Contract: Multiple, $41.7M

AMP United LLC, Dover, N.H. (N42158-21-D-S001); International Marine and Industrial Applicators LLC, Spanish Fort, Ala. (N42158-21-D-S002); and Q.E.D. Systems Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. (N42158-21-D-S003), are awarded a combined $41,745,389 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the preservation and maintenance of Navy submarines. Typical work under the scope of this multiple award contract effort includes but is not limited to: blasting, preservation, and surface preparation; touch-up, blasting, and painting of high solid coatings and non-high solid coatings; cleaning of sanitary and other tanks; construction of scaffolding required to accomplish taskings; general shipboard cleaning; containment/blast protection; preparation and preservation of dampening tiles; zinc replacement; lead ballast removal and installation; and special hull treatment removal, preparation, preservation, and installation. Each awardee will be awarded $10,000 (minimum contract guarantee per awardee) at the time of award. The contracts have a base one-year ordering period with four additional optional one-year ordering periods which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $248,692,224 over a five-year period to the three vendors combined. Work will be performed at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth, Va. (80%); and other locations under the cognizance of NNSY (80%), as well as at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY), Kittery, Maine, and other locations under the cognizance of PNSY (20%). If all options are exercised, work will continue through June 2026. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) funding in the amount of $30,000 ($10,000 minimum guarantee per contract) will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. These contracts were competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 06/03/21)