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Committee Says Bollinger Only Bidder For Second Phase Of FRC Program

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

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Committee Says Bollinger Only Bidder For Second Phase Of FRC Program

Fast Response Cutter underway. Photo: Bollinger Shipyards

Bollinger Shipyards, the shipbuilder on the current contract to build 32 of a planned buy of 58 new Coast Guard patrol boats, is the only bidder on a recompetition for the remaining 26 vessels, according to briefing materials from a House panel.The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation says in briefing materials for a Wednesday hearing on the Coast Guard’s cutter acquisition programs that Bollinger’s bid on the second phase of construction for the Fast…

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