General Dynamics to Oversee DDG 51 Class Planning Yard with $202.7 Million Contract

General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $202,733,090 cost-plus-award-fee contract, for DDG 51 Class Planning Yard. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $1,130,051,137. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2029. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,992,369 (45%); and fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,216,706 (55%), will be obligated at time of award, of which $5,992,369 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 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). Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-24-C-4212).