Austal, HII among top Navy suppliers

WASHINGTON – The Navy recently announced its list of superior suppliers for 2017. These are businesses who demonstrated exceptional conduct in the areas of cost, schedule, performance, quality and business relations. The Superior Supplier Incentive Program is designed to incentivize contractor performance by identifying and recognizing suppliers who provide the greatest value in terms of performance to the department. The evaluated business units were divided into three tiers, with the top tier designated as superior suppliers or basically gold, silver and bronze. DON’s Tier 1 superior suppliers were BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., was a Tier 2 supplier. Austal USA of Mobile, Ala., was a Tier 3 supplier. (Source: Navy Office of Information 08/29/17)