This Week in Contracts: November 24-30, 2014

33rd Shipyard/33 Sudoremontnyy Zavod (Baltiysk)

• Number: 31401733040
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Survey of underwater sections of PD-8 and PD-33 floating dry docks
• Time frame: by March 10, 2015
• Contract value: not specified

Admiralty Shipyards/Admiralteyskiye Verfi (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401741024
• Contractor: Nord Vest (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of GVK-450 diver system components for Belousov submarine rescue ship "Igor Belousov"
• Time frame: 4Q2014
• Contract value: not specified

Almaz Central Naval Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401734145
• Contractor: Meridian Scientific Production Firm (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Correction of design documentation for "Blokirovka" device on Steregushchiy III frigates
• Time frame: November 2014
• Contract value: RUB 5,357,691

Astrakhan Shipyard/Astrakhanskiy Sudoremontnyy Zavod (Astrakhan)

• Number: 31401733119
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Preparation of additional building way for construction of Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #009)
• Time frame: within 30 days of contract signing
• Contract value: not specified

• Number: 31401733285
• Contractor: Vineta (Nikolskoye)
• Description: Delivery of firefighting equipment for Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #008)
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 4,185,023

• Number: 31401742158
• Contractor: Lotos Shipyard (Narimanov)
• Description: Repairs of Sonya minesweeper "Magomed Gadzhiyev"
• Time frame: December 12, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 1,969,005

• Number: 31401743298
• Contractor: ASO (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Installation and testing of OSA-22870 fire and security system on Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #006)
• Time frame: November 25, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 1,210,000

• Number: 31401748731
• Contractor: Automatic Firefighting Equipment Service Scientific Production Association (Moscow)
• Description: Delivery of control device for CO2 fire suppression system on Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #007)
• Time frame: within 120 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 1,363,183

• Number: 31401749389
• Contractor: Automatic Firefighting Equipment Service Scientific Production Association (Moscow)
• Description: Delivery of control device for CO2 fire suppression system on Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #008)
• Time frame: within 120 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 1,363,183

• Number: 31401749794
• Contractor: Automatic Firefighting Equipment Service Scientific Production Association (Moscow)
• Description: Delivery of equipment for CO2 fire suppression system on Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #007)
• Time frame: within 120 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 4,906,903

• Number: 31401750506
• Contractor: Automatic Firefighting Equipment Service Scientific Production Association (Moscow)
• Description: Delivery of equipment for CO2 fire suppression system on Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #008)
• Time frame: within 120 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 4,906,903

Nerpa Shipyard/Sudoremontnyy Zavod Nerpa (Snezhnogorsk)

• Number: 31401730577
• Contractor: Armalit-1 (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of KAS-12Kh anti-vibration mounts for Akula II nuclear-powered submarine "Vepr"
• Time frame: February 15, 2015
• Contract value: RUB 6,358,902

• Number: 31401732283
• Contractor: Rokem-Servis (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of RORO-510DT-020.ABS.3 desalination plant for Sierra II nuclear-powered submarine "Pskov"
• Time frame: November 2014
• Contract value: RUB 650,000

Northeast Repair Center/Severo-Vostochnyy Remontnyy Tsentr (Vilyuchinsk)

• Number: 31401729220
• Contractor: Varyag-TekhServis (Vladivostok)
• Description: Adjusting output values of a secondary converter of the Uran-1R liquid flow meter on Oscar II nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine [7FBTK: either "Omsk" or "Tver"]
• Time frame: November 30, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 124,011

Northern Machine-Building Enterprise/Severnoye Mashinostroitelnoye Predpriyatiye [SevMash] (Severodvinsk)

• Number: 31401744818
• Contractor: Artsok (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of chemical fire suppression system on Gorshkov frigate "Admiral Flota Kasatonov"
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 25,995,400

State Nuclear Energy Corporation/Gosudarstvennaya Korporatsiya po Atomnoy Energii [RosAtom] (Moscow)

• Number: 0773100000314000104
• Contractor: Northeast Repair Center (Vilyuchinsk)
• Description: Scrapping of Oscar II SSGN "Krasnoyarsk"
• Time frame: by November 30, 2017
• Contract value: RUB 747,900,000
• Remarks: To correct contractual time frame, 0773100000314000104 replaces 0773100000314000103 (mentioned last week)

Yantar Baltic Shipyard/Pribaltiyskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod Yantar (Kaliningrad)

• Number: 31401735788
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of KA-29 (KA-27PL, KA-27PS, KA-31R, KA-32A11VS (KA-32)) full-size mock-up for Grigorovich frigates "Admiral Butakov" and "Admiral Istomin"
• Time frame: no later than July 2015
• Contract value: not specified

• Number: 31401743793
• Contractor: VneshEkonomBank
• Description: RUB 2,500,000,000 bank line of credit
• Time frame: through April 2018
• Contract value: RUB 2,500,000,000

• Number: 31401744532
• Contractor: TeploKontrol (Kazan)
• Description: Delivery of 2RT temperature regulators for Gren landing ship (Factory #01302)
• Time frame: 2Q2016
• Contract value: RUB 2,752,177

• Number: 31401742672
• Contractor: Krylov State Scientific Center (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Seakeeping tests of Yantar special-purpose oceanological vessel "Yantar"
• Time frame: 1Q2015
• Contract value: RUB 3,149,630

• Number: 31401744934
• Contractor: Marine Navigation Systems (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of RT-11711 system for Gren landing ship (Factory #01302)
• Time frame: August 2015
• Contract value: RUB 5,102,217

• Number: 31401742555
• Contractor: Center for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Technology (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Measuring air noise and vibrations impacting personnel during testing of Grigorovich frigate "Admiral Grigorovich"
• Time frame: March 2015
• Contract value: RUB 1,662,910

• Number: 31401744820
• Contractor: Marine Navigation Systems (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of AMT-11711 emergency engine telegraph for Gren landing ship (Factory #01302)
• Time frame: August 2015
• Contract value: RUB 7,606,690

• Number: 31401744668
• Contractor: N. D. Zelinskiy Elektrostal Chemical-Mechanical Factory (Elektrostal)
• Description: Delivery of PMK-3 gas masks (x1,194)
• Time frame: 4Q2014
• Contract value: RUB 3,789,883

Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (Severodvinsk)

• Number: 31401724332
• Contractor: Avrora Scientific Production Association Concern (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of Stal-949AM system for Oscar II nuclear-powered missile submarine "Irkutsk"
• Time frame: June 2017
• Contract value: RUB 2,271,273,871

Zvezda Far East Shipyard/Dalnyevostochnyy Zavod Zvezda (Bolshoy Kamen)

• Number: 31401734811
• Contractor: Pelorus (Nakhodka)
• Description: Repairs of Pallada floating dry dock
• Time frame: October 13, 2014 - November 28, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 5,177,275

• Number: 31401734823
• Contractor: EkoServis-DV (Vladivostok)
• Description: Cleaning of ballast compartments and fuel tanks on Pallada floating dry dock
• Time frame: within 25 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 8,474,793

“Aleksandr Nevskiy” to Launch Bulava SLBM This Week

Flight bans (red) and flight route restrictions (green) - November 28-29, 2014

Several flight bans and flight restrictions have been announced for Barents Sea missile activity scheduled for November 28-29, 2014:

Flight bans
G2530/14 - TEMPO DANGER AREA ACT WI COORD:
  1. 693800N 0341000E-694700N 0341000E-702200N 0350000E-700400N 0362600E-692700N 0353500E-692700N 0351800E-693800N 0341000E-693800N 0341000E.
  2. 770300N 0530200E-755800N 0563300E-750500N 0521300E-760400N 0485300E-770300N 0530200E-770300N 0530200E.
SFC - UNL, DAILY 0900-2030, 28 NOV 09:00 2014 UNTIL 29 NOV 20:30 2014.

G2540/14 - FLT PROHIBITED WI AREA BOUNDED BY COORD:
693800N 0341000E-692700N 0351800E-692700N 0341000E-693800N 0341000E.
SFC - 1500M AMSL, DAILY 0900-2030, 28 NOV 09:00 2014 UNTIL 29 NOV 20:30 2014.

Flight route closure
G2525/14 - FLW ATS RTE SEGMENTS CLSD: B483 PIBOL - ANODI, B488 TILGA - ANODI. SFC - UNL, DAILY 0900-2030, 28 NOV 09:00 2014 UNTIL 29 NOV 20:30 2014.

Additionally, a flight route closure over the Kamchatka Peninsula near the Kura Test Range also goes into effect on the same dates:

P8284/14 - ATS RTE SEGMENT CLSD: B240 TILICHIKI NDB (TK) - OKLED. SFC - UNL, DAILY 0900-2030, 28 NOV 09:00 2014 UNTIL 29 NOV 20:30 2014.

"Aleksandr Nevskiy" arrived in Severodvinsk on November 7 to onload at least one SS-N-32 Bulava SLBM. The submarine departed Severodvinsk on November 15 for a two-day return transit to Sayda Guba. A week later, it transferred to the Severomorsk area.

Despite some confusion created by Interfax on November 10, military officials confirmed the next day that "Aleksandr Nevskiy", indeed, would launch a Bulava SLBM sometime during the last 10 days of November.

Submarine Turbines Being Shipped from Kaluga to Severodvinsk

Track of "Letniy Bereg" - November 9-23, 2014

It's late in the year, and most of Russia's inland waterway system has been shut down until next spring. But the transfer of important submarine equipment must continue.

On September 25, SevMash announced it was accepting bids for a contract to transfer cargo (dimensions: 17.7m x 8.0m x 9.25m; weight: 400 metric tons) from a pier at the DzerzhinskKhimMash port facility to Severodvinsk. The contract, valued at RUB 11,500,000, is effective through December 31. On October 7, the SevMash contract bid review committee declared the bidding process invalid without explaining why. Such bidding processes are often canceled when none of the companies that have tendered bids meet all of the requirements set forth in the contract (such as price, dates, etc.); however, the committee can recommend the company sign a contract with the best candidate. One of the companies competing for the bid was White Sea Freight Company (BelFreight).

On November 11, SevMash announced it had earlier signed a separate contract (RUB 89,962,968) with Kaluga Turbine Factory for delivery of an OK-17M turbine (dimensions: 17.7m x 7.88m x 9.39m; weight: 360 metric tons) from Kaluga to Severodvinsk by November 30. The umbrella contract (N/1/2/0614/GK-11-DGOZ; signed November 9, 2011) covering the OK-17M delivery contract is the same contract that covers construction of Severodvinsk-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine "Kazan".

On November 18, the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation announced that the cargo vessel "Letniy Bereg" (IMO 8870839) had arrived in St. Petersburg from Dzerzhinsk on November 15 with cargo originating from the Kaluga Turbine Factory. The cargo was delivered from Kaluga to Dzerzhinsk on a barge - only after portions of the Oka River were dredged to accommodate the barge and its cargo. "Letniy Bereg" departed St. Petersburg on November 21 and is currently heading southwest in the southern Baltic Sea.

The same November 18 announcement mentioned that the cargo vessel "Pur-Navolok" (IMO 8869397) was scheduled to arrive in St. Petersburg on November 20 (it actually arrived the next day). The announcement did not specify the origin or nature of the cargo. After offloading of its cargo, "Pur-Navolok" headed back to the Neva River and is currently proceeding in an easterly direction towards Lake Ladoga.

"Letniy Bereg" and "Pur-Navolok" are owned and operated by BelFreight. And while there is some uncertainty as to which vessel ferried which cargo, it is possible that one or both of them ferried turbines or turbine-related components to St. Petersburg.

It is worth noting that while the dimensions and weights in the two contracts are very similar (suggesting they both may be turbines), the contracts are dramatically different in terms of cost. And that can be explained by the fact that the RUB 11,500,000 contract only covers the shipment, while the RUB 89,962,968 contract covers the OK-17M itself.

This Week in Contracts: November 17-23, 2014

33rd Shipyard/33 Sudoremontnyy Zavod (Baltiysk)

• Number: 31401706643
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Survey of DP71L gas turbine engine on Pomornik landing craft "Yevgeniy Kocheshkov"
• Time frame: December 2014
• Contract value: not specified

Admiralty Shipyards/Admiralteyskiye Verfi (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401706060
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of 300kW/400V DC/50Hz emergency diesel generator for Project 21180 icebreaker (Factory #02470)
• Time frame: January 2016
• Contract value: RUB 3,846,500

• Number: 31401718680
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of Zenit navigation data transfer system for Belousov submarine rescue ship "Igor Belousov"
• Time frame: 4Q2014
• Contract value: not specified

Amur Shipyard/Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod (Komsomolsk-na-Amure)

• Number: 31401713027
• Contractor: Arktika Northern Production Association (Severodvinsk)
• Description: Installation and testing of P-469 on Kilo diesel submarine "B-187"
• Time frame: January 2015 - December 2015
• Contract value: RUB 12,531,788

Astrakhan Shipyard/Astrakhanskiy Sudoremontnyy Zavod (Astrakhan)

• Number: 31401722730
• Contractor: Neptun Scientific Research Institute (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of R-782-6-3.1 (Buran-6) automated communications system for Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #008)
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 31,466,454

• Number: 31401722622
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Engineering assistance and repairs of Astrakhan Shipyard infrastructure to support construction of Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug (Factory #009)
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: not specified

Kronshtadt Marine Shipyard/Kronshtadtskiy Morskoy Zavod (Kronshtadt)

• Number: 31401719875
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of P11-M72 and P21-M72 electric engines for Kilo diesel submarine "Dmitrov"
• Time frame: within 90 days of contract signing
• Contract value: not specified

• Number: 31401721669
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of PSM 7M M4 electric engine for Kilo diesel submarine "Dmitrov"
• Time frame: within 60 days of contract signing
• Contract value: not specified

Middle Neva Shipyard/Sredne-Nevskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401722771
• Contractor: MetMash (Nizhniy Novgorod)
• Description: Delivery of shaft free wheels for Obukhov minesweeper(s)
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 7,788,000

Northern Machine-Building Enterprise/Severnoye Mashinostroitelnoye Predpriyatiye [SevMash] (Severodvinsk)

• Number: 31401706060
• Contractor: M. V. Frunze Arsenal Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Pre-repair survey of AK-130 gun mount [7FBTK: probably on Kirov nuclear-powered cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov"]
• Time frame: February 10, 2014 - November 30, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 6,194,925

Northern Shipyard/Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401708172
• Contractor: Shtil Hydro-Communications Scientific Research Institute (Volgograd)
• Description: Delivery of Struktura-35 underwater communications system for Ivanov intelligence collection ship "Ivan Khurs"
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 36,912,967

• Number: 31401708572
• Contractor: Marine Navigation Systems (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Installation and testing of emergency engine telegraph and shaft tachometer system on Ivanov intelligence collection ship "Yuriy Ivanov"
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 1,292,011

• Number: 31401713432
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Assembly-welding work (10,000 man-hours) on Gorshkov frigate "Admiral Flota Kasatonov"/"Admiral Golovko"/"Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Isakov", Ivanov intelligence collection ship "Ivan Khurs", Project 23120 oceangoing tug "Elbrus"/"MB-75"/"Kapitan Shevchenko", and Steregushchiy II frigate "Gremyashchiy"/"Provornyy"
• Time frame: December 2014 - December 2015
• Contract value: RUB 4,000,000

• Number: 31401715461
• Contractor: Integral Test Factory (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Installation and testing of 5P-42 optical jammer systems on Gorshkov frigate "Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov" during sea trials
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 1,554,801

• Number: 31401716473
• Contractor: Main Line (Moscow)
• Description: Food supplies for Gorshkov frigate "Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov" and Ivanov intelligence collection ship "Yuriy Ivanov" during sea trials
• Time frame: November 2014 - December 2014
• Contract value: RUB 9,030,080

• Number: 31401716994
• Contractor: LenTrans (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Kronshtadt port agent servicing for Ivanov intelligence collection ship "Yuriy Ivanov" during sea trials
• Time frame: November 2014 - December 2014
• Contract value: RUB 15,000,000

• Number: 31401717154
• Contractor: LenTrans (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Kronshtadt port agent servicing for Gorshkov frigate "Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov" during sea trials
• Time frame: November 2014 - December 2014
• Contract value: RUB 25,000,000

• Number: 31401719814
• Contractor: Automated Firefighting Equipment Service Scientific Production Association (Moscow)
• Description: Set-up and testing of Gamma-01F-18280 automated security and firefighting system on Ivanov intelligence collection ship "Yuriy Ivanov"
• Time frame: December 2014
• Contract value: RUB 1,103,969

• Number: 31401722338
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Assembly-welding work (10,000 man-hours) on Gorshkov frigate "Admiral Flota Kasatonov"/"Admiral Golovko"/"Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Isakov", Ivanov intelligence collection ship "Ivan Khurs", Project 23120 oceangoing tug "Elbrus"/"MB-75", and Steregushchiy II frigate "Gremyashchiy"/"Provornyy"
• Time frame: January 2015 - December 2015
• Contract value: RUB 4,000,000

State Nuclear Energy Corporation/Gosudarstvennaya Korporatsiya po Atomnoy Energii [RosAtom] (Moscow)

• Number: 0773100000314000103
• Contractor: Northeast Repair Center (Vilyuchinsk)
• Description: Scrapping of Oscar II nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine "Krasnoyarsk"
• Time frame: by December 31, 2017
• Contract value: RUB 747,900,000 [7FBTK: replaces/extends similar contract signed with Northeast Repair Center on May 6, 2014; however, new contract has later date (December 31, 2017) than did the earlier contract (October 5, 2016)]

Vympel Shipyard/Sudostroitelnyy Zavod Vympel (Rybinsk)

• Number: 31401701205
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Additional manpower for Vympel Shipyard construction projects
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 2,000,000

• Number: 31401701309
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Additional manpower for Vympel Shipyard construction projects
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 2,000,000

Yantar Baltic Shipyard/Pribaltiyskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod Yantar (Kaliningrad)

• Number: 31401628437
• Contractor: Uralskiy Diesel-Motor Factory (Yekaterinburg)
• Description: Delivery of ADG-1000NK diesel generator for Gren landing ship (Factory #01302)
• Time frame: August 2016
• Contract value: RUB 278,246,892

• Number: 31401636802
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of various shafts for Gren landing ship (Factory #01302)
• Time frame: July 2015
• Contract value: RUB 25,942,000

• Number: 31401707485
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of DRRA.3700 reverse reduction gear unit for Gren landing ship (Factory #01302)
• Time frame: April 2016
• Contract value: RUB 358,247,126

• Number: 31401715086
• Contractor: MSK
• Description: Delivery of self-leveling coating for Grigorovich frigate "Admiral Grigorovich"
• Time frame: 4Q2014
• Contract value: RUB 930,804

• Number: 31401716018
• Contractor: MSK
• Description: Delivery of self-leveling coating for Gren landing ship "Ivan Gren"
• Time frame: 4Q2014 - 2Q2015
• Contract value: RUB 3,040,432

• Number: 31401722132
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Installation of SCU 18 and SCU 28 conditioners on Gren landing ship "Ivan Gren"
• Time frame: November 2014 - November 2015
• Contract value: RUB 1,644,384

• Number: 31401722733
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of screw shafts and spare parts for Grigorovich frigate "Admiral Grigorovich"/"Admiral Essen"/"Admiral Makarov"/"Admiral Butakov"/"Admiral Istomin"
• Time frame: June 2015 - December 2015
• Contract value: RUB 46,338,549

Zvezda Far East Shipyard/Dalnyevostochnyy Zavod Zvezda (Bolshoy Kamen)

• Number: 31401708098
• Contractor: ENA (Shchelkovo)
• Description: Delivery of TsN-10-20 pumps for Delta III nuclear-powered ballistic missiles submarine "Ryazan"
• Time frame: within 150 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 4,893,059

XLT+: New DSRV Completes Next Stage of Sea Trials

Project 18271/Bester-1 deep-submergence rescue vehicle "AS-40" - August 22, 2014

                                                 [Translation of RF MOD press release]

INDEPENDENT FACTORY SEA TRIALS OF BESTER-1 DEEP-SUBMERGENCE VEHICLE COMPLETED
November 21, 2014
http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12000949@egNews

The crew of the Bester-1 deep-submergence rescue vehicle has successfully completed a phase of independent factory sea trials and will participate in sea trials of the new "Igor Belousov" rescue ship in late November of this year.

Following joint testing of the "Igor Belousov" rescue ship, which is scheduled for the first half of 2015, the Bester-1 rescue vehicle will become a fully functional component of the ship's suite of search and rescue equipment.

With the vehicle's acceptance into the Russian Navy's search and rescue forces inventory, the Navy's ability to render assistance to submariners involved in an accident will significantly expand.

The crew of this unique and modern submersible consists of six men. The crew has completed all required preparations and on-the-job training aboard a similar Northern Fleet submersible.

The Bester-1 deep-submergence rescue vehicle is unique in terms of its characteristics.

Distinguishing features include: vehicle control systems; level of accuracy in navigating and maintaining position while at a given depth; integrated automated control system; more powerful and practically new propulsion and steering systems; new system for guiding, landing and attaching the vehicle to a disabled submarine; and new chamber for mating to a submarine escape hatch, through which the crew can evacuate, when the submarine is listing at up to 45 degrees.

All previous rescue vehicles built in our country and abroad could only render assistance to the crew of a distressed submarine that was listing at up to 15 degrees.

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Project 18271/Bester-1 "AS-40" was towed from Admiralty Shipyards to Kronshtadt on October 30 and then back to Admiralty Shipyards on November 10. This 12-day period may be the "independent factory sea trials" referenced in the above press release.

Update: Yantar Baltic Shipyard Orders Equipment for Second Gren Landing Ship

This is a follow-up to my October 14 blog entry regarding the decision to restart construction of a second Gren-class landing ship for the Russian Navy.

According to contract documents, the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense and Yantar Baltic Shipyard (Kaliningrad) both signed state contract #Z/1/1/0488/GK-14-DGOZ on September 1 of this year for the construction of a second Gren unit (Factory #01302). Since then, at least four Requests for Proposals were released by Yantar Baltic Shipyard. In addition to the October 9 RFP I mentioned in my earlier blog entry, the following RFPs have been published:

• Delivery of ADG-1000NK diesel generator | Delivery: August 2016 | Cost: RUB 278,246,892

• Delivery of various shafts | Delivery: July 2015 | Cost: RUB 25,942,000

• Installation of sea water desalination plant | Delivery: July 2015 | Cost: RUB 16,623,075

• Delivery of DRRA.3700 reverse reduction gear unit | Delivery: April 2016 | Cost: RUB 358,247,126

Additionally, on November 14, Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev signed Decree #2263-r that provides state credit guarantees for defense industry companies, including Yantar Baltic Shipyard. According to the decree, Yantar Baltic Shipyard will receive a RUB 2,000,000,000 state-backed credit line from SberBank for the period of September 1, 2014 - December 31, 2018.

The lead unit of the class, "Ivan Gren", was laid down in December 2004 and launched in May 2012. After two and a half years in the water, the landing ship has yet to begin sea trials. Sea trials are where the builders and designers learn what does and doesn't work, so that corrections to the ship's design can be made (preferably) before the next unit is launched. So, why now? Has the France-Russia Mistral drama forced the Russian military to restart construction a second ship of an unproven design?

This Week in Contracts: November 10-16, 2014

33rd Shipyard/33 Sudoremontnyy Zavod (Baltiysk)

• Number: 31401686969
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Dock repairs of Steregushchiy I FF "Steregushchiy" and "Soobrazitelnyy"
• Time frame: through December 5, 2015
• Contract value: not specified

Amur Shipyard/Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod (Komsomolsk-na-Amure)

• Number: 31401673932
• Contractor: Kaspiysk Factory of Precision Mechanics (Kaspiysk)
• Description: Installation of Andoga-M navigation system on Kilo SS "B-187"
• Time frame: November 2014
• Contract value: RUB 33,155,700

• Number: 31401673940
• Contractor: Main Systems Design Bureau of the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern (Moscow)
• Description: Installation of 3K96-3 surface-to-air missile system on Steregushchiy I FF "Sovershennyy"
• Time frame: November 2014
• Contract value: RUB 42,987,988

• Number: 31401673970
• Contractor: Central Scientific Research Institute of Shipboard Machine-Building (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Restoration of UPV-1-3-02 device on Akula I SSN "INS Chakra"
• Time frame: November 2014
• Contract value: RUB 630,000

• Number: 31401682927
• Contractor: Navigation Devices (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Installation of LI-2 device on Steregushchiy I FF "Sovershennyy"
• Time frame: November 2014
• Contract value: RUB 939,292

• Number: 31401682927
• Contractor: Askold (Murmansk)
• Description: Assistance during installation of high-pressure air systems on Kilo SS "B-187"
• Time frame: November 2014
• Contract value: RUB 2,931,286

• Number: 31401697683
• Contractor: Mera (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Installation of MO52.01 (Model 12) device on Steregushchiy I FF "Sovershennyy"
• Time frame: November 2014
• Contract value: RUB 1,445,231

Astrakhan Shipyard/Astrakhanskiy Sudoremontnyy Zavod (Astrakhan)

• Number: 31401693776
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of fresh water plant (RORO-510DT-010-PVKh) for Project 22870 salvage and rescue tug
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 78,000

Middle Neva Shipyard/Sredne-Nevskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401688380
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of anchor chains for Obukhov MHS "Aleksandr Obukhov" and Factory #522-#524
• Time frame: April 2015 ("Aleksandr Obukhov"); September 2015 (Factory #522); March 2016 (Factory #523); September 2016 (Factory #524)
• Contract value: RUB 59,633,482

• Number: 31401696295
• Contractor: Kozitskiy Factory (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of R-608N receivers for Obukhov MHS Factory #522-#524
• Time frame: October 2015 (Factory #522); October 2016 (Factory #523); October 2017 (Factory #524)
• Contract value: RUB 8,027,816

Northeast Repair Center/Severo-Vostochnyy Remontnyy Tsentr (Vilyuchinsk)

• Number: 31401683296
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Repairs of holes in Ballast Compartments 6, 9, and 15 of floating dry dock "PD-90"
• Time frame: within 10 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 850,000

Northern Machine-Building Enterprise/Severnoye Mashinostroitelnoye Predpriyatiye [SevMash] (Severodvinsk)

• Number: 31401667427
• Contractor:Kaluga Turbine Factory (Kaluga)
• Description: Transportation of OK-17M Turbine from Kaluga Turbine Factory to SevMash for Severodvinsk SSGN "Kazan"
• Time frame: 4Q2014
• Contract value: RUB 108,839,638

• Number: 31401680945
• Contractor: Salyut Scientific Production Enterprise (Moscow)
• Description: Delivery of 5P-30P radar data processing system [7FBTK: probably for Kirov CGN "Admiral Nakhimov"]
• Time frame: 1Q2017
• Contract value: RUB 100,172,480

• Number: 31401681060
• Contractor: Salyut Scientific Production Enterprise (Moscow)
• Description: Delivery of MR-650 radar system [7FBTK: probably for Kirov CGN "Admiral Nakhimov"]
• Time frame: 1Q2017
• Contract value: RUB 305,127,417

• Number: 31401696490
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Assembly-welding work on Dolgorukiy SSBN(s)
• Time frame: November 2014 - May 2015
• Contract value: RUB 15,052,532

Northern Shipyard/Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401693649
• Contractor: Scientific Research Institute of TV Broadcasting (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Installation of Ekran-TsM multifunction shipboard color TV broadcasting system on Ivanov AGI "Admiral Yuriy Ivanov"
• Time frame: by December 2014
• Contract value: RUB 2,555,430

Yantar Baltic Shipyard/Pribaltiyskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod Yantar (Kaliningrad)

• Number: 31401689444
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Installation of sea water desalination plant on Gren LST (Factory #01302)
• Time frame: July 2015
• Contract value: RUB 16,623,075

• Number: 31401690031
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Sound trials of Grigorovich FFG "Admiral Grigorovich"
• Time frame: July 2015
• Contract value: RUB 12,202,716