$9M Seemans launch & recovery pact

Seemans Composites of Gulfport, Miss., is awarded a $9,125,520 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the machining center proposal. This effort will evaluate Navy unmanned underwater vehicles launch and recovery needs and define target areas for further evaluation and design definition. Work will be performed in Gulfport, and is expected to be completed Feb. 11, 2022. FY 2019 Navy research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $9,125,520 are obligated at the time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under N00014-18-S-B001 lLong range broad agency announcement (BAA). Proposals will be received throughout the year under the long range BAA; therefore, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. Office of Naval Research of Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 02/15/19)