Northrop Grumman Awarded $20m Contract

Northrop Grumman Awarded $20m Contract Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Va., was awarded a $20.6m cost-plus-fixed-fee contract on June 25, 2007, for core team and continuous maintenance planning, Extended Dry-docking Selected Restricted Availability planning, hull planning yard services, execution of continuous maintenance, and inactivation planning for USS Enterprise (CVN 65).This contract allows for the necessary planning, alterations, maintenance, repairs and routine work to enable USS Enterprise to continue mission capability until the end of the ship's service life. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va. (66.6 percent) and Norfolk, Va. (33.4 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2011.Contract funds in the amount of $20,669,181 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.The contract was not competitively procured.The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, USN, Newport News, Va., is the contracting activity