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Coast Guard To Award Industry Studies To Reduce Risk On New Heavy Polar Icebreaker

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

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Coast Guard To Award Industry Studies To Reduce Risk On New Heavy Polar Icebreaker

Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star. The cutter was built by the former Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company and was commissioned in 1977. (Photo: Coast Guard)

The Coast Guard in December issued a solicitation for industry design studies aimed at reducing risk on the service’s forthcoming heavy polar icebreaker program and to refine the specifications for the ship.The Request for Quote (RFQ) says the Coast Guard plans to award up to five design study contracts valued at up to $4 million each. The Dec. 22 RFQ says the design studies will be awarded to contract that can build and design, or that have a plan for…

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