The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy : Stratégie nationale d'approvisionnement en matière de construction navale : évaluation quinquennale

This milestone provides an opportunity to take note of progress made in the implementation of the strategy over the past five years and some of the opportunities and challenges ahead. [...] The first phase consisted in the selection of the shipyards, one for the construction of combat ships and another for the construction of non-combat ships. [...] The large-ship construction program is currently at the start of the fourth and final phase, which is 12 the construction of the ships. [...] In October 2011, the federal government announced the results of the RFP process and the selection of two shipyards to deliver the NSPS’s large-ship construction program: Halifax Shipyard 17 and Vancouver Shipyards. [...] Vancouver Shipyards was selected to deliver the non-combat package of the NSPS, which consisted of seven vessels for the CCG and the RCN: Joint Support Ships (two ships for the RCN); Offshore Fisheries Science Vessels (three ships for the CCG); Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel (one ship for the CCG); and 20 Polar Icebreaker (one ship for the CCG).