General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded contract for USS Miami (SSN 755) fire restoration

: Posted On Monday, 17 September 2012 18:51

Naval Defense Industry News - UK

General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded contract for USS Miami (SSN 755) fire restoration

General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $94 Million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for level-of-effort man-hours and material for advance planning and preliminary execution efforts for the USS Miami (SSN 755) fire restoration.

The contractor will accomplish USS Miami (SSN 755) fire restoration efforts which include assessment and analysis, planning, material procurement, fabrication and initial installation as required to return this mission ready submarine to the fleet.

USS Miami (SSN 755) entered dry dock in March 2012 for an overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
On 23 May 2012, a civilian employee ignited a fire onboard the submarine which resulted in extensive damages.
(Photo: US Navy)

This work will be done in coordination with the on-going Engineered Overhaul being executed by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and was assigned to the private sector based on workload constraints at the public shipyards.

This contract includes a negotiated priced option which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this delivery order to $100,000,000.

Work will be performed in Portsmouth, N.H. (35 percent); Newport News, Va. (25 percent); Groton, Conn. (20 percent), and Quonset Point, R.I. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $94,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The order was not competitively procured.

From Naval Sea Systems Command