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Contract Award: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Inc. (Pascagoula, Mississippi) – $113,694,258

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded an $113,694,258 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 sixth increment of LLTM awarded to HII under contract N00024-20-C-2437 executed on April 30, 2020. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi (64%); Montville, New Jersey (7%); Mobile, Alabama (5%); Tulsa, Oklahoma (5%); High Ridge, Missouri (5%); Blaine, Washington (4%); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (4%); Thomaston, Connecticut (3%); and Ayer, Massachusetts (3%). Work is expected to be completed by April 2024. Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funding in the amount of $85,270,693 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. In accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), this contract was not competitively procured — 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).



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