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EB Loses Boise Overhaul |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2017 at 11:07am |
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Julia Bergman, The Day, October 26 GROTON — Electric Boat lost out on a contract worth up to $385.6 million to overhaul the USS Boise, which has sat pierside in Virginia since May 31, 2016, due to a backlog at the Navy's public shipyards. The Navy awarded the $59.7 million planning contract on Oct. 16 to Newport News Shipbuilding, with planning starting immediately. If all options are exercised, the contract could be valued at $385.6 million. EB submitted a bid for the work on the Boise, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine based in Norfolk, Va., and is "disappointed" that the package wasn't accepted, spokeswoman Liz Power said. "We look forward to a debrief with the Navy, where we will discuss our proposal and how we can better position EB for consideration for future maintenance and modernization work, which gives our workforce the opportunity to maintain and sharpen their skills," Power said in an emailed statement. EB officials have said that getting these large maintenance jobs is crucial to sustaining its workforce during valleys in its work, which is cyclical in nature. An estimated 600 EB employees would have worked on the Boise. The Boise's dive certification expired in June 2016 due to required maintenance not being performed. The loss of its dive certification means the submarine cannot submerge. The submarine initially was scheduled to go in for an overhaul in September 2016 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, one of the Navy's public shipyards. But in July 2016, the Navy decided to push back the overhaul due to backlogs at the public shipyards, which would have meant the Boise would have been out of service until June 2019. |
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Here is the link so all interested people can read without the electronic cut and paste errors.
http://www.theday.com/military-news/20171025/electric-boat-loses-out-on-contract-for-uss-boise-overhaul |
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I infer 5+ years out of action or more - 2 to 3 idle waiting overhaul + 2 yrs yard and workups afterward.
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