A Bechtel subsidiary on Nov. 15 received three contract modifications worth over $1.4 billion in total to supply parts for the federal Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
The U.S. Navy issued cost-plus-fixed-fee modifications for existing awards to Bechtel Plant Machinery, based in Monroeville, Pa. The modifications are respectively worth $913.5 million, $483.7 million, and $31.8 million.
The work will be conducted in plants at Monroeville and Schenectady, N.Y., according to the Pentagon procurement notice.
The notice does not provide details of the components manufactured under the modified contracts, and a Bechtel Plant Machinery spokesman said he was “not at liberty” to discuss that information.
Bechtel Plant Machinery describes itself as “a project engineering organization responsible for providing design, manufacturing, and procurement management for the fabrication, testing, delivery, installation, and field support of high quality nuclear power plant components for installation in submarines and aircraft carriers.”
The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program is a joint Navy-Department of Energy effort to provide nuclear power reactors for those vessels.
“The three prime contracts awarded to BPMI … are for BPMI to continue to provide components and services consistent with our mission to support the government’s current shipbuilding plans within the nuclear Navy,” the spokesman said by email Wednesday. “Any additional contract awards would be subject to government plans and release. As such, any questions regarding the government’s plans would need to be directed to the government.”
