MSC Extends Lay-Berthing Services Contract with Five Small Businesses Through 2030

East Coast Repair & Fabrication LLC,* Portsmouth, Virginia (N3220525D4053); Fairlead Boatworks Inc.,* Newport News, Virginia (N3220525D4049); Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corp.,* Port Arthur, Texas (N3220525D4050); GMD Shipyard Corp.,* Brooklyn, New York (N3220525D4051); and Rhoads Industries Inc.,* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (N3220525D4052), have been issued a $120,035,122 contract modification, increasing the contract ceiling from $128,728,618 to $248,753,750. The contract is a firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity ordering type for a five-year base period to provide lay-berthing services to Military Sealift Command Expeditionary Fast Transport vessels. The contract is performed in Newport News, Virginia; Port Arthur, Texas; Brooklyn, New York; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, beginning on Feb. 28, 2025, and will conclude on Feb. 27, 2030. This base contract was a competitive small business set aside with proposals solicited via the Government Point of Entry website; five timely proposals were received. No other changes to the contract are being made at this time. Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.