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Contract Award: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine) – $37,368,385

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is awarded a $37,368,385 cost-plus-award-fee and cost modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2322 to exercise options for the accomplishment of planning yard efforts such as engineering, technical, planning, ship configuration, data and logistics efforts for DDG 1000- class destroyers post-delivery and in-service life-cycle support, and other direct costs. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine (95%); and San Diego, California (5%), and is expected to be completed by December 2023. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $1,030,708 (27%); and fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) in the amount of $2,777,207 (73%) will be obligated at the time of award; funds in the amount of $2,777,207 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.



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