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Contract Award: SAFE Boats International (Bremerton, Washington) – $84,254,484

SAFE Boats International, Bremerton, Washington, is awarded an $84,254,484 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-21-C-2201 for the detail design, construction, outfitting, reactivation, and training for six Mark VI (MK VI) patrol boats (PBs), with an option for two more. This effort will provide MK VI PBs to Ukraine towards fulfilling Building Partner Capacity (BPC) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF). Work will be performed in Tacoma, Washington (63.2%); Bremerton, Washington (18.7%); and Freeland, Washington (18.1%), and is expected to complete March 2025. Option work, if exercised, will be performed in Tacoma, Washington (78.8%); and Bremerton, Washington (21.2%), and is expected to extend the contract completion date to March 2026. Fiscal 2020 BPC using Ukraine Security Assistance Funding in the amount of $43,706,883 (52%); and fiscal 2021 FMF (Ukraine) funds in the amount of $40,547,601 (48%) will be obligated at time of award. The fiscal 2020 BPC funds in the amount of $43,706,883 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.



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