Davie is Canada’s biggest and also greatest capability shipbuilder
The Government of Canada today revealed that Quebec shipbuilder Davie has actually pre-qualified to end up being the 3rd calculated companion under the nation’sNational Shipbuilding Strategy The NSS’s 3rd backyard will certainly develop 6 program icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Davie has actually shown that it satisfies preliminary demands connected to experience, ability and also capability, as specified in an Invitation to Qualify released on August 2, 2019.
Chantier Davie will certainly currently transfer to the following phase in the choice procedure, the Request for Proposal and also examination phase. This will certainly consist of a third-party evaluation of the shipyard’s framework, entry of an official proposition, and also a due persistance procedure to make certain the shipyard is monetarily efficient in doing the job and also making any type of required upgrades to its framework.
This evaluation resembles the procedure formerly carried out in 2011 to chooseIrving Shipbuilding Inc and also Seaspan Shipyards as calculated companions under the NSS. Once this stage is finished, the Government of Canada will certainly start settlements for an umbrella arrangement, which is anticipated to be implemented in late 2020.
Davie is Canada’s biggest and also greatest capability shipbuilder however was invalidated from the 2011 procedure since during that time it was experiencing an economic restructuring.
Alex Vicefield, Chairman of Davie Shipbuilding commented, “Today’s historic announcement marks the beginning of a multi-generational program which will span the next three decades and sustain Davie’s position as a global leader in the delivery of specialist, mission-critical ships.”
“As the Arctic becomes of increasing global importance,” proceeded Vicefield, “creating a center of excellence for the construction of icebreakers – a highly exportable product – will be of significant economic benefit to the Canadian economy in the years to come. We thank the Prime Minister and his government for delivering on their commitment to refresh the shipbuilding strategy and confirming Davie as a key strategic partner.”
James Davies, President and also CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Davie Shipbuilding included, “We have spent the past decade creating a cutting-edge shipbuilder that has delivered some of the most complex ships ever built in North America. Heading into the next decade as a partner in the National Shipbuilding Strategy means we will be leveraging those skills and experience and applying our unique capacity and infrastructure to renew the federal fleet in a cost-effective and timely manner.”
He included that the icebreaker program “will be the single largest shipbuilding program in Quebec since World War II and will ensure the continuity of employment at Davie as well as the development of Quebec’s maritime cluster, a major driver for the province’s economy. We now look forward to getting the over 1,000 workers who were laid off in 2017 back to work as soon as possible.”
