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Naval Base Kitsap is the largest naval organization in Navy Region Northwest and is composed of installations in Bremerton, Bangor and Keyport, hosting many SSN Los Angeles Class attack subs and SSBN Trident missile subs, plus the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier CVN 74 USS John C. Stennis. In 2005, Naval Base Kitsap received the Commander in Chief’s Award for Installation Excellence. KOMO-TV reports that the base will also receive the SSN 21 USS Seawolf and SSN 22 USS Connecticut by the summer of 2007. When they arrive in the summer of 2007, all 3 of the US Navy’s most advanced $4 billion SSN-21 Seawolf Class submarines will be based at NB Kitsap. The move is part of a realignment that will see the current 50/50 submarine split turn into a 60/40 Pacific/Atlantic split by 2010.
These efforts always trigger contracts. Nova Group Inc. in Napa, CA won $9 firm-fixed-price Task Order 0003 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract (N68711-03-D-7054) for design and construction of mission support facilities for the homeporting of the two additional submarines at Naval Base Kitsap in Silverdale, WA. Work to be performed under this contract provides for all labor, material, equipment, and associated costs to design and construct support facilities, including:
* A 3,200 amp shore power upgrade to permit nesting of submarines;
* A new emergency generator building near the existing emergency generator Building 7702
* Three new 2.17 MW emergency generators and accompanying equipment (parallel switchgear, power conductors, double wall fiberglass fuel tanks with piping)
* Wharf improvements to support submarine berthing that includes two new power booms and adequate electrical and mechanical system upgrades.
Work will be performed in Silverdale, WA and is expected to be complete by September 2007. The basic contract was competitively procured via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website with twelve proposals received and award made to multiple contractors on Sept. 25, 2003. The total contract amount is not to exceed $50,000,000 (base period and four option years). The multiple contractors (four in number) may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the existing contract. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest in Poulsbo, WA issued the contract.