East Coast Repair & Fabrication LLC,* Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $10,023,222 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C4067) for a 90-calendar day shipyard availability of Military Sealift Command’s cable laying USNS Zeus (T-ARC 7). This contract includes a base period and nine options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative value of this contract to $10,951,425. Work will be performed in Newport News, Virginia, beginning Jan. 3, 2023 and is expected to be completed by April 2, 2023. Working capital contract funds (Navy) in the amount of $10,023,222 are obligated for fiscal 2023 and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a total small business set aside with proposals solicited via the Government Point of Entry website and six proposal received. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

*Small business