NORSHIPCO wins $12M Contract

Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $12,213,324 fixed-price contract for the Phased Maintenance Availability of USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41). Work will be performed in Norfolk and is to be completed by February 2003. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured and advertised via the Internet, with five proposals solicited and two offers received. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, U.S. Navy, Portsmouth, Va., is the contracting activity (N62678-02-C-2081).