Austal: LCS pact for $584M

Austal USA of Mobile, Ala., was awarded a not-to-exceed congressional cost cap of $584,200,000 fixed-price-incentive firm target contract for the construction of a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to include associated cost-plus-fixed-fee LCS class services and related material, and firm-fixed-price integrated data environment support. The contract also includes options for the construction of additional LCS, class services, and post-delivery availability support. The Navy expects to release a competitive solicitation(s) for additional LCS class ships in future years, and therefore the specific contract award amount for these ships is considered source selection sensitive information (see 41 U.S. Code 2101, et seq., Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101 and FAR 3.104) and will not be made public at this time. Work will be performed in Mobile (54%); Pittsfield, Mass. (9%); California, Md. (4%); Cincinnati, Ohio (4%); Leesburg, Va. (3%); Williston, Vt. (3%); Linthicum, Md. (3%); East Syracuse, N.Y. (2%); Franklin, Mass. (2%); and various other locations of less than 2% each (totaling 16%). The contract is expected to be completed by December 2022. FY 2017 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding not-to-exceed the congressional cost cap of $584,200,000 for construction of one FY-17 LCS; and 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) in the amount of $6,568,800 for LCS class services and integrated data environment support will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was awarded via a limited competition pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), and Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 - full and open competition need not be provided for when it is necessary to award the supplies or services needed by the agency which are available from only one responsible source or only from a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy the needs of the agency. Naval Sea Systems Command of Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DOD 06/22/17)