustic, biological, physical, and geophysical surveys, which provide much of the military's information on the ocean environment. Work will be performed worldwide, and work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2017. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command in Norfolk is the contracting activity (N00033-09-C-2504). (Source: DoD, 03/30/17) Gulf Coast note: The Naval Oceanographic Office is headquartered at Stennis Space Center, Miss.