Metal Shark $16M FMS contract

Gravois Aluminum Boats LLC, doing business as Metal Shark of Jeanerette, La., was awarded a $16,190,780 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the construction of near coastal patrol vessels (NCPV) in support of U.S. Southern Command partner-nations and the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The contract supports procurement of NCPVs for response to emergent FMS and counter-narcotics requirements. It includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $54,581,780. The contract provides for up to 13 NCPVs, up to 13 electro-optical infrared sensors, up to 13 diagnostic equipment, up to 13 in-country reactivation and crew familiarization, and up to 13 NCPV test and trials. The contract involves FMS to the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Honduras. Work will be performed in Jeanerette, La,, and is expected to complete by June 2019. Naval Sea Systems Command at the Washington Navy Yard in the District of Columbia, is the contracting activity. (Source: DOD 06/21/17)