Austal option for 2 LCS

Austal USA of Mobile, Ala., has been issued a fixed-price-incentive firm target modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-2301) to exercise options for the construction of two FY 2019 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). The Navy has not completed the competition for FY-19 LCS class ships, 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. Austal USA will perform and oversee all necessary design, planning, construction, and test and trials activities in support of delivery of these ships to the Navy. Work will be performed in Mobile (50 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (24 percent); Cincinnati, Ohio (5 percent); Henderson, Wash. (2 percent), Kingsford, Mich. (1 percent); Bristol, Conn. (1 percent), Slidell, La. (1 percent); and various other locations of less than 1 percent each (totaling 16 percent), and is expected to be complete by September 2025. Fiscal 2019 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funding will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command of Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 12/14/18)