Transoceanic Cable Ship Co. Assisting With Cable-Laying for the Navy

Transoceanic Cable Ship Co. LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $35,952,500 firm-fixed-price contract for the time charter services of a cable-laying and repair ship. This contract contains options, which if exercised, would bring the contract value to $224,619,153. Work will be performed worldwide, and is expected to be completed January 10, 2019. If options are exercised, work will continue through November 2023. Fiscal year 2019 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of approximately $42,000,000 will be obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website and Navy Commerce Online website. Two offers were received. The Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N32205-19-C-3506).