{"id":16007,"date":"2020-03-19T20:03:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T20:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/19\/maine-lawmakers-want-contract-relief-quicker-payments-for-industry-to-combat-covid-19-impact\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:33:07","slug":"maine-lawmakers-want-contract-relief-quicker-payments-for-industry-to-combat-covid-19-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/coronavirus\/2020\/03\/19\/maine-lawmakers-want-contract-relief-quicker-payments-for-industry-to-combat-covid-19-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine lawmakers want contract relief, quicker payments for industry to combat COVID-19 impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 In a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and acting Navy secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/surface-navy-association\/2020\/01\/13\/the-acting-secretary-of-the-navy-makes-the-case-for-a-bigger-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Modly<\/a>, the congressional delegation from Maine has requested quicker payments and relief from contractual obligations for the defense industrial base, including local shipyards, impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collins.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2020.03.19%20-%20ME%20Delegation%20letter%20to%20DOD%20and%20Navy%20re%20defense%20industrial%20base.pdf\" target=_blank>sent Thursday<\/a>, the delegation \u2014 Republican Sen. Susan Collin and Independent Sen. Angus King, as well as democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden \u2014 warn that \u201cthe Department of Defense and the Navy must immediately act to protect our nation\u2019s defense industrial base, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/coronavirus\/2020\/03\/16\/with-coronavirus-on-the-loose-us-shipyards-make-adjustments-but-keep-building\/\" target=_blank>including our nation\u2019s shipyards<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maine is home to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/05\/16\/at-bath-a-destroyers-keel-is-laid-more-than-a-year-behind-schedule\/\" target=_blank>Bath Iron Works<\/a>, owned by General Dynamics, which produces both the Zumwalt and Arleigh Burke class destroyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2020\/03\/17\/cost-of-upgrading-the-arleigh-burke-destroyers-may-not-be-worth-it-navy-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/laboon_mahan.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Cost of upgrading Arleigh Burke destroyers may not be worth it, says US Navy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Navy says upgrading the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers may not be worth the money, but the move has support in Congress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delegation has three key demands. The first is for the department to \u201cwork to mitigate cash flow and other financial burdens\u201d on contractors and subcontractors as a result of the outbreak, \u201cto include relief from contracting requirements that are uniquely impacted by COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract relief being sought involves waiving schedule and price requirements in case delivery times are impacted by loss of workforce due to coronavirus-inflicted travel bans, closures, quarantines or travel restrictions. It could also potentially give cover should a subcontractor be unable to deliver a part on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, to take \u201cany actions possible to accelerate or advance payments or new contract obligations in order to provide immediate stability to the industrial base.\u201d The lawmakers offer to \u201cimmediately assist\u201d the department if additional funding or \u201cnew legal authorities\u201d are needed to make such sped-up payments possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And third, the delegation calls for the department to clarify \u201cplanning and public guidance to ensure a stable industrial base while also ensuring the health and safety of the defense industrial base workforce\u201d \u2014 that is, to make clear what workers must stay at work, and which could potentially work from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesman for General Dynamics told Defense News earlier this week that they are allowing anyone who can work from home to do so, while curtailing travel and pausing participation in trade shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/coronavirus\/2020\/03\/18\/we-asked-defense-companies-how-theyre-impacted-by-the-coronavirus-heres-what-they-said\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2173960.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">We asked defense companies how they\u2019re impacted by the coronavirus. 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