Vigor Marine Lands Major contract: USS Barry Overhaul brings $124M boost to Seattle Shipyard

Vigor Marine LLC, Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $124,223,521 firm-fixed-price contract to furnish the material, support, and facilities; and provide the management, technical, procurement, production, testing, and quality assurance necessary to prepare and accomplish the repairs and alterations required to complete the fiscal 2024 dry-docking selected restricted availability onboard the USS Barry. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $211,122,402. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington (100%), and is expected to be completed by June 2025. Fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $113,883,131 (91.7%); fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,887,977 (7.2%); and working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $1,452,413 (1.2%), were obligated at time of award. Operation and maintenance (Navy) funds expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. A sole-source award under the authority of 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(3) – It is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order: to achieve industrial mobilization; to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability; or to procure the services of an expert, in order to protect against the degradation of the skilled labor and management within the Everett, Washington, homeport area and maintain a vital industry partner with the critical infrastructure and skills to complete surface ship maintenance. The contracting activity is the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Bremerton, Washington (N4523A24C0551).