VTHM: $39.9M barracks ship mod

VT Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Miss., is awarded a $39,906,609 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-18-C-2230) to exercise an option for the detail design and construction of an Auxiliary Personnel Lighter - Small (APL(S)) [barracks ship]. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss. (58%); Boca Raton, Fla. (25%); Mandeville, La. (5%); Metairie, La. (5%); Gautier, Miss. (4%); and Billerica, Mass. (3%), and is expected to be complete by May 2021. The initial contract was for the detail design and construction of the lead and second craft in the APL(S) 67 class. This option is for the fourth craft. Construction of all APL(S) craft is firm-fixed-price. The contract also includes options for associated support efforts related to the craft design and construction for deployment spare parts, crew familiarization, international delivery and production-level technical data package and rights. FY 2020 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funding in the amount of $39,906,609 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 03/24/20)