CONTRACT AWARD: $39.2M for operation and maintenance of seven Navy ships worldwide

Department of Defense added $39,580,180 to a previously awarded contract to fund the operation and maintenance of seven USNS Bob Hope-class surge large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off vessels: USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR 300); USNS Fisher (T-AKR 301); USNS Seay (T-AKR 302); USNS Mendonca (T-AKR 303);  USNS Pililaau (T-AKR 304); USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305); and USNS Benavidez (T-AKR 306).

This contract includes a 12-month base period, four 12-month option periods and a six-month option under Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-8.

The ships will continue to support Military Sealift Command’s worldwide prepositioning requirements. Work will be performed at sea worldwide with the base contract beginning on Oct. 1, 2017. Work is expected to be completed, if all options are exercised, by March 31, 2023. Working capital contract funds (Navy) in the amount of $18,128,400; and working capital funds (Transportation) in the amount of $21,451,780, totaling $39,580,180, are obligated for fiscal 2022, covering the 12-month option period’s daily operating hire, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

AWARDEE

U.S. Marine Management Inc. out of Norfolk, Virginia - Maersk Line, Limited (MLL), an American company, was established in 1983 to support the conversion and operation of five Maritime Prepositioning Ships on behalf of the United States Navy.

Since 1983, MLL has grown and now owns 20 US flag-registered container vessels operating around the world to support the United States with military, government, and humanitarian missions.

Our participation in the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) ensures that MLL assets, both afloat and ashore, are always available to support the US government.