ARMY
United Defense, L.P., Steel Products Division, Anniston, Alabama, is being
awarded a $6,866,425 modification to a firm fixed price and cost plus fixed fee
contract for the repair/overhaul of 128 M113A2 Armored Personnel Carriers and
conversion of same to M113A3 Armored Personnel Carriers; and repair/overhaul of
52 M577A2 Command Post Carriers and conversion of same to M577A3 Command Post
Carriers. Work will be performed in Anniston, Alabama, and is expected to be
completed by November 29, 1996. Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated on February
5, 1993. The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command,
Warren, Michigan (DAAE07-93-C-A018).
NAVY
Seaward Marine Services, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, is being awarded a
$9,851,158 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to clean all forms
of marine growth and other fouling from the hulls and running gear of U.S. Navy
and other military ships on a recurring basis. This contract also contains
related underwater ship repair and inspection. This contract contains four
option years, which if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value of the
contract to $50,251,165. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia (62.6%),
San Diego, California (26%), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (7%), and various locations
overseas (4.4%). Contract funds in the amount of $100,000 will expire at the
end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with
62 proposals solicited and three offers received. The Naval Sea Systems
Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-95-D-4208).
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, BethShip Sparrows Point Yard, Sparrow Point,
Maryland, is being awarded a $20,455,171 firm-fixed-price contract for the
modification and renovation of the amphibious cargo ships ex-USS El Paso (LKA
117) and ex-USS Mobile (LKA 115). Upon leaving the Navy's inactive ship
maintenance facilities, Mobile and El Paso will become part of
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the Military Sealift Command's inventory, will be crewed by civilian mariners,
and will transport U.S. Marine Corps tactical equipment and cargo. This
contract contains options, which if exercised, will bring the total cumulative
value of the contract to $26,400,000. Work will be performed at Sparrows Point
Yard, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by November 1996. Contract
funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was
competitively procured with 55 proposals solicited and six offer received. The
U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, Central Technical Activity, Washington,
D.C., is the contracting activity (N62381-95-C-0230).