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Contract Award: Alabama Shipyard LLC (Mobile, Alabama) – $11,339,193

Alabama Shipyard LLC,* Mobile, Alabama, is awarded an $11,339,193 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220524C4220) for a 106-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command's fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196). This contract includes a base work package and four unexercised options for additional work and time which, if exercised, would increase the cumulative value of this contract to $11,807,789. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama, beginning Aug. 31, 2024, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 14, 2024. Fiscal 2024 working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $11,339,193 are obligated and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was a small business set-aside with proposals solicited via sam.gov and five offers received. Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N3220524C4220).
 
Thales USA Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, is awarded a $10,455,330 firm-fixed-price contract for the production and delivery of 11 OE-4691 tactical air navigation (TACAN) antenna systems, 196 high power assemblies, 49 low power assemblies, and 49 remote monitor and maintenance controllers, as well as associated data, to upgrade existing shipboard TACAN systems and to support new ship construction to include all air capable ships, providing range and bearing information to equipped aircraft in support of the Navy. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is expected to be completed in November 2026. Fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,761,124; and fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $694,206, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1). Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001924C0021).



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