Contract Award: Huntington Ingalls Inc. (HII) – Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula, Mississippi) – $70,866,327

Huntington Ingalls Inc. (HII) – Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $70,866,327 not-to-exceed, undefinitized contract action for long lead time material (LLTM) in support of one amphibious assault ship (general purpose) replacement (LHA(R)) Flight 1 Ship (LHA 9). This action will be the seventh increment of LLTM awarded to HII under contract (N00024-20-C-2437) executed on April 30, 2020. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (49%); Pascagoula, Mississippi (45%); Hamilton, Ohio (4%); and High Ridge, Missouri (2%), and is expected to be completed by April 2024. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $53,149,745 will be obligated at award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The obligation amount represents 75% of the not-to-exceed price, in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 217.7404-4, limitations on obligations. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-20-C-2437).