Mod PSA pact for 2 LCS

BAE Systems’ San Diego (Calif.) Ship Repair was awarded a $24,448,647 cost-plus-award-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-16-C-2309) to exercise options for post-shakedown availabilities (PSA) for USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and USS Omaha (LCS 12). PSAs are accomplished within a period of approximately 10-to-16 weeks between the time of ship custody transfer to the Navy and the Navy shipbuilding and conversion obligation work limiting date. The PSA encompasses all of the manpower, support services, material, non-standard equipment and associated technical data and documentation required to prepare for and accomplish the PSA. The work will include correction of government-responsible trial card deficiencies, new work identified between custody transfer and the time of PSA and incorporation of approved engineering changes that were not incorporated during the construction period which are not otherwise the building yard's responsibility under the ship construction contract. Work will be performed in San Diego, and is expected to be completed by October 2018. (Source: DOD 09/08/17) Gulf Coast Note: Both Independence variant Littoral Combat Ships were built at Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Ala.