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Contract Award: Rolls Royce Marine North America (Walpole, Massachusetts) – $9,280,229

Rolls Royce Marine North America, Walpole, Massachusetts, is awarded a $9,280,229 fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract action for Virginia-class submarine propulsors. This contract shall provide a maximum of seven Virginia-class propulsor rotor assemblies, scoop bar sets, and associated engineering support services. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $35,808,288. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (75%); and Walpole, Massachusetts (25%), and is expected to be completed by May 2025. If all options are exercised, work will continue through October 2029. Fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,394,984 (80%); and fiscal 2020 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,885,245 (20%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-21-C-4111).

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