SMIT Salvage, Singapore, was awarded on Feb. 1, 2013, a USD 24,8 million delivery order against previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-12-D-4120) to provide support for emergency response and recovery operations for the USS Guardian (MCM 5) grounding on Tubbataha Reef, Sulu Sea, Philippines.
Support will include personnel, vessels and equipment required for assessment, planning, stabilization, oil removal and vessel recovery. Work will be performed in the vicinity of the Tubbataha Reef, Philippines, (72 percent); Palawan, Philippines, (15 percent); Singapore, SG, (10 percent); Washington, D.C., (1 percent); Rotterdam, The Netherlands, (1 percent); and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2013. Fiscal 2013 Operations and Maintenance, Navy funds in the amount of $24,8 million will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington D.C., is the contracting activity.
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Defence Gov, February 6, 2013