Amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) arrives pierside at Naval Base San Diego, June 8, 2023. [U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Austyn Riley]
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $37,730,467 firm-fixed-price contract motion for upkeep, modernization and restore of USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) fiscal 2024 Selected Restricted Availability. The contract consists of choices that, if exercised, would convey its cumulative worth to $42,442,680.
Delivered by Ingalls Shipbuilding in 2016, LPD 26 is the Navy’s tenth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. Homeported in San Diego, the ship is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and returned to San Diego final month after a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific area
The scope of the BAE San Diego LPD 26 contract consists of all labor, supervision, gear, manufacturing, testing, amenities, and high quality assurance obligatory to organize for, and attain, the Chief of Naval Operations Availability for managing crucial modernization, upkeep and restore packages.
Work might be carried out in San Diego and is predicted to be accomplished by September 2024. If all choices are exercised, work will proceed via September 2024.
The contract was awarded on a sole supply foundation in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-3, Industrial Mobilization.
The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting exercise (N0002423C4405).
