ONR Funds UW Oceanographic R/V Refit Contract

The US Department of Defense informs that the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, Washington, is being awarded a $12,776,050 cost reimbursement contract for mid-life re-fit overhaul of Ocean Class Oceanographic research vessel 'Thomas G. Thompson' (AGOR 23).

Work includes finalization of design and contract specification for AGOR 23, preliminary design documents for AGOR 24 and AGOR 25, competitive shipyard contracting, management and oversight of shipyard contract including sub-contractors, purchasing and delivery of any contractor acquired government property, testing and acceptance, and return of the AGOR 23 to service.

DoD explains that UW will be responsible for all management, oversight, procurement, contracting, testing, and acceptance criteria related to conducting a mid-life refit and overhaul of AGOR 23, and completion of Class-wide design and specifications to be utilized in future mid-life refits of AGOR 24 & AGOR 25.

This contract contains an option, which if exercised, will bring the contract value to $27,638,642. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington (20 percent), with the remainder subcontracted to an as yet undetermined U.S. shipyard (80 percent); work is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2016. If the option is exercised, work will continue through Dec. 31, 2017.

The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00014-14-C-5021).