The Military Sealift Command awarded a firm-fixed price purchase order valued at $558,119.77 to Wartsila Defense Inc. to provide technical services for waterjet maintenance aboard the USNS Millinocket. As the original equipment manufacturer, Wartsila Defense will supply field service representatives, parts, materials, program management, technical support, travel costs, and shipping to maintain the vessel's Wartsila WLD 1400SR water jet propulsion units while in drydock from February 26 to June 12, 2021 in Singapore. The sole source award to Wartsila Defense as the proprietary OEM is in accordance with FAR subpart 13.5 for commercial items. Funding is provided by the Department of the Navy under an estimated $7 million contract with Wartsila Defense for water jet propulsion system maintenance on 11 T-EPF class ships through September 2021.