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Navy Issues RFI For Shipyard Infrastructure Plan

Thursday, May 30th, 2019

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Navy Issues RFI For Shipyard Infrastructure Plan

Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. (Photo: GAO)

This week Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) issued a request for information (RFI) for the service’s shipyard infrastructure recapitalization effort. The Navy is working through a Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) to recapitalize and modernize the infrastructure at the service’s four public nuclear shipyards: Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va.; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash.; and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.…

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