Huntington Ingalls Inc.'s (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded a $29,378,128 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for initial planning of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) emergent repair and restoration. This initial planning and preparation phase of an availability will include a combination of restoration and modernization of USS Fitzgerald. USS Fitzgerald is planned to arrive at Ingalls Shipbuilding in December 2017 via heavy lift ship. A contract modification to incorporate full restoration and modernization scope is anticipated December 2017. The initial phase of work will be performed in Pascagoula and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2017. FY 2017 Navy operations and maintenance funding in the amount of $29,378,128 will be obligated at time of award, and contract funds in the amount of $29,378,128 will expire Sept. 30. This contract was not competitively procured. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis under an unusual and compelling urgency basis (Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)) FAR 6.302-2 as outlined in Justification and Approval 41,320 dated Aug. 28, 2017. The Naval Sea Systems Command of Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DOD, 09/28/17)
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