United States Department of Defense

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            Lockheed Martin Corp., Maritime Systems & Sensors (MS2) Littoral Ships and Systems, Baltimore, Md., is being awarded $26,545,787 to exercise an option under previously awarded contract (N00104-01-D-ZD52) for the manufacture of spare and repair parts used in the MK-41 Vertical Launching System. The pending award will be an undefinitized contractual action for the MK-41 Vertical Launching System Performance Based Logistics (PBL) supply support contract. Work will be performed in Ventura Calif. (85 percent) and Baltimore, Md. (15 percent) and is expected to be completed by November 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point in Mechanicsburg, Pa., is the contracting activity.