Detyens awarded $12 million T-AO 189 contract

Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded a $12,088,262 firm-fixed-price contract for 57-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Lenthall (T-AO 189).

Work will include general services, clean and gas free tanks, rafting of tanks, ultrasonic thickness gauging of steel throughout the vessel, after mooring deck steel deck replacement, central fresh water steel deck replacement, 06 fan room bulkhead steel replacement, marine sanitation device holding tank bolting ring replacement, annual lifeboat recertification, annual inspection and overhaul of the firefighting system, replacement of the sliding block sprockets and lower pillow block bearings, dry docking items such as hull painting and free board painting, stern tube seal overhaul, controllable pitch propeller system overhaul, remove both port and starboard tail shafts and re-centralize the port shaft, Cathelco marine growth inhibitor anode replacement, cathodic protection system maintenance, American Bureau of Shipping and Coast Guard annuals and certificate of inspection renewal.

The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $13,560,869. Work will be performed in North Charleston, South Carolina, and is expected to be completed by July 14, 2017. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $12,088,262 are being obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured, with proposals solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received.

The Navy's Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N32205-17-C-4006).