Contract: Northrop Grumman, $9.8M

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $9,818,797 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract for the calendar year 2010 government-furnished equipment workshare transportation of class products associated with the DDG 1000 Zumwalt class destroyer. This contract modification procures the labor and material required to fabricate cradles, fixtures, pedestals, etc., required to support the transportation of class products to Bath, Maine, in order to meet critical construction milestones. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss., and Gulfport, Miss., and is expected to be completed December 2010. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 04/19/10)