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Contract Award: Detyens Shipyards Inc. (North Charleston, South Carolina) – $21,007,304

Detyens Shipyards Inc.,* North Charleston, South Carolina, is awarded a $21,007,304 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C4017) for a 91-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul/dry-docking availability of Military Sealift Command's fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196). This contract includes a base period and four options which, if exercised would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $22,090,004. Work will be performed in North Charleston, South Carolina, beginning May 18, 2023, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 12, 2023. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $21,007,304 are obligated for fiscal year 2023 and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was a small business set-aside with proposals solicited via the Government Point of Entry website and three offers received. The Navy's Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity. 

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