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$4.3 Million To Peterson

Builders To Administer

Navy Parts Acquisition

Peterson Builders, Inc., has been awarded a $4,374,800.00 contract to administer the acquisition of non- standard materials for marine and aviation systems for the U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

The one-year contract has options which would extend its duration to 5 years.

This contract, known as Simpli- fied Acquisition of Part Numbered

Items, is a parts replacement activi- ty formerly handled by the Navy and its award to a contractor is part of the government's continuing pri- vatization efforts.

PBI will locate manufacturers of the required parts for naval ships and aircraft, purchase and receive the items, inspect for quality, and in some cases, inventory the supplies before forwarding to the buyers. 16,000 parts for the U.S. Navy and 7,000 items for Foreign Military

Sales will result in PBI purchases of between $10 and $12 million dollars during the first year of the con- tract.

PBI will carry out the central pro- curement services as a fully auto- mated computerized effort. Sixteen

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CHEMIQUIP VALVES

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The contract has options for two additional years for a $13 million similar procurement package for

U.S. Navy and FMS requirements.

A second option is for a two-year program purchasing 7,000 items for

FMS sales alone at a cost of $6 mil- lion per year.

PBI general manager, Tom Ker- ley, noted that Peterson Builders won the contract over stiff competi- tion, and that the contract award enhances the firm's position in be- coming a complete logistics support center for the U.S. Navy and NATO naval forces.

For more information and free lit- erature on Peterson Builders,

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Engineering Visions

Awarded $4.4-Million

U.S. Navy Contract

Engineering Visions, Inc. (Envi- sions) was recently awarded a $4.4- million Navy contract to provide marine engineering, naval architec- tural and drafting services.

The three-year planning yard contract will serve the Naval Ship- yard at Charleston, S.C. The 50- man effort will be centered in the company's Chula Vista, Calif., of- fices.

With a current total of eight sub- stantial contracts and more than 300 full-time employees, Envisions is involved with the Navy in nearly every area of ship repair and altera- tion support.

Captain Astad Co. Opens

New Ft. Lauderdale Office —Literature Offered

The shipbrokerage company Cap- tain Astad Co., Inc., founded in 1974 by Aage J. Astad (Captain-

USMM-Ret.) to provide a wide range of services to the maritime industry from its base in New Or- leans, La., recently opened another office in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The decision to open an office in

Florida was based on increased trading in the Caribbean Basin.

This division will handle purchase, sale and chartering of any type of vessels.

The firm is already involved in the sale of a bulk carrier, single decker and cement carrier. Addi- tionally, it is negotiating with sev- eral clients for the conversion of supply vessels into passenger ferries and casino ships.

The new office address is: Cap- tain Astad Co., Inc. Shipbrokers,

P.O. Box 350486, Fort Lauderdale,

Fla. 33335; telephone: (305) 344- 3502; telefax: 305-771-5214; and telex: 705722 OPMC FTL.

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