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Coast Guard Directs Design Work Continue On OPC After GAO Denies Protests

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 4th, 2014

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Coast Guard Directs Design Work Continue On OPC After GAO Denies Protests

Artist rendering of Offshore Patrol Cutter. Source: Coast Guard

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Monday rejected protests by losing bidders Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] and VT Halter Marine for preliminary design work on the Coast Guard’s future medium endurance cutter, prompting the service on Tuesday to direct the winning contractors to resume their work. The Coast Guard in February awarded three 18-month contracts worth a combined $65 million to Bollinger Shipyards, General Dynamics [GD], and Eastern Shipbuilding Group for preliminary and contract design of competing versions of the…

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