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Navy Issues Draft RFP For Heavy Polar Icebreaker; Award Planned In FY ’19

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

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Navy Issues Draft RFP For Heavy Polar Icebreaker; Award Planned In FY ’19

Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star. The cutter was built by the former Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company and was commissioned in 1977. (Photo: Coast Guard)

The Navy on Thursday issued a draft request for proposal (RFP) for the Coast Guard’s heavy polar icebreaker with plans still intact to release a final RFP in early 2018 with an award for detailed design and construction in FY ’19, subject to congressional appropriations.The draft solicitation covers the design and construction of the first heavy icebreaker and options for two more, which is in line with the Coast Guard’s requirement of three heavy polar icebreakers. The service eventually also…

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