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Contract Award: Gravois Aluminum Boats LLC doing business as Metal Shark (Jeanerette, Louisiana) – $36,195,438

Gravois Aluminum Boats LLC,* doing business as Metal Shark, Jeanerette, Louisiana, is awarded a $36,195,438 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00024-17-D-2201 to establish fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023 pricing for Near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) Seven through Ten, and accompanying outfitting, testing, spares, tools, travel, reactivation, crew familiarization, exportation, and transportation. This modification supports Foreign Military Sales (FMS) orders from nations within the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. Specific FMS sales will be identified as future delivery orders occur. Work will be performed in Franklin, Louisiana, and is expected to be completed by November 2024. No funding will be obligated at the time of award. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.



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