Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Seattle Division, Seattle, Wash.,
is being awarded a $17,423,000 cost-plus-award-fee option under
contract N00024-99-C-8503 for performance of Phased Incremental
Availability 2 of the
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The option
is one of 18 on an existing 5-year contract for non-propulsion
work on CVN 68 Class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers
homeported in the Pacific Northwest, exclusive of the propulsion
plant and exclusive of nuclear spaces and systems. The aim of
the contract is to provide year-round maintenance so as to
maximize vessel readiness. Work will be performed in Bremerton,
Wash., and is expected to be completed by May 2004. Contract
funds in the amount of $17,423,000 will expire at the end of the
current fiscal year. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion
and Repair, U.S. Navy, Puget Sound, Bremerton, Wash., is the
administrative contracting activity.