USNS Patuxent getting ready for resupply at sea of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) on April 22 throughout Amphibious Ready Group/MEU Exercise within the Atlantic Ocean. [U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nayelly Nieves-Nieves]
Boston Ship Repair, Boston, Mass., has been awarded a $14,759,604 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C4015) for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the common overhaul/drydocking of Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201).
The contract features a base interval and 4 choices that, if exercised, would convey its cumulative worth to $15,853,866.
USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to help ships of the United States Navy.
Built by Avondale Shipyard and launched in 1994, Patuxent is the fifteenth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class, and the primary of three ships within the class of eighteen to be constructed with a double hull to satisfy the necessities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90).
Work will probably be carried out in Boston starting July 14, 2023, and is predicted to be accomplished by Sept. 26, 2023.
Working capital funds (Navy) within the quantity of $14,759,604 are obligated for fiscal 2023 and won’t expire on the finish of the fiscal yr.
The contract was a small enterprise set-aside with proposals solicited through the Government Point of Entry web site and three provides acquired. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting exercise.
