This Week in Contracts: December 1-7, 2014

82nd Shipyard/82 Sudoremontnyy Zavod (Roslyakovo)

• Number: 31401780902
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of spare parts of Cedervall EF-95 (Rauma-Repola Liaaen) propeller shaft on Goryn salvage and rescue tug "SB-523"
• Time frame: no later than February 1, 2015
• Contract value: not specified

Admiralty Shipyards/Admiralteyskiye Verfi (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401758860
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Delivery of desalination plant for Project 21180 icebreaker (Factory #02470)
• Time frame: July 2015
• Contract value: RUB 3,403,356

• Number: 31401777352
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Assembly of trunks for Ananas and Parus-98UP mast antennas for Kilo diesel submarines ("Krasnodar", "Velikiy Novgorod", Kolpino")
• Time frame: January 2015 ("Krasnodar"); December 2015 ("Velikiy Novgorod"); February 2016 ("Kolpino")
• Contract value: RUB 4,266,882
• Remarks: This is a re-anouncement of 31401653680, for which no bids were tendered. The contract value has increased from RUB 3,519,067 to RUB 4,266,882.

• Number: 31401777382
• Contractor: Tranzas (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of group display panel for rescue equipment control system on Belousov submarine rescue ship "Igor Belousov"
• Time frame: 4Q2014
• Contract value: not specified

Almaz Central Naval Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401755234
• Contractor: Delfin Central Scientific Research Institute (Moscow)
• Description: Adjustments to design documentation of Chardash automated navigation and gyro-stabilization system for Steregushchiy III frigates
• Time frame: November 2015
• Contract value: RUB 6,000,000

• Number: 31401755369
• Contractor: Novator Experimental Design Bureau (Yekaterinburg)
• Description: Adjustments to design documentation for 3K-14 and 9K missile systems for Steregushchiy II frigates
• Time frame: March 2015
• Contract value: RUB 33,931,250

• Number: 31401755437
• Contractor: Kamov (Lyubertsy)
• Description: Development of baseline data of all versions of KA-27 helicopters to be based on Steregushchiy III frigates
• Time frame: March 2015
• Contract value: RUB 600,000

• Number: 31401763813
• Contractor: Scientific Research Institute of Rubber-Containing Coatings and Equipment (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Development of documentation for APAK RKI on Project 20386 frigates
• Time frame: November 2014 - November 2015
• Contract value: RUB 10,000,000

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

• Number: 31401770701
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Manufacturing of medium-layer panels (1,363 square meters) made of Divinycell PVC (40-60mm thick) for Steregushchiy frigate (Factory #01626)
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: RUB 23,709,014
• Remarks: This factory serial number (01626) is unusual as it does not match the factory serial numbering sequence for Steregushchiy frigates built at Amur Shipyard or Northern Shipyard. Middle Neva Shipyard only manufactures the topside sections of Steregushchiy frigates.

• Number: 31401771491
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Additional manpower (10,000 man-hours) for outfitting work on Obukhov minesweeper "Aleksandr Obukhov"
• Time frame: not specified
• Contract value: not specified

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

• Number: 31401776191
• Contractor: SudoRemVostok (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy)
• Description: Service maintenance and repairs of diesel engines on Sorum ocean-going tug "MB-61", Rudnitskiy submarine rescue ship "Georgiy Kozmin", and floating crane "SPK-28035"
• Time frame: by December 10, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 24,478,607

• Number: 31401776178
• Contractor: VoyenTeleKom - 741 Communications Equipment Repair Factory (Vladivostok)
• Description: Repairs and annual certification of communications systems on Sorum ocean-going tug "MB-148"
• Time frame: before December 20, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 358,531

Northern Shipyard/Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg)

• Number: 31401777568
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Development of working design for fire and security monitoring system on Steregushchiy II frigate
• Time frame: within 45 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 252,430

• Number: 31401774847
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Development of working design for fire and security monitoring system on Project 23120 ocean-going tug
• Time frame: within 45 days of contract signing
• Contract value: RUB 150,000

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

• Number: 0773100000314000105
• Contractor: not specified
• Description: Scrapping of PM-124-class nuclear support vessel "TNT-4"
• Time frame: November 30, 2016
• Contract value: RUB 100,000,000

Yantar Baltic Shipyard/Pribaltiyskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod Yantar (Kaliningrad)

• Number: 31401769867
• Contractor: Armalit-1 (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of various shipboard components (valves, filters, etc.) for Grigorovich frigates "Admiral Grigorovich", "Admiral Essen", and "Admiral Makarov"
• Time frame: December 2014 ("Admiral Grigorovich", "Admiral Essen"); March 2015 ("Admiral Makarov")
• Contract value: RUB 38,380,205

• Number: 31401769869
• Contractor: Ekvator Factory Scientific Production Enterprise (Nizhniy Novgorod)
• Description: Delivery of ventilation equipment for Grigorovich frigates "Admiral Grigorovich", "Admiral Essen", and "Admiral Makarov"
• Time frame: December 2014
• Contract value: RUB 11,439,390

• Number: 31401769956
• Contractor: Marine Navigation Systems (St. Petersburg)
• Description: Delivery of self-leveling coating for Grigorovich frigate "Admiral Essen"
• Time frame: February 2015
• Contract value: RUB 930,805

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

• Number: 31401756252
• Contractor: VoyenTelekom (Moscow)
• Description: Testing and repairs of Afalina emergency radio buoy and T-608-2 on Oscar II submarine
• Time frame: November 30, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 524,273

• Number: 31401764122
• Contractor: DalZavod (Vladivostok)
• Description: Repairs of Pallada floating dry dock
• Time frame: October 27, 2014 - November 30, 2014
• Contract value: RUB 12,142,385

Is "Petr Velikiy" Preparing for Another Half-Year Deployment?

Kirov nuclear-powered cruiser "Petr Velikiy" in the Mediterranean Sea - November 2013

Northern Fleet Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser "Petr Velikiy" completed a seven-month deployment between October 2013 and May 2014. After a six-month stand-down that included some level of repairs, the cruiser returned to sea in mid-November to complete combat certifications. During an approximate week-long underway period, the cruiser's crew conducted basic crew certifications along with gunnery and surface-to-air missile qualifications. Very routine, nothing unusual.

In late November, however, dispatches from social media suggested "Petr Velikiy" was preparing for a half-year deployment. And in early December, Deputy Minister of Defense General Dmitriy Bulgakov visited "Petr Velikiy" during a trip to Severomorsk.

There is no other information on departure/return dates, potential port calls, areas where the cruiser will operate, or even the names of support vessels. And, of course, no official confirmation of such a deployment has been released.

Third Russian-Built Kilo Submarine to Begin Journey to Vietnam Next Week

Track of "Rolldock Star" - December 4, 2014

Final preparations are underway for the transfer of the third Kilo-class diesel submarine, named "Haiphong", from Russia to Vietnam.

"Haiphong" conducted three phases of underway training for the submarine's future crew in July, August and September. The submarine then conducted two brief underway periods on October 29-November 2 and November 5-10. Over the past month, Admiralty Shipyards completed some final cosmetic touch-ups on the boat in preparation for the official hand-over.

In October, shipyard officials stated that "Haiphong" would depart for Vietnam before December 10. And it looks like that may be close to the truth.

The heavy-lift ship "Rolldock Star" (IMO: 9656498) departed Antwerp, Belgium, at 14:00 GMT today en route to St. Petersburg, where it is expected to arrive at 15:00 GMT on December 8. "Rolldock Star" was used to ferry the second Vietnamese Kilo ("Ho Chi Minh City") from Russia to Vietnam earlier this year. With an approximate six-week transit, the heavy-lift ship should arrive in Cam Ranh Bay in late-February 2015.

Possible Land-Attack Cruise Missile Launch Scheduled for Next Week

Flight bans (yellow) and an area closure for missile activity (red) - December 8-10, 2014

                        [updated December 6 to include flight bans and modify launch candidates]

Unusual flight bans and area closure for Barents Sea missile activity have been announced for December 8-10:

G2604/14 - TEMPO DANGER AREA ACT:
692800N 0351600E-695500N 0351400E-702900N 0450400E-691700N 0474000E-684500N 0474000E-683600N 0475000E-683000N 0482000E-682800N 0492000E-682000N 0494000E-681000N 0490000E-680900N 0482000E-675500N 0481000E-675000N 0474000E-675200N 0472000E-683100N 0463800E-681800N 0452500E-694500N 0435000E-692100N 0360000E-692800N 0351600E.
SFC - FL070, DAILY 0200-1700, 08 DEC 02:00 2014 UNTIL 10 DEC 17:00 2014.

G2610/14 - FLT PROHIBITED WI AREA BOUNDED BY COORD:
692800N 0351600E-692100N 0360000E-691500N 0351000E-692800N 0351600E.
SFC - FL070, DAILY 0200-1700, 08 DEC 02:00 2014 UNTIL 10 DEC
17:00 2014. CREATED: 05 DEC 05:02 2014

HYDROARC 349/14
ARCTIC.
BARENTS SEA.
MISSILES.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0200Z TO 1100Z DAILY 08 THRU 10 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY:
69-55.0N 035-14.0E, 70-29.0N 045-04.0E, 68-54.0N 048-13.5E, 68-43.0N 048-37.0E, 68-03.0N 049-54.0E, 67-35.0N 047-52.0E, 67-49.0N 046-42.0E, 68-29.0N 045-47.0E, 69-45.0N 043-50.0E, 69-15.0N 035-10.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101200Z DEC 14.

The area closure has two legs measuring approximately 215nm and 180nm - for a total length of nearly 400nm. The range is longer than known ranges of Russian anti-ship cruise missiles, and the dog-leg turn is not something one would expect of an anti-ship cruise missile area closure, suggesting this is a land-attack cruise missile launch. The eastern-most leg ends at the shoreline that is adjacent to Cheshkaya Guba.

While the launch platform is not yet known, there are at least two candidates, both of which are armed with the SS-N-30 land-attack cruise missile (range: 800nm-1,400nm, depending on the warhead payload):

• Severodvinsk-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine "Severodvinsk"
• Kilo-class diesel submarine "Novorossiysk", which arrived in Polyarnyy last month

[Follow-up: On December 8, Victor III-class nuclear-powered submarine "Obninsk" successfully launched a cruise missile from a submerged location in the Barents Sea towards the Chizha Test Range, according to a Northern Fleet spokesperson.]

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.