Contract Award: Austal USA LLC (Mobile, Alabama) – $128,050,747

Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded a $128,050,747 firm-fixed-price contract for the detail design and construction of an auxiliary floating dry dock medium, crew familiarization, packaging and delivery, production data package, vehicle bridge design, vehicle bridge construction and delivery and wingwall portal cranes with options for vendor recommended spares and special studies. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $128,149,367. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama (98%); and Hopkinton, Massachusetts (2%), and is expected to be completed by August 2025. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $128,050,747 (100%) will be obligated at time of award, of which no funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the beta.sam.gov website, with two offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-22-C-2243).