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Homeland Security

Schultz Encouraged By Industry Interest In OPC Recompete

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019

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Schultz Encouraged By Industry Interest In OPC Recompete

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz delivers remarks at the Navy League Breakfast held n Arlington, Va., Dec. 10, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco.

The Coast Guard is “encouraged” with the responses it received from industry following a Request for Information in October to gauge vendor interest in a recompetition of its Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) after the service decided to reopen the program after the original winner, Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), sought contract relief in the wake of a hurricane that devastated the company’s facilities last year, Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said on Tuesday. A Request for Proposals (RFP) of industry studies is…

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