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Contract Award: Austal USA (Mobile, Alabama) – $45,237,115

Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded a $45,237,115 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-only modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-2301 to exercise an option for Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) Class Design Support and Integrated Data and Product Model Environment (IDPME) support. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama (60%); and Pittsfield, Massachusetts (40%), and is expected to be completed by June 2023. Fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) (38%); and fiscal 2022 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) (62%) in the amount of $2,752,742 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

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