FWB gets 1% of $2B mod pact

General Dynamics’ Electric Boat of Groton, Conn., is awarded a $2,039,763,908 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-2100) for additional material to include Long Lead Time Material and Economic Ordering Quantity associated with the FY 2019-2023 Virginia class submarines (SSN hull#s 802–811). The largest percent of the work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif. (19%); Annapolis, Md. (6%); and Jacksonville, Fla. (3%). 26 locations earned between 1% and 3%, including Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (1%). Other U.S. sites each were awarded less than 1% each for contract work (25% overall). FY 2019/2018 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funding in the amount of $2,039,763,908 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The statutory authority for this sole-source award is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii) - only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Naval Sea Systems Command of Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 03/18/19)