Contract Award: Bollinger Shipyards (Lockport, Louisiana) – $33,704,757

Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana, is awarded a $33,704,757 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of the multi-mission dry dock caissons at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY). The work to be performed provides for two graving dock caissons at PNSY for Dry Dock #1N and Dry Dock #1W. Caisson construction includes steel fabrication, installation of mechanical and electrical systems, and a full testing program of the caissons and its interface with the newly constructed dry dock seats. The contract contains two unexercised options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $33,747,000. The contract is incrementally funded with the first increment of $7,000,000 being allocated at the time of award. The second increment will be funded later in fiscal 2022 at $26,704,757.  Work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and is expected to be completed by September 2025. Fiscal 2021 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $7,000,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was solicited via the beta.sam.gov website with two non-price proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-22-C-0010).